Return to Spark World

"Hermione, it's a shame you're too young."

Li Mu muttered regretfully from a distance as he saw Hermione.

Apparition, and he instantly appeared beside Hermione.

"Do you need a guide?"

Li Mu asked with a smile.

"Ah! Are you a teacher or a senior student?"

Hermione, startled back to reality, politely bowed and asked in the Chinese language from her acceptance letter.

"Consider me a teacher."

Li Mu replied after some thought.

"Won't that be too much trouble for you?"

Hermione said sheepishly.

"It's fine, I'm free today anyway."

Li Mu smiled and pointed to several streets near the base of the statue. "Some of these streets are for adult wizards, and some are for young wizards like you. Your acceptance letters have introductions to them, but having me lead the way will save you a lot of trouble."

"Thank you, teacher."

Seeing Li Mu walk towards Diagon Alley, Hermione immediately followed.

Along the way, she received a free set of wizard robes, a free Bluebird Familiar, a free wand, and Magic Books from various shops using her acceptance letter. The thing she liked most among them was the Bluebird Familiar in the cage.

According to the introduction on the acceptance letter, this was a brand new Magical Creature created by the great Phoenix Emperor.

Because of the birth of the Bluebird Familiar, the Owls of the Wizarding World had now become delivery drivers for the Muggle World. Those little things delivered packages very quickly, the only downside being that the takeout they delivered was always a mess.

After collecting all the new items, Li Mu led Hermione back to the base of the statue.

Hermione's acceptance letter had already been stamped with several magical seals when she collected her free school supplies. Now, as she approached the statue of the Phoenix Emperor again, the acceptance letter instantly transformed into a Phoenix Mark and branded itself onto her forehead.

Once the branding was complete, Hermione immediately felt a summons.

Before she could thank him again, she was silently teleported to Phoenix Academy, which was shrouded in clouds and mist, like a fairyland.

"It's a shame you're too young."

Li Mu shook his head and Apparated away.

Appearing again, he had already arrived on the statue's right hand.

Unlike the statue's left hand, which had its space expanded by the Vanishment Charm to build the Phoenix Academy, the statue's right hand held up the HuoZhong Altar. The projection of the Sacrifice Seed was continuously absorbing Spark Energy here. Relatively speaking, this was the most important place in the Phoenix Empire.

The Phoenix Apostles guarding the HuoZhong Altar knelt silently on either side as Li Mu appeared.

Walking onto the HuoZhong Altar, Li Mu turned to look at the Phoenix Academy.

After eight months, he had gathered alchemists from around the globe and used almost all the magical metals in the world to create a metal sphere capable of withstanding the high temperatures of the Earth's core, while also making this metal sphere revolve automatically around the civilization's spark.

Then, inside the metal sphere, he had expanded this small world using the Vanishment Charm.

He transferred soil, air, and water from the outside to form the rudimentary form of a world. He then used magic to create seasons and weather, opening up a stable, cyclical small world. He even created countless medicinal fields for planting Magic Plants and pastures for raising Magical Creatures.

Finally, he erected the statue, built the Phoenix Academy, and the HuoZhong Altar.

This place was closest to the civilization's spark, and the Spark Energy density here was the highest. If an Acquired HuoZhong were to be born, it would most easily be born here. If talented individuals capable of fusing Spark Energy were to emerge, they would also appear most frequently here, especially since he had managed to capture all the young Wizards in the world in one fell swoop.

All these young Wizards had been educated from a young age with thoughts of loyalty to the sovereign and love for the country.

He couldn't claim they were all loyal, but at least a considerable portion would be loyal to him when they grew up.

Unless there was a destructive external force interfering, his Phoenix Empire was as stable as a mountain.

Li Mu turned and ascended the HuoZhong Altar. The Phoenix was instantly summoned.

Boarding the Phoenix via a tractor beam, the Phoenix spread its wings and soared like a small sun. It then disappeared silently above the HuoZhong Altar. When it reappeared, it was back at the place where he had first crossed over. The surrounding mist was repelled by the Phoenix, stirring up a gust of wind.

Li Mu put away the Phoenix and pointed his Elder Wand at the ground.

"...A bit awkward."

Li Mu chuckled dryly.

He had originally intended to create a Basement using the Polymorph Spell, but the spell had no effect at all.

The spells from the Harry Potter world were completely ineffective in the Spark World.

This was because the Spark World did not possess magic power; it did not acknowledge magic power at all.

Li Mu spread the Spark Energy throughout his body, integrating it into every drop of magic power, fusing all ordinary magic power into HuoZhong Magic Power. Pure magic power could not cast spells, but HuoZhong Magic Power was unaffected. At most, casting spells in the Spark World would not allow him to borrow external magic power.

The Polymorph Spell took effect, and a staircase leading underground appeared at Li Mu's feet.

Following the stairs down to the Basement, located more than twenty meters underground, he cast a few Polymorph Spells. The empty Basement had transformed into a warm living room with a fireplace and sofas. At the same time, the stairs he had descended had reverted to soil.

Returning to the Spark World, he needed to re-adapt to the environment here.

All sorts of spells also needed to be redefined. Not to mention anything else, his most proficient skill, Apparition, would definitely be far less effective in the Spark World than in the Phoenix Empire, because the spatial intensity of the two worlds was vastly different. The higher the spatial intensity, the stronger and more restricted spatial abilities would be.

After a few hours, Li Mu had a rough idea.

The other spells didn't have much impact; only Space Spells were heavily suppressed.

In the Phoenix Empire, he could teleport from one end of a planet to the other.

But here, he could only teleport within the range of his Mental Power.

There was also a delay, and attempting Apparition beyond his Mental Power's perception range would surely kill him in the depths of space.

The Vanishment Charm was the same. In the Phoenix Empire, he could create a Phoenix Pocket World, but here, expanding space tenfold was the limit. Furthermore, the difficulty increased exponentially once the base space he could expand exceeded one cubic meter.

While expanding tenfold seemed impressive, it only extended the space within a pocket to one cubic meter.

Moreover, the expanded space would continuously shrink over time.

Even Alchemical Enchantment couldn't stop the space from shrinking, as maintaining Alchemical Enchantment required HuoZhong Magic Power. Only he possessed HuoZhong Magic Power, and as it was consumed over time, the expanded space would shrink.

Li Mu wasn't surprised by this outcome.

If Space Equipment were easy to create, the entire Frostfire City wouldn't lack the ability to produce it themselves.

Logging into the Spark Network, Li Mu attempted to search for Frostfire City.

He couldn't find Frostfire City's local network at all. Clearly, Frostfire City had moved far away in the past year. At the very least, his Transcendence Level LV3 authority wasn't enough to remotely log into Frostfire City. However, he did find the local network of another city nearby?