Chapter 202: Horcruxes and Confession

Ivan's heart was pounding, it was not good news.

So far, he had destroyed two Horcruxes made by Voldemort, Tom Riddle's diary and the Slytherin locket.

In terms of quantity, he seemed to have gained an advantage, destroying Voldemort's Horcruxes and making him go closer to death, but in reality, this did not effectively weaken the power of Voldemort's body, but made him more dangerous.

According to the book's notes, the essence of Horcruxes are soul fragments stored in specific containers. The dark wizard relies on the evil power brought by cruel killing to force the soul parts to separate and then tear them from his body, but they still maintain a weak connection to the main soul.

It is because of this connection, no matter how much damage the body receives, it will not really die until all the Horcruxes are destroyed.

The connection between Horcruxes and immortality is the fundamental principle of this dark magic.

But also, because of this connection, once a Horcrux is destroyed, it is bound to affect the main soul and make it more unstable.

As for Voldemort, no matter how many parts he divides his soul into, he still has a complete soul before the Horcruxes are destroyed.

He just used the Horcruxes to keep his soul in different places.

Voldemort in this state may have been quite ruthless, but he was still an evil dark wizard, a human being. Even if he has a very strong dark power, he still had moral lines that he would not break, and he would still have the emotions that all humans have.

But with the destruction of the soul fragments stored in the Horcruxes, Voldemort's soul was left incomplete and his already unstable main soul was further fragmented.

In this state, he will gradually lose all emotions and reason, and transform from human to monster, and will have no thoughts other than to bring endless death and destruction.

His soul has become fragmented, which means that he is also more evil.

This is one of the reasons why Voldemort will be stronger. One should know that in addition to casting powerful dark magic, the power of the spell will also depend on how evil the wizard's soul is.

The more evil it is, the stronger the power of the dark magic.

Splitting the soul is the purest evil. The greater the degree of fragmentation, the more evil the soul becomes.

The destruction of the Horcruxes means that Voldemort will become more dangerous.

Fortunately, in this process, he gradually loses his reason and becomes a monster that is engulfed and controlled by the inner forces of evil.

From this perspective, Voldemort is substantially weakened.

In Ivan's view, the horror of Voldemort is not the amount of dark magic he possesses, or how many unimaginable forces he has. It actually lies within his ability to understand people's minds.

From his childhood in the orphanage, through his time as a student at Hogwarts, to becoming the Dark Lord, from Voldemort's past experience, he was very good at confusing to persuade people, sow fear and create division among them.

When he gradually lost his mind because his Horcruxes were destroyed piece by piece, abandoning his forces and choosing to conquer with power, he was already doomed to failure.

Making Horcruxes seems to make Voldemort stronger, give him the power of immortality, but in essence it dispersed his power and laid the groundwork for his defeat, which is ironic.

He should have been aware of this before he made the Horcruxes.

Because the caster, using this evil dark magic, will bring him more loss than gain. Voldemort knows this, but he still decided to make the Horcruxes and split his soul into multiple parts.

Ivan didn't know why he chose that route, but he knew he would never do something like that.

He sighed and continued flipping through the pages.

Behind the method of producing the Horcruxes were experimental records, data, and mention of information on how to destroy the Horcruxes.

First of all, through repentance, the soul can be reintegrated.

According to the book, if you truly repent of what you have done, you can reintegrate your divided soul.

This method seems simple, but for the Dark wizard whose soul has been divided, it is extremely painful to do so, and this pain alone should be overwhelming enough to destroy the repentant.

Besides, Voldemort would never do such a thing.

Since Voldemort will not willingly merge his soul, the only way to destroy Horcruxes is to destroy them directly, with something that is too destructive and powerful for the Horcrux to be repaired by magic.

The reason one must do this is because the soul fragment in the Horcrux is different from the soul of the normal person.

How the soul fragments survive depends entirely on the protection magic used on the bearer. Otherwise, the soul fragment will not even survive.

Also, while the magic container is intact, the bit of soul inside it can flutter in and out of someone if they get too close to the object, and it absorbs their life force and strengthens itself.

Of course, this closeness is not related to how long the Horcrux stays in your hand; it is not at all the kind of contact that is required. The key is emotional closeness. Last year, Ron poured all his feelings into Tom Riddle's Diary, which made him very vulnerable to being controlled.

If he likes or trusts the Horcrux, he's in serious trouble.

The same was true of the Slytherin locket, the soul fragment there waiting to lure Ivan by hiding in the depths of his soul.

Because the Horcrux is a soul fragment, it can inherit all the memories and ideas of the original owner. Any Horcrux can be as dangerous as Voldemort himself.

On the last page about Horcruxes, many notes were made. This should be the handwriting Regulus had left in the past, most of which was about naming destructive objects that could destroy a Horcrux.

Because such objects are too rare, until the end, Regulus could not find a way to destroy the Horcrux, and could only tell Kreacher to take it with him.

Ivan was very fortunate to have brought the Basilisk's fang.

The Basilisk's fang can destroy Horcruxes, not because of how sharp it is, but because the Basilisk's venom has only one antidote, which is the extremely rare tear of a Phoenix.

There are very few things that are as destructive as basilisk fangs, and Regulus was unable to find one at the time.

Beyond Horcruxes, 'Secrets of the Darkest Art' reveals a lot of evil dark magic. Ivan simply glanced around. If one word could describe what he was reading, it would be shocking.

For example, the curse behind the Horcrux is based on the study of the Dementor's kiss, which targets a person's soul directly, taking the soul out of the body, so that it can never be reintegrated. Then, there are several other spells, production of Inferi, methods of control, detailed descriptions of the three Unforgivable Curses, how to summon demons and have contracts with them...