Arcane Lord

After parting with Aberk, Shado returned to his residence in the Tower of Time. The rehearsal just now made him feel exhausted, so he wanted to take a good rest.

However, before falling asleep, he still had to reflect on the mistakes he made in the process of creating the Arcane Fire and the areas that needed improvement.

The feeling of experiencing it in person and listening to others' descriptions were completely different. The spell [Create Arcane Fire] might be classified as a 5th ring, but the actual difficulty of casting it was far beyond the scope of a normal 5th ring spell.

It was almost equivalent to casting 20 teleports at the same time!

If it weren't in a specific, isolated and weakened magic network environment, he wouldn't be able to do this at all!

Of course, from another perspective, if someone could cast such a spell in a normal magic network environment outside, perhaps they could create Arcane Fire directly without an advanced laboratory.

With all kinds of speculations and thoughts, Shado fell into a deep sleep.

...

When he woke up again, it was already the next day. Fortunately, daily meditation was not limited to the morning, but only needed to be done during the time when the mental state was the best.

There is no problem in creating the arcane fire. At this moment, Xia Duo is only one step away from becoming an arcane master.

In the next few days, Xia Duo stayed in the Tower of Time. He didn't want to hang around outside at this critical moment to avoid accidents. Although the possibility is small, it is not too cautious at this time.

It has been more than seven years since he traveled through time, including the projection plane, and he is finally going to become an arcane master.

Perhaps because of "people are refreshed when they are happy", Xia Duo's meditation progress was very smooth in the next few days. Finally, at the end of April, when Nia reminded him not to miss the snow melting competition, he reached the level of perceiving the soul.

Although the Nether Mage did not have instruments and devices to measure the specific degree of concentration, through traditional advanced concentration training, as long as he could complete the ninth stage of concentration training, he would be considered to have met the standard.

These days, in addition to meditation, Xia Duo would also try the concentration training of the Nether Mage every day to master his training progress.

When he knew that he had reached the level of perceiving the soul, Xia Duo was filled with joy. It was not only the advancement itself, but also the expectation of more than seven years, which finally came to fruition.

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In the bedroom, Xia Duo lay flat on the bed, welcoming the truth of the soul in the most comfortable posture.

On Earth, the soul in a narrow sense is generally considered to be the activity of the brain, or in other words, the soul is thinking. The soul in a broad sense is the expansion and extension of the narrow soul.

But no matter what, as of Xia Duo's crossing, there is no evidence to prove the existence or non-existence of the [entity soul]. (Entity is real and concrete, and the corresponding is virtual)

The magic world can allow the caster to perceive the soul through simple training (easy to achieve). And the same training, or similar training, is also possible on Earth.

But Xia Duo has never heard of anyone who can perceive the soul. If it can be verified on a large scale, then the soul is no longer an illusory theory.

Xia Duo has always been curious about whether he, an Earthling, has a soul. If so, what does his soul look like?

Is it a light point? Or is it the same as the body? Or is it in some other form? Or an indefinite form?

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With all kinds of doubts and conjectures, Xia Duo began his first attempt to perceive the soul.

There is no mysterious thought or induction, it is just a literal perception, just like ordinary people listening with their ears, as long as they have hearing, they can hear the sound.

Similarly, when the concentration reaches a certain level, Xia Duo suddenly feels as if he has entered a void. Such a real experience makes him feel incredible.

The first thing to be perceived is actually his consciousness.

Xia Duo has experienced many journeys to the projection plane before, which is actually projecting his consciousness into the projection plane in the astral world. The silver line he saw on the way back is actually the embodiment of the extension line of consciousness in the astral world.

At this time, the consciousness perceived by Xia Duo is not a silver line or silver, but his real body, or he is similar to the state of spirit.

In this state, he can be aware of all parts of his body, including the inside, as if transparent and very clear.

Netheril's research on the soul is not perfect, and even the book "Soul Studies" itself contains a lot of questions and speculations, and there are few truly verified conclusions.

Among them, the earliest verified one is probably that consciousness is the projection of the soul on the body.

To some extent, consciousness is thinking, which is only one aspect of the soul, while the other aspect of the soul - will, is the real key to casting spells.

Arcane fire also needs to be combined with will.

Regarding will, the Nether wizards did not know much, but only confirmed the existence of will and could use it, and there was almost no relevant theory.

Just after Shado sensed consciousness, he went further back and sensed a lofty and indescribable existence, that is, his soul.

The soul has no form, or it transcends form, but it is a real and concrete existence, not a virtual existence that only exists in imagination.

However, this is not the same as the soul of other arcane wizards!

Although other arcanists have no form when they first perceive the soul, they will immediately transform into the same form as the original body based on their own cognition.

Instead of being like Xia Duo, who is still amorphous!

Is he some kind of unfathomable, indescribable being? Or is this the soul of Earthlings?

However, the amorphous form of the soul did not affect Sha Duo's consciousness, nor did it affect his perception of will.

From the consciousness to the soul, and then from the soul back to the will, the whole process is a matter of course.

The feeling of perceiving will is very strange. It's like seeing your own eyes without looking through a mirror, and it's like seeing the texture of your skin directly without touching it.

It was as if an extra sense had appeared out of thin air.

And when Xia Duo exited the state of perception and then perceived again, this time there was no need to jump through the soul, but he directly perceived the existence of will.

Consciousness and will are not independent existences, but two different aspects of the soul. If consciousness is the projection of the soul on the body, then will is also the extension of the soul in a certain direction.

Just like the three primary colors of light on the earth, they appear in different forms, but their essence is one, they are all light.

Consciousness and will have different forms of expression, but their essence should be the soul.

As for the body, it should be the residence of the soul.

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Sensing the soul did not directly improve Sha Duo's combat effectiveness, but it greatly expanded his horizons and at the same time removed the last obstacle to his advancement as an arcanist.

It's just that extra sense that comes from the will, completely disappears after exiting the state of extremely focused perception.

There are no direct benefits, which is a bit disappointing.

Xia Duo was lying on the bed, constantly thinking about everything that had just happened. It was really like a dream, but it was also an extremely real existence.

Next, there are just some tips on using your will.

At this point, the preliminary preparations for advancement have finally come to an end.