Chapter Summaries

Luan studied alchemical runes so he could strengthen a collar for a big dog, while Hermione returned to the Common Room after recovering from her cold. The chapter ended with Hermione guessing that Luan was reinforcing the Three-Headed Dog’s protection.

• Ron worried when Luan explained that the Three-Headed Dog would become even more extraordinary, while Harry promised to avoid the protective checkpoints unless he had to stop a Dark Wizard.
• Luan studied the Reinforcement Rune and learned how runes, Magic Arrays, and suitable materials worked.
• Luan practiced carving the Reinforcement Rune into Red Sandalwood and succeeded on his thirty-second attempt.
• Hermione returned to the Common Room after recovering and teased Luan for studying beyond the curriculum.
• Hermione asked why Luan was researching alchemy, and Luan said he was making a collar for a big dog.
• Hermione guessed that Luan was strengthening the Three-Headed Dog’s protection.

Luan continued strengthening Hogwarts’s defenses against the Dark Wizard and suspected Dumbledore wanted the culprit to test them. After Hagrid took him to meet Fluffy, Luan noticed Professor Quirrell acting suspiciously and left him wondering whether Quirrell was the Dark Wizard.

• Luan practiced carving Reinforcement Runes and discussed Harry’s dangerous flying maneuvers and the idea of using a Flying Carpet to catch him if he fell.
• Hagrid told Luan that Dumbledore had agreed to let him meet Fluffy, and warned him to keep his involvement in the Philosopher’s Stone’s defenses secret.
• Luan reasoned that Dumbledore might have deliberately made the protections conspicuous so the Dark Wizard would attempt them and reveal their strength.
• On the way to Fluffy’s corridor, Hagrid and Luan encountered Professor Quirrell, who claimed he was looking around and offered to help with the defenses.
• Luan noticed that Quirrell had briefly stopped stuttering and questioned why he was on the fourth floor, increasing his suspicions about the professor.

Luan received Snape’s letter of recommendation to visit Slug & Jiggers Apothecary and pursue his Potion Ingredients business. He planned to inspect the shop during Christmas, but Malfoy interrupted the conversation with an insult.

• Luan told Harry and the others that Fluffy was formidable, then began carving three collars from hard Red Sandalwood.
• Luan used Muffliato to work undisturbed, though Fluffy’s size and the wood made the collars difficult to finish.
• Snape gave Luan a letter directing him to Slug & Jiggers Apothecary, where Slug would help him resolve his business needs.
• Luan discussed the apothecary with Ron and Hermione and said he planned to inspect it during Christmas.
• Malfoy interrupted and mocked Luan for trying to do business despite supposedly being poor.

Luan intimidated Malfoy after the Slytherin insulted him, then prepared to return to the Crimson Moon with Bouncing and several supplies. Once there, Luan introduced Bouncing to Zalan and gave him the Flame Conch Fertilizer formula, which Zalan warned could attract the attention of powerful authorities because it halved crop-growing time.

• Luan confronted Malfoy over his insults, but Snape arrived and led Malfoy away before a fight began.
• Luan continued his studies and training, learned potion brewing from Cedric, and packed supplies for his return, including the fertilizer formula and Bouncing's tree-nest house.
• After midnight, Luan brought Bouncing aboard the Crimson Moon, where the creature recovered from feeling ill and began exploring the ship.
• Luan explained Bouncing's knack for gathering wealth, and Zalan suggested giving it more rooms to use as storerooms.
• Luan gave Zalan the Flame Conch Fertilizer formula, and Zalan warned that its ability to halve crop-growing time could draw the attention of the Federation or Empire.

Luan burned the parchment containing the fertilizer formula, then prepared to leave Meyersburg Castle and secretly confront Montoya. After the Bailey Family’s banquet, Luan and Zalan rode to Montoya’s ship, where Luan began a stealthy approach while Zalan took up a supporting position.

• Luan burned the fertilizer formula and told Zalan they would leave for Star Ember Island after dealing with Montoya.
• The Bailey Family held a lavish farewell banquet, where Rian Bailey questioned Luan and Lynn Bailey befriended Aunt Daisy and Sophia.
• After the banquet, Luan and Zalan slipped away, and Luan told Anton to return to Rian Bailey and keep their plans secret.
• Luan and Zalan rode to the secluded fjord where Montoya’s ship was moored, and Zalan went to a high point to provide support.
• Luan examined the ship with his monocle, hid Bouncing in his clothes, donned the Invisibility Cloak, and approached the vessel.

Luan fought Montoya and his fire serpent near the sailing ship, subduing Montoya but failing to stop the creature from escaping aboard and slaughtering people. The fire serpent remained active on deck, where it destroyed Luan’s Obstacle Charms with flaming venom and attacked another woman.

• Bouncing warned Luan about a creature underground, and a fiery snake called Fire Fiend emerged as Montoya came out onto the ship’s railing.
• Montoya drank a transformation potion, changed into a powerful wolf-tiger-leopard creature, and attacked Luan, who slowed him with Obstacle Charms and Sleepyface Fungus spores before petrifying him.
• Luan removed his Invisibility Cloak and fought Fire Fiend, but the snake burned through his spells and fled into the ship while Zalan tied up the unconscious Montoya.
• Luan pursued Fire Fiend through the burning cabin, blasting through obstacles as the creature fed on people aboard the ship.
• On the deck, Luan tried to trap Fire Fiend with Obstacle Charms, but it dissolved them with flaming venom and bit another woman.

Luan killed the Fire Serpent and helped Zalan evacuate the unconscious people from the burning ship, while his Levitation Charm and Cutting Curse grew stronger. As they searched the hold and freed the chained slaves, Luan and Zalan reached a room that left them frozen in the doorway.

• Luan wrapped the Fire Serpent in the Unbelievers Flag, lifted it high with a Levitation Charm, and repeatedly struck it with Cutting Curses until he cut it into three pieces.
• Luan and Zalan carried the unconscious people from the ship to a nearby rocky shore, and Luan realized his Levitation Charm and Cutting Curse had become more powerful.
• Luan searched Montoya's room, took a notebook and the Unbelievers organization's correspondence, and let Bouncing collect a chest of treasure.
• Luan and Zalan searched the hold, where Zalan tried to shoot the chains binding the slaves and Luan blasted them apart with Thunderclap Explosion.
• The freed slaves fled the ship but fell asleep on the beach after inhaling the lingering Spore Powder; Luan and Zalan then opened a door on the third level and froze at what they saw.

Luan and Zalan rescued captives from Montoya’s ship, where ordinary people had been subjected to horrific magical experiments, and Luan tortured Montoya before Zalan killed him. Back aboard the Crimson Moon, Luan struggled with what he had witnessed and examined Lynn Bailey’s generous gift of rare potion ingredients, ending as he turned to inspect the items taken from Montoya.

• Luan and Zalan found five victims of human experimentation hidden in the ship’s final room, and Zalan stayed behind to comfort them while Luan returned to shore.
• Luan woke Montoya with seawater and repeatedly used Cutting Curses on him while demanding to know why he had experimented on ordinary people.
• Zalan gave Luan a black stone from Anton’s younger brother, and an arrow killed Montoya after he admitted the victims had been slaves.
• Zalan burned Montoya’s corpse with the ship, while the rescued captives later awoke and believed their masked rescuer was a child of the gods.
• Luan returned to the Crimson Moon, gave Anton the stone, and left Maierzu Castle with Zalan and Aunt Daisy despite their teasing him about Lynn Bailey.
• Luan inspected Lynn Bailey’s gift of rare potion ingredients, including a Unicorn horn, Swamp Lilies, Snowberries, and Moonlight Grass, then turned to the items he had taken from Montoya.

Luan studied the loot from Montoya’s sailboat and learned that the Unbelievers planned to seize Aurem Island and use the Fire Emblem Key to free their imprisoned leader. As Luan tested his growing magical abilities aboard the Crimson Moon, the Star Radiance Great Shaman foretold that Ben would return to Star Ember Island with the High Priest’s successor.

• Luan read Montoya’s letters and learned the Unbelievers had over a hundred members, were preparing to seize Aurem Island, and had commissioned the Fire Emblem Key to break the Holy Light Prison.
• Luan studied Montoya’s handbook, kept the Transformation Magic materials for research, and sealed away the potions brewed with blood from altered people.
• Luan extracted the Flame Spine Serpent’s venom and parts, copied its natural runes, and discovered that his Wizard Bar and several spells had grown stronger.
• A black crow searched the ruins of Montoya’s sailboat, found a charred corpse, and flew northeast with a letter tied to its leg.
• The Star Radiance Great Shaman told Xinglu that Ben would return with the High Priest’s successor, then ordered preparations and sent word to the other two tribes that Crimson Moon was about to return to Star Ember Island.

Luan arrived at Star Ember Island, where its three Great Shamans welcomed him as the High Priest’s prophesied successor. They showed him an ancient stone carving of a young man with a creature resembling Bouncing, but Luan questioned whether the prophecy was genuine.

• Luan and the Crimson Moon reached Rihui Port, where tribal people and several Great Shamans awaited them.
• Ben reunited with his parents and recounted how pirates had captured him before Luan rescued him.
• The three Great Shamans bowed to Luan and declared that the High Priest’s prophecy identified him as the successor.
• The Star Radiance Great Shaman revealed a three-thousand-year-old stone carving depicting a young man with a creature resembling Bouncing.
• Luan doubted the carving’s age and authenticity, so the Great Shaman invited him to examine the second carving.

Luan saw three ancient stone-carving prophecies that identified him as the High Priest’s successor and was welcomed to settle on Star Ember Island. As the tribe celebrated his arrival, Zalan watched him from the gathering, still concerned about what Luan’s identity might mean.

• The three great shamans showed Luan carvings depicting a wizard with a wand, a wizard arriving aboard the Crimson Moon, and other details that matched him.
• Luan asked the great shamans to call him by his name rather than successor or High Priest, and agreed to settle on Star Ember Island for now.
• The Tribal people held a rare bonfire ceremony and welcoming dance for Luan and the people of Veteran Alley.
• Holt praised the tribe’s hospitality, while Zalan considered the possibility that Luan might become its master and watched him with concern.

At a bonfire gathering on Star Ember Island, Luan met the island’s Great Shamans and young wizards, then faced Lang when he challenged Luan’s claim to be the High Priest’s Successor. Lang began a Wind Summoning Technique as Luan prepared to counter it.

• Hui, Yun, and Gui introduced their magical specialties and the circumstances of their tribes to Luan.
• Lang accused Luan of being an enemy spy and challenged him, while Luan agreed to prove his strength in a wizard duel.
• Luan and Lang moved to the center of the grounds as the islanders and Veteran Alley residents gathered to watch.
• Lang began chanting and using ancient gestures to summon increasingly powerful winds.
• Luan studied Lang’s casting and raised his wand to respond.

Luan defeated Lang with a quick spell, then showed Great Shaman Hailan that his magic could stop the Great Shaman’s Wind Summoning Technique. Hailan praised the magic as a way to protect Star Ember Island, but Star Radiance Great Shaman reminded him that Luan had only just returned and had an important matter to attend to.

• Luan stopped Lang’s Wind Summoning Technique and defeated him in an instant, leaving the gathered wizards bewildered.
• Lang rejected Luan’s offer of help and demanded another match, but Great Shaman Hailan rebuked him and challenged Luan to compare their casting speeds.
• Luan and Great Shaman Hailan cast their spells while seated; Hailan raised a powerful gale, but Luan stopped it and briefly petrified him.
• Luan lifted the Petrifying Charm, and Great Shaman Hailan praised his magic as a way to protect Star Ember Island.
• Star Radiance Great Shaman reminded Hailan that Luan had an important matter to attend to, so Hailan ordered Lang to bring the island’s sea chart for the High Priest.

Luan gained ownership of Starlight Island after the three Great Shamans competed to offer him land, giving him a place to settle and study magic. As he celebrated with them, he learned that the Tribal Wizards called outside mages demons because their magic came from Erebus, who had created the Holy Church.

• Great Shaman Hailan, Great Shaman Lingshu, and the Star Radiance Great Shaman offered Luan land, and Luan chose Starlight Island.
• Luan asked whether the island was safe from the Spellcasters and Unbelievers fighting over nearby Aurem Island, and the Great Shamans promised to defend Star Ember Island's territory.
• Luan and the leader of the Star Radiance Tribe agreed to transfer ownership of Starlight Island to him.
• Luan celebrated with Great Shaman Hailan and asked why outside wizards were called demon wizards.
• The Star Radiance Great Shaman explained that the tribes believed outside wizards drew their magic from Erebus, the true demon who created the Holy Church.

Luan learned that the Holy Church and other magical factions descended from the tribal wizards, whose priest Erebus founded the Church after leaving the tribe. The Great Shamans revealed that Erebus also cursed every tribal person, and they hoped Luan, the High Priest’s Successor, could help save them.

• Luan heard that Erebus, the first Pope of the Holy Church, had once been a Moon Guardian Priest among the tribal wizards.
• The Great Shamans explained that Erebus founded the Holy Church with a new system of Sacred Arts, defeated the tribal wizards, and forced them to retreat to Star Ember Island.
• Luan learned that the founder of the Mages Association had also come from the Holy Church, explaining why tribal wizards called outside mages demons.
• Luan asked whether the Great Shamans expected him to fight the Holy Church, and they assured him that the tribe sought only to survive, not wage war.
• The Great Shamans revealed that Erebus had cursed every tribal person and that even the High Priest had been unable to lift the curse.

Luan learned that Erebus’s three-thousand-year-old curse threatened to end the Tribal Wizard lineage and wipe out the Tribal people, leaving him uncertain how he could help. The celebration continued on Star Ember Island, while Luan privately complained about the impossible burden left by the vanished High Priest.

• Star Radiance Great Shaman told Luan that Erebus’s curse would sever the Tribal Wizard lineage and destroy the Tribal people.
• Great Shaman Lingshu and Great Shaman Hailan explained that the curse had driven the tribes to Star Ember Island and hindered the growth of their wizards.
• Luan questioned how he could break a curse that the High Priest had failed to lift, and the Great Shamans reassured him that the High Priest’s successor would guide them.
• Great Shaman Hailan led Luan out to join the celebration, while Lang defended his challenge against Luan and declared his ambition to become the next Great Shaman.
• Luan returned to the stands as the celebration continued, but he raised his cup and silently complained about the difficult problem left by the vanished High Priest.

Luan and the tribal helpers began rebuilding Starlight Island, while he used magic to speed the work and observed the tribespeople assisting him. The chapter ended with Luan learning that the hardworking little girl on the field was Lu’s youngest daughter, who had no Wizarding Talent.

• Luan and the people from the three major tribes arrived at Starlight Island with supplies to help rebuild his home.
• Ben chose to remain at Luan’s side despite his tribe’s recognition and his father’s offer of a reward.
• The helpers began building houses, clearing roads and water sources, and preparing the land as Luan used spells to assist them.
• Lang watched Luan use Thunderclap Explosion and realized Luan had likely gone easy on him in their previous encounter.
• Luan asked why a young girl was working in the field, and Lang explained that she was Lu’s youngest daughter and lacked Wizarding Talent.

Luan studied the tribes’ sorceries and explained that he could identify wizarding talent. After Ya’s talent was confirmed, the Great Shamans brought 831 children for him to examine, and he began pointing out the gifted among them.

• Lu took Ya to Great Shaman Lingshu, who confirmed that Ya possessed Wizarding Talent and made her the tribe’s second young wizard of the year.
• Luan continued studying tribal writing and sorcery with Lang, impressing him by mastering more than a hundred characters in one day.
• Lu thanked Luan for discovering Ya’s talent, and Luan told the Great Shamans that identifying potential wizards was one of his own talents.
• Great Shaman Hailan brought Luan to a boat carrying 831 children gathered from Star Ember Island for talent testing.
• Luan began identifying the children with Wizarding Talent by pointing at them.

Luan selected ten overlooked Young Wizards, and Great Shaman Lingshu began testing them with Spirit Tree leaves. The first test confirmed that Tuo had Wizarding Talent, while Luan’s observations suggested the leaves’ black energy had caused earlier tests to miss gifted children.

• Lang challenged Luan’s unusual selection method, but Luan insisted that he had found every gifted child and selected ten Young Wizards.
• Great Shaman Hailan urged the Great Shamans to test the children before focusing on past mistakes, and Great Shaman Lingshu opened a wooden box and took out a willow leaf.
• Great Shaman Lingshu tested Tuo with the leaf, which vanished and left a pale green mark on his forehead, confirming his Wizarding Talent.
• Luan examined the leaf’s energy and rune through his monocle and recognized a rune similar to the Sensing Rune.
• After watching the next test, Luan suspected that the leaves’ black energy had lowered their accuracy and caused the Tribal Wizards to overlook gifted children.

Luan identified ten children with Wizarding Talent, then examined a leaf from the tribe’s cursed Spirit Tree. After learning the tree had fallen asleep and its remaining leaves might be the last for three years, he asked to see it.

• Luan selected ten Young Wizards, who thanked him and pledged their loyalty, while he stopped them from kissing his boots and accepted their hugs.
• The children who were not selected mourned, and the Great Shamans comforted them and promised that future children’s talents would not be overlooked.
• Luan examined a Spirit Tree leaf and sensed that the tree had been weakened by Erebus’s curse.
• Great Shaman Lingshu explained that the Spirit Tree had fallen asleep and that its leaves might be the tribe’s last supply for three years.
• Great Shaman Lingshu and Great Shaman Hailan let Luan keep a leaf, and Luan asked to see the Spirit Tree.