You return a creature that has died within the last minute to life. That creature returns to life with 1 hit point but remains unconscious. This spell can't return to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing body parts. After the creature's revival, they cannot be healed by any means for 24 hours. If an attempt to heal the creature is made, they will instead take damage equal to the healing they would have received. After 24 hours have passed, the creature will regain consciousness and can be healed again like normal.

While the original version of this spell requires the aid of a divine being, such as a god, this version does not; that is why a sacrifice is required to perform this spell. Since no divine being is called upon to find and return the soul of the deceased individual, the wizard must find the soul themself by following its path through the afterlife. The wizard casting this spell must envelop the sacrifice's soul in magical energy and project it through the target's remains. By doing this, the sacrifice's soul will carry the caster's mind along the same ethereal pathway that the target's soul took. Once the caster finds the target's soul, they must shroud it in necromantic power and have it latch onto their magical energy. Then, the caster can release the sacrifice's soul. Without the sacrifice's soul tethering the caster's magical energy, it will snap back to their body, taking the target's soul that has latched onto that power with it. The shroud of necromantic energy allows the target's soul to pass through the veil of death and into the world of life with ease, but it takes a while to dissipate, causing the newly revived target to remain unconscious and unable to be healed for a day.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the time limit after the death of the creature is increased to 1 hour for each slot level above 4th.