Chapter Summaries

Moriarty learned that the Four Founders transformed a Light Elemental Artifact into Peeves and bound it to Hogwarts to protect it from Light. Peeves revealed that he had waited for Moriarty for over a thousand years, and Moriarty asked where he came from.

• Moriarty and Dumbledore prepared to leave the ghosts to fight until The Grey Lady stopped them and accused Peeves of causing the deaths of the Four Founders.
• The Grey Lady explained that the Founders had created Peeves from a Light Elemental Artifact, sacrificing their strength and lives to deceive Light and protect it.
• Peeves revealed that he had just told The Grey Lady the secret and that she had passed it to Bloody Baron, who tried to kill him.
• Peeves admitted that he was the other Light Elemental Artifact, was bound to Hogwarts, and could travel into the future.
• Peeves said he had disguised himself for over a thousand years while waiting for Moriarty, who asked where Peeves had come from.

Moriarty returned to Hogwarts with Peeves and The Grey Lady, then helped prepare the castle for the coming final battle while families evacuated to China. Allies from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons arrived, and the chapter ended as the train carrying departing families pulled away.

• Moriarty persuaded The Grey Lady to join him in uncovering Light's identity, and Peeves and Sir Nicholas followed them back to Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore arranged for families to take refuge in China, and Zhang Tianxue arrived with Narcissa, Ingo, and Luke to escort them.
• Professor McGonagall summoned the Stone Warriors to defend Hogwarts as parents and students began departing.
• Grindelwald arrived with Marcus, Krum, and Durmstrang wizards, while Gabrielle joined Moriarty and told him Pheobe had gone to help Lilith.
• Moriarty assigned Marcus to guard the Forbidden Forest with Lovegood and the Scamanders, and the train departed with the evacuees.

Moriarty prepared Hogwarts for Light’s arrival while Jericho led an armed team into the Vatican to investigate Light and Gamp’s disappearance. The team found the Vatican’s dead inhabitants and was attacked by a huge monster that Jericho realized Gamp had made from them.

• Moriarty urged Hogwarts’ defenders to return to the Castle and close its gates after McGonagall and Zhang Tianxue came back.
• Jericho reported that Light and Gamp were missing from the Vatican, and Moriarty warned Lilith that Gamp was heading for the Ministry of Magic.
• Jericho led William, Leon, Soldaya, the Weasley brothers, Cedric, Draco, Lionheart, and others into the Vatican while Headmaster Dawn and Taylor stayed outside to provide support.
• The team found the Pope dead on his throne and suspected Gamp had used the Vatican’s inhabitants with his Dark Element Magic.
• A monstrous giant burst through the floor and attacked the team, and Jericho realized Gamp had brought everyone from the Vatican there.

Gamp unleashed Monsters on the Ministry of Magic and London, and Lilith, Ithiel, Diana, and Violet confronted him. They overwhelmed him and began attacking the Heart of Darkness, but Gamp was still resisting Diana’s power.

• Jericho and the Weasley brothers bombed the Monster while William, Leon, and Lionheart prepared to fight it.
• Gamp sent Monsters rampaging through the Ministry of Magic and London, intending to annihilate the Ministry and seek a reward from the Creator God.
• Lilith, Ithiel, Diana, and Violet arrived in their transformed forms and declared that they would kill Gamp.
• Violet attacked Gamp with Feather of Judgment, and Lilith and Ithiel exploited his distraction to strike him with snake magic and Dragon Fist Burst.
• Lilith pierced Gamp’s chest and reached the Heart of Darkness with golden snakes while Diana sent nature’s power into it, but Gamp’s Dark Elemental Magic resisted her.

Lilith and the others defeated Gamp at the Ministry of Magic, but Light restored Gamp’s control of the Heart of Darkness and escaped to Hogwarts. There, Light confronted Moriarty and the others, betrayed Gamp, took the Heart of Darkness, and killed him after revealing his identity in secret.

• Diana briefly controlled the Heart of Darkness while Lilith, Ithiel, and Violet attacked Gamp, but Light broke Diana’s hold and freed Gamp from his restraints.
• Gamp unleashed Dark Finale and escaped the Ministry of Magic despite being badly wounded, while Lilith and the others set out for Hogwarts.
• Light arrived outside Hogwarts, where Moriarty, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Zhang Tianxue, and the four women gathered to face him.
• Gamp reached Hogwarts and demanded an explanation from Light, who claimed Gamp had guarded the Heart of Darkness for him for more than three hundred years.
• Light plunged his hand into Gamp’s chest, took the Heart of Darkness, whispered his identity to Gamp, and killed him.

Moriarty revealed that Light was the ancient wizard Merlin, who then showed his aged face and explained how his younger self had taught Moriarty Mind Dimension Space. Merlin began unleashing Dark Elemental Magic against Hogwarts as Moriarty fought to counter his power with the Alchemy Matrix.

• Light killed Gamp and threw his corpse into the Forbidden Forest.
• Moriarty identified Light as Merlin, shocking the Hogwarts students and staff, including Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
• Merlin removed his disguise and revealed his elderly appearance, while Moriarty reflected on how Merlin had changed since their meeting in Avalon.
• Merlin explained that his younger self had taught Moriarty Mind Dimension Space, while Moriarty used the Alchemy Matrix to oppose Merlin's magic.
• Nicolas Flamel destroyed Merlin's portraits to help Moriarty disrupt Mind Dimension Space.
• Merlin stopped using Mind Dimension Space and unleashed Dark Elemental Magic, declaring that Hogwarts's fear would nourish it.

Merlin unleashed the Heart of Darkness, terrorizing Hogwarts and nearly killing Lilith before Moriarty intervened with Salazar Slytherin’s wand. Merlin revealed that he had orchestrated Gamp’s discovery of the artifact and attacked Moriarty with a cannon powered by solar energy from across the Multiverse, blasting him into Hogsmeade.

• Merlin used the Heart of Darkness to shake Hogwarts and plunge its teachers and students into terror.
• Merlin split the sky above Lilith and sent down a black beam that stripped away everyone’s abilities, but Moriarty deflected it with Salazar Slytherin’s wand.
• Moriarty used the wand’s Wood Elemental Magic to restore strength to Lilith and the other women, then confronted Merlin over his choices and Gamp’s fate.
• Merlin admitted that he had staged Gamp’s discovery of the Heart of Darkness and transformed his own body through Light and Dark Elemental Magic.
• Moriarty blocked Merlin’s attack with the Slytherin staff, but Merlin fired a solar-powered magical cannon and blasted him into Hogsmeade Village.

Moriarty’s companions fought Merlin while Moriarty returned with Peeves, revealed as the Light Elemental Artifact, and used its power to counter Merlin’s technomagic cannon. Moriarty exposed Merlin’s betrayal of the Four Founders, leaving Merlin humiliated and sweating as Hogwarts laughed at him.

• Lilith, Ithiel, Violet, Diana, and Zhang Tianxue attacked Merlin, but his magic power drove them back.
• The ground steadied, and Moriarty flew from Hogsmeade on a Golden Gryphon with Peeves behind him, revealing Peeves as the Light Elemental Artifact.
• Peeves’s light lifted Hogwarts’ spirits, while Merlin mocked the idea that mischief could defeat him and charged Moriarty with technomagic cannon fire.
• Moriarty used Peeves’s light to erase Merlin’s cannon blasts and explained that the artifact could travel through the future.
• Moriarty accused Merlin of attacking the Four Founders to seize Magical Artifacts and the Golden Spoon, and said they had deceived him for a thousand years.
• Hogwarts’ teachers, students, and Moriarty’s companions laughed at Merlin, who blushed and realized he was drenched in sweat.

Moriarty tried to erase Merlin’s name from Hogwarts records, but Merlin attacked and revealed a plan to summon a god by sacrificing the Vatican and Vivian. The chapter ended as Vivian gave up her life to summon another divine presence, with London unaware of the danger.

• Moriarty vowed to erase Merlin’s traces from Hogwarts and used the Slytherin staff to raise the tower containing The Quill of Acceptance and The Book of Admittance.
• As the book turned to Merlin’s page, Merlin attacked Moriarty with Ultimate Darkness, but Moriarty countered with the Light Elemental Artifact and pursued him through time and Alchemy Space.
• After Moriarty blocked Merlin’s escape and challenged him to use another method, Merlin used God’s Sigil to summon a divine descent and destroyed the Vatican.
• Merlin called on Vivian to sacrifice herself, and Diana realized her teacher was being used to summon a god.
• At the Ministry of Magic, Vivian flew into the sky and sacrificed the ancient Elf Queen’s life force to summon a god as London remained unaware.

Moriarty and his allies fought deities attacking London, the Vatican, and Hogwarts as Merlin revealed himself as Light. The system announced that Moriarty had maxed out Water and Fire Elemental Magic, leaving him on the verge of becoming a god.

• A World-Destroying God rose beneath London and advanced toward the Ministry of Magic, while Lockhart urged the Aurors to trust Moriarty.
• Light tried to send Moriarty into the future, but Dumbledore and Grindelwald intervened, allowing Moriarty to contact Jericho at the Vatican.
• Moriarty told Jericho that Light was Merlin and challenged him to fight the Creator God; Jericho led his squad and Lionheart into battle.
• Hogwarts' teachers, students, and graduates attacked Merlin, who unleashed his Light-Dark Magic.
• Moriarty brought out all six Elemental Magic Artifacts and called forth the world's Water and Fire Elemental Magic.
• The system announced that Moriarty had reached level 100 in Water and Fire Elemental Magic and could become a god.

Moriarty used his newly gained divine power to hunt Merlin across the Multiverse, then faced the Savior God that Merlin summoned to attack Hogwarts. He transformed into a Thunder God and struck at the deity, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Moriarty revealed his divine form, then shrank back down and attacked Merlin with Absolute Water Drop.
• Merlin fled through parallel worlds, but Moriarty sent Chasing Fire Seed after him, creating flame people who pursued Merlin across time and space.
• Merlin summoned the Savior God, which landed on Hogwarts Castle and threatened its inhabitants.
• Moriarty trapped the Savior God in Thunder Prison, reached level one hundred in Thunder Elemental Magic, and transformed into a Thunder God.
• The Savior God used its Scale against Moriarty, who mocked its use and punched toward its head.

Moriarty broke the Savior God's illusion of a perfectly fair world, cracked the Scale, and gained the Light Elemental Artifact ring as Peeves's spirit of chaos survived. The ring's appearance brought Merlin back to the painful memories of how his conflict with the Four Founders began.

• Moriarty used Hogwarts' House gems to form beasts and a crest that defended him against the Savior God's attacks.
• The Scale showed Moriarty a peaceful world, but Peeves pranked him and helped him realize that the vision was false and the world did not need a Savior God.
• Moriarty shattered the illusion, cracked the Scale, and protected Peeves's spirit of chaos as it transformed into the Light Elemental Artifact ring.
• Merlin remembered finding the ring in the Black Lake, being rejected by Salazar Slytherin, and secretly studying Light Element Magic.
• Merlin found the Heart of Darkness, devised his Immortality Plan, and mistakenly believed Helga Hufflepuff's use of the Golden Spoon proved the Four Founders were hypocrites.
• Merlin's memories followed his search for allies and his defeat by the Four Founders before stopping as he began to roar.

Moriarty attacked Merlin and the Savior God while the battle against the World-Destroying God ravaged London. Lilith, Ithiel, Zhang Tianxue, Violet, and Diana held the World-Destroying God back as civilians were rescued, and Lilith launched another attack despite their exhaustion.

• Moriarty rejected Merlin's pursuit of Elemental Magic, struck him with lightning, and attacked him with a mental assault while the Savior God used the Time-Turner on him.
• Moriarty attacked the Savior God with Thunder and Fire Element Divine Arts to stop It from manipulating time.
• In London, Diana explained that the World-Destroying God grew stronger through destruction, so Lilith and Zhang Tianxue sent reviving creatures and illusions to keep It occupied.
• Violet, Ithiel, Zhang Tianxue, Lilith, and Diana joined the fight, giving the wizards and military time to rescue civilians while Tonks and Pheobe continued their rescue work.
• As the five women weakened, Lilith urged them onward and transformed herself before charging the World-Destroying God.

As the Creator God began remaking the world inside a light barrier over Vatican, Jericho Squad tried to stop it. Jericho’s spell helped Lionheart break through the barrier and strike the Creator God, while the squad’s fate remained uncertain.

• Jericho, William, Leon, and Soldaya charged toward the Creator God’s barrier, and Lionheart followed on his Flying Broomstick before leaping after them with the Lake Sword.
• Jericho used Arresto Momentum to manipulate the air around Lionheart’s sword, creating a fiery descent powerful enough to pierce the barrier.
• The vacuum left Jericho oxygen-starved, and William, Leon, and Soldaya caught him and treated him as they descended.
• Lionheart shattered the barrier and saw a miniature kingdom growing inside it, destined to replace the human world if left unchecked.
• Lionheart called on his friends for help and drove the giant Lake Sword into the Creator God’s head.

Moriarty revealed his Wind, Earth, and Wood Elemental god powers while defeating Merlin’s attempt to bargain for the Light Elemental Artifact. He restored the world and revived those harmed in the war, then turned his attention back to Merlin.

• The World-Destroying God exploded over London, and the Creator God disintegrated above the Vatican as Lilith and Jericho’s group fell from the sky.
• Merlin offered Moriarty the Light Elemental Artifact in exchange for sparing the Savior God, claiming it could save Lilith and Jericho.
• Moriarty became the Wind Elemental God and struck Merlin with wind blades, wounding him despite his attempts to evade the attacks.
• Merlin and the Savior God attacked Moriarty, but his Earth Elemental Godpower absorbed their blows.
• Moriarty became the Wood Elemental God and restored the destroyed cities, revived the dead, healed the injured, and saved Lilith, Jericho, and their companions.
• Moriarty’s aura weakened after restoring the world, and he prepared to deal with Merlin.

Moriarty defeated Merlin after Merlin parasitized the Savior God with the Heart of Darkness. With the Jericho Squad and Hogwarts community gathered, Moriarty condemned Merlin for his crimes and killed him, bringing the conflict to an end.

• Merlin used the Heart of Darkness to turn the Savior God into a dark puppet and sent Him to attack Moriarty.
• Moriarty destroyed the Dark Savior God, while Peeves subdued the Heart of Darkness with his Light Whip.
• Moriarty struck Merlin into a crater and rejected his pleas for mercy and offers of help.
• Lionheart confronted Merlin about the destruction of his family's Castle, and Merlin admitted he had acted because King Arthur rejected his proposal to search for Elemental Artifacts.
• Wizards, Aurors, Hogwarts staff and students, and Moriarty's allies gathered as Moriarty listed Merlin's crimes and sentenced him to death.
• Moriarty killed Merlin with the Avada Kedavra, divine fire, lightning, and time magic.

After the war, Moriarty gave Hogwarts the Blessing of Immortality, then returned to school for his final year while his friends rebuilt the wizarding world. Years later, Hermione welcomed Cassandra Vlore to Slytherin, and the story ended with the author reflecting on the novel's creation.

• Dumbledore and Grindelwald hosted a victory celebration at Hogwarts, where Moriarty fulfilled the Immortality Prophecy and bestowed its blessing on the school.
• Moriarty briefly traveled to another world to bring back the Black family sisters and their daughters, then returned to continue his studies at Hogwarts.
• In 1995, McGonagall became Hogwarts headmistress, new professors took their posts, and the school underwent a major renewal.
• Moriarty sent Jericho to lead the British Team in the Quidditch World Cup, and Jericho won the championship after nine victories.
• Years later, Hermione sorted Cassandra Vlore into Slytherin and resolved to nurture her for Moriarty.