Chapter 1028: Revisiting the Celestial Realm, Entering the Shenguo

Looking around, Xia Duo noticed that the location where he appeared this time was significantly different from the last time he came; he did not appear in the wilderness again, but next to a farmstead that looked familiar.

Two young men dressed as Netherese farmers were taking a nap on lounge chairs at the doorway; at this moment, they seemed to perceive someone approaching and opened their eyes almost simultaneously.

Upon seeing who the visitor was, one of the young men immediately lay back down, while the other stood up and politely said to Xia Duo:

"Hello, traveler, we meet again. Welcome to our four brothers' Homeland!"

"Hel—lo!"

Xia Duo carefully scrutinized the young man before him, seemingly wanting to find similarities in his memory to those four young men from before, but he remembered very clearly that the person before him was not any one of the four Reincarnators in his memory!

However, the attitude of this young man who was still lying on the lounge chair was almost identical to that of the sturdy Reincarnator in his memory, and both were very unpleasant.

Moreover, this farmstead, as well as the mill, animal pens, and farmland surrounding the farmstead, were all very similar to those in his memory.

Not to mention, the person before him had directly said the words "meet again."

Therefore, Xia Duo had to admit that this pastoral area was very likely the same one he had seen when he came last time.

It was just that he did not know why many details, including the people, had changed.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo could not help but ask: "How many days have passed in total since I left last time?"

"Traveler, why would you ask that? Didn't you leave just yesterday?" the young man asked back with a strange look on his face, "Could it be that you didn't find the Kingdom of Radiance and came to our place to stay for a while?"

Hearing such a reply, Xia Duo immediately realized that these suspected Reincarnators should be different from normal humans; even without considering the issue of time flow in the Outer Planes, they had turned into something else, yet could it still be yesterday?

However, Xia Duo also suspected that this pastoral area might have some kind of connection with himself.

Only when he came here would these Reincarnators possess the wisdom of normal humans and be able to realize the passage of time; otherwise, they would remain in their initial, robot-like, ignorant state.

This conjecture was difficult to verify because Xia Duo could not find another observer from the Main Plane to stay here and observe for him, but the fact that he entered the Outer Planes twice and came here both times, to a certain extent, at least indicated that this was not a coincidence.

Otherwise, the Outer Planes were so vast, why would he not go to other places but insist on coming here?

And most crucially, his entry into the Outer Planes this time was an active one, and it was through a scene that occasionally flashed in the mysterious space around his Soul.

The scene that flashed in the mysterious space was somewhat similar to this place, but not exactly the same; if it were exactly the same, Xia Duo would not need to guess and could be absolutely certain there was a connection.

……

Following this, Xia Duo did not stay in this pastoral area for long; he only took a stroll around the perimeter, found nothing peculiar, and soon took his leave.

Although the Princess was currently out of contact, the relevant Doctrine of the God of Exploration and Protection was quite complete.

Half a month ago, the Arcane Union, commissioned by Seventon, sent notices to various parts of Netheril, inviting new Priests to go to Seventon to participate in training.

Afterwards, only two days later, while Xia Duo was still considering whether to send a few new Priests over for training, the Arcane Union had already transmitted the Doctrine of the God of Exploration and Protection over.

Consequently, Xia Duo dismissed the idea of sending people and instead forwarded the Doctrine to Laidun, so that he could have more "laws" to follow when guiding the new Priests of the Territory.

Xia Duo had also read those doctrines, and he did not know if they were determined before the Princess's Ascension to Godhood or discussed by Seventon afterwards; there was content clarifying the new god's philosophy, but more of it was like a code of "Exploration and Protection."

It included various regulations throughout the entire process, from obtaining the status of a Pioneer to specific exploration, and then to becoming an official lord.

As for the protection aspect, it clearly stated that what was being protected was the private property of all Netherese citizens, including land, money, rights and interests, and personal attachment relationships, rather than conceptual existences like faith or justice.

And this was also the main reason why Xia Duo thought this doctrine was more like a legal code.

Come to think of it, his level of familiarity with the Doctrine of the God of Exploration and Protection might be second to none throughout the entire Netheril.

For no other reason than that many contents in these doctrines came from his Standard Development Manual of Daxia Territory, and they were even used directly as the original words without any changes.

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At this moment, Xia Duo was walking on the Boundless Wilderness of the Outer Planes, stepping on shallow or deep weeds under his feet, softly reciting the content of the doctrine, and his heart was also constantly aligning with this philosophy of exploration and protection that he himself identified with.

Unlike the last time when it took a long time to travel to the Kingdom of Radiance, this time, he had only walked for less than half a day when this Boundless Wilderness, which should have only had weeds and solitary trees, soon showed changes.

Patches of farmsteads and farmlands similar to the four brothers' Homeland from before appeared in front of Xia Duo; looking from afar, there were many figures in the fields, and it seemed that quite a few people were engaged in outdoor labor.

When he got closer, on the gradual boundary between this Homeland area and the Boundless Wilderness, Xia Duo clearly perceived the aura of the Princess's Divine Power.

It was exactly the same as what he had perceived at the Ascension Ritual during the celebration.

However, what was here was not the Divine Power itself, but merely the influence and radiation of the Divine Power on the outside world; perceiving it carefully, one could even experience a kind of Order Force full of familiarity, as well as the philosophy of exploration and protection.

The Kingdom of Radiance also had similar characteristics, which could allow one to distinguish the essence of a divine kingdom at a glance.

It was just that compared to the agility of the Order Force here, the Order Force contained in the Divine Power aura of the Kingdom of Radiance was very mechanical, and there was no emotion or philosophy to speak of.

In Xia Duo's view, to a certain extent, the Lord of Radiance was more like a god than this so-called "God of Exploration and Protection."

In fact, it was also difficult for him to regard the Princess as a supreme existence, even if the Princess at this moment very likely already possessed power that was supreme relative to him.

A mortal's Ascension to Godhood did indeed lower the "stature" of a god.

……

Suppressing some unpleasant thoughts, Xia Duo walked quickly into the range of the Princess's Shenguo; he had not forgotten the purpose of his trip.

It was to contact the Princess and exert influence on the Main Plane.

As for other things, if he could obtain the ability to return directly to the Main Plane from the Outer Planes during his next Bloodline Awakening, then the number of times he would come to the Outer Planes in the future should not be few, and he would have enough time to do anything he wanted to do.