Chapter Summaries

The Blood Ancestor awakened, learned that witches with Ancient Magic threatened his plans, and decided to make Miravia his host. Meanwhile, Li Weide prepared for an approaching danger, and Count Dracula appeared before Miravia at the Leaky Cauldron.

• The Blood Ancestor revived by draining blood, healed Camilla, and learned about the witches with Ancient Magic and Oradour's death.
• The Blood Ancestor rejected Camilla as heir and chose the witch hunting her as a potential host.
• Tom told Nagini that her wish to protect her family could let her use Magic of Love, and Nagini identified that bond as familial love.
• Li Weide sent an owl with a parcel, then asked Toby whether he wanted a son.
• Miravia rested at the Leaky Cauldron after losing Camilla's trail, and a stranger introduced himself to her as Count Dracula.

Miravia confronted Dracula, Camilla’s Blood Progenitor father, and lured him from the Leaky Cauldron to a prepared wasteland where Apparition was blocked. Their battle escalated into a clash of Dracula’s telekinesis and vampire powers against Miravia’s Ancient Magic, ending with Dracula roaring under her barrage.

• Dracula revealed his desire to turn Miravia into his loyal high-ranking vampire descendant, and Miravia faced him in the Leaky Cauldron.
• Dracula knocked Tom aside, killed several Vampire Hunters by draining their blood, and pursued Miravia after she Apparated away from the frozen bar.
• Miravia drew Dracula into a wasteland protected against Apparition and attacked him with Fiendfyre, but his invisible telekinetic force blocked her spells.
• Dracula’s speed and counterattacks pressured Miravia, who held them off with an Ancient Magic-enhanced Shield Charm.
• Miravia switched to large-scale attacks, combining lightning, a Fiendfyre serpent, an ice-filled tornado, and corrosive rain until Dracula roared in anger.

Miravia defeated Dracula by trapping him in a soul-damaging illusion, but Akasha ambushed her before she could finish him. Li Weide arrived through a doorway and drove Akasha back with silver swords, taking over the fight as Miravia recovered.

• Miravia used Felix Felicis and a powerful illusion to make Dracula repeatedly massacre the town from his past, damaging his soul until he could no longer use magic or telekinesis.
• Miravia explained that Dracula had destroyed himself through the illusion and raised her wand to kill him, but Akasha suddenly attacked and knocked her down.
• Akasha revealed herself as the Vampire Queen and offered to capture Miravia for Dracula, while Miravia used a device that opened a doorway and created a protective barrier.
• Akasha turned into mist to slip through the barrier, but Li Weide stepped through the doorway and repelled her with silver swords.
• Li Weide gave Miravia a healing potion and explained that the vampires' Blood Progenitors would awaken in response to the loss of Nosferatu's bloodline, then prepared to fight Akasha.

Li Weide tested Akasha’s abilities while dodging her attacks with Nightmare Magic and surprising her with enchanted equipment. He then used Sectumsempra to slice off her claws, leaving Akasha suddenly disarmed.

• Akasha attacked Li Weide, but he evaded her with Nightmare Magic while Miravia watched.
• Li Weide cast Avada Kedavra, and Akasha blocked it with her claws, revealing that they could withstand the Killing Curse.
• After Dracula exposed Li Weide’s illusion, Akasha saw through it, but Li Weide’s enchanted shoes and silver sword still let him evade and counterattack.
• Li Weide taunted Akasha and said he would test her more deeply, while Dracula realized Li Weide had been fighting without a wand.
• Li Weide vanished, reappeared behind Akasha, and used Sectumsempra to slice off her claws.

Li Weide used layers of illusion and Mist of Confusion to outmaneuver Akasha and Dracula, injuring them and taking Akasha’s arm and Dracula’s gem-tipped cane. After revealing that the wasteland and their apparent duel had been illusions, he left the two Blood Progenitors trapped in the mist.

• Akasha called Dracula to help, and she gave him fresh blood that rapidly healed his injuries.
• Li Weide stayed behind to face Akasha and Dracula while Miravia withdrew, and the vampires attacked him with Blood Bats and a red beam.
• Li Weide appeared behind Akasha, severed her arm, broke Dracula’s cane, and took its Red Gem while the apparent spell battle continued.
• Dracula realized that the fight and Akasha’s defenses had been illusions, and Li Weide revealed that the entire wasteland was an illusion formed by his Mist of Confusion.
• Akasha sensed many vampire life auras in the mist and asked how many vampires Li Weide had killed to make it; he compared counting them to remembering how many bread rolls she had eaten.

Li Weide killed the two Blood Ancestors with a strategy based on his experiments, but Miravia remained angry that he had used her as bait without telling her. A week later, the vampire threat had temporarily subsided, and Li Weide was left considering how to make amends as Tom urged him to reflect on his behavior.

• Akasha and Dracula drank hidden blood to heal, but Li Weide trapped them in his modified Mist of Confusion and destroyed them with Draaman’s fatal ultraviolet light.
• Li Weide admitted that he had used Miravia as bait without informing her, and she left without forgiving him.
• Li Weide burned the Blood Ancestors’ remains with Fiendfyre, while Draaman criticized him for endangering Miravia and failing to trust her.
• Grindelwald publicized the Blood Ancestors’ deaths, and the vampires went quiet as the hunting campaign and public panic gradually eased.
• Li Weide sought information about Miravia from Tom, who confirmed she was still angry and told him to reflect on his treatment of others.
• After Tom sent him away, Li Weide returned to his room and began writing a ten-thousand-word self-criticism.

Li Weide reflected on how he treated his comrades and apologized to Miravia for acting as though they were chess pieces. Miravia accepted his apology and examined his gifts, then asked about the vampires he had been investigating.

• Li Weide showed Tom his ten-thousand-word self-criticism, and Tom urged him to apologize to Miravia for overlooking his comrades’ feelings.
• Tom advised Li Weide to bring Miravia gifts from his laboratory to make the apology easier.
• Nagini invited Li Weide inside for lunch, and he gave her Aroma Pills and Youth-preserving Pills that excited her and drew Miravia’s attention.
• Li Weide apologized to Miravia and gave her the same pills, while she teased him about implying that she smelled bad or was old.
• Miravia accepted the apology, and Li Weide handed her a booklet about vampire habits and weaknesses when she asked about hunting them.

Li Weide gave Miravia a vampire-tracking device and agreed to make her Aroma Pills frightening to vampires. While preparing the pills, he explained to Tom that unlike Grindelwald, he fulfilled the promises that drew people to his side, leaving Tom to recognize how deeply he and Li Weide’s other allies had become bound to him.

• Miravia accepted Li Weide’s device, which tracked vampires nearby and displayed the surrounding terrain, despite suspecting it contained vampire parts.
• Miravia asked Li Weide to make her Aroma Pills smell frightening to vampires, then threatened him over his teasing before he Apparated away to prepare them.
• Li Weide and Tom used sunlight-associated scents to develop a vampire-repellent powder, and Li Weide insisted the pale yellow ingredient was a clean imitation.
• Tom questioned whether Li Weide manipulated people like Grindelwald, but Li Weide replied that he differed because he delivered what he promised.
• Tom reflected on how Li Weide had helped him, Miravia, Nagini, Professor Slughorn, and others, and realized that their growing loyalty made betrayal difficult.

Li Weide tested Miravia’s Scented Pills, then sent her and Nagini to deliver vampire-countering equipment to Grindelwald as the vampires and werewolves escalated their attacks. After receiving Li Weide’s letter, Grindelwald realized the suitcase had a third layer and suspected Li Weide was using the crisis to target the International Statute of Secrecy.

• Miravia tested Li Weide’s Scented Pills on a Lesser Vampire, which died of fear, and Li Weide said he could clone more test subjects.
• Miravia and Nagini departed with Li Weide’s equipment for Grindelwald, while Li Weide explained his faction’s growing influence in the Ministry of Magic.
• The awakened vampire ancestor ordered vampires to expose the werewolves’ secret, convert vampires among Muggles, and create chaos as he sought to awaken more Progenitor Vampires.
• Li Weide received a message through his Hydra Ring and sent a letter to Grindelwald with Toby.
• Vita told Grindelwald that vampires were massacring Muggles and werewolves had attacked wizards after their secret was exposed.
• Grindelwald read Li Weide’s letter, requested the suitcase, and suspected Li Weide intended to exploit the crisis to act against the International Statute of Secrecy.

Li Weide explained to Tom why Nagini’s rescue had inevitably exposed the vampires and led to the werewolves’ uprising, while admitting that he felt responsible for the resulting deaths. He revealed measures prepared to keep werewolves from joining the fight against the Ministry, then withheld his second plan from Tom and disappeared from the balcony to carry it out.

• Li Weide told Tom that Nagini’s rescue and the vampires’ exposure had made the conflict unavoidable, and that hiding the werewolves’ secret had let wizards and werewolves weaken the vampires first.
• Li Weide explained that he had prepared upgraded weapons and Scented Pills so Aurors could focus on vampires while werewolves kept their distance.
• Tom warned that the werewolves could grow stronger by attacking and transforming people, and Li Weide proposed seeking help from Ministries of Magic around the world.
• Li Weide mentioned a second plan but refused to explain it to Tom, who left frustrated and unable to sleep.
• Li Weide returned to the flower-filled balcony, said the preparations were complete, and vanished into the night.

Li Weide infiltrated Werewolf King Wolf’s camp and revealed himself as a wizard after the werewolves prepared to transform captured Muggles and children. He killed several advancing werewolves with Dark Arts, then faced an encircling force and declared that he had come to fight them to the death.

• Lucian gathered captured children and Muggles for the werewolves’ transformation ritual, and Wolf praised his foresight while denying him any claim to the Werewolf King position.
• Wolf ordered the Muggles brought out for the ritual as the werewolves transformed under the full moon.
• Li Weide appeared behind Wolf’s group, identified himself as a wizard, and said the Progenitor Vampires had been his test subjects.
• Wolf learned Li Weide had come alone and ordered werewolves to seize him, but Li Weide killed the approaching werewolves with Dark Arts.
• Wolf surrounded Li Weide with elite transformed werewolves and armed werewolf wizards, and Li Weide said he had come to beat them to death or be beaten to death.

Li Weide attacked the werewolf stronghold during the full-moon transformation ritual, using powerful spells and modified plants to fight off the werewolves. He trapped the reinforcements and continued battling the Werewolf King, Wolf, whose relentless attacks kept Li Weide under pressure.

• The Werewolf King ordered his werewolves to kill Li Weide, but Li Weide froze the first attackers with a spell.
• Li Weide transformed the ground into a swamp and raised an earthen tornado that buried or incapacitated many werewolves while sparing the Muggles' cages.
• Wolf charged through the tornado, but Li Weide blasted him with his rune-engraved shotgun; Wolf survived and healed his wounds.
• Li Weide Apparated away from Wolf and used modified Devil's Snare and Venomous Tentacula to block and poison the encircling werewolves.
• Wolf continued attacking at close range, while Li Weide dodged with Apparition and the two remained locked in battle.

Li Weide unleashed his full Ancient Magic against the Werewolf King and the gathered werewolves, turning the battle in his favor. As the Werewolf King begged him to spare his pack, Li Weide refused and called down lightning.

• Li Weide and the Werewolf King paused their evenly matched fight and discussed their strength, stamina, and concentration.
• Li Weide activated his full power, multiplied into four apparent bodies, and wounded the Werewolf King with a greatly strengthened attack.
• Li Weide used successive Ancient Magic spells to drive the Werewolf King back, then crossed the Devil's Snare wall and blasted the clustered werewolves.
• Li Weide replenished his depleted Ancient Magic with an improved Hogyoku, while the Werewolf King discovered that more than half his pack had been killed.
• The Werewolf King offered submission to save his people, but Li Weide rejected his plea and unleashed lightning.

Li Weide recovered in St Mungo's after wiping out the werewolf camp and killing the Werewolf King, while he and Grindelwald maneuvered over who would take the credit. Dumbledore arrived and, moved by Li Weide's account of why he had gone alone, showed him compassion.

• Grindelwald found Li Weide at the ruined werewolf camp and brought him to St Mungo's, where Li Weide pointed out the Werewolf King's head and the captured Muggles.
• Miravia, Nagini, and Hydra Wizards entered the werewolves' ancestral grounds with Lucian's help while Li Weide was being taken to the hospital.
• Tom visited Li Weide and learned he had defeated the entire werewolf pack, while Grindelwald explained why he would not take the credit.
• Li Weide admitted he wanted to keep his strength hidden from the vampires, and Tom called his scheming twisted.
• Dumbledore examined Li Weide, scolded him for facing the werewolves alone, and softened when Li Weide said he had acted to protect innocent people.

After receiving an expulsion letter for using magic in front of Muggles, Li Weide realized Grindelwald was exploiting the incident to turn public opinion against the International Statute of Secrecy. At the werewolf camp, Grindelwald prepared the rescued Muggles to resist memory erasure by telling them that Li Weide was being prosecuted for saving them.

• An owl delivered a Ministry of Magic letter expelling Li Weide from Hogwarts for using underage magic outside school and in front of Muggles.
• Li Weide told Tom he suspected Grindelwald had sent the letter to create public anger over the International Statute of Secrecy, and said Grindelwald aimed to plant lasting doubts rather than abolish the law outright.
• Li Weide gave Tom a bottle containing his Combat Memory, and Tom eagerly agreed to find him beautiful healers.
• Grindelwald and Abernathy arranged for witches to heal the rescued Muggles and introduce them to the Wizarding World before Grindelwald tried to erase their memories.
• Anthony Wellington objected to having his memories erased and argued that wizards should cooperate with Muggles during the war.
• Grindelwald told Wellington that Li Weide faced prosecution for using magic in front of Muggles, and Wellington protested that Li Weide had saved them.

Grindelwald persuaded the Muggles not to let him erase their memories and hinted at a plan to challenge the Ministry’s secrecy laws. At the hospital, Li Weide arranged care for captured werewolf children and resolved to investigate breaking the werewolves’ Bloodline Curse.

• Grindelwald told the Muggles that Li Weide would face the Wizengamot, then argued that the International Statute of Secrecy was outdated and should be changed.
• Grindelwald declared that he would disobey Ministry orders and leave the Muggles’ memories intact, and Mr. Wellington asked what they should do next.
• Li Weide’s conversation with the female healers ended when Miravia and Nagini arrived with a suitcase.
• Miravia reported that the adults at the site had been killed and that many children had been taught by werewolves after their memories were erased.
• Li Weide arranged for Lucian to care for the young werewolves at the ancestral grounds and ordered traps to keep other werewolves away.
• Li Weide planned to tell Professor Dumbledore that innocent werewolves should not all be treated as enemies and said studying their Bloodline Curse might help lift the Maledictus Bloodline Curse.

Li Weide explained that the vampires had gone quiet after the werewolves were wiped out and suspected Grindelwald was using Confundus Charms to overwhelm the Ministry with false reports. Dumbledore confronted the Minister of Welfare about Grindelwald’s role, but the Minister defended Grindelwald and rebuked Dumbledore, leaving him stunned.

• Li Weide discussed researching werewolf power and developing a medicine to cure the werewolf curse, then asked Miravia about the vampires.
• Miravia reported that the vampires had stopped causing trouble after several werewolves were killed, and Li Weide said their disappearance had forced the vampires into hiding.
• Miravia told Li Weide that Grindelwald had returned to the Ministry and that reports of werewolf attacks had overwhelmed its staff; Li Weide suspected Grindelwald had fabricated the incidents with Confundus Charms.
• Dumbledore arrived at the Ministry, realized the supposed attacks might be tied to Grindelwald, and hurried to the Minister of Welfare’s office.
• Dumbledore accused Grindelwald of trying to expose the Wizarding World, but the Minister defended Grindelwald and condemned Dumbledore for slandering him.

Dumbledore failed to stop Grindelwald from using the Ministry of Magic to stir public opposition to the International Statute of Secrecy, and Li Weide helped him find another source of authority. Dumbledore left to involve the International Confederation of Wizards, turning Grindelwald’s campaign into a potential international controversy.

• The Minister of Welfare supported Grindelwald’s actions through mutual self-interest, and Dumbledore realized that the Ministry would not help him stop Grindelwald.
• Dumbledore visited Li Weide at St Mungo’s and confessed that he could no longer restrain Grindelwald, while Li Weide reassured him that becoming a professor had been the right choice.
• Dumbledore told Li Weide how Grindelwald’s Followers had stirred Muggles, delayed memory erasures, and brought reporters to the scene, prompting Li Weide to infer a plan to spark debate over the Statute of Secrecy.
• Li Weide suggested that Dumbledore use his position in the International Confederation of Wizards, and Dumbledore hurried away to act.
• Tom questioned whether Li Weide was secretly undermining Grindelwald, but Li Weide said international involvement would expand the controversy beyond Britain.

Li Weide arrived at the Ministry of Magic to receive recognition for killing the Werewolf King and learned that Zhang San and Zhang Qiming had fled their homeland after Zhang Qiming killed Japanese invaders. He left determined to find a way to free the homeland’s young wizards and strike back against the island nation.

• Vinda Rosier escorted Li Weide toward the Minister’s Office, and he warned her that the International Confederation of Wizards was running out of time to act.
• Li Weide provoked Vinda by discussing Annie and Grindelwald’s abandoned allies, and Vinda agreed to stop restricting Annie’s freedom if he protected her.
• Li Weide met Zhang San and learned that Zhang Qiming had killed Japanese invaders who were massacring a village, violating his family’s rules against attacking ordinary people.
• Zhang San told Li Weide that many young wizards wanted to enter the world but were restrained by powerful elders in their homeland.
• Li Weide entered the elevator with Vinda and resolved to help the young wizards and find a way to sink the island nation.

Li Weide met with the Minister of Welfare, who offered him a Ministry job after seeing the Werewolf King's head. Li Weide proposed starting a research company with the Minister's support, and they agreed to discuss a detailed plan soon.

• Li Weide arrived at the Minister's Office with Vita and the box containing the Werewolf King's head, drawing curious attention from those waiting outside.
• The Minister of Welfare examined the Werewolf King's head and praised Li Weide for resolving the werewolf problem with his inventions and equipment.
• The Minister offered Li Weide a Ministry position, but Li Weide declined, saying he wanted to stay at Hogwarts for its library and his friends.
• Li Weide told the Minister he planned to establish a company after graduation and hoped to cooperate with the Ministry on research and inventions.
• The Minister urged Li Weide to start the company immediately and offered Ministry support and storefronts owned by the Fawley Family.
• Li Weide and the Minister agreed to continue discussions after Li Weide prepared a detailed proposal, while Vita listened on Grindelwald's behalf.