The voice of the soul emitting a golden glow echoed directly in Zuo Si's mind.

Since he was just born and has no gender identification, his voice sounds like that of an innocent child of two or three years old.

Of course, if anyone really thinks he is an ignorant child, they are very wrong.

After all, this is a life forged using the soul energy of tens of millions of ordinary people through life magic.

Therefore, even if there is no malicious intent, the huge gap in life level formed by the unconscious is enough to make the unconscious souls wandering around the Soul Well feel terrified, and retreat in groups.

Zuo Si nodded tiredly: "Yes, I am your father and also your creator. Tell me, how do you feel now?"

"It feels... a little strange. Because my spirit can extend infinitely outward, hearing the voices and inner thoughts of thousands of lives, but I can't intervene in any way."

There was a hint of doubt and confusion in the tone of the new soul, and at the same time, he looked with a slightly pity at the souls around the deep well who were constantly forgetting and losing themselves.

He could feel that the ultimate fate of these people was permanent extinction, transforming into energy at the bottom of the huge rift beneath their feet, the depth of which was unknown.

"That's because you don't have a body yet, a body that matches your powerful soul. Look, the ball of phoenix fire next to you is the body I prepared specially for you."

As he said this, Zuo Si raised his right hand, which was only left with bones, and made a gesture of invitation.

"Body……"

The newborn soul quickly turned its gaze to the supernatural flame burning above its head.

As Angel Duxin's body was completely devoured, the remaining divine power had completely merged with the blood of the Phoenix, forming a completely new form.

This is why Zuo Si must use the body of the Archdruid who has been blessed by nature as raw material.

Only the Archdruid possesses the ability to transform naturally and elementally at the same time, and can absorb the power of the Phoenix Blood of this world to the maximum extent, thereby strengthening and even sublimating it to a certain extent.

In this way, it becomes possible to allow the created God to acquire the characteristics of eternal rebirth like the phoenix.

Of course, this is only in theory, and it is unknown whether it will be effective in practice.

Anyway, Zuo Si has already reached the limit of his current ability, and the rest can only be left to luck.

After all, compared to ancient planeswalkers like Sorin Markov, he was still too young, had been to too few worlds, and the knowledge and magic he had collected were relatively poor.

The new soul floated gently in front of the huge flaming phoenix and reached out its hand to gently touch the body.

moment!

The phoenix seemed to come alive, flapping its wings and beginning to spin around him.

Faced with the indescribable attraction, the newborn soul had no resistance at all and turned directly into a ray of light and drilled in.

The next second...

This phoenix, made entirely of energy, quickly began to shrink dramatically, and eventually turned into a fireball that radiated astonishing heat, just like a miniature sun.

The endless energy in the deep soul well below is the source of its existence.

The two are closely connected by a bond that is invisible to the naked eye.

"What is he doing?"

The diary couldn't help but ask through the mental connection.

"He is incubating and reshaping his body. Sorin Markov said that the essence of creating life magic is to provide all the raw materials and then let life evolve on its own. If the Creator interferes too much, it will not have any good effect except adding unnecessary problems and defects." Zuo Si explained in a nonchalant tone, staring at the fireball.

"Are you sure Sorin Markov can be trusted?"

The journal clearly expressed some doubts about the ancient planeswalker's motives.

In its view, knowledge, especially advanced magical knowledge, is something that cannot be measured by money and wealth without exception.

But what about Sorin?

He actually taught all of it to his master so easily, without even the slightest reservation.

This doesn't seem normal no matter how you look at it, and there may even be some conspiracy hidden behind it.

Especially when he learned about Zuo Si's purpose of learning life magic, a meaningful smile appeared on Solin Markov's face. It is really hard for people to associate him with the word "good person".

Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "Don't worry. Although my new teacher is aloof, cold, selfish, and a bit vicious, he is not the kind of guy who likes to scheme. He may hide something in the teaching process, but he won't cheat me. What's more, I have my own judgment on magic, and I don't completely trust anyone."

"Well, I hope you're right."

Realizing that the owner had already made his own decision on the matter, the diary decisively shut up.

In any case, its responsibility is only to provide a completely different point of view from the perspective of the past as a reference, and the real decision-making power lies with Zuo Si himself.

After standing there waiting for more than ten hours, the fireball floating above the deep well of the soul finally showed a terrifying bright light like the moment of a nuclear weapon explosion, and the entire world after death was directly covered in white.

Finally, a golden phoenix with flames burning all over its body slowly flew out from the center of the explosion and gently landed on Zuo Si's shoulder.

Needless to say, he is the god created by Zuo Si. He is also the first god born in this world, and the only god.

"Father, I can interfere in everything now."

The newborn Phoenix God still maintained his childlike voice, and the golden flames on his body did not affect or ignite Zuo Si's clothes at all.

He lowered his head and used his sharp beak to gently peck Zuo Si's right hand, which was left with only bones.

moment!

A ball of golden flame suddenly burst out and wrapped the entire hand.

In the blink of an eye, the disappeared muscles, nerves, blood vessels and skin grew back.

When the fire went out, the injured right hand had recovered as before without even a scar left.

Obviously, this is the ability possessed by the Phoenix God.

Zuo Si raised his arm and moved his five fingers slightly, feeling the remaining energy characteristics and residual temperature, and asked with interest: "Can an energy flame allow people to regenerate infinitely? To what extent can it do that?"

"As long as the flame is still burning, no matter how destroyed the body is, even if the heart and brain no longer exist, it can still be restored to its best condition."

The Phoenix God gave the answer without hesitation.

"Not a bad ability, let's call it the Fire of Eternal Life."

Zuo Si immediately thought of a name for this flame.

He was undoubtedly very satisfied with this ability.

Because the Eternal Flame not only takes into account healing and regeneration, but is also a divine power that tends to be positive energy. It can cause unimaginable damage to a series of powerful undead creatures including liches, dragon liches, death knights, winter ghosts, etc.

You have to know that the reason why creatures like gods can be superior to all living beings is that any attack involving divine power basically cannot be reduced by attributes such as magic resistance and immunity. Even protective gear such as armor and shields are often useless.

This means that powerful monsters and mortals with very high professional levels will lose their greatest advantage and may be killed instantly if they are not careful.

Let’s take the simplest example.

The Finger of Death, also in the necromancy magic, when used by a legendary wizard may only be able to kill enemies or monsters that are much weaker than himself.

The reason is that the higher the level and the stronger the monster, the stronger its magic resistance and immunity will usually be.

Therefore, at the same level, without using spells that reduce resistance and immunity, it is almost impossible to achieve the desired effect with instant death magic such as Finger of Death.

But if it is performed by a god with the priesthood of death and adds divine power, then this finger of death can instantly kill almost all creatures without divine power and divine spark.

If he encounters a powerful undead creature again, Zuo Si can directly use the fire of eternal life to give the opponent a fatal blow.

The only thing he was unsure of was whether he could summon this kind of divine flame just by relying on the connection of the land card in other worlds, especially in Furen, which was dominated by Io, the god above gods, or simply create a projection or even an incarnation of the phoenix.

As for making a living god into a card, with the current level of planeswalkers and sparks, it is obvious that it is impossible to do it.

Not to mention gods, even artifacts like the Scepter of Divine Impact are beyond the ability to be turned into cards.

In addition, with the protection of the Phoenix God, there is no need to worry too much about the world beneath our feet lacking high-end combat power and quickly collapsing once invaded by a powerful force.

"Besides the Fire of Eternal Life, do you have any other abilities?" Zuo Si continued to ask, staring at the incredibly beautiful bird on his shoulder.

Although it is an absolute god, the phoenix does not look very big, only slightly larger than a macaw.

Compared to Dumbledore's pet Fawkes, he looks more like an underage kid.

Moreover, he didn't have a single feather, and didn't even have a physical body. He was made entirely of burning golden flames.

Phoenix answered without hesitation: "In addition to the fire of eternal life, I also have the ability to be reborn after being severely injured, the ability to devour souls to restore my own strength, the ability to release high-temperature flames to burn everything, and some messed-up natural spells."

"Natural magic?" Zuo Si was slightly stunned.

The ability of Nirvana is something that the Phoenix in this world originally possessed, so it is not surprising that it was inherited.

The same should be true for releasing high-temperature flames to burn everything.

The fact that he could devour souls and restore his own strength must have come from the large amount of soul energy extracted from the deep well during the creation process.

The only thing that is a little confusing is the natural magic.

After all, Angel Dustcore's soul has been imprisoned in the scepter - [Talona's Favor], and his body has disappeared in the burning flames. There should be no trace of his druid level left.

"You'll understand once you take a look at it."

Without saying a word, Phoenix immediately demonstrated the natural spells he mastered one by one.

Most of them are related to healing and restoration, and a few are related to plants, animals and elements.

Judging from the spell models, these are all authentic natural divine spells, some of which are even exactly the same as those in Faerun.

Obviously, if nothing unexpected happens, this situation should be the result of the small amount of divine power remaining in Angel Poison Core's body.

After all, this guy eventually became the God of Spores and also a God of Nature.

You must know that the true God holds the power to grant divine arts to his believers, whether it is the divine arts of druids or priests.

And these divine arts are contained in the remaining divine power.

It is completely reasonable that the Phoenix would gain some similar magical abilities after completely digesting and assimilating it.

"Yes. Not only can I grant divine powers, but I can also inspire more mortals to believe in me." Phoenix gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.

Zuo Si nodded thoughtfully: "I see, I think I understand what's going on. By the way, have you given yourself a name?"

"Name?" Phoenix blinked in confusion.

"Yes, a name. You should always give yourself a code name so that others can call you by it during communication. This is very important, especially for a god like you. Don't worry, you can think about it slowly."

As Zuo Si spoke, he opened a portal to leave this cold and desperate world of death, and the next second he appeared in the house he had bought and undergone a series of renovations.

Since the Christmas holidays at Hogwarts were over, Hermione had already returned to school on the express train.

At present, there is only one house-elf left in this very large castle, responsible for daily maintenance, cleaning and care.

"Master, you're back." North bent down and bowed deeply.

"Well, I'm back. How is it? Nothing big happened in the magic world while I was away, right?" Zuo Si asked casually.

North shook his head quickly. "No, both the British wizarding world and the wizarding world of other European countries are very peaceful right now. It's just that the Ministry of Magic has sent a lot of letters urging you to deliver the Philosopher's Stone as soon as possible. In addition, Miss Granger left a message when she left, asking you to write to her as soon as possible when you return."

"Humph! This group of incompetent bureaucrats run away faster than each other when something goes wrong, but they are more active than each other when it comes to gaining benefits for themselves." Zuo Si said sarcastically with great contempt.

"Do you need me to write a letter of refusal for you?" North asked cautiously.

"No, I don't need to. I just happened to have something to do at the Ministry of Magic, so I decided to satisfy these guys' greed. After all, the more greedy, corrupt, and incompetent they are, the better it is for me."

As he spoke, Zuo Si took out the magic stone he had made from his pocket with a playful expression on his face.

If he guessed correctly, Umbridge should be eager to launch the final sprint for the position of Minister of Magic, so she was so anxious.

"What about Miss Granger?" North asked immediately.

This time Zuo Si obviously hesitated for a moment, but finally waved his hand: "Not for now. After I finish dealing with the matters at the Ministry of Magic, I will go to Hogwarts immediately. Then I can give her a small surprise."

"Understood."

Realizing that his master no longer needed his service, the house-elf placed one hand on his chest and bowed deeply. Then he raised his hand and snapped his fingers before disappearing from the spot and continuing to do his unfinished work.

Maybe it was because his consciousness was tampered with when it was made into a summoned creature card, but he never even looked at the phoenix on his master's shoulder from beginning to end.

You have to know that even among the wizards in this world, few have ever seen a phoenix, let alone win the trust of this magical creature.

Dumbledore is the only wizard who currently owns a phoenix as a pet.

In theory, whether it is a wizard or a house-elf, the first reaction after seeing the second phoenix should usually be surprise and disbelief.

After North was completely gone, Zuo Si couldn't help but ask, "Did you control and influence his mind and soul?"

"No. I just want to reduce my presence so that the house-elf will ignore me temporarily." Phoenix explained absentmindedly.

"Lower your presence? That's a good ability. It saves me a lot of trouble."

As he said this, Zuo Si raised his wand and performed an Apparition. In the blink of an eye, he and the Phoenix appeared at the entrance of the Ministry of Magic in the center of London.

Thanks to the special pass issued by the previous Minister Fudge, he encountered almost no hindrance and easily arrived at the door of Umbridge's office.

The ambitious old woman was currently sitting at her desk, confidently admiring the list in her hand.

All the names that appeared on this list had implicitly indicated that they would support and vote for Umbridge in the ministerial selection in a few days.

If nothing unexpected happens, the so-called election voting will ultimately be just a formality.

The only thing that made her a little worried was that she had promised to bring back the Philosopher's Stone and keep the salaries and benefits for all employees of the Ministry of Magic unchanged, but Zuo Si, who was the backstage person, had inexplicably lost contact.

With the current financial reserves, if the Philosopher's Stone cannot be recovered in time, it can only pay three more months' salary at most, and then the British Ministry of Magic will have to declare bankruptcy.

Perhaps it was because they knew how bad the financial situation was that those political powerhouses who could really threaten Umbridge did not participate in the competition.

Just as the old woman picked up a pen and paper, preparing to write another letter to urge the deceased, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the door: "Long time no see. You look well."

"S... Lord Sos?"

Umbridge raised her head suddenly, and a flattering smile instantly appeared on her wrinkled face. She stood up at a very fast speed and greeted him, asking with great enthusiasm: "Where have you been all this time? Why didn't you reply to my letter?"

"I'm sorry. I suddenly had some inspiration during Christmas, so I locked myself in the basement and conducted a series of experiments. I didn't expect that when I came to my senses, it was already the new year. Here, this is the Philosopher's Stone I promised you. You can now take it and sit on the position of Minister of Magic."

Zuo Si quickly took out the Philosopher's Stone and put it into the other person's palm.

moment!

Umbridge's breathing became rapid, and she was shaking with excitement as she stared at the small stone.

After a full minute, she took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. She said in a slightly excited tone: "Thank you very much for your generosity and kindness. I swear that as long as I am the Minister of Magic, all your requests will be met."

"That's great. I need your help with a small matter right now." Zuo Si made the request directly without any hesitation.

"Oh? What's that?" Umbridge's eyes flashed with curiosity.

"I want to meet Professor Crocker, who has spent his entire life studying time magic, and talk to him alone."

Zuo Si did not hide anything and openly stated the real purpose of his trip.

He has received some help from the magic goddess Midnight, and intends to use this opportunity to retrieve the lost sealing scroll.

"No problem! I'll arrange it right away." Umbridge agreed without even thinking about it.

She had long known that Zuo Si had a great interest in time magic, so she was not surprised by this request.

What's more, with the collapse of the Time Hall in the Department of Mysteries, the British Ministry of Magic's research on time magic has almost completely stagnated.

Rather than letting Professor Crocker get paid for his white-collar job without doing any work, it would be better to make use of the waste.

As long as you serve this "master" in front of you well, with the power of the second philosopher's stone that can bring the dead back to life, you can make as much money as you want.

In this way, under Umbridge's arrangement, Zuo Si soon got his wish and met Professor Crocker, who had been studying time magic all his life.

"You two can talk. I have other things to do, so I'll excuse myself now."

After completing the matchmaking task, Umbridge immediately turned and left.

At this moment, her mind was full of thoughts about the wonderful prospect of becoming the Minister of Magic, and she didn't care at all about this exchange involving magic and academics.

After watching the old woman who was corrupted by power and ambition walk away, Zuo Si took the initiative to extend his right hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Professor Crocker."

"I'm glad to meet you too, the most talented rising star in the wizarding world today." Professor Crocker also extended his right hand with a smile.

As a member of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, he knew very well that the young wizard in front of him was actually the Ministry's biggest funder, so both his attitude and tone were extremely polite.

What's more, Zuo Si defeated the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters head-on in front of everyone with a crushing attitude.

wealth!

reputation!

Strong strength! And the clever mind and creativity that amaze all wizards in the entire wizarding world!

Coupled with his good relationship with senior bureaucrats of the Ministry of Magic and even the Minister himself, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zuo Si will inevitably be a wizard standing at the top of the pyramid in the future.

Therefore, Professor Crocker, who is well versed in the ways of the world, dared not be negligent in the slightest.

After greeting each other, Zuo Si immediately got straight to the point and asked, "Professor, I heard that you are an expert in time magic, so I would like to ask you a few questions."

"You are also studying time magic?"

When his professional field is mentioned, Professor Crocker immediately becomes excited.

"Yes. To be honest, I have mastered the time reversal spell, but I have never tried it." Zuo Si gave a straightforward affirmative answer.

Although the Ministry of Magic strictly prohibited wizards from studying these extremely dangerous spells, he had successfully obtained special permission from the previous Minister of Magic, Fudge.

Of course, like many other "special permissions", this was the result of Umbridge's secret operations.

Zuo Si seriously suspected that when Fudge signed on it, he didn't even read the content, but just wrote his name with a big stroke of the pen.

Otherwise, unless he was kicked in the head by a donkey or squeezed by a door, he would never agree to the above terms.

"The Time Reversal Spell is a very dangerous spell, and it can even be said to be the most dangerous. I suggest you be careful when using it, otherwise it will bring about a very terrible disaster." Professor Crocker warned in a serious tone.

Zuo Si shrugged and responded, "Don't worry, I know how terrible this spell is, so I will never try it lightly. I am actually more interested in the time paradox than the spell itself."

"Time paradox? What is that?" Professor Crocker blinked blankly.

"This is a hypothesis proposed by Muggles. It is a paradox caused by contradictory logical deductions caused by time travel or uncontrolled time travel. For example, if a wizard travels back in time and accidentally kills his past self, then according to the timeline theory, this person will disappear. But the problem is, since the person ten years later disappeared, how could he travel back in time and kill his past self ten years ago?"

Zuo Si used a concise and clear way to briefly introduce what the time paradox is.

This thing is actually not difficult to understand.

Professor Crocker understood the meaning of the time paradox in less than a minute, and immediately smiled and sighed, "These Muggles obviously don't know magic at all, but they can think of so many things. It's really hard for them.

But I want to correct you that the time paradox you mentioned does not actually exist.

Because according to the Ministry of Magic's research results, what has happened cannot be changed.

No matter how many times you travel through timelines or how much you interfere, the end result will always be failure.

Taking the example just mentioned, if the wizard really went back ten years ago, it would be impossible for him to kill himself.

Whenever he wanted to take action, he would fail due to various unexpected factors.

After all, the fact that he survived ten years later is an established fact and cannot be changed."

"You mean... there is some kind of power protecting the timeline? Then what about the witch who traveled through time before and caused many people to disappear into thin air?" Zuo Si asked relentlessly.

"All I can say is it was a very serious accident."

Professor Crocker's tone revealed deep fear and despair...

(End of this chapter)