Chapter 377
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On that note, if one cultivated their Essence Soul with enough high-level herbs and increased the quality of the Essence Soul, then one would be able to get their Essence Soul quite close to the main body in terms of combat strength.
There was also the fact that you could begin to use Soul attacks and Soul Techniques when you had officially achieved the Soul Transformation Realm.
These 'Soul' related abilities could also be utilized by the Essence Soul and could be combined with other 'Non-Soul' related techniques and skills as long as one was proficient enough.
With all of this combined and assuming that you have cultivated the quality of your Essence Soul to a proficient enough level, your 'Essence Soul' after leaving your body could act as a whole new clone of yourself.
In addition, the 'clone' would possess a strength infinitely nearing your main body!