Chapter Summaries

Sean used a duplicated copy of his soul to take Avalon's curse in his place, then returned to Glastonbury and confronted Wormtail. He prepared to capture Wormtail as a gift for the Potter family while the Half-Dead attacked.

• Sean rewound five minutes of damage, retrieved another Sean Wallerup’s corpse, and used Good Things Come in Pairs to duplicate his soul.
• Sean concealed himself and placed the corpse carrying the duplicated soul in his former position, where the curse’s monsters devoured it.
• The monsters transformed into golden light and entered the collapsing Avalon, while Sean realized the Guardian Fairies had been protecting the World Origin and helping him restart the Timeline.
• Wormtail regrouped the Half-Dead at Glastonbury and ordered them to capture Sean alive so he could trade him for Avalon’s lake water.
• Sean appeared before Wormtail, mocked him, blocked the Half-Dead’s spells, and declared that Wormtail would be his gift to the Potter family.

Sean captured Wormtail after defeating the Half-Dead ambush in the jungle and learned that Wormtail had served Voldemort and Herpo while betraying both sides. After Wormtail revealed Herpo’s orders and contact device, Sean broke his promise to spare him and began torturing him.

• Wormtail fled through the jungle, but Sean’s Illusion Charm trapped him running in circles until Sean appeared.
• Sean questioned Wormtail, who confessed that he had planted Daisy’s Blood Curse and passed information between Voldemort and the Returners.
• Wormtail said Herpo had ordered him to ambush people carrying water from Avalon’s lake, and that reinforcements had led the Half-Dead to wait for Sean.
• Wormtail showed Sean a shattered Black Rhombus Crystal used to contact Herpo, but the crystal disintegrated when Sean touched it.
• When Wormtail offered to become Sean’s servant, Sean disarmed him, broke his ribs, removed the bones from his limbs, and said the Dark Lord was the best at lying.

Hermione reported that Stephanie was guarding the Room of Requirement while Hogwarts struggled to recover from the Returners’ assault. Sean returned, reunited with Daisy, and brought Peter Pettigrew back to face the Potters and their friends, who killed him.

• Hermione told the anxious group that Stephanie would guard the Room of Requirement until Sean returned.
• Daisy reunited with her family, revealed that her Blood Curse had nearly revived, and drank the potions Snape had sent her.
• Daisy sensed Sean’s magic, and Sean emerged and reassured her and the others that he was safe.
• Sean brought the wounded Peter Pettigrew to James and Sirius and confirmed that Peter had betrayed them.
• Peter pleaded with his former friends and Daisy, but James and another cloaked figure struck him with Killing Curses, killing him.

Sean returned from Avalon and learned that Herpo may have manipulated him into retrieving Avalon’s lake water for the Achieving Godhood ritual. Stephanie warned that Herpo’s next attack would likely target the water and enable Herpo to descend into the present world.

• Sean reunited with Hermione, who said Professor McGonagall had deducted and then restored Ravenclaw points, and Hermione went to help the professor.
• Sean checked the lake water with Stephanie, who said she sensed that Herpo knew about Sean’s experiences in Avalon.
• Stephanie noted that the lake water had stabilized and would not expire, raising the question of why Herpo had waited for Sean to retrieve it.
• Stephanie reasoned that Herpo had used Andros as bait because only Sean could retrieve the lake water, making Sean an unwitting tool in Herpo’s plan.
• Stephanie warned that Herpo’s strongest attack was coming to seize the lake water and likely bring Herpo into the present world, and Sean ordered everyone notified.

Sean urged the Wizarding World’s leaders to prepare for Herpo by taking the initiative, then privately revealed to Grindelwald that his journey to Avalon had brought him into the realm of magic. Grindelwald celebrated Sean’s breakthrough while Sean explained how it let him sense magic power and wield it more efficiently.

• Professor McGonagall and Madame Maxime argued over whether wizards should unite in concentrated defensive regions, while Lucius Malfoy objected to Madame Maxime accusing the Malfoy Family of infiltration.
• Sean warned the gathering that Herpo and his army could kill them all, then proposed that they take the initiative instead of waiting for an attack.
• After the meeting, Grindelwald questioned how Sean planned to enter the Realm of Illusion without Herpo noticing, and Sean said he had a way to hide their presence.
• Sean tried Dumbledore’s expired Cockroach Cluster and told Grindelwald that he wanted to get used to the strange tastes he and Dumbledore favored.
• Grindelwald realized Sean had entered the realm of magic, celebrated his student’s progress, and listened as Sean described his heightened awareness of magic power and its improved efficiency.

Sean revealed that Grindelwald had deduced his repeated journeys through time, then proposed sending the Wizarding World’s forces into the Realm of Illusion while he kept Herpo from intervening. Grindelwald backed the risky plan, and preparations began to draw the entire real world into the battle.

• Grindelwald praised Sean’s magical talent, deduced that he had lived through repeating stretches of time, and chose to trust him without demanding an explanation.
• Sean proposed using the Wizarding World’s forces as a distraction and leading them into the Realm of Illusion while he prevented Herpo from acting.
• Madame Maxime, Professor McGonagall, and other leaders objected, but Grindelwald endorsed Sean’s plan and claimed Herpo was too weakened to interfere.
• After the leaders left, Sean admitted he had not claimed Herpo was weakened, and Grindelwald said he would serve as Sean’s chess piece.
• Wizards worldwide received orders to prepare for battle, while Hogwarts included capable second-years in the mobilization and excluded only first-years who had been enrolled for less than a year.

As Hogwarts prepared for the final battle, Sean organized its forces and recruited giants, trolls, and other allies. When the goblins threatened to join the Returners unless he accepted their demands, Sean seized control of Gringotts and returned to Hogwarts to begin transferring authority with Stephanie.

• Professor McGonagall coordinated Hogwarts’s preparations as Sean organized combat teams and Lupin relayed the association’s new arrangements.
• Sean negotiated with the Giant King, who agreed to send more than eighty percent of his adult tribe, and recruited Mountain Trolls, the Black Dragon clan, and other allies.
• Griphook demanded sweeping concessions for goblin support and threatened that the goblins would side with the Returners if Sean refused.
• Sean abducted Griphook, returned with him to Gringotts, killed the director and vice director, and ordered the goblins to deliver their resources and special magic to Hogwarts within half an hour.
• Sean declined to bring the Dementors after Daisy relayed Grindelwald’s suggestion, then learned Stephanie was studying the story in the copy of Bard and the Wisdom Snake.
• Stephanie and Sean agreed that it was time to begin transferring authority.

Sean gained Ravenclaw’s Authority and learned that the Book of Admittance and Quill of Acceptance could unite all four portions. He used them to fuse the Authorities, completing the process as the chapter ended.

• Sean and Stephanie entered Ravenclaw’s Chamber, where Stephanie gave Sean her half of Ravenclaw’s Authority and was temporarily expelled.
• Sean mastered Ravenclaw’s Authority and learned that Hogwarts’ conscious magical objects would serve him and help nurture his spiritual power.
• The Room of Requirement told Sean that he needed to combine the four Authorities in Hogwarts’ highest tower using the Book of Admittance and the Quill of Acceptance.
• Sean used the Quill of Acceptance and the Book of Admittance to inscribe Hogwarts and the Four Houses’ emblems, causing the four portions of Authority to fuse.

Sean fused the four portions of Authority and became master of Hogwarts, awakening the castle and gaining a complete Divine Realm. Pride offered everything to obtain it for Robin’s resurrection, but Sean challenged him to prove that his plan could defeat Herpo.

• Hogwarts repaired its battle damage by itself, and Professor McGonagall told Neville to reassure the students that the castle had awakened.
• Sean explained to Professor McGonagall that the Hogwarts Authority had fused, making him master of the castle and granting him a fallen Divine Realm.
• Sean realized Hogwarts had been the Divine Realm raised by Sean Wallop during his godhood ritual, and that the God of Time’s Authority had enabled its recognition.
• Pride begged Sean to give him the complete Divine Realm so he could resurrect Robin, offering his life and Authority in exchange.
• Pride said he would hunt the other gods to provide Robin with power to kill Herpo, and Sean questioned whether an incomplete Robin could succeed.

Sean told Pride he intended to enter the Realm of Illusion to confront Herpo, and Pride explained that the World Rules required him to destroy the current world. Sean rejected Pride’s promised new world because he could not abandon the people he loved, and Pride agreed to help him despite keeping resurrection of his mother as his first goal.

• Sean asked Pride for information and a map of the Realm of Illusion, revealing that he planned to enter Herpo’s domain.
• Pride explained that the World Rules compelled him to destroy the current world, though he promised to protect Sean in a new one if Sean helped resurrect Robin.
• Sean rejected Pride’s offer, saying he could not bear to lose his family, friends, teachers, and loved ones in a rebuilt world.
• Sean crossed the Sky Island’s barrier and told Pride that he understood his grief for his mother but would fight to preserve the people he loved.
• Pride returned Sean to safety, offered him his power to use, and promised to prepare what he needed for the Realm of Illusion.

Sean tested Pride’s destructive magic, then used Hogwarts’s Divine Realm to complete his bloodline awakening and gain the ability to rapidly understand any magic he sensed. He began comprehending Pride’s divine magic and expected to master it before setting out.

• Sean tested Pride’s magic on a tree, crystallizing its interior and then making it collapse with a second magical burst.
• Pride contacted Sean through his soul, explained that his magic could accelerate Pride’s awakening, and warned that overuse might transform Sean into Sin.
• Sean visited the Hogwarts Kitchens, where he used his authority to entrust Boris with adding Ms. Hufflepuff’s magic to the food.
• Sean absorbed the Divine Realm’s accumulated magic and completely awakened his bloodline, gaining the Son of Magic ability.
• Sean sensed Pride’s magic again and began comprehending its nature, intending to understand it fully before departing.

Sean used Hogwarts' magical food and mental nourishment to restore the school's strength and raise morale before the final battle. At dawn, Professor McGonagall ordered the expedition to depart, while Sean revealed that he planned to take Hogwarts with them.

• Hogwarts' magical food restored students' magic and eased their fatigue, and Sean explained its powers to Professor McGonagall.
• Sean increased the Room of Requirement's mental nourishment and reunited with his friends, who reported that supplies and goblin equipment were ready.
• Sean gave Draco his favorite foods and encouraged him to survive the coming battle, strengthening Draco's resolve.
• Sean told Hermione and Daisy that the expedition would leave the next day and revealed that he was taking Hogwarts with them.
• At dawn, Professor McGonagall assembled the expedition on the Quidditch Pitch and ordered everyone onto their Flying Broomsticks.

Sean lifted Hogwarts into the air and stored it as a Divine Realm within his soul, then joined Grindelwald and the gathered wizards to prepare an assault on the Realm of Illusion. He showed the army a vision of the approaching corruption and warned that it was reality drawing near.

• Sean raised Hogwarts, and the Unicorns and Centaurs pledged their support to him.
• Sean and Stephanie stored Hogwarts as a Divine Realm in Sean’s soul, then discovered that a magical waterway from Durmstrang was flooding the basin left behind.
• Sean and Stephanie joined Grindelwald’s assembled forces, and Grindelwald announced that they would attack the Realm of Illusion.
• Grindelwald introduced Sean to the tens of thousands of wizards, and Sean told them that Herpo’s full descent would destroy everything they cherished.
• Sean showed the crowd Corrupted Whales and black shadows in Avalon’s reflection, then warned them that the vision was reality drawing near.

Sean revealed the full prophecy and admitted he was the prophesied Pride who might destroy the world, but denied being Herpo’s ally and urged the wizards to choose whether to fight. After winning their support, he led tens of thousands through the path to the Soul World, intending to make the prophecy come true.

• Sean stopped a falling Corrupted Whale, then used its threat to convince the wizards that monsters were breaking into the real world.
• An unknown voice accused Sean of being Pride, the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, and the cause of the Paris fire; Sean transformed into a Fire Giant before returning to human form.
• Sean showed the crowd Cassandra Vablatsky’s complete prophecy and explained that he had resisted Herpo despite being named as the one who might destroy the world.
• Harry, his friends, and the gathered wizards declared their resolve to fight, and Sean led them toward the Soul World as the Corrupted Whale became a Unicorn Whale.
• Grindelwald praised Sean’s handling of the crowd, and Sean admitted that he wanted the prophecy to come true.

Sean Wallop led a Wizarding Army into the collapsing Realm of Illusion and destroyed the Half-Dead and its dark creatures. After the surviving couple mistook him for their returning Mother, Sean killed them and asked the woman to hate him.

• A man and woman hid among ruined temple stones while Herpo's creatures searched the poisonous wasteland.
• The man found a Magic Spirit Flower, prepared its stalk, and shared it with the woman.
• A Half-Dead and other dark creatures discovered the couple and attacked, forcing the man to defend them with Runes magic.
• The Half-Dead seized the woman and threatened her, and she began gathering magic to kill herself rather than become a burden.
• A Wizarding Army invaded the Realm of Illusion, and Sean Wallop killed the Half-Dead and annihilated the dark creatures.
• The man mistook Sean for Mother and ran toward him, but Sean cut him in half and killed the woman before introducing himself and telling her to hate him deeply.

Sean led the Wizarding Army through the Realm of Illusion while Pride warned that using its power was changing his nature. At Herpo’s temple, Heinrich received orders to eliminate the invading wizards, and Herpo focused his attention on Sean Wallop and what he had gained in Avalon.

• Sean explained that the slain attackers were humanoid Magic Creatures native to the Realm of Illusion, and told Grindelwald that he and Pride were reconciled for now but would eventually oppose each other.
• Grindelwald noticed Sean’s growing coldness and told him to do what he wanted, even if it meant destroying the world or himself.
• Pride warned Sean that his power was eroding Sean’s nature and that the slain souls’ resentment could harm him, but Sean insisted Pride guide him and lend him power.
• Heinrich entered Herpo’s temple and reported that wizards from the present world had arrived in the Realm of Illusion.
• Herpo sent Heinrich to gather everyone and eliminate the invading wizards, then took the form of a middle-aged wizard and wondered what Sean Wallop had obtained in Avalon.

The Wizarding Army advanced through the Realm of Illusion and discovered that unstable magic accumulating in the present world was affecting it, while Pride warned that Herpo was absorbing the Realm’s origin. A forced march led to a massive battle, where Heinrich unleashed Bone Dragons against Capen’s squad just as Sean appeared.

• Sean and the others learned that accumulated magic was causing dangerous distortions and could eventually taint the magic of young wizards, while Grindelwald suspected the effects came from the present world.
• Pride concluded that the barrier between worlds was cracking because Herpo was excavating it and absorbing the Realm of Illusion’s origin, so Grindelwald ordered the army to march faster.
• The Wizarding Army endured a restless night and began a forced march, but Returners ambushed it near a damaged mountain and plunged both armies into a fierce battle.
• Hogwarts students, including Capen’s Ravenclaw squad, fought with disciplined coordination and defeated much larger groups using basic spells.
• Heinrich summoned dark creatures and used a Black Rhombus Crystal to turn them into the souls of dozens of Bone Dragons, then sent two dragons diving at Capen’s squad.
• Sean appeared before Capen as the Bone Dragons attacked.

Sean led the fight against Herpo’s Bone Dragons, annihilating them with an enormous display of magic before absorbing their dark energy to replenish himself. He revealed that his open challenge was meant to keep the cautious Herpo inside his temple, while Heinrich began considering retreat.

• Sean explained to Capen how the Bone Dragons combined an Obscurus, Dementors, a Silent Mouth, and cursed bones, then urged him to stay alive and retreat when necessary.
• Sean summoned an Ice Crystal Dragon and a Golden Phoenix, empowered them with the Runes array, and used them to destroy the Bone Dragons.
• Grindelwald burned the last escaping Bone Dragon with silver flames, while he and Vita Rosier discussed Sean’s mastery of their Ancient Magic.
• Sean absorbed the black mist and its dark creatures, using them as nourishment and drawing further magic into himself.
• Heinrich began thinking of retreat as Sean’s concealed soul aura kept Herpo from leaving his temple to confront him.

Sean and the Wizarding Army defeated the Returners, while Heinrich fled and was pardoned by Herpo. Herpo examined a damaged copy of Sean’s soul and opened a sealed coffin, while Sean’s group rested before following Pride toward the source of Mother’s aura.

• Heinrich realized the Returners were losing, ordered his trusted men to help him escape, and was carried from the battlefield as Sean and the others defeated their forces.
• Sean used the Killing Curse to destroy fleeing Half-Ghosts, and he and Grindelwald discussed Herpo’s failure to intervene and the heavy casualties.
• Herpo spared Heinrich after his defeat and ordered him to keep obstructing the group’s advance.
• Herpo removed the darkness and curses from a bubble containing a damaged copy of Sean’s soul, then opened a sealed coffin and found someone inside.
• Sean brought out a massive oak door so the wounded could rest, and Pride told him that Mother’s aura was coming from a nearby direction.

Sean followed Pride to Robin’s Soul World, where he found her decaying domain and a dangerous stone hut that might contain her true form. Herpo appeared above the great tree as a clone, confirming Sean’s suspicion of a trap.

• Sean left the group and followed Pride’s sense of Robin’s presence, reasoning that Herpo would not risk leaving his temple without sensing Sean.
• Sean reached a gray-white basin beyond a lava sea and entered Robin’s Soul World, where the landscape showed signs of collapse.
• Sean endured the grief carried by crimson snowflakes while Pride identified the mountain summit as the place where Robin was waiting.
• Sean found a withered tree and a stone hut, but Robin did not answer when he called to her, and approaching the doorway filled him with danger.
• Herpo’s spell descended from above, and Sean countered it before Herpo’s hunched black clone appeared in the tree’s crown.