Chapter 1343: Arcane Fire Perfection, Civilization Seed

At the very least, from Xia Duo's current perspective, the Magic Net truly only has ten layers, just as Iolum, Kangjienio, the high-ranking Elven Mages of the Projection Plane, and the Great Arcanists of the Arcane Empire had said!

Before he could lament too much, Xia Duo's attention was already drawn by the brand-new changes in his Arcane Fire.

From the moment he first touched the fifth layer of the Magic Net, Xia Duo created the Arcane Fire and combined it with his will; thereafter, every time he touched a deeper layer of the Magic Net, the Arcane Fire would automatically derive a deeper structure.

And now, the Magic Net seems to have reached its end, so what about the Arcane Fire?

Naturally, it has also reached its final stage of maturity!

A massive amount of brand-new Magic Net String structures emerged from the root of the Arcane Fire, deriving a brand-new tenth-layer structure. This change caused Xia Duo's Arcane Energy limit to nearly double. (Around 1000, which is 100 times what it was when he first became an Arcanist.)

This is the benefit that can only be obtained through leveling up; normally, if one wants the Arcane Fire to grow, one can only spend time letting it grow naturally bit by bit.

But this is not the greatest change presented by this level-up.

The greatest change lies in—

At this moment, even the Arcane Fire that is retracted and curled up has sprouted open Magic Net Strings that previously only existed naturally when expanded into a Micro Magic Net.

Under normal circumstances, Magic Net Strings are always closed, and together with countless other similar Magic Net Strings, they form the macroscopic Magic Net that links the Inner Plane, covers the Material Plane, and projects into the Outer Planes.

Of course, open Magic Net Strings are not some special state of the Magic Net; situations where the closed state is broken occur during normal Spellcasting.

When the Arcane Fire links to the Magic Net to obtain energy, it also needs to break the closed state of the Magic Net Strings.

But at this moment, these open Magic Net Strings naturally derived from Xia Duo's curled and retracted Arcane Fire actually penetrate the underlying layer of the (Material) Plane and reach deep into the Elemental Plane.

Or more accurately, into the conceptual Elemental Origin.

Rather than any specific Elemental Plane derived from the Elemental Origin as generally referred to.

Due to the close integration of his will and the Arcane Fire, Xia Duo can even intuitively feel that the ends of the Arcane Fire's open Magic Net Strings are connected to six magnificent and profound energy sources.

Endless energy gushes out continuously from those six sources, and what Xia Duo's Arcane Fire receives is merely an insignificant drop in the ocean.

Yet even so, this ensures that Xia Duo can save at least one Standard Arcane Crystal (a quantity of 1000) every day, in addition to his normal Spellcasting!

One must know that when he had just advanced to Arcanist, even if he didn't use any himself and extracted everything, it would have taken him several months to save up one.

Of course, the amount of energy is a minor matter; more importantly—

Even if the Magic Net were to disappear completely from this day forward, Xia Duo would still be able to maintain his normal Spellcasting ability.

And after the Arcane Fire grows to a certain degree, he could even provide Magic Net support to other Spellcasters!

Even now, if he were willing, he could provide all the energy required for the daily personal Spellcasting of one or two hundred High Mages.

At this moment, Xia Duo suddenly thought—

In the 【Projection Plane: Empire Remnants】, Great Arcanists would sacrifice their own Arcane Fire to allow High Mages to advance into Arcanists, so as to avoid the detection of Cormanthor.

But at the time, Dean Bernie admitted personally that as long as the Arcane Fire grows to twice its initial state (referring to the Arcane Energy limit), even if it is torn during the advancement of a High Mage, it would not cause one's own Arcane Fire to collapse, but merely result in a reduction in quantity.

Xia Duo's current Arcane Fire is at the initial state of his current rank; if his Arcane Fire were to grow to twice its current size, or even more, then would he be able to—

Go to some place without a Magic Net and re-establish the Arcane Magic System?

Theoretically speaking, it should be possible.

Then the significance of a Great Arcanist's existence would be vastly different; besides being the individual power ceiling within the Arcane Magic System, they would also be the seeds of Magic (Civilization)!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo suddenly took the "Fielder Spellbook" out of his Personal Space, flipped to the last page with text, and stared at a term on it—

"Great Plan"!

Fielder and his teacher—the Great Arcanist Aoshi—were both members of Morien Tower, but both disappeared inexplicably at the height of their careers due to some "Great Plan" unknown to the outside world.

Could this so-called "Great Plan" be the "Civilization Seed Plan"?

Xia Duo might not have believed in this possibility when he first transmigrated here, but after gaining a deeper understanding of Netheril, he feels that the probability of this possibility existing is not small!

It's just that to make a Great Arcanist in the prime of their life voluntarily retire, what kind of price would need to be paid? Could it be based solely on hot-blooded passion?

Xia Duo still remembers that during the power transition at Giles Tower at the beginning of the year, didn't a Great Arcanist named Kaousi jump out?

Hot-blooded passion can last for a while, but not necessarily for a lifetime.

To persist for so long, besides firm belief, one also needs compensation worthy of such a sacrifice!

But what could Netheril or the Seven Towers provide?

Beautiful women? Handsome men? Knowledge? Wealth? Or simply establishing their own empire in some more spacious Sub-plane?

Xia Duo shook his head, not wanting to think about those issues unrelated to him; now that the upgrade is successful, the Arcane Fire has also successfully linked to the Elemental Plane.

Although he is still missing a few high-quality Magic Items that could settle the matter, it is of no great consequence; under a stable order, once power reaches a certain level, it is no longer the decisive factor.

He understands that he can also safely head to Seventon.

It is not that he doesn't trust Iolum; the Mythallar at most only has the potential to be a threat, and Iolum would not go so far as to silence him because of this.

But the New Natural Philosophy, especially the New Natural Philosophy that has already given birth to New Nature Druids, has truly become a thorn in the side of the Elves.

Xia Duo should perhaps trust Iolum's breadth of mind and vision, but the right thing appearing at the wrong time might just be a disaster.

Under the current international situation, Netheril coming up with this thing is somewhat untimely.

If Iolum were to really say—"Please die for the greater good," then what should he do?

Only by becoming the "greater good" himself!

For the "New Natural Philosophy," it is absolutely two different concepts whether it is created by a Great Arcanist or a Senior Arcanist.

The former can ignore the questioning of others, while the latter might have to pay with their life for it.

Of course, Xia Duo could choose not to reveal the existence of the New Natural Philosophy to Iolum, but in that case, he would have to face the threat from the Elven main gods all by himself.

Xia Duo considers his own frame not strong enough; he cannot carry such a thing alone, so it is safer to pull more people in to carry it together.