Chapter Summaries

Tony Stark publicly revealed that he was Iron Man, then discussed Noah’s Archmage exam and a future Iron Man movie with him and Coulson. The chapter ended with Tony eager to play himself in the film and Noah offering him one of four viewing spots for the magical screening.

• Noah and Coulson watched Tony announce at a press conference that he was Iron Man.
• Noah told Coulson that he had taken Obadiah’s reactor to have a researcher in the magic world examine it.
• Tony celebrated the announcement in his lab, while Noah and Coulson warned him that it would bring trouble.
• Noah explained mage examinations and fabricated a story about resisting a temptation to destroy the world, earning Tony and Coulson’s admiration.
• Noah told Tony that his Iron Man movie would come after the Mutants’ story, and Tony asked to play himself.
• Noah offered Tony and Coulson spots to watch his story, limiting the Muggle world to four places.

Noah received his official Archmage certification after placing first in the exam, while Mordo revealed that Kaecilius had been consumed by darkness in the Illusion Realm. The Ancient One warned Noah to be extremely careful, and Mordo then came to attend Noah’s movie premiere, which The Ancient One and other guests were also expected to attend.

• Mordo delivered Noah’s certificate, and Noah merged it with his pendant to reveal his certified Tier 7 Archmage rank.
• Mordo told Noah that only five candidates had passed, including Noah, Sen Li, William Moore, Xi Lin, and Victor.
• Noah asked about Kaecilius, and Mordo explained that Kaecilius had killed The Ancient One, Mordo, and Noah in the Illusion Realm before destroying Earth.
• Mordo relayed The Ancient One’s warning that Noah should be extremely careful if he wanted to prevent the Illusion Realm’s events from coming true.
• Mordo said he had come to attend Noah’s movie premiere and confirmed that The Ancient One and several other guests would be there.

Tony brought Pepper to a crowded London premiere, where she discovered that the wizarding world and the events depicted in the Noah Finneal films were real. The screening began as Pepper tried to process the revelation that the story’s protagonist was the disciple of the world’s greatest wizard.

• Tony warned Pepper to stay calm and avoid drawing attention as they entered the unusual premiere.
• Pepper recognized Coulson, and Tony greeted him while teasing Fury, who had arrived with him.
• Tony told Pepper that government agents had been bothering him since he revealed he was Iron Man, though Coulson and Fury had helped save them.
• Inside the enormous theater, Pepper saw crowds in robes and people apparently practicing magic, and Tony explained that they were wizards.
• Fury revealed that he had known about the wizarding world for thirteen years and teased Tony about his earlier fear of it.
• Tony told Pepper that the Noah Finneal films were based on real events and that their protagonist was the greatest wizard’s disciple, just as the theater lights went out.

At the premiere of Graduation Ceremony, Noah skipped the speeches and watched the film from the System Space as the audience reacted to its depiction of wizarding history. The movie revealed how Noah helped expose Peter Pettigrew, leaving Pepper and the agents impressed and unsettled by the power of magic.

• Noah declined to give a speech before Graduation Ceremony began, then entered the System Space as the theater lights dimmed.
• Pepper asked Tony about the magic shown in the film, and Tony explained that portals and Dementors were real.
• The audience cheered as the on-screen Noah destroyed a host of Dementors with a spell.
• Professor Lupin’s explanation of the Marauder’s Map led the audience to see how Peter Pettigrew had been exposed.
• The on-screen Noah helped capture Peter Pettigrew and reveal the truth, while Pepper reacted to his violent magic and Fury and Coulson worried about the Wind Blade spell.

The audience watched the final part of Noah’s wizarding story, which revealed Snape’s grief and past before showing Voldemort’s resurrection and defeat. After the long screening, Tony and Pepper left excited, with Pepper thanking Tony for showing her the wizards’ world through an ordinary person’s view.

• The film showed The Ancient One curing Lupin at Kamar-Taj and teaching Noah how to deal with Voldemort’s living Horcrux.
• The film revealed Snape’s wife had died in childbirth and showed Snape grieving with his infant daughter, moving the theater and embarrassing Snape as Lily clung to him.
• The film explained Snape’s history with the Death Eaters, Dumbledore, and Harry, then showed Noah teleporting away while Harry was asleep and leaving him to face Voldemort in his pajamas.
• Voldemort returned with Barty Crouch Jr.’s help, but Dumbledore immobilized the Death Eaters and Voldemort while Noah and the others confronted them.
• Snape killed Voldemort with Sectumsempra as Noah’s fiery phoenix attacked the Death Eaters, and the audience cheered.
• Tony asked Pepper what she thought of the movie, and Pepper thanked him for showing her a true wizarding story through an ordinary person’s eyes.

After the final Noah Finneal film became a hit, Noah and Charles profited while planning more magical-world movies. The Ancient One invited Noah to study in Asgard, and she explained that many Western gods were aliens or wizards, leaving the nature of a true god for Noah to discover.

• Dumbledore, Hermione, and Noah’s former classmates shared their reactions to the film, while Hermione and Snape endured intrusive comments about their personal lives.
• The films remained popular for months, earning Noah and Charles a fortune and prompting Charles to consider making films about Dumbledore or Snape.
• Noah agreed with Charles that they could pursue multiple film projects, then ended a call from Tony, who wanted to star in his own movie.
• The Ancient One invited Noah to spend time studying Elemental Magic in Asgard, and Noah agreed to go with her.
• The Ancient One explained that Asgardians were a powerful race rather than gods, and said many Western gods, including Satan and Jehovah, were aliens or wizards.
• When Noah asked what a true god was, the Ancient One told him to explore the question for himself.

Noah prepared to attend the Kamar-Taj Magic Award ceremony as a nominee and learned that Jason had been asked by Fury to investigate an Assassin organization. Noah recognized the clue as connected to John Wick and Assassin's Creed, and Jason agreed to investigate while pursuing answers about his father's death.

• Noah reflected on the nature of gods and his own magical and dragon-form abilities before preparing for the award ceremony.
• Noah chose a black mage's robe and gathered the research team, Charles, Jean Grey, Ms. Heifen, and Wong to attend the ceremony.
• Noah found Jason studying a pencil and heard that Fury had asked him to investigate a killer who had killed three people with one.
• Noah recognized the story as connected to John Wick and Assassin's Creed and encouraged Jason to investigate the Assassins carefully.
• Jason agreed to trade Fury intelligence on the Assassin organization in exchange for help uncovering the truth behind his father's death, and Noah led the group toward the ceremony.

Noah arrived at the Kamar-Taj Magic Award ceremony and learned about the four final entries. The chapter ended with William Moore explaining how the York Magical Association’s Elementalization could save a mage from a fatal injury.

• Mordo escorted Noah and his group to the awards hall, then left to oversee matters outside and asked them to save him a seat.
• Noah greeted William Moore, and the two discussed Noah’s movie and whether young members of the York Magical Association should attend magic academies.
• Noah asked William Moore about the final contenders, admitting that he had been too busy to learn who they were.
• William Moore named Dragonborn, China’s Life Extraction Magic, Ryan Hossman’s improved Magic Core Technology, and the York Magical Association’s Elemental Magic modification as the four entries.
• William Moore explained that the Association’s Elementalization let a mage turn into an elemental form and reassemble after a fatal injury, at the cost of enormous magical power.

At the Kamar-Taj Magic Award ceremony, Noah learned about the formidable inventions competing alongside his Dragonborn magic and revealed that his dragon form raised him to Tier 9. He traded Dragonborn materials with William Moore for Elementalization research, and the award winner remained uncertain.

• William Moore described Ryan Hossman's energy-storage invention and another mage's life-force magic as shortlisted research with major potential and serious risks.
• Noah and William Moore discussed Dragonborn magic, and Noah said he was Tier 7 normally but reached Tier 9 in dragon form, though transforming was difficult and exhausting.
• Noah told William Moore he wanted to study Elementalization, and they exchanged its research materials for materials on Dragonborn magic.
• Ms. Heifen asked Noah who he thought would win, and Noah said he did not know because whoever won deserved it.

The Ancient One announced Yao Lin as the winner of the Tenth Kamar-Taj Magic Award, then revealed that every nominee could study meditation at Kamar-Taj for a year. Noah and Charles began planning a magical research institute, which Noah proposed naming Ark.

• The Ancient One awarded Yao Lin the prize for Life Extraction, and Noah congratulated him despite regretting that his own spell had not won.
• The Ancient One announced that all nominees could study meditation at Kamar-Taj for a year, though only Yao Lin could enter the Library.
• Charles celebrated his chance to study at Kamar-Taj, and Noah suggested they establish a magical research institute together.
• Noah proposed consolidating their WeChat and movie businesses into the institute, and Charles agreed to draft a plan after his studies.
• Noah said he planned to bring another powerful ally with substantial resources into the venture, then suggested naming it Ark.

Noah proposed merging the three organizations into one, and Constantine and Charles agreed to form Ark. After returning to the Sanctum, Noah found his room in disarray and Jason and Ms. Heifen missing.

• Noah met Constantine at 221B Baker Street and proposed merging their organizations with Charles's, dividing the shares among the three of them.
• Constantine agreed to the merger and decided to give part of his shares to Erik, Logan, and Chas.
• Noah proposed naming the merged organization Ark, and Charles and Constantine supported the name.
• After lunch, Noah returned to the Sanctum and found only Wong and Dennis there; Jason and Ms. Heifen were missing.
• Noah went upstairs and discovered that his room had been ransacked, with clothes scattered across the bed.

Noah, Ms. Heifen, and Wong traveled with the Ancient One to Asgard, where Odin agreed to let them stay and study. As Odin welcomed them, he unexpectedly recognized Noah as a black dragon.

• Noah complained about the enormous suitcase Ms. Heifen had packed for their trip to Asgard.
• The Ancient One brought Noah, Ms. Heifen, and Wong through a portal to Asgard and went to seek Odin’s permission to host them.
• Noah and the others admired Asgard’s beauty and discussed its guards and powerful equipment while they waited.
• The Ancient One returned and led them into Odin’s palace after Odin agreed to let them stay and study.
• Odin welcomed the mages from Midgard, then asked Noah whether he was a black dragon.

Odin examined Noah’s dragon-transformation ability and advised him on how to control it, explaining that he helped because Noah was Gu Yi’s disciple and a mage of Midgard. After Noah and the others left, Gu Yi and Odin discussed the uncertain future and Odin’s return to teach his son after his supposed death.

• Odin asked Noah whether he was a dragon, then recognized that Noah’s dragon form came from magic rather than a true dragon bloodline.
• Odin inspected Noah and explained that Noah needed a bodily switch to control his transformation and to distinguish his human and dragon forms.
• Odin told Noah he was helping because Noah was a mage of Midgard and Gu Yi’s disciple, then offered him access to the Library and further guidance.
• Noah, Gu Yi, and the third member of their group bowed to Odin and left the divine hall with a guard.
• Gu Yi asked Odin what he thought of Noah, and Odin called him an unusual, genius-level mage.
• Gu Yi said she could not see the future clearly and pointed out that she had seen Odin return to teach his son after his supposed death.

Noah considered Odin’s cryptic words and realized that Elementalization might help him reconstruct his body and solve his transformation problem. Wong pointed out that Noah still needed a fast way to combine the spell with his dragon transformation and determine what element could trigger it.

• Noah concluded that Odin likely had no ill intentions and was interested in how Noah’s uncertain future might affect Hela and Thanos.
• After Ms. Heifen asked what was troubling him, Wong suggested Noah was thinking about solving his transformation problem.
• Noah realized Elementalization could reconstruct his body, linking the spell he had obtained from William Moore to his first transformation.
• Ms. Heifen mistakenly assumed Noah had planned this all along, and Noah let her believe it.
• Wong warned that Elementalization followed by dragon transformation would be too slow and asked what element could serve as the trigger.
• Noah acknowledged that the trigger remained the main problem, while noting that The Ancient One’s power-bank plan could provide the High-dimensional dark power he needed.

While studying Asgard’s Library, Noah found sealing magic that might help him control his Tier 9 dragon transformation and sought advice from the Ancient One. Odin, Frigga, and the Ancient One approved his approach and offered to help, and Noah asked his teacher for a large amount of dark power.

• Noah spent most of his time studying Asgard’s Library, recording its knowledge and focusing on magic, alien languages, and information about the Titans.
• The Ancient One found Noah with Odin and Frigga during afternoon tea, where they teased him about rejecting Asgardian women’s invitations.
• Noah showed the Ancient One a book on sealing magic, and Odin recognized that Noah hoped to use it to suppress the effects of his transformation.
• The Ancient One explained that Noah could combine sealing magic with Elementalization, a spell developed by Earth’s mages, and Odin praised Midgard’s magical creativity.
• Odin offered to help Noah pursue his idea, and Noah asked the Ancient One to provide him with a large amount of dark power.

Odin and Frigga learned that Noah had devised a way to remove the will from dark power, turning it into a sustainable source of energy. Odin offered to improve Noah’s magic and quietly planned to send Thor to Midgard, leaving The Ancient One wondering what Odin had in mind.

• The Ancient One explained that Noah and his research team had developed magic to remove the will from dark power and use it as a supply.
• Odin and Frigga were astonished that Noah’s method had made Dormammu’s power a sustainable resource.
• Odin decided that Thor should go to Midgard and thought Noah might be able to help him.
• Odin offered to combine Noah’s Elementalization and transformation magic, and Noah handed over the spells.
• Odin said he would need Noah’s help in the near future, and Noah left after accepting the offer.
• The Ancient One asked Odin whether he had a plan.

Odin asked the Ancient One to let Noah interact with Thor and Loki when they came to Earth, hoping Noah could guide them and change their futures. Noah spent a leisurely stretch in Asgard with Wong and Ms. Heifen before Odin gave him the improved transformation spell.

• Odin told the Ancient One he planned to send one of his children to Earth and asked her not to let Noah turn them away.
• The Ancient One praised Noah's character, and Odin explained that he hoped Noah would guide Thor and Loki and build a bond between the future King of Asgard and the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Noah guessed Odin had plans for him but chose to wait before acting, then relaxed in Asgard with Wong and Ms. Heifen.
• Ms. Heifen befriended Frigga and sought her guidance, while Noah and Wong read in the Library and sparred with Asgardian warriors.
• Noah refused to fight the warriors hand-to-hand, but proved his physical fitness in a contest and silenced their taunts.
• Odin gave Noah the improved spell he and the Ancient One had developed.

Noah decided to store the sealing magic and high-dimensional dark power in one of his eyes, and the Ancient One, Odin, and Frigga agreed to help him. Odin immediately began the procedure by telling Noah to dig out the eye he planned to use.

• Noah studied the new hybrid spell and concluded that its sealing magic needed a discreet place to store the high-dimensional dark power.
• Noah chose his eye as the vessel for the sealing crystal, reasoning that it would allow faster magical transmission than a seal elsewhere on his body.
• Noah explained his plan to the Ancient One and Odin, and the Ancient One acknowledged the eye's benefits despite the risks.
• Frigga and Odin offered to help Noah rather than let him experiment alone, and Noah accepted their goodwill.
• Odin told Noah to begin by digging out the eye he intended to use as the seal.

Noah mastered the magic-enhanced eye he had created with The Ancient One and Odin, gaining control of its power and the ability to transform into a dragon. As The Ancient One explained Odin’s plans for Thor’s upcoming exile to Earth, she asked Noah to guide Thor toward understanding his potential and himself.

• Noah spent nearly half a year learning to control his crimson eye, restoring normal vision and mastering the magic that transformed him into a dragon.
• After nearly a year in Asgard, Noah asked The Ancient One why she had come and what favor Odin would eventually ask of him.
• The Ancient One revealed that Odin planned to send Thor to Earth soon as punishment and hoped Noah would become friends with him.
• Noah assumed he could help Thor regain Odin’s approval, but The Ancient One said she also wanted Noah to guide Thor toward understanding his potential and what kind of person he was.

After returning from Asgard, Noah learned that Charles and Jean Grey had rapidly advanced their magical abilities and offered to help Charles stand again. Noah considered how Ark could train gifted Mutants in magic and planned to contact the York Magical Association.

• Noah set aside the problem of awakening Thor’s true thunder powers and returned to Earth with Ms. Heifen and Wong under the Ancient One’s guidance.
• Noah recognized that Ms. Heifen had nearly reached Tier 5 proficiency and that Wong had improved greatly in close combat during their year in Asgard.
• Noah discovered that Charles’s magical energy had reached Tier 8 and Jean Grey’s had reached Tier 7, and he offered to help Charles stand again.
• Noah encouraged Charles and Jean to study the books in his Sanctum and prepare for the Archmage examination.
• Noah considered training Mutants with elemental abilities in specialized magic and decided to contact the York Magical Association and William Moore.