Hogwarts Summoning Guide

Bai Lin felt himself enveloped by some girlish purplish-red light spots, as if he had jumped into a warm hot spring, feeling indescribably comfortable all over. The sixty-day journey through fragments of history had come to an end, and before he could even say goodbye to Qingming and the others, it was as if he had been grabbed by an invisible hand and stuffed into a time tunnel.

Fortunately, this time was much more pleasant than the previous one. He felt that all the wounds inside and out of his body were visibly healing in the purplish-red light spots. The effect was even more significant than Sifgar's Order-type healing spells, and the experience was much more comfortable, which made him recall his recent experience.

The final battle ended quickly. Bai Lin truly witnessed history, seeing five figures composed of shimmering starlight descend from the moonlight. In an instant, the shockwave and pressure pushed away the surrounding buildings, trees, and everything else, including the five figures themselves, by hundreds of meters, as if telling them that the realm of the gods is not for mortals to approach.

The entire harem was razed to the ground in an instant, as if several super-large bulldozers had flattened a field. Wherever they went, the ghostly soldiers, spirits, and nameless ghosts all vanished into thin air.

Yan Po stubbornly stepped forward to argue with those figures, but in the end she collapsed helplessly to the ground, turning into a pile of withered bones. She was originally a ghost woman of the underworld, born from the obsession of Izanami. If the gate of the underworld were to be opened today, she might be able to be reborn. But when she looked back at the gate that was only half open, no matter how much she hated, resented, or was unwilling, it was all useless.

Finally, one of the five figures stood before the gates of the underworld, his form beginning to dissipate. The starlight seemed to transform into countless hands, slowly closing the gates of the underworld, ignoring Izanami's wails, pain, and curses... The gates of the underworld ultimately vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed.

"The one who closed the gates of the underworld is the Great God of the Way of the Rebellion, also known as the sealing stone of the underworld—the Thousand-Guiding Stone." After the figures formed by the starlight disappeared, Hakuzosu also transformed back into Seimei's appearance. It was unclear whether he wanted to explain to everyone or was talking to himself.

"Then...among the other deities, is Amaterasu Omikami among them?" Minamoto no Yorimitsu asked excitedly, as being able to see Amaterasu Omikami's holy face was extremely important to him.

"Perhaps they are... There's also Tsukuyomi and Susanoo, and maybe Izanagi is there too, but I really can't think of who the last one is..." Seimei murmured.

"The Silent One, Orisaga... He's the one who killed Orochi..." Bai Lin sighed.

Not far away, Tamamo-no-Mae also withdrew her divine form and reverted to her human form. Her clothes were tattered, her appearance颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of disarray or颓废), and she seemed to have gone mad, alternating between crying and laughing before finally collapsing to the ground and disappearing from sight. Meanwhile, Yoto Hime broke through the encirclement and vanished into the night.

"Song Quan is dying..." Catherine whispered.

Bai Lin looked at a corner of the palace ruins. The person who had been burned beyond recognition by the fox demon's raging fire lay lifeless in the rubble. The dragon heart and liver were not the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir of Laozi. Perhaps they gave Song Quan great power, but hundreds of years of cultivation were not something a hastily trained ghost swordsman like him could withstand. In the end, he got what he wanted, severely injuring the fox demon, but also losing his life.

Haizuotou and Aolian were also seriously injured, but they could still walk. They stood silently beside Song Quan's body. In any case, Song Quan was a teammate worthy of respect.

At that very moment, Catherine had just returned to the Otherworld when Bai Lin was dragged into the Strangers Wormhole from which he had come.

The Night Mentor's voice emerged from the multicolored light, laced with eerie laughter: "Sixty days! It seems you've benefited quite a bit!"

Bai Lin shook his head and said, "But I didn't find the source of chaos you mentioned. This whole trip was for nothing..."

"No! You've already found it, you just don't realize it..." the Night Mentor screamed, then vanished before he could finish his sentence.

Based on his past memories, Bai Lin would need to spend nearly a day teleporting through the Strangers Wormhole, giving him time to carefully consider the Night Mentor's words and what exactly the source of chaos was.

He opened the encyclopedia system interface, his eyes scanning over the new skills. The biggest gains this time were the skills "Willpower Barrier" and "Nightmare Summoning". If he encountered Fujiwara Ichiura again, Bai Lin was confident that he could beat him to a pulp. Even if he encountered Gracua, it was hard to say who would be dragged into the nightmare.

Bai Lin's gaze swept over the "Seven Deadly Sins" in the nightmare summoning, and suddenly he shuddered, as if he had grasped something.

"The source of all this historical fragment is Izanagi abandoning his wife and running away. How could a great god who created Japan be so frightened by just one glance at Izanami, who had turned into rotten flesh, that he would turn tail and run away?" Bai Lin muttered to himself.

"Unless... unless he gains humanity!" Bai Lin said, somewhat astonished, "Gaining humanity means having emotions and desires; it means experiencing sadness, fear, and anger..."

"Perhaps it can no longer be narrowly called human nature here, because the gods who created order may have already had it before the birth of humankind... This human nature gave the gods their own personalities and distinguished them from one another..." Bai Lin continued to think along this line of thought.

"Just like the AT field, the gods began to think about the existence of 'I' and the differences between each other... Perhaps before this, there was a unified will that made the gods work hard for a common goal... Once the concept of 'I' came into being, perhaps most of the gods were still moving towards this common goal, but they became independent individuals and began to build barriers between each other. Some gods created the AT field, which did not allow any existence other than 'I' to approach. Some gods created the will barrier, using their strong will to resist the abilities of other gods... This is the source of chaos! I understand!" Bai Lin suddenly understood and almost shouted out excitedly.

"So... the source of chaos can be said to be humanity, or even 'I'! And the source of order is divinity, or even the state of 'selflessness'!" Bai Lin excitedly muttered to himself.

"I am inherently a combination of chaos and order. The power I seek actually comes from my own origin. Ordinary people can gain strength through their physical strength, intelligence, and so on; wizards can gain strength through their magic; ancient gods rely more on their spiritual power; and the gods..."

"Just think about your own level, there's no need to try to fathom the thoughts of the gods..." Before Bai Lin could finish speaking, the voice of the night sky rang in his ears.

Bai Lin was taken aback, and Ye Kong continued, "Why don't you take a look at the rewards? You've gained a lot from this trip; I'm even a little envious!"

Upon hearing about the reward, Bai Lin immediately forgot all thoughts about life and quickly opened the Summoning Encyclopedia. A line of large golden characters had already appeared in the center of the encyclopedia interface.

"Historical fragment reward integration calculation in progress... Time tunnel closing, this historical fragment will be sealed forever."

Chapter update reminder: Chapter 368 End and Return, read here.