Chapter Summaries

Harry, Ron, and Hermione interrupted Snape as he checked the Sorcerer’s Stone’s protections, believing he was trying to steal it. Xu Yue incapacitated Snape, the children, and Quirrell, then exposed and Obliviated Voldemort before preparing to move them to their assigned locations.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione rushed into the room to stop Snape, and Hermione set his robes on fire while Snape disarmed Harry and Ron.
• Xu Yue arrived, Obliviated and stunned Snape, then erased the children’s memories and knocked them unconscious.
• Xu Yue confronted Quirrell, who tried to persuade him that Snape was the thief, and Obliviated him.
• Voldemort revealed his face on the back of Quirrell’s head, but Xu Yue Obliviated him before he could finish speaking.
• Xu Yue realized Voldemort could not yet be killed because his Horcrux remained and prepared to transport everyone to their designated locations.

Snape awoke bruised with his memories of the Halloween troll incident missing, while Voldemort wondered who had returned him to Quirrell's office. During the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match, Xu Yue replaced the injured Angelina and stunned the crowd by scoring from an extreme angle.

• Snape woke covered in bruises and bite marks, realized his memories had been tampered with, and wondered what had happened to the Sorcerer's Stone.
• Voldemort told Quirrell that whoever had altered events had returned Snape to the office, and he recalled a black-robed figure resembling a great bat.
• At the Quidditch match, Slytherin used rough play, and a Bludger sent Gryffindor Chaser Angelina crashing into a pillar.
• Xu Yue took Angelina's place, summoned a Nimbus 2000, and flew onto the pitch as the crowd cheered.
• When play resumed, Xu Yue seized the Quaffle and scored from an extreme distance and angle, silencing the stadium.

After Harry caught the Golden Snitch and Gryffindor won, he, Xu Yue, and Hermione followed their suspicions to Hagrid’s hut, but Malfoy reported their nighttime outing and they were assigned detention in the Forbidden Forest. Xu Yue joined the patrol voluntarily and sensed danger as he entered the forest with Harry and Malfoy.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch, and Xu Yue and Wood praised him and celebrated Gryffindor’s win.
• Harry noticed bite marks on Snape’s leg and, with Xu Yue’s agreement, decided to ask Hagrid about his suspicions; the group used the Invisibility Cloak to visit Hagrid, who was hatching a dragon egg and still trusted Snape.
• Malfoy reported the group’s nighttime outing to Professor McGonagall, who deducted points and assigned detention to Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Malfoy.
• Xu Yue volunteered to join the detention, and Professor McGonagall praised his helpfulness while Hagrid divided the students into patrol groups.
• Xu Yue entered the Forbidden Forest with Harry, Malfoy, and Fang, sensed its unusual magical nature, and detected killing intent as he prepared to save a unicorn.

Xu Yue saved a unicorn from an attacker who fled, then left it in Hagrid’s care after earning its trust. Convinced that Voldemort was after the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry and the others went to Professor McGonagall, who told them Dumbledore was away in London.

• Xu Yue, Harry, and Malfoy found a wounded unicorn, but its attacker fled when Xu Yue cleared a path through the trees.
• Xu Yue healed the unicorn and stopped Firenze from charging into the scene; Hagrid then arrived and helped look over the aftermath.
• Xu Yue earned the unicorn’s trust and left it in Hagrid’s care, while Malfoy hurried back to the castle and Harry told Ron and Hermione what had happened.
• Harry connected the unicorn blood and the Sorcerer’s Stone to Voldemort’s return, and Xu Yue reminded him that Hagrid had revealed the three-headed dog’s weakness.
• The next morning, Xu Yue, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to Professor McGonagall, who told them Dumbledore had gone to London and would be away for several days.

Xu Yue erased Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s memories of their suspicions, then led them through the trials protecting the Sorcerer’s Stone with spells and brute force. They reached the Mirror of Erised, where Xu Yue recognized that Dumbledore’s hidden presence was the real obstacle to obtaining the Stone.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione asked Xu Yue to convince the professors, so he cast Obliviate and made them forget their plan.
• Xu Yue led the trio into the forbidden corridor, where the three-headed dog cowered and exposed the trapdoor.
• Xu Yue used Lumos to drive off the Devil’s Snare, then blasted through the locked door instead of catching a flying key.
• Xu Yue destroyed the chess king, passed the empty troll chamber, and extinguished the flames in the fifth trial.
• Xu Yue reached the Mirror of Erised and realized he still had to get past Dumbledore to take the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Harry, Hermione, and their companions discovered Professor Quirrell was behind the attempt to steal the Sorcerer's Stone, but the Stone Harry retrieved from the Mirror of Erised was a fake. Xu Yue destroyed Quirrell and Voldemort with a single spell, while Dumbledore continued watching from hiding.

• Professor Quirrell revealed that he had been pretending to stutter and ordered Harry to look into the Mirror of Erised.
• Harry saw the Stone placed in his pocket, then tried to retreat, but Voldemort's voice exposed him and Quirrell demanded the Stone.
• Hermione tried to stall Quirrell as Harry handed the Stone to Xu Yue, who recognized it as a powerful counterfeit.
• Professor Quirrell revealed Voldemort beneath his turban, and Voldemort tried to intimidate and recruit Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue cast Diffindo, destroying Professor Quirrell and Voldemort along with the Mirror of Erised.
• Xu Yue realized the real Stone was elsewhere and sensed that Dumbledore was watching from the shadows.

After the Sorcerer's Stone was secured, Xu Yue left Hogwarts for the summer while Harry returned to his relatives. Reincarnators tracking Xu Yue spotted him at King's Cross, and Prince Su reported receiving a strange acceptance letter.

• Xu Yue gave Professor McGonagall the fake Sorcerer's Stone, and she gathered the professors to inspect the defenses while Dumbledore remained absent.
• Dumbledore returned for the House Cup feast and awarded points, while Gryffindor had already moved ahead of Slytherin because of Xu Yue.
• Uncle Vernon berated Harry over his luggage at King's Cross, but Xu Yue offered to help before leaving with Butler Allen in a convoy of luxury vehicles.
• Harry told Uncle Vernon that Xu Yue was his dormmate, leaving Vernon stunned by Xu Yue's wealth and status.
• Ande Hai's team spotted Xu Yue's convoy and discussed how to approach him, then Prince Su contacted them about a strange acceptance letter.

Prince Su received a Hogwarts acceptance letter, prompting Ande Hai to realize that magic was involved in the mission and reorganize their plans around gathering young Reincarnators. Meanwhile, Harry endured another miserable summer with the Dursleys, and Dobby’s attempt to keep him from returning to Hogwarts ruined Uncle Vernon’s dinner with the Masons.

• Prince Su showed Ande Hai the Hogwarts acceptance letter, and a Hogwarts teacher arrived to guide Shanqi through enrollment.
• Ande Hai abandoned his military plans and began contacting Reincarnators to find and gather those who were eleven or younger.
• Harry, confined by the Dursleys and unable to contact his friends, asked Uncle Vernon to let Hedwig out but was sent back to the attic.
• Dobby appeared in Harry’s room and urged him not to return to Hogwarts, but Harry refused.
• Dobby used magic to dump the cake on Mr. Mason, and Uncle Vernon tried to explain away the disaster by claiming Harry had attacked him.

Xu Yue arrived at the Dursleys’ home just as the Masons stormed out after the cake incident, and Eren’s respectful address revealed Xu Yue’s high status in the mundane world. The Masons’ anger turned to fear, and Xu Yue had Eren call them back to discuss matters with Harry’s uncle.

• Lady Mason berated the Dursleys after the cake was overturned, while Sir Mason prepared to leave and Uncle Vernon tried to apologize.
• Harry realized the house-elf had disappeared, leaving him unable to explain how the cake incident happened.
• Xu Yue arrived at the door as the Masons were leaving, and Eren waited outside to open the gate for them.
• Sir Mason recognized Eren, who identified him as Baron Merlin before Sir Mason clarified that he was only a knight bachelor.
• Eren referred to Xu Yue as the young lord, frightening the Masons with the realization of Xu Yue’s status.
• Xu Yue told Eren to call the Masons back because they seemed to have business with Harry’s uncle.

Xu Yue rescued Harry from the Dursleys by persuading Sir Mason to smooth things over, then took Harry to stay with the Weasleys. Meanwhile, Prince Su gathered Reincarnators to target Xu Yue at Hogwarts, and the Weasleys planned a trip to Diagon Alley.

• Xu Yue learned that Dobby had caused the cake incident and promised to handle both the Dursleys and any Ministry trouble for Harry.
• Sir Mason apologized to Xu Yue and offered Vernon a lucrative business deal, prompting Vernon to recognize Harry's importance to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue took Harry to the Weasleys' home, while Ande Hai gathered Reincarnators and Prince Su planned to confront Xu Yue at Hogwarts.
• Xu Yue received an owl letter listing familiar names among the incoming students and welcomed the Reincarnators' interest in him.
• Mrs. Weasley suggested taking the children to Diagon Alley to buy their books and attend Gilderoy Lockhart's signing event.

Prince Su led the Reincarnators to Diagon Alley to win Gilderoy Lockhart’s favor, while Xu Yue escorted Harry there and encountered the group at Flourish and Blotts. The Reincarnators revealed they had joined The Dark Lord’s faction and chose not to confront Xu Yue yet.

• Prince Su brought the Reincarnators to Diagon Alley and explained that Gilderoy Lockhart would be there, proposing they buy his books and ask for autographs.
• Xu Yue knocked out the men threatening Harry after Harry’s Floo Powder mishap, then took him to Flourish and Blotts.
• Prince Su and twelve other Reincarnators posed for photographs with Lockhart while each held a set of his hardcover books.
• The Reincarnators recognized Xu Yue, said they had joined The Dark Lord’s faction, and decided to avoid a confrontation until they had developed their magic.

Xu Yue encountered the Reincarnators in Diagon Alley and suspected they had joined Voldemort’s faction through a Horcrux. After summer vacation, he reached the Hogwarts train platform first, while Prince Su’s group mistook Draco Malfoy for their Dark Lord ally.

• Prince Su’s group showed Xu Yue their signed Lockhart books and bragged that Gilderoy Lockhart would teach at Hogwarts, while Harry defended Xu Yue after hearing they had bullied him.
• Xu Yue suspected the Reincarnators had obtained a faction mission by approaching a Horcrux, then spotted Lucius Malfoy and wondered whether he had passed the diary to one of them.
• Xu Yue bought shops in Diagon Alley and later concluded that Lucius had likely given the Horcrux diary to a Muggle-born Reincarnator rather than Ginny.
• Xu Yue rushed through the Platform Nine and Three-Quarters barrier and petrified it, leaving Dobby staring at the blocked entrance.
• Xu Yue joined Hermione on the train and diverted her attention to a discussion of spells while Harry and Ron were missing.
• Prince Su’s group approached Draco Malfoy, who insulted them, and they took his hostility as proof that he was their hidden Dark Lord boss.

Xu Yue watched the Reincarnators settle into Hogwarts while Harry and Ron arrived late after crashing their flying car into the Whomping Willow. As the students struggled to learn spells and prepared for the new school year, Xu Yue noticed signs that Hogwarts was preparing for the Basilisk’s return.

• Ron flew the Weasleys’ car alongside the Hogwarts Express, and Xu Yue waved to him before the car rolled out of sight.
• Prince Su and twelve other Reincarnators joined Gilderoy Lockhart, and Prince Su later entered Gryffindor with three companions.
• Harry and Ron arrived late to the feast after crashing into the Whomping Willow, and Xu Yue listened as Ron recounted what happened.
• Prince Su taunted Harry by suggesting The Dark Lord was about to return, prompting Harry to thank him for the warning and Prince Su to sense a sinister presence.
• The Reincarnators struggled to learn spells and focused on studying, while Xu Yue observed that Hogwarts was cultivating Mandrakes as a remedy for petrification.
• Xu Yue found Reincarnators memorizing Gilderoy Lockhart’s autobiographies because his Defense Against the Dark Arts exams tested details about his life.

Harry invited Xu Yue to Quidditch training, but Xu Yue chose the library, leaving Harry to prepare with Wood. At the pitch, Malfoy’s new position as Slytherin Seeker led to a confrontation that ended when Malfoy insulted Hermione and Xu Yue arrived with his wand drawn.

• Harry asked Xu Yue to attend Quidditch training, but Xu Yue declined and went to the library.
• Wood told Harry to keep Xu Yue on the team and ensure Gryffindor built a 150-point lead before the opposing Seeker caught the Snitch.
• Wood and the Gryffindor players met the Slytherin team at the pitch, where the Slytherin captain showed Snape’s approval for their training and Malfoy revealed himself as their new Seeker.
• Five Hufflepuff first-years defended Malfoy, but Malfoy rejected them and called them filthy Muggle-borns.
• Hermione demanded that Malfoy apologize, and Malfoy insulted her as a Muggle-born before Xu Yue arrived with his wand drawn.

Xu Yue petrified Malfoy and the Slytherin Quidditch team after Malfoy insulted Hermione and Xu Yue, and Snape failed to undo the spell. The students were released the next day, and Xu Yue's bag of Galleons ended the dispute.

• Malfoy insulted Hermione and Xu Yue, so Xu Yue petrified the Slytherin Quidditch team and told Wood to continue training.
• Snape could not undo Xu Yue's spell, deducted ten points from both Gryffindor and Slytherin, and ordered everyone to wait until the next day.
• Madam Pomfrey could not cure the petrified students because the Mandrakes were not mature enough.
• Xu Yue arrived the next day and lifted the spells, after which the Slytherin players protested weakly.
• Xu Yue threw a bag of Galleons to the Slytherin Quidditch captain, who kept it as compensation for the team's nutrition expenses.

After hearing a threatening voice in the pipes, Harry discovered a blood-red warning and found Prince Su Petrified and hanging upside down. Xu Yue could not reverse the unusual spell, so Dumbledore ordered them to wait for the Mandrakes to mature.

• Prince Su dismissed the eunuch's suggestion to continue their plan and went to the library to study Gilderoy Lockhart's books.
• Harry heard a chilling voice while helping Gilderoy Lockhart answer fan letters and followed it through the pipes.
• Harry found the words “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the Heir, beware!” written in blood-red letters beside the Petrified Prince Su.
• Xu Yue examined Prince Su and failed to undo the strange Petrifying Charm, which Snape said was beyond his ability to reverse.
• Dumbledore decided that they would have to wait for the Mandrakes to mature.

After a student was attacked, rumors about the Chamber of Secrets and Slytherin’s heir spread, with Xu Yue and Malfoy becoming the leading suspects. As the Gryffindor–Slytherin Quidditch match began, Slytherin’s players openly treated Xu Yue as their heir and asked him to go easy on them.

• Harry told Xu Yue, Hermione, and Ron that he had followed a voice to the attack scene and was the only one who could hear it; they decided not to tell Dumbledore yet.
• Professor McGonagall explained that Slytherin had left a Chamber containing a monster for his heir to open, and that the Chamber had once been opened fifty years earlier, killing a student.
• Rumors named Xu Yue and Malfoy as possible heirs, while Slytherin pure-blood students increasingly backed Xu Yue and accepted the idea of purging Muggle-borns.
• Mao Xiong and his allies decided to keep spreading the accusation against Xu Yue and pressure him, trusting Gilderoy Lockhart to protect them from the Chamber’s threat.
• At the Quidditch match, Slytherin’s players asked Xu Yue to show them mercy, while Malfoy privately planned to catch the Golden Snitch and beat Potter.

Harry caught the Golden Snitch and won the Quidditch match, but Lockhart made his broken arm worse while trying to heal it. After a second student was attacked, the Reincarnators suspected Xu Yue and debated how to respond, while the diary’s holder was pushed into a passive position.

• Harry caught the Golden Snitch, giving Gryffindor a 310-point victory, but fell and broke his arm.
• Lockhart cast Brackium Emendo on Harry and removed all the bones from his arm.
• Dobby arrived that evening, and a Russian Ravenclaw first-year became the second victim, causing fear and hostility toward Xu Yue.
• Yuji argued that Xu Yue was the Chamber of Secrets heir and urged the Reincarnators to retaliate or seek an alliance.
• The diary’s holder grew furious at Yuji for disrupting his plans, while the Reincarnators favored a temporary truce and Liu agreed.

Xu Yue and the Reincarnators agreed to avoid open conflict while they pursued their shared goal, but Gilderoy Lockhart staged a public combat demonstration that gave Xu Yue an opening to challenge them. The Reincarnators agreed to face Xu Yue and began plotting to expose him as the Heir of the Chamber of Secrets and take his place.

• Yuji negotiated a temporary agreement with Xu Yue, asking him to stop releasing the Chamber of Secrets monster against the Reincarnators.
• Hogwarts enjoyed a brief calm, and Gilderoy Lockhart claimed that his presence had driven the Blackhand into hiding.
• Gilderoy Lockhart arranged a Defense Against the Dark Arts combat demonstration with Snape as his assistant.
• Xu Yue persuaded Gilderoy Lockhart to have students duel instead, then pointed out several Reincarnators as his opponents.
• Yuji agreed to the duel and urged the other Reincarnators to use it to expose Xu Yue as the Heir of the Chamber of Secrets and take his place.

Xu Yue faced Yuji and the other Reincarnators in a staged duel while Gilderoy Lockhart enthusiastically narrated the fight. Yuji surrendered after spending most of his cash, and his mistaken theory that Xu Yue was trying to impress Lockhart convinced the Reincarnators to wear Xu Yue down with repeated challenges.

• Snape agreed to let the Reincarnators challenge Xu Yue, while remaining wary of their unusual spellcasting.
• Yuji opened the duel with a spell that knocked Xu Yue back, and Gilderoy Lockhart praised both fighters as he narrated their intense exchange.
• The Reincarnators speculated that the duelists were paying to use spells and decided to take turns challenging Xu Yue, with each spending what they could afford.
• Yuji abruptly surrendered after using almost all his cash and told the Reincarnators that Xu Yue had spent money too.
• Yuji claimed Xu Yue was using the duel to impress Gilderoy Lockhart and gain his goodwill, so the Reincarnators resolved to thwart him by wearing him down.