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Chapter 659: The Empire's Age of Exploration: Fatima Fatesh, The Soul Healer

[Announcement: The new fanfic will be release on May 19. There will be 40 free chapters, and 20 chapters in Patreon. There will a new tier called [Planewalker] that cost 15$ if you want to read 20 chapters ahead. The Dimensional Wizard Tier only allows 10 chapters ahead.

[And before someone ask, yes, I will continue updating Edward's story.]

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Fatimah finished her papers, and with one wave of her hand, her clothes changed to her pure white magic robe that resembled a doctor's gown. She conjured a mirror to ensure her hijab was perfectly wrapped before opening the door.

"Doctor Fatesh, we need you."

Fatima calmly looked at the doctor before him; it was a short man with brown hair and eyes, with perspiration all over his forehead. That alone was an indication the man's stress had reached such a level that his supernatural body started to react like a normal person.

"Doctor Ferrel, what is the problem?" She was only praying for a few minutes, so why was this man in such a terrible situation in such a short period?

"We have a new patient who came whose soul has almost been torn apart in a failed experiment," Ferell explained.

"And?" she asked. The hospital had countless capable healers, so they did not need to come to her.

"The patient was experimented with Death Energy, and his soul is heavily corroded."

"That is indeed tricky, but there are still some doctors capable of operating on him. Why are you so nervous and in a hurry?" she asked.

"The patient is Koa Ulilanu."

"The one who is most likely to become a Tower Master this year?" Fatima asked.

"That's right."

"As a high-profile client, I understand the urgent need to save him, but why are you calling me?"

"Well, Doctor Foster was in charge of the operation, but midway through, they've discovered the death energy has spread to the patient's Soul Flame."

"That's terrible news," Fatima thought. She now understood why she was called. Her research on the Soul Flame is why she became a Grand Arcanist and a Tower Master. A life was in danger, so Fatime wanted to rush to save them but stopped herself.

"Did Dr. Foster approve of me filling in for her?"

"Hmm…No."

"Then, there is nothing I can do," Fatima shrugged. She wanted to save the patient but also had to protect herself since Dr. Foster had reported her countless times, even getting her suspended several times. If it were before, Fatima might have risked it, but she could not.

"The Hospital Chief sent a message," Dr. Ferrell said with some hesitation. "He said that now you're the Soul Department Chief, a Grand Arcanist, and a Tower Master, Dr. Foster will not dare report you again."

"But she can still ruin my reputation," Fatima countered. "Tell the chief if he wants me to intervene, he must use his authority. I won't risk my livelihood for anyone else anymore."

Dr. Ferrel smiled wryly. The Hospital Chief was a sycophant, and because Dr. Foster has some powerful connections in the government, he always treads lightly regarding her. So, the chances of him agreeing were less than zero. It's a shame that a patient will die because of internal politics.

"Don't worry, he'll agree this time," Fatima reassured him.

"How do you know?"

"If Koa Ulilanu dies, the government will invest in this hospital, and he won't be able to protect Dr. Foster and her behavior, and his butt will also be in the line."

"I hope you're right." Dr. Ferrel pressed a button on his watch, and a screen displayed before him. Although Fatima was next to him, she could not see his face on the screen or hear any words due to the privacy settings on the communication watch.

"He wants to talk to you." Ferrel showed her the screen, and an Arcanist from the Indian Region showed up with hair too shiny for anyone's liking.

"Dr. Fatesh, I…"

"No need to say something. Either send me a director's order or let the patient die," Fatima cut him off. 

"Why are you doing this?" Chief Sharma said.

"Why am I doing this? Maybe because you penalized me when I don't play by the rules."

Chief Sharma's lips twitched: "Think about the patient."

"Listen, time is running out, not just for the patient, " Fatima said calmly. "I only have less than a week left before my expedition. The last thing I need is to involve myself in such a high-profile case. I'm willing to try in the first place because I care about the patient. So, give me the authority I need, or I'll find something else to do."

"...Fine," Sharma said with gritted teeth. He summoned the necessary paperwork and signed it electronically before sending it. Fatima checked her watch and smiled. A magic circle appeared on her feet, followed by an electronic voice:

[Spatial Energy Detected. Identifying Dr Fatima Fatesh. Authority: highest level. Spatial Teleportation is Granted.]

A white light enveloped her, and she disappeared from her spot, directly teleporting to Room-834B; to be precise, she teleported to the disinfection area. The magic circles in the room activated, killing all bacteria — magical and non-magical. The circle also detected whether she brought any other harmful materials—both visible and invisible—that could be a danger to the patient.

Fatima walked into the room to an unsightly saw. The patient lay on an operation bed with a green energy field around him to provide support. More than 10 doctors surrounded him, using a variety of spells from different magic branches. 

The leading operator, Dr. Foster, kept looking at the screens around the room, which indicated the patient's status. She immediately noticed when someone walked into the room.

"It's you! You have no authority to intervene in my operation," Dr. Foster immediately hissed. Her blue eyes looked ferociously at Fatima, but the latter did not care.

"But I do," Fatima said before showing her the Chieft's signed order. "Now leave my operation room."

"No, you can't do this," Dr. Foster countered. "This is my operation — this is my patient. I do not appreciate your butting in and disrupting my work."

"Medici, Dr. Foster is being problematic; please remove her from the premises," Fatima said out loud.

"As you wish," responded the hospital Spirit Intelligence.

"No, you can't do this." A white enveloped Dr. Foster, teleporting her to the observing area."

"Let me see this situation," Fatima said as she observed the screens. "His body is excellently repaired, including his Mana Core. There are signs his Soul Dimensions was cracked, but it seems it was repaired, and very well too. So, the main issue is his corroded soul and Soul Flame."

She focused on the two screens that showed a detailed view of Koa Ulilanu's soul and Soul Flame.

"Foster did an excellent job stitching his soul and removing the small corroded area. However, this approach is akin to a bandaid and does not target the core problems," Fatima analyzed. She observed for a few more seconds before continuing.

"Here is the plan. First, we need to isolate his soul from the soul flame. I can do most of the work, but I need someone to sever the connection between the dead energy in the flame and the soul. Who is the Death Energy Expert?"

"That would be me."

"You're Dr. Tanaka, right? Can you do it?" Fatima asked.

"No problem, but…"

"I know severing the connection will cause even more trouble, but we have a window of about 7 minutes before things become irreparable."

"I see."

"Once the connection is severe, I will cut off the corroded part of the Soul Flame," Fatima explained.

"What?"

"Doctor, if…if you do this, the patient's chance of surviving will decrease by more than 85%."

"Even if he survives, most of his memories will be wiped out."

"Forget his memories; his weakened soul will mean he is no longer an Arcanist."

"I know all of this, but remember, we still have a seven-minute window," Fatima calmly explained.

"That doesn't mean anything if you cannot make up for the missing part of his Soul Flame," another Doctor added.

"Why don't you wait until I finish explaining my plan?" Fatima sighed, and everyone quieted down. "Once the soul is cleared from corrosion, the next step is to make up for the missing parts. We will cut off a large chunk from his soul and feed it to the soul flame to re-spark the missing parts."

Everyone looked at her in shock, some with a face wondering whether she was crazy. Theoretically, this method is feasible, but the level of magic and control required to pull it off is insane. This was a high-profile client, and having such a brand-new and risky operation on him was a recipe for disaster.

However, the desire for knowledge in these people immediately overcame their fear. If they could succeed, their names will forever be engraved in Soul Healing Magic History.

"The amount of paper I can write on this surgery if we succeed," one of the doctors said, not hiding his desire.

"This is not the time for this," Fatima warned, and the doctor immediately apologized.

"Plus, I'm not done."

"There is more?"

"Of course. If what she said succeeds, we will only have to solve the issue of his Soul Flame being corroded. His soul will still be injured," commented one of the Soul Healers. Her words made everyone realize they were too excited and forget about that part.

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    Holy yap in the comments
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      Lmao troll57
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    Ah, I hate it when authors try to insert Islam into their fantasy worlds, not realizing that they are just revealing their ignorance of Islam...
    Simply, Islam is incompatible with fantazy, being a crack head and believing that any of this shit penned down by webnovel authers is/could be real, will probably classify you as a non muslim straight away.
    If you are a webnovel auther reading this, just ignore muslims... Believe me, we won't feel sad. On the contrary, it is the only way we can keep reeding your shit without our conscience constantly nagging at us. It will still nag each time your MC kills a "god", or someone "evolves", tho...
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      Culture can be pretty resilient. Even if we assume that in this theoretical scenario all religions including Islam was wiped out quickly, which is very unlikely, there might be people that still wore the Hijab as it is familiar to them, and it got passed down as a cultural thing, same applies to the naming convention.

      Now we get to the second part of your comment, and as I say this as a muslim myself.
      No one is forcing you to read 'shit'
      Your first question was purely intellectual, but calling the novel shit is where you crossed a line.
      It hurts you everytime a character ascends or kills a god?
      Then don't f#cking read it.
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        There are no two parts to my comment. I simply stated facts. The facts are that according to my religion, or our religion if you are really a Muslim, we shouldn't be reading webnovels, as constantly reading this "shit" slowly corrodes ones thinking, and inserts foreign ideas into our brains.
        You slowly find yourself contemplating reincarnation scenarios, power levels, and evolution. And even though you know these are all crap, you don't reject these ideas as much. And yet, all I'm asking is for authors to not increase the poison's dose any further.

        Me calling this novel shit? Brother, I'm at chapter 660, I've been reading this novel since 2022... Check the comments on the novel's page. I've advocated for this novel enough that I get to say whatever I want about it!
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          And a character killing a "god" doesn't hurt me, it is the fact that some ignorant bastards call whatever thay want a "god" and get away with it. If you don't know the most basic attributes of god, if you don't comprehend what the word means, then don't use it.
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          There is nothing wrong with being knowledgeable about a multitude of things
          The truth is the truth regardless of how many more ideas you learn.
          So if a webnovel can make you doubt your faith, then your faith is simply not strong enough.
          And again, if you think that its shit, why did you bother reading it. The most likely possibilities are either have an insane amount of time to waste, or are being disingenuous here
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            That's an issue with language, a weakness in how language works, not that they are using the word wrongly
            There are countless religions in the world, all with their own definition of gods. As much as the Shinto, Hindu, Pagan definitions of gods are different from ours, so are they different among each other as well.
            Unless we can convince the entire world that we are correct, Muslims do not have any monopoly on language and has no authority to dictate what other culture deems to be gods.
            Which results inevitability in one definition unconsciously being used by more or less everyone, 'Something that is worshipped', because as stated before, there is no religious group that has monopoly over the world's language, including us
            While I would personally scoff at any of these beings daring to call themselves gods if they existed.
            Muslims have no authority on the world's language. And cannot dictate it for others.
            If you don't like it, fine don't read it. But you have no authority to dictate other's use of words.
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              I think we're dancing around the issue here, which is that I said that this novel is shit, and yet I'm still reading it. Brother, have you ever heard of the sunk cost fallacy? lol
              Plus, a chapter every week, or even a month, is hardly a waste of time.
              I think what triggered me is finding this shit in place of my usual casual read.
              You look like you're new to this site, and even the whole webnovel scene. Wait till you are tempered with some really good novels, and you'll understand that this novel is a 3.9/5 at most.
              Idk, maybe this was your first novel, or maybe you are such a staunch defender of everything you read, but you need to understand that people have opinions and choices. My opinion is that this novel was good at the start, but now it is barely passable as fast food. And I choose to consume it from time to time, even if it is not the best for me. That doesn't mean I have no right to criticize it... It just means that I'm criticizing myself as well whenever I do so. For me, I know I'm not perfect, and I don't mind being in the crosshairs, but it seems that you do.
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                If you are truly complaining about the story quality, then you aren't wrong and your claim of the sunk cost fallacy is also true.
                This novel is certainly no Lord of the Mysteries
                But you tied your criticism to words that you don't really have an authority to dictate other's use of, which makes your criticism seem disingenuous at best, and incredibly arrogant at worst.
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                  You know, brother, I expected you to come back with the usual polished dissection... all calm tone, cool logic, and the underlying assumption that your detachment makes your view more valid. It’s a nice aesthetic. But let’s not confuse composure for clarity.

                  I wasn’t complaining about the novel’s quality at the start, and you know it. But it really seemed to me like this was the only part that truly mattered to you. My critique wasn't some divine decree... it was a reaction. One grounded in lived experience, in observation, in the quiet shift of values that creeps in when you immerse yourself long enough in a world built on wildly different assumptions. If that sounds dramatic to you, fine... maybe you haven’t noticed the shift, or maybe you’ve already adjusted your lens so well you don’t see the blur anymore.

                  You talked a lot about the flexibility of language, as if reducing “god” to a stat sheet and a glowing aura is just cultural variation. But when that becomes the default, not the exception, let’s not pretend there’s no cost. This isn’t about ownership of language. It’s about respect for weight. The weight of words. Of meaning. Of what happens when sacred terms are worn thin by repetition in stories that couldn’t care less what they stand for.

                  And let’s talk fiction. The kind you say should never bother someone with a firm foundation? Well, you’re not wrong. But no one said the danger is in the earthquake. It’s in the slow erosion. You can mock that concern all you want, but I’ve seen how ideas spread. It’s not about one novel. It’s about narrative creep. Soft repetition. And silence that makes it all seem normal. You call it paranoia. I call it pattern recognition.

                  I don’t read to be challenged spiritually. I read for escape, for amusement, and sometimes, for brilliance. But when a story insists on dragging in half-baked spiritual caricatures or casually reducing profound ideas to throwaway tropes... Yeah, I’m going to notice, and I’m going to speak. That doesn’t mean I think the author owes me a lecture in theology. It just means I don’t have to applaud the distortion.

                  And yes, I’m still reading. That doesn’t make me a hypocrite, it makes me awake. I know exactly what this novel is. I’ve been here long enough to see its decline. I’ll call it shit when it stinks, and I’ll keep reading it if I want, not because it deserves praise... but because I’m not afraid to acknowledge both the pull and the poison.

                  To you, this is just a disagreement about fiction. To me, it’s a mirror. One that shows who’s still guarding the line, and who’s already moved it without noticing.
                  At the end of the day, you are free to believe your faith titanium and your mind a vault. l'm just want to remind you that most vaults aren't built with open windows.
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                  Brother, don't go away. It was my mistake. I know I'm always a tiny bit 🤏 harsh with my words, not to mention, rude, but I didn't mean most of what I said, I apologize. Your manners were always impicable, and I enjoyed our discussion/debate. I'm sorry if you find talking to me not worth the hassle anymore. Sorry for nagging you, but somehow, I feel that we would've become friends if we hadn't started out on the wrong foot.
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