Chapter Summaries

Chu Yao offered Marrow Cleansing Pills and Foundation Establishment Pills in exchange for gold, expecting it to be a mundane commodity. The group members eagerly competed for the pills, and Chu Yao was left facing a flood of offers.

• Chu Yao chose Everything Can Be Bought, How Lonely It Is to Be Invincible!, and Abyss Lord as potential trading partners because she thought they might have gold.
• Chu Yao greeted the group in a cold, aloof manner, but the members enthusiastically praised her while Lord of the Wilderness broke their formation with a plain hello.
• Chu Yao offered to trade Marrow Cleansing Pills or Foundation Establishment Pills for gold.
• The group members erupted with requests, explaining that gold was nearly useless to them and that the pills were a bargain.
• Everything Can Be Bought, Forbidden Spell Wholesaler, Above the Nine Heavens, How Lonely It Is to Be Invincible!, Lord of the Wilderness, and Abyss Lord all tried to secure the trade.

Chu Yao auctioned a Marrow Cleansing Pill and a Foundation Establishment Pill to members of the cross-world group in exchange for gold. She left the group with both trades completed and 650 points.

• Chu Yao stopped the group’s repeated messages and announced that the two pills would go to the highest bidders paying in gold.
• Abyss Lord bid 500 kilograms of gold for the Marrow Cleansing Pill, while Everything Can Be Bought offered 450 kilograms for each pill.
• Chu Yao selected Abyss Lord for the Marrow Cleansing Pill and Everything Can Be Bought for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• The system confirmed both trades and awarded Chu Yao 650 points.
• Everything Can Be Bought thanked Chu Yao, Abyss Lord cautioned him about cultivation, and the unsuccessful bidders reacted to losing the auction.

After earning 950 kilograms of gold and 650 points from the group, Chu Yao considered how to exchange her rewards for magical-world currency. She then reflected on her Ten Thousand Souls Banner and imagined how it might have become a merit-filled Human Emperor Banner if she had arrived in a different era.

• Chu Yao received 950 kilograms of gold and 650 points from the group and decided she had enough resources for now.
• Chu Yao closed the noisy group chat and began considering how to convert her gold into usable currency.
• Chu Yao prepared to cultivate but noticed her Ten Thousand Souls Banner floating in her sea of consciousness.
• Chu Yao lamented that the banner had no chance to prove its worth in this world.
• Chu Yao imagined harvesting the souls of deeply sinful Japanese people to transform the banner into a golden, merit-bearing Human Emperor Banner.

Chu Yao lamented that her Ten Thousand Souls Banner had no use in a world where killing was against the law, then continued cultivating and learning English. In late July, Severus Snape visited the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, whose disciples had disguised its poverty to impress him.

• Chu Yao accepted that her Ten Thousand Souls Banner would have to remain a decoration and returned to cultivating.
• Chu Yao used her strong divine sense to learn English quickly and became fluent with a London accent.
• Chu Wushuang escorted Severus Snape through the Ten Thousand Swords Sect's mountain-protecting array.
• Snape surveyed the sect and considered its ancient history and impressive appearance.
• The sect's disciples used illusion and cultivation techniques to conceal signs of disrepair before Snape arrived.

Professor Snape arrived at Chu Yao’s sect and met his future student, whose reckless entrance on a flying sword made him suspect she would be another troublesome Gryffindor. He introduced himself as her Potions professor and warned her to show caution in his classroom.

• Professor Snape explored the sect and sensed an ancient aura, though he found the place brighter than Hogwarts.
• Chu Yao flew toward Snape on a sword, prompting him to ready his wand.
• Snape judged Chu Yao to be reckless and suspected she would cause trouble like a Gryffindor.
• Chu Yao landed, put away her flying sword, and introduced herself to Snape.
• Snape identified himself as Chu Yao’s Potions professor and warned her to be cautious in class.

Chu Yao reassured Snape that she was diligent, while privately boasting of her past life’s competitive strength. Snape reluctantly agreed that they would fly to the United Kingdom, and Chu Yao said she was ready to leave.

• Chu Yao told Snape that Chinese students were diligent and eager to learn, and Snape’s suspicion of her eased slightly.
• Snape told Chu Yao to finish packing so they could leave for the United Kingdom.
• Chu Yao asked whether they really had to take a plane because she had never flown before.
• Snape admitted they would fly, privately resenting the regulations and the long journey in a Muggle aircraft.
• Chu Yao said her belongings were ready and patted the everyday robes she was wearing.

Chu Yao prepared to leave her sect for a year of study in the United Kingdom with Snape. She said an emotional farewell before they departed, leaving her sect members worried and reluctant to part.

• Chu Yao showed Snape the storage ring holding her belongings and food supplies.
• The sect elders and Chu Yao’s relatives secretly watched as she followed Snape toward the teleportation formation.
• Chu Yao stopped to bow to her sect and said she would return the following summer, telling everyone not to miss her too much.
• Chu Yao wiped her eye and left with Snape, vanishing with him from the sect.
• Chu Kuangren, Chu Wushuang, Martial Uncle Zhang, and Chu Yunfei emerged from hiding and lamented her departure.

Chu Yao and Professor Snape arrived in London and entered the filthy Leaky Cauldron, where Chu Yao used an overpowered Freshening Spell to clean the pub. The spell’s effects began spreading through the building.

• Snape took Chu Yao from London International Airport to a narrow alley by Apparition.
• Chu Yao recognized the Leaky Cauldron and followed Snape inside.
• Disgusted by the pub’s grime and stench, Chu Yao cast a Freshening Spell.
• Chu Yao’s spell sent a powerful cleaning ripple through the Leaky Cauldron, removing its accumulated filth and odors.

Snape hurried Chu Yao out of the Leaky Cauldron after she used a powerful cleaning spell there, then offered her a potion to settle her nausea. Chu Yao stored the potion instead of drinking it and prepared to offer him a Rejuvenation Pill in exchange.

• Chu Yao's spell transformed the Leaky Cauldron, startling the patrons and angering Snape.
• Snape carried Chu Yao through the wall into Diagon Alley and gave her a potion for her nausea.
• Chu Yao stored Snape's potion in her ring rather than drinking it, then recovered by circulating spiritual power.
• Snape demanded his potion back, and Chu Yao objected that he had already given it to her.
• Chu Yao took out a jade bottle containing a Rejuvenation Pill as a possible trade.

Chu Yao offered Snape a Rejuvenation Pill, easing his anger, and he escorted her to Gringotts to exchange money. There, she asked whether the Goblins accepted gold after one treated her with contempt for her Eastern currency.

• Chu Yao explained that the Rejuvenation Pill could heal injuries and restore stamina, and Snape quickly pocketed it.
• Snape agreed to take Chu Yao to Gringotts to exchange currency used in the wizarding world.
• A Goblin at Gringotts said they did not accept Eastern currency and scrutinized Chu Yao with contempt.
• Chu Yao asked whether Gringotts accepted gold, and the Goblin's manner warmed immediately.
• Snape supplied Chu Yao's name and silently disapproved of the Goblin's greed.

Chu Yao exchanged fifty kilograms of gold at Gringotts for twenty-five thousand Galleons. She insisted on taking all the coins with her, leaving the Goblin to fetch them despite his worries about how she would carry them.

• The Goblin offered Chu Yao two grams of gold for each Galleon, and Snape recognized the rate as a bargain for Gringotts.
• Chu Yao calculated that fifty kilograms of gold would earn her twenty-five thousand Galleons and placed several gold bars on the counter.
• The Goblin eagerly offered to deposit the Galleons in a Gringotts vault, hoping to secure a wealthy client.
• Chu Yao told the Goblin to give her all twenty-five thousand Galleons in cash.
• The Goblin reluctantly agreed to fetch the coins after Chu Yao explained that people in the East handled money differently.

Chu Yao exchanged gold for Galleons at Gringotts, then discovered the coins contained valuable Geng Metal. She offered to sell another nine hundred kilograms of gold, leaving the Goblins eager to accept as much as she had.

• The Goblins prepared twenty-five thousand Galleons for Chu Yao while Snape watched.
• Chu Yao examined a Galleon and realized its metal contained Geng Metal, a prized artifact-refining material.
• Chu Yao offered to sell the Goblins another nine hundred kilograms of gold.
• The Goblins stopped work and eagerly agreed to buy as much gold as Chu Yao had.

Chu Yao exchanged her gold for Galleons at Gringotts and discovered that the coins contained Geng Metal, which she collected to use in upgrading her flying sword. Snape suspected her dealings would bring trouble to the Goblins.

• Chu Yao dismissed Snape's concerns about her wealth and presented nine hundred kilograms of gold to the Goblins.
• A Goblin led Chu Yao and Snape to the underground vault, where Chu Yao glimpsed a chained dragon.
• Chu Yao used her spiritual sense to collect all 450,000 Galleons from the vault into her storage ring.
• Chu Yao exchanged some Galleons for Silver Sickles and Knuts, then decided to extract Geng Metal from the Galleons for her flying sword.
• Snape watched Chu Yao's satisfied smile and suspected she was scheming against the Goblins of Gringotts.

After Snape left Chu Yao at Ollivanders, she watched Harry Potter struggle to find a wand. Mr. Ollivander finally offered Harry a holly wand with a phoenix feather core, but the chapter ended before he tried it.

• Snape bought Chu Yao her first-year supplies and left her outside Ollivanders while he went to attend to other matters.
• Chu Yao entered the shop and recognized Harry Potter by the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
• Mr. Ollivander asked Chu Yao to wait while he helped Harry find a wand.
• Harry tried several wands, causing objects and wand boxes to fly around the shop.
• Mr. Ollivander offered Harry an eleven-inch holly wand with a phoenix feather core.

Harry found a wand that responded to him with a burst of red light, and Chu Yao challenged the idea that a child should bear the burden of being the Chosen One. The chapter ended with Chu Yao asking Mr. Ollivander to find her a wand.

• Harry took a wand, and it sent warm red light and golden sparks through the shop.
• Hagrid entered and congratulated Harry, while Chu Yao clapped from the corner.
• Harry introduced himself to Chu Yao and asked whether she knew who he was.
• Chu Yao said Harry was still a child and should not have to shoulder the burden unless the adults had sacrificed themselves first.
• Chu Yao turned to Mr. Ollivander and asked him to help her find a wand.

At Ollivanders, Chu Yao demonstrated an Eastern method for finding a wand by using her spiritual sense to search the shop. She identified a wand in an ancient chest, leaving Ollivander shocked because it was his failed attempt to replicate the Elder Wand.

• Harry paid seven Galleons for his holly wand but stayed to watch Chu Yao choose hers.
• Chu Yao asked Ollivander about wands choosing their masters and explained that the East had a method for finding a matching magic artifact.
• Chu Yao released her spiritual-sense pressure, startling Hagrid and Ollivander while Harry felt only mild discomfort.
• Chu Yao sensed the wands and pointed to an ancient chest at the back of the shop.
• Ollivander recognized the wand in the chest as his failed attempt to replicate the Elder Wand.

Chu Yao tested an unusual Elder Wand and found that it resonated with her magic and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. She bought it for seventeen Galleons and left Ollivander’s shop to wait for Professor Snape.

• Ollivander retrieved the failed Elder Wood wand with a Thestral tail hair core and handed it to Chu Yao.
• Chu Yao sensed the wand resonate with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, then severed the connection to protect it from the banner’s baleful aura.
• Chu Yao waved the wand, and it produced steady, powerful dark red light flecked with gold sparks.
• Ollivander confirmed that the wand had chosen Chu Yao and told her its special materials made it more expensive.
• Chu Yao paid seventeen Galleons, said goodbye to Harry, and left to wait for Professor Snape.

Chu Yao chose an unusual wand that matched her power, prompting Dumbledore to wonder whether a sword cultivator could wield it. The chapter left him considering how its dark materials might interact with Eastern cultivation.

• Hagrid hurried Harry away from Chu Yao after hearing she was waiting for Snape, and Harry called goodbye to her.
• Chu Yao examined her new wand and felt its strange aura resonate with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
• An owl delivered Ollivander's letter to Dumbledore, reporting Harry's wand and Chu Yao's choice of the imitation Elder Wand.
• Dumbledore read that the wand had responded powerfully to Chu Yao and considered whether a sword cultivator could use it.
• Dumbledore reflected that the wand's deathly, hidden forces seemed incompatible with the pure power of Eastern sword cultivators.

Dumbledore wondered whether Chu Yao could use the real Elder Wand and anticipated the changes her arrival might bring to Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Snape returned to find Chu Yao waiting by Ollivander's shop, drawing circles in the dirt.

• Dumbledore recalled Chu Yao's unusual response to a replica wand and wondered if she could use the real Elder Wand.
• Dumbledore considered how Chu Yao's arrival might affect Hogwarts and the Wizarding World, then spoke to Fawkes about the coming school year.
• Snape found Chu Yao squatting in a shadowy corner by Ollivander's shop and drawing circles on the ground.
• Snape coughed, startling Chu Yao, who stood and greeted him while scuffing away her drawings.

Chu Yao returned to Diagon Alley to exchange more gold for Galleons, then discovered that her wand was labeled a fake Elder Wand by her system. She worried that Ollivander had told Dumbledore about her unusual purchase, putting her under the Hogwarts Headmaster’s scrutiny.

• Snape took Chu Yao away from Diagon Alley after she secretly set a miniature teleportation anchor there.
• Chu Yao stayed at a luxury London hotel, refined Marrow Cleansing Pills, and sold them through the Myriad Worlds Trading Group for over three tons of gold.
• Chu Yao disguised herself, used her anchor to return to Diagon Alley, and exchanged three tons of gold for Galleons at Gringotts.
• Chu Yao scanned her wand with her system and discovered it was labeled an Elder Wand (fake).
• Chu Yao feared Ollivander had informed Dumbledore about her wand and that the Headmaster would watch her closely.