Chapter 1147: Modification Difficulty, Elemental Infusion

However, on the other hand, because the root structure of a normal Plane is relatively complete and possesses growth potential—to use a term from Earth—it is a relatively stable self-organizing structure.

To attempt to modify such a Plane, one careless move could very likely break the stability of this self-organizing structure, turning the Plane into a Demiplane; it is similar to treating a living creature for an illness, where one careless move could result in death.

Conversely, for a Demiplane, this kind of "dead object" that has no future to begin with can naturally be modified at will—how much worse could it possibly get?

Likewise, a self-organizing structure also possesses the stable inertia of self-organization; in terms of actual modification difficulty, it is also harder than a "corpse" like a Demiplane that doesn't know how to "resist" at all!

Of course, this is merely what Xia Duo has inferred based on existing Plane Theory; what the actual situation is like will only be known after specific attempts.

After all, time is the only standard for testing truth!

But Xia Duo himself is quite in agreement with this speculation; as for verification, it is likely impossible in the short term. When he does not have sufficient certainty, he does not want to casually use a normal Plane to practice.

Especially when the Tower of Time only has one Blue Crystal Plane.

However, one can also conduct a thought experiment: if the modification difficulty of a normal Plane were not high, then the Main Plane would likely have been ruined long ago!

The "Main" in Main Plane is merely an adjective used by Netherese Mages to distinguish the Plane they are in from other Planes.

Among the Elves, the Main Plane is also called "Faerûn," and other races or other nations might have other names for it.

The Main Plane is not essentially different from the Blue Crystal Plane or the Green Field Plane; they are all Material Planes, only differing in their internal spatial size and the degree of internal civilization development.

The Main Plane has a long history, and there are so many Spellcasters; there must be no shortage of those who specialize in the Plane Domain and have achieved something. If it were really so easy to modify, why has Xia Duo never heard of it?

Even the ancient Elven 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 was merely a modification to the Magic Net and did not involve the Plane Root.

From this, one can see the difficulty of modifying a normal Plane.

Although there is also the issue of Plane volume involved here, and drawing a conclusion so simply and crudely is not rigorous, it can still illustrate some points to an extent.

After all, this is just a thought experiment; in the future, Xia Duo will eventually use real Plane experiments to verify it.

As for now, he should first look at the feasibility of modifying a Demiplane.

And his modification of the Demiplane is actually not his ultimate goal; this is merely a small practice during the process of researching the Plane Domain.

……

As the Spell neared its end, Xia Duo opened an Elemental Channel at the position furthest from the Portal.

After the channel was opened, what surged out first was incomparably dense Water Element, and subsequently, the core of the channel with the highest elemental concentration rapidly transformed into a huge spring.

A large amount of material water gushed out from the spring, first soaking the patch of sandy ground near the Elemental Channel, and then rapidly spreading outward.

During this period, Xia Duo maintained the Arcane Fire in an expanded state; if he did not do so, this Spell could not be sustained at all.

The inherent Magic Net environment does not support Spells that directly connect to the Inner Plane like this, and this Plane does not have the slightest Water Source; even if one wanted to gather water vapor from the air, it would be impossible.

In fact, if one could really gather water vapor from the air, then this Plane would not be lacking water.

……

And under the continuous pouring of water from the outside, the Demiplane quickly became moist and muddy, and a large amount of water vapor also appeared in the air.

Around Xia Duo's body, patches and wisps of cloud-like water vapor also permeated; at this moment, the Spell had long been completed, and he was just maintaining the Micro Magic Net form after the Arcane Fire had expanded to support the continued existence of the Elemental Channel, without doing any extra actions.

The reason for such a scene surrounded by clouds and mist was mainly the natural reaction of his Bloodline Ability 【Water Control】 suddenly receiving Water Element support in a water-deficient environment.

Xia Duo did not disperse these clouds and mists but let them exist; influenced by his bloodline, the Yellow Sand Semi-Plane was, after all, not a livable place for him.

Now that the long-suppressed Bloodline Power was being stretched and released, he should just enjoy it properly.

It was just that this Demiplane was not large; before long, the ground was not just moist and muddy—in lower-lying areas, there was already obvious standing water.

At this time, Xia Duo decisively retracted the expanded Micro Magic Net, gathering and curling it back into the Arcane Fire form.

Although the Spell was completed and theoretically did not need energy consumption, the Elemental Channel existed continuously; wanting to maintain such an existence required consuming Arcane Energy every single second.

For an Arcanist, Arcane Energy is a strategic reserve, and for Xia Duo, it is even more so the key material for expanding his Personal Space.

Even the landlord's family has no surplus grain!

Xia Duo naturally had to be frugal; feeling that it was about enough, he immediately ended the experiment, and what followed was continuous observation.

In fact, before visiting Kangjienio last month, he had already explored two paths for Plane modification: one was to pour whatever element was missing into it; the other was to modify it directly from the Plane Root.

The former was less difficult, while the latter was more difficult.

And in his exchanges with Kangjienio and Iolum, Xia Duo even obtained the two technologies of "Elemental Infusion" and "Root Reshaping."

This could be considered as confirming those two speculations Xia Duo had regarding Plane modification.

The two Masters even briefly explained the Principles of Create Demiplane to him!

However, creating a Demiplane is the most difficult step; going from easy to difficult, from shallow to deep, "Elemental Infusion" is undoubtedly the easiest to start with.

One only needs to open an Elemental Channel; even without the guidance of the two Masters, Xia Duo was prepared to do this.

But after opening it, how to judge the infusion effect and how to measure the progress of the modification—that was the experiential wisdom of the two Masters.

……

After waiting for a little while, Xia Duo could no longer feel the existence of any Water Element in the Demiplane, but the water was still there.

It was just that without the elemental foundation, how many more elemental transformations could this limited amount of water support?

This world does not possess atoms or molecules; all matter is essentially composed of elements, and any reaction of matter is, in the final analysis, a reaction of elements.

Like the evaporation of water, it is essentially an elemental transformation process involving multiple elements and energy; the initial state involves Wind and Fire elements, positive energy is added during the process, and finally, Wind and Fire gradually withdraw.

Water vapor is not water; this might be wrong on Earth, but in this world, it is a basic fact.

Xia Duo had originally prepared to bring a stool and observe slowly, but he did not expect that before long, the air in this Demiplane would begin to flow slowly.

For Xia Duo, who possesses the 【Wind Control】 Bloodline Ability, even the slightest change in air flow could be detected by him quickly.

Not to mention such an obvious change; even an ordinary person, as long as they paid a little attention, could notice it!

At the same time, the change in temperature was not so easy to detect; on one hand, Xia Duo did not have special abilities in this regard, and on the other hand, the human body is not very sensitive to temperature.

But knowing the change in the air, Xia Duo immediately cast a Spell to measure it, and soon he confirmed this point: the temperature was slowly rising.

According to common sense, evaporation absorbs heat and the temperature should drop; the current situation was somewhat counter-intuitive, but if one analyzed it deeply, one would find that a rise in temperature is the normal situation.