Chapter 1513: Soul Transition, The Role of Cloud Qi

This feeling is extremely strange, as if sticking one's head out of a window to see a scene completely different from the one inside the room, and perceiving sensations completely different from those inside the room, yet still being able to clearly realize the fact that the body is still inside the room.

This feeling constantly reminds Xia Duo: this is not the main body, this is not the main body!

But this temporary body he currently possesses perhaps has a longer lifespan than the main body; at least for now, he has not felt any traces of the passage of time from this body.

This is somewhat different from a Projection; although a Projection also lacks traces of the passage of time, in terms of sensation, one can still feel hunger, thirst, and even fatigue.

But in this body, Xia Duo has not felt any thirst, hunger, or even fatigue; although the time he entered the Outer Planes this time was short, his perception, which is more acute after his Bloodline Awakening, makes him very certain of this point.

Even before, he could relatively accurately perceive and confirm his own physical state; after all, as long as a person is alive, there will be consumption, the state will continue to decline, and one needs to use eating, drinking, and resting to recover.

But now, Xia Duo does not feel his state decline in the slightest; clearly, this body is even more miraculous than his main body on the Main Plane.

It is just unknown whether this body can enter the Main Plane like a Projection; if it can, the Projection can definitely be discarded.

Many conjectures flowed through Xia Duo's heart like running water; there will be plenty of time in the future, and this time he was only confirming whether he could freely travel back and forth to the Outer Planes.

"Going" was already achievable before; now it is just a matter of whether he can "return."

Although he felt no suffocation even without breathing, Xia Duo still took a deep breath, as if only in this way could he be considered to have completed the most essential preparation before an important action.

Striving to perceive the state of his main body, following the instinct originating from the depths of his bloodline, Xia Duo "leaped" again; the next moment, this body in the Outer Planes suddenly disintegrated, transforming into a brilliant and eye-catching halo.

At the same time, a soul that was also emitting brilliant radiance disappeared from the halo.

And shortly after Xia Duo left, a monster with a crocodile body, a dog head, and a fish tail suddenly appeared from the void; with a flick of its fish tail, it appeared under the crooked-neck tree that Xia Duo had previously leaned against.

Its nose sniffed incessantly, seemingly attracted by the scent Xia Duo left behind; its body twisted continuously in the void, disappearing and reappearing.

But the next moment, a ray emitting seven-colored light shot out from the sun near the horizon in the distance, approaching slowly yet quickly.

Seen from afar, it was a ray, but when it reached close range, it had already transformed into a sea of light covering the sky and earth, completely shrouding this area.

And the little monster sniffing by the tree did not seem to notice this phenomenon; it was only when the light reached its body that it belatedly wanted to escape.

But it was too late.

The space-travel ability that had always been foolproof in the past seemed to be forcibly locked by some power at this moment; no matter how it twisted its body or shook its tail, it did not have the slightest effect.

In the endless sea of light, the little monster roared continuously; as the sea of light kept shrinking, the little monster's roaring and struggling movements became increasingly feeble.

Finally, it transformed into a Statue that was indistinguishable from the real thing.

Before long, a team of Divine Envoys shrouded in holy flames flew over from the distance and finally stopped beside the Statue; the flames gradually dissipated.

One of the Divine Envoys walked out of the formation, first checked around the Statue, and only then carefully put the Statue away, returning to the formation to report to the superior:

"Lord Kafa, the target seemed to be attracted by something, which gave us the opportunity to lock onto it, but I didn't discover anything; please check it yourself, my Lord."

"No need. This area has been purified; if you couldn't find anything, I couldn't possibly have any gains. ￥%*@ It is extremely chaotic; there is no need to delve too deeply into its behavior, just complete the mission."

"Yes, my Lord."

Subsequently, this team of Divine Envoys was once again shrouded in flames and sped toward the direction of the sun.

……

Main Plane, Arcane Union.

Xia Duo was unaware of everything that happened in the Boundless Wilderness after he left, but he did not miss a single bit of the process of his body disintegrating and his soul traveling.

After his soul returned to his main body, Xia Duo did not feel anything unusual; he guessed that the process of returning might just be the normal procedure.

But he was still somewhat unclear about the Principles behind it, only vaguely feeling that it might be related to the Mysterious Glow excited around his soul.

After re-perceiving his soul, he almost confirmed this conjecture, because the glow around his soul seemed to have become a bit thinner, which caused the scene of that Netheril Village in the Boundless Wilderness of the Outer Planes reflected in the small space to become somewhat blurry.

But fortunately, it did not turn into the intermittent phantom it was before; it was still a real scene and continued to exist, just a bit blurry.

This discovery also made Xia Duo certain that this ability is not only related to himself, but also requires the cooperation of certain external factors; it is not as casual as he had previously thought to travel back and forth.

Xia Duo could roughly determine that the glow excited around his soul is related to Cloud Qi, and Cloud Qi, in his speculation, should be something similar to Faith, belief, or luck.

These invisible forces constantly strike the soul; on one hand, it is like massage or forging iron, which can slowly temper the soul, and on the other hand, it can excite the Mysterious Glow, providing him with additional abilities.

Xia Duo had not deliberately paid attention to this aspect before, mostly adopting a laissez-faire attitude, but now, he felt that he needed to pay more attention and study it more.

The ability to "freely travel back and forth to the Outer Planes" is simply too attractive.

……

According to the current state of the glow around his soul, Xia Duo speculated that he could probably travel back and forth to the Outer Planes two more times; after that, he would likely only be able to go, but not return on his own.

Of course, this kind of speculation is more out of intuition from his bloodline perception, but because the glow itself is not innate to the bloodline but excited by external forces, there will likely be a significant margin of error in reality.

But one round trip should be no problem.

In the following time, Xia Duo kept familiarizing himself with his new abilities after his Bloodline Awakening in his residence, among which the one he was most unaccustomed to was 【Cloud-Treading and Mist-Riding】.

This almost completely reshaped his movement habits.

Originally as a human, he had an extraordinary requirement for keeping his feet on the ground; even with various Flight Spells, Xia Duo had not seen many Mages flying in the sky all day long.

Flight was merely a supplementary means when ground Movement could not reach the destination.

As for Xia Duo himself, his frequency of using Teleportation Spell was higher than using Flight; usually, he would only fly when he wanted to relax his mood.

But after this Bloodline Awakening, he would be in a state of flight at all times; if he wanted to land and walk, he would have to exert extra effort to restrict the Bloodline Ability from taking effect.

The most ridiculous thing is when sleeping; in a state of no thought, there is basically no deliberate control, so he would naturally float up, but if he had a nightmare and his thoughts became slightly chaotic, he might just float away.

Does he have to tie himself with a rope when sleeping in the future?