Chapter Summaries

Professor Gellert became hooked on Ideal Land, while Ted used Little Soft to improve the game's combat simulations. Fudge turned the planned Triwizard Tournament into a Seven Schools Tournament, leaving Dumbledore suspecting that his old companion was behind a new scheme.

• Professor Gellert spent at least six hours a day in Ideal Land, and Dumbledore worried about his growing closeness to Ted and the game's power.
• Ted added brutally difficult Doomsday Enemies to Ideal Land, prompting students and Professor Gellert to rage at their defeats.
• Ted discovered that Little Soft could convincingly imitate monsters and simulate their reactions, then used it as a world boss that defeated sixty-four players.
• Fudge used political maneuvering to expand the Triwizard Tournament into a Seven Schools Tournament and sent word to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore learned which seven schools would participate and decided to question Grindelwald about his intentions.

Fudge expanded the revived Triwizard Tournament into a Seven Schools Tournament, while Ted studied experimental notes and Hermione worried about her rapidly growing magic power. On October 3, Beauxbatons arrived at Hogwarts by flying carriage, and Durmstrang’s ship rose from the Black Lake.

• Grindelwald told Dumbledore that Fudge had pursued the tournament for a year and invited magical schools around the world.
• Students learned that seven schools would compete for 7,000 Galleons, and Dumbledore set a minimum age of seventeen for contestants.
• Ted bought research notes on a technique for fusing bloodline limits and identified flaws and possible improvements from its experimental data.
• Hermione told Ted that her magic power had risen to Level 5, and Ted reassured her that its growth was normal.
• Hogwarts gathered to welcome Beauxbatons and Durmstrang; Madame Maxime arrived in a flying carriage, and Durmstrang’s ship emerged from the lake.

Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts, where Fleur Delacour’s charm stirred up jealousy and Ron’s attention while Ted stayed close to Hermione. The remaining delegations from Russia, Uganda, America, and South America also arrived, and a South American beauty openly pursued Ted, angering Hermione.

• Hagrid calmed Beauxbatons’ winged horses and impressed Madame Maxime with his care for them.
• Beauxbatons and Durmstrang entered the Great Hall, where Fleur captivated the students and Krum drew a crowd of autograph seekers.
• Fleur and Hermione exchanged wary smiles, while Ron eagerly served Fleur and Harriett later scolded him for following Beauxbatons girls.
• Koldovretz and Uagadou arrived, and Hogwarts struggled to accommodate the delegations’ differing languages, customs, and needs.
• Ilvermorny and Castelobruxo arrived a week later, and a South American beauty made a direct advance on Ted as Hermione bristled.

Ted became Hogwarts’s champion in the Seven Schools Tournament after moving the Goblet of Fire beyond Dumbledore’s age-restricting circle, and six other Hogwarts students were selected alongside him. The chapter left the seven underage champions facing the tournament as Rita Skeeter published a sensational story about Neville, Harriett, and Ron.

• Dumbledore explained the tournament rules and barred students under seventeen from entering the Goblet of Fire, prompting Hogwarts students to make repeated failed attempts to bypass his protective circle.
• Ted learned that the system had issued him a quest to become Hogwarts’s champion, then helped resolve a dispute after Cabbage mounted Beauxbatons’s hippogriffs; Madame Maxime made Ted responsible for caring for them and pushed Fleur toward him.
• Ted moved the Goblet of Fire and its pedestal outside the circle, allowing Hogwarts students of every year to enter their names and earning detention from Professor McGonagall.
• At Halloween, Ted sang “Try Everything,” startling several visiting school leaders with the song’s emotional influence, before Dumbledore announced the tournament champions.
• The Goblet selected Ted Epiphany, Neville Longbottom, Harriett Potter, Ron Weasley, Jerry, Hermione Granger, and Draco Malfoy as Hogwarts’s seven champions.
• Ron diverted Rita Skeeter away from Neville, but she later published a story portraying Neville, Harriett, and Ron in a fabricated romantic scandal.

Ted and his friends learned that the Seven Schools Tournament’s first challenge would involve dragons and began preparing, while Ted discovered a Dragon Shout chart that might help them. He shared a possible tactic with Fleur, then hinted to Hermione that he had a strategic reason for doing so.

• At breakfast, Ron shrugged off the tabloids’ insults and embraced his new nickname, while Ted received the Beast Fighting mission and examined his Champion cards.
• Sirius warned Ted about fighting dragons and announced that he was going to be a father; the group later confirmed that seven dragons would feature in the first challenge.
• Ted discovered the Unrelenting Force Dragon Shout chart, and the group discussed ways to exploit dragons’ weaknesses, including the Eye Impairment Curse.
• During joint training, Malfoy apologized for disrupting the group’s coordination, and Ted helped the Hogwarts champions unite behind their shared goal.
• Fleur visited Ted to discuss dragon tactics, and Ted suggested the Eye Impairment Curse; after Hermione revealed she had been eavesdropping, Ted asked which delegation she wanted eliminated first.

As the first task began, Ted’s team discovered three children from another timeline who had traveled back to attack Cedric, then returned them to their own time. After several schools faced dragons, Ted’s team prepared to compete last.

• Sirius, Lupin, Tonks, and other parents visited Hogwarts to encourage the champions, while Snape subtly urged Malfoy to pursue Harriett.
• Ted’s team drew an Australian Opaleye and waited as the other schools competed; meanwhile, Anzu spotted three unfamiliar children attacking Cedric and knocked them out.
• Ted questioned the children and learned they were visitors from nineteen years in the future; they vanished when their pocket watches ran out of time.
• Ted told Malfoy to destroy any inherited Time-Turner and warned his friends not to interfere with time as they returned to the stadium.
• The Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Russian, Uagadou, Brazil, and Ilvermorny teams completed their dragon tasks, and Ted’s team took its turn last.

Ted's team fought an Australian Opaleye for the ten-minute assessment, using an array of unusual spells, weapons, and teamwork to hold it off. As the exhausted group withdrew and the dragon took flight, Ted began casting a Dragon Subduing Spell, leaving its effect unresolved.

• Neville rallied the team, and Ron, Jerry, Harriett, Neville, Hermione, and Malfoy launched their coordinated attack while Ted provided music.
• Ron revealed the Unit 01 mech, Harriett struck the dragon with giant magical fists, Neville wielded a golden Holy Sword, and Hermione and Malfoy harassed and restrained the Opaleye.
• Jerry sneaked onto the dragon's back and drew blood before escaping on his transforming Kuda-gitsune, while the Opaleye adapted and gradually wore down the team.
• By the eighth minute, the companions were exhausted and the dragon was gaining the upper hand, so Ted stopped the music and told them to leave the rest to him.
• The Opaleye took flight as Ted struck the ground with his staff, activated an alchemy array, and linked the dragon to his staff with a tracking scarlet spell.

Ted subdued the Opaleye with his Dragon Subduing Spell, helping Hogwarts pass the first Seven Schools Tournament match without losing a champion. As the tournament’s next challenge approached, Ted discovered Shadow Power knowledge and Hermione drank a Love Potion, only to realize her feelings for Ted were already real.

• Ted used the Dragon Subduing Spell to make the Opaleye submit, stunning the spectators and judges.
• The judges eliminated champions from several teams, while all seven Hogwarts champions passed; Ludo Bagman gave Ted and his teammates unusually high scores.
• Ted’s recorded tournament videos spread through Ideal Land as Hogwarts celebrated the victory and rumors about Ted and the female dragon circulated.
• Ted exchanged for What the Light Won't Tell You and considered who should learn Shadow Power, while visiting teams shared magical knowledge at Hogwarts.
• Hermione drank the Love Potion Ted had brewed, realized it added nothing to her existing feelings, and kissed him before Jerry interrupted them.
• The organizers announced that the second match would begin on December 20 in the Forbidden Forest, where forty-two champions would collect seven items over three days with Ideal Land livestreaming the event.

The Seven Schools Tournament’s second stage began as forty-two warriors entered the Forbidden Forest to survive for three days and collect tokens. Ted drew attention with his survival skills and livestream, while the first day ended with one warrior eliminated, Ron unexpectedly holding three tokens, and two more competitors carried out on the second day.

• Uagadou’s headmaster formed a verbal alliance with Ilvermorny’s Professor Ruitamu to target Hogwarts and Durmstrang.
• Professor Flitwick set up livestream equipment, and Dumbledore explained the rules before the warriors entered the Forbidden Forest with tokens and tracking Filming Snitches.
• Ted streamed his journey, changed into enchanted camouflage gear, and demonstrated his knowledge of the forest while the other teams used different methods to locate their teammates.
• Ted defeated three magical creatures and found a yellow token, while a Durmstrang warrior eliminated a Samba Dance Team competitor and took his token.
• Ron found two extra tokens without fighting, bringing his total to three, and two more warriors were carried out on the second day after suffering poisoning and a broken bone.

The champions competed for tokens and survival during three days in the Forbidden Forest, where Ted defeated the Uagadou team and eliminated eight other contestants while Ron collected all seven tokens by chance. The event ended with Ted and Ron earning the top scores, and the exhausted champions returned to Hogwarts to recover ahead of Christmas.

• On the second day, champions regrouped and fought over tokens while Ted cooked and Ron gathered tokens through lucky finds.
• Three Uagadou champions tracked Ted and ambushed him, but Ted used Mirror Image to defeat them and take their tokens.
• Ted hunted champions through the night, eliminating eight, while Ron accidentally collected the final token he needed after a champion stumbled into his tripwire.
• At the end of the event, eighteen champions remained; Ted received the highest score of 8.4, and Ron came second with 7.7.
• Jerry, Neville, Harriett, and Hermione impressed with their skills, while Malfoy and Ron spent the final stretch waiting by a fire and gathering tokens from exhausted champions.
• The champions returned to Hogwarts to treat their injuries and rest, and Hagrid began decorating the Christmas tree.

Ted chose the Magic Conversion talent after leveling up, gaining the ability to alter magic’s attributes and overcome environmental weaknesses. As Christmas arrived, the students prepared for the ball, exchanged gifts, and gathered outside the Great Hall for the evening’s festivities.

• Ted received the Forbidden Forest card and a mission hint that the third tournament trial involved rescuing hostages in the Black Lake.
• With experience from Ideal Land users, Ted reached Wizard Level 12, raised his Spirit and Magic Penetration, and chose Magic Conversion from three Purple talent cards.
• Professor McGonagall taught the students to dance, and Ted suggested they practice in Ideal Land after watching Ron struggle.
• Ted declined Fleur’s invitation to be her dance partner, while Ron made his own unusual formal outfit for the ball.
• Ted gave Christmas gifts to his friends, and the Twins began selling his popular Lightbulb Candy around the school.
• The Christmas ball was set to begin at eight, and the champions and their partners assembled outside the Great Hall by seven.

The Christmas ball brought the Seven Schools Tournament champions and their partners together at Hogwarts, where Ted’s performance enchanted the guests and drew the attention of several wary professors. As the celebration wound down, Ted and Hermione stayed close together while Snape patrolled the grounds.

• The champions and their partners entered the expanded Great Hall, drawing attention to Neville and Ginny, Ron in knight’s armor with Lavender, Harriett with Malfoy, and Ted with Hermione.
• Ted and Hermione led the opening dance, and Ted sang “Lemon Tree,” leaving most of the guests entranced while Snape, Professor Gellert, the Uagadou Black Monkey Headmaster, and the hooked-nosed Ilvermorny professor resisted the song.
• Ted danced with Fleur after she invited him, then returned to Hermione, while Krum watched Hermione and ate a dish Hogwarts students called “Life is unpredictable.”
• As the ball continued past eleven, Snape patrolled Rose Lane and fled after finding two boys in the bushes.
• Ted watched the scene from a covered bridge, warmed Hermione with a spell, and held her close.

After Christmas, Ted’s group prepared for the Seven Schools Tournament’s underwater hostage-rescue round while Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald about his interest in Ted and Snape pursued a magical breakthrough. The third round was announced for January 15, leaving Ted facing a web of possible alliances and betrayals beneath the Black Lake.

• Ted returned to the Ravenclaw dormitory after the Christmas dance and found Terry Boot awake while their other roommates were still missing.
• Two shadowy figures agreed that they needed to eliminate Ted, while Grindelwald told Dumbledore that Ted would be key to a new future.
• Snape’s attempt to break through failed, and he sealed the resulting green smoke in the sixth Crystal Bottle on his shelf.
• Ted’s group discussed underwater preparations, Neville described his magical plants, Ted suggested Ron build an underwater vehicle, and Ted gave Jerry a copy of a secret manual.
• Ted rejected a red-quality Zuo Wang Dao diary, shared possible trial information with Fleur, and received offers of alliance from her and the Samba Dance Team.
• Officials announced that the champions would descend into the Black Lake on January 15 to rescue hostages while facing magical creatures, with five days left for alliances and maneuvering.

The Seven Schools Tournament’s Black Lake Rescue task began, with champions using varied magic and equipment to survive underwater. Ted sensed a coalition of people approaching him while he tried to locate the hostages.

• Ted arranged a Magic Web livestream and hired a commentator as viewers voted between him and Krum.
• The thirty-five champions entered the Black Lake using teleportation arrays, and Ron and his friends deployed their homemade Underwater Armor.
• Fleur used a magical wreath to swim like a water Elf Nymph, while Krum drank a potion and transformed into a shark-man before entering the lake.
• Ron’s armor scanned nearby magical creatures, and he stunned a Scorpion-tailed Shrimp with a sound wave before pocketing it.
• A Durmstrang champion was rescued from a Catfish-whiskered Toad, and a Beauxbatons champion was rescued after Grindylows overwhelmed him.
• Ted spread his psionic power through the water to search for the hostages, then sensed a coalition approaching.

Ted avoided a coordinated ambush by sending a powerful Magic Puppet Ted to fight four champions while he escaped toward the lake’s center. He reunited with his companions at a merman settlement, where they searched for the hidden hostages.

• Aha and three champions from Uagadou and Ilvermorny surrounded Ted and launched a coordinated attack with curses, mental interference, and a magical spear.
• The attackers discovered they had targeted Magic Puppet Ted, while the real Ted was already two kilometers away.
• Magic Puppet Ted overwhelmed the four champions and toyed with them without eliminating them.
• Three more champions were eliminated by the lake’s dangers, and the remaining contestants reached a settlement where merpeople kept over a hundred Fishmen as servants.
• Ted reunited with his companions at the settlement, and they searched for the hostages.

Ted and the other champions infiltrated the Black Lake Merpeople Horde to find the hostage, while Magic Puppet Ted defeated four champions and named itself Jax. Ted found an unusually beautiful little mermaid, knocked her unconscious when she refused to leave, and unleashed Little Soft’s red Ascension Card as chaos spread through the village.

• Ted joined forces with Fleur and Krum, who drew Fishmen and Merpeople away while Ted and Jerry searched the village for the hostage.
• Magic Puppet Ted defeated four champions, introduced itself as Jax to the officials who came to retrieve them, and teleported away.
• Ted found a little mermaid in a luxurious longhouse, but her pearl necklace blocked his thought detection and she insisted she was not a hostage.
• Fleur’s charm turned some Fishmen against their kin, while Krum’s team used Dark Magic to hold off the others.
• Ted knocked the little mermaid unconscious and prepared to retreat as Jerry detonated underwater dung bombs across the village.
• Ted used a red Ascension Card on Little Soft, causing the village mud and surrounding area to tremble and change color.

Ted won the Black Lake rescue by taking the little mermaid while Little Soft lifted the Merman Village to the surface, and the champions fought off the merfolk and fishmen. After the tournament, Ted received new rewards and discovered Hermione and Fleur had taken the little mermaid to the girls’ dormitory.

• Little Soft spread beneath the Merman Village and carried it toward the surface, while Ted escaped with the little mermaid and Ron was dragged into the depths by a summoned water horse.
• Jerry knocked the Bluefin Sage unconscious, and the champions fought off the fishmen as Malfoy enhanced Harriett’s giant hands and Neville blinded their attackers with golden light.
• Little Soft surfaced with the village, and the Merfolk Elder accepted the rescue as an agreed exchange; Ted placed first and Fleur placed second, while seven contestants were eliminated.
• Rita Skeeter interviewed Ted about Little Soft, and Dumbledore realized Professor Gellert knew more about Ted than he had let on.
• Ted completed his mission and received experience, the Black Lake card, and a Merman Tide Hunter card, then returned the village to its original state.
• Ted returned to the castle and found Hermione and Fleur had taken the little mermaid to the girls’ dormitory.

Ted learned why the Black Lake merfolk Elder had sought Ellie and gained Uagadou’s support for an alliance, then used newly acquired virtual-world knowledge to improve Ideal Land. After a hectic Valentine’s Day with Hermione and Fleur, Ted was asked to help build the Seven Schools Tournament’s fourth stage using his magical game.

• Hermione and Fleur housed Ellie in the Ravenclaw Girls' Prefects' Bathroom and warned her to be careful around Ted.
• Dumbledore explained that the merfolk Elder had tried to use Ellie to connect with powerful deep-sea merfolk, and Professor Gellert questioned Ted about Little Soft.
• Ted noticed that someone had triggered a detection spell near the Room of Requirement, then accepted Uagadou’s offer to cooperate through the Dolphin Warrior.
• Ted acquired the Oasis virtual-world source code, used it to improve Ideal Land, and received magical furniture blueprints from Lavender after Ron declined to help.
• On Valentine's Day, Hermione and Fleur competed for Ted’s attention, and Ted received a mission to clear the fourth stage, Magic Chess Village.
• Dumbledore and the International Confederation of Wizards representative asked Ted to lend them Ideal Land to create the tournament’s fourth stage.

The International Confederation of Wizards recognized Ted’s influence and the Magical Network’s growing reach, and sent Pilis Thurman to assess him and Ideal Land. As the Seven Schools Tournament’s next stage drew intense interest, Ellie began attending Hogwarts while the champions’ families prepared to visit.

• The International Confederation of Wizards investigated Ted and sent Pilis Thurman to test Ideal Land through a competition.
• Ted’s development team built a realistic magical battle-flag game that astonished the judges.
• The judges announced a secret-identity, four-team stage that could pit former teammates against one another, and the tournament discussion drove demand for Two-way Mirrors higher.
• Ludo Bagman began planning to gamble on the tournament again as Ideal Land’s active users surpassed sixty thousand.
• Ted rescued Ellie from the prefects’ bathroom with a Bubble Charm, and she began attending Hogwarts as a second-year student.
• Jerry’s mother and Shirley visited Hogwarts, while Ron and Lavender entered a cold war and Krum grew close to a Gryffindor girl.

Ted and the other champions competed in a team-based board game, where traps, temporary alliances, and sabotage shaped the race to the finish. Ted helped Fleur, the Blue Team lord, win by holding back the other champions, and the round ended with Hogwarts keeping all its contestants while several other schools lost competitors.

• The champions drew game identities, and Ted became the Blue Team’s Sunny Cheerful Boy while Krum was revealed as the Yellow Team’s nearly naked lord.
• The champions advanced across the board, triggering traps and sabotaging one another as they tried to identify their teammates and find their lords.
• Fleur told Ted she was the Blue Team lord and sacrificed her long hair to save him from a Lava Pit, moving herself backward in the process.
• Ted stopped at the Arena and held off the pursuing champions so Fleur could reach the finish line first, while Harriett later used the Arena to help Green Team members advance.
• The match ended, and the judges gave Ted the highest score; Hogwarts kept all its contestants, while Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, the Russian Team, Uagadou, and other teams lost competitors.