Chapter Summaries

Li Weide arranged for Professor Slughorn to find help for Alphard, then worked on an ideological framework and urged his friends to improve themselves. He left Tom understanding that their plans depended on building up the whole Mutual Aid Society, not just their own power.

• Professor Slughorn agreed to help Alphard find someone and warned Li Weide to stay away from Grindelwald.
• Li Weide worked on an ideological framework, hoping to persuade Slughorn to hand him responsibility for the Ideological and Moral Education Class.
• Li Weide caught Henry and Alphard copying Tom's homework and challenged them to master their schoolwork before seeking advanced magic.
• Li Weide explained that Tom's strength came from his own ability, and Tom urged Henry and Alphard to encourage the Mutual Aid Society's members to work hard.
• Li Weide told Tom that their undertaking depended on capable allies, and Tom admitted he had neglected the others while focusing on his own strength.

Li Weide explained to Tom why he had chosen to pursue reform, then returned to the Safe House for Christmas before meeting Grindelwald in Godric's Hollow to obtain a Dementor. He managed to halt its attack and fastened a Goblin Collar around it, though the collar made the Dementor writhe in pain.

• Li Weide told Tom that fate and his experiences had led him to pursue reform, and Tom accepted him as the leader.
• Li Weide and Tom left Hogwarts for Christmas; Tom returned to Riddle Manor, while Li Weide went to the Safe House and found Tom Cat keeping Fang company.
• Li Weide bought rare materials and Apparated to Godric's Hollow to meet Grindelwald, who handed him a suitcase containing a powerful Dementor.
• The Dementor emerged and charged at Li Weide, but stopped in front of him before reaching him.
• Li Weide snapped a Goblin Collar around the Dementor's neck, and the creature writhed in pain.

Li Weide captured and experimented on a Dementor, then visited Tom, whose interrupted spell filled his room with a foul-smelling red mist. Tom tried to send Li Weide away before hearing what he claimed was a good offer.

• Li Weide used a collar and pain-inducing magic to make the Dementor obey him and crawl into a box.
• Grindelwald praised Li Weide’s feat, received a bamboo back scratcher as a Christmas gift, and watched Li Weide depart.
• Li Weide tested his converter on the Dementor overnight, gaining power from its converted Residue, then locked it away to recover.
• Li Weide went to Riddle Manor and interrupted Tom while he practiced a variation of the Disarming Charm, causing a foul-smelling red mist to fill the cabin.
• Tom angrily denied that he had been using the toilet and tried to push Li Weide out, while Li Weide insisted he had brought something good for him.

Li Weide brought a tamed Dementor to Tom and persuaded him to practice the Patronus Charm, secretly using Tom’s emotions to restore the creature. After spending Christmas at Riddle Manor and making business deals with Mr. Riddle, Li Weide returned to find Tom had learned the charm.

• Li Weide startled Tom by releasing a Dementor, then demonstrated that a collar and a spell let him control it.
• Li Weide taught Tom how to control the Dementor and convinced him to practice the Patronus Charm near it.
• Tom took the Dementor and began practicing while Li Weide secretly planned to harvest its restored strength from Tom’s emotions.
• Li Weide stayed at Riddle Manor for three days, chatted with Old Tom, and made a luxury-goods partnership with Mr. Riddle.
• Li Weide returned to Tom’s cabin and found him exhausted among chocolate wrappers, but Tom cast dazzling white light from his wand, showing he had learned the Patronus Charm.

Li Weide harvested benign Residue by teaching friends to attempt the Patronus Charm, then sent the weakened Dementor back to Azkaban. Meanwhile, Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet discovered the entrance to Slytherin’s Chamber of Secrets and planned to ask Tom to open it.

• Tom cast a powerful but blurry Patronus, then went inside to rest after realizing Li Weide had used the Dementor to make him practice.
• Li Weide visited the Rosier residence and asked Annie whether she wanted to learn the Patronus Charm.
• Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet found a snake carving in a girls’ bathroom and realized it marked the Chamber of Secrets entrance, which required Parseltongue to open.
• Headmaster Dippet and Dumbledore agreed to find Tom the next day and have him open the entrance without waking the Basilisk.
• Li Weide absorbed benign Residue gathered by having his friends practice the Patronus Charm, though only Annie produced a faint wisp of mist.
• Li Weide removed the red ring from the Dementor, ordered it back to Azkaban, and assessed his strength as roughly equivalent to two Snapes.

Li Weide had exhausted the Ancient Magic ruins near Hogwarts and resolved not to risk dangerous experiments to grow stronger. At Riddle Manor, Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet discovered that Tom had learned the Patronus Charm and suspected his still-blurry Patronus was a Magical Creature tied to his bloodline.

• Li Weide decided to avoid rushing into Human Experimentation or Dark Arts transformations after searching all the nearby Ancient Magic ruins.
• Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet visited Mr. Riddle on Christmas morning and asked to see Tom.
• Tom greeted the professors, mistook their visit as being about Li Weide, and then learned they had come for him.
• Tom concealed that he had practiced the Patronus Charm on a Dementor and summoned a blurry Patronus for the professors.
• Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet explained that Tom’s Patronus might be a Magical Creature, but they had no records of Patronuses belonging to Slytherin’s descendants.

Li Weide bought a System Shop talent that greatly enhanced his reflexes, then joined Tom, Dumbledore, and the Hogwarts staff as they prepared to confront Slytherin’s Basilisk. When Dumbledore gave the group enchanted glasses to see without looking at the creature, the glasses revealed that Li Weide’s magic was extraordinarily powerful.

• Li Weide purchased Cat-like Reflexes for 1000 Merit Points and hurried out to test his improved reflexes.
• Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet told Tom that Slytherin had left a Basilisk behind and asked him to open its hiding place.
• Li Weide mistook the group for people who had exposed his secret, fled, then agreed to join them when he learned they were dealing with a Basilisk.
• Dumbledore and the staff gathered in the Headmaster's Office, confirmed the students were safe, and distributed enchanted glasses that let them perceive magic without using their eyes.
• Tom and Dumbledore saw Li Weide glowing far more brightly than everyone else through the glasses, revealing the immense power of his magic.

After the professors discovered Li Weide’s extraordinary magical strength, they added him to the team entering the Chamber of Secrets to face the Basilisk and agreed to keep his power secret from Grindelwald. Li Weide prepared his enchanted trench coat and weapons for the operation.

• Li Weide’s magical strength astonished the professors, and Dumbledore attributed it to his exceptional talent.
• Headmaster Dippet ordered everyone to keep Li Weide’s strength secret while Grindelwald remained at Hogwarts.
• The professors replaced Slughorn with Li Weide on the team assigned to enter the Chamber of Secrets and fight the Basilisk.
• Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet reassured Tom that he was still a talented wizard despite Li Weide’s overwhelming power.
• Li Weide summoned Toby and put on his enchanted trench coat, which could hold his lethal weapons.

Li Weide tricked Tom into believing he had confessed to being a gloomy Dark Wizard, then secretly revealed that he could cast a Patronus. The group found the hidden passage to the Chamber of Secrets, and Li Weide kicked Tom down it to lead the way toward the Basilisk.

• Tom teased Li Weide about his Patronus, so Li Weide claimed he was too gloomy to cast the spell and worried he might become dangerous.
• Dumbledore and the others comforted Li Weide, while Tom apologized and admired how carefully Li Weide had shaped their impression of him.
• After the group left the Headmaster's Office, Li Weide secretly cast a Patronus and taunted Tom through a Whispering Charm.
• Dumbledore's group found the snake-marked faucet in the girls' bathroom, and Tom opened the hidden passage by speaking Parseltongue.
• Li Weide pushed Tom down the passage to lead the way, then followed him as Dippet, Dumbledore, and Newt prepared to descend.

Li Weide and the others entered the Chamber of Secrets, where Tom opened Slytherin’s final door and awakened the Basilisk. Li Weide killed the attacking serpent before anyone else could intervene, leaving Tom terrified of the strength he had once hoped to challenge.

• Li Weide and the others followed the underground pipe to a circular door, and Tom opened it by speaking Parseltongue.
• Newt found ancient Basilisk tracks and scales in the Chamber of Secrets, while Li Weide pointed out that Slytherin’s statue concealed another door.
• Tom praised Slytherin in Parseltongue, causing the statue to open its mouth and release the Basilisk.
• The Basilisk attacked, and Li Weide used ice, fire, and stone to wound it before freezing it and driving a greatsword into its vital point.
• Dumbledore and the others watched in shock as the Basilisk died, while Tom hid behind the door and feared Li Weide’s strength.

After Li Weide killed the Basilisk, Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet accepted his strength without pressing him for an explanation. Li Weide chose to remain at Hogwarts and received permission to claim Basilisk materials, while Tom nervously offered the creature’s inheritance to the school.

• Li Weide checked the Basilisk’s corpse, and Newt identified it as a female after inspecting its enormous body.
• Dumbledore began to ask about Li Weide’s unexpected abilities, but Headmaster Dippet discouraged further questions, and Dumbledore let the matter go.
• Headmaster Dippet asked whether Li Weide wanted to graduate early, but Li Weide chose to stay at Hogwarts to learn control and study other subjects.
• Tom examined the Basilisk and, after Headmaster Dippet said its materials belonged to Slytherin’s inheritance, donated them to the school.
• Li Weide asked to take some Basilisk materials, and Tom eagerly promised to help him.
• Dumbledore summoned the professors, who arrived and learned that Li Weide had defeated the Basilisk before anyone else could act.

After Li Weide helped defeat the Basilisk, he and Professor Slughorn divided its remains while Dumbledore worried that Li Weide’s rapid growth through Ancient Magic might carry a hidden cost. Back at the Wizard Tower, Li Weide studied a Basilisk pupil’s curse and sensed a sinister presence nearby, then summoned Toby to ask whether the house had any ghosts.

• Li Weide offered to help Professor Slughorn supervise Ideological and Moral Education Class, and the professors agreed to keep the Basilisk incident and Li Weide’s abilities confidential.
• Li Weide and Professor Slughorn divided the Basilisk’s remains as Newt guided them through dissecting it, while Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet discussed the cost of Ancient Magic.
• Li Weide left Hogwarts with a suitcase of Basilisk materials, and Dumbledore told Headmaster Dippet he would personally oversee Li Weide’s studies to understand his growing strength.
• Li Weide stored the Basilisk parts in the Wizard Tower and reconstructed more than half of the magical traces in the pupil’s deadly curse.
• Li Weide felt a cold, sinister presence in the Wizard Tower and summoned Toby to ask whether the house had any ghosts.

Li Weide confronted an invisible ghost in the Wizard Tower and discovered it could create powerful illusions before it revealed itself as Salazar Slytherin. Slytherin attacked Li Weide with cursed insects, and Li Weide countered with Fiendfyre.

• Li Weide questioned Toby about the Wizard Tower, then sent him away and filled the tower with Nightmare Magic to expose the hidden presence.
• The ghost struck Li Weide’s soul armor and pulled him into an illusion, but Li Weide used Nightmare Magic to reshape the illusion and locate his opponent.
• An elderly man stepped out of the illusion and identified himself as Salazar Slytherin, while Li Weide answered with an exaggerated list of titles.
• Slytherin questioned Li Weide’s Muggle-born bloodline, and Li Weide retorted that only beasts judged worth by bloodline.
• Slytherin unleashed cursed insects, and Li Weide surrounded himself with Fiendfyre to consume them.

Li Weide battled Slytherin in a seemingly devastating duel that turned out to be an illusion created by Slytherin. After discovering Slytherin had been dead for over a thousand years, Li Weide challenged his beliefs about Muggle-born wizards.

• Li Weide used Gubraithian Fire and Nightmare Magic to gain openings against Slytherin, but Slytherin adapted and counterattacked.
• Slytherin and Li Weide gathered their magic for a decisive clash, and the collision dispelled the fiery streetscape.
• Li Weide realized he had been trapped inside Slytherin's illusion and found himself back in the undamaged laboratory facing Slytherin's ghost.
• Slytherin criticized Li Weide's swordsmanship and complained that Muggle-born students were foolish, then learned Li Weide belonged to Slytherin Academy.
• Li Weide argued that Muggle-born students had struggled because Slytherin had failed to teach them according to their aptitude.
• Slytherin said he had only just died, and Li Weide told him he had been dead for over a thousand years.

Li Weide questioned Slytherin about his mysterious appearance as a ghost and worried that he might reveal the secret laboratory where Li Weide had conducted human experiments. Slytherin reacted with bafflement to Li Weide’s confession, showing that such experiments seemed ordinary by the standards of his era.

• Li Weide pointed out that Slytherin’s sudden appearance as a ghost, his use of magic, and the circumstances of his awakening made little sense.
• Slytherin recalled falling asleep during research on the Bloodline Curse, then waking to find himself a ghost beside his dead Basilisk.
• Li Weide explained that Professor Binns had also continued teaching after dying, and Slytherin recognized his former colleague Cuthbert Binns.
• Slytherin sensed Li Weide’s killing intent and described how brutal battles had been when the Four Founders established Hogwarts.
• Li Weide admitted that he had dissected two living people in his secret laboratory, but Slytherin was baffled that he considered the experiments shocking.

Li Weide told Slytherin that his direct descendants had died out after generations of inbreeding, leaving only two branches descended from the Gaunts. Slytherin learned that both surviving branches had married Muggles and collapsed in despair over having no pure-blooded descendants left.

• Li Weide explained the modern era to Slytherin, who questioned its laws and asked what Li Weide knew about being a Sage.
• Slytherin asked how Li Weide had found and killed the Basilisk, and Li Weide explained that Tom Riddle had voluntarily given up Slytherin's legacy.
• Slytherin grew furious when he learned Tom had disposed of the legacy, then discovered that his direct descendants had died out after preserving blood purity through inbreeding.
• Li Weide told Slytherin that only two descendant branches remained: Tom Riddle's in Britain and Isolt Sayre's in the United States.
• Li Weide revealed that Tom Riddle's father and Isolt Sayre's husband had both been Muggles, leaving no completely pure-blood Slytherin descendants.
• Slytherin spat transparent blood and collapsed, lamenting that his descendants had married Muggles.

Li Weide questioned Slytherin about Ancient Sages and Ancient Magic after refusing Slytherin’s offer to serve as his professor. They struck up a new bargain when Li Weide asked Slytherin to locate his tomb, though Slytherin immediately recognized his interest in the grave goods.

• Li Weide argued that modern Muggle-born students had caught up with pure-bloods through education, while inbreeding had made many pure-blood descendants less capable.
• Slytherin offered to share his knowledge and advise Li Weide’s experiments in exchange for being allowed to remain, but Li Weide refused because he suspected a trap.
• Slytherin explained that Ancient Sages were unusually powerful wizards who passed their knowledge and Ancient Magic to successors, and said he and the other founders had studied under one.
• Li Weide proposed a new deal and asked whether Slytherin could sense the location of his tomb.
• Slytherin realized Li Weide wanted to loot his grave goods, and Li Weide remarked that bad people tended to think alike.

Li Weide forced Slytherin to sign a magical contract, then helped him uncover his long-buried tomb. When Slytherin found his coffin empty, he suspected a plot involving his sudden death and warned that something might be using him to kill Li Weide.

• Li Weide endured Slytherin’s furious cursing until Slytherin signed the ghost contract.
• Li Weide asked Slytherin to locate his tomb, and Slytherin sensed it beneath the floor.
• Li Weide dug up a half-collapsed burial chamber, where Slytherin discovered that his stone coffin was empty.
• Slytherin said his remains had vanished and began to suspect that his sudden death and ghostly awakening were connected.
• Slytherin warned Li Weide that something might be using his hand to kill him, and Li Weide recalled the Senior Sister’s missing name.

Li Weide consulted Slytherin about curing Nagini’s Maledictus curse, and they found a way to let her temporarily regain human form by separating her Beast Soul. At Riddle Manor, Tom recovered from his fear of Li Weide, embraced the chance to learn from him, and quickly demonstrated his talent for shaping magic through imagination.

• Slytherin explained that Nagini’s bloodline-bound curse had no known cure, but suggested destroying her Beast Soul first so she could temporarily return to human form.
• Li Weide realized he could use Nightmare Magic to separate Nagini’s soul, and Nagini eagerly accepted the possibility of a temporary reprieve.
• After two days of fear, Tom decided to keep his head down, learn from Li Weide, and practice the magic he had witnessed.
• Li Weide showed Tom how imagination and Transfiguration could create a frost knight without an incantation.
• Tom understood Li Weide’s lesson and conjured ice spikes that skewered a wooden target, impressing Slytherin with his exceptional talent.

Li Weide told Tom he had found a way to let Nagini temporarily regain human form, but Senior Sister’s letter warned that cutting away her Beast Soul could damage her soul. Her alternative method offered a risky way to suppress the curse’s worst effects, leaving Li Weide eager to try it.

• Li Weide and Tom discussed Tom’s new Gubraithian Fire and the spells or potions Tom hoped to receive from the Basilisk research.
• Li Weide told Tom he had a method to let Nagini escape her snake form temporarily, and Tom agreed they should try it despite the risks.
• Li Weide received a letter from Senior Sister warning that removing the Beast Soul could leave Nagini’s soul incomplete and cause severe damage.
• Senior Sister proposed erasing the Beast Soul’s consciousness and returning its soul power to Nagini’s human soul, which could let her remain rational and in human form.
• Li Weide wrote down Senior Sister’s method, praised having an elder to advise him, and was struck on the head by a wisp of mist.