Chapter 1523: Seeking Other Breakthroughs, Produce of the Heavenly Realm

Associating this with the legends of "Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth" and "Ragnarök" found in both Eastern and Western cultures on Earth, Xia Duo suddenly felt a chill run down his back. In a world where the gods are truly and undeniably real, even just thinking about such things could break him out in a cold sweat.

Xia Duo hurriedly stopped his train of thought, bid farewell to Yalun and the others, and after entering the wilderness, he casually found a spot that looked acceptable and returned to the Main Plane.

……

Tower of Time.

Even after returning to the place that made him feel most at ease, Xia Duo still had lingering fears; the gods generally possessed the ability of prophecy.

If they were to perceive some of the small thoughts in his heart, heaven knows if a giant hand might descend from the sky and slap him to death.

Clearing his emotions and distracting thoughts, Xia Duo began to perceive the Order Force. As he had expected, even though he had only sent over a few handy tools, the 【Special True Name: Order Force】 had grown by more than a little.

Of course, this 【Special True Name: Order Force】 born from naming might be more accurately called 【God-Nation Homeland: Order Force】.

Before he left, he had already arranged for Sikabeilumu to form a Working Group in the Homeland. Although there were only a dozen or so people there at the moment, organizing them into two groups was not a problem.

Subsequent increases in Order Force should be possible.

Immediately following this, Xia Duo actively cast a spell to drive the 【God-Nation Homeland: Order Force】 cycle, and during this process, his perception of his soul gradually became clearer.

Soon, he discovered that the Order Force had begun to replenish the Mysterious Glow consumed during his recent trip to and from the Outer Planes.

The process remained like a black box, leaving one with no way to intervene. Even after the glow was fully replenished, Xia Duo had not gained even a shred of insight beyond what he had before.

"Why? Why?"

Xia Duo asked himself repeatedly. He did not demand to understand the Principles behind it immediately, but at least he should be able to know how the Order Force replenished the glow!

But unfortunately, the process within seemed to have no connection at all; the Order cycle slowed down, and then the glow increased inexplicably.

Strictly speaking, this could not truly prove that the Order Force replenished the Mysterious Glow; after all, these two phenomena were independent of each other, and the only connection was the sequence in which they appeared.

Sequential appearance could not prove a causal relationship, but if it wasn't the Order Force, what else could it be?

This was almost self-evident!

Xia Duo was quite distressed by this. Even if one could prove a causal relationship existed in this pure black box, so what? One still couldn't see the specific operational process within!

Furthermore, even the causal relationship could not be proven now.

It was merely his intuition that determined the Order Force had replenished the Mysterious Glow; perhaps the glow just happened to surge automatically at that moment?

After exiting the state of perception, Xia Duo shook his head repeatedly. This problem was too thorny and impossible to get a handle on. The best he could do now was what he had done before: ignore it and let time tell.

It was just that Bloodline Awakening was likely difficult to advance any further now; letting time tell was no longer as worth looking forward to as before. Perhaps this was a problem he would never understand in his entire life!

No!

Xia Duo certainly could not resign himself to this. Not to mention that the Calimshan Empire in the south was adept in the Bloodline Domain and might offer a breakthrough, even normal Magic research would surely find a breakthrough in the future.

The Ascension Ritual was the best example.

Xia Duo felt he shouldn't be held back by such hopeless matters in the short term; knowing that the glow could be replenished was enough for now.

"Hoo—"

Having cleared his thoughts, Xia Duo let out a long, relieved breath. As he opened his eyes, Niya was looking at him nervously, "How is it? Did it go smoothly? Just now, I felt like you had gone very far away."

"Everything went smoothly, don't worry!" Xia Duo comforted her.

Afterward, he rested briefly and headed to the Outer Planes again. Besides delivering the weapons he had promised to Yalun and the others, he also intended to get some Celestial Wheat.

Food made from this stuff had a refreshing effect similar to the Bonu Original Leaf, and the little wheat Xia Duo had gotten from the village earlier had long since been consumed.

Just as before, Xia Duo laid out the weapons first, and only then did he propose his request for some flour. To this, Yalun agreed without the slightest hesitation:

"Xia Duo, you are also our family. We can't finish eating that flour at all, and it takes up quite a bit of space in the warehouse. Take as much as you want!"

"……"

Although Xia Duo had long known that cultivation in the Outer Planes was different from the Main Plane, Yalun's "nouveau riche" attitude still stung him a little.

One had to know that Daxia Territory still hadn't achieved self-sufficiency in food and had to rely on the aid of the Tower of Time to keep people from starving.

Moreover, the population of the Territory had multiplied several times last year, making the demand for food and farmland even greater. For a moment, he even wanted to bring his subjects from the Main Plane to the Outer Planes to pioneer.

Anyway, with his Personal Space, smuggling them over would be very fast and wouldn't require paying any extra price.

However, considering the reaction of the gods, he temporarily dismissed this thought, but the idea of engaging in agriculture in the Outer Planes had taken deep root in his mind.

……

Following Yalun to the village's grain warehouse, the village had undergone a drastic change; not only had the warehouse grown significantly larger, but there was also an extra one.

Both grain warehouses were filled with grain, but after searching high and low, Xia Duo couldn't find any grain other than wheat. Noticing this detail, Xia Duo couldn't help but ask:

"Do you only grow wheat?"

"Yes, the four of us brothers only found wheat at the beginning. This wheat tastes good, so we never went looking for other crops."

"Where did you find it?"

"Right here!"

"I see!"

Xia Duo was lost in thought. Perhaps the wheat here was a projection of one of the staple foods of Netheril on the Main Plane. If this place became more like Daxia Territory in the future, perhaps he could artificially influence the new species here.

Such as Celestial Vegetables, fruit trees, and so on.

Perhaps if he went to look outside the village now, he might find some!

If food made from Celestial Wheat had a refreshing effect, what magical effects could other foods produce?

Thinking of this, Xia Duo suddenly realized that the produce of the Heavenly Realm might be a big business, and very likely an exclusive one at that.

After all, except for him, others probably wouldn't find traveling to and from the Outer Planes so easy and comfortable, with almost zero cost.

"Yalun, have you searched near the village? Did you find any other crops?" Xia Duo asked.

"We searched, but apart from wheat, we only found some flax; everything else was weeds or plants we didn't recognize."

"You can continue searching. If you can find vegetables, they are also good for the body."

Xia Duo suggested this, though in truth, he himself didn't know what the exact mechanism of a Reincarnated Person's body was, but generally speaking, following the habits of the Main Plane shouldn't be wrong.

Regarding this suggestion of his, Yalun accepted it without the slightest hesitation.