Chapter 969: The Power of Thought, A Shortcut of Proverbs

After adjusting his mood, Xia Duo set off again. For the rest of the journey, he made no more unnecessary movements, and he did not even cast spells to check the direction of the Kingdom of Radiance.

He simply buried his head and focused entirely on the journey.

The Outer Planes are in a place even more distant beyond the Astral Plane, and are even more metaphysical; perhaps they also possess a characteristic similar to that of the Astral Plane—the power of thought is greater than the power of action.

Xia Duo now thought of nothing; apart from the very idea of heading to the Kingdom of Radiance, he placed all his consciousness and thoughts into this one thing.

……

It is unknown how much time had passed when Xia Duo stumbled, nearly falling. It was this moment that brought him back to his senses, realizing he had been traveling for a long time.

Not only was his stomach growling, but his legs were also incredibly sore, and the soles of his feet were dripping with blood. He could no longer remember how long he had been walking; the Magic Moment was long gone.

If the time displayed by the Magic Moment was accurate, he had been walking for at least 24 hours, but looking ahead, there was still not a trace of the sun to be seen.

The sky remained a dim yellow, and the surrounding environment was still a wilderness, with no other scenery.

To be honest, seeing this scene before him, Xia Duo truly felt a deep sense of powerlessness and thick despair in his heart. If he could, he really wanted to vent recklessly.

But the more such a situation arose, the more restraint and calmness were needed. He was very worried that once he opened the floodgates of indulgence, the feeling of despair would completely spread and become uncontrollable.

Therefore, even though the road ahead was unclear, Xia Duo still comforted himself that as long as he reached the Kingdom of Radiance, he would be able to find a way to return.

At this moment, he could not help but think of the Great Arcanist Saville, who had been banished to a foreign land by Divine Punishment. Could that person, who had been banished for nearly a hundred years, still return?

He had already experienced this feeling of being stranded in a foreign land, but he had only been here for such a short time and already felt the sensation of despair gnawing at his heart. Could Saville really have persisted for decades?

Xia Duo did not know, but he did know that he might not be able to persist for decades. If he remained trapped in this Boundless Wilderness like this, he might reach his limit in just a few years.

He found it truly hard to believe the prospect of himself persisting here for decades; if that were really the case, perhaps he would go mad or insane.

Thinking of that terrifying scene, Xia Duo hurriedly ate something, rested for a while, and then set off again.

……

Just like that, after unknown numbers of rests and journeys, Xia Duo's restraint and focus finally succumbed to loss and despair. Under a crooked tree, he stopped.

He stopped, of course, not to commit suicide. Xia Duo had always despised the act of suicide; he had always believed that as long as one was alive, there was hope. But walking this path, never being able to see the Kingdom of Radiance, had truly worn down his patience.

He decided to stop and see how much further the Kingdom of Radiance was. If he could see it getting closer, that meant his current method was correct; no matter how long it took, as long as he persisted, he would definitely be able to arrive.

If he could not see it getting closer, then he would have to try another method. Xia Duo was not a stubborn person; he would not hang himself from a single tree.

Even the Kingdom of Radiance was not necessarily his only choice.

Of course, right now, it was.

……

Projecting his Perception Field into the high sky, Xia Duo's perception shifted along with it. However, in just an instant, his heart was filled with overflowing joy—

It was closer!

Although it still looked incredibly distant, compared to before when it had remained at the edge of his vision, the sun he saw now was much closer!

This meant—

Using this method, one could indeed go to the Kingdom of Radiance!

And after confirming that the power of thought might be more powerful here, Xia Duo's mind became active again. Perhaps it was not necessary to use such a dead method; perhaps there existed some shortcut!

In any case, trying it would not take much time, and if it succeeded, it would save a great deal of time!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo simply took out a chair and sat down, concentrating his mind, holding only one thought—I want to go to the Kingdom of Radiance!

After repeating this several times, even with his powerful will, he could not help but feel dizzy and mentally exhausted. Looking at the surrounding scene again, there was not the slightest change.

It was still that same crooked tree, but that was not the point. Xia Duo endured the mental discomfort and cast a spell to check the position of the Kingdom of Radiance.

It was no different from what he had just detected.

"Could it be that I also need to add the action of walking?" Xia Duo rubbed his brow and thought to himself.

But if he added the action of walking, how much difference would that be from the method he had just used?

Seeing that the idea of "traveling eighty thousand miles a day while sitting" had fallen through, Xia Duo was not disappointed. It was just an attempt, and it did not matter if it failed; he had other methods!

……

Recalling the Sacred Proverbs of the Lord of Radiance in his memory, Xia Duo remembered that there was such a line in it—

"Chant these Proverbs, and you shall ascend to the Kingdom of Radiance!"

At the time, he thought this was just a normal religious term, but in such a bizarre place as the Outer Planes, perhaps the Radiance Proverbs possessed a special power.

In any case, he had chanted them many times in the Main Plane, so chanting them a few more times here was nothing.

The Lord of Radiance was not an evil god, or rather, the Lord of Radiance was more like a kind of existence, a phenomenon, and had never actively interfered in the Mortal Plane.

Of course, in Xia Duo's current situation, he was no longer in the Mortal Plane, so there might be certain risks, but he was going to the Kingdom of Radiance anyway, so this bit of risk was acceptable.

Xia Duo's self-perceived time had already passed for a long time. He did not know how time was calculated here compared to the Main Plane, but escaping as soon as possible was definitely what best aligned with his thoughts.

Although it might not align with his interests, it was indeed his most real thought at the moment: leave this hellhole quickly!

……

Having made up his mind, Xia Duo tentatively chanted, "Do not doubt the decisions of the superiors, only then can the Order Force grow!"

After chanting, Xia Duo looked around. The scene had not changed; it was still under that same crooked tree. It seemed that "Chant these Proverbs, and you shall ascend to the Kingdom of Radiance" might not be true.

Of course, it was also possible that he had not moved. After all, wanting the Shenguo to actively approach him just by chanting a single Proverb was perhaps a bit wishful thinking.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo got off the chair, put it away, and while chanting the Proverbs, he chose a direction at random and began to pace slowly, while at the same time thinking in his heart about the goal of this trip—the Kingdom of Radiance.

The Radiance Proverbs was only a thin booklet. Xia Duo chanted it from beginning to end, and no anomalies occurred. As for walking directly to the gate of the Kingdom of Radiance, that certainly did not happen.

"Does the Lord of Radiance think I am insincere?"

This was not impossible, but Xia Duo considered himself quite sincere. He agreed with many of the Doctrines in the Radiance Proverbs, though of course, there were also many he could not agree with.

"I should check the position of the sun first!"