Chapter 1031: Return to the Main Plane

Regarding Xia Duo's question about returning to the Main Plane, Bailun did not answer immediately, but instead looked toward the Divine Envoy Kafa; even without considering the situation regarding Xiya's Shenguo, one had to seek the help of Divine Envoy Kafa to return to the Main Plane.

Bailun did not know how Xia Duo had come to the Outer Planes, nor how he had returned last time, but he himself had no way to return.

"Divine Envoy Kafa, to me, secular affairs and Heavenly Realm affairs are equally important. Now that the Elf Divine Envoy has retreated, if possible, could I ask Divine Envoy Kafa to send us back to the Mortal Plane?"

"I can!"

Divine Envoy Kafa gave an affirmative answer, then added, "But not here; we need to go to the plaza outside. Also, he and you cannot leave at the same time."

The "he" Divine Envoy Kafa referred to was Xia Duo, though as the person involved, Xia Duo did not feel that this Divine Envoy Kafa was making things difficult for him because of the previous incident.

If he had intended to make things difficult, he would not have sent people to escort him back to the Main Plane last time.

In fact, Xia Duo already had a guess in his heart regarding the real reason; he was different from Bailun, as his Soul had come here, while his body outside was merely a disguise, a form of Protection.

Whereas Bailun had left the Main Plane in his true form to come here.

Divine Envoy Kafa was sent by the Lord of Radiance to guard the new god, so his strength was undoubtedly powerful; it was only logical that he could see the difference between Xia Duo and Bailun.

Bailun also had his own guesses about this, but since the matter involved the secrets of three parties, he did not delve into it; in any case, as long as he could return to the Main Plane, that was enough.

Soon, the two and the Divine Envoy arrived together at the plaza outside the Nether Palace.

Xia Duo was not sure if it was due to etiquette, or if there was truly some difference inside and outside the Nether Palace that kept Divine Envoy Kafa from taking action in the reception hall just now.

But upon arriving at the plaza, Divine Envoy Kafa seemed to no longer be restricted; he took the codex from his waist, and under a silent command, a Portal composed entirely of light appeared before Bailun.

"Divine Envoy Bailun, walk into the gate of light, and you will be able to return to the place from which you came."

"Thank you for your help, Excellency!"

Saying this, Bailun strode toward the gate of light, seemingly unable to wait to return to the Main Plane.

In Xia Duo's eyes, the moment Master Bailun's body touched the light on the gate, his entire person instantly turned into a beam of light and merged into the gate of light.

Subsequently, the gate of light gradually contracted, from a gate shape to the appearance of a point of light, a process completed almost instantly, and finally, even the point of light vanished into the air.

Just as Xia Duo was waiting for Divine Envoy Kafa to send him back as well, Divine Envoy Kafa did not act immediately, but instead said one more thing, "You are not an ordinary mortal!"

"Not an ordinary mortal?"

Xia Duo was about to ask, but he only saw the other's broad palm and a strong light bursting from the center of it; he subconsciously wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.

In an instant, he experienced the feeling of returning to the Main Plane once again, as if he had been pushed into some unknown void, and then his body (consciousness) kept falling.

The light above his head grew further and further away, until it was completely swallowed by darkness.

Immediately following, Xia Duo woke up suddenly like a drowning person, sitting up from the bed and gasping for air; even having had this experience once before, such an ordeal was not very pleasant.

But fortunately, he had returned safely!

Afterwards, he could not spare the time to check the current time and immediately sent a Magic message to Master Bailun, asking: "Master, have you returned to the Main Plane?"

Almost at the same time Xia Duo sent the message, Master Bailun gave his reply:

"Returned this afternoon, everything is normal."

This afternoon?

Only then did Xia Duo notice the time; it was exactly between midnight and dawn, and the time he had gone to the Semi-plane was actually in the afternoon.

In other words, if the time on the Main Plane was exactly the same as the Outer Planes, then Master Bailun had returned just as he had arrived at the Outer Planes.

And he himself, on the contrary, had taken an extra half a day.

Why was this?

Was it the time difference caused by the different methods of return, or was the time difference amplified during the return process?

Xia Duo could not figure it out, but now was not the time to dwell on these questions; he noted the "everything is normal" in Bailun's reply.

Did it mean the return process was normal? Or did it mean Seventon had now returned to normal?

Before he could continue to ask, Master Bailun's message arrived first, "I heard from the Arcane Union that you have become a Senior Arcanist and have taken another step forward on the Magic Path. I look forward to you becoming an existence on par with us. I will also attend the Arcane Union's welcome evening banquet; we shall talk then."

Talk then?

Since Master Bailun had said so, Xia Duo naturally would not disturb him further, though he could roughly guess that since Master Bailun had only returned to the Main Plane in the afternoon and still hadn't rested this late, he must have been busy until now.

And from Master Bailun's tone, it seemed that from now until the Arcane Union's welcome evening banquet, he would be in a busy state.

"Looking at it this way, the 'everything is normal' he just said might have been somewhat insincere," Xia Duo pondered carefully in his heart.

After all, Kaousi was also a Great Arcanist; if the other party was determined to seize power, Master Bailun would likely find it difficult to handle.

The so-called Seven Towers resolution indeed had considerable binding force, but when a Great Arcanist was determined not to follow the rules of the game, perhaps force would have to be resorted to.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo could not help but knit his brows; if that situation truly arose, it would be a disaster rather than a blessing for Netheril!

For a moment, he wanted to go to Seventon immediately to investigate, but his reason told him that going now was by no means a wise move.

Even if, as Bailun said, "everything is normal," rushing over so anxiously would inevitably be seen as being too greedy.

As a Senior Arcanist, one must remain calm and composed!

"Huh, did I forget something?"

Although he had just gone through a trip to the Outer Planes and it was currently the middle of the night, Xia Duo felt no sleepiness; he suddenly thought—what about Niya?

One must know that the room he was currently in was not the room assigned to him by the Tower of Time when he had just become an Official Mage, but the bedroom Niya had before inheriting the Tower of Time.

Of course, it was also the same after inheriting the Tower of Time.

It was just that later on, Xia Duo had also moved in, so this bedroom was actually the couple's bridal chamber.

Xia Duo had attempted to enter the Outer Planes here, also thinking that in case of an accident and he couldn't return for a short time, Niya could look after his body.

But now, where was Niya?

Recalling Niya's previous thoughts of going to Seventon alone, a bad premonition suddenly arose in Xia Duo's heart.

But when he had just contacted Master Bailun, the other party had not mentioned Niya; perhaps Niya had not gone to Seventon, but was just immersed in research and had forgotten to sleep.

And Xia Duo did not believe Niya would choose to leave while he was "in a coma"; thinking of this, he suddenly felt much more relaxed.