Chapter Summaries

Li Weide tested his supernatural power to control and repair objects while adjusting to life in 1938 London. His experiments were interrupted when a sinister boy demanded that Li Weide trade rooms with him, and Li Weide refused.

• Li Weide completed his 358th control experiment and recorded his findings in his notebook.
• Li Weide used his power to reassemble a broken chair and found that his repair had shortened one of its cracks.
• Li Weide reflected on his arrival in 1938 as an eleven-year-old orphan and worried about the coming war.
• A boy confronted Li Weide, explained that he wanted the better room, and said he made others fear him so they would obey.
• Li Weide refused to trade rooms with the boy.

Li Weide subdued Tom Riddle after discovering they both possessed magical abilities. When a system identified Tom as the future Dark Lord, Li Weide realized he was in the Harry Potter world decades before its main story.

• Tom Riddle threatened Li Weide and sent floating chair fragments hurtling toward him.
• Li Weide stopped the fragments with his own ability and criticized Tom for failing to practice his talent.
• Li Weide pinned Tom to the floor with invisible force until Tom submitted and gave his name.
• A Merit System activated and rewarded Li Weide for teaching Tom a lesson.
• Li Weide recognized Tom Riddle, Woods Orphanage, and Mrs. Cole, then realized his special ability was magic.

Li Weide intimidated Tom, who left determined to grow stronger and eventually make his name feared. After testing a repair spell, Li Weide learned that his Merit System could help him become a Dark Lord and decided that good deeds could serve that goal.

• Li Weide told Tom that becoming powerful enough could make his name taboo, inspiring Tom to train and dream of surpassing him.
• Tom apologized and left while secretly plotting to learn from Li Weide and take revenge; Li Weide let him go because Tom could be useful and Dumbledore was expected to visit.
• Li Weide tried the Reparo spell on his broken door lock, but the repair left a visible crack.
• Li Weide activated the Merit System and learned he could earn Merit Points through good deeds, while achieving the system-defined Dark Lord Achievement would let him become a god and transcend the world.
• Li Weide concluded that he could pursue good deeds in a way that still advanced his ambition to become a Dark Lord.

Li Weide bought a disguised system-exclusive spellbook and studied it until dinnertime. He then hit the obedient Tom, earning Merit Points and leaving Tom anxiously wondering whether Li Weide had seen through him.

• Li Weide spent 50 Merit Points on a Simplified Chinese edition of the Complete Book of Low-Level Spells, which disguised itself as Oliver Twist to others.
• Li Weide studied the book's detailed spell explanations until Tom came to summon him for dinner.
• Li Weide told Tom to call him Weide, though Tom said he would still call him sir in private.
• Li Weide hit Tom on the head and earned 10 Merit Points from the system for humiliating a vicious brat.
• Tom hid his anger and followed Li Weide, privately worrying that Li Weide had been testing him or might attack him.

Li Weide continued manipulating Tom at the orphanage, where Tom realized how others had once felt under his contempt and learned that Li Weide saw through his plans. After repairing his room’s lock with a spell, Li Weide looked forward to the shop’s midnight refresh with 65 Merit Points remaining.

• Li Weide’s casual correction made Tom believe he had been exposed and dismissed as no threat, leaving Tom humiliated by the treatment he had once given others.
• At dinner, Mrs. Cole praised Li Weide’s help and gave him extra food, while warning Tom not to bully him.
• Tom asked Li Weide why Mrs. Cole treated him better, and Li Weide explained that small favors had earned her goodwill before teasing Tom about flattering him to gain strength and seek revenge.
• Li Weide repaired his room’s cracked lock with Reparo after studying the Complete Book of Low-Level Spells.
• Li Weide spent 5 Merit Points on Essence of Dittany and had 65 left as he anticipated the shop’s midnight refresh.

Li Weide discovered that his adult soul gave him the magical strength of an adult wizard, while Tom’s attempt to spy on his practice ended with his snake turned rigid and Li Weide earning Merit Points. At Hogwarts, Dumbledore prepared to go to London after receiving signs that a dangerous man had appeared there.

• Tom sent a little snake to spy on Li Weide, hoping to discover the secret behind his growing strength.
• Li Weide practiced Petrificus Totalus and Finite Incantatem on a gray rat, then realized his magical strength might already match an adult wizard’s because of his adult soul.
• Tom went to Li Weide’s room after his snake failed to return and found Li Weide holding the snake, rigid as a stick; the incident earned Li Weide 100 Merit Points.
• Dumbledore told Armando Dippet that he was going to London to investigate reports that a dangerous man had appeared there.
• Dippet offered Dumbledore help and reminded him to deliver Hogwarts admission letters to the two children at the Muggle orphanage.

Li Weide bought and drank a potion that permanently gave him an extraordinary memory, then stored an Energy Potion for later study. Several days later, Albus Dumbledore arrived at the orphanage, and Li Weide recognized him while Tom watched from the stairway.

• Li Weide used one hundred Merit Points to buy the Supreme Memory Potion and discovered that he could memorize what he saw after reading the Spellbook once.
• Li Weide bought an Energy Potion, hid it with his Essence of Dittany, and later took the potion back out to keep studying instead of sleeping.
• Several days later, Ellie admitted a tall, thin visitor to the orphanage, and Mrs. Cole met him after he introduced himself as Albus Dumbledore.
• Li Weide recognized Dumbledore from the stairway while Tom watched him and mocked his clothes and crooked nose.

Li Weide sent Tom back to his room and prepared for Dumbledore’s visit, hoping to witness the famous scene of Dumbledore setting the wardrobe on fire. As Li Weide led Dumbledore to Tom, Dumbledore questioned how Li Weide had changed Tom’s behavior.

• Li Weide told Tom to rest, and Tom reluctantly stopped working after realizing he could not refuse.
• Li Weide hid his potions and reflected that getting Tom to do good deeds had earned him 300 Merit Points.
• Mrs. Cole introduced Dumbledore and praised Tom’s recent helpful behavior, while Li Weide insisted Tom had always been kind and introverted around him.
• Li Weide led Dumbledore toward Tom’s room and explained that Dumbledore could tell them both what he wanted to say at once.
• Dumbledore asked Li Weide how he had caused Tom to change after they met.

Dumbledore visited Tom and Li Weide to invite them to Hogwarts, but Tom mistook him for someone from a mental hospital and resisted. After Dumbledore explained magic and demonstrated his power, Tom became interested in the school, though the chapter ended with him startled by Dumbledore’s fiery display.

• Li Weide led Dumbledore into Tom’s room and introduced him, deliberately mispronouncing Dumbledore’s name.
• Dumbledore invited Tom to Hogwarts, but Tom panicked and accused Li Weide of arranging to send him to a mental hospital.
• Li Weide told Tom to calm down, and Dumbledore explained that Hogwarts taught students with special abilities and that he had also invited Li Weide.
• Tom described his abilities, then demanded proof that Dumbledore was a wizard and agreed to go to Hogwarts if Dumbledore demonstrated his magic.
• Dumbledore set Tom’s wardrobe ablaze with his wand, then made the flames vanish without damaging it, leaving Tom shocked.

Dumbledore confronted Tom about stealing trinkets and misusing magic, then asked Li Weide to keep an eye on him. He gave both boys funds and instructions to shop for Hogwarts, but Li Weide insisted Tom return the stolen items first.

• Dumbledore made Tom open a wardrobe and reveal a box of trinkets he had stolen from the other children.
• Dumbledore ordered Tom to return the items and apologize, and warned him that Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic punished wrongdoing and uncontrolled magic.
• Tom tried to shift blame to Li Weide, but Dumbledore said Li Weide had not used magic against innocent people and reminded Tom of what he had done to Amy and Dennis in a cave.
• Dumbledore asked Li Weide to watch over Tom, and Li Weide agreed to return the trinkets with him.
• Dumbledore gave both boys money, admission letters, shopping lists, and directions to Diagon Alley before leaving.
• Tom asked when they would go shopping, and Li Weide said they would go after Tom returned the trinkets to their owners.

Tom and Li Weide were followed into an alley by two child traffickers, where Tom unleashed powerful magic and Li Weide petrified the man. Li Weide questioned the trafficker about his gang and hidden money, while Tom called out his plan to rob them.

• Tom and Li Weide walked toward the Leaky Cauldron and ducked into an alley after Li Weide noticed they were being followed.
• A man and woman entered the alley and tried to lure Tom and Li Weide away, prompting Tom to argue with Li Weide about who would confront them.
• Tom charged the traffickers and blasted them backward with powerful magic.
• Li Weide petrified the man, then partially released the spell and warned him to stay quiet.
• Li Weide questioned the man about the gang's hideout, boss, captive children, and money, and Tom accused him of planning to rob the traffickers.

Li Weide convinced Tom that robbing the human traffickers was both self-defense and a rescue, while also giving them money for the wizarding world. They prepared to scout the house for captives and weapons before acting.

• Li Weide explained to Tom that they needed money to afford knowledge and supplies beyond second-hand schoolbooks and equipment.
• Tom agreed that stopping the traffickers was self-defense and rescuing the children, and decided the traffickers should pay for trying to capture him.
• Li Weide said he needed to learn how many people were inside and whether they had guns before they attacked.
• Li Weide asked Tom to use his ability to control snakes to investigate the house.
• Tom summoned snakes and sent a Little Snake into the shadows to scout.

Li Weide and Tom freed eight children from a human-trafficking den and earned Merit Points, then prepared to leave for Diagon Alley. A sudden quake shook the house, and Tom suspected something was bursting up from underground.

• Tom mapped the traffickers’ positions and told Li Weide that eight children were locked inside; Li Weide opened the back door with an Unlocking Charm.
• Tom summoned snakes to frighten the traffickers, and Li Weide petrified the men while they rushed into the house.
• Li Weide and Tom tied up the traffickers, found cash and gold, and opened the children’s locked room.
• Li Weide freed the children, gave them money, and told them to report the traffickers to the police.
• Li Weide received 1,400 Merit Points, but the house began shaking as Tom sensed something rising from underground.

Li Weide and Tom fell through a collapsing floor into a sewer, where they were attacked by a giant snake. Tom spoke to the snake in Parseltongue, and it regained control of itself long enough to warn them before revealing its name was Nagini.

• Li Weide cushioned his and Tom’s fall into the sewer and cast Bubblehead Charms to block the stench.
• A giant snake lunged at Tom, and Li Weide knocked it back with Obstacle Jinxes.
• Tom used Parseltongue to command the snake, but it did not obey and attacked again.
• The snake suddenly began trembling and told Tom they should run because it was struggling to control itself.
• Li Weide asked Tom to learn the snake’s name, and Tom said it was Nagini.

Li Weide and Tom reached Diagon Alley to begin shopping for Hogwarts, while Dumbledore investigated the house and sewer where they had encountered Nagini. Dumbledore found one of Nagini’s scales and became worried about what had happened to the boys.

• Li Weide explained that the snake they had encountered was Nagini, and he and Tom traveled to the Leaky Cauldron after cleaning themselves with magic.
• Tom the owner led Li Weide and Tom through the hidden entrance into Diagon Alley and warned them to avoid Knockturn Alley.
• Tom wondered whether his father had been a wizard, then agreed with Li Weide to exchange money and buy a wand first.
• Police officers found the traffickers injured and terrified in the damaged house, and Dumbledore recognized traces of magic there.
• Dumbledore searched the sewer, found a dark green scale he identified as Nagini’s, and vanished, worried that the boys had encountered her.

Li Weide and Tom stopped at Malkin's shop before heading to Gringotts, and Li Weide used Professor Dumbledore's name to secure them expensive new clothes. They left the shop dressed well, with Tom worried Dumbledore would learn what they had done and Li Weide insisting they were both responsible.

• Li Weide persuaded Tom to buy new clothes before visiting Gringotts so Goblins would not take advantage of their shabby appearance.
• Tom and Li Weide entered Malkin's shop, where Mr. Malkin began measuring Tom for clothes.
• Li Weide offered Mr. Malkin a gold bar as a deposit to rent an expensive outfit.
• Li Weide said they were running an errand for Professor Dumbledore, and Mr. Malkin immediately agreed to provide both boys with well-fitting clothes without a deposit.
• Tom worried Dumbledore would discover they had used his name, but Li Weide pointed out that Tom was wearing the clothes too.

Li Weide and Tom exchanged Li Weide’s gold for Galleons at Gringotts, opened a vault, and split some of their money. After buying school robes, they visited Ollivanders to get wands, where Tom was chosen to go first.

• Li Weide and Tom entered Gringotts and asked La Suo to exchange five gold bars for Galleons.
• Li Weide negotiated a rate of twelve Galleons per gram and opened a vault, depositing his remaining gold bars.
• Li Weide gave Tom five hundred Galleons and said they would keep the rest of their money at Gringotts.
• Li Weide and Tom returned their borrowed clothes, bought school robes, and went to Ollivanders Wand Shop.
• Ollivander explained that wands chose their wizards, and Li Weide sent Tom forward to try one first.

Tom struggled to find a wand at Ollivander’s until a Yew Wand with a Phoenix Feather core chose him, restoring his confidence and leaving him eager to master magic and defeat Li Weide.

• Ollivander measured Tom and had him test a series of wands, but none chose him and the trials damaged the shop.
• Tom’s attempt with a Holly Wand triggered a violent rejection that shattered the display window, making him doubt his talent.
• Li Weide reassured Tom while eating ice cream, and Ollivander encouraged him to keep trying.
• Tom gripped a Yew Wand and made it glow green; Ollivander declared it a match and explained that it shared a Phoenix core with the rejecting Holly Wand.
• Tom felt a strong connection to the Yew Wand and imagined beating Li Weide, who then produced an ice cream for him and teased him about believing he had not bought one.

Li Weide visited Ollivander’s shop to find a wand after Tom had already obtained his Yew Wand. Though several wands reacted dramatically to Li Weide, he chose a Beech Wand, leaving Ollivander questioning his understanding of how wands choose their wizards.

• Ollivander measured Li Weide and explained that he and Tom shared traits, so several of the same wands might suit them both.
• Li Weide tried the first wand, a Sandalwood Wand, which burst into white light, but he felt it was not the best match.
• Li Weide tried more wands, triggering strange effects that astonished Ollivander and made Tom reconsider how special his own wand was.
• Li Weide found that a Beech Wand worked without unusual effects, yet felt it was the most compatible, and chose it.
• Tom questioned whether the wizard or the wand had made the choice, and Ollivander admitted that he had never seen anything like it.

Li Weide and Tom finished shopping in Diagon Alley, then hurried back to Woods Orphanage after staying away for twelve hours. Dumbledore was waiting at the gates when they arrived, leaving them to face his scrutiny.

• Li Weide browsed books at Flourish and Blotts and had their purchases shipped, explaining to Tom that he had memorized the books he wanted instead of buying them.
• Li Weide and Tom argued over who would take the blame for sneaking out and returning late.
• Li Weide revealed that he had bought Temporary Physique Enhancement Potions, while Tom complained that he had not been told to buy some.
• Dumbledore emerged from the shadows at the Orphanage gates, and Li Weide greeted him while recognizing that he had been waiting for them.