Chapter 1159: Bright Prospects, Principles of Principles

There are many shortcuts to contacting the Magic Net, but there are no shortcuts to the understanding and application of Knowledge; even with someone else's guidance, can one really bypass the layer of thinking for oneself?

This is where Xia Duo feels regret; if Yatewude had studied Magic from a young age, he might not have been unable to become a Great Arcanist with a pivotal status in Netheril by now.

"Is it timing? Is it fate?"

However, now that Yatewude has come to Daxia Territory, although he is a bit old, fortunately, he has caught the high-speed train of the new era.

In the future, whether he focuses on the field of thought to become a great Natural Druid mentor, or delves into the field of Magic to become a respected Great Arcanist, his prospects are incomparably bright.

After sighing, Xia Duo reopened the Magic Net and cast a Spell to perceive the Order Force; he had just issued an order to name the New Natural Philosophy doctrine the "Daxia Territory Citizen Moral Code," and he wanted to see if there was already a reaction within the Order Force.

If everything goes smoothly, perhaps he can indirectly obtain the state of Faith Power through this Order Force.

But Xia Duo is also worried about whether changing the name will cause the "Moral Code" to completely decouple from the New Natural Philosophy; even if he controls this type of Order Force, it might have nothing to do with the Faith Power of the New Natural Philosophy.

Fortunately, there is another verification experiment to obtain Faith increments through external publicity; it will only take a little time to prove whether the fading of Holy Power is related to the lack of Faith Power.

This indirect observation experiment regarding Faith Power is actually a side project, so it doesn't matter if it's a bit more aggressive.

Any of Xia Duo's current experiments regarding Faith and Holy Power are still in a very Primary stage, mainly focused on acquiring more information; he doesn't really care about success or failure.

As the saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success"; if one is afraid of failure and dares not try, then one should never expect to have a day of success.

Waiting for a pie to fall from the sky—that would be a long wait.

Xia Duo, who intends to become a mentor of the new era, naturally prefers to "do it himself and have plenty of food and clothing"!

In his Perception, the original 【New Natural Philosophy Doctrine · Order Force】 is undergoing subtle changes, and its uncollapsed "probability cloud" has already shown changes that are sufficient to distinguish.

Since Order Force cannot interfere with reality, Xia Duo has no way to test the specific attributes of this changed Order Force, but he can be certain that this is absolutely a brand-new Order Force.

Just a single order, an order that in all likelihood has not even been executed yet, has caused the Order Force to change significantly; this cannot help but make Xia Duo frown.

If the correspondence between Order Force and real-world order is this sensitive, perhaps a single rumor would be enough to make a certain Order Force unrecognizable.

Even if an automated Order Cycle is constructed, it only means the controller of the order has increased control over the Order Force, not that the Order Force has become resistant to interference.

Once the Order Force changes, the Order Cycle will also be affected.

Xia Duo now wants to know if the Order Cycle is affected, will the god who ascended to godhood through it be affected? If so, then in an extreme case, wouldn't a rumor, or even a single sentence, be enough to make a god lose their Divine Power?

This kind of question probably cannot be asked of a god; even if the relationship is close, would they tell you a secret that concerns their very life and existence? Not killing you on the spot would be considered polite!

"Sure enough, the more Knowledge one has, the more confused one becomes!"

As the boundaries of Knowledge expand, the unknown fields one comes into contact with gradually increase; this kind of problem cannot be solved just by choosing a direction.

Even if one chooses a direction, developing it deeply will still mean facing the unknown just as one faces the entire Universe.

Xia Duo is like this now; let alone the fields of Faith and Holy Power, which he hasn't researched much, even in the field of Plane, which he has been studying, he is currently only at a Primary stage of discovering laws and utilizing laws.

Not to mention researching the deep Principles behind the laws like the frontier scientists on Earth.

Xia Duo has always said that Arcanists are just undergraduates and Great Arcanists are graduate students; it really is like that, but even among graduate students, how many have the ability to study the laws of laws, the Principles of Principles?

The development of civilization is a long process; if he hadn't seen the hope of longevity or even immortality, Xia Duo would never have unrealistically started any Magic civilization cultivation plan.

With a limited life, wouldn't it be better to use it for enjoyment?

Sweeping away some distracting thoughts from his consciousness, Xia Duo cautiously maintained the continuous operation of the Spell to construct the Order Cycle.

After several attempts, he discovered that although the changed 【Moral Code · Order Force】 could already be collapsed and converged to a certain extent by the influence of the Spell, it still had not reached the level required to construct an Order Cycle.

Thus, he simply aborted the Spell; right now, the order had only just been issued, and at the execution level, Yatewude might not have even started yet!

Wait a few more days, and perhaps the outcome will be clear.

Xia Duo is very curious about Faith Power; although he does not doubt the existence of Faith Power and has even come into contact with it countless times (Bloodline Awakening), he is still very confused about the specific nature of Faith Power.

"Next, the Territory has entered a period of stable development; the experiments in the Yellow Sand Semi-Plane still need to continue, but they have also entered a stable period, and the trip to Leisen Territory can be arranged!"

Xia Duo opened his notebook containing various plans and began to look for a suitable time; in fact, there was no need to look for one at all. He was mostly reviewing what had already been completed, checking what was currently in progress, and examining future plans that had not yet begun, taking everything into consideration.

Subsequently, his finger unconsciously stopped at a point in time—the Snow Melting Competition!

"The Snow Melting Competition again!"

Thinking of the Snow Melting Competition, Xia Duo truly felt as if a lifetime had passed; during last year's Snow Melting Competition, he was still thinking about training for a few years and then going to participate and get some practice.

But he didn't expect that in just one short year, he would have already lost his eligibility to compete! (Below Senior Arcanist)

Of course, it was indeed just one short year in the Main Plane, but in the Projection Plane, several years had passed for Xia Duo, otherwise, he could not have achieved what he has now.

"This year's Snow Melting Competition might be even more intense!"

Thinking of last year, Netheril and Keman were already fighting to the death, and there were casualties at the Snow Melting Competition; later there was the Green Field Plane War, and as for the small frictions at the border, they were somewhat inconspicuous.

However, Xia Duo doesn't really care about the intensity of the Snow Melting Competition; he can't participate anyway. What he cares about is this time node.

Before the Snow Melting Competition, the Arcane Union will officially announce to the outside world that Iolum has become the new president; this might also have an impact on the Snow Melting Competition, and he doesn't know what new tricks will be played this year.

As for after the Snow Melting Competition, that is the time Xia Duo plans to go to Leisen Territory; if he is lucky, perhaps he can meet the Lord of Leisen in Seventon during the Snow Melting Competition.

But this possibility is not high; because of that experimental accident, the Lord of Leisen has not left Leisen Territory for a single step to this day, so wanting to meet the other party in Seventon is probably not very realistic.