Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Lin Xia had no idea that her contingency plan would cause Professor McGonagall such profound emotional trauma.

She simply added several layers of sealing runes that were different from those used before; these runes were imbued with spatial attributes.

However, to the fragments of Professor McGonagall's soul, this defense was essentially a spatial turbulence storm.

This led everyone to misunderstand, believing that the space area where Lin Xia was located had collapsed into ruins, and that she herself was lost in the spatial turbulence.

But in reality, Lin Xia was still safely in the restricted book area.

Although the space within the forbidden book area was somewhat unstable, she stabilized it using a magic rune array.

The reason why McGonagall and Lin Xia's information is not synchronized is that although everyone enters the same spatial node, each person goes to a different forbidden book area each time they enter.

So even if they sent people to the spatial node to check the forbidden book area, they couldn't find Lin Xia.

A wonderful misunderstanding was thus born.

But even if Lin Xia knew, she would rather they continue to misunderstand.

She's at a critical juncture now, and it's impossible to get her out of the restricted book area.

As time passed, the power gathered by the stripping magic rune array grew stronger, and Lin Xia gradually felt the pain of a certain part of her soul being gradually separated.

The scales of fate were right about one thing: they were an integral part of her soul.

To separate her from it would be tantamount to cutting off one's own soul.

This part originally belonged to her.

During the process of peeling away the layers, Lin Xia gradually came to understand the symbiotic relationship that the scales of fate spoke of.

but.

Although the scales of fate are part of her soul, once they develop a disloyal mind, that part of her soul can completely replace the main personality.

It's like a stain on a pure white sheet of paper, and this stain will gradually expand as spirituality grows, eventually turning the entire pure white sheet black.

Therefore, even if it belongs to her and is a part of her soul, Lin Xia must give it up.

The pain gradually intensified; the suffering from the soul was more unbearable than the torture inflicted on the body, creating a suffocating feeling of being constantly broken down and reassembled.

But Lin Xia had already experienced this kind of pain far too many times.

Her physical condition was also very resilient, and this kind of pain was not enough to make her lose her composure.

As the stripping magic rune array was activated, the roar of the scales of fate gradually weakened from its initial loudness.

It could sense that a part of itself had been separated from Lin Xia's soul. Without the nourishing soil of a soul, it was just an ordinary strange object.

The scales of fate are so special because they are rooted in Lin Xia's unique soul, and the two complement each other.

Once removed from its special container, its special properties are reduced by half.

The scales of fate said unwillingly, "By separating me, your power will also be weakened. Don't you want to achieve godhood?"

Lin Xia silently parted, without responding to any of its words.

Responding to it will only lead you into its trap.

She wouldn't want anything that was out of her control, even if it belonged to her.

During the separation process, she had to continuously operate the Nine Heavens Profound Yang Secret Record, absorbing energy from the forbidden book area and injecting it into herself.

Because the cultivation technique was constantly in operation, Lin Xia discovered the abnormality in her body.

She had entered the realm of health cultivation without anyone noticing, and we only just realized it!

After entering the realm of health preservation, the next realm is the realm of secret cultivation.

However, the cultivation of secret realms is quite special. Rather than being a realm of cultivation techniques, it is more like a secret art that extends beyond the cultivation techniques.

In other words, the highest level of the Nine Heavens Profound Yang Secret Manual is actually the Health Preservation Realm, while the Secret Cultivation Realm is a secret technique used to practice various auxiliary skills.

But this does not mean that cultivating the secret realm is unimportant.

Only by mastering the secret techniques within the cultivation realm can one maximize the effectiveness of the techniques.

Without the aid of secret techniques, the Nourishing Life Realm is only slightly higher in energy than the Profound Scripture Realm, but the difference is not significant.

However, if the secret techniques are mastered well, the health cultivation realm can play a significant role.

Lin Xia wasn't quite sure which realm the scales of fate referred to as the divine position, but she was certain it was definitely more powerful than the Nourishing Life Realm.

"Perhaps, by pushing the energy of the Nourishing Life Realm to its absolute limit and then combining it with the most powerful and secret techniques, one can ascend to godhood?"

Lin Xia pondered to herself.

The highest level of the "Nine Heavens Profound Yang Secret Record" technique can only reach is the Nourishing Life Realm.

The Secret Realm is not a single realm, but rather a collection of various secret techniques.

From the moment she embarked on her cultivation journey, she had been in contact with the secret realm of cultivation, because she had started practicing secret techniques very early on.

If her guess is wrong, and reaching godhood requires even more powerful and extreme energy, then she must continue to push her cultivation technique forward, to a realm that no one else has created before.

Lin Xia felt a little eager to try.

This is a bit difficult, but not impossible.

After all, the "Nine Heavens Profound Yang Secret Record" is different from the version in her previous life after she came to this world. With each major realm upgrade, she has to combine elements of the magic world to develop a brand new cultivation method.

This wasn't the first time she'd pushed herself to the next level, so she felt she should have a chance.

However, to advance to the next realm, one must understand the essence of the power of that next realm.

The "divine position" revealed by the scales of fate, and the vague information obtained from Baburin.

She must first experience the power of God to know what that power truly is.
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To remove the chip from Mikel's soul, Forbidden Forest used all its power, which took a full three hours.

The preparations that preceded that took the Forbidden Forest at least three days.

But when the consciousness of the Forbidden Forest dissipated, it left Mikel's body in just a moment.

Babling obtained a small piece of chip and immediately began researching it.

The research will slow down if it leaves Mikel's body.

Since she only obtained a small portion of the knowledge, she spent only one day deciphering it and also obtained the spatial coordinates of Mikel's previous life.

After analyzing all the knowledge contained in the chip, Babuling couldn't help but frown.

"It's even more backward than I imagined. It's a world based purely on technology, and they haven't developed any extra superpowers. This doesn't make sense!"

Babling examined the contents of the chip and Mikel's deepest memories over and over again.

"Why don't they have superpowers? Pure technological development... Could it be that they will eventually go down the path of artificial intelligence and abandon their physical bodies?" "The human form is a perfect harmony of spirit and flesh. Once one of them is abandoned, it is no longer worthy of being called human, but rather a completely new species."

Babling's expression was very serious.

They felt they had paid such a high price, even enlisting the help of the Forbidden Forest, only to have it all come to naught.

In the world Mikel lived in her previous life, there were no superpowers, meaning no supernatural abilities, so they probably couldn't offer her any help.

So many favors have been given, and so many benefits have been promised.

In particular, it took her a lot of effort to persuade the Forbidden Forest to move and to choose a suitable body.

Now that she has obtained the coordinates of the other world, she must hurry up and travel through time and space to find out for herself.

She couldn't believe that the world Mikel lived in in his previous life could be so ordinary.

In such an ordinary world, how could a single book accurately predict most of the key events in the magical world?
This alone shows that the world was not ordinary.

Babling thought that perhaps that world was not simple, but the chip had lost a lot of information, which prevented her from exploring it clearly.

Regardless of whether there are any gains or losses, now that we have obtained the coordinates of that world, we definitely have to make a trip there.

After analyzing the chip, Babling turned her attention to the body.

Through her meticulous care and the infusion of bottle after bottle of rare potions, Mikel's body was on the verge of collapse and then reformed, collapsing again and reforming once more...

The Forbidden Forest consciousness had already left, and she had finished using her body to analyze the chip.

Without any other major moves, Mikel's physical condition gradually returned to balance.

"I originally thought your consciousness wouldn't be able to withstand the painful reconstruction and would collapse and disappear during the reconstruction process, but I didn't expect you to actually survive."

Babling raised an eyebrow. This soul from another world had shown remarkable resilience during the body's reconstruction.

If it were a native soul from the wizarding world, its consciousness would likely have vanished completely during the first physical reconstruction.

She didn't believe that a world completely devoid of supernatural abilities could cultivate such a resilient soul.

So even though she felt she would gain nothing, she still wanted to go.

Babling's eyes suddenly became deep, with a purple light flowing within them.

But before she could travel through time, she had to awaken Mikel's soul consciousness and help his soul adapt to his new body.

"What a lucky boy! Although you have lost the ladder to the highest level, you have gained the favor of the magical world. Except for the highest level, you will become omnipotent in the magical world."

"Babling said softly," she said, and the next second, she controlled Mikel's body and slowly walked out of the Forbidden Forest.

This time, going out was much easier than coming in.

Upon entering, Mikel had to dodge powerful magical creatures and plants, and also set up some traps to avoid being tracked by the magical creatures.

We were extremely careful throughout the entire process.

However, this time when he went out, Mikel still had a trace of the aura of being possessed by the Forbidden Forest remaining in his body.

Wherever it went, whether it was magical creatures or plants, they all gave way.

The creatures in the Forbidden Forest sensed that chilling aura and all instinctively withdrew their sharpness.

While Babling manipulated Mikel's body to leave the Forbidden Forest, the wizards deep within the Forbidden Forest were also cautiously retreating.

But they weren't so lucky.

Without any external pressure, the magical creatures and plants bare their fangs; the Forbidden Forest is their playground, and they reject all humans!
Especially those greedy humans, who carried many treasures, some of which even carried the aura of their kind.

The creatures of the Forbidden Forest will certainly not let them go.

On the Hogwarts side...

A terrifying night passed, and the professors dared not sleep, having listened to the howling and wailing all night long.

Finally, the dark clouds were dispelled, and the next day Hogwarts welcomed the long-awaited sunshine.

Never before had anyone felt the warmth of the sun's rays.

Other professors had learned from other sources that McGonagall had been seriously injured.

Today, as the sun came out, Hogwarts held a meeting and officially announced that the danger in the Forbidden Forest had passed, so the school began to gradually reopen.

The meeting was chaired by Snape, and McGonagall also appeared, but did not speak.

Everyone observed that McGonagall looked somewhat weak, but her breathing seemed fine, and she didn't seem to have suffered a severe backlash from the rumors that her strength had declined or that she was unable to use magic.

After the meeting ended, the four deans voluntarily stayed behind and were the last to leave.

Snape looked at McGonagall's pale and haggard face, his brows furrowed:
“Minerva, you shouldn’t have come here. You need to rest now. The recruitment work will start soon, and you can’t avoid showing up.”

McGonagall shook her head slightly, then her throat suddenly became dry and she began to cough violently.

"My soul is wounded, and it won't heal so easily. Dumbledore has prepared a potion for me, which will be delivered next week. I will feel better after taking it."

Instead of just lying around, I might as well patrol Hogwarts. Although I can't use magic, I have several wonders on me, so I won't be in danger.

The rumors circulating outside were true; she was suffering from severe backlash from her magic and was indeed unable to use it at this stage.

However, because she was too calm and her face only looked pale and haggard, the other professors gave the wrong impression that she was just slightly injured and would be fine after resting.

Professor McGonagall turned her head and looked out the window, her brow furrowed with worry.

"The storm in the Forbidden Forest ended faster than expected. I wonder if the wizard who used the power of the Forbidden Forest has left. Hogwarts is about to open, hopefully that wizard was just passing through."

Sprout asked, "Why open so quickly? Could we stay closed for a while longer?"

McGonagall shook her head. "We can't stay closed any longer. Continuing to close will deplete our resources even more, and the school's resources and energy are already exhausted. Staying closed means we won't get any supplies from the Ministry of Magic, which is also a headache."

Furthermore, there's a group of people outside who are constantly watching Hogwarts. Even though the danger in the Forbidden Forest has passed, the fact that Hogwarts remains closed makes them think there's something wrong inside the school. We can't send that signal to others.”

Suddenly, McGonagall paused, her pupils contracting briefly before widening sharply.

"Isn't that Mikel, who's been missing for a long time?"

"How did he get out of the Forbidden Forest?"

Upon hearing this, the professors all looked over.

Just then, the four of them met Mikel's gaze as he looked up.

Mikel's eyes were filled with a purple hue as he gave them a strange, slight smile.

The next second, in front of everyone, he fainted on the ground.

Not far away, there was a small wooden cabin built by Hagrid. (End of Chapter)