Chapter Summaries

Moriarty told Dragon Mother Ithiel about the Immortality Prophecy and the Immortality Organization, hoping to ally with her against their common enemy. Ithiel refused to cooperate and prepared to fight, so Moriarty advanced toward her with his three Elemental Magics.

• Moriarty addressed the ruler of the Black Forest as Dragon Mother and explained the prophecy about eight Elemental Artifacts and the Key.
• Dragon Mother recounted how she defeated Gamp, Larpo, and the Goblin King when they tried to steal the Thunder Dragon Core, but a powerful Light Being rescued them.
• Moriarty identified the three intruders as Immortality Organization members and said the Light Being was likely the same figure who had intervened when he killed Beedle.
• Moriarty revealed that he possessed the Water, Wind, and Fire Elemental Artifacts and the Key, and proposed that he and Ithiel join forces against the Immortality Organization.
• Ithiel refused Moriarty's offer and threatened to defeat him and join the Immortality Organization, while Moriarty approached her and summoned the power of his three elements.

Moriarty forced his way through Ithiel’s lightning barrier, but their confrontation turned into a chaotic struggle involving her dragon horns. The little dragon arrived to warn them that more people had come and were fighting those on Phoenix’s back.

• Moriarty broke through Ithiel’s lightning barrier and confronted her at the throne.
• The system gave Moriarty a mission to take down the Dragon Mother, and Ithiel punched him into the air after catching him staring.
• Moriarty grabbed Ithiel’s dragon horns, and her lightning shocks left him clinging to her as she tried to throw him off.
• Ithiel twisted Moriarty around to face her, leaving him caught in her embrace and confused about where he was.
• The little dragon rushed into the palace and told Ithiel that more people had arrived and were fighting the people on Phoenix’s back.

Moriarty left the Dragon Mother's palace to fight the Immortality Organization, while Ithiel followed him to Swabia. She arrived just in time to save Dumbledore and Grindelwald from their attackers and challenged the organization.

• Moriarty changed into silver robes, told Ithiel he had to fight the Immortality Organization, and left the palace.
• Ithiel tore open space with lightning and followed Moriarty, leaving the little dragon behind in the palace.
• Ulick Gamp, Larpo, Tom Riddle, and Aberforth Dumbledore attacked Dumbledore and Grindelwald above Swabia.
• Tom sent Fiendfyre at Dumbledore, and Aberforth cast a Killing Curse at his brother for Ariana's sake.
• Ithiel punched away Aberforth's Killing Curse, shattered Gamp's dark waterfall, and forced Larpo to stop moving.
• Ithiel mocked Gamp and Larpo, renamed their group the Clown Organization, and declared that everyone was a clown beneath her thunder.

Ithiel fought Gamp and Larpo while Dumbledore and Grindelwald resisted Gamp’s dark magic, and Moriarty intercepted Larpo. After Ithiel manifested Dragon Armor and shattered the darkness, Gamp fled and she pursued him.

• Gamp unleashed Blackness of Space, weakening Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Erls, but Dumbledore protected Grindelwald with a Patronus.
• Ithiel battled Gamp’s dark matter and corrupted Elemental Magic, while Larpo summoned the Seven Deadly Sins Serpent to attack her.
• Moriarty arrived and fought Larpo, drowning the Gluttonous Serpent before Larpo used Eden and Jormungandr to counter his attacks.
• Ithiel summoned Dragon Armor and punched a hole through space, forcing Gamp to flee.
• Ithiel chased Gamp and declared that his evolution had stagnated.

Gamp unleashed Ultimate Darkness on Swabia and fled, leaving the city and its residents corrupted. Moriarty and Ithiel joined forces to purify the city, while the Clown Snake’s disappearance raised questions about the Seven Deadly Sins’ Horcruxes.

• Gamp cast Ultimate Darkness on Swabia and disappeared, while Larpo escaped into the cosmos inside the Gluttonous Serpent.
• Moriarty, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald destroyed six of Larpo’s Seven Deadly Sins Serpents, but the Clown Snake vanished; Moriarty suspected the snakes were Horcruxes or puppets.
• Ithiel rose above Swabia and weakened the lightning gathering around her to create a force that could purify the corrupted city.
• Moriarty joined Ithiel in the sky and used Water Elemental Magic and Guardian Bubble to guide away the excess lightning and protect them both.
• Moriarty and Ithiel released a descending film of light that spread through Swabia to purify its residents.

After purifying Swabia, Moriarty realized that Ithiel’s Thunder magic and his Water magic worked together, and warned her that the Light Being might join forces with Gamp. Ithiel agreed to leave the Black Forest and accompany Moriarty to North America, where she planned to eat Thunderbirds.

• Moriarty’s Water Elemental Magic advanced as he and Ithiel worked together, while Ithiel gained new insight into Thunder magic.
• Moriarty warned Ithiel that Gamp and the Light Being could combine their Dark and Light magic, and Ithiel considered leaving the Black Forest.
• Moriarty and Ithiel reflected on their personal reasons for acting, and he finally took his hands off her shoulders.
• Moriarty said he was heading to North America, while Dumbledore and Grindelwald might pursue Aberforth after Gamp and Larpo fled.
• Ithiel decided to accompany Moriarty to North America and asked him to bring down Thunderbirds for her to eat.

Hermione wrote Moriarty her 133rd letter about the changes at Hogwarts and the resistance to Umbridge's rule. She struggled to get the letter sent, while George and Fred reflected on how much the students missed Moriarty and hoped he would return.

• Hermione wrote to Moriarty about Umbridge becoming Hogwarts's acting headmistress, the rise of Larpo's faction, and the growing restrictions on students and professors.
• Hermione described how she and her allies continued resisting Larpo's faction, while Umbridge dismissed Sybill Trelawney and closely monitored the professors.
• Hermione gave her letter to George Weasley and corrected him when he thought it was her 131st letter.
• George and Fred warned Hermione that their few channels for sending letters were under surveillance, so Hermione took the letter back.
• George revealed that his bag held Ginny's letters to Moriarty, and he and Fred hoped Moriarty would soon return.

Moriarty and Ithiel arrived in Texas, where they reunited with Jericho and told him about their recent struggle against the Immortality Organization. As they discussed what they would do after defeating it, Jericho unveiled his Flying Horse, and Moriarty and Ithiel left together for dinner.

• Moriarty and Ithiel landed at Jericho’s Texas ranch, startling the cowboys and livestock with Ithiel’s presence.
• Jericho greeted Moriarty in his cowboy clothes and teased him about arriving with another beautiful companion.
• Moriarty told Jericho about recent events, including the effort to purify Swabia, and Jericho vowed to stop Gamp and the Immortality Organization from Becoming gods.
• Ithiel said she would return to the Black Forest after the conflict, while Moriarty considered an ordinary life and Jericho imagined riding across the prairie.
• Jericho showed Moriarty and Ithiel his four-legged Flying Horse prototype, then fell asleep beside it.
• Moriarty invited Ithiel to dinner, and Jericho secretly watched them leave while hoping for a large red envelope if they got together.

Moriarty decided to retrieve Salazar Slytherin’s Snakewood Wand from the forest near Ilvermorny and arranged a visit with Headmaster Dawn. As Moriarty, Jericho, and Ithiel flew to Massachusetts, Jericho discovered that half his cattle and horses had vanished, while Moriarty and Ithiel knew where they had gone.

• Jericho recommended visiting Ilvermorny, and Ithiel became eager to eat Thunderbird meat after hearing its name.
• Moriarty explained that he intended to reclaim Salazar Slytherin’s Snakewood Wand, and Jericho offered to consult Headmaster Dawn about its history and return.
• Ithiel listed the creatures she had eaten and went to barbecue Jericho’s cattle and horses.
• Jericho returned with an invitation from Headmaster Dawn, and the group set off for Ilvermorny.
• Jericho noticed that many of his cattle and horses were missing, while Moriarty and Ithiel exchanged a knowing look.

Moriarty visited Ilvermorny, where Headmaster Dawn revealed that Japan was developing enchanted weapons and offered a sweeping alliance on behalf of North American wizards. Moriarty accepted in principle and planned to send Lockhart to negotiate the details.

• Moriarty, Jericho, and Ithiel arrived at Ilvermorny and paid their respects to the founders’ statues, earning Moriarty two Exploration Draws.
• Headmaster Dawn told Moriarty that Cohen’s family had uncovered Japan’s development of weapons that fired bullets carrying black energy.
• Moriarty inferred that Yakei Go was behind Japan’s enchanted weapons and realized Dawn wanted to ally with him to obtain similar equipment.
• Dawn offered North American support, including Ilvermorny’s Snakewood Wand, backing at the International Confederation of Wizards, and aid in a future war, in exchange for a share of enchanted weapons.
• Moriarty agreed to discuss the alliance’s details later and decided to send Lockhart to negotiate.

Moriarty and Headmaster Dawn led a gathering of Ilvermorny wizards into the forest where Salazar Slytherin's Snakewood Wand had been buried. Moriarty awakened the forest with the Slytherin staff and discovered that the wand was a vessel for Wood Elemental Magic.

• Headmaster Dawn welcomed Moriarty as an ally and led him toward the hidden site of Salazar Slytherin's Snakewood Wand.
• Ithiel asked Moriarty to take her for Thunderbird meat, and Moriarty promised to do so that night.
• Headmaster Dawn explained that the Snakewood Wand lay somewhere beneath a forest near the place where Isolt Sayre had fought Gormlaith Gaunt.
• Moriarty raised the Slytherin staff and activated the family Magic Circle, causing the forest's branches to transform into green snakes.
• Moriarty used Serpent Tongue to call the Snakewood Wand, and the trees shifted aside to reveal a tall silver-and-green snakewood tree.
• Ithiel identified the revealed wand as a vessel for Wood Elemental Magic, leaving Moriarty astonished that his family's wand was an Elemental Artifact.

Moriarty brought the Snakewood Wand into his Alchemy Matrix and began cultivating it, discovering its Wood Elemental Magic strengthened his wind and water elements. After returning to Ilvermorny with Ithiel, they found Lockhart negotiating with North American magical and Muggle leaders.

• Moriarty tested the Snakewood Wand's Wood Elemental Magic and found that it improved his Elemental Magic Advancement Path, while it rejected Ithiel's thunder magic.
• Moriarty used his Alchemy Matrix to bring Ithiel and the Snakewood Wand into its space, then shrank the tree and began cultivating it there.
• Ithiel tried interacting with the Snakewood Wand but found that its Wood Element was closed to her.
• Moriarty took Ithiel out of the Matrix Space and promised to bring her Thunderbird meat, while explaining that Lockhart had been handling negotiations at Ilvermorny.
• Lockhart arrived at Ilvermorny and met with Headmaster Dawn, Paul Jackson, other North American officials, and Muggle leaders as Moriarty and Ithiel slipped into Thunderbird House.

Moriarty, Ithiel, and Jericho traveled to Rio de Janeiro to meet Professor Purlie and continue investigating the Goblin King and the Elemental Magic Artifacts. Professor Purlie warned Moriarty that something had happened to Lilith, leaving him alarmed.

• Moriarty and Ithiel discussed their destination and the Goblin King's past attempt to tame the Giant Dragon race while Jericho sympathized with the frightened Thunderbird.
• The group arrived in Rio de Janeiro, where Centaurs spotted them and led them to Professor Purlie.
• Moriarty showed Professor Purlie the Wood Elemental Artifact and introduced her to Ithiel, who possessed the Thunder Elemental Artifact.
• Moriarty and Professor Purlie discussed their progress obtaining the Elemental Magic Artifacts and the possibility that a Hufflepuff student could lead them to the Earth Artifact.
• Professor Purlie urged Moriarty to go see Lilith and began telling him that something had happened to her.

Moriarty learned that Lilith had been hiding at Castelobruxo under the protection of her pen pal, Trapese Duteronomi, and hurried to find her. He discovered she had locked herself in a research lab for five days and nights, and Professor Purlie identified him to Trapese as the one most likely to help.

• Jericho stayed behind to photograph the rainforest while Moriarty, Ithiel, and Professor Purlie headed to Castelobruxo.
• Moriarty explained that Lilith had a pen pal there and had likely gone to Rio because she had nowhere else to hide.
• Professor Purlie told Moriarty that Lilith was at Castelobruxo as a Herbology exchange student, protected by Trapese Duteronomi.
• Moriarty, Ithiel, and Professor Purlie reached the school and learned that Lilith had shut herself in the 777 Research Lab for five days and nights.
• Professor Purlie introduced Moriarty Slytherin to Trapese as the person who could help Lilith through her difficult time.

Moriarty found Lilith trapped in a half-human, half-snake form at Castelobruxo and encouraged her to face him. After he confessed that he liked her more than Medusa, she embraced him, but his laughter enraged her just as her body began changing back.

• Moriarty climbed to the seventh floor of Castelobruxo and found Lilith's Magic Power inside Laboratory 777.
• Lilith hid from Moriarty because Human Transfiguration had left her with a snake's body and no hair, and she could not turn back.
• Moriarty encouraged Lilith to open the door, reminding her of her past courage.
• Lilith asked whether Moriarty liked Medusa, and Moriarty said he liked Lilith more regardless of her form.
• Moriarty broke into the laboratory, and Lilith rushed into his embrace before he laughed at her appearance.
• Lilith attacked Moriarty, and her snake body began transforming into a human upper body.

Moriarty and Lilith remained inside the 777 Research Lab for days while their activities shook the Big Wooden House. As Castelobruxo's professors approached the building, Professor Purlie realized the Immortality Organization might have discovered them.

• Moriarty and Lilith became entangled in the 777 Research Lab while Professor Purlie and Trapese waited outside for hours.
• Professor Purlie and Trapese entered the Big Wooden House, heard what was happening in the lab, and left without disturbing them.
• Jericho returned to the Centaur Tribe, learned Moriarty and Lilith were still inside, and wondered how long they would remain together.
• The next day, Castelobruxo students saw the Big Wooden House swaying, while Professor Purlie, Trapese, and Jericho suspected Moriarty and Lilith were causing it.
• On the third day, Castelobruxo's headmaster and professors headed toward the Big Wooden House, and Professor Purlie warned that the Immortality Organization might have infiltrated the school.

After five days in the laboratory, Moriarty and Lilith emerged to find Castelobruxo infiltrated by the Immortality Organization and under attack by demonized creatures. They gathered their allies and prepared to flee, but a swarm of Caiporas and another threat in the sky blocked their way.

• On the fifth day, Moriarty and Lilith stopped their training, and Lilith revealed that her lower body had recovered and she had mastered Human Transfiguration.
• Moriarty and Lilith left the laboratory and found the seventh-floor corridor empty, concluding that the Immortality Organization had infiltrated Castelobruxo.
• Hundreds of wizards confronted them in the lodge, and Moriarty blasted them aside with Thunderbolt Explosion.
• Jericho, Professor Purlie, and Trapus met them, and Moriarty ordered the group to prepare to leave for Hogwarts while Jericho went to find Trapus's sister.
• Professor Purlie spotted demonized Caiporas approaching, and Moriarty saw a black mass flying toward the group in the sky.

Enchanted Caiporas and birds attacked Castelobruxo, and Professor Purlie and Lilith fought them off while Moriarty searched for the enchanter. Ithiel struck the culprit with lightning and revealed their location, but Lilith and Ithiel ended the chapter eyeing each other warily.

• Professor Purlie used two God's Sigils to erase the enchanted Caiporas' magic, and Lilith freed more of them with her Golden Giant Pythons.
• Jericho played with Dungbombs before Trapus pulled him toward the dining hall to find her younger sister, Trapis.
• Lilith sent Little Snakes to search for the enchanter as a flock of enchanted birds darkened the sky.
• Ithiel struck down the birds with lightning and revealed where the enchanter had fled, so Moriarty ordered everyone to pursue them.
• Lilith asked Moriarty who Ithiel was, and Lilith and Ithiel summoned their respective snake and dragon phantoms as their magic became confrontational.

Moriarty and Lilith followed Ithiel to a forest temple, where Lilith used Serpent Magic to reach the battle and destroy a Goblin. The Goblin’s power raised three enormous Giants, and Ithiel and Lilith attacked them together before Ithiel shattered the temple with lightning.

• Ithiel opened a rift in space and pursued the fleeing Demonized Lord, while Lilith created a Serpent Path that carried her and Moriarty through space.
• Moriarty and Lilith found blue blood in a forest and followed it toward a temple, where Ithiel was fighting a stone Giant and a cloaked Goblin.
• Lilith grew serpent wings, flew to the temple, and sent a swarm of snakes to devour the Goblin.
• A mocking voice raised a plant Giant and an earth Giant, while the stone Giant grew to hundreds of meters tall.
• Lilith used Serpent’s Coil to disintegrate the plant and earth Giants, and Ithiel threw a lightning axe that destroyed the temple.

Moriarty, Lilith, and Ithiel dealt with a Goblin in South America and set out for Hogwarts, anticipating a final confrontation with the Immortality Organization. Meanwhile, the Goblin King ordered an assault on Hogwarts to recover the Sword of Gryffindor, while Yakei Go’s fleet headed toward the conflict.

• Lilith’s snakes captured the Goblin behind the enchanted birds and Caipora, and Ithiel killed him with lightning.
• Moriarty warned that the Goblin King might start another rebellion and led Lilith and Ithiel toward Hogwarts, where he expected the Immortality Organization to converge.
• Nearly two hundred Gringotts directors gathered as the Goblin King ordered them to infiltrate Hogwarts, retrieve the Sword of Gryffindor, and seize the school when Gringotts closed.
• Yakei Go dismissed the Statute of Secrecy as already broken and fired his fleet’s main turret, blasting a whale into the air.