Although Alex was suffering greatly from the soul-tribulation that attacked him. However, if he could overcome them, many astonishing benefits of the soul would await him. Like now, his many soul pillars were looking flawless in appearance, which wasn't supposed to be so until he got to a particular cultivation stage. Then this would mean that they were been tempered by the tribulation that struck him, making the tribulation that he faced a good thing. But if one was conquered by it, what would result to that person was the Absolute destruction of his or her soul; meaning that person's total oblivion.
A few seconds later, the pillars were back to normal and even radiated a powerful soul-presence that was many times stronger than before.