[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-335":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts Learning Panel",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2250573,4210,"Chapter 335: The Second Soul Embodiment","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-335",335,"\u003Cp>Perhaps every cat has a tail it must tame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long while, the black cat tried to find the way to live in harmony with its tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this, Harry’s lips slowly curled upward; he realized his gloom had lifted considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Black Cat,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry spoke again; now that the worry no longer drowned his reason, he finally cleared his thoughts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I speak Parseltongue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat dropped its tail and turned to look at him, then nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Voldemort can too, Salazar Slytherin can too—I must have some terrible dark magical power…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll become a terrible person; the Sorting Hat wanted to put me in Slytherin. Everyone knows Slytherins are… bad people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry lowered his head; a vast mass of fear and confusion wrapped around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat leapt onto Harry’s shoulder and pried away the misty cluster of fear from his head—borderlands always held such mist clusters; wizards who delved deeply into their souls would surely encounter them, and they would mislead wizards, and worse, alter or dominate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not all Slytherins are like that, Harry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat said, having already cast the mist far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This—was his borderland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry stared in astonishment at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist contained an image of himself laughing cruelly—here, fear could take physical form, and the great Castle Spirit could expel it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slytherin has had many great people too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the black cat’s emerald eyes lay a human-like memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry had no doubt in its words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you are not Slytherin. The Sorting Hat wanted to place you in Slytherin because it saw in you certain Slytherin traits—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>many qualities Salazar Slytherin especially valued when selecting his students: his own rare gifts, Parseltongue… cunning… unyielding will… and a certain disregard for rules.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet the Sorting Hat placed you in Gryffindor. Do you know why? Perhaps you might think about it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat radiated a unique and mysterious aura—it seemed to know everything, understand all, yet showed no arrogance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry felt it must be a sage, like Headmaster Dumbledore—humble and approachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps even more knowledgeable than Headmaster Dumbledore; after all, it was the Castle Spirit, evolved over a thousand years of Hogwarts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It placed me in Gryffindor,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry said hesitantly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“because I asked not to be in Slytherin…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat nodded, its eyes filled with human-like approval; Harry felt encouraged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely. That makes you very different from Tom Riddle, Harry. Choosing who we truly are is our own decision—it matters more than our abilities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat said, its approval deepening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stirred the mist cluster, and as it drifted closer, Harry saw within it himself drawing the Sword of Gryffindor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry froze in place, unable to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I—I, this—is Wizard Sean’s doing—I really…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry stammered, his chest as if a deer were charging wildly inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Harry, this is what emerged from your soul—it is your desire.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat guided the mist, and Harry saw within it his own proud, resolute expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As for your doubts, I cannot answer them… Let no one tell you what you can or cannot do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry, remember: the life you want is the one you choose. If you have a dream, defend it. If you have a dream, fulfill it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry was utterly stunned; he could not speak. His lips moved, whispering, but no sound came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Goodbye, Harry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat’s tail lifted the mist cluster and placed it in Harry’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry felt all the mist of the liminal world rising around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will I see you again, Mr. Black Cat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the world of souls, meetings are never accidental. Harry, you called me seventy times tonight—and I say this: Harry, you were calling yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat’s final voice faded into Harry’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his eyes open—it was dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was cold, everything white with snow. Gryffindor Tower’s windows were plastered with frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry felt an unprecedented sense of fullness—a quiet resolve that made him feel whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, the dream world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat still moved through the borderland; it had remained here for three minutes—a very long time for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, never before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, strands of mist drifted from its ink-black fur, first forming a strange creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resembled a cat, yet also a leopard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the mist dispersed into fine, web-like threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat knew instinctively: this represented a connection—the key to not becoming lost in the soul world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These mists traveled to different places—the stone cottage of the Transfiguration professor, the dim dungeons, Hogwarts dormitories, even the Headmaster’s office…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the mist scattered, the black cat’s form grew hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three minutes and three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ravenclaw Tower, Xiang Xiang Xien picked up the wand by the window and flicked it lightly; a small notebook flew over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xiang Xien habitually recorded the time he spent in the borderland, then felt a flicker of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His second soul embodiment seemed to be taking shape; if he wasn’t mistaken, that was a cat-leopard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cat-leopard, XXXXX-level magical creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its size and appearance resemble the common cougar or jaguar, native to the Appalachian Mountains. It can walk upright, run faster than an arrow, and its eyes possess hypnotic and Legilimency abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cherokee people once studied the cat-leopard extensively, as both they and the creature originated from the same region. Only Cherokee warriors had ever successfully obtained cat-leopard fur and used it as a wand core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Isolt Sayre once used cat-leopard fur to make her wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isolt Sayre was one of the founders of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and her adopted son Webber Boot even chose the cat-leopard as the name of one of Ilvermorny’s houses…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiang Xiang Xien recorded these recalled details in his notebook and began to ponder: if his second soul embodiment was the cat-leopard, he could retain his sanity during its transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its Legilimency and hypnotic abilities seemed highly valuable to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question was: where should he find a cat-leopard to make magical creature biscuits?\u003C\u002Fp>",1008,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fbe3d7efb8f4b938eb0d258604d606672d792fb3f67821ab5ded1d3e94174318","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-336","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-334",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]