Harry Potter: Eternity Wizard

When Roger watched Harry Potter in his previous life, a question would occasionally pop into his mind.

In his eyes, the magic in Harry Potter was nearly omnipotent, like a wish-granting machine.

Matter manipulation, time travel, spatial interference, soul division, immortality, healing, altering life forms, influencing luck, modifying memories…

While its destructive power might not seem overly exaggerated, the strength of this world's magic was undeniably immense!

So why had wizards not continued forward, ascending to godhood?

Why were they instead hiding in the shadows of human society under the International Statute of Secrecy?

Roger found a general answer in the books Professor McGonagall had given him.

Wizards had not become gods mainly for two reasons.

First, the nature of magic itself surpassed wizards' understanding. Nearly everyone who had tried to study the essence of magic had failed.

In the end, all they had managed to create was the current, somewhat vague system of wizardry.

To put it in perspective, magic was like Doraemon's "What-If Phone Booth," while the wizarding system was merely a generationally compiled "Wish-Granting Machine User Manual."

It did not touch upon the truths of the world or the essence of magic; it was simply a set of practical techniques for using magic.

In a way, it was similar to traditional medicine's four-humor theory or the Yin-Yang Five Elements and dampness-paralysis theories.

It could indeed cure diseases.

But as for the principles behind it?

Unclear. So, people had to build their own system of experience-based conclusions to explain it.

This reliance on empirical systems led to a fundamental issue—what people believed to be the effective components of a treatment might not actually be what was truly working in the medicine.

This greatly hindered wizarding civilization from analyzing the true nature of magic.

The advancement of human civilization owed much to tools like microscopes that allowed for observations of the microscopic world. Unless wizards could observe the nature of magic on a fundamental level, their civilization was unlikely to break through this barrier.

The second reason was that magic was a result of both the mind and magical energy. Once the quantity of magical energy reached a certain threshold, the limiting factor for magical power became the strength of the wizard's mind.

It was like a computer—when memory, temperature, and other operating conditions were perfect, the only thing limiting performance was the hardware itself.

To enhance magical power and ascend to godhood, a wizard needed to strengthen their mind.

Wizards had tried various methods to achieve this.

Some believed that, just as bees could never possess human-level intelligence, if the human mind was insufficient, then the answer was to stop being human altogether!

They sought to become higher lifeforms and embarked on the path of evolution.

Some wizards fused their own blood with that of magical creatures, becoming hybrid wizards.

This was indeed one path, but hybridization only raised the upper limit—it did not change the lower limit humans were born with. To truly gain greater mental power, a wizard still had to train and refine themselves.

Yet, very few could reach that level.

It was like how humans were technically capable of defeating large beasts in hand-to-hand combat, but in modern times, few ever trained their bodies to that extreme. Most people were just out-of-shape city dwellers.

Lacking the pressure of survival, few wizards ever tempered themselves to such heights.

Moreover, even if hybrid wizards had a higher ceiling, they still had a ceiling. Their upper limit was merely superior to ordinary wizards, but it never reached the level of gods.

Others sought transformation through Transfiguration or Dark Soul Magic.

But they, too, failed.

Even at its pinnacle, Animagus transformation could not turn wizards into magical creatures, offering only limited benefits.

And Voldemort, despite his expertise in soul-based Dark Magic, was only so strong.

Beyond those focused on bloodlines, Transfiguration, and soul magic, there were two other major factions in the wizarding world that sought to break the ceiling of wizard civilization.

One was the Ritualists.

If an individual's mental strength was insufficient, why not use that of a hundred, or even ten thousand?

The book Ritual Magic: Far More Than Blood Sacrifices delved deeply into this school of thought.

"Ritual magic is everywhere."

Sitting at the dining table, Roger softly murmured the words printed on the book's first page.

Due to a significant inheritance debt, Roger had chosen not to claim his parents' estate.

In Britain, he had no permanent residence.

For now, he was renting a small room at the Leaky Cauldron, one of the entrances to Diagon Alley.

Since the room was tiny, the rent was affordable, something Roger could manage.

Entering the pub's main hall, Roger, as usual, ordered some British food.

As he ate fried fish and chips, he kept his eyes glued to the book in his hands.

Lately, Roger had spent nearly all his time reading the dozens of books Professor McGonagall had mailed him.

The one that fascinated him most was this seemingly unremarkable Ritual Magic: Far More Than Blood Sacrifices.

The theories within were profound and expansive.

Using various data, it argued that celestial bodies like the sun, moon, and stars had occult properties because people believed they did.

The mystical attributes of all things were assigned by sentient beings capable of disturbing magic with their thoughts.

Potions, magical creatures, and even spells were all byproducts of omnipresent, natural ritual magic!

And orchestrating this vast, world-encompassing magical ritual was none other than the collective unconscious of all intelligent beings!

The book even explicitly outlined a method for a wizard to ascend to godhood.

Unfortunately, no wizard had ever succeeded.

"Unify the world. Control the thoughts of all Muggles, all wizards, all magical creatures. Create a man-made godhood ritual…"

Anyone capable of achieving this would already be as powerful as a god, rendering the ritual unnecessary.

And anyone who needed the ritual could never possess the ability to control the thoughts of every intelligent lifeform on Earth.

This reminded Roger of an image he had once seen online…

A dead-end that blocked both ways!

Apart from the Ritualists, there was another, smaller faction within wizarding civilization—

The Externalists.

These were the alchemists and potion-makers.

Their core idea was quite similar to that of the Ritualists, but their approach was different.

They aimed to create artifacts, elixirs, or at least the materials composing them—objects that everyone believed could elevate a wizard beyond their limits.

They did, indeed, craft many incredible magical items.

Like the Deathly Hallows.

The Veil of Death.

And then there were those who refused to rely on legendary forces, instead using sheer knowledge to surpass wizarding limits—Dumbledore, and the alchemist Nicolas Flamel belonged to this category.

As for why wizards chose to remain hidden from the world, it was because of the sheer number of people in modern times.

No one knew what kind of consequences magic's exposure might bring due to magical energy fluctuations.

No one dared to take that gamble.

Except, perhaps, for a certain leader's prophet during World War II.

Bang!

Roger snapped the book shut.

Before him, three potential paths to transcendence existed—

Yet every single one had been cut off midway.

Throughout history, countless talented wizards had tried to break through these limits, and all had failed.

So, if he wished for immortality…

Which path should he take?

---

Join the "Eternity Reader or God Reader Membership" for advanced chapters & faster updates here: patreon.com/Kramq