Chapter Summaries

The Blood Ancestor revived by draining blood, learned that Camilla had lost Orado, and decided to pursue Miravia as a mother for his next descendant. Meanwhile, Nagini discussed love magic with Tom, Li Weide sent a mysterious package and asked Toby if he wanted a son, and Dracula appeared at the Leaky Cauldron to meet Miravia.

• The Blood Ancestor recovered his human appearance, healed Camilla, and learned about the wizards with Ancient Magic and Orado's death.
• The Blood Ancestor rejected Camilla as his heir because of her Muggle blood and chose Miravia as a suitable mother for a new descendant.
• Nagini told Tom she wanted to become stronger to protect her family, and Tom explained how love magic could draw power from that purpose.
• Li Weide sent an owl with a package, then asked Toby whether he wanted a son.
• Miravia rested at the Leaky Cauldron after losing Camilla's trail, and Dracula introduced himself to her.

Miravia confronted Dracula, the Blood Ancestor, after he attacked her at the Leaky Cauldron and revealed his desire to make her his vampire partner. She lured him to a prepared wasteland where neither could Apparate, then escalated her attacks with Ancient Magic as Dracula fought back.

• Dracula dismissed Miravia's accusation that vampires were beasts and declared that he wanted her as his vassal and partner.
• Dracula knocked Tom into the storeroom, drained several Vampire Hunters, and fought Miravia at the Leaky Cauldron until she Apparated away.
• Miravia drew Dracula to a prepared wasteland protected by an Anti-Apparition Jinx, where she told him it would be his burial ground.
• Dracula used Telekinesis and vampire magic to counter Miravia's spells, while she reinforced her Shield Charm with Ancient Magic.
• Miravia switched to large-area attacks, unleashing thunder, a Fiendfyre Serpent, a blade-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 magical doorway and drove Akasha back, leaving him to face the second Blood Ancestor while Miravia recovered.

• Miravia overwhelmed Dracula with Ancient Magic, but he healed, transformed, and resisted her Killing Curses.
• Miravia trapped Dracula in an illusion of his former fief, where his repeated massacres weakened his own soul until he could no longer use magic.
• As Miravia prepared to kill the defeated Dracula, Akasha ambushed her and offered to capture her for him.
• Miravia activated a device that opened a doorway and shielded her from Akasha's attacks, but Akasha turned to mist and slipped through the barrier.
• Li Weide emerged through the doorway, struck Akasha back with silver swords, gave Miravia a healing potion, and prepared to fight her.

Li Weide tested Akasha’s abilities in a fight, using Nightmare Magic and alchemical tools to evade her attacks before learning that her claws could block the Killing Curse but were vulnerable to specially treated silver. He then vanished and struck with Sectumsempra, slicing off Akasha’s claws.

• Akasha attacked Li Weide at high speed, but his Nightmare Magic made her aim beside him while he taunted her.
• Li Weide fired a Killing Curse, which Akasha blocked with her claws, prompting him to say he wanted them as material for his research.
• Dracula alerted Akasha that she was attacking empty air, and she used Telekinesis to see through Li Weide’s illusion.
• Akasha attacked again, but Li Weide dodged with the help of his smoking shoes and countered with a silver sword that burned her hand.
• Li Weide revealed that the sword was specially made to affect vampires, then spread his silver swords around Miravia and challenged Akasha to show more abilities.
• Li Weide vanished and cast Sectumsempra; Akasha raised her claws to block, but the spell sliced them off.

Li Weide trapped Akasha and Dracula in an elaborate illusion and used their confusion to sever Akasha’s arm and take Dracula’s ruby. He revealed that the wasteland and much of the battle had been created by his Lost Mist, leaving the vampires to confront the mist’s grisly source.

• Akasha gave Dracula fresh blood to help him recover, while Li Weide kept Miravia from returning to the fight.
• Akasha and Dracula attacked Li Weide, but he used an apparent second self to cut off Akasha’s arm and seize Dracula’s ruby-topped cane.
• Dracula realized they had never escaped Li Weide’s illusion, and Li Weide revealed that even Akasha’s Telekinesis defense had been part of the illusion.
• Li Weide exposed the wasteland as Lost Mist and explained that it contained the life auras of many vampires he had hunted.
• Akasha asked how many bloodkin Li Weide had killed to make the mist, and he replied that there were too many to count.

Li Weide captured and destroyed two Blood Ancestors, but Miravia grew angry because he had used her as bait without telling her. A week later the vampire threat had temporarily quieted, and Li Weide remained unable to reconcile with Miravia as Tom told him to reflect on his behavior.

• Li Weide trapped the invisible Akasha and Dracula in the Lost Mist and used Draaman's modified light to burn them to ash.
• Li Weide admitted he had not told Miravia about the vampires because he had used her as bait, and Miravia left without speaking further.
• Li Weide gathered the Blood Ancestors' ashes, burned them with Fiendfyre to prevent their return, and called for the Aurors to clean up.
• A week later, news of the Blood Ancestors' deaths had caused vampires and Blood Thralls to go into hiding, easing the wizarding world's panic.
• Li Weide sought Tom out after Miravia ignored him, and Tom confirmed that she was still angry and urged Li Weide to change how he treated his comrades.
• After Tom sent him away, Li Weide returned to his room and began writing a self-criticism.

Li Weide reflected on how he treated comrades as chess pieces and decided to apologize to Miravia for their recent conflict. Miravia accepted his gifts and moved past the dispute, then asked about the Vampires as Li Weide handed her a booklet on their habits and weaknesses.

• Tom read Li Weide’s ten-thousand-word self-criticism and pointed out that he ignored the feelings of comrades carrying out his plans.
• Tom advised Li Weide to apologize to Miravia and bring her gifts from his laboratory.
• Nagini invited Li Weide to lunch, and he gave her Aroma Pills and a Youth-Preserving Pill.
• Miravia joined them, teased Li Weide about his distrust and the gifts’ implications, then listened as he sincerely apologized.
• Miravia accepted Li Weide’s apology and pills, then asked about the Vampires, so he gave her a booklet on their habits and weaknesses.

Li Weide gave Miravia a Vampire-tracking device and promised to make Aroma Pills that would frighten Vampires. In the laboratory, Tom recognized that Li Weide differed from Grindelwald because he actually fulfilled people’s needs, leaving Tom to reflect on how deeply he and Li Weide’s allies had become bound to him.

• Li Weide gave Miravia a device that detected nearby Vampires and mapped the surrounding terrain, and she reluctantly accepted it.
• Miravia asked Li Weide to alter her Aroma Pill so its scent would frighten Vampires, then scolded him for comparing her grudges to Nagini’s.
• Li Weide went to the laboratory and prepared a sunlight-inspired scent with Tom, while Tom worried about the materials and whether Miravia would swallow the pills.
• Tom questioned whether Li Weide was like Grindelwald, and Li Weide answered that he fulfilled the promises Grindelwald only made.
• Tom reflected on how Li Weide had helped him, Miravia, Nagini, Slughorn, and others, and realized that he no longer wanted to turn against Li Weide.

Li Weide tested an Incense Pill that terrified a Vampire to death, while Miravia and Nagini set out with anti-Vampire equipment for Grindelwald. The Vampire Forefather ordered his followers to expose the Werewolves and unleash chaos, and Grindelwald received Li Weide’s letter and suspected he planned to use the crisis to strike at the International Statute of Secrecy.

• Miravia tested Li Weide’s Incense Pill on a captive Vampire, which died from fear when it smelled the fragrance.
• Li Weide revealed that he could clone low-ranking Vampires, and Miravia and Nagini departed with a suitcase of equipment for Grindelwald.
• The Vampire Forefather ordered his followers to awaken more Blood Ancestors, expose the Werewolves’ secret, and spread chaos among Muggles.
• Vampires began slaughtering people in the Muggle world, while Werewolves attacked wizards after learning their secret had been exposed.
• Li Weide sent Grindelwald a letter, and Grindelwald suspected Li Weide intended to exploit the crisis to strike at the International Statute of Secrecy.

Li Weide explained to Tom why the Vampires’ exposure and the Werewolves’ betrayal had become unavoidable, then outlined plans to counter both threats. He withheld his second method and vanished from Miravia’s flower-filled balcony after deciding to act that night.

• Li Weide told Tom that rescuing Nagini had inevitably exposed the Vampires, and that hiding the Werewolves’ secret had let them help destroy most of the Vampires’ forces.
• Li Weide explained that Grindelwald had upgraded weapons and Incense Pills to keep Werewolves away from Aurors while the Ministry focused on the Vampires.
• Tom warned that the Werewolves might expand their numbers and attack wizards and Muggles, and Li Weide said one response was to unite Ministries of Magic around the world.
• Li Weide hinted at a second method but refused to tell Tom what it was, sending him away while Tom remained frustrated and sleepless.
• After Tom left, Li Weide returned to Miravia’s flower-filled balcony, said the timing was convenient and his preparations were complete, then vanished.

Li Weide infiltrated the Werewolf camp and revealed himself to Wolf King Wolf as a wizard, then killed several Werewolves with Dark Magic. Surrounded by the camp’s transformed warriors, he declared that he had come to beat them all to death or die trying.

• Wolf King Wolf and Lucien prepared to transform captured Muggles into Werewolves, while Lucien earned his father’s approval for planning to send captured children to the Ancestral Land.
• Li Weide emerged from the Stone House and identified himself as a wizard after Wolf King Wolf mistook him for a Vampire.
• Wolf King Wolf ordered Werewolves to seize Li Weide, but they melted into pools of blood before reaching him.
• Li Weide explained that he had come alone because he now understood Werewolves and Vampires, and Wolf King Wolf surrounded him with elite transformed warriors and Werewolf wizards.
• Li Weide said he had come to beat the Werewolves to death or be beaten to death by them.

Li Weide attacked the Werewolf headquarters during the full moon and fought Wolf King while using powerful spells and modified plants to devastate the gathered Werewolves. He had contained the reinforcements, but Wolf King continued pursuing him as their duel carried on.

• Wolf King ordered the Werewolves to kill Li Weide, but Li Weide froze the first attackers with magic.
• Li Weide turned the surrounding ground into a swamp and raised an Earth Tornado that buried or incapacitated many Werewolves while sparing the Muggle cages.
• Wolf King transformed and charged through the tornado, but Li Weide shot him with the Equalizer of All Beings; Wolf King blocked the silver bullets with his arms and quickly healed.
• Li Weide used modified Devil's Snare to block the Werewolf reinforcements and Venomous Tentacula to shoot poisonous fangs at them.
• Wolf King broke Li Weide's Shield Charm and attacked with his claws, but Li Weide evaded each strike with Apparation.

Li Weide unleashed his full strength against the Wolf King, then used Ancient Magic to devastate the gathered werewolves. The Wolf King offered submission to save his pack, but Li Weide refused and continued his attack.

• Li Weide and the Wolf King paused after trading attacks, each recognizing the other's strength and debating who could outlast the other.
• Li Weide activated his full power, multiplying into four figures and striking the Wolf King with attacks strong enough to cut his arm.
• Li Weide overwhelmed the Wolf King with amplified Ancient Magic, then crossed the Devil's Snare wall and blasted the gathered werewolves, killing more than half of them.
• Li Weide refilled his depleted Ancient Magic through an improved Hogyoku and prepared to attack again as the Wolf King discovered the destruction.
• The Wolf King offered to submit to save his clansmen, but Li Weide rejected his plea and summoned another violent lightning strike.

Li Weide recovered at St. Mungo’s after single-handedly destroying the Werewolf camp and killing the Wolf King, while Grindelwald refused to claim the credit. Li Weide tried to conceal his strength and win Dumbledore’s sympathy, leaving Tom impressed by a performance he could not imitate.

• Grindelwald arrived at the ruined Werewolf camp, confirmed that Li Weide had killed the Wolf King, and took him to St. Mungo’s instead of claiming credit for the victory.
• Miravia and Nagini led Hydra wizards to the Werewolves’ Ancestral Land with Lucien’s guidance.
• Tom discovered that Li Weide had only exhausted himself and pulled a few muscles after defeating the entire Werewolf clan, and Grindelwald explained that Li Weide intended to draw attention away from his schemes.
• Li Weide lamented that the vampires would now take him more seriously, while Tom accused him of enjoying his elaborate traps.
• Dumbledore examined Li Weide and scolded him for attacking alone, but Li Weide argued that he had acted to protect innocent people, moving Dumbledore and leaving Tom unable to copy his performance.

After Li Weide received a Hogwarts expulsion letter for using magic against the Werewolves, he and Tom realized Grindelwald intended to turn the case into a public challenge to the International Statute of Secrecy. At the ruined camp, Grindelwald revealed the law to rescued Muggles and used Li Weide’s charges to show them how the secrecy rules punished their rescuer.

• Dumbledore and Li Weide talked at St. Mungo’s until a Ministry letter arrived expelling Li Weide for using magic outside school and in front of Muggles.
• Li Weide told Tom that Grindelwald had likely arranged the letter to spark public opposition to the International Statute of Secrecy, and said the debate’s lasting controversy mattered more than abolishing the law outright.
• Li Weide traded his battle memories from the fight with the Wolf King to Tom in exchange for Tom finding him beautiful healers to look after him.
• Grindelwald and Abernathy began the next stage of their plan at the ruined camp, where witches healed the Muggles and introduced them to the wizarding world.
• Grindelwald told the Muggles he intended to erase their memories, but Anthony Wellington objected and argued that wizards should cooperate with Muggles.
• Grindelwald identified himself to Wellington and explained that the young man who saved them faced charges for using magic before Muggles, leaving Wellington shocked that their rescuer was being punished.

Grindelwald persuaded the Muggles to resist the Ministry of Magic’s memory-erasure order and hinted that he had a plan. Li Weide learned that the adults among the captured Werewolves had been killed and arranged care for the transformed children while considering how to break the Werewolf curse.

• Grindelwald told the Muggles that Li Weide had to stand trial and that their memories would be erased, provoking their objections.
• Grindelwald argued that the International Statute of Secrecy was outdated, declared he would not erase their memories, and told Mr. Wellington that he had a plan.
• Li Weide chatted with female healers until Miravia and Nagini entered, causing the healers to leave.
• Miravia reported that the adults in the suitcase had been killed and that the young Werewolves had erased memories and were being taught by Werewolves.
• Li Weide arranged for Lucien to shelter the children at the Ancestral Land and ordered traps to keep escaped Werewolves away.
• Li Weide said he would ask Professor Dumbledore to help persuade the Ministry and investigate breaking the Werewolves’ Blood Curse.

Li Weide explained that Grindelwald was using Confundus Charms to overwhelm the Ministry with fabricated werewolf attacks, while the vampires stayed hidden after the werewolves were wiped out. Dumbledore warned Minister Fawley that Grindelwald was behind the chaos, but Fawley angrily defended the Director and refused to believe him.

• Li Weide discussed developing a cure for lycanthropy and learned from Miravia that the vampires had gone quiet after their werewolf allies were eliminated.
• Li Weide deduced that Grindelwald had used Confundus Charms to create false reports of werewolf attacks, keeping Ministry employees busy while advancing his plans.
• Dumbledore arrived at the Ministry, learned how many werewolves had been eliminated, and realized Grindelwald was provoking a crisis over the International Statute of Secrecy.
• Dumbledore told Minister Fawley that Grindelwald was behind the incidents and wanted to expose the Wizarding World.
• Minister Fawley defended Grindelwald as Director and accused Dumbledore of slandering him, leaving Dumbledore stunned.

Dumbledore discovered that Minister Fawley had sided with Grindelwald and could not stop his campaign using Muggle memory erasures and press coverage to stir debate over the International Statute of Secrecy. After Li Weide encouraged him to act through the International Confederation of Wizards, Dumbledore left the hospital with a plan.

• Minister Fawley tolerated Grindelwald’s growing influence because their partnership benefited him, and he refused to question Grindelwald’s use of Aurors against the Vampire castle.
• Dumbledore told Li Weide that Grindelwald had turned Ministry authority against him, while Li Weide reassured him that his choice to remain a professor was worthwhile.
• Dumbledore explained that Wizarding Supremacists had let Muggles learn their memories would be erased, and that Daily Prophet reporters had arrived early to cover the resulting protests.
• Li Weide deduced that Grindelwald was using the publicity to spark a wider debate about abolishing the International Statute of Secrecy.
• Li Weide reminded Dumbledore of his position in the International Confederation of Wizards, and Dumbledore hurried away to seek its support.
• Tom questioned whether Li Weide was secretly obstructing Grindelwald, then protested when Li Weide ordered him to make food.

Li Weide went to the Ministry of Magic to receive an award and warned Vita Rosier that the International Confederation of Wizards could disrupt Grindelwald’s plans. After meeting Zhang San and Zhang Qiming, he learned that many young Eastern wizards wanted to enter the wider world but were held back by their elders, and he began considering how to help them.

• Vita Rosier escorted Li Weide through the Ministry of Magic, and he warned her that the International Confederation of Wizards was running out of time to act.
• Vita admitted Annie was in detention and asked Li Weide to protect her; he accused the Wizarding Supremacists of abandoning their comrades, unsettling Vita.
• Li Weide corrected Vita when she headed toward the Wizengamot Trial Chamber, then encountered Zhang San and learned he was about to receive an award for killing the Wolf King and wiping out the Werewolf clan.
• Zhang San introduced his brother Zhang Qiming, who explained that he had killed attackers massacring a village and had fled after violating his family’s rules.
• Zhang San told Li Weide that many young wizards back home wanted to enter the world but were restrained by powerful elders, prompting Li Weide to consider helping them and finding a way to sink the island country.

Li Weide met Minister Fawley and turned down an early Ministry career in favor of founding his own research company, securing Fawley’s offer of official support. They agreed to discuss a detailed plan soon, leaving Li Weide poised to use the Ministry’s backing for his ventures.

• Vinda brought Li Weide and the Wolf King's head to Minister Fawley’s office, where the waiting visitors reacted to Li Weide with unusual warmth.
• Minister Fawley examined the Wolf King's head and praised Li Weide for resolving the Werewolf problem with his inventions and equipment.
• Li Weide declined Fawley’s invitation to join the Ministry after graduation, explaining that he wanted to establish a company focused on research and useful inventions.
• Minister Fawley offered Ministry support for the company and mentioned that his family owned storefronts in Diagon Alley.
• Li Weide and Minister Fawley agreed to continue talks after Li Weide prepared a detailed plan, while Vinda listened on behalf of Grindelwald.