Quote Originally Posted by Hikari_Kishimoto View Post
I fear not. As I understand it, when you pierce an ascians soul with light, it fades out of existence.
It doesn't return to the lifestream, because the soul itself has been destroyed.
To expound on this, if you pierce any soul with a pure aether blade, then the soul will be destroyed rather than return to the lifestream. This is part of what made Haurchefant's death so poignant. That javelin of light, "Spear of The Fury" was meant to kill and destroy an immortal Echo user(the WoL). Instead it kills Haurchefant, body and soul.

We haven't just been killing Ascians, we've been erasing them completely. At least, that's how it goes in the writing of the NA version.