Chapter 1510: Changes in the Soul Space, Re-entering the Celestial Realm

The so-called "perception of the soul" is actually more like the soul casting off the shackles of the flesh, "viewing objects" purely from the perspective of the soul, as perception enters a brand-new Domain.

In this perspective, Xia Duo noticed that the thin layer of radiance excited by invisible forces around his soul had now become very dense, as if it were substantial.

And the small space reflected by this radiance around his soul, although its scope had not changed much, had undergone earth-shaking changes in its contents!

Originally, even if the space was empty, there were only two illusory Projections; one was the Netheril Village that Xia Duo discovered in the Boundless Wilderness when he first traveled to the Outer Planes.

The other was a swamp filled with gloomy aura—sludge, humus, and strange bubbles that surfaced from time to time in the swamp, and even vines covered in bizarre malignant tumors that constantly twisted and surged in the swamp.

The former was subsequently related to certain characteristics of Xia Duo himself, as he went there the first time he traveled to the Outer Planes; while the latter was a brand-new Outer Plane arrival coordinate that Xia Duo obtained after studying the patterns left behind by the demon summoned by the Drow during last year's Snow Melting Competition after it died.

It is just that now, after this Bloodline Awakening, both the original Netheril Village and the place suspected to be the Abyssal Abyss had become as if substantial around Xia Duo's soul.

Xia Duo did not care much about the changes in the former; perhaps it just strengthened his connection to that area, but the latter was not something he wanted to see.

Before this, even if he only saw those illusory Projections, he would feel a chill in his heart, but now, the original illusory Projections had become incomparably real.

It was as if the Abyss had opened up right at his doorstep!

This made Xia Duo feel a deep sense of threat, as if someone were holding a gun to his forehead, leaving him both terrified and somewhat at a loss.

And just as he felt resistance toward this swamp scene suspected to be the Abyssal Abyss, his soul instinctively shuddered; the next moment, the radiance produced by the invisible forces striking his soul immediately underwent a change.

Xia Duo could not fully understand this change and the Principles behind it for a moment, but the changes produced in the space it reflected were completely in line with his wishes.

He saw that the Abyssal swamp, which had just been as if substantial in that space, instantly turned back into its previous illusory appearance.

Even with Xia Duo's further thoughts, the illusory Projection that had just returned to its original state seemed to be about to be stripped from this space.

The facts were indeed so; as Xia Duo's sense of resistance grew stronger, that illusory Projection became increasingly illusory and gradually shrank.

Until it turned into a faintly glowing star and drifted to the edge of the space.

Xia Duo had a premonition that as long as he was willing, this star representing the Abyss coordinate would be completely excluded, but he stopped when he reached this step.

Back then, after the demon incident at the Snow Melting Competition, he had gone to the Sewendun Dashendian to clear out the so-called "Demon Aura" under the reminder of Iolum.

Theoretically speaking, there should be no hidden dangers, but the changes in the space reflected around his soul after this Bloodline Awakening made him a bit uncertain.

Reaching this level was about enough; if he could not see the specific Abyssal scene, then naturally there would be no overly extreme nervous emotions.

It was just a one-sided coordinate; as long as he did not descend into the Abyss, there would basically be no danger of reverse invasion.

On the other hand, the Netheril Village in the Boundless Wilderness now seemed to have made a home around his soul; did this mean he could descend at any time and return at any time?

Xia Duo did not dare to easily attempt to descend into the Abyss, but the Boundless Wilderness was no problem; he had been there more than once and could be considered familiar with the path.

The only thing worth worrying about might be that if he could not return to the Main Plane on his own, he would probably have to trouble that Divine Envoy Kafa of the Kingdom of Radiance again.

It was just that he had recently had a "small conflict" with the Lord of Radiance, and he was not sure if he would be given a hard time if he went there now.

Or perhaps go to the Netheril Kingdom established by the Princess, but if he did that, his meager skills would likely be exposed to the Seven Towers!

But after hesitating repeatedly, Xia Duo still decided to give it a try, because he had a very strong premonition that after this Bloodline Awakening, he would definitely be able to travel freely to and from the Outer Planes.

Furthermore, he also had a special sense for the Astral Plane; it seemed he could project himself into the Astral Plane, or even descend into the Astral Plane with his physical body, without the assistance of the Exploration Array.

This was far stronger than an Astral Mage; ordinary Astral Mages also needed the assistance of the Exploration Array when perceiving the Astral Plane. Perceiving the Astral Plane directly without assistance could only be done by a very small number of people with super-strong perception talent.

And generally, such people would likely have perceived some kind of Holy Power very early on and gone off to be Priests in peace, rather than having nothing better to do than study Magic.

Astral Mages seem to combine the advantages of Mages and Priests, but from another perspective, they actually combine the disadvantages of both; otherwise, Astral Mages would have become the mainstream for Spellcasters.

People with true talent would never choose such a future plan.

After making his decision, Xia Duo was a man of action. Plus, the Projection of the Netheril Village in the Boundless Wilderness had become as if substantial, so he did not need to be like before, needing to seize the right moment and wait for the illusory Projection to appear and stabilize before he could teleport.

Now he could teleport as he pleased, following the instinctive Guidance of his body and soul, and "leaped" toward the Boundless Wilderness.

The next moment, Xia Duo appeared near a neat field of crops, at a location exactly the same as the one he chose before teleporting, and not far away was the village that had now expanded by nearly double.

Just now, when he saw the changes in this village in his soul space, he thought it was just that the deviation between the real village in the Boundless Wilderness of the Outer Planes and the scene in his soul space had grown larger.

Because the village scene that appeared in his space before was not exactly the same as what he saw after actually arriving at the village, but now it seemed to be exactly the same.

At least, at a rough glance, Xia Duo did not see any obvious differences; it was exactly the same as the village scene displayed in his soul space, as if it had been copied exactly.

However, Xia Duo was not sure whether the real village conformed to the scene in his soul space, or if the scene in his space was copied from here.

Logically speaking, the latter possibility should be greater, but the Outer Planes cannot be judged by the experience of the general Material Plane; mutual influence, or even Xia Duo's one-sided influence, was also very possible.

After all, no normal Plane could change spatial distance according to a person's wishes like the Outer Planes.

"Chant these Proverbs, and you shall ascend to the Kingdom of Radiance" had left too deep an impression on Xia Duo.