Chapter Summaries

Li Weide returned to Hogwarts with Tom and explained that he planned to free the Senior female student despite not knowing whether she was trustworthy. After rejecting Dumbledore’s implied offer of a Time-Turner, Li Weide told Tom to gather Hydra’s core members that night and begin their plan.

• Dumbledore accompanied Li Weide and Tom back to Hogwarts after Li Weide said he was confident he could free the Senior female student, and promised to keep an eye on her.
• Li Weide explained that removing the Senior female student’s excess Residue would give him power, while Dumbledore and Slytherin could help protect him if she turned against him.
• At Hogwarts, Li Weide’s Nightmare Magic ended across the castle, and he chose some elective courses while declining Dumbledore’s offer to use a Time-Turner for the rest.
• Li Weide warned Tom against meddling with time, then admitted he had been wrong to think he could handle everything alone.
• Li Weide told Tom to notify Hydra’s core members and gather them in the Student Club Activity Room that night to begin the plan.

Li Weide trained the club’s core members and urged Tom to broaden his combat skills as the organization prepared to grow. He then visited the Goblin Workshop to commission a prototype and told the Senior female student he was preparing for his possible death before releasing her.

• Li Weide recorded the core members’ training problems and advised Tom to develop stronger spells and separate nonlethal and lethal combat styles.
• Li Weide’s training quickly improved the club members, especially Andre, whose loyalty could help the Shafiq Family regain influence.
• Li Weide traveled through the Vanishing Cabinet to the Goblin Workshop and asked a Goblin to make one prototype from his blueprint.
• The Senior female student confronted Li Weide about keeping her confined, and he promised he would release her after making preparations.
• Li Weide said he was arranging his affairs after death in case releasing the Senior female student cost him his life, but she dismissed his explanation.

Grindelwald returned to Hogwarts and imposed a curriculum reform that made Dark Magic a major part of Defense Against the Dark Arts, while Helora Paris became the new Castle Administrator. Dumbledore accepted the decree and learned from Dippet that Paris would not harm anyone at Hogwarts, though her purpose remained secret.

• Li Weide and Tom recognized Helora Paris, the witch who had saved students on the Hogwarts Express, when she returned with Grindelwald.
• Grindelwald announced that Defense Against the Dark Arts would focus on practical combat and include Dark Magic as a major subject, and appointed Paris Castle Administrator.
• Li Weide and Tom speculated about Paris's reasons for taking the post and then joked about sparring after breakfast.
• Dumbledore confronted Grindelwald over the curriculum decree, but Grindelwald insisted that Dumbledore teach the material or be replaced.
• Dippet reassured Dumbledore that Paris would not harm anyone at Hogwarts and said she was not aligned with Grindelwald, but kept her purpose confidential.

Li Weide recruited potential Hydra members through Professor Slughorn’s class and discussed the organization’s future with Tom while preparing equipment. As he headed for the Room of Requirement, Helora Paris hinted that she recognized his unusual talent and had buried someone like him, leaving Li Weide questioning who she really was.

• Professor Slughorn used Li Weide’s lesson plans to identify empathetic students as potential recruits for the Mutual Aid Club.
• Li Weide gave Tom a list of Hydra reserve candidates and explained that the organization needed people with many kinds of talent, not only fighters.
• Li Weide showed Tom a Hydra Ring and discussed adding messaging, concealment, and owner-binding functions.
• Li Weide outlined Hydra’s future structure to Tom, then went to the Goblin Workshop to plan protective equipment for its members.
• Helora Paris stopped Li Weide in a corridor and said she had buried someone with the same kind of talent, prompting him to ask who she was.

Li Weide visited Helora Paris, who revealed that she and Ominis had been friends with the imprisoned senior female student and explained why her friends had disappeared. Li Weide tested Helora’s reaction to news that he could free the student, leaving him unsure whether he could fully trust her.

• Helora invited Li Weide to her office, served him a homemade fruit drink, and offered to teach him spells for checking food for curses and poison.
• Helora said she and Ominis had helped make the student’s cloak and had personally buried her in a Crystal Coffin with their friends.
• Helora explained that the student fell asleep in her fifth year of confinement, while Sebastian pursued a cure for his sister, Ominis died, and the other friends scattered or died.
• Li Weide concluded that the student had lost track of time during her long sleep and told Helora she had at most a year before her residue could no longer be suppressed.
• Li Weide claimed he had a way to free the student, watched Helora react with delight, and kept the method secret while considering whether she could become an ally.

Li Weide learned that Helora Paris had remained unchanged for decades and arranged for her to reunite with the buried senior female student. Back at Hogwarts, he corrected Tom’s warming spell, learned that Dippet trusted Paris, and told his friends their Defense Against the Dark Arts class would soon cover Dark Magic.

• The senior female student recognized Helora Paris’s golden box, learned that Helora was now Hogwarts’s Castle Administrator, and asked to meet her alone.
• Li Weide asked a Goblin Artisan to develop a prototype ring with his requested functions and provide blueprints and a materials list.
• Tom taught Annie, Flitwick, and Hagrid a warming spell, but Li Weide explained that it only masked the feeling of cold, and Annie sneezed and put her warm clothes back on.
• Li Weide told his friends that Dippet trusted Ms. Paris unconditionally but had not revealed her identity.
• Li Weide shared Ms. Paris’s pastries and announced that Dumbledore was struggling, so their Defense Against the Dark Arts class would likely begin teaching Dark Magic.

Dumbledore taught the students about the dangers of Dark Magic, using slides that exposed Tom’s possible future appearance and undermined Grindelwald’s educational reforms. Later, Li Weide showed Herola his powerful wandless Ancient Magic in the Forbidden Forest, leaving her hopeful that they could free her friend.

• Dumbledore taught the class about Dark Magic and the Unforgivable Curses, while Li Weide’s gruesome slides made students wary of studying it.
• Dumbledore projected an image of a bald, noseless Dark Wizard, and Tom recognized that the figure looked familiar.
• Li Weide revealed that the image showed what Tom might become if he continued pursuing Dark Magic, angering Tom.
• Dumbledore’s lesson thwarted Grindelwald’s educational reforms, while Li Weide continued meeting Herola and learning about her friend.
• Herola asked to see Li Weide’s Ancient Magic, so he took her to the Forbidden Forest and transformed a Phoenix into an owl and then a Hungarian Horntail.
• Herola concluded that Li Weide had a strong chance of saving her friend and looked forward to helping her regain her freedom.

Li Weide bought a rune that could give magical fire intelligence and used it on Gubraithian Fire, hoping it might become the soul of his future Mobile Castle. The newly awakened flame introduced itself as Lucifer Morningstar, leaving Li Weide shocked and wondering why it had that name.

• Li Weide noticed the system shop's Probability Glasses and Magic Fire Enlightenment Rune, bought both, and tested the glasses before deciding to use the rune on Gubraithian Fire.
• Li Weide traveled to his laboratory in the Goblin Workshop, summoned a powerful cluster of Gubraithian Fire with the Elder Wand, and burned the rune in its flames.
• The fire gained a face and eyes, attacked Li Weide with a burst of flame, then spoke and asked whether he was its master.
• Li Weide learned that the fire could speak Chinese and that it had already formed a contract with him.
• The flame named itself Lucifer Morningstar, and Li Weide asked whether it was a Demon from Hell.
• Lucifer said it did not know why it had that name and blamed Li Weide for waking it, while Li Weide asked it to speak more quietly.

Li Weide investigated Lucifer’s abilities and promised the Senior female student he would help her escape, though he delayed the release to verify her plans and prepare. After Ms. Paris reassured him that caution was justified, Li Weide reviewed the Senior female student’s manuscripts the next morning and urged Annie to use a pair of glasses to beat Tom.

• Li Weide discovered that Lucifer could not name its abilities and trapped it in a jar after the Senior female student subdued it.
• Li Weide told the Senior female student he would help her escape in a week, then agreed to shorten the wait to three days after she handed over her weaknesses and defensive plans.
• Ms. Paris found Li Weide worrying in a Hogwarts corridor and reassured him that he was right to remain cautious; Tom emerged from the shadows and traded insults with him.
• Li Weide studied the Senior female student’s manuscripts the next morning instead of eating breakfast, and Annie brought him bread and milk.
• Li Weide asked Annie to beat Tom and gave her a pair of glasses, while Tom boasted that she could not defeat him.

Annie used Li Weide’s Probability Glasses to pressure Tom in a duel, but Tom adapted and knocked them off, revealing that the equipment still required strong fundamentals. After improving the glasses and arranging the senior female student’s release, Li Weide traveled with Dumbledore and Ms. Paris to her hidden body, where they found her magic restrained.

• Annie used the Probability Glasses’ prompts to defend against Tom and exploit gaps in his defense, but Tom adapted, feinted, and knocked the glasses off before defeating her.
• Li Weide explained that the glasses required strong combat fundamentals, and the group tried them out as he resolved to improve their usability.
• Li Weide used Nightmare Magic to disguise himself as Abraxas and Andre during classes, then told Slytherin and Dumbledore he would release the senior female student the next morning.
• Dumbledore and Li Weide prepared to travel through his office fireplace, and Ms. Paris joined them after Dumbledore revealed she had discussed the plan in the Dreamscape.
• Li Weide, Dumbledore, and Ms. Paris climbed the hill where the senior female student’s body was hidden and learned she had restrained her magical power since the previous day.

Li Weide absorbed much of the Residue from the senior female student, enduring the pleasure and pain while Dumbledore and Ms. Paris stood by. After Ms. Paris helped him regain control, Li Weide urged the senior female student to wake and embrace her freedom, and her hand reached out from the coffin.

• Ms. Paris led Li Weide and Dumbledore to the hidden garden and Stone House, where Lucifer revealed himself and Li Weide scolded him for exposing a trap.
• Li Weide prepared to absorb the Residue, set seven restraints in his mind, gave his wands to Dumbledore, and put on Ravenclaw's Coronet and took out Felix Felicis.
• Li Weide opened the Crystal Coffin and drew the black mist from the senior female student into himself, breaking his restraints as he fought to remain rational.
• Li Weide used the Hogyoku to transfer some Residue from himself, then cut off the process when the Hogyoku neared its limit and severed his connection to the senior female student.
• Ms. Paris calmed Li Weide with her touch and guidance, and he urged the senior female student to wake before her hand reached out from the coffin.

The Senior female student revived from the Crystal Coffin and struggled to control her body while Ms. Paris used Soul Magic to help her. Slytherin recognized Ms. Paris as an old companion, and after the Senior female student escaped into the sky, Ms. Paris warned that she could answer only one question without risking serious consequences.

• The Senior female student emerged from the Crystal Coffin, and Ms. Paris used Soul Magic to improve the fusion of her soul and body.
• Slytherin appeared and recognized Ms. Paris, who told him that she was the woman he remembered.
• The Senior female student ran out of the coffin, fell in the flowerbed, and Li Weide lent her his Probability Glasses and healed her toe.
• Li Weide lowered his defenses and told the Senior female student he wanted to try trusting her, but she took his Beech Wand and flew away.
• Li Weide asked Slytherin to explain himself, then asked Ms. Paris to answer Dumbledore's questions; she said she could answer only one question because more could have serious consequences.

Li Weide, Dumbledore, and Slytherin discovered that Ms. Paris was Helga Hufflepuff, who explained what she knew about Slytherin’s death and learned he had left a Basilisk in Hogwarts. After Senior female student returned, Hufflepuff offered to show her where her old friends ended up, while Li Weide received a workshop and a token; the chapter ended with Senior female student realizing she could choose a new name.

• Dumbledore asked Ms. Paris who she was, and she revealed herself as Helga Hufflepuff, one of Hogwarts’ Four Founders.
• Slytherin asked Hufflepuff about his death, and she explained that his remains had vanished after his student found him dead during his research.
• Hufflepuff told Li Weide she had become Castle Administrator after sensing Slytherin’s magic on him and suspecting Slytherin had left something at Hogwarts.
• Hufflepuff learned Slytherin had left a Basilisk in the Secret Chamber and scolded him after he described what had happened to it.
• Senior female student returned, asked Hufflepuff about her old friends, and received an offer to visit them; she also gave Li Weide a token granting him control of the workshop.
• Li Weide suggested Senior female student choose a new name, and she asked why he had not said so earlier.

Li Weide named the freed Senior Miravia before returning to Hogwarts with Dumbledore, who urged him to trust the friends around him despite the risks. Their conversation was interrupted when Grindelwald entered Dumbledore’s office.

• Senior asked Li Weide to give her a name, and he named her Miravia after her dream magic.
• Miravia said she would explore the world before visiting Ms. Paris again and seeing her friends; Ms. Paris stayed with her, while Slytherin remained to reunite with an old friend.
• Dumbledore and Li Weide returned to Hogwarts, where Li Weide put the talking Gubraithian Fire Lucifer into an oil lamp.
• Dumbledore explained that Miravia wanted Li Weide to name her because he had freed her and given her a second chance, then encouraged him not to reject trustworthy friends out of fear of betrayal.
• Grindelwald strode into Dumbledore’s office and interrupted their conversation.

Grindelwald told Li Weide and Dumbledore that the attackers on the Hogwarts Express were Purifiers, a supposedly disbanded group whose descendants hated magic. Li Weide challenged the story’s inconsistencies and questioned whether Grindelwald’s captive had been planted, leaving the attackers’ true motives uncertain.

• Grindelwald said tip-off letters had helped him narrow the suspected Pure-blood families to about ten and identify the attackers as Purifiers.
• Grindelwald and Dumbledore explained that the Purifiers began as wizard mercenaries, later hunted by the American Magical Congress after they trafficked wizards and exposed magic.
• Grindelwald said some Purifier descendants had retained magical abilities while inheriting their ancestors’ hatred of magic, allowing the group to gather again.
• Li Weide questioned how the Purifiers had become powerful, why they had allied with Pure-blood families, and whether the captured attacker had been deliberately sacrificed.
• Grindelwald said he had caught the Purifier himself and found no detectable memory alterations, but Li Weide argued that an undetectable method might still exist.

Li Weide agreed to investigate the captured Purifier in Azkaban after giving himself time to remove the dangerous residue from his body. He also eased the conflict between Grindelwald and Dumbledore over Hogwarts’s educational reform, then invited Tom to visit Azkaban, prompting Tom to panic.

• Grindelwald told Li Weide that the captured Purifier was in Azkaban, and Li Weide decided to visit after a few days of preparation.
• Li Weide calmed Grindelwald and Dumbledore’s argument by suggesting Dumbledore teach powerful non-Dark spells, and Grindelwald agreed to judge the reform through monthly practical assessments.
• Li Weide told Dumbledore he would remove the residue from his body before going to Azkaban and explained that he rejected power that could impair his judgment.
• Over the following week, Li Weide drew the residue out and absorbed the purified magic power from the Hogyoku.
• Li Weide asked Tom whether he wanted to visit Azkaban, and Tom leaped up in alarm and protested that the club could not send him there.

Li Weide arranged a visit to Azkaban and used the planning dispute to advise Grindelwald to pursue his goals through methods Dumbledore would approve of. Grindelwald accepted the advice and allowed Li Weide to bring one more student, while Li Weide looked forward to seeing whether Grindelwald might truly change.

• Li Weide reassured Tom that he only planned to visit Azkaban, and Tom agreed to go after learning that Alphard and Henry refused.
• Lucifer burned Henry's Potions essay, then wrote a replacement in Henry's handwriting that impressed and dismayed him.
• Li Weide submitted a long list of students for the visit, but Grindelwald limited the group and suggested others experience the trip through his Pensieve memories.
• Li Weide told Grindelwald to pursue student protection through stronger spells and practical training rather than Dark Magic, explaining that Dumbledore might support that approach.
• Grindelwald accepted Li Weide's advice and allowed him to bring one additional person to Azkaban.
• Li Weide left Grindelwald's office amused by the prospect that Grindelwald might act like Dumbledore or genuinely change.

Li Weide brought Tom, Annie, and Andre to prepare for a visit to Azkaban, while discovering new powers and inventions at the Goblin Workshop. Grindelwald used Li Weide’s educational rationale to persuade Dumbledore to let the students go, leaving Dumbledore baffled by Grindelwald’s sudden righteousness.

• Li Weide chose Tom, Annie, and Andre to visit Azkaban so they could witness the consequences of failure.
• Li Weide discovered that Miravia had transferred him control over the Goblins and Dark Wizards in the workshop.
• A Goblin reported that the Ring improvements were eighty percent complete and presented Li Weide with Enslavement Puppet Worms and tested weapons and bullets.
• Li Weide found Miravia’s letter, learned she was keeping his wand, and discovered her blueprints for improved Probability Glasses.
• Dumbledore questioned why Li Weide had brought other students, and Grindelwald argued that the Azkaban visit would teach them to avoid crime.
• Dumbledore stared in disbelief as Grindelwald defended the visit with an unusually upright and reasonable argument.

Grindelwald took Dumbledore, Li Weide, and student representatives to Azkaban, where Li Weide discovered that a captured Purifier leader’s memories were intact but his magic and health had drastically deteriorated. The chapter left the cause of the prisoner’s weakened condition unexplained.

• Grindelwald persuaded Dumbledore to approve the student visit and insisted that he accompany them to Azkaban.
• Li Weide and the student representatives arrived in Azkaban, where an old Hitman prepared to show them the prison.
• Dementors fled from Li Weide as the group walked through Azkaban, revealing their fear of him.
• Grindelwald led Dumbledore and Li Weide to a life-sentenced prisoner who had fought Li Weide at Hogwarts.
• Li Weide examined the prisoner and found that his memories were unaltered, but his magical power had fallen below that of a third-year student and his body was failing.

Li Weide discovered that the Purifier’s memories were mostly genuine but that a brief section had been removed, confirming someone had prepared him as a scapegoat to end Grindelwald’s investigation. After the group left the interrogation room, Tom and the others crossed Azkaban’s corridor under Patronus protection, while the Dementors fled from a terrifying demon they recognized as Li Weide’s captive.

• Li Weide and Grindelwald concluded that the Purifier’s failing body could not be explained by a recent mental breakdown, and Li Weide provoked him into revealing that he had hidden something.
• Li Weide used Nightmare Magic to uncover a missing section of the Purifier’s memory, and Grindelwald vowed to pursue those behind the setup and have them face the law.
• Li Weide returned to the guard office, where Tom, Annie, and Andre waited after enduring Azkaban’s Dementors; the group prepared to leave through another fireplace.
• Tom successfully cast a small Hydra Patronus, and Dumbledore summoned a Phoenix to shield everyone as they crossed the corridor.
• The Dementors fled, and the old Hitman said they had cried, “Run! That terrifying demon is here again!” Tom realized they meant the Dementor Li Weide had dragged around and kept quiet about his own role in tormenting it.