Chapter 1385: Order Network, Shining into Reality

Ever since the Daxia Code was promulgated and implemented, Xia Duo has frequently inspected the Order Force of the Territory, but the Territory develops with each passing day, and order and the hearts of the people are changing at every moment.

Reflected in the cycle of Order Force, this means more and more detailed, brand-new Order Forces are being generated, and they are interconnected, forming an increasingly tight Order Network.

From the 【Field Allotment System Order Force】 that first completed the Order Cycle, to the later 【Daxia Territory Citizen Moral Code Order Force】 which incorporated the New Natural Philosophy Doctrine (doctrine and theoretical knowledge are different) into the system.

Afterwards, as the Daxia Code was continuously reflected in the lives of the citizens and took root in their hearts, being accepted by all citizens, Order Forces based on various branching decrees successively completed their cycles.

Such as 【Land Law Order Force】, 【Public Security Management Order Force】, 【Commercial Tax Order Force】, and so on.

At this moment, among the various Order Forces that Xia Duo perceived through spellcasting, although a considerable portion had not yet completed the Order Cycle, driven by the Order Forces that had already completed their cycles, they already had a trend of automatic circulation!

One must know that every previous Order Force cycle was pushed by Xia Duo's manual spellcasting, and it was not just one or two spells that would suffice; he had to wait for the Order Force to grow and cast spells continuously during this period.

Now, the Order Force already has a trend of automatic circulation; besides making Xia Duo sigh that his future work will be much less, what he cares about more is—

What will happen when all the Order Forces he leads have completed their cycles and are integrated!

The Order Force cycle is an indispensable link in the Ascension Ritual, but an Ascended God only needs to construct one Order Force cycle to receive the primal force guided by Faith Power and spark the Divine Fire.

Like what he is doing now, completing the cycle for all controllable Order Forces, is already outside the scope of the Ascension Ritual.

Or rather, it is no longer within the scope of the original Ascension Ritual provided by the Elf.

Take Princess Xiya, for instance; didn't she also improve the Ascension Ritual? Xia Duo has no way of knowing the specific effects for the time being, but judging from the Princess's performance after her Ascension to Godhood, it should not be worse than the Elf's original version.

Perhaps the Elf only provided a base-model version, and any changes they make now will make the ritual result better.

It is just that not everyone wishes to complete the promotion in this way, such as Xia Duo himself.

The Ascension Ritual may seem repeatable, but the Order Forces involved are different every time; the preceding Ascended God has already occupied it and succeeded in the Ascension to Godhood, so it is almost impossible for latecomers to choose this one again.

In a sense, the path of the Ascension Ritual will become narrower and narrower.

Xia Duo can certainly complete the Ascension to Godhood before the Ascension Race enters the white-hot stage, but this path, destined to be enjoyed by only a few, does not have much practical help for his goal of creating a magic civilization.

Instead, it might cause him to be drawn into the Ascension Race, making the originally stable civilization order a complete mess.

Therefore, at this stage, he is just like President Zhenna of the Ming Shui Chamber of Commerce, preparing for the Ascension Ritual, but whether he will actually do it is still quite doubtful; it counts as a retreat path.

It is estimated that this is also the thought of many Great Arcanists; although they do not necessarily have to choose this way to upgrade, it is always right to prepare for it first.

Xia Duo is more inclined to complete the leap in technology along objective laws, thereby coming into contact with the God's Domain; Faith might also be objectively existent and possess certain objective laws, but for him now, Faith is still too fantastical.

It is just like how Psionic Magic is determined by the mind; since it exists, it must have its own inevitability, but this inevitability cannot be understood or accepted by him in a short time.

The objective laws he understands and accepts are determined by the objective Reality of the world itself that can be observed and studied.

Whether it is the magic of this world or the technology on Earth, it has never deviated from the path of "observation-summary-application-extension".

If one day Faith Power can also be quantified, observed, and studied, then Xia Duo will naturally acknowledge the objectivity of Faith Power and accept the various applications related to it.

This is actually similar to science and fortune-telling on Earth; no matter how accurate fortune-telling is, as long as it cannot be proven or encompassed by the existing scientific system, Xia Duo will not acknowledge its objectivity, let alone its Reality.

Of course, he will not accept the various applications related to it either.

This looks a bit narrow, but it is already the most rational approach; after all, on Earth, science is already one of the most effective ways to understand the world; it is too unreasonable to believe in metaphysics instead of science.

And in this magic world, magic in the narrow sense refers to spells, but here with Xia Duo, he has already expanded magic into "a verifiable Knowledge system within a certain range," which is the definition of science on Earth.

If a theory, a spell, or an experiment cannot be repeated, Xia Duo will not incorporate it into his own magic system.

Faith Power happens to be among them.

For the time being, he can only vaguely perceive it or indirectly influence it by manipulating people's hearts, and cannot directly interfere or experiment.

Of course, this does not mean he will not study it; on the contrary, he has a very great interest in an existence outside the existing Knowledge system.

However, there are priorities in all things; perhaps when the timing is right, he can do it along the way, but he cannot devote most of his energy to it.

Otherwise, there are so many unknown existences in this world; hitting here and there, being half-hearted, when will he ever accomplish anything!

Xia Duo always insists on his own ideas and holds great expectations for collective Wisdom; as long as the civilization develops well and the technology tree is climbed high, any number of unknowns can be answered, and even everyone becoming a god is not a delusion!

As for now, he keeps perceiving the Order Network that already has connections with all aspects of the Territory, and a thought in his heart is becoming clearer and clearer.

He had been thinking before, why can't one obtain power directly from the Order Cycle, and why must one wait until after the Ascension to Godhood to have such an ability?

After knowing that Yatewude really perceived Holy Power just by relying on a fabricated "New Natural Philosophy," Xia Duo had even more thoughts about obtaining power directly from the Order Cycle.

As an Order Cycle that can receive primal force in the Ascension Ritual, it must possess some kind of power; if a Guidance mechanism can be found, perhaps an existence similar to Holy Power can be born, or it might simply be Holy Power itself!

Of course, a name more suitable for it might be "Order Force" itself!

A virtual power that originally only existed in concepts is manifested into Reality; how similar is this to the birth process of the so-called "New Natural Holy Power"!

It is just, what must be done to make the Order Force shine into Reality?