Chapter Summaries

Li Weide used Hydra Corporation’s failed push to abolish the Secrecy Law to secure permission for the company to intervene secretly in the war, while continuing to prepare for a possible world-ending threat. Grindelwald recognized the maneuver but wondered whether Li Weide’s motives were truly selfless.

• Li Weide told Tom that the expanding Moving Castle was a Sky City and fortress, then insisted that Tom and Miravia were tools in a desperate effort to help the world survive.
• Zhang San and Zhang Qiming failed to win the British Minister of Magic’s support for abolishing the Secrecy Law, and they suspected Li Weide had sent them to publicly reveal Hydra Corporation’s intentions.
• Li Weide discussed his plans with Miravia and noted that his first batch of cloned soldiers could deter the hidden families and sects while he prepared for what might happen in ten years.
• Hydra Corporation faced widespread condemnation after its abolition proposal failed, but its next resolution—to permit secret intervention in the war—won support from most representatives.
• Grindelwald concluded that Li Weide had used the proposals to reveal loyal allies, gain legitimacy for intervention, and earn public goodwill, but he remained unsure what Li Weide ultimately wanted.

Li Weide reassured Dumbledore that he wanted to end the war and save lives, then showed him visions of Japanese atrocities in China. Dumbledore pledged his support, while Li Weide silently resolved to arrange an altered American attack on the island.

• Li Weide explained to Miravia that the Minister of Welfare had apologized and planned to use the Minister's guilt to advance the Floating City project.
• Dumbledore questioned Li Weide about leaving Hogwarts and whether anyone had influenced his push to abolish the Secrecy Law.
• Li Weide told Dumbledore that he wanted to end the war and save innocent lives, convincing him that the proposal came from compassion.
• Li Weide showed Dumbledore visions of Zhang Qiming intervening against Japanese soldiers and of further atrocities in China.
• Dumbledore condemned the Secrecy Law's limits in the face of such suffering and promised to support Li Weide.
• Li Weide silently resolved to have the Americans drop two altered bombs on an island ahead of schedule.

Li Weide secured the Minister of Welfare’s support for the Floating City by proposing an evaluation from Nicolas Flamel, then asked Miravia to secretly copy the knowledge of Muggle scientists developing a powerful weapon. At Hogwarts, Tom found Li Weide’s notes and concluded that he planned to make Muggles capable of magic so the Secrecy Law would collapse, while Li Weide watched Tom through a Two-Way Mirror.

• Li Weide showed the Minister of Welfare the Floating City and proposed that Nicolas Flamel evaluate its safety, winning the Minister’s support.
• Li Weide arranged for an invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Flamel and discussed the plan with Miravia, who recognized his interest in the Philosopher’s Stone.
• Li Weide gave Miravia documents about Muggle scientists and asked her to copy their knowledge without being noticed or harming them, hoping to accelerate the development of “Little Candy.”
• Tom visited Li Weide’s dusty laboratory and found notes comparing magical creatures, wizards, and Muggles.
• Tom deduced that Li Weide intended to make Muggles into wizards during the war, rendering the Secrecy Law invalid and allowing Hydra Corporation to gain influence amid the resulting chaos.
• Li Weide watched Tom in the laboratory through a Two-Way Mirror.

Li Weide began testing a potion intended to enhance clone soldiers while Tom wrestled with doubts about Li Weide’s plan to turn Muggles into wizards. After Grace encouraged him to speak up, Tom decided he could not let Li Weide continue without confronting him, while Nicolas Flamel arrived to celebrate the Floating City and revealed his shock-absorbing metal boots.

• Li Weide began an experiment using a drop of his blood, then ordered a Puppet Researcher to give the newly tested enhancement potion to the first batch of clone soldiers.
• Tom worried that turning all Muggles into wizards would intensify resource conflicts, empower Dark Wizards, and eventually provoke a struggle Hydra Corporation could not control.
• Grace McLaggen challenged Tom to trust his friends, and he admitted that he feared Li Weide was pursuing a dangerous plan in secret.
• Tom rejected the idea of telling Dumbledore and resolved to prepare before confronting Li Weide, asking Grace if he could trust her.
• Nicolas Flamel rode a broom around the Floating City, landed safely in shock-absorbing metal boots, and accidentally broke Li Weide’s hand while shaking it.
• Li Weide explained that he hoped future generations would associate his name with the Floating City, as Nicolas Flamel’s was associated with the Philosopher’s Stone.

Li Weide offered Nicolas Flamel the Floating City's plans, and Flamel responded by agreeing to share the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone and take him on as a student. After Miravia returned from her mission, Tom nervously asked whether Li Weide intended to turn Muggles into wizards, and Miravia confirmed it.

• Li Weide gave Nicolas Flamel the Floating City's plans and asked him to identify any problems.
• Nicolas Flamel praised Li Weide's openness and offered to share the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone with him.
• Li Weide accepted Flamel's knowledge and called him Teacher, and Flamel agreed to take him as a student.
• Miravia returned after completing her difficult mission and encountered Tom outside the Moving Castle.
• Tom asked Miravia whether Li Weide's radical method involved turning Muggles into wizards, and she confirmed that it did.

Tom confronted Li Weide about his plan to transform the entire world, and Li Weide revealed that he intended to give magic to Muggles, creatures, animals, and plants. Li Weide said he did not care about the conflicts the change might cause, leaving Tom to choose whether to join him or oppose him.

• Miravia urged Tom to trust Li Weide, and Tom entered the castle to confront him despite his fear.
• Nicolas Flamel demonstrated a direct method of transforming stone into iron and began teaching Li Weide improved alchemy techniques.
• Li Weide gave Nicolas Flamel Ravenclaw's Diadem to examine, then led Tom to a private room for their conversation.
• Tom asked whether Li Weide planned to turn all Muggles into wizards, and Li Weide revealed his plan to transform all living things and create a world where technology and magic coexisted.
• Tom warned that Li Weide's plan could cause resource shortages, wars, and widespread casualties, but Li Weide said he did not care because the world needed strength to survive an approaching catastrophe.
• Li Weide asked Tom to choose whether to stand with him or against him, and Tom pleaded with him to turn back from the abyss.

Tom confronted Li Weide about his plans but left having secretly resolved to oppose him if necessary. Meanwhile, Li Weide advanced his alchemy, received the Book of Abraham and examined Nicolas Flamel’s Philosopher’s Stone, then began searching for a way to restore Flamel’s deteriorating body.

• Tom urged Li Weide to turn back, feared Li Weide would kill him, and left determined to follow his own moral limits despite continuing to act loyal.
• Li Weide told Miravia that Tom had changed for the better and that he would rather Tom oppose him than become a villain.
• Li Weide mastered turning ordinary metal into gold, received approval to build the Floating City, and was given the Book of Abraham by Nicolas Flamel.
• Nicolas Flamel showed Li Weide the Philosopher’s Stone and explained that its Elixir of Life prolonged life but could not prevent the body from decaying.
• Li Weide examined Nicolas Flamel in hopes of restoring his health, learned that potions could not counteract the Elixir’s effects, and continued seeking another method with help from the Puppet Researcher.

Li Weide reviewed Hydra Corporation’s covert wartime operations, bid farewell to Mr. LeMay, and oversaw the Floating City’s expansion. He sent Andrews to pursue revenge and take control of the Soviet Ministry of Magic, while Gryffindor’s swordsmanship lessons inspired Li Weide to envision wizards fighting with greatswords.

• Li Weide read reports of Hydra Corporation’s wizards aiding the war effort and ordered them to be especially ruthless toward Japanese wizards.
• Mr. LeMay left for France after giving Li Weide an ancient book, while the first employees and their families moved into the Floating Island’s dormitories.
• Andrews learned that Apolline’s sleep brought prophetic dreams and reported that Hydra Corporation was thriving in both magical and Muggle worlds.
• Li Weide sent Andrews to take revenge in the Soviet Union and gave him control of a squad of Aurors to help seize influence over the Soviet Ministry of Magic.
• Gryffindor continued sparring with Li Weide and taught him swordsmanship, prompting Li Weide to propose that wizards wield wands and greatswords and use exoskeletons if needed.

Li Weide received the Death God's guidance on using invisible matter in alchemy and learned that Ancient Magic could help him pursue Creation from Nothing. While practicing his soul-enhancing technique, he awakened the Life Law, but the Death God vanished before explaining how to use it.

• Li Weide used alchemy to transform metal and asked the Death God how alchemists could achieve Creation from Nothing.
• The Death God explained that air could serve as the hidden material for alchemy and that Ancient Magic could assist with compressing it.
• Li Weide attempted the technique but failed, then practiced digging into his soul with Ancient Magic until he fell asleep.
• A thread of green light emerged from the pit in Li Weide's soul and formed a pool of Life Law, restoring his energy.
• The Death God explained that Li Weide was walking the path to godhood and had awakened the Life Law, then disappeared before answering how to use it.

Li Weide discovered that the Life Law could heal injuries, restore vitality, and replenish its own power, then used his extra wakeful hours to practice opening his Spiritual Aperture and mastering Creation from Nothing. At Hogwarts, Grindelwald warned Dumbledore that Li Weide was about to become a Dark Lord.

• Li Weide used the Life Law to heal his wounds and revive a dead flower, then tested its healing effect on Miravia after a sleepless night of experiments.
• Li Weide explained the Laws to Miravia, who hurried away to practice expanding her Spiritual Aperture and awaken her own power.
• Li Weide spread his aperture practice throughout the day and, after half a month of work, used Creation from Nothing to make a grain-sized piece of impure metal.
• Dumbledore graded essays and reflected on how the Mutual Aid Society and Grindelwald's assessments had improved Hogwarts students' independent thinking.
• Grindelwald entered Dumbledore's office and asked whether he would act now that Li Weide was about to become a Dark Lord.

Dumbledore rejected Grindelwald’s accusation that Li Weide was becoming a Dark Lord, citing his record of helping people and avoiding harm to innocents. After Nicolas Flamel joined Li Weide on the Floating City and helped him advance his alchemy, Grindelwald arrived to confront him, but Li Weide’s defenses and arguments about altruistic ambition left Grindelwald wary as he teased him with a proposal.

• Grindelwald warned Dumbledore that Li Weide’s Floating City was secretly a Combat Fortress, but Dumbledore defended Li Weide’s good deeds and asked how many innocents he had harmed.
• Nicolas Flamel returned to the Floating City with Perenelle and stayed to teach Li Weide, who demonstrated Creation from Nothing with Ancient Magic.
• Li Weide and Nicolas Flamel improved their alchemy experiments, while Li Weide explained his plans for an inner fortress and an outer commercial district.
• Grindelwald arrived at the Floating City with his followers and was confronted by Li Weide’s armored patrol, whose weapons and concealment magic made him cautious.
• Li Weide told Grindelwald that Dumbledore opposed his selfish ambition but trusted Li Weide’s altruistic aims, then offered a suggestion that might change Dumbledore’s opinion of him.

Li Weide used the strength of the Floating City to persuade Grindelwald to join his faction, promising benefits for Grindelwald and his followers. Grindelwald left to prepare a list of what they wanted, while Li Weide focused on uniting forces against the calamity expected in ten years.

• Grindelwald deduced that Li Weide had shifted to a more aggressive strategy and was building military power for a goal beyond conquering the world.
• Li Weide explained that he was waiting until he had enough forces to maintain stability after a war and invited Grindelwald to join him.
• Grindelwald agreed to bring his followers into Li Weide's faction after Li Weide promised to consider their demands, including wizard supremacy.
• Grindelwald asked Li Weide to help Dumbledore change his opinion of him, and Li Weide promised to handle it.
• Grindelwald left the Floating City, realizing that in his vision of standing with Li Weide, Li Weide had been the true protagonist.
• Li Weide watched Grindelwald depart and reflected that he needed to unite every possible force to face the calamity ten years later.

Li Weide visited the werewolf ancestral land and Hogwarts on Christmas Eve, then warned Dumbledore that he might become a Dark Lord while asking him to keep believing in him. Dumbledore trusted him, and Li Weide proved his sincerity by casting the Patronus Charm, leaving Tom stunned.

• Li Weide took black mist from the ancient tomb, then checked with Lucian on the children sheltered at the werewolf ancestral land and discussed their futures.
• Li Weide arranged wizarding families for orphaned young wizards and said the Muggle children could choose whether to become werewolf warriors or leave for an orphanage.
• Li Weide visited Dumbledore at Hogwarts, invited him to the Floating City, and spoke about being unable to return home.
• Tom arrived with a bulging backpack and claimed he wanted to discuss dueling classroom safety measures, while Li Weide recognized that he was lying.
• Li Weide warned Dumbledore that he might use radical methods and be called a Dark Lord, but Dumbledore said he still believed in him.
• Li Weide cast the Patronus Charm, filling the room with reassurance and joy as a white creature emerged from his wand, astonishing Tom and delighting Dumbledore.

Li Weide convinced Dumbledore that he was trustworthy by summoning a Bai Ze Patronus, then revealed that Grindelwald had agreed to join his camp. Dumbledore agreed to supervise Grindelwald’s Magic Contract at the Moving Castle, while Tom accepted Li Weide’s invitation to the Christmas feast, feeling defeated by how hard it was to oppose him.

• Li Weide summoned a Bai Ze Patronus, and Dumbledore recognized it as genuine while Tom doubted what he was seeing.
• Li Weide told Dumbledore that Grindelwald had promised to join his camp and explained how he intended to direct Grindelwald and his followers toward beneficial work.
• Dumbledore warned Li Weide not to trust Grindelwald and asked to supervise the Magic Contract; Li Weide invited him to wait at the Moving Castle.
• Dumbledore accepted Li Weide’s invitation to the Christmas feast, and Tom agreed to come as well.
• After leaving Dumbledore’s office, Tom reflected that opposing Li Weide was too difficult.

At the Christmas banquet, the Death God strengthened Li Weide’s Elder Wand and urged him to keep uniting people around him. Li Weide admitted to Tom that he knew about his resistance and asked him to trust him, but stopped himself from explaining what might happen if he were gone.

• Dumbledore saw the resurrected Slytherin and Gryffindor gathered with Hufflepuff around Li Weide, while Tom despaired at the prospect of opposing him.
• Hufflepuff’s Christmas feast delighted the guests, and Li Weide quietly watched them celebrate as he worried their happy days might not last.
• The Death God told Li Weide that she was the only god, discussed why he and Miravia were suited to her task, and urged him to keep bringing people together.
• The Death God refined the Elder Wand and told Li Weide he could find her whenever he wanted.
• Li Weide summoned Tom and admitted he had known Tom was investigating his laboratory, then asked him to trust him without revealing his reasons.
• Tom agreed to trust Li Weide for now, and Li Weide began to mention what might happen if he were gone before abruptly sending Tom away.

Li Weide learned that the Death God had altered the Resurrection Stone to let Dumbledore and Tom briefly see their departed loved ones and unlock their potential. The Death God confirmed that souls in the World of the Dead could not be resurrected, but Li Weide found a possible loophole and considered raising Hogwarts ghosts as allies.

• Dumbledore visited Li Weide late at night and asked whether he could use the Resurrection Stone to resurrect his family.
• Li Weide told Dumbledore he could not resurrect them, and Dumbledore left in despair despite Li Weide offering to try.
• The Death God explained that the Resurrection Stone had briefly returned real souls so Dumbledore and Tom could overcome emotional barriers and grow stronger.
• The Death God said Slytherin could return because his soul had never entered the World of the Dead, and encouraged Li Weide to find a way to resurrect other ghosts.
• Li Weide spotted a loophole in the Death God's rules, and the Death God warned him to follow the rules or start over.

Li Weide received Christmas gifts, prepared the diadem’s next development phase, and let Apolline move into the Moving Castle after she pleaded with him. When Apolline’s Veela charm flustered Tom, Li Weide teased him, and their familiar bickering left Tom considering whether to keep believing in him.

• Toby brought Li Weide’s Christmas gifts, and Li Weide found a gramophone from the Death God that played a vast collection of music.
• Li Weide told the woman inside the diadem to proceed with the second development phase while he left to repair his system and inherit his other-world self’s legacy.
• Apolline persuaded Li Weide to let her stay in the Moving Castle, then drank Nutrient Solution and felt her strength and magic increase.
• Tom emerged and was affected by Apolline’s Veela charm until she hid behind Li Weide and put on a mask.
• Li Weide teased Tom about falling in love and argued with him about the secretaries Tom had promised to find.
• As he bickered with Li Weide, Tom remembered their past and wondered whether he should keep believing in him.

Li Weide reviewed the demands of Grindelwald’s followers, screened out the worst offenders, and secured Grindelwald’s signature on a contract with Dumbledore’s help. As the new term approached, Li Weide prepared to leave on a secret journey between Parallel Worlds, worrying Tom, and offered to examine Nicolas Flamel’s frail body.

• Li Weide reviewed the followers’ demands, marked people for investigation, and told Grindelwald that accepted applicants would undergo a review while the worst offenders would be reformed under his command.
• Dumbledore joined Li Weide and Grindelwald, presented a Magic Contract he had drafted, and watched as Grindelwald and Li Weide signed it.
• Tom remained in the Moving Castle over Christmas, learned from Slytherin and Gryffindor, and became worried when Li Weide hinted that he might not return from an upcoming journey.
• Li Weide visited Nicolas Flamel before the new term and said he planned to seek ancient documents in distant ruins.
• Li Weide asked Nicolas Flamel if he could examine his frail body.

Li Weide examined Nicolas Flamel and discovered that the Elixir of Life sustained his soul but could not restore his aging body. When Li Weide’s Life Law unexpectedly rejuvenated Flamel slightly, he began wondering whether it could also explain the long lives of Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.

• Li Weide sensed that Nicolas Flamel’s soul remained vigorous while his body had nearly reached the limit of what the Elixir of Life could sustain.
• Li Weide proposed transferring Flamel’s soul into a young body made from his bloodline, but Flamel declined to risk the attempt while he was not ready to face death.
• As Li Weide wished he could restore Flamel’s vitality, his Life Law power stirred and made Flamel’s wrist regain elasticity and strength.
• Li Weide explained the effect as Ancient Magic, and Flamel excitedly noted that the spell could be far more effective on younger elderly wizards.
• Li Weide wondered whether the Life Law was connected to the long lives of Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, then questioned whether he could truly act on that possibility.

Li Weide practiced the Life Law by rejuvenating the Flamels and other residents of the Moving Castle, then discovered he was creating the beginnings of a Philosopher’s Stone. After Death God warned him that extending lives had disrupted World Lines, Li Weide invited Tom to travel with him to another world.

• Li Weide repeatedly used the Life Law to rejuvenate Nicolas Flamel, and his power grew after he rested overnight.
• Li Weide continued treating the Flamels and other elderly residents, while Dumbledore returned to the Moving Castle and Li Weide rejuvenated him as well.
• After a month of practice, Li Weide discovered that combining the Life Law with transformed metal produced metal infused with life force, which Death God identified as an embryonic Philosopher’s Stone.
• Death God warned Li Weide that extending people’s lives had created new World Lines and told him not to do it again until the crisis ten years later was resolved.
• Two months later, Tom left Hogwarts for the Floating City and found Li Weide drawing a magic array.
• Li Weide asked Tom to travel with him to another world, and Tom reacted with surprise.