Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue joined Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the Weasleys on their trip to the Quidditch World Cup, where Ministry official Amos Diggory eagerly fawned over him. The group used a Portkey to reach the stadium, and everyone except Xu Yue stumbled when they arrived.

• The Reincarnators of the Sino-Japanese Alliance discussed targeting Xu Yue and considered betting on Bulgaria to win the World Cup.
• Xu Yue arrived at Ron's home, where Harry and the others talked excitedly about the World Cup and Bulgaria's star Seeker, Viktor Krum.
• The group left early with Arthur Weasley to find the Portkey that would take them to the stadium.
• Cedric Diggory and his father, Amos, joined the group, and Amos enthusiastically praised Xu Yue for funding his Ministry department.
• The group touched the Portkey and arrived at the stadium, where Harry, Ron, Hermione, Arthur, and Amos stumbled onto the grass while Xu Yue remained standing.

Xu Yue and the Weasleys arrived at the Quidditch World Cup and joined Lucius Malfoy and Minister Fudge in a luxurious box. Xu Yue spotted Barty Crouch Jr. hiding under an Invisibility Cloak but let him remain unnoticed as the match approached.

• Amos and Arthur Weasley arrived with Xu Yue, and Arthur led the group to their spacious tent near the World Cup stadium.
• Malfoy and Lucius joined the Weasleys and Xu Yue, while Fudge greeted them and eased the tension between the families.
• The group found Winky, the Crouch family's house-elf, waiting in the box for her master, Barty Crouch.
• Xu Yue detected Barty Crouch Jr. hiding under an Invisibility Cloak but chose not to expose him.
• Barty Crouch Jr. shivered after Xu Yue's gaze seemed to pierce his disguise, then noticed Harry Potter sitting in front of him with his wand in easy reach.

Ireland won the Quidditch match despite Viktor Krum catching the Golden Snitch, and Harry discovered that his wand was missing. When Death Eaters attacked the World Cup camp, Xu Yue led the others to safety while Prince Su’s Reincarnators tried to join the attackers and were exposed as Muggle-born Hogwarts students.

• Ireland won the match, while Viktor Krum caught the Golden Snitch at the end and Harry realized his wand was missing.
• Arthur Weasley recognized the Death Eaters’ attack and sent the children toward safety as he went to help.
• Xu Yue led the others away and watched for an opportunity while the Death Eaters targeted Muggles and Muggle-borns.
• Prince Su and Yuji led the Reincarnators toward the Death Eaters, hoping to earn their trust by claiming they were allies.
• The Death Eaters burned off the Reincarnators’ disguises, identified them as Muggle-born Hogwarts students, and lifted them into the air.

Harry, Ron, and the others watched the campsite burn before the Dark Mark appeared and sent the Death Eaters fleeing. Xu Yue disarmed Ministry Aurors who attacked him, and the Ministry blamed the Mark on a house-elf; Barty Crouch then cast Winky out by giving her clothes.

• Harry and the others saw the campsite in chaos, where the Ministry had intervened but the surviving Death Eaters escaped punishment.
• The Dark Mark appeared over the campsite, causing the Death Eaters to flee and Ministry Aurors to Apparate around Harry’s group and attack them.
• Xu Yue stopped the Aurors’ spells, disarmed them, and demanded an explanation; Fudge later reprimanded them and settled the dispute.
• The Aurors found the unconscious house-elf Winky holding the wand that had cast the Dark Mark, and the Ministry identified her as belonging to the Crouch family.
• Fudge dismissed the incident as Winky’s naughtiness, while Barty Crouch ordered her to take clothes, effectively casting her out.

Harry worried about his scar and vivid dreams as Xu Yue told him Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament. The visiting schools arrived, and Xu Yue spotted Shirley among the Beauxbatons students, while Prince Su prepared to use the tournament to challenge him and earn points.

• Harry told Xu Yue, Ron, and Hermione that his scar had hurt again and that he was having vivid dreams of Voldemort's crimes.
• Xu Yue explained that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament, and Hermione described its history and dangers.
• Prince Su heard Dumbledore announce the tournament and planned to use it to drain Xu Yue's resources, while Yuji warned him about the French Expeditionary Force at Beauxbatons.
• Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute arrived at Hogwarts, and Harry and Ron were captivated by the Beauxbatons students.
• Xu Yue identified Fleur as a Veela and revealed that Shirley, his friend from a Muggle family, stood beside her; he believed Shirley's success could mislead Prince Su and his followers.

As Hogwarts welcomed the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang delegations, Dumbledore announced the Triwizard Tournament’s rules and the age restriction. The Samsara Team sought a way around the restriction and learned that Fred and George were brewing an Ageing Potion.

• Madam Maximus and the Beauxbatons students arrived at Hogwarts, followed by Durmstrang’s students, Krum, and Igor Karkaroff.
• Xu Yue explained Durmstrang’s ties to Dark wizards and identified Karkaroff as a former Death Eater who had betrayed his companions.
• Dumbledore announced that each school would choose one champion through the Goblet of Fire and that only students aged seventeen or older could enter.
• Barty Crouch and Moody appeared to explain the tournament, while Xu Yue suspected that Moody was Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise and that Crouch was under the Imperius Curse.
• The Samsara Team discussed the tournament as a chance to gain powerful spells and build their reputation.
• Yuji-kun reported that the Gryffindor twins were brewing an Ageing Potion that could help the team bypass the age restriction.

George and Fred bypassed the age line, but the Reincarnators’ layered potions caused the Goblet of Fire to reject their entries and age them. As Xu Yue profited from their predicament, “Moody” began teaching the Unforgivable Curses and the class looked to Xu Yue for answers.

• George and Fred drank potions to cross the age line and submit their parchments, but their faces grew beards after the age-restriction charm reacted.
• Prince Su and the other Reincarnators entered the circle with their own potions, and the Goblet spat out their parchments and blasted them away, leaving them aged and injured.
• Prince Su chose to pay the Mission Space to remove the condition, despite the risk of accumulating debts if the Reincarnators lost.
• Xu Yue brought a prepared potion to Snape’s office after receiving the Reincarnators’ payment notification.
• “Moody” began his Defense Against the Dark Arts class by introducing the Unforgivable Curses, and students from every House turned to Xu Yue.

Xu Yue challenged Moody's Unforgivable Curse lesson and hinted that he knew something was wrong with him, while Moody concealed his alarm. At the Triwizard Tournament selection, Viktor Krum and the unexpected second Durmstrang champion Utsunomiya Taro were chosen.

• Xu Yue described the three Unforgivable Curses, and Moody demonstrated the Imperius Curse on a spider before making it attack Malfoy.
• Xu Yue explained how to spot someone controlled by the Imperius Curse and compared the signs to Barty Crouch's exhaustion, unsettling Moody.
• Hermione condemned Moody's lesson, and Xu Yue told Harry and the others that Neville had witnessed his parents being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse.
• Dumbledore began the champion selection, and the Goblet of Fire chose Viktor Krum as Durmstrang's first champion.
• The Goblet of Fire chose Utsunomiya Taro as Durmstrang's second champion, shocking the students and revealing that he had joined the school.

The Goblet of Fire selected seven champions, including unexpected lower-year contestants, and Dumbledore announced that the first event would begin on November 24. Harry worried that someone had targeted him, while Prince Su's group rallied behind Utsunomiya Taro and planned to fund his victory.

• Madam Maximus challenged Durmstrang's two selections, but Barty Crouch insisted that everyone named by the Goblet of Fire had to compete, and Dumbledore upheld the tradition.
• The Goblet selected Fleur Delacour and Shirley Napoleon Bonaparte for Beauxbatons, then named Cedric Diggory, Harry Potter, and Xu Yue for Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore announced that the first event would take place on November 24 and warned that it would be dangerous.
• Harry protested that he had not entered the tournament, and Xu Yue suggested that someone might be trying to harm him as his strange dreams and the threat of a return continued to trouble him.
• Prince Su's group decided to support Utsunomiya Taro with logistics and funding, planning to make him repay their expenses if his faction won.

Rita Skeeter twisted Harry’s praise of Xu Yue into a suggestive Daily Prophet story, alarming Harry and entertaining the reincarnators who read it. The chapter left Harry trying to deny the article while Hermione reassured him that his feelings were a common adolescent misunderstanding.

• Ron and Hermione suspected that someone had targeted Harry and Xu Yue, while Harry and Xu Yue remained unconcerned.
• Rita Skeeter tried to interview Xu Yue, but he declined and sent Shirley to show Rita around Hogwarts.
• Rita interviewed Harry instead, and he enthusiastically praised Xu Yue as his closest friend and mentor.
• Prince Su and the other reincarnators agreed to subsidize Utsunomiya Taro, who signed an agreement to repay them if the Dark Lord’s camp won.
• The Daily Prophet published Rita’s distorted account of Harry’s words, and Harry protested to the Gryffindor students while Hermione told him his supposed feelings could be corrected.

Harry struggled with the fallout from Rita's article and trained under the disguised Barty Crouch Jr., while Xu Yue prepared Shirley for the Triwizard Tournament's first task. On November 24, Dumbledore revealed that the champions would face fire dragons, and the chapter ended before the contestants drew their matchups.

• Harry avoided Xu Yue and devoted himself to special training with "Moody," who was secretly Barty Crouch Jr.
• Xu Yue warned Shirley that the first task would likely involve fire dragons and gave her a refined drop of his blood to use.
• Harry and Ron argued, while Harry learned about the fire dragons from "Moody" and informed Xu Yue and Cedric.
• On November 24, Dumbledore announced that the champions would retrieve dragon eggs from seven fire dragons, with matchups determined by drawing lots.

Shirley easily defeated a Norwegian Ridgeback with a vial containing Xu Yue’s blood, while Utsunomiya Taro struggled against a Ukrainian Ironbelly Dragon and barely won. The Reincarnators blamed their poor intelligence gathering for his low-scoring performance and decided to borrow money to fund better information.

• The senior student representatives won their dragon matches before Shirley faced a Norwegian Ridgeback.
• Shirley opened a vial of Xu Yue’s blood, terrifying the dragon and allowing her to claim the Golden Dragon Egg with the highest score so far.
• Utsunomiya Taro fought the Ukrainian Ironbelly Dragon with flashy but ineffective spells and eventually won with difficulty.
• Utsunomiya Taro told the Reincarnators he believed the competition’s challenge had leaked in advance to other contestants.
• Yuji-kun blamed himself for skimping on intelligence, and the Reincarnators agreed to borrow money to buy more information.

The Reincarnators watched Xu Yue tame the Hebridean Black Dragon and learned they had placed last in the first task, while Harry ranked third. They opened the Golden Dragon Egg and heard a painful scream, leaving them to seek information about the next task before it took place on February 24th.

• Yuji encouraged the Reincarnators to keep investing, and Harry used his Rocket Crossbow and broomstick to win the dragon egg with the second-highest score.
• Xu Yue approached the Hebridean Black Dragon, which licked his boots and allowed him to stroke its head before he decided he might buy it.
• The rankings placed Xu Yue and Shirley tied for first, Harry third, and Utsunomiya Taro last, while the Reincarnators resolved to gather more intelligence.
• The Reincarnators met at The Hog's Head and opened the Golden Dragon Egg, whose scream made several people collapse before Yuji shut it again.
• The group discussed seeking clues from the other contestants, and Prince Su produced a Daily Prophet featuring Rita's latest coverage of Harry Potter.

As Hogwarts prepared for the Christmas Ball, Xu Yue sold the Golden Egg solution to Yuji’s group, who used it to buy underwater equipment for Utsunomiya Taro. At the Ball, Harry danced with Hermione while Prince Su kept trying to question him, fueling rumors about Harry and other champions’ partners.

• Ron complained that Xu Yue would have an easy time finding a dance partner, while Xu Yue urged him to stop sulking at Harry; Ron left when Harry entered the common room.
• Harry told Xu Yue that Cho Chang had accepted Cedric’s invitation and offered to introduce Harry to younger students, who turned out to be boys.
• Xu Yue took the money Yuji had gathered for intelligence and gave the group reliable instructions for opening the Golden Egg.
• After learning the second task would take place underwater, Yuji’s group bought a Merman Potion, a Ball of Expulsion, and a Backflow Necklace for Utsunomiya Taro at a Hogsmeade black market.
• At the Christmas Ball, Hermione refused Krum’s invitation and danced with Harry, while Ron went to find Ginny as a partner.
• Prince Su entered the Ball with Utsunomiya Taro and repeatedly led him past Harry to probe what Harry knew; Harry’s awkward dancing with Hermione sparked rumors among the students.

Prince Su reported that Harry still did not know the Golden Egg’s water clue, and the Reincarnators prepared for the second task. When the champions began rescuing their companions from the Black Lake, Xu Yue split the lake open with a spell rather than entering the water.

• At The Hog’s Head, Prince Su told the Reincarnators that Harry had shown no reaction to the Golden Egg’s connection to water, and they assumed he had sacrificed himself to learn it.
• Dumbledore announced that the champions had to rescue their companions from the Black Lake, where Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Cho Chang, Fleur’s sister, Prince Su, and Béton had been placed.
• Utsunomiya Taro drank a potion and raced through the water while the other champions used spells or transformations to enter the lake.
• Fleur was forced out of the task after a Murloc attack destabilized her Bubble Charm, and she cried over her sister.
• Xu Yue stopped chatting with Shirley, cast the Water Splitting Charm, and divided the lake to expose its coral-covered bed.

Xu Yue split the Black Lake to rescue the hostages, but Utsunomiya Taro reached shore first and won the second task for the Reincarnators. The team celebrated their improved standing and began preparing to invest heavily in the final task.

• Xu Yue divided the lake and used Levitation Charms to lift Ron, Fleur's sister, and Béton, while Utsunomiya Taro rescued Prince Su and reached shore first.
• Krum, Harry, and the other contestants rescued their targets as Xu Yue's interference cut the task short to less than twenty minutes.
• Dumbledore announced the scores, placing Utsunomiya Taro first despite Xu Yue's spectacular magic.
• Xu Yue told Harry that someone was keeping his scores low and advised him to study before the final task in June.
• Yuji rallied the Reincarnators to invest everything in the final task, while Chief Steward Ande Hai prepared to bring in adults from the Muggle world.

Harry discovered Barty Crouch on the Marauder's Map and reported him to Moody, who seized the map after seeing the name. Meanwhile, the Reincarnators received Ande Hai's points and agreed to fund Yuji-kun's effort to obtain information about the third task.

• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed the Daily Prophet report that Barty Crouch had gone missing.
• Harry spotted Crouch's name moving around Snape's office on the Marauder's Map and told his friends.
• Harry tried to warn Snape, but Snape accused him of stealing potion ingredients and shut the door on him.
• Harry showed the map to Moody, who seized it and claimed he would stop Crouch's conspiracy.
• Prince Su celebrated the arrival of Ande Hai's points, and Yuji-kun said his source had information about the third task.
• Prince Su told the Reincarnators to fund Yuji-kun's attempt to obtain the information.

Yuji sold the Reincarnators details about the Triwizard Tournament’s final maze event, while Xu Yue entered first and reached the Goblet of Fire before the next champion entered. He used the Goblet’s Portkey to Apparate to Voldemort’s graveyard, where he reminded Voldemort of their agreement and left Voldemort confronting Peter Pettigrew’s wand pointed at his own throat.

• Yuji told Prince Su and the others that entry order for the final event depended on scores from the first two events, and the Reincarnators decided to buy targeted supplies using his information about the maze.
• Dumbledore announced the final event, and Xu Yue entered the maze first as the highest-scoring contestant.
• Xu Yue bypassed the maze’s obstacles and reached the Goblet of Fire before the second entrance cannon sounded.
• Xu Yue examined the Goblet’s warning spell, avoided triggering it, and Apparated to the graveyard where Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew waited.
• Xu Yue showed Voldemort his notebook and reminded him of their agreement, while Voldemort ordered Peter to kill Xu Yue.
• Peter pointed his wand at his own throat, leaving Voldemort confused.

Utsunomiya Taro helped Xu Yue reach the Goblet of Fire, and Xu Yue arranged for him to connect Prince Su and the others with Voldemort. After Harry, Cedric, Fleur, and Xu Yue used the trophy Portkey, Voldemort was reborn, and Utsunomiya Taro failed to return with the others.

• Xu Yue paid Utsunomiya Taro and instructed him to help Prince Su and the others make contact with Voldemort.
• Shirley knocked out Krum, while Harry rescued Cedric and they reached the trophy alongside Xu Yue and Utsunomiya Taro.
• Xu Yue persuaded Harry, Cedric, and Utsunomiya Taro to grab the trophy together, transporting them to Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew.
• Peter Pettigrew took Harry's blood and cut off his own arm, allowing Voldemort to complete his resurrection.
• Voldemort sent Xu Yue, Harry, and Cedric back through the Portkey, but Utsunomiya Taro did not return.
• Harry blamed himself for Utsunomiya Taro's apparent death, and Xu Yue began warning him that Voldemort had people at the tournament.

After Voldemort’s resurrection was reported, Fudge denied it and Karkaroff fled, while the Reincarnators celebrated their expected reward. In Moody’s office, Xu Yue caught Barty Crouch Jr. trying to kill Harry and incapacitated him with the Cruciatus Curse.

• Harry told Fudge and the others what had happened, but Fudge insisted Voldemort was dead and left.
• Igor Karkaroff realized Voldemort’s return put him in danger and abandoned Krum and Durmstrang.
• Dumbledore led Harry and the others back toward the castle, and Moody offered to protect Harry.
• Yuji used a Crystal Ball to learn that Utsunomiya Taro was safe and preparing to introduce the Reincarnators to the Dark Lord.
• Prince Su announced the Reincarnators’ strategic counteroffensive, and they celebrated their chance to become Death Eaters.
• Barty Crouch Jr. attacked Harry in Moody’s office, but Xu Yue deflected his spells and struck him with a Cruciatus Curse.