Chapter 1870: Speculations on the Advancement of Great Arcanists

Demon Descendants have Magic Energy, Arcanists have Arcane Energy; since Demon Descendants can use Magic Energy infection to obtain special bloodlines, why can't Arcanists use Arcane Infusion to obtain special bloodlines?

Perhaps this is the "cultivation magic" Xia Duo has always been looking forward to!

However, with the more grand and essential Bloodline Sequencing Project of Jilan Tower ahead, and the fact that Xia Duo has sent students from the Tower of Time to participate in it, he naturally would not rashly attempt to use Arcane Infusion on himself.

Even in the Projection Plane, he must consider whether the bit of Reality projected over would be affected.

At the very least, until he is certain that Arcane Infusion has no hidden dangers and does not conflict with his own bloodline, he is not prepared to use Arcane Infusion on himself.

Right now, the Projection Plane provides him with the best experimental environment; in the Projection Plane, there is no need to worry about research leaks, and he can safely find people to communicate with.

Moreover, in Elf society, class solidification is severe, and there is never a shortage of low-level Elves willing to pay any price for class advancement.

Xia Duo speculates that the hidden dangers of Arcane Infusion should be far less than those of Magic Energy infection.

Although Magic Energy has more advantages in combat compared to Arcane Energy, in terms of versatility, Magic Energy cannot even catch up to Arcane Energy.

Furthermore, the process of generating Arcane Energy is precise and clear, containing no unknown elements, making it far superior to the Abyssal Aura of unknown origin; even if there are hidden dangers, they will be relatively controllable.

In fact, even if there were major hidden dangers, Xia Duo is not prepared to abandon the experiment; new technologies inevitably have risks. This is like clinical drug trials on Earth, where subjects also face various risks, including but not limited to death, or even living in a more miserable state.

But for the sake of medical progress and the well-being of the broader human population, someone must always make sacrifices.

Moreover, the subjects themselves are mostly beneficiaries of the relevant drugs; participating in the experiment might offer a chance at a cure or simply a chance to survive, whereas not participating might mean being deprived of even the last glimmer of hope.

As for the Arcane Infusion experiment, for Xia Duo, doing so is also for the sake of Magic progress and the progress of longevity research.

If he could use virtual creatures in the Projection Plane—which are essentially just a bit of Astral Plane spirit—to replace real creatures in the Main Plane, that would be even better.

Furthermore, he would not force targets to participate in the experiment, and he would inform the targets of the various risks that might arise before the experiment.

He still holds to these basic principles.

Of course, Xia Duo still has many misunderstandings about the process and Principles of Magic Energy infection, not to mention transplanting it to Arcane Infusion; he will not be recruiting subjects in the short term.

At least until the New Mythallar project in Evereska starts, he will not have any thoughts in this regard.

"It's just—how exactly does this Magic Energy infection change the essence of a creature instead of converting it into an Elemental Creature?"

Xia Duo is very confused about this; one must know that the moral bottom line of Netherese Mages in the Main Plane is not as high as his, and there are many experiments he wouldn't even think of, yet some Netherese Mages have actually done them.

For example, placing living people in a high-concentration elemental environment to obtain the corresponding elemental bloodline; but unfortunately, although the experimental subjects could indeed cast spells in the end, they were irreversibly converted into elemental forms and would die rapidly in a short time.

Xia Duo had heard of such experiments long ago, but he had never heard of any successful cases; perhaps some Mages succeeded in private, but it was just not made public.

But judging from the fact that Jilan Tower spent huge amounts of manpower and resources to conduct the Bloodline Sequencing Project, perhaps Jilan Tower had long known that such methods were unreliable.

Yet Demon Descendants are real.

And the side effect of Acorla Elves coming into contact with the Dragon Madness Mythallar—Dragon Transformation—also looks like a form of energy infection, and the effect is even more significant.

It is just that Elves are unwilling to accept this complete change of race, especially since it is a lower race in their eyes; if it were humans, perhaps many humans would beg for it!

At least back when Xia Duo first transmigrated, if he were given a chance to become a dragon, he would have accepted it without hesitation.

Dragon Transformation and Demon Descendants are both real, which means that using energy infection to change the essence of a creature—with the upper limit being a complete change of race and the lower limit at least obtaining a special bloodline—is theoretically feasible.

This naturally includes Arcane Energy, and even the four elements, as well as Positive and Negative Energy.

"Right!"

Thinking of Positive and Negative Energy, Xia Duo suddenly realized that Undead could also be seen as the result of Negative Energy infection!

Even those Divine Envoys of the Kingdom of Radiance, especially the Holy Light Divine Envoys in the form of light orbs, look very much like some kind of Positive Energy creature.

Xia Duo had seen an Elf Divine Envoy from the Elf God Kingdom in the Princess's Shenguo; that guy was different from the Divine Envoys of the Kingdom of Radiance, being closer to the Saint Form of a high-level Mage.

Or rather, the Saint Form of a high-level Mage is also a special energy-based form, which is why it cannot be maintained for a long time, for fear of not being able to change back.

In the end, they either disintegrate on their own or rush to the Elf God Kingdom before dying; perhaps there are some special means there to maintain such a form for a long time, or perhaps only the special environment of the Outer Planes allows a Saint Avatar to exist for a long time.

As for the Saint Form Avatar that Xia Duo is currently using, because it is an avatar created by Xilin's main body itself, there is no question of whether it can change back or not.

But the fact that it can be maintained for a long time is also very worthy of scrutiny!

Perhaps this avatar is not as permanently existent as he initially imagined; it is just that the time he has maintained the avatar so far has not yet reached the critical point.

Once the perspective on looking at problems changed, Xia Duo suddenly discovered that the phenomenon of energy infection is almost everywhere, just to varying degrees.

Perhaps the final effect of Arcane Infusion is similar to the Saint Form of Elf high-level Mages!

Appearing almost in the form of pure energy—no, that's not known yet! Xia Duo almost forgot, the essence of an Arcanist is not Arcane Energy, but Arcane Fire!

At that time, the ultimate form of an Arcanist might very well be a "mini Magic God" who controls a Micro Magic Net!

If the relevant research goes smoothly, Xia Duo will greatly expand the horizontal development width of the Arcanist profession.

As for the upper limit, in the short term, there is only the path of Ascension to Godhood, but that is not a pure Arcane path, nor does it have universality; Xia Duo speculates that the further advancement of Great Arcanists will most likely still fall on Arcane Fire.

It is just that the current Great Arcanist's Arcane Fire is already no different in essence from the Great Magic Net environment in Reality, only a difference in quantity.

How to develop in the next step is not just something Xia Duo feels confused about; the Great Arcanists of Netheril are all quite confused.

If it is developed in terms of quantity, the end result would just be becoming another Great Magic Net environment, and according to Xia Duo's speculation, the Magic Goddess most likely cannot control the entire Great Magic Net, at least not all at once.

Otherwise, She would be too powerful; even if all the other gods were added together, they would not be Her opponents.

If the Arcanist's Micro Magic Net is developed in terms of quantity, it may eventually face the result of being uncontrollable; these are all predictable.

Only a qualitative change can lead to a qualitative improvement.

Or perhaps the Magic Net itself still has undiscovered essences; unlike Spells, Spells are merely a way of using energy, and while they can be extremely powerful, they can only expand the width of the Arcanist profession.

If the Magic Net itself has undiscovered essences, perhaps it could allow Great Arcanists to continue to advance.

Or, one could also keep expanding the width of the Arcanist profession, developing it completely horizontally, and treating width as height.

If that is the case, then that is also a good path; to stand shoulder to shoulder with gods as a mortal, it may not be impossible to achieve.