Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 603 Always Willing
“First, Hermione, before we begin the alchemy, let me take some time to explain the basic principles of alchemy to you.” Tyella led Hermione toward the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle. “We’ll talk as we walk.”

“Okay, okay,” Hermione nodded vigorously. “But aren’t we going to find Professor Horace Slughorn? Why do we need to go up?”

“The Philosopher’s Stone is not made in Professor Slughorn’s Potions classroom,” Tyella patiently explained. “It’s too small, there’s too much traffic, and the basement is too close to the foundation of Hogwarts. If something goes wrong during the experiment or making process, such as an explosion, it could easily cause huge loss of life and property.”

"Where are we going?" Hermione asked.

“Dumbledore’s office,” Tierra said jokingly. “Dumbledore will die, but Tierra will not.”

"Huh?" Hermione's mouth dropped open in shock.

“Hahahahahaha,” Tiera chuckled. “Just kidding. We’ll go to the House of Requirement to refine it. The process of refining the Philosopher’s Stone requires about 579 different glass and crystal utensils, 377 magical herbs, 70 metal materials and utensils, and 35 alchemical arrays.”

"Even with my divine dimension abilities, refining a magic stone from scratch would only reduce the required glass and crystal tools to 177 types and metal materials and tools to 23 types. However, the customization, purchase, and drawing of the other glass and metal tools, as well as the 35 alchemical arrays, would take at least three months."

“But things are different with the Room of Requirement,” Tiera explained. “The remaining glass and metal utensils can basically be conjured up inside the Room of Requirement, and the bases and runes for the thirty-five alchemical arrays we need can also be directly conjured up through the Room of Requirement, which will save us at least two months of preparation time.”

“Yes,” Hermione nodded.

“And the Room of Requirement,” Tierra continued, “involves the Slytherin family, the Slytherin clan, and the four founders of Hogwarts’ attempts and experiments to circumvent the Philosopher’s Stone and the dangerous rites of godhood in order to achieve immortality.”

"What they didn't know, to be precise, was that Gryffindor somehow obtained the coordinates of a divine dimension. They used their superior magical skills and alchemy to separate a space from this world, and through countless precious magical materials, they made this separately carved-out space independent and eternal."

“To be honest, just from this point of view, it is no easier than crafting a complete Philosopher's Stone, and is even far more difficult,” Tierra said. “Even now, Slytherin keeps silent about how many experiments they have repeated and how many trials they have gone through in the process of cutting space and making it independent and permanent.”

“In short, they succeeded in the end,” Tierra said. “They not only carved out a space and made it independent, but they also successfully anchored it to specific coordinates of the divine dimension brought by Gryffindor, forming a connection that can only be described as one.”

"And so, he possessed a space that was nearly eternal and indestructible. This space also had coordinates in the dimension of divinity, gaining power far exceeding that of the other three dimensions. The mind was the master of that space; they could do whatever they wanted within it. This space was like their divine kingdom—"

“And that’s exactly what they thought, and that’s exactly what they did,” Tierra said. “Just like that false god named HWHY, the four people from the Academy of Creation wanted to emulate the false god’s ideas, to anchor themselves to this unique space.” Tierra spoke of this earth-shattering, almost milestone-like experiment and exploration in the history of magic in an almost indifferent and detached tone.

“Once upon a time, a false god named HWHY ingeniously carved out the main spiritual world, which is what we often call Hell, using the power of faith to create a separate ‘heavenly dimension’ independent of all other worlds, that is, a false divine dimension,” Tiera said. “And this is precisely the significance of Salazar Slytherin and his friends Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, and Rowena Ravenclaw creating this independent space.”

“They also want to emulate the false gods, entrusting their lives, souls, and magic to this unique space in order to achieve immortality,” Tiera said.

"Then...did they succeed?" Hermione asked nervously.

“It failed,” Tiera said. “After all, a wizard is a three-dimensional being. It is much more difficult for him to completely depend on an object than for a two-dimensional demon. So they used a ritual to try to split their souls at the same time and attach their souls to that unique space.”

"What? A Horcrux? A Horcrux?" Hermione said, seemingly incredulous.

“Oh, my dear Hermione, wizards in those days still had a strong desire and ambition to explore the truth. Their experiments and explorations were completely unrestrained,” Tierra teased helplessly.

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic." Tiera smiled. "The essence of that space is so profound, it's like a vast ocean, or a planet with a complete ecosystem. It's just a unique fragment of a soul. Hmm."

“How can I describe it? It’s like a label stuck on a planet,” Tierra explained. “Their soul fragments quickly became part of the House of Requirement system.”

"After the Horcrux method failed, they continued to explore other methods. Soon, Slytherin gradually lost his sanity due to repeated molting and imprisoned himself in the Chamber of Secrets deep beneath Hogwarts," Tyella said. "So Slytherin didn't know what happened afterward. Whether his good friends Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, and Rowena Ravenclaw found other ways to anchor himself in that space... however, Slytherin did have a guess."

Tierra deliberately kept them in suspense.

“Wh-what guess?” Hermione asked.

“Slytherin guessed that his good friends might still be living there, still be living in the Room of Requirement,” Tierra said. “They might still be living in the world created by the Room of Requirement, where there is no aging, no death, no disease, and no passage of time.”

(End of this chapter)