Chapter Summaries

After Habane Hotaka disappeared, Dumbledore left to search for him while the other wizards prepared to protect the students. Moriarty and Jericho confronted Habane Hotaka in Kuno’s body, then used a Portkey to travel toward a meeting with Yakei Go.

• Dumbledore told the wizards that Habane Hotaka had disappeared and left Dawn in charge of the students while he searched for him.
• Moriarty confronted Habane Hotaka, who controlled Kuno’s body, and accused him of using evil magic on Kuno.
• Habane Hotaka revealed that Moriarty possessed a Sacred Relic connected to the Immortality Prophecy and challenged him to meet the Immortality Organization’s BOSS, Yakei Go.
• As Kuno’s body disintegrated, Habane Hotaka summoned the Carnation-Wrapped Box and revealed it was a Portkey.
• Moriarty and Jericho grabbed the box and vanished, and Kuno was announced dead as the competition was suspended.

Moriarty and Jericho followed a Portkey to Malfoy Manor, where they found Yakei Go preparing an underground Blood Banquet. Yakei Go recalled Moriarty’s transformation during the Fallen Crow attack and began to explain what the monsters revealed about their souls.

• Moriarty and Jericho arrived at Malfoy Manor and discovered its interior had been stripped out and excavated into a vast underground plaza.
• Yakei Go revealed that he had transformed the manor to host a Blood Banquet and praised Moriarty as a fellow wizard blessed by the gods.
• Jericho mocked Yakei Go and threatened him, but Yakei Go claimed he had seen both Jericho’s and Moriarty’s souls.
• Yakei Go recalled the Fallen Crow’s Dark Elemental Magic turning a hundred thousand wizards into Living Dead and called the transformed wizards a feast.
• Yakei Go described how Moriarty had let the Dark Elemental Magic corrupt him, causing horns to form a crown and his head to grow round and large.

Yakei Go explained how he believed monster transformations revealed people’s hidden desires, then described his ambitions and his fixation on Lilith. Moriarty rejected Yakei Go’s claims and ended the exchange by telling him not to compare himself to Moriarty.

• Yakei Go claimed Moriarty’s transformed head, horns, and crown revealed his knowledge, ambition, and power, but Moriarty doubted that he could truly see souls.
• Yakei Go interpreted Jericho’s monster form as a sign of stubborn confidence, physical strength, and a hidden desire for admiration, then admitted he had once hidden his own ambitions behind a mask.
• Yakei Go said the Seer had shown him the human soul and declared himself destined to save Japan’s Wizarding World and become the god of the world.
• Moriarty and Jericho mocked Yakei Go as insane, breaking the tense mood before Yakei Go asked about Lilith.
• Yakei Go said Lilith’s enormous legs represented her drive to overcome obstacles and warned that she could threaten him and Moriarty.
• Moriarty called Yakei Go narcissistic and told him not to compare himself to Moriarty.

Moriarty rejected Yakei Go’s offer to join forces, mocked his ideals, and provoked him into revealing his power. Yakei Go unveiled a Blood Banquet and prepared to attack Moriarty and Jericho.

• Moriarty deduced that Yakei Go’s ambitions depended on a Hebrew Seer and refused to ally with him.
• Yakei Go tried to persuade Moriarty to combine their Elemental Magic and change the Wizarding World, but Moriarty declared his ideals wrong.
• Moriarty compared Yakei Go to a child using the Elder Wand to punish the world, and Jericho joined in mocking him.
• Yakei Go lost his temper as black mist filled the underground space, then blocked Jericho’s Confringo.
• Yakei Go revealed his red eyes, called Moriarty and Jericho his food, and announced his Blood Banquet.

Moriarty and Jericho were trapped on a descending platform where they could not cast spells, and symbols on the wall caused Moriarty intense pain. After blood flooded the platform and knocked them unconscious, Yakei Go welcomed his guests to a feast, and a woman identified the symbols as God's Sigil.

• Moriarty and Jericho discovered that their spells and wands did not work on the descending platform, while the black mist made breathing difficult.
• Moriarty suspected the platform had sealed their spells and tried to study symbols on its wall, but he could not remember them and one caused him severe pain.
• Jericho helped Moriarty back to the center, and Moriarty warned him not to look at the symbols or he would go mad.
• The platform stopped as Habane Hotaka called for someone to hurry, and blood poured through the walls, knocking Moriarty and Jericho unconscious.
• The platform rose back to Malfoy Manor, where Yakei Go welcomed his guests to a feast and a woman said the symbols were God's Sigil.

Moriarty woke inside the Blood Banquet platform, surrounded by human and magical-creature remains, and realized Yakei Go intended to serve them as food. As Yakei Go began the banquet with Moriarty and Jericho trapped inside, Violet watched from the seats beside Princess Mother.

• Moriarty awoke in a lake of blood and recognized human bones, human flesh, and the body of a Slit-Mouthed Woman among the remains.
• Moriarty heard magical snakes crying out in Serpent Tongue and sensed Dark Elemental Magic in the flesh, but found that he could not cast Spells.
• Moriarty remembered arranging for Violet to seek help from her mother, and Violet later escaped Hogwarts and reunited with Princess Mother.
• Yakei Go seated the guests around the platform so they could watch the Blood Banquet, while Moriarty and Jericho remained trapped inside.
• Yakei Go announced that he would take the first piece of meat and asked the assembled guests who opposed or approved.

Moriarty found the missing children at Yakei Go’s Blood Banquet and discovered that the Demonic Monk was Rasputin. Princess Mother intervened to protect Moriarty, but Yakei Go challenged the Ventrue Blood Clan and prepared to fight.

• Moriarty found Draco, Pansy, Astoria Greengrass, and another girl submerged in blood, then pulled them back when a Levitation Charm began lifting them away.
• Yakei Go and the Demonic Monk discussed Moriarty as food, and Moriarty recognized the Demonic Monk as Rasputin.
• Princess Mother mocked Yakei Go and the Demonic Monk, then tried to levitate Moriarty to safety, but Yakei Go’s black mist stopped her spell.
• Yakei Go threatened to eat Ventrue flesh, and Princess Mother warned that she could initiate a vote to remove him as BOSS.
• Yakei Go invoked Dracula’s authority and unleashed Dark Elemental Magic as Ventrue Prince pleaded with him and the Demonic Monk urged them to fight.

Yakei Go and the Demonic Monk threatened Moriarty and the Ventrue Queen over the Blood Banquet, but the Queen chose to protect Moriarty and pulled him from the pool. Moriarty killed the Demonic Monk with Avada Kedavra and challenged Yakei Go, leaving a fight between them looming.

• The Demonic Monk invoked Yakei Go's promise that every member could choose a feast, forcing Yakei Go to oppose the Ventrue Queen if she protected Moriarty.
• The Ventrue Queen decided to defend Moriarty, unleashed the Ventrue family's blood energy, and pulled him from the Blood Banquet.
• Yakei Go declared that the Queen had broken the banquet's rules and threatened to decide whether she lived or died.
• Moriarty struck the Demonic Monk with Avada Kedavra, then brought Jericho and the four children out of the Blood Banquet.
• Violet clung to Moriarty and called him Master, while the Ventrue Queen watched her daughter and Moriarty.
• Moriarty mocked Yakei Go and asked whether he wanted to eat the Demonic Monk or be beaten until his subordinates fed him the monk's flesh.

Moriarty’s allies and the Immortality Organization clashed during the Blood Banquet beneath Malfoy Manor. As Moriarty battled The Hag and the Demonic Monk, Lilian revealed her allegiance by attacking Yakei Go and The Hag.

• Yakei Go ordered the Demonic Monk to attack Moriarty, and the Demonic Monk unleashed violet beams before the Ventrue Queen intervened.
• Moriarty recognized Lilian and Merlin among the organization’s members, then froze the chamber and used an Ice Basilisk to occupy the Demonic Monk.
• The Hag attacked Moriarty and the Ventrue Queen with a red disintegration Spell, while the Eskimo refused to fight.
• Yakei Go urged Lilian to crush Moriarty, but Lilian grew enormous and revealed she was an undercover agent by bringing her fists down on Yakei Go and The Hag.

Lilian and Merlin revealed themselves as allies of Moriarty and attacked the Immortality Organization, but Yakei Go survived Lilian’s strike and unleashed darkness across Wiltshire. As Moriarty purified the darkness, Merlin trapped Yakei Go in a Mind Dimension Space, while the enraged enemy prepared to unleash even greater power.

• Lilian crushed The Hag and struck Yakei Go, while Merlin and Moriarty confronted the remaining Immortality Organization members.
• Yakei Go survived Lilian’s attack with Dark Armor and unleashed Ultimate Darkness, overwhelming the area and incapacitating Violet, the children, Jericho, and the Ventrue family.
• The Demonic Monk fled as Yakei Go turned his fury on Merlin and Lilian, whom he recognized as the people who had infiltrated the organization under false identities.
• Moriarty used Water of Mercy to purify the spreading darkness while Yakei Go summoned parasitic seeds to turn humanity into Monsters.
• Merlin trapped Yakei Go in his Mind Dimension Space, but struggled to contain him as Yakei Go vowed to gather the darkness of time and bury the world and its gods.

After Moriarty disappeared, Lilith transformed herself into a snake-like magical creature and followed Violet’s scent to Malfoy Manor, while Dumbledore brought a mysterious female centaur there to help Moriarty. The centaur, Polly, struck Yakei Go through the heart, but the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Lockhart told Fudge that Habane Hotaka was likely behind the disappearances, and Fudge ordered Mahoutokoro’s staff and students watched.
• Narcissa Malfoy, Diana, Tonks, Pheobe, Penelope, Gemma, and Zhang Qiu gathered to discuss Moriarty’s disappearance, while Lilith secretly listened and suspected he and Habane Hotaka had left Hogwarts.
• Lilith transformed fully into a snake-like magical creature, gained Super Perception, and followed Violet’s Blood Clan scent from the Room of Requirement toward Malfoy Manor.
• Dumbledore emerged from the Forbidden Forest with a female centaur, and Diana guessed they were heading to find Moriarty before following them.
• At Malfoy Manor, Merlin’s Mind Dimension Space was consumed by Yakei Go, who overwhelmed Moriarty after Merlin exploded.
• The female centaur attacked Yakei Go with a spear and shield, introduced herself as Polly, and declared she had been watching his organization.

Polly captured Yakei Go and sealed his Dark Elemental Magic, while Moriarty and Dumbledore confronted him about his plans and memories. Yakei Go escaped the spear by revealing a Ghost Bride and summoned dozens of Shikigami, leaving Moriarty to challenge him over relying on the Japanese magic he claimed to hate.

• Polly impaled and restrained Yakei Go, and he tried to bribe her with territory before Moriarty warned her not to trust him.
• Polly revealed that she was the Centaur chieftain who created Magic Canyon, and Dumbledore explained that he had invited her to help with the Five Schools Tournament.
• Moriarty agreed to tell Dumbledore about the Immortality Organization after the crisis, and Dumbledore tried to search Yakei Go's mind.
• Polly revealed that her spear bore a God's Sigil that sealed Yakei Go's Magic Power, but Dumbledore found that his memories had been sealed.
• Yakei Go emerged from flesh at the Blood Banquet and summoned dozens of Ghost Brides, which Moriarty identified as Shikigami from Japanese magic.
• Moriarty accused Yakei Go of relying on the magic he claimed to despise and declared that he had already failed.

Moriarty and Dumbledore killed Yakei Go, but The Hag revealed ancient magic and called for her master to resurrect a messenger. After The Hag vanished in black fire, Yakei Go returned alive, leaving the group facing an impossible resurrection.

• Yakei Go lost the will to fight as his Ghost Brides protected him, but Moriarty killed him with Volcanic Eruption.
• Dark Elemental Magic surged from Yakei Go's eyes after his death, so Dumbledore and Moriarty destroyed his head and remains with powerful spells.
• Moriarty ordered the Eskimo captured to learn about the Immortality Prophecy, but the Eskimo warned them that The Hag was getting up.
• The Hag revived from her crushed body, rebounded Moriarty's ice attack, and used a costly enlargement to knock Lilian aside.
• The Hag covered herself in black fire and called for her master to resurrect his messenger, then vanished as Yakei Go appeared alive before Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Polly.

Yakei Go unleashed Ultimate Darkness, turning the battlefield into a spreading corrupted world, but Moriarty, Dumbledore, Polly, and Diana forced it back. After Lockhart briefly disrupted Yakei Go with a Memory Charm, Lilith struck him down, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Yakei Go recovered his confidence, repelled Lilian, and attacked Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Polly with Dark Elemental Magic.
• Yakei Go unleashed Ultimate Darkness, corrupting the land and sky, while Moriarty and Dumbledore used powerful fire and elemental magic to hold it back.
• Lilith and Diana arrived, and Diana's nature magic helped push the darkness back as Polly continued to use God's Sigil.
• Lockhart arrived on a Hippogriff, hit Yakei Go with a Memory Charm, and fell from the sky after his Freezing Charm failed.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore used Legilimency while Moriarty drove back the darkness, exhausting Yakei Go and making him fall.
• Lilith rushed in and struck Yakei Go in the back of the head with her snake tail, breaking his neck and sending him crashing to the ground.

Yakei Go escaped after losing the battle, and Moriarty agreed to cooperate with Dumbledore and Polly while keeping the Immortality Organization’s secrets from the public. Back at Hogwarts, Moriarty learned that Yakei Go’s retaliation had begun with the assassinations of political leaders and Japan’s Minister of Magic.

• Yakei Go escaped through a pool of darkness after warning Moriarty and the others to expect retaliation, and Moriarty leveled up and received a quest to kill him.
• Polly asked Dumbledore to strengthen protection around the Forbidden Forest, while Dumbledore reprimanded Lilith and asked Moriarty to protect his friends.
• Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Polly agreed to discuss cooperation against the Immortality Organization, and Moriarty asked Dumbledore to keep the organization’s role out of the public account.
• Moriarty left Lockhart and Jericho with Dumbledore to support the cover story, then returned to Hogwarts with the Ventrue family, Diana, and Lilian.
• Moriarty read reports that the English and Japanese prime ministers had been assassinated and that Japan’s Minister of Magic had been killed, then demanded to know where Fudge was.

After the Immortality Organization’s swift retaliation, Moriarty and Dumbledore joined forces to hunt for The Hag while Moriarty planned to confront the Demonic Monk in the Soviet Union during summer break. The chapter ended with Moriarty learning that Fudge had spent the night at Umbridge’s house and arranging breakfast in the Room of Requirement.

• Moriarty ordered Leon to find and protect Fudge, then met Dumbledore to discuss the assassinations and the Immortality Organization’s retaliation.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore agreed to investigate The Hag using their combined networks and the Ministry of Magic’s assistance.
• Moriarty announced that he planned to go to the Soviet Union during summer break to stop or kill the Demonic Monk, while Dumbledore urged caution.
• Dumbledore addressed the students and faculty, explaining that Japanese Dark Wizards had interrupted the final and that the rest of the details could not be revealed.
• Marcus told Moriarty that Leon had found Fudge at Umbridge’s house, where Fudge had spent the night.
• Moriarty ordered breakfast for ten to be sent to the Room of Requirement.

Moriarty learned more about the Immortality Organization from Lilian and the Ventrue family, then shared his investigation with Dumbledore and Polly. Polly revealed that the Centaurs had foreseen their tribe’s destruction at the hands of someone called the Dragon Tamer.

• Moriarty fed the snake-transformed Lilith and comforted Lilian by explaining that Merlin’s true body might still be alive, imprisoned in Japan.
• Diana translated Lilian’s account of her and Merlin’s investigation, including how Yakei Go recruited her into the Immortality Organization.
• The Ventrue Queen told Moriarty that Dracula had recruited the Blood Clans into the Immortality Organization while searching for something, and that a Hebrew man had accompanied him.
• Moriarty recounted his investigation of the Immortality Organization to Dumbledore and Polly, including the repeated appearances of Hebrew men.
• Polly said the Centaurs had long watched the Immortality Organization through their star-reading abilities and that a former chief had foreseen the tribe’s destruction by someone called the Dragon Tamer.

Polly revealed that a Centaur prophecy linked a Dragon Tamer, an army of magical beasts, and the Goblins to a hidden force behind the Goblin Rebellions. Moriarty theorized that Gringotts funded the Immortality Organization, and the group ended by asking what its members were searching for.

• Polly described a future in which a Dragon Tamer commanded magical beasts that searched for something while rarely harming people.
• Polly revealed that the Centaur Elder Chieftain’s costly divination identified Goblins and that her investigation suggested someone had secretly organized the Goblin Rebellions.
• Moriarty and Dumbledore discussed how the familiar account of the eighteenth-century Goblin Rebellion might conceal the real history.
• Moriarty reasoned that the Immortality Organization’s members could not fund it themselves and proposed that Goblins, specifically Gringotts, supplied its money.
• After a period of reflection, Moriarty asked what the Immortality Organization was searching for so they could test their theory.

Polly revealed the true Immortality Prophecy and explained how the Immortality Organization had pursued its artifacts for centuries. Moriarty identified the Ice Moon Necklace as the Water artifact, while Dumbledore disclosed that the Fire artifact was in the Phoenix Nest.

• Polly told Moriarty and Dumbledore that a Goblin prophecy had led her to uncover the Immortality Organization and its connection to Elemental Magic.
• Polly recounted seeing Yakei Go use Dark Element Magic and consume magical creatures’ flesh and blood more than twenty years earlier.
• Moriarty explained that the prophecy concerned eight elemental Magical Artifacts and a Key, and that the Hebrews were closely connected to the prophecy.
• Polly revealed the true prophecy: collecting the eight artifacts and the Key would uncover the secret of immortality, and the Organization already possessed the Dark artifact.
• Moriarty showed Polly the Ice Moon Necklace, identifying it as the Water artifact he had taken from a Japanese Dark Wizard.
• Dumbledore revealed that the Fire artifact was in the Phoenix Nest.

Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Polly agreed to monitor the Immortality Organization without forming a rival group, while Polly accepted a Hogwarts teaching role. After Polly left, Dumbledore reopened his discussion with Moriarty about Harry Potter, hinting that he had changed his mind.

• Moriarty proposed using Dumbledore's contacts, Polly's Centaurs, and Britain's pure-blood families to watch for the Immortality Organization's search for Magical Artifacts, and Dumbledore and Polly agreed.
• Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Polly rejected forming an opposing organization, choosing to treat their conflict with the Immortality Organization as a personal grievance rather than start a war.
• Polly asked to become the Ancient Runes Professor so she could teach the God's Sigil, but Dumbledore suggested she start a club instead and offered her the Magical Creatures Professor position, which she accepted.
• Dumbledore said Professor Lockhart was going to the Ministry of Magic and asked Moriarty to recommend a new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor; Moriarty declined.
• After Polly left, Dumbledore asked Moriarty what he thought of Harry Potter and said he might have changed his mind, prompting Moriarty to wonder what Dumbledore intended.