Through his magical sight, the Diary was utterly filthy. Thick black fumes billowed from it, and an illusory figure stood at its center.
Its features were too blurry to make out, but he could vaguely tell that it was a young man. It also radiated an eerie, ghostly aura.
According to the miscellaneous books his mother had given him, its appearance, form, and behavior all matched those of the seven po.
The seven po were ghosts formed from dark, malign energy.
So... Voldemort had split off his own seven po?
According to the teachings of the Daoist Order, a person had three souls and seven po. The souls were primary, the po secondary. Once the souls departed, a person died like a lamp going out. Compared with the teachings of worldly religions and folk legends,
the Daoist Order could be considered specialists in souls and spirits, far surpassing their Western counterparts in this field.
Even so, these mysterious things had only revealed the tip of the iceberg. Countless secrets still awaited exploration.
But one thing was certain: anyone hoping to progress further desperately wanted to maintain a state of "no leakage." They did not even want wives.
Who had ever heard of anyone splitting off their seven po?
A person consisted of two parts: the physical body and the souls and spirits. There were many explanations of the three souls, but every one agreed that they were the primary component.
For example, Seven Slips from the Bookbag of the Clouds called the three souls Fetal Light, Clear Spirit, and Hidden Essence.
Fetal Light governed life, Clear Spirit governed consciousness, and Hidden Essence governed desire.
Another explanation held that there were three souls: the heavenly hun, the earthly hun, and the life hun.
There were seven po: the first was heavenly