Chapter Summaries

After securing a hidden base in Knockturn Alley, Li Weide received Senior Sister’s Residue Converter and sensed that Slytherin was in danger. With overseas Floo routes closed, he headed north by broomstick to find him.

• Li Weide cleaned and renovated the house in Knockturn Alley, then concealed it with the Fidelius Charm, naming himself its only Secret-Keeper.
• Li Weide returned to the Safe House, where Toby gave him Senior Sister’s box containing a new Residue Converter and its blueprints.
• Li Weide suspected Senior Sister was secretly pursuing a way to cure her symptoms, then sensed through the Obscurus that Slytherin might be in trouble.
• The Obscurus pointed north, and Li Weide prepared to travel to Northern Europe to find Slytherin.
• With international Floo routes shut down, Li Weide bought a new broomstick and flew north.

Li Weide rested on a small island while modifying his broomstick, then continued his journey toward Slytherin. Meanwhile, Tom received the Mutual Aid Society at his estate and prepared to teach them how to remove the Trace.

• Li Weide landed on an uninhabited island in the North Sea, set up a concealed camp, and began modifying his broomstick.
• Li Weide inscribed Ancient Runes on the broomstick’s core, successfully activated it, and flew onward on the faster but trembling broom.
• Tom received a note from Newborn and used magic to reach the estate road, where he met the Mutual Aid Society members.
• Henry explained that Li Weide had sent them to Tom for magic practice, and Grace pushed Tom’s wheelchair toward his cabin.
• Tom agreed to teach the group how to remove the Trace, warning them to keep the secret from the Ministry of Magic.

Li Weide reached a wizarding settlement in the Soviet Union after his flying broomstick exploded, then fought off a group of drunken wizards who mocked and attacked him. He learned that a Chinese wizard surnamed Zhang had beaten Andrews earlier that day, and left the identity of this wizard unresolved as he continued toward his mission to rescue Slytherin.

• Li Weide survived his broomstick's explosion, collected its wreckage, and flew into a wizarding settlement hidden in the hills outside a Soviet town.
• Li Weide entered Old Paul's tavern, ordered food, and was mocked by the drunken Andrews, who attacked him.
• Li Weide repelled Andrews and his companions' spells, defeated them, and hung them upside down with Levicorpus.
• One of Andrews's companions explained that a Chinese wizard who looked like Li Weide had beaten Andrews earlier that day.
• Li Weide asked for the Chinese wizard's name and learned that his surname was Zhang.

Li Weide questioned Andrews Ivanov and learned that he had once been a promising Auror before being framed and imprisoned for ten years. Li Weide suspected that Bruski Yuriyev had arranged the frame-up, and Andrews realized he might have survived prison only because the pure-bloods did not consider him important.

• Li Weide kept Andrews behind after the other patrons fled and questioned him about his work.
• Andrews admitted that he poached and smuggled Magical Creatures after serving ten years in prison for allegedly taking bribes and leaking information.
• Andrews explained that he had been a talented Auror who was framed after a witness was killed during a protection mission.
• Li Weide learned that Bruski Yuriyev, a pure-blood who had replaced Andrews and later become Head of the Auror Office, benefited from Andrews's downfall.
• Li Weide reasoned that Yuriyev had likely framed Andrews and suggested the confiscated thousand Galleons had helped fund the plot.
• Andrews understood that being Muggle-born may have kept the pure-bloods from seeing him as a serious threat, allowing him to survive prison.

Li Weide persuaded Andrews Ivanov to work for him by promising to help him take revenge on the Yuriyev Family. The next morning, Andrews accepted a generous wage and agreed to guide Li Weide, leaving with him soon afterward.

• Andrews demanded a chance to take revenge, and Li Weide offered to help if Andrews worked for him afterward.
• Li Weide revealed that his appearance was genuine and that he was a Hogwarts student about to enter his third year, astonishing Andrews and Old Paul.
• Li Weide told Andrews to guide him and spent the night at Old Paul's tavern while Andrews remained unsure whether to trust him.
• The next morning, Andrews returned freshly groomed and asked for compensation; Li Weide introduced himself and offered two Galleons a day.
• Andrews accepted the job, and Li Weide said they would leave in half an hour.

Li Weide hired Andrews Ivanov as his guide and set off in Andrews’s Thestral carriage, helping him reclaim a respectable appearance and identity. As they traveled northeast, Li Weide repaired the carriage’s interior and found a possible new use for a broken broom component.

• Li Weide told Andrews that he would give him a respectable identity to support his plans for revenge, then had him change into fine clothes before they left town.
• Li Weide gave Andrews Nutrient Solution for his two frail Thestrals, which quickly restored their health, and warned him not to drink it himself.
• Andrews drove Li Weide away in the carriage, while Old Paul and the townspeople spread word that Andrews had found a well-paid job with a wealthy eastern Pure-blood family.
• Li Weide expanded and refurnished the carriage cabin with magic, then examined the broken flying broom and traced its failure to the Sensing Component.
• Li Weide realized the damaged Sensing Component might have another use and eagerly began working on his idea.

Li Weide tested a watch-mounted Sensing Protection Device on Andrews, revealing that it could automatically intercept spells with a Goblin Metal shard. After giving Andrews the device, Li Weide took it back to study improvements as they prepared to continue their journey.

• Andrews landed the Thestral Carriage at a secluded spot to rest, and Li Weide conjured a table and chairs before sharing a meal with him.
• Li Weide urged Andrews to reclaim what he had lost, then asked him to wear an ornate watch for an experiment.
• Li Weide fired Stun Spells at Andrews, and the watch released a Goblin Metal shard that automatically blocked the attacks.
• Li Weide explained that the watch was a Sensing Protection Device and gave it to Andrews after flattening its battered shard.
• Li Weide took the watch back to study adding more shards or giving them an offensive use, and he and Andrews prepared to continue their journey.

Li Weide and Andrews reached an ancient tomb where Slytherin’s Obscurus clothing was hidden, and Li Weide realized Slytherin may have entered the dangerous tomb again. Rather than go inside himself, Li Weide sent the Obscurus through the entrance to investigate.

• Li Weide and Andrews landed near their destination, drank night-vision and agility potions, and crossed the forest toward a hill.
• Andrews recognized the hill as an ancient tomb, while Li Weide sensed strange magic and located Slytherin’s Obscurus clothing inside.
• Li Weide recalled that Slytherin had suffered greatly after visiting the tomb and suspected he had gone back inside despite promising not to return.
• Andrews asked whether they should enter the tomb, but Li Weide refused and revealed that he could control an extracted Obscurus.
• Li Weide merged part of his consciousness with the Obscurus and cautiously sent it through the tomb’s doorway.

Li Weide entered the ancient tomb through the Obscurus, found Slytherin, and escaped with him while the tomb’s living magic pursued them. The chapter ended with Li Weide and Andrews safe on a distant cliff as the tomb returned to its half-open state.

• Li Weide sent the Obscurus into the tomb, where an illusion separated his consciousness from his main body and a wild-horse mirage vanished when he ignored it.
• Li Weide used Nightmare Magic to expand his vision, located Slytherin, and rushed to absorb the ghost into the Obscurus as the tomb attacked with black mist.
• Slytherin told Li Weide to follow shifting weak points in the magic toward the exit, and Li Weide evaded a false exit before escaping and reconnecting with his main body.
• Li Weide stored the Obscurus and Slytherin in a Goblin Metal container, then fled with Andrews as black shadows burst from the tomb and attacked them.
• Li Weide Apparated away, and Andrews escaped using metal plates from his watch; the shadows stopped near the tomb while the two reached a distant cliff.

Li Weide rescued Slytherin from the ancient tomb and fled with Andrews, but their carriage was attacked by a powerful group of wizards. Li Weide and Slytherin defeated the attackers and began collaring them, only for Andrews to recognize them as Aurors.

• Andrews thanked Li Weide for saving his life with the Goblin Metal watch, and the two escaped the ancient tomb by Apparition.
• Aboard the Thestral Carriage, Li Weide revealed that he had rescued Slytherin, who explained that he had returned to the tomb and been trapped there.
• Slytherin promised to stop holding back his knowledge after Li Weide confronted him about concealing information.
• A group of twenty or thirty wizards attacked the carriage, and Slytherin and Li Weide flew back to fight them while Andrews joined the battle.
• Li Weide and Slytherin subdued the attackers without killing them, and Li Weide placed red collars around their necks to bring them under his command.
• Andrews recognized the captured attackers as Aurors, while Li Weide dismissed the danger and boasted that he would fight even the Minister for Magic.

Li Weide subdued a squad of Soviet Aurors with Goblin Collars after learning they had been sent to find Yuriev’s missing child, then fled the country with Slytherin and Andrews. Back at Riddle Manor, he teased Tom about his travels, leaving Tom furious.

• Li Weide interrogated a captured Auror and learned that Yuriev had ordered Andrews killed while the Aurors searched for Yuriev’s missing child.
• Li Weide fitted the Aurors with Goblin Collars and ordered them to remain loyal while working inside the Soviet Ministry of Magic.
• Li Weide and Slytherin discussed his plan to use Andrews to gain influence over the Ministry, then fled southwest and stopped in Sweden to rest.
• Andrews decided to stay with Li Weide because he needed help to avenge himself, and Li Weide noticed the unusual nightingale he was feeding.
• Li Weide returned to Riddle Manor, where Tom complained about his burdens and threatened to fight him after Li Weide boasted about a bro’s happiness.

Li Weide taught Tom’s companions the Flying Charm and discovered that the nightingale following Andrews was Iliana, the daughter of Andrews’s former sweetheart and enemy, Bruski Yuriyev. After Iliana revealed that Bruski had killed her mother, Andrews lost control, and Li Weide knocked him unconscious while Iliana declared she wanted revenge too.

• Li Weide returned to Riddle Manor and taught Tom’s companions the Flying Charm while Tom helped them practice.
• Li Weide found Andrews in the woods and told him to prepare to become Minister of Magic by studying management.
• Li Weide exposed the nightingale as Iliana Bruski Yurievna, who had secretly followed Andrews to Britain.
• Andrews recognized Iliana as Anna’s daughter, and she revealed that Bruski had killed her mother after secretly giving her Love Potion.
• Andrews flew into a rage and attacked the woods, so Li Weide knocked him unconscious before their companions arrived.
• Li Weide confirmed through Legilimency that Iliana was telling the truth, and she said she wanted to help kill her father.

Iliana chose to seek an outcome for her father’s murder of her mother, while Li Weide persuaded Andrews to pursue a calculated revenge against Yuriev. Later, Slytherin met his descendant Tom, who panicked at the sight of his ghost, and Slytherin raised his wand to punish him.

• Iliana realized Andrews may have been framed and refused Li Weide’s offer to flee, choosing to confront the truth about her father killing her mother.
• Li Weide returned to the cabin with the unconscious Andrews and refused to tell Tom and the other youths why Andrews had lost control.
• Andrews said he wanted to tear Yuriev apart, but Li Weide convinced him to stay and learn how to dismantle Yuriev’s power; Andrews agreed and asked for calming potions.
• Li Weide let Slytherin out of his metal sphere, and Slytherin decided it was time to meet Tom.
• Slytherin appeared in Tom’s room, and Tom rushed to Li Weide in terror before realizing Li Weide knew the ghost.
• Slytherin demanded his wand, and Li Weide told him to take Tom outside and not hit him too hard; Slytherin began to cast Avada Kedavra.

Li Weide watched Slytherin chase and thrash Tom before Tom challenged his ancestor to another duel and won with a revolver. Tom realized how useful Apparition was and demanded that Slytherin teach him.

• Li Weide silenced the battlefield while Slytherin chased Tom, then bound and beat him after Tom tried to escape without his wand.
• Slytherin explained his history to Tom, who recovered and challenged him to another fight.
• Slytherin outmaneuvered Tom with Apparition until Tom’s little Basilisk distracted him long enough for Tom to fire a revolver.
• Tom’s bullet pierced Slytherin’s Obscurus coat and stopped him from using magic, giving Tom the victory.
• Tom demanded that Slytherin teach him Apparition, while Li Weide declined and walked away.

After Slytherin urged Tom to keep learning from Li Weide, Tom secretly trained with his ancestor while Li Weide developed a powerful new broom powered by Gubraithian Fire. As Li Weide’s friends praised the broom’s potential, Andrews warned that entrenched Pure-blood Families controlled the market and would make selling it difficult.

• Slytherin told Tom that Li Weide could teach him more, and Tom asked for help becoming strong enough to defeat him.
• Slytherin advised Tom to keep training but cautioned that surpassing Li Weide might be impossible, leaving Tom frustrated.
• Li Weide arranged a secluded stone house where Tom secretly practiced combat with Slytherin.
• Li Weide crashed his new broom through Tom’s cabin roof, repaired it, and refused Tom’s demand for compensation.
• Li Weide showed Henry, Alphard, and Charlie his fast, crash-resistant broom and explained that he had powered it with a Gubraithian Fire Energy Core.
• Andrews warned Li Weide that established Pure-blood Families monopolized broom sales and would make entering the market costly.

Li Weide explained how Pure-blood Families maintained their control over the Wizarding World and promised Professor Flitwick that the monopoly could be broken. He revealed that Grindelwald’s Ministry reforms had already opened a path for change, while Tom realized Li Weide was using Grindelwald as a weapon against the Pure-blood Families.

• Li Weide described how inbreeding weakened old Pure-blood Families, while surviving families used connections and control of resources to preserve their advantages.
• Alphard and Henry admitted that their own families had secretly accepted Half-blood or Muggle ancestry, and Li Weide explained the barriers Muggle-born Wizards faced in work and society.
• Li Weide argued that Pure-blood interests had suppressed alternatives to established products and practices, prompting Professor Flitwick to ask how the monopoly could be challenged.
• Li Weide pointed to Gellert Grindelwald’s exam-based Ministry hiring policy, which allowed Wizards of any blood status to enter government positions.
• Tom realized Li Weide had guided Grindelwald’s reforms and intended to use him as a shield and spear while others challenged the Pure-blood Families’ control of society.

Li Weide explained how the Wizarding World’s upheaval could weaken the Pure-blood Families and give his group time to grow, while Tom suspected Li Weide was already preparing to profit from the coming conflict. A system notification showed Li Weide’s Dark Lord progress had reached 0.1%, and the chapter ended with Iliana getting shocked after flying into his protected room.

• Li Weide told Flitwick and the others that the reshuffling of the Wizarding World would be a long process, so they should focus on studying and building their strength.
• Tom concluded that Li Weide had long prepared inventions and plans to exploit the changes, then questioned whether Pure-blood members would keep following him.
• Li Weide explained to Tom that weaker Pure-blood Families might join them to challenge more powerful families and gain from the upheaval.
• Li Weide went to sleep, then woke when the system announced his Dark Lord progress had increased to 0.1%.
• Li Weide freed Iliana from a vine the next morning, but she was struck by his room’s protective spell when she flew inside, and he scolded her for entering without knocking.

Li Weide welcomed Iliana into his ranks and gave her the Resurrection Stone so she could see her mother, Anna. After Anna vanished and Iliana wept, Tom showed Li Weide his Hydra Patronus, inspiring Li Weide to propose naming their future organization Hydra.

• Li Weide reassured Iliana that her father would not find her and welcomed her as a talented comrade.
• Li Weide comforted Iliana about her mother's death and told her how Tom had faced a similar family history.
• Iliana used the Resurrection Stone to summon Anna, who spoke coldly to her before leaving on her own.
• Li Weide wondered whether the world was a parallel version of Harry Potter's world because the summoned spirits behaved differently than expected.
• Tom entered, mistook Iliana's tears for evidence that Li Weide had bullied her, and then demonstrated his Hydra Patronus.
• Li Weide proposed naming their future organization Hydra after Tom's nine-headed Patronus.

Li Weide named his planned organization Hydra and explained to Tom that it would endure through loyalty to a shared belief rather than to a single leader. He helped Iliana recover from her grief and arranged for Andrews to teach her, while defending the value of Hufflepuff’s students.

• Li Weide made Tom the first new member of Hydra and ordered him and Iliana to keep the organization secret.
• Li Weide used Obliviate on Iliana, then comforted her by suggesting her mother had spoken harshly to help her move on.
• Iliana decided to pursue her goal, and Li Weide arranged for Andrews to teach her while offering to guide her in Transfiguration during the holidays.
• After sparring with Slytherin, Tom asked Li Weide how he would choose Hydra’s members, and Li Weide said members should share a belief rather than serve one person.
• Li Weide challenged Tom and Slytherin’s dismissive views of Hufflepuff, arguing that the four Houses were equal and that Hufflepuff represented ordinary people.

Li Weide pursued research into breeding stronger Basilisks and realized he needed Rowena's Diadem to help with his work. He set off with Slytherin to retrieve it, leaving Tom behind.

• Li Weide described the four Hogwarts Houses as representing society's military, political, intellectual, and productive classes, and admitted he intended to reach the top of the world while improving it.
• Over the next week, Li Weide continued his research, stole another faulty Vanishing Cabinet, and learned from Professor Slughorn that Basilisk breeding might soon be possible.
• Li Weide decided he needed Basilisk-proof glasses and a magical super microscope, then spent three days and nights researching until he felt his intelligence was insufficient.
• Li Weide asked Slytherin whether Rowena's Diadem could sharpen his thoughts, and Slytherin agreed to accompany him to retrieve it.
• Li Weide and Slytherin departed illegally on Li Weide's flying broomstick, and Tom found Slytherin's note after they had left.