Chapter 1150: The Mystery of Creation, the Key to Transforming a Plane

Although the effect of the first Root Modification was not ideal, it was more than a little bit more efficient than elemental infection.

Specifically, the effect of this Root Modification was roughly equivalent to about five years of elemental infection without additional catalysis and acceleration.

If Xia Duo did this every day, he could transform this Yellow Sand Semi-Plane into the shape he wanted in less than a year.

Next, Xia Duo performed two more consecutive Root Modifications on the Yellow Sand Semi-Plane; although a huge crack appeared on the ground after the third modification that even the flowing sand could not fill, it was a success in the end.

And looking at the elemental ratio of the Plane Root after each modification, the effect of the three modifications showed an overall increasing trend.

In other words, it might not actually require Xia Duo to modify this semi-plane more than two hundred times; it might be completed after a hundred or so times.

However, the crack after the third modification gave Xia Duo quite a headache.

As for casting spells to probe the element affinity of the Plane Root, what appeared in his Perception were chaotic, blurred color blocks; this scrying result was a cognitive representation of the mixed effects of spells and Perception, similar to human cognition of colors.

By interpreting the shapes, distribution, and movement of these color blocks, one could obtain the element affinity of a Plane Root.

The Plane Root after three modifications already had signs of collapse; Xia Duo was not sure if this Yellow Sand Semi-Plane could only be modified three times, or if it could only be modified three times within a certain "cooldown" interval.

If it were the former, then this spell would be too useless, not even as good as elemental infection, and the threshold was so high that it should have been eliminated long ago.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the latter, but this "cooldown time" needs to be carefully observed.

Xia Duo estimated that he would at least have to wait for the Plane Root to stabilize; he had no experience with this time, and it was hard to estimate, but he was not prepared to continue trying today.

Although he was prepared to be stranded in another plane, it did not mean he really had to go through that.

Besides, his research on semi-planes had just begun to deepen; whether it was wasting time stranded in another plane or having the semi-plane destroyed and the research interrupted, neither was something he could accept.

In addition, the Plane Root of the Yellow Sand Semi-Plane was currently in a chaotic state, and the material changes within the plane would also react to this.

This moment was the best time for Xia Duo to understand the essence of the plane; countless laws of change from elements to matter would appear before him without concealment, allowing him to observe and record to his heart's content.

The mystery of creation might be right before his eyes!

……

As Xia Duo expected, the chaos of the Plane Root did not last forever, but began to gradually subside after six or seven hours.

The process of the chaos subsiding lasted until noon the next day, almost a full day, and the Plane Root finally returned to stability, but the large crack in the middle of the semi-plane could not be healed in such a short time.

Perhaps as time passed, this crack could gradually disappear, just like the material water that gradually disappeared in the semi-plane, but for now, it was certainly impossible.

Regarding this, Xia Duo took it quite lightly; if it could allow him to go deeper into the Plane Domain, he would not regret it even if the entire semi-plane were destroyed.

Since he had already chosen it as an experimental sample, he was already prepared for its destruction.

Having not slept all night, Xia Duo did not feel much fatigue in his spirit; instead, he had a strong sense of excitement. The semi-plane with its Plane Root in a chaotic state revealed a large number of corresponding laws from elemental roots to material transformation.

Although this knowledge involving the essence of the plane could not be used in the short term, it had already been incorporated into his further foundation, and he would see results sooner or later!

And that time was not far off!

Now—

"Better get some rest first!"

Yesterday, he cast spells to construct the Order Cycle during the field-granting ceremony, and in the afternoon, he performed multiple spell experiments in the semi-plane; he seemed tireless, but in fact, his spirit was already overwhelmed.

Xia Duo had long judged this, but he had been waiting for the Plane Root to return to stability, which was why he had held on until now, and now he could finally rest.

Returning to the bedroom, Xia Duo did not want to waste time soothing his excited spirit, but directly cast 【Deep Sleep】 on himself.

Wasn't this mental spell prepared for this very moment!

……

When Xia Duo woke up, it was already night; after hurriedly filling his stomach, he came to the Yellow Sand Semi-Plane again.

Coming here this time, there was no standing water left inside the semi-plane, and even the moist areas were only about half; it seemed that the influence of the elemental foundation on material transformation was still very huge.

As for the crack in the middle of the semi-plane, it was still the same as when Xia Duo left; clearly, the situation of material distribution within the plane had little to do with the Plane Root.

"Perhaps the time this crack exists will be even longer than the time it took for the material water to disappear!" Xia Duo stood at the edge of the crack, lost in thought.

For a plane, matter and such are all appearances; the element affinity of the root is the essence. Even if matter no longer existed, it might be reborn from the Void, evolving into a brand-new world!

If that's the case—

"Could the key to transforming a Personal Space into a plane lie in creating a Plane Root for it?"

But if one were to create a Plane Root—

Xia Duo thought again of the semi-plane creation Principles that two Masters had explained to him not long ago; it was indeed necessary to first create a Plane Root similar to a blueprint, but the problem was that the creation process must involve the Inner Plane to provide massive amounts of energy.

Then what should the Personal Space do?

The first thing Xia Duo thought of was Arcane Energy; Arcane Energy could expand the Personal Space, and it was also transformed from the energy and elements of the Inner Plane, so it should be no problem to serve as the raw material for creating a Plane Root.

It was just a matter of quantity; before cheap Arcane Energy appeared, it was really hard to solve.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo once again felt a deep, irrepressible desire for the 【Mythallar】, if the 【Mythallar】 was indeed the Independent Arcane Fire Device he thought it was!

"Sigh! My cheap teacher! When exactly will you be able to research the Mythallar! Could it be—"

Xia Duo could not help but think of the subsidy application for the research on the Materialization of Magic Web Strings that Daiwei had submitted a few days ago; it was indeed not a real Magic Web String, but more like a Projection of a Magic Web String, but this also inspired him.

For a high-power energy output device, if a material carrier is used, one must consider the situation of Elemental Transmutation in the carrier material; the greater the power, the more frequent the transmutation will be.

Similar to the shell of a nuclear fusion device on Earth, it is always a paradox in materials science; if no shell is added, the high-energy particles generated during the reaction will fly everywhere, which is certainly not a safe solution.

If a shell is added, there are still a large number of high-energy particles flying around; hitting the shell will cause the shell to mutate, turning into other substances, and then the blocking effect on the particles will decrease.

From a medium-to-long-term perspective, this is a disposable thing.

But what if the line of thinking is changed, making the particles in the reaction process charged, and then using variable electric fields and magnetic fields to constrain them? This greatly reduces the device's requirements for the shell.