The silvery dust traveled up Rowan's nostrils and entered his brain and a subtle wave of golden light pulsed down his robes as the silver dust was separated into two components, Ascendant Aura and Soul Essence.
The Core Aura of the Ascendant released what would be considered an overwhelming amount of purified Aura for anyone else below the Ascendant level, but it was like pouring a bucket of water inside a river in the case of Rowan whose body was filled with enough Aura to rival a thousand Ascendants.
With soul energy, he no longer needed to kill for Aura, the primary reason he killed an Ascendant was no longer for their Aura, but their memories.