Chapter Summaries

Josh recruited Howard Stark to help develop his territory on the Muya Continent, promising him access to magic and giving him a protective necklace. Howard eagerly agreed to visit Josh’s world, and Josh returned to Kamar-Taj pleased with his new recruit and already planning further training for Howard and Natasha.

• Howard accepted Josh’s invitation after Josh gave him a necklace containing a Magic Shield and explained that Howard’s future son would also be valuable to him.
• Josh told Howard that time passed faster on the Muya Continent, and Howard insisted he could handle his affairs and study BC City’s construction plans quickly.
• Josh arranged for Howard to meet him the next morning at the temple at 117a Brick Street, then left with Natasha through a silver portal.
• Howard returned to the hotel room after the Mirror Space collapsed, kept his necklace, and turned down the blonde’s invitation so he could rest before his work.
• Josh and Natasha arrived back at Kamar-Taj, where Josh considered Howard a major prize and thought about taking him and Natasha to the Wizard World for further study.

Josh and Ancient One agreed to establish the Secret Ones Alliance, an organization for superhumans from different worlds. Ancient One planned to travel with Josh to the Muya Continent, but Josh first remembered he needed to collect Howard Stark.

• Josh proposed an alliance to train young wizards and help keep superhumans in check, and Ancient One supported the idea.
• Josh and Ancient One settled on the name Secret Ones Alliance, with Josh as its leader and Ancient One filling in when he was away.
• Josh and Ancient One decided that the alliance would include Ancient One’s disciples and reserve Judge positions for them and wizards from the Wizard World.
• Ancient One said she would travel with Josh to the Muya Continent, and Josh realized he had forgotten to collect Howard Stark.

Josh and his companions left Howard Stark’s world through a Void Gate and arrived in Josh’s home world. Howard received a Memory Magic Crystal to study magic, while Josh and Howard joked about mages and The Lord of the Rings.

• Josh apologized to Howard for keeping him waiting five hours, then introduced him to Natasha, Garen, and Master Ancient One.
• Josh opened a Void Gate in the temple, and Garen, Natasha, Master Ancient One, and a hesitant Howard followed him through it.
• Howard emerged dizzy and crashed onto the floor, while Josh caught Natasha as she stumbled out.
• Josh gave Howard a Memory Magic Crystal containing basic knowledge and told him to find a way to release its magic.
• Howard asked Josh for help activating the crystal, then joked about Josh’s love life and his knowledge of Gandalf.

Josh arranged for Howard to survey Constantinople and discussed the companions’ future with Garen, reassuring him that he would not be left behind. After Howard raised concerns about the castle blueprints, Josh offered to take him to the 1990s Wizarding World to study magic and modern science, where Howard would begin as a magic apprentice.

• Josh arranged for Ancient One to study in his library and asked Garen to train Natasha, but Garen could teach her little beyond swordsmanship and Battle Qi.
• Josh reassured Garen that he would leave a Void Gate to Valoran and said Garen’s potential meant he need not fear being left behind.
• Howard finished surveying Josh’s territory and complained that the Hogwarts blueprints contained spells he could not implement.
• Josh offered to take Howard to the United Kingdom in the 1990s, explaining that time would pass at the same rate in both worlds.
• Garen explained that the Wizarding World hid magic among ordinary people and said Howard would likely be a Magic Apprentice.

Josh returned to Hogwarts with Garen, Howard, and Natasha, bringing Howard and Natasha to study magic there. He warned the students about Howard’s womanizing reputation as Hermione reacted with suspicion toward Natasha.

• Josh arranged for Howard to study magic with Master Ancient One, who confirmed that Howard had considerable magical talent.
• Josh prepared to leave the Muya Continent for Hogwarts, used an unfamiliar offensive spell that puzzled his guard captain, and traveled through the Void Gate with Garen, Howard, and Natasha.
• Josh’s group arrived in his Hogwarts room, where Hermione, Harry, Malfoy, and Crouch came to see him after he had missed the opening feast.
• Josh asked Crouch to tell Dumbledore that he had returned and needed rooms for his companions, then made Harry and Malfoy stay to help clean.
• Josh introduced Howard and Natasha to Hermione as students from another world, and Garen warned Hermione that Howard was a womanizer.

Josh arranged for Howard Stark to study basic magic at Hogwarts and for Natasha to attend classes and learn warrior techniques from Garen. He then invited Dumbledore to join the Secret Ones Alliance in a higher-level world, and Dumbledore considered the offer after Josh assured him his experience and talent would make him valuable.

• Hermione, Natasha, and the boys mocked Howard, and Josh stepped in to calm them before Dumbledore arrived.
• Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick visited Josh, who arranged for Howard to study basic magic and Natasha to attend classes and learn warrior techniques from Garen.
• Dumbledore's increased vitality and strength had helped him overcome Hogwarts's old nobles, leaving him in firm control of the school.
• Josh invited Dumbledore to travel to a higher-level world and join the Secret Ones Alliance, which Josh had founded with Master Ancient One.
• Dumbledore worried that he might be too weak to help the alliance, but Josh urged him to trust his talent and offered him a role in shaping the new organization.

Josh discussed preparing Dumbledore to establish an organization in another world and revealed his plans to defeat Voldemort and set new rules for the wizarding community. After Josh proposed buying a Muggle football club, Malfoy decided to urge his family to adapt to the coming changes and contacted his father about Josh's return.

• Josh suggested that Dumbledore build his strength, step down as Hogwarts headmaster, and later establish an organization in another world with capable students.
• Dumbledore explained that the Wizarding World had long-standing ties with Muggle governments and that some wizarding aristocrats foolishly wanted to rule the wider world.
• Josh asked Dumbledore about starting a Muggle football club and said he planned to deal with Voldemort and reshape the wizarding community's rules.
• Hermione told Harry and Malfoy that Josh and Garen came from another world, and Malfoy worried about how his family should respond to Josh's influence.
• Malfoy hurried to contact his father, telling him that Josh had returned and that his background was more powerful than they had imagined.

Lucius learned from Draco that Josh came from another world and planned to build an alliance, then decided to secure his family’s future by joining forces with powerful wizarding families to offer Josh their loyalty and help. The three family leaders agreed to present themselves as friendly toward Muggles and send capable administrators to assist Dumbledore.

• Lucius recalled how Josh had transformed the wizarding world by killing Voldemort and introducing meditation, which let people gain Magic elements and strengthen their life force.
• After learning that Josh came from another world, Lucius decided to seek his favor and summoned three influential family leaders with ties to the Dark Lord.
• Lucius told the Philips, Austere, and former Ministry of Magic leaders what he had learned from Draco and swore that he had concealed nothing.
• Lucius warned the leaders that Josh and Dumbledore could threaten them, then explained Josh’s plans to meet the Muggle royal family, buy a football club, and build an alliance that needed administrators.
• The three leaders agreed to show friendliness toward Muggles, pledge their loyalty to Josh, and send their best people to help Dumbledore manage the new alliance.

Josh traveled with Howard, Dumbledore, and Ministry of Magic representatives to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen of the United Kingdom. The Queen welcomed the visitors and showed particular interest in Josh, who introduced himself by name.

• Josh noticed that Malfoy had changed his behavior and befriended Muggle-born students after overhearing Josh speak with Dumbledore.
• Josh prepared to take Howard to Buckingham Palace, accompanied by Dumbledore and Ministry of Magic representatives.
• Josh opened a portal with Spatial magic, and the group arrived in the palace before the Queen and Charles.
• The Queen welcomed the visitors, while Josh offered only a slight nod instead of bowing.
• The Queen recognized Josh as Augustus and expressed her curiosity about him and the other world; Josh asked her to call him Josh.

Josh secured the Queen’s support for his plans in the Muggle world, then returned to Hogwarts and prepared to confront Voldemort. He left Howard in London to study and decided to make Voldemort’s defeat a public spectacle.

• Elizabeth II agreed not to obstruct Josh and offered help, while Ministry officials suggested wealthy families could provide him with a football club.
• Josh told the officials to seek a club for him and urged the magical aristocracy to engage with the Muggle world and follow his rules.
• Elizabeth II arranged for Howard to qualify for a degree at the University of London, and Josh discovered Prince Charles’s children had no magical talent.
• After the banquet, Josh took Dumbledore and the others through a portal back to Hogwarts, leaving Howard behind in London.
• Josh told Dumbledore to teach meditation and said he planned to deal with Voldemort that year, leaving Voldemort’s followers to the Phoenix Society.

Josh planned to have his students retrieve the basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets so Akathosh could eat it, then realized the snake’s petrifying eyes might help him store magic elements. Akathosh offered to modify Josh’s eyes, but warned that the procedure could leave him blind.

• Josh discussed using Voldemort’s soul fragments to locate and destroy him, while Akathosh agreed to handle the soul summoning.
• Akathosh asked Josh to help him find the snake hidden in the academy so he could eat it and grow larger.
• Josh decided to make retrieving the snake a student assignment rather than enter the girls’ restroom himself.
• Josh reasoned that the snake’s petrifying eyes showed eyes could store and release magic, and considered adapting Sharingan abilities with Void Magic.
• Akathosh offered to help Josh store Magic elements in his eyes, warning that the painful attempt might make him go blind.

Josh had Akathosh implant Fire element from the dragon’s old eye into both of his eyes, and his magic power unexpectedly kept the flames from burning him. With his vision sealed behind gauze for an estimated one or two months, Josh rested while Garen took over training the young mages and Josh considered breaking through to the fifth tier.

• Josh agreed to Akathosh’s procedure, and Akathosh sealed compressed Fire element into both of Josh’s eyes.
• Josh endured intense heat until he channeled magic power into his eyes, which stopped the pain but left him unable to see and caused flames to spray out when he opened them.
• Garen bandaged Josh’s eyes as Akathosh explained that Josh’s magic power had neutralized the Fire element and that the seal was still incomplete.
• Josh learned that his eyes could channel magic for spatial techniques, while Akathosh warned that using eyes this way damaged the body and was generally unsuitable for people of this era.
• Garen left to train the young mages and report the search for the Chamber of Secrets to Dumbledore, while promising to bring Josh dinner.
• Josh estimated that his recovery would take one or two months and wondered whether he could break through from the peak of the fourth tier.

After Josh was tricked and temporarily lost his eyesight, Garen and Snape took over his classes and Garen announced plans involving the Chamber of Secrets and a dangerous magical place. The students eagerly considered joining the expeditions, while Hermione planned to help find the Chamber and study in the new location.

• Dumbledore learned Josh would need one to two months to recover his eyesight and agreed to let Garen and Snape teach his classes.
• Garen introduced demanding physical training, using Josh's own regimen to persuade the students to follow it, while Natasha, Harry, Hermione, and Draco joined in.
• At dinner, Garen announced that the Chamber of Secrets contained a Basilisk and warned the students not to confront it alone.
• Garen revealed that selected students would visit a dangerous magical place with him and Snape to fight murderous villains as part of their combat assessment.
• Harry and Malfoy eagerly decided to pursue the opportunities, while Hermione resolved to find the Chamber and hoped to meditate in the magical place.

Hermione considered the Muya Continent and hoped to obtain another chance to visit it, while Hogwarts students organized their search for the Chamber of Secrets by House and year. Josh trained his control over the Fire element with Akathosh, who mocked his ideas for using the flames and dismissed his plan to make a Susanoo.

• Hermione reflected on the Muya Continent, Josh’s views on harming others, and her desire to return there despite its dangers.
• Hermione learned that students from all four Houses had divided up research and investigation duties for the Chamber of Secrets.
• Josh, bored with his routine, asked Akathosh to teach him about Fire element properties and how to use the element sealed in his eyes.
• Akathosh teased Josh about being blind and warned that simply producing flames would not stop enemies from escaping.
• Josh suggested using Mirror Space to place flames on opponents and asked whether he could create a Susanoo, prompting Akathosh to call him an Iron Turtle.

Josh finished a month of lessons on Magic elements and began practical training, gaining control of the Fire elements in his eyes and learning to absorb them from the world around him. He planned to master all four elements and reveal his talent after returning to the Muya Continent, while his conversation with Akathosh ended in an argument about memories and dragon mating.

• Josh reflected that his past injuries had made him value defense and safety more than his former reckless gaming style.
• Akathosh taught Josh the properties of Fire, Wind, Earth, and Water elements, and joked about the ways Josh could fill his eyes with them.
• After nearly a month of theory lessons, Josh gained control of the Magic elements in his eyes and began practical training with Fire element magic.
• Josh discovered he could absorb Fire elements through his eyes and decided to seal all four elements there so he could use multiple kinds of magic.
• Josh planned to display his four-element talent when he returned to the Muya Continent, trusting that his royal status would bring protection.
• Josh and Akathosh argued about shared memories and movies, then bickered over whether Josh wanted to watch Akathosh mate with Hosdena's mother.

During the four months of training at Hogwarts, students and teachers strengthened their bodies and magic, while Harry formed a team with Hermione, Draco, and Natasha to investigate the Chamber of Secrets. The four found the giant spider tied to Myrtle’s death, but it set its young on them, forcing them to fight their way out.

• Garen’s training helped Hogwarts students build strength and magic capacity, and Dumbledore and the other professors began exercising too.
• After learning about the Chamber of Secrets incident from Hagrid, Harry recruited Hermione, Draco, and Natasha to investigate it in secret.
• Hermione’s investigation identified an enormous spider as the main suspect in Myrtle’s death, so the four went into the Forbidden Forest to find it.
• The giant spider revealed what had happened but tried to feed the four to its young spiders as they prepared to leave.
• Natasha used a sword from Josh’s spatial equipment to cut through the spider swarm, and Harry, Hermione, and Draco joined the fight.

After Harry, Draco, Hermione, and Natasha accidentally started a fire in the Forbidden Forest, Josh punished them and demonstrated that he could cast magic through his eye. He reflected on his eye’s ongoing evolution and joked with Akathosh about a future technique.

• Josh learned that Harry, Draco, Hermione, and Natasha had killed spiders in the Forbidden Forest and accidentally left a fire burning, which Dumbledore and the students put out.
• Josh criticized the group’s fear of spiders, while Natasha teased him about his eyepatch and a pirate costume.
• Josh showed the students how his glowing eye could cast a powerful fireball, and Hermione recognized that he was using his eye to cast spells.
• Josh deducted fifty points from each student for the fire and promised them one hundred points each if they found the Basilisk.
• Josh considered how his eye was evolving and imagined using Susanoo with Akathosh, who mocked the technique’s name and design.

As the Christmas banquet began, Josh discussed Gilderoy Lockhart’s fraud with Garen and bluntly drove Lockhart away after revealing that he knew about his Obliviate Spell. Josh and Garen then talked about their plans to deal with Voldemort, send Howard back to the Muya Continent, and eventually seek new worlds.

• Josh reflected on his travels and the gains he had made in Hungary, then noticed Lockhart at the banquet.
• Garen told Josh that Lockhart had been pestering him with exaggerated stories and that his magical ability seemed weak.
• Lockhart approached Josh to promote his novels, but Josh ordered him away and hinted that he knew about Lockhart’s Obliviate Spell.
• Lockhart turned pale, avoided drawing his wand, and hurried out of the banquet.
• Josh told Garen they would visit Howard during Christmas, send him back to the Muya Continent, and kill Voldemort before seeking another world once Josh reached the Fifth Tier.

During Christmas vacation, Josh considered the wizarding families’ offer to give him a football club and chose Chelsea as the best club to build up. He saw football as a way to bring wizards and ordinary people closer together, and wondered whether its popularity would cost Quidditch players their jobs.

• Josh reflected on Howard’s rapid progress in engineering and magic after sending him back to the Muya Continent.
• Josh recalled that English football was recovering from the Heysel disaster and that the Premier League was beginning to follow the course he remembered.
• Josh considered Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, and West Ham United, then chose Chelsea because of its location and potential for development.
• Josh realized wizarding aristocrats planned to invest in football and thought club rivalries could redirect conflicts between their families.
• Josh concluded that football could connect the wizarding and ordinary worlds, then wondered whether Quidditch players would lose their jobs.

Josh experimented with creating a magical version of Susanoo, building it from several Magic elements reinforced by Void Origin. He completed a small, defensive upper-body construct and considered combining it with Void Shield.

• Josh recalled that fusing all four elements had nearly blinded him, so he decided to avoid reckless experiments until he was much stronger.
• In the Forbidden Forest, Josh began constructing Magical Susanoo while Akathosh watched and offered advice.
• Josh formed a silver Earth-element skeleton and filled it with Water element reinforced for smoothness.
• Josh added Wind-element muscles and Fire-element skin, completing a scaled-down upper body after nearly five hours.
• Akathosh judged the construct's defense to be near the limit of Fifth Tier and suggested Josh try fusing it with Void Shield.