Chapter Summaries

After returning to Hogwarts, Noah learned that Lucius Malfoy had prompted a public assessment of the professors, which exposed Gilderoy Lockhart as unqualified. The assessment left Lockhart set to lose his post and Snape to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts next term.

• Ms. Heifen read Hermione's annotated books after Noah left and resolved to keep studying magic so she could reach Diagon Alley.
• Noah returned to Hogwarts and reunited with Evan, Luns, and Kate, who had been reading Slytherin's notes.
• Luns told Noah that Lucius Malfoy had brought Minister Fudge to Hogwarts during Christmas break to begin a professor competency assessment.
• Noah inferred that Gilderoy Lockhart would be exposed, and Luns confirmed the assessment had been held publicly before the students.
• Luns revealed that Snape would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts next term.

Noah wondered why Snape had become Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and went to Dumbledore to discuss Lucius Malfoy’s motives. Dumbledore revealed that Lucius had investigated Noah, been shaken by what he learned, and then helped remove Lockhart and secure benefits for Muggle-born students.

• Noah entered the System Space, checked his progress as a Tier 3 mage, and decided to discuss the lack of a ranking system with Master Gu Yi.
• Snape taught practical Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Noah overwhelmed the students who challenged him before going to speak with Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore told Noah that Lucius had investigated him and learned that his teacher came from Kamar-Taj, leaving Lucius dazed.
• Dumbledore explained that Lucius had asked what would happen if Tom returned and ruled, then returned less than a week later to secure benefits for Muggle-born students and get Lockhart removed.

Lucius Malfoy tried to protect his family by currying favor with Dumbledore, while Noah discussed Elemental Magic with the headmaster and reflected on his own attitude toward learning. The chapter left Noah smiling at a front-page photograph in the Daily Prophet.

• Lucius Malfoy investigated foreign Ministries of Magic and human history, then worked to improve his image by supporting Muggle-born students and removing Lockhart.
• Noah and Dumbledore discussed why pure-blood wizards backed Voldemort, and Dumbledore explained that British pride and long-held privileges blinded many of them.
• Dumbledore told Noah that he had made Snape the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher partly to watch Lucius react, and Noah realized Dumbledore had been provoking him.
• Noah and Dumbledore spent the afternoon discussing Elemental Magic, and Noah admired Dumbledore's curiosity and humble approach to learning.
• Noah went to Charms with Evan, Luns, Kate, and Ernie, then smiled when Ernie showed him the Daily Prophet's front page.

Noah read that Gilderoy Lockhart had been arrested and had his assets frozen, while Lucius Malfoy investigated Noah’s abilities and the changing wizarding world, then began planning how to protect his family. Noah told his friends he had started an exorcist agency and proposed giving them work over the summer, including teaching an ordinary person magic.

• Noah read that Lockhart had been seized by Aurors and faced a hearing, frozen assets, and a possible sentence in Azkaban.
• Lucius Malfoy investigated Noah’s magical abilities and learned that Noah might be connected to Kamar-Taj, while reports showed that most wizarding societies had integrated half-blood and Muggle-born wizards.
• Lucius decided to hide or destroy the Dark Magic items in his home, preserve some correspondence, pass limited intelligence to Dumbledore, and watch foreign Ministry officials.
• Noah gathered his friends in the Room of Requirement and explained that he had opened an agency with an exorcist, with Dumbledore helping them communicate during the holidays.
• Noah’s friends supported the summer work but complained that he had not told them earlier, and Noah suggested they could teach an ordinary person magic.

Noah proposed experimenting with a way to teach magic to ordinary people, hoping to help his guardian, Ms. Heifen, and eventually others like Muggle-born wizards and exorcists. His friends agreed to keep the plan secret and support him as he pursued his ambitions for the Mage Alliance.

• Noah explained that he wanted to test whether ordinary people could learn magic, beginning with Ms. Heifen, and Hermione defended the idea despite warnings about its dangers.
• Evan and Ernie supported Noah, and Kate and Luns agreed to keep the experiment secret after considering how it could help the Mage Alliance and its members’ families.
• Noah revealed that he hoped the method might also empower exorcists and strengthen the Mage Alliance’s influence in the magical world.
• Noah watched his friends return to studying and reflected that he still needed to improve his strength and develop the university system.

As the school year ended, Noah and his friends prepared for exams and looked forward to working with exorcists during the holidays. The Ancient One refined her magical training and received a letter from Noah, while Mordo hoped to meet his absent junior brother soon.

• Noah taught Dumbledore and the four Heads of House about Elemental Magic and sparred with them while continuing dangerous training in the Room of Requirement.
• Luns and Kate argued over injuries from their training, and Hermione urged everyone to focus on their final exams before the holidays.
• Noah told his friends that the Ministry had approved their application to work with exorcists during the summer break.
• The Ancient One developed and refined a meditation method that strengthened her magic and spiritual power by comprehending the multiverse.
• Mordo brought Noah's exhausted owl to the Ancient One, who recognized it as her junior brother's pet and read the letter it carried.

The Ancient One considered Noah's proposals for mage rankings and cultivating magic power in ordinary people, then traveled to Britain to meet him. After learning Noah's analysis had made a powerful pure-blood aristocrat reconsider Voldemort's rise, she reflected on Noah, Strange, and Stark as possible future Sorcerer Supreme candidates and headed for Noah's residence.

• The Ancient One weighed the benefits and dangers of Noah's proposed mage classifications and his attempt to cultivate magic power in Ms. Heifen.
• The Ancient One decided to visit Britain and went to the London Sanctum, where Daniel Drum greeted her and told her his teacher, Heiner, was meeting British Ministry of Magic officials.
• Daniel explained that Noah's analysis of how Voldemort's rule would change the British magical world had made an influential pure-blood aristocrat waver.
• The Ancient One considered Noah, Stephen Strange, and Tony Stark as possible Sorcerer Supreme candidates, judging Noah a promising successor who still needed time and training.
• The Ancient One left the Sanctum and made her way through the drizzle toward Noah's residence, where Noah had just woken up in a poor mood.

After returning to the orphanage for the summer, Noah learned that Constantine and Chas had established a successful exorcist agency and saw Ms. Heifen’s magic improving. His teacher, the Ancient One, unexpectedly appeared in the living room and explained that she had come to see her disciple after a year apart.

• Dumbledore and the others destroyed Ravenclaw's Diadem with Fiendfyre after Noah suggested how to locate and destroy Voldemort’s Horcruxes.
• Noah earned first place in his exams alongside Kate, two other students, Hermione, and Ernie, then returned to the Westminster orphanage.
• Ms. Heifen told Noah that Constantine and Chas had started an agency, earned a reputation, and left their earnings with her.
• Noah saw the Ancient One sitting beside Ms. Heifen, and she emerged from the Mirror space, startling Ms. Heifen.
• The Ancient One told Noah she had come because they had not met in a year and he had sent her only one surprising letter.

Noah explained to The Ancient One how he had dealt with a Basilisk and a young Voldemort, then discussed his proposal for a mage-ranking system. He left her considering a plan to reshape magical education through Kamar-Taj, Hogwarts, and a new Magic University.

• Noah told The Ancient One that he had killed a Basilisk with fire magic and defeated a sixteen-year-old Voldemort who was using Life Exchange.
• The Ancient One praised Noah’s school performance and asked him to explain how he would make magical communities accept his proposed ranking system.
• Noah acknowledged that Ministry of Magic officials might resist the system and proposed either imposing it through The Ancient One’s authority or introducing it through Kamar-Taj, Hogwarts, and other magical schools.
• Noah suggested creating a Magic University at Kamar-Taj to educate outstanding students from academies around the world and teach them how to increase their magical power.
• The Ancient One recognized that Noah’s plans could provide an opportunity to reorganize the magical world.

Noah persuaded The Ancient One to support his plan for a Magic University, and she revealed that she had developed a meditation method for improving magic. After discovering that Noah had independently devised a similar method, she decided to bring him and Avella to Kamar-Taj for two months of training.

• The Ancient One recognized that Noah's Magic University plan could strengthen magical communities and agreed to support it, while warning him to be cautious about turning ordinary people into mages.
• Ms. Heifen identified Avella as Noah's older sister, and The Ancient One told them to stop using Noah's previous method because she had developed meditation.
• Noah revealed that he had independently experimented with a meditation method based on exhausting and replenishing magic power, astonishing The Ancient One.
• The Ancient One explained that her advanced meditation involved sending her astral body into the Multiverse, and Noah decided it was too dangerous for him to attempt.
• Noah described his summer plans to help Constantine, his friends, and Avella, but The Ancient One instructed him to leave for Kamar-Taj with Avella for two months of training.

After spending a month at Kamar-Taj, Noah shared his meditation method with The Ancient One, who discussed ways to use it and other reforms to benefit the magic world. Noah struggled through strict training with Wong while Ms. Heifen made progress in learning magic.

• Noah and Ms. Heifen settled their affairs before The Ancient One brought them to Kamar-Taj, where Noah spent his days studying in the library.
• The Ancient One learned that Noah's basic meditation method had greatly improved his magical power and asked to share it with the magic world, but Noah declined public promotion.
• Noah proposed teaching the method to visiting students and creating a Kamar-Taj Magic Award, and The Ancient One agreed that their University Plan should advance faster.
• The Ancient One trained Noah strictly and had Wong spar with him, leading to repeated physical beatings and magical retaliation as the two became friends.
• Noah returned to his room and saw Ms. Heifen demonstrating golden magic around her fingertips.

Fugaku Uchiha sensed a terrifying Susanoo on the battlefield while Noah defeated Orochimaru and demanded his Impure World Reincarnation research. Noah revealed that his soul came from another world and claimed to be the one closest to a god, leaving Orochimaru overwhelmed by his presence.

• Fugaku Uchiha recognized the distant Susanoo and wondered which Uchiha was using it as he continued fighting a Sand ninja.
• Noah shattered Orochimaru’s barrier with Susanoo, then dispelled it and considered recreating its defensive power through magic.
• Noah evaded Orochimaru’s Shadow Snake Hands and cut him in two after Orochimaru had exhausted much of his Chakra.
• Noah used Wood Release to seal off the area, restrained the Impure World Reincarnation bodies, and offered Orochimaru a deal in exchange for his complete research materials.
• Orochimaru handed over a scroll, and Noah explained that his soul came from another world and that he was the one closest to a god.
• Orochimaru felt Noah’s overwhelming pressure as the blond, blue-eyed figure behind the child became clearer.

The Ancient One trained Noah to cast magic and open portals without relying on enchanted equipment, rapidly improving his abilities. She awarded him a Mage Level Three badge and allowed him to use his wand and Sling Ring at school as long as he continued practicing without them.

• The Ancient One forbade Noah from using his wand or Sling Ring during training, pushing him to cast spells and open portals with his own power.
• Noah struggled through the demanding lessons but gradually improved his magic, control, and spiritual power.
• The Ancient One gave Noah an identity pendant certifying him as Mage Level Three.
• Noah asked whether he could use his wand and Sling Ring at Hogwarts, and the Ancient One agreed on the condition that he keep training independently.
• Noah asked for his Sling Ring back, and the Ancient One pointed out that it had already been returned in the form of the pendant hanging around his neck.

After nearly two months of punishing training under The Ancient One, Noah reached Tier 4 and prepared to return to Hogwarts. As Mordo discussed his mage rating, Noah reflected on Mordo and Kaecilius’s future sense of betrayal and considered that he might be able to change what lay ahead.

• Noah reached Tier 4, Level 0 after two months of training and found that he had mastered his increased power.
• The Ancient One kept the meditation method secret and planned to present it through the Kamar-Taj Magic Award to protect Noah from other mages.
• Mordo complained that Noah’s mage rating placed him at fifth tier, while Noah explained that inaccurate ratings could get people killed.
• Mordo decided to spar with Kaecilius, who was also rated fifth tier.
• Noah recalled how Mordo and Kaecilius would both come to believe The Ancient One had betrayed them, and he considered trying to change their futures.

After returning to London for Christmas, Noah remembered that Captain Marvel’s origin was approaching and considered visiting the events in two years. He bought his schoolbooks with Ms. Heifen, who continued developing her magic and resolved to become more independent.

• Noah dismissed thoughts of Mordo and Kaecilius, deciding to prepare for their possible future actions.
• Noah remembered Captain Marvel and considered taking leave from Kamar-Taj to witness her origin and meet Nick Fury and the Flerken.
• Noah and Ms. Heifen went to Diagon Alley, where Noah bought his books, including The Monster Book of Monsters.
• Ms. Heifen used magic to pack Noah’s books and reflected on her progress as a Level 2 Magic Apprentice.
• Ms. Heifen decided to work harder so she could eventually support herself and contribute without relying on money from Constantine.

Noah returned to Hogwarts by train and reunited with Kate, Evan, and the Mage Alliance, whose members had recruited several promising students through practical tests. He welcomed the new recruits and considered expanding the Alliance further, including by seeking out Luna Lovegood.

• Noah boarded the Hogwarts train after assuring Ms. Heifen that he could escape danger with his Space magic.
• Students on the train praised Noah as a legend and shared stories of his magical achievements.
• Noah reunited with Kate and Evan, who explained that students had joined the Mage Alliance after passing tests based on jobs from Mr. Constantine’s agency.
• Noah met new recruits including Padma Patil, Anthony Goldstein, Michael Conner, Terry Boot, Neville Longbottom, and Susan Bones.
• The new members greeted Noah with awe after learning of his reputation and the Alliance’s permission to cast spells outside school.

Noah told the Mage Alliance about his difficult summer training at Kamar-Taj and shared three major developments planned there. The students learned that Kamar-Taj would create wizard rankings, hold an annual magic award, and establish a university for exceptional students.

• The Mage Alliance members discussed their creature-hunting missions and earnings, then asked Noah about his summer at Kamar-Taj.
• Noah described being forbidden to use his wand or a Sling Ring while learning Space magic, and said he had managed to open a portal for a few seconds.
• Noah revealed that Kamar-Taj would introduce a fifteen-tier wizard ranking system, and his pendant displayed the numeral four when he activated it.
• Noah announced an annual Kamar-Taj Magic Award whose winners would study there for a year and receive Master Gu Yi's guidance.
• Noah revealed that Kamar-Taj would establish a university open to the global magical world, admitting only outstanding students, while a disheveled man nearby listened in shock.

Noah told the students that they could compete for places at Kamar-Taj University, then protected them when Dementors attacked the Hogwarts train. He destroyed the Dementors around the train, and the students turned to Professor Lupin for help explaining what happened.

• Noah revealed that students could apply to Kamar-Taj University through exams, and his friends thanked him and vowed to prepare.
• The students discussed Sirius Black as the train slowed, snow fell, and the lights went out.
• A Dementor entered their compartment and targeted Harry, prompting the middle-aged man nearby to sit up.
• Noah used golden magic to destroy the Dementors on the train, while the others fled.
• Noah confirmed that he had dealt with the Dementors, and the students asked Professor Lupin to help explain the incident.

At Hogwarts’ opening ceremony, Noah reflected on the wizard ranking system and guessed at the year’s announcements while missing Dumbledore’s speech. Dumbledore then faced Fudge and Lucius Malfoy over Kamar-Taj’s ranking system and the Dementors, and pointed out that they should ask Mr. Phileas about the attack that had nearly sparked a rebellion.

• Noah reviewed the wizard ranking system, from magical apprentices through the highest tiers, and wondered whether Dumbledore had advanced.
• Noah missed Dumbledore’s opening speech and guessed it covered the new professors, Sirius Black’s escape, the Dementors, and the ranking system.
• Fudge and Lucius Malfoy confronted Dumbledore for adopting Kamar-Taj’s wizard ranking system without informing the Ministry.
• Dumbledore displayed his senior-wizard power and insisted that he would not oppose Kamar-Taj, prompting Lucius to ease the confrontation.
• Dumbledore asked what was wrong with the Dementors, and Fudge said Mr. Phileas had killed nearly dozens of them with one spell; Dumbledore replied that they should ask Phileas about it.

Fudge left Noah alone after learning that Noah had destroyed many Dementors and was apprenticed to the Sorcerer Supreme. Noah continued training at Hogwarts as Dumbledore and the others recovered Voldemort’s Horcruxes, leaving Voldemort with few means of resurrection as the students headed to their first Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Professor Lupin.

• Fudge left with Lucius rather than confront Noah about the destroyed Dementors, wary of Noah’s teacher, the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Noah resumed classes and trained the new members of his group in the Room of Requirement, while they studied for the chance to attend Kamar-Taj University.
• Noah avoided riding the Hippogriffs in Hagrid’s class, while Malfoy tried to approach Noah and the group.
• Dumbledore and the others found Hufflepuff’s Cup, Slytherin’s locket, and Marvolo Gaunt’s ring, narrowing Voldemort’s remaining options for resurrection.
• Noah excelled in his classes as the students began Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Lupin, whom Evan, Luns, and Kate discussed on the way to class.