Chapter 1308: Returning to the Main Plane, the Vanishing Suo En

"Ah, how could this be! My experiment hasn't finished yet!"

Xia Duo flailed his little arms and legs in an emotional frenzy, but no matter how he cried out, it was to no avail; instead, it was like he was barking impotently.

His cries drew a sturdy, full-chested female caretaker, who walked up to the cradle like a giant and scooped Xia Duo out in one motion.

Immediately after, without a word of explanation, she stuffed a soft, spherical object into Xia Duo's mouth while rhythmically patting his back with one hand.

Although Xia Duo did not feel particularly hungry at that moment, the infant body's instincts still made him suckle subconsciously, and he felt incredibly embarrassed the moment he realized what he was doing.

Fortunately, no one could discern an infant's embarrassment; otherwise, he might have wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

After eating his fill, Xia Duo dared not make a scene again, but instead lay in the cradle, thinking silently while also searching through the infant's sparse memories.

He had not expected the Time Loop to come so quickly; the "Negative Energy Downgrade" project was at a critical moment, and if he had been given even ten more days, he could have obtained a preliminary 【Negative Energy Downgrade】 Spell.

Combined with the information on negative energy intrusion that Lord Leisen of the Main Plane could provide, it would be enough to perfect the 【Negative Energy Downgrade】 Spell to a fairly high degree.

But now, this body was still "Maikade," only returned to the infant stage of "Maikade," and Xia Duo did not have that much time to wait for this body to slowly grow up.

To trade at least a dozen years of his lifespan for a usable 【Negative Energy Downgrade】 Spell—even if there were other gains—Xia Duo felt it was not worth it at all.

"Time to go back!"

Xia Duo sighed, then gave rise to the thought of leaving, and with this thought, his consciousness began to withdraw from this world.

He saw the infant appearance of "Maikade" from a third-party perspective, chubby and quite cute, and the next moment, his perspective rose rapidly.

By the time he came to his senses, his consciousness had returned to the Astral Plane, still in that ribbon-like nebula of the Dream Ruins.

Amidst the stars, Xia Duo's finger was still maintaining the posture of pointing at the star point representing the essence of 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire Remnants】.

Coming to his senses now, he subconsciously withdrew his finger, but to Kelifu and Suo En standing to the side, he had only just extended his finger and immediately pulled it back.

Kelifu was stunned and immediately asked with concern: "Lord Xia Duo, is there a problem? Is it not this Projection Plane?"

"No, I have already returned from the Projection Plane."

Xia Duo rubbed his brow, barely managing to deal with Kelifu; time in the Astral Plane was peculiar, and all the negative states he suffered could not recover naturally.

If a cut was made in the flesh, it would remain open, and mental exhaustion, regardless of depth, could not be alleviated by the passage of time.

It could only be recovered through sleep, and this sleep was not the general sleep of the Material Plane, but specifically Deep Sleep.

Basically, if one wants to sleep in the Astral Plane, one can only do so through magical means.

Or, like Suo En, create a special Material Plane for recuperation and recovery.

But now, the purpose of Xia Duo's trip to the Astral Plane had been achieved, and he could well return to the Main Plane to rest. "Lord Kelifu, I have already found what you wanted. I feel terrible right now, let's return to the Main Plane to discuss the details!"

To this, Kelifu naturally had no objections; in fact, he was even more anxious to return to the Main Plane than Xia Duo himself. "No problem, Lord Xia Duo, you go ahead, I will follow shortly!"

Seeing that Kelifu seemed to have something else to say to Suo En, Xia Duo did not hesitate and immediately chose to exit the Astral Plane.

……

Main Plane, Seventon, Giles Tower.

In the Projection Hall, the moment Xia Duo opened his eyes, he saw Kelifu, who had also opened his eyes; although the two did not leave the Astral Plane at the same time, they returned simultaneously.

Of course, because Kelifu had stayed in the Astral Plane for a period longer, the actual lifespan lost by the two was not equal.

In addition, Xia Duo also had to calculate the time consumed in the Projection Plane, which was the main reason he could not accept continuing to grow from the infant stage of "Maikade."

It was simply too much of a waste of time and life.

Xia Duo and Kelifu looked at each other, and then, with a tacit understanding, they did not discuss "Death Authority" or "Resurrection Spell" in Giles Tower; the two said nothing at all and just left silently.

During this time, Xia Duo noticed that the Eternal Holy Spirit Suo En had not returned to the Main Plane with them, and he did not know if he would ever be able to see the other party again.

Suo En's Time Anchoring with the Main Plane could be chosen autonomously, but for Xia Duo, he could appear at any moment from the time he entered the Astral Plane to the infinitely distant future.

Of course, it was more likely to be a past moment relative to Xia Duo, such as 1 second before Xia Duo's current moment.

This also meant that if Suo En had not calibrated his time with the Main Plane to Xia Duo's current moment or some future moment, Xia Duo would never see the other party again.

For the current Xia Duo, Suo En was already lost in the Astral Plane forever, lost in the past time, and the Main Plane would never again have a trace of the other party.

Even if he entered the Astral Plane, he would be unable to find the other party.

Xia Duo was still very curious about such an existence, but it was a pity that the time spent entering the Astral Plane to head to the Dream Ruins was too short, and the two had not been able to communicate more.

If his lifespan were long enough, he might be able to wait for the other party to actively calibrate the time in the future, or he could use the summoning Magic Array of Giles Tower to actively remind the other party to calibrate to a certain future moment to meet in the Main Plane.

And from Suo En's perspective, the signal from the summoning Magic Array would extend from the moment he last left the Main Plane to the infinitely distant future.

However, whichever moment's summoning signal he responded to, that instant was equivalent to him calibrating his time with the Main Plane, and all signals prior to that instant would disappear.

This also meant that Suo En could not use future signals to travel to the past, but rather, the moment he responded to, or even interpreted, a future signal, he automatically connected to the future of the Main Plane.

Therefore, to contact Suo En, one could only agree on a future moment that had not yet been calibrated or connected.

And accordingly, in order to maintain contact with the Main Plane, Suo En would not respond to summoning signals that were too distant.

……

After agreeing with Kelifu on the specific time and place for their next meeting, Xia Duo headed straight back to the Arcane Union; his mental state was exhausted to the extreme, and if he didn't rest now, he was truly worried he might fall asleep while walking.

The next morning.

Xia Duo woke up early; after a full night's rest, his mental state had fully recovered. After sending a message to Niya to report that he was safe, he began to organize the materials related to the Resurrection Spell that he would hand over to Kelifu at their meeting at noon.