Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Purifiers had targeted the Riddle Family, Li Weide and his companions moved Tom’s family into the Safe House while Grindelwald handled the threat. Meanwhile, Nagini was pursued by a group of Dark Wizards, but just as her disguise failed and she was about to Apparate, her teacher arrived.

• Grindelwald explained that his trap had revealed the Purifiers were targeting the Riddle Family, and Dumbledore and Li Weide helped Tom arrange for his family to move into the Safe House.
• Grindelwald’s people secretly moved the Riddle Family from Riddle Manor, while Andrews managed their outside affairs.
• Li Weide brought Tom Cat, Jerry, and Alduin into Newt’s enchanted suitcase and began building a rune-carved castle inside it.
• A group of Dark Wizards chased Nagini through the woods, so she disguised herself with new clothes and pungent potions and slipped into their ranks.
• A Dark Wizard noticed Nagini’s smell and called her out; she stunned him, but his wand sent a green signal into the sky.
• As Nagini prepared to Apparate, her teacher appeared and greeted her.

Miravia rescued Nagini from Dark Wizards and sent the sleeping attackers to Li Weide, while Li Weide planned to recruit more loyal House-elves. After discussing their uncertain futures, Nagini said she would travel and then return to Weide.

• Miravia stopped Nagini's attackers with a spell that put them to sleep, then learned they had targeted Nagini because of her work capturing Dark Wizards.
• Miravia decided to spare the attackers and send them to Li Weide, who was already seeking House-elves without masters to help with a secret task.
• Li Weide went through the Vanishing Cabinet to the Goblin Workshop and found that Miravia had delivered the Dark Wizards there for him to use as he wished.
• Miravia told Nagini about her recent visits to her old friends' descendants and graves, and said she had not decided what to do next.
• Nagini said she planned to rest, travel, and eventually return to Weide, surprising Miravia by choosing to work for him again.

Li Weide recruited twenty-seven abandoned House-elves through Nightmare Magic and put Toby in charge of them, while Miravia decided to pursue a position in the Department of Mysteries. Over the following months, Li Weide expanded Hydra, advanced his research, and sent the elves to Africa to help raise Basilisks.

• Li Weide used Nightmare Magic to recruit twenty-seven House-elves who had been waiting for their former masters, then appointed Toby their boss.
• Miravia spotted a Ministry of Magic notice seeking recruits for the Department of Mysteries and decided to apply as an Unspeakable, with Nagini agreeing to accompany her.
• Toby managed the elves as they worked on the Mobile Castle, freeing Li Weide to focus on club activities and help students prepare for practical clearance assessments.
• During Christmas break, Li Weide admitted Andre into Hydra as its third member and began trying to learn to trust him.
• Grindelwald followed clues from old unsolved cases and uncovered traces of the Purifiers.
• After the Basilisk Farm was completed, Li Weide obtained leave from Dumbledore and took Professor Slughorn and the House-elves to Africa to raise Basilisks.

Li Weide and Professor Slughorn secured a hidden tract of land in Ethiopia and began establishing a base for potion research and magical creature breeding. Slughorn eagerly started planning his laboratory while Li Weide considered how to expand the operation without exposing his enslaved wizards.

• Li Weide and Professor Slughorn signed a contract with the Ethiopian Ministry of Magic, gaining a vast, concealed territory for five thousand Galleons a year.
• Slughorn admitted he was excited to conduct potion experiments on the land, and he and Li Weide went to inspect it.
• Li Weide summoned more than twenty House-elves and revealed modified Vanishing Cabinets that connected the site directly to the United Kingdom.
• Slughorn chose a site by the river for his laboratory, and the House-elves began unloading supplies and building facilities.
• Li Weide divided the land into zones, then decided he would eventually need more workers but could not risk Slughorn discovering his enslaved wizards.

Li Weide persuaded Slytherin to help raise Basilisks in Africa by offering Tom purified magic power, then showed him how his potion-fed chickens produced Rooster Eggs. Slytherin left through the Vanishing Cabinet to guide the House-elves, while Li Weide celebrated gaining another worker.

• Li Weide chose to begin breeding young Basilisks rather than risk cloning the ancient Basilisk, and asked Slytherin to advise the House-elves in Africa.
• Slytherin refused until Li Weide offered Tom purified magic power, and they agreed on the exchange.
• Li Weide took Slytherin into his suitcase and showed him pale green Rooster Eggs produced with a Gender-bending Potion and specialized feed.
• Slytherin marveled at Li Weide's method and accepted a basket of eggs to take to Africa.
• Slytherin traveled through the Vanishing Cabinet disguised as a headscarf-wearing helper, and Li Weide shut the cabinet, pleased to have found another worker.

Li Weide gave Tom a capsule of Pure Magic Power, which greatly increased Tom’s strength despite a frighteningly rough absorption. After Slytherin returned to Africa, Li Weide told Tom he planned to share the power with others and left Tom wondering how powerful Li Weide himself had become.

• Li Weide made Tom swallow a capsule of Pure Magic Power while Slytherin watched, and Tom nearly choked before the magic spread through his body.
• Li Weide admitted he had used Tom to gather experimental data, but Slytherin defended him by recalling the pain Li Weide had endured to obtain the power.
• Tom tested his new strength and found he could cast spells casually, including a Hydra Patronus, with abilities approaching those of an Elite Auror.
• Slytherin returned to Africa through the Vanishing Cabinet after witnessing Tom’s improvement.
• Li Weide told Tom he intended to give Pure Magic Power to others and claimed it would benefit them more than him; Tom was astonished by how powerful Li Weide must be.

Li Weide enhanced his trusted companions with improved Pure Magic Power capsules and continued refining the Hogyoku. When Ravenclaw’s Diadem revealed a voice that recommended the Philosopher’s Stone, Li Weide hurried to seek Old man’s help identifying it.

• Li Weide gave Pure Magic Power capsules to Andre Shafik, Annie Rosier, Ilena Yuriyeva, Filius Flitwick, Grace MacLaggen, and Rubeus Hagrid, reassuring Hagrid that he had great potential.
• Tom explained that the improved capsules came from data gathered during his own painful experiment, and the group tested their increased magical abilities.
• Li Weide assigned Tom and Andre to guide the enhanced companions into Hydra, then returned to improving the Hogyoku and finishing the Mobile Castle.
• After a month of work, Li Weide reduced the Hogyoku’s purification loss to thirty percent but reached a new bottleneck.
• Ravenclaw’s Diadem spoke into Li Weide’s mind and said the Philosopher’s Stone was more suitable than sapphire for the Hogyoku’s power.
• Li Weide questioned the diadem about its identity, then summoned Toby and sent him to bring Old man back from Ethiopia.

Li Weide discovered that Ravenclaw's Diadem contained a thinking consciousness modeled on its creator, which had awakened and learned from his research. After confirming it could not access his hidden secrets, he decided to keep the Diadem and use its knowledge to develop new ideas.

• Slytherin and Hufflepuff explained that Ravenclaw had copied her knowledge and emotional memories into the Diadem, creating a consciousness like the one in the Sorting Hat.
• Li Weide realized the magical surge from freeing Miravia had likely reactivated the Diadem's sleeping consciousness, and his Pure Magic Power made it flash again.
• Hufflepuff and Slytherin each wore the Diadem and confirmed that its consciousness recognized them.
• Hufflepuff and Slytherin reassured Li Weide that the Diadem could read his knowledge but not his secrets, since his Occlumency protected them.
• Li Weide questioned the Diadem and learned that it had copied knowledge from his work on the Hogyoku and could continue learning.
• Li Weide chose to keep Ravenclaw's Diadem and asked its consciousness to help him build on existing knowledge.

Miravia used Nightmare Magic to get herself and Nagini admitted as Unspeakables and learned that the Department of Mysteries studied love as an unfathomable power. Meanwhile, Li Weide showed Tom and Annie his shrinking flying castle and promised to turn it into a Sky City and a home for their allies.

• Miravia used Nightmare Magic to make the Department of Mysteries head pass her and Nagini while dismissing the other applicants.
• The old wizard showed Miravia and Nagini the Department’s circular hall and the books they had to study before choosing a research project.
• Miravia asked about a locked door, and the old wizard revealed that it concealed the power of love, which could only be opened by understanding it.
• Li Weide showed Tom and Annie that his miniature flying castle could shrink and return to its original size, and said it would be able to fly that summer.
• Li Weide invited Tom, Annie, and future comrades to live in the planned Sky City and asked Tom if he would stand with him above the heavens.

After the school year ended, Li Weide left Hogwarts and moved his completed castle out of his suitcase. The castle rose into the sky and turned invisible, while Li Weide and his companions began their journey in their flying home.

• Li Weide and Tom finished the year at Hogwarts, where Li Weide and Tom earned top marks and Andre Shafik excelled in his N.E.W.Ts.
• Li Weide asked Ms. Paris to look after Slytherin and invited her to visit his home, leaving Tom to misunderstand their friendship.
• On the train, Li Weide gave Andre Shafik a black ring and arranged for Toby to deliver his operating funds.
• Li Weide returned to the Safe House with Tom, then left for a hill to prepare a magic circle for moving his castle.
• Li Weide and Lucifer transferred the castle from the suitcase onto the hill, where it expanded to its full size.
• Li Weide had Lucifer raise the castle into the air and make it invisible.

Li Weide invited Miravia and Nagini to visit his new home, and they used enchanted Rings to Apparate to his Mobile Castle. They discovered the castle was suspended high above the clouds as Li Weide welcomed them.

• Li Weide checked that the castle’s systems were stable and sent Tom’s owl to find its master.
• Miravia complained that she could not open a mysterious Department of Mysteries door, and Nagini recalled Li Weide teaching Tom magic through the Power of Love.
• Miravia decided to ask Li Weide about love and agreed with Nagini to leave the Department of Mysteries and visit his new home.
• Miravia and Nagini received Li Weide’s letter, discovered that its two circles concealed enchanted Rings, and learned the Rings could direct Apparition to his castle.
• Miravia and Nagini Apparated into a garden beside a cliff and realized that Li Weide’s Mobile Castle was high in the air.
• Li Weide welcomed Miravia and Nagini to his Mobile Castle.

Li Weide welcomed Miravia and Nagini into his flying castle, then discussed with them the Department of Mysteries’ locked door and the Power of Love. Miravia remained curious about the power, while Li Weide admitted he did not understand love and wondered whether he had become the one who overlooked it.

• Li Weide showed Miravia and Nagini his flying castle and used magic to make flowers bloom like those in Miravia’s Dreamscape.
• Miravia and Nagini agreed to live in the castle, with Miravia moving beside Li Weide and Nagini taking a residence downstairs.
• Li Weide sent Toby to bring two House-elves from the breeding base, then joined Miravia and Nagini for lunch.
• Nagini told Li Weide that she and Miravia had become Unspeakables so Miravia could investigate a locked Department of Mysteries door said to contain the Power of Love.
• Li Weide explained that he did not understand love and questioned whether someone who fully understood the power would need to open the door at all.
• Miravia said she was curious about the power and believed it existed because the Department of Mysteries had devoted a room to it.

Li Weide removed the remaining Residue from Miravia and secretly restored her strength with Pure Magic Power, leaving her indebted to him. He then urged her to join his ambitions, and Miravia was left facing the choice between a quiet life and the turbulent future he promised.

• Li Weide and Miravia upgraded the castle’s defenses and changed the Hydra Ring’s teleportation so its holders could return to the castle as if using a Portkey.
• Miravia admitted she feared the Residue’s influence and asked Li Weide to remove what remained in her body.
• Li Weide extracted Miravia’s Residue, then used Pure Magic Power from the Hogyoku to restore her strength and increase it beyond its former level.
• Miravia realized Li Weide had deliberately made her owe him a favor, and he openly admitted he wanted her to join his endeavors.
• Li Weide challenged Miravia to reject an ordinary life and join him in turning the whole world upside down.

Tom left the Riddles to visit Li Weide, only to nearly be killed by Miravia’s stray Killing Curse upon arriving at the Mobile Castle. Li Weide demonstrated a new Basilisk-inspired lethal spell and offered to teach it to Tom, who refused because he no longer used Dark Magic.

• Tom said goodbye to Senior Riddle and Old Tom, then used his ring to teleport to Li Weide.
• Miravia accidentally fired a Killing Curse past Tom as she trained Li Weide, leaving him too frightened to move until he calmed down with hot chocolate.
• Li Weide offered Tom a powerful spell as compensation and demonstrated a Basilisk-inspired attack that turned targets to stone and shattered them.
• Li Weide explained that the spell’s rays killed anyone they struck and that he had created it from magic drawn from a Basilisk’s eyes.
• Tom recognized the spell as an Unforgivable Curse and refused to learn it, saying he no longer used Dark Magic.

Li Weide offered Tom Soul Magic instead of Nightmare Magic, hoping to keep him from ever damaging his own soul. After a week of lessons, Li Weide demonstrated Soul Puppets, then received a letter from Grindelwald revealing that he had found the Purifiers’ hiding place.

• Tom asked Li Weide to teach him Nightmare Magic, but Li Weide and Miravia teased him by pointing out that it was Dark Magic.
• Li Weide offered to teach Tom Soul Magic and warned him never to split or damage his soul; Tom eagerly accepted.
• Li Weide taught Tom Soul Magic for a week, repeatedly warning him about the dangers of splitting his soul.
• Li Weide demonstrated two Soul Puppets, translucent wolves that attacked a target and left deep claw marks.
• Toby brought Li Weide a letter from Grindelwald, and Li Weide learned that Grindelwald had found the Purifiers’ hiding place.

Li Weide, Tom, Miravia, and Nagini joined Grindelwald’s operation against the Purifiers who had attacked the Hogwarts Express, while Dumbledore arrived to restrain Grindelwald’s harsher plans. Tom insisted on fighting and was assigned to the eastern attack with Grindelwald, leaving the group poised to begin the raid.

• Li Weide told Miravia and the others that Grindelwald had found the attackers, and Tom vowed to send them to Azkaban for threatening his family.
• Grindelwald organized his Wizarding Supremacists at a Muggle home near the Purifiers’ hideout and prepared a coordinated raid.
• Dumbledore arrived to help protect innocent people and force Grindelwald to abandon several radical plans.
• Li Weide, Tom, Miravia, and Nagini joined the gathering, and Dumbledore objected to Tom entering the dangerous operation.
• Tom insisted on fighting, and Grindelwald agreed to let him attack from the east with him while Miravia promised to stay beside Tom.

Grindelwald led Li Weide, Dumbledore, Tom, Nagini, and the Wizarding Supremacists into an assault on a Purifier hideout, only to discover that the enemy force was much larger and more skilled than expected. The battle escalated into a chaotic standoff, where Miravia fought at the front while Tom practiced under her protection.

• Grindelwald arranged for the town’s Muggles to be evacuated, then had his men set fires and activate an Anti-Apparition Jinx to trap the Purifiers.
• More than a hundred armed wizards emerged from the fog, and both sides traded Blast Curses behind magical barriers.
• Grindelwald ordered his forces to advance, and Tom charged into the battle alongside them despite Li Weide’s surprise.
• Tom narrowly avoided a Killing Curse with help from his ring and an earthen wall, prompting Dumbledore to scold him and tell him to stay behind cover.
• Miravia deflected incoming spells while protecting Nagini, and Tom ran behind her to practice his magic as she fought.
• Miravia warned Li Weide and Tom not to steal her kills, and Tom agreed while continuing to use her as cover.

Tom struggled to adapt to a real battlefield after treating the fight with the Purifiers like a chance to test spells. With Li Weide, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald fighting alongside him, Tom learned to attack more strategically as the battle escalated.

• Li Weide pulled Miravia away from Tom, forcing Tom to dodge enemy spells and retreat behind Nagini before he began fighting more cautiously.
• Miravia moved behind Li Weide because his presence at her back unsettled her, while the enemy’s Blast Curse destroyed the earthen wall shielding Tom and Nagini.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald tightened the Wizarding Supremacists’ formation, then stepped out with Li Weide to confront the Purifiers directly.
• Li Weide called Tom to join them and taught him to target a vulnerable enemy, helping Tom knock the man down with rapid spells and Soul Magic.
• Li Weide summoned Lucifer, whose fiery serpent burned through the enemy ranks, then began an incantation as thunder rumbled overhead.

Li Weide helped Grindelwald and Dumbledore rout the Purifiers, then uncovered clues that the attack and its supposed explanation might have been deliberately arranged. The chapter ended with Li Weide preparing to explain a strange discovery to the others.

• Li Weide, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald used a Weather Charm to break the Purifiers’ formation, and the Wizarding Supremacists captured the defeated enemies.
• Li Weide searched prisoners’ memories and noticed that the Purifiers were unusually emotionless and all appeared to be native Englishmen.
• Grindelwald reported that the Purifiers had been incited by prominent Pure-blood families who told them Li Weide could purify bloodlines and erase wizards’ magic.
• Grindelwald explained that the Purifiers had verified Nagini was a Blood Curse Werewolf before deciding to capture Li Weide.
• Li Weide argued that the attack seemed designed to provoke Grindelwald’s forces and said he had discovered something particularly strange.

Li Weide discovered that the attackers had temporarily boosted their magic at the cost of their life force, suggesting someone had manipulated Grindelwald with scapegoats. After Grindelwald ended the immediate inquiry, Li Weide studied the magic traces, received his reward, and learned that Miravia and Tom had also been rewarded.

• Li Weide told Grindelwald that the subdued attackers shared the dying condition of the Purifier in Azkaban, and Grindelwald suspected they had used a temporary, life-consuming boost to their magic.
• Grindelwald concluded that the pure-blood wizards were scapegoats and ended the matter for now, while Dumbledore warned Li Weide to stay home because he remained a target.
• Li Weide returned to the Mobile Castle and drew the paths of dissipating magic, hoping to find a way to remove the technique's harmful effects.
• The Daily Prophet reported that pure-blood wizards had been arrested for orchestrating the attack, and Li Weide received Magic Manuscripts from the Ministry of Magic.
• Miravia showed Li Weide her appointment as deputy head of the Department of Mysteries, which he suspected was Grindelwald's attempt to win her favor.
• Tom brought Li Weide a box of Grindelwald's combat memories, and they argued over who should pay for a Pensieve.