Perhaps love is not the only thing that can burst forth with infinite power.
The old man himself is undeniably a genius, and many of his theories and discoveries have directly pointed to the essential core, bringing Ian a sense of profound insight.
"Indeed, gourmets are hidden talents—hmm, I'm just complimenting myself here." Just when Ian thought the core of these notes revolved around Time Magic, he found content that made him pause in the middle and latter parts of a notebook wrapped in heavy black leather.
The title of that section was written in some sort of dark red ink—"Spiritual Origin and Life Mark Reconstruction Hypothesis." Yes, this was not the research outcome on time. The content revealed by this title clearly surpassed the realm of Time Magic, touching the taboo of the domain of life and death!
"Is this something he'd research too?"
Ian's expression turned serious.
He slowed down his reading pace, carefully browsing the contents above. In these chapters, Musa explored in detail how from lingering intense emotional imprints, bloodline connections, or specific soul markers, one could locate and "fish up" the essential life information of the deceased in the immense river of time or spiritual dimension.
Musa proposed several theoretically possible methods to "revive" the dead.
One method involves finding the extremely rare, legendary "Stone of the Other Shore" capable of bearing soul fragments, coupled with a powerful time anchor point to reorganize and draw back the scattered soul into the present world.
This is a mythological and ethereal method, but since the Three Sacred Artifacts of Death can exist, no one knows if the items mentioned in other stories are real too.
Wizarding World.
Everything is possible.
For this reason, Ian would not make blind judgments.
"This stuff seems related to the Misty Illusion Realm, but I wonder if Musa ever found any clues about this thing?" Ian continued to browse the notes.
He saw that Musa had indeed tried searching but chose to give up after encountering others seeking the same thing and learning something from them.
There was a side note written in shaky handwriting: "Cost: what returns may not be human, but rather a twisted entity carrying the turbulence of time and the aura of death."
This is evidently just hearsay, a hypothesis difficult to verify, but as someone who deeply loved his wife and children, Musa naturally wouldn't gamble recklessly.
After all.
He always believed he could find other solutions, the unique rationality belonging to Wizards and Alchemists reminded him, preventing him from sinking into a swamp of madness.
"Musa lost this path but quickly found another way." Ian continued to browse the notes, another method was using the flesh and soul of kin as sacrifices and vessels for an ancient life-exchanging rite. There was a note beside it too, the handwriting almost piercing the paper, carrying immense pain.
"Rejected! It's akin to murder. That would not be the life my wife and children want to gain; resurrected in such a manner, they would suffer greater pain than my loss of them."
Ian flipped through page after page, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted. Musa evidently, in despair, deeply explored the possibility of reviving the dead. His research was undeniably thorough, even proposing some bold ideas that surprised Ian. However, each method was accompanied by his sober yet painful annotations—high cost, cruel process, unpredictable results, possibly even desecrating the deceased's own will.
Indeed.
Musa considered very comprehensively.
After all, he is an Alchemy Master.
Unlike most of those rigid-thinking Dark Wizards who disregarded consequences, he not only needed to consider reviving his wife and children but also how they would face life afterward.
Precisely because of this comprehensive consideration, Musa could only exclude these options, which belongs to most selectable options—this is an easily understood truth.
After all.
Throughout history.
Most Wizards pursuing resurrection from death fear death and unwillingly leave the human world, these methods they've researched and devised naturally were morally unacceptable.
As for White Wizards, it's rare for White Wizards to research such topics, most White Wizards have a calm attitude toward death; of course, there are some like Musa who lost relatives and want to resurrect them, but such White Wizards are ultimately few, and even fewer of them could produce any results.
Wizards who cannot even protect their families aren't truly powerful—those powerful Wizards like Albus Dumbledore destined by fate to lose their families and live lonely lives throughout history can be counted on one hand; most Wizards lose family because they failed to truly protect them.
"Can't imagine, while exploring Time Magic's mysteries, he still had the energy to scour mountain ranges and rivers searching for resurrection paths—this obsession must have transcended decades of physical fatigue." The more Ian flipped through the notes, the more he felt Musa's profound love for his wife and children.
This indeed is an obsession.
In the notebook, there's an even more esoteric method, involving searching for the legendary "World Tree Branch" or "Eternal Spring Water," using their embedded Power of Creation to reshape the body and then infuse the well-preserved life mark. However, this is even more abstruse, evidently not something Musa could painstakingly find.