After separating from Alberk, Xia Duo returned to his residence in the Tower of Time, and the rehearsal just now made him feel exhausted, and he wanted to take a good rest.

However, before he fell asleep, he still had to reflect on the mistakes that had just made in the process of creating the Arcane Fire, and what needed to be improved.

My own experience and listening to the description of others are completely different feelings, the spell of [Creation of Arcanic Fire] may be classified as 5 rings, but the actual difficulty of casting the spell is far beyond the scope of normal 5 ring spells.

It's almost the equivalent of 20 teleportations at the same time!

If it weren't for the specific, isolated and weakened Demon Net environment, he wouldn't have been able to do it to such an extent!

Of course, from another point of view, if someone can cast such a spell in the normal magic net environment of the outside world, they may be able to directly create arcane fire without the need for advanced laboratories.

With all kinds of speculation and thinking, Xia Duo fell into a deep sleep.

……

When he woke up again, it was already the next day, but fortunately, the daily meditation was not limited to the morning, only the time when he was in the best mental state.

There is no problem in creating arcane fire, and at this moment, there is only one perceptual soul left before Xia Duo becomes an arcane master.

For the next few days, Xia Duo stayed in the Tower of Time, and he didn't want to wander outside to avoid accidents, although the possibility was very small, but it was not too cautious at this time.

It's been more than seven years since I've traveled through the projection plane, including the projection plane, and I'm finally going to become an Arcanist.

Perhaps because "people are in good spirits on happy occasions", Shado's meditation progress went very well in the next few days, and finally at the end of April, when Nia reminded him not to miss the snowmelt competition, he reached the level of perceiving the soul.

Although the color mage does not have the equipment or device to measure the specific concentration level, through the traditional advanced concentration training, as long as the ninth stage of concentration training can be completed, it is considered to have reached the standard.

These days, in addition to meditating, Xia Duo also tries the focus training of the Resistant Mage every day to keep track of his training progress.

When he knew that he had reached the level of perceiving souls, Xia Duo's heart was full of joy, not only the advancement itself, but also the expectation of more than seven years that finally came to fruition.

……

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

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

But in any case, as of Xia Duo's crossing, there is no evidence to prove the existence or non-existence of [Entity Soul].

The wizarding world allows the caster to perceive the soul with simple training. And the same training, or something similar, is entirely possible on Earth.

But Chado had never heard of anyone who could perceive the soul, and if it could be verified on a large scale, then the soul would no longer be an ethereal theory.

Xia Duo has always wondered if he, an earthling, has a soul, and if so, what does his soul look like?

Is it a point of light? Or is it the same as the ontology? Or something else? Or an amorphous pattern?

……

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

There is no chatter of the gods and gods, just a literal perception, just like ordinary people listen attentively, as long as there is hearing, you can hear the sound.

In the same way, when the concentration reached a certain level, Xia Duo suddenly felt as if he had entered a void, and such a real experience made him feel very incredible.

The first thing to be perceived is actually his consciousness.

Xia Duo had experienced many trips to the projection plane before, in fact, he projected his consciousness into the projection plane located in the astral plane, and the silver thread he saw on the way back was actually the embodiment of the extension line of consciousness in the astral plane.

At this time, the consciousness that Xia Duo perceived was not silver or silver, but his true essence, or he in a spirit state.

In this state, he was able to realize that all parts of his body, including the inside, were transparent and clear.

Nesser's research on the soul is not perfect, and even the book "Soul Science" itself contains a lot of questions and speculations, and there are very few conclusions that have been verified.

One of the earliest verifications is probably that consciousness is the projection of the soul on the body.

In a way, consciousness is thinking, but it is only one aspect of the soul, and the other aspect of the soul, the will, is the real key to casting spells.

Arcane fire also needs to be combined with the will.

The chromogenic mages didn't know much about the will, but they only determined that the will existed and could be used, and there were almost no related theories or anything.

Just after Xia Duo sensed consciousness, he went further up, perceiving a lofty and indescribable being, which was his soul.

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

However, this is not the same as the souls of other arcanists!

When other Arcanists first perceive their souls, they do not have a form, but they will immediately transform into a form like their own body based on their own cognition.

And not like Xia Duo, still amorphous!

Could it be that he is some unfathomable and unspeakable being? Or is that the soul of an earthling?

However, the unstable form of the soul did not affect Xia Duo's consciousness, nor did it affect his perceptual will.

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

The feeling of perceiving the will is amazing, as if you are seeing your own eyes without looking through a mirror, or like seeing the texture of your skin without touching it.

It's as if there is an extra sense out of thin air.

And when Xia Duo launched the state of perception and then re-perceived, this time he did not need to jump through the soul, but directly perceived the existence of the will.

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

Just like the three primary colors of light on the earth, the manifestations are different, but the essence is one, all of them are light.

Consciousness and will have different manifestations, but the essence should be the soul.

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

……

Sensing the soul, this incident itself did not directly improve Xia Duo's combat power, but it greatly expanded his horizons, and at the same time removed the last obstacle to his advancement to the arcane master.

It's just that that extra sense, which originates from the will, completely disappears when it exits the state of extreme concentration of perception.

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

Xia Duo lay on the bed, constantly thinking about what had just happened, it was really like a dream, but it was extremely real.

Next, it's just a few tips on the use of will.

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