Hogwarts: Becoming the White Lord from Breathing

Chapter 174 Discovering the truth
Damon walked through the Albanian forest, his expression wary. It was too quiet here, as quiet as a dead place.

This reminded him of a terrible horror movie he had seen in his previous life. The protagonist lived in an extremely quiet atmosphere, but that was because making any sound would attract monsters—the monsters of this forest must be Voldemort and his servant Nagini.
"Specialis Revelio"

Silver dust burst forth from the tip of the wand, falling like fireworks, and countless silver stars coated the magic within a hundred-meter radius with a layer of silver.

Damon closed his eyes and stood in the center of the forest, sensing every possible trace of magic—then he discovered that there were traces left by Nagini everywhere. He even found a snake's shed skin.

Voldemort has left this place, but before he left, he did not erase any traces of it.

"Did something unavoidable happen? Could it be that Lao Fu is really dead?"

Damon frowned slightly and finally stopped in front of a pale patch of earth—unlike the surrounding black and deathly silence, everything within ten meters of this patch of earth was pale, with bare branches, gray-white earth, and a large number of viper scales.

Damon pondered for a moment, then continued waving his wand—all the magical information floating in the air was gathered together, gradually transforming into the trace of a powerful spell.

The spell's name is unknown, but Damon could probably guess its effect—it involves the disintegration and reconstruction of the mind and soul, making it top-tier dark magic—aside from Voldemort, no one should be able to manipulate the soul to this extent.

"Voldemort reconstructed his soul?!"

When Damon came to this conclusion, he was genuinely surprised—not by Voldemort's superior spellcasting skills, but once again shocked by the noseless monster's mindless behavior.

Dividing his soul into seven parts, leaving him neither human nor ghost, it's questionable whether Voldemort's mind and spirit were still intact—oh, then perhaps his actions are understandable after all.

The soul is the most complex existence, and even the most powerful alchemists dare not touch it without permission—Damon has no idea what Voldemort did to his own soul.

But what he was certain of was that Voldemort, whom he had met before, was indeed dead—even if his body and memories remained, once his soul was reshaped, he would be a completely new individual.

Based on the awakening of the split soul within Harry, Damon roughly deduced that Voldemort must have broken down his main soul in order to awaken the other Horcruxes.

But this raises another issue—the wailing sounds Damon made when the Horcruxes were destroyed when he destroyed the diadem and the chalice could not be faked, meaning he truly killed the souls within the Horcruxes.

"Is it because Harry himself is a living Horcrux, making him special? Or have the other Horcruxes also undergone changes that I'm unaware of?"

Thinking of this, Damon raised an eyebrow—thankfully he had already destroyed three Horcruxes, otherwise, in the worst-case scenario, would he have to face seven Voldemors at the same time?

"As a living being, Nagini is in the same situation as Harry, so—did Nagini awaken Voldemort's split consciousness and take Gaunt's ring? Has Voldemort returned completely in the form of a split soul?"

Thinking about this, Damon felt a little tricky—but it didn't matter, he had helpers.

"Fox, is the teacher available right now? Please ask him to come here."

The Phoenix Feather Ring was reignited, and a clear phoenix cry echoed in Damon's mind.

"Snapped."

With a loud bang, Dumbledore emerged from the explosion—his brow furrowed with weariness and deep worry. Perhaps the old man had discovered something, but simply wasn't ready to tell Damon yet.

After all, Damon White only needed to stumble upon a Horcrux by chance, while Albus Dumbledore had much more to consider. "What did you find?"

Seeing Damon appear in this place, Dumbledore wasn't particularly surprised, but he sighed with mixed feelings—even without Damon by his side, his sense of justice would still drive this young man to take action. This was Damon White, a figure he both loved and worried about.

"Voldemort is dead, but Voldemort has also been resurrected."

"What do you mean?" Dumbledore frowned.

He had also explored this place and understood the spell that reshaped the soul even better than Damon—Dumbledore concluded that Voldemort had disintegrated and transferred his soul.

However, he couldn't understand why Voldemort would do that, because he didn't believe Voldemort was really willing to die; there must be some other conspiracy involved.

"The original Tom Riddle is dead, but perhaps fifty years ago, or even earlier, depending on his age when he made the Horcruxes."

In short, the fragments of Voldemort's soul within the Horcruxes should have been awakened, including Harry's and Voldemort's servant Nagini.

There's an information gap here.

Damon did not tell Dumbledore that he already knew about the seven Horcruxes, while Dumbledore had already shared his discovery with Damon.

Thanks to Damon's destruction of the diary and the diadem, Dumbledore gained a deeper understanding of Voldemort's way of thinking—this self-important Dark Lord would only create Horcruxes from items that matched his status or had special significance.

Therefore, Dumbledore has actually discovered five of the seven Horcruxes, leaving only the locket and the golden cup unconfirmed—however, he found nothing at Gaunt's old house, so much so that he now harbors some doubts about whether Gaunt's ring was ever made into a Horcrux.

"All the remaining Horcruxes? Five?"

Dumbledore's expression was very serious—he and Damon were on the same page.

The two of them were facing a Voldemort at the same time, and no matter what the opponent did, they couldn't make a dent—but if the two of them were fighting five, the situation would be hellish.

Because Voldemort was a natural schemer, even with Damon's help, Dumbledore had little confidence that he could win if five such evil beings were lurking in the British wizarding world.

"No, I guess apart from Harry and Nagini, the other split souls are either dormant or need to be manually awakened."

However, one thing is certain: Nagini likely possesses a fragment of Voldemort's soul—a soul that inherited Voldemort's thoughts and values ​​at that time, but is definitely not the current Voldemort.

Dumbledore's expression did not lighten; instead, it became more serious—"I'm afraid this will only make things worse."

"In his youth, he was cruel yet patient. Apart from a slight deviation in his magical skills, this split soul was even more difficult to deal with than he is now."

"Things have gotten complicated!"

(End of this chapter)