Web of Destiny

Inside a training chamber at Kamar-Taj, Harry closed his eyes, and the aura around him gradually settled.

He shut out all external distractions and focused all his awareness within his body, activating deep spiritual vision.

As his consciousness sank inward, he saw his soul—and the endlessly churning Sea of Chaos within it.

Part of the chaos was gentle and still as an ancient well, responding to Harry's will.

Another part was chaotic and disorderly, constantly stirring. That was magic he could not yet control.

When lending in the Wizarding World to Young Wizards, Harry had not gained much useful knowledge.

But after lending to Tony, Harry finally understood the true value of lending.

Lately, he had been constantly sharing magical knowledge from Tony. This knowledge was unsystematic and nowhere near as powerful as what the Supreme Mage had taught, but it covered a field Harry had never understood before.

It was an entirely new system capable of linking technology and magic.

Relying on this knowledge, Harry came up with a new idea.

Chaos Magic already possessed the characteristics of a Wish-Granting Machine, with immense malleability.

Could he use Chaos Magic as the material and the knowledge shared by Tony as the technology to create a magical artificial intelligence?

This software could connect him with the borrowers and, like an AI similar to J.A.R.V.I.S., help him construct magic arrays and handle matters related to lending.

When there were few borrowers, he could still manage things himself. But once their numbers reached a certain point, simply dealing with lending-related matters would consume a great deal of Harry's energy.

That was when the Automated Lending AI could play an important role!

With a slight stir of Harry's thoughts, part of his Chaos Magic formed tangible zeroes and ones that drifted above the sea of magic.

Countless zeroes and ones formed a multicolored Great Orb. Based on the underlying principles of computers, he used Chaos Magic to construct a central processor and memory, then used part of J.A.R.V.I.S.'s source code to create an artificial intelligence.

Several hours later, a Great Orb was finally complete.

For now, the Great Orb had few functions. It did not possess intelligence like J.A.R.V.I.S.; it could only automatically draw runes according to its underlying code and supply magic to borrowers.

Yet even those functions brought Harry immense improvements. Previously, some powerful spells required one or two seconds to draw the magic array, but now, with the Great Orb drawing it through code, it could be completed in an instant.

However, casting magic through arrays drawn in this way was too rigid. It could not adapt to changing combat conditions as it had before.

But that was already enough for Harry. The mechanically drawn magic arrays would mostly be used by borrowers, while he could still draw arrays himself and cast more powerful, more versatile spells.

Harry took a deep breath. After creating the Great Orb, there was one final step left.

This was what he valued most.

He slowly pushed the Great Orb into the more distant, disorderly Chaos Magic and watched its performance expectantly.

The Great Orb sank into the Chaos Magic that Harry could not control. At first, it twisted as though it might shatter at any moment, but it soon stabilized again and began drawing in the surrounding magic.

A mechanized construction had no adaptability and was excessively rigid, but precisely because of that, it could ignore the incomparably chaotic Chaos Magic and successfully cast stable spells.

Harry was overjoyed. He observed that one Great Orb created from controllable Chaos Magic could control five portions of uncontrollable magic.

This way, he could command more Chaos Magic and raise the upper limit of magic he could control!

Without hesitation, Harry poured more than half of his Chaos Magic into the Great Orb.

The Great Orb spun continuously within the sea of chaos, drawing in vast amounts of nearby Chaos Magic.

This magic remained disorderly, but the Great Orb could forcibly mobilize it to cast spells.

Even if the spells it cast were fixed and rigid, with the upper limit of magical input increasing drastically, Harry's strength still rose enormously!

What was more, the amount of magic Harry could control would gradually increase, and the underlying code within the Great Orb would continuously update and iterate.

From this point on, the rate at which Harry's strength grew would increase by at least several times!

Harry muttered, "Looks like I need to find more geniuses like Tony."

The improvement a single genius brought him was greater than that of hundreds of ordinary people!

It once again proved that saying: the gap between people was even greater than the gap between people and dogs!

In high spirits, Harry whistled and hummed a tune as he left the training chamber.

The moment he stepped outside, he sensed a wave of hostility. Looking to his right, he immediately felt unlucky.

Kaecilius!

The two found each other equally unpleasant. They snorted softly and went their separate ways.

Pushing open the heavy palace doors adorned with intricate carvings, Harry stepped into Kamar-Taj's main hall.

A faint sandalwood fragrance permeated the hall. Dim light streamed through the stained-glass windows in the vaulted ceiling, weaving dreamlike patches of color across the floor.

As always, the Supreme Mage sat quietly in the ancient carved chair, calmly drinking tea.

The Eye of Agamotto on her chest emitted a faint green glow. Harry knew she was observing timelines across different dimensions.

Sensing Harry's arrival, the Supreme Mage slowly raised her head. Her gentle gaze fell upon him, and a curious look suddenly appeared on her face.

"Harry, it seems you've gained a new insight."

Harry casually sat down in another chair, familiarly refilled his teacher's tea, and smiled smugly.

"Yes. I combined science and magic to study a method of controlling disorderly magic. This method is still in its infancy, but it has limitless potential."

"Congratulations, Harry. As it happens, I have a gift for you as well." The Supreme Mage handed Harry a magical scroll.

Harry opened it. Inside was a magic array, along with a detailed explanation of it.

The Supreme Mage took a sip of tea and explained, "I linked the Shield Charm, Repair Charm, Transfiguration Charm, and Patronus Charm from the Wizarding World with Kamar-Taj's Images of Ikonn to create this magic.

This magic can only be used with Chaos Magic, and it consumes a vast amount of Chaos Magic.

I had intended to give it to you after you had grown stronger. But it seems you can now barely cast it."

Harry's eyes lit up. This magic was called the Giant Charm, and it could summon a Stone Giant ten meters tall.

The Stone Giant was controlled by the caster's consciousness and possessed abilities such as self-repair and transforming parts of its body into weapons. Even among all the magic of Kamar-Taj, it was considered powerful.

Harry suddenly threw his arms around his teacher. "Thank you, Teacher! I love you so much!"

When Harry returned home, he hummed a tune as he greeted Uncle Ben and Aunt May, then headed upstairs to his room.

Just as Harry was about to open his door, another door suddenly opened, and Peter sneaked out furtively.

The instant he saw Peter, Harry felt the magic power throughout his body tremble violently, warning him.

He felt himself enveloped by a Web of Destiny spanning the multiverse. An unseen curse emanated from Peter, shifting back and forth as it selected among him, Uncle Ben, and Aunt May!