Chapter Summaries

Rhine planned to refine a Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation Banner and began teaching Hermione, Harry, and Ron the basics of cultivation inside the Room of Requirement. Later, he encountered a Slytherin witch controlled by Voldemort and tried to turn her invitation into a chance to obtain materials.

• Rhine decided that merit and his Prove the Dao Through Artifacts talent could help him refine a Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation Banner, though he still needed many rare materials.
• Hermione, Harry, and Ron entered the Room of Requirement, marveled at its immortal realm, and eagerly asked Rhine to teach them his new magic.
• Rhine gave the three students piles of introductory cultivation notes and warned them to study the material only inside the Room of Requirement.
• Rhine left the Room of Requirement and wondered whether to ask Dumbledore or Nicolas Flamel for help finding materials.
• A Slytherin witch under Voldemort's control invited Rhine for tea, and Rhine hinted that she should give him something first.

Voldemort mistook Rhine Snow’s outrageous prices for a calculated bid to marry into a wealthy family and decided to buy his way into Rhine’s trust to learn about the trial and the Sorcerer’s Stone. He ordered Quirrell to mine the Forbidden Forest’s mineral veins to raise the money.

• Voldemort believed Rhine’s conditions for tea with the little witch were excuses masking romantic interest, while Rhine insisted every interaction required payment.
• Rhine quoted a small mountain of copper for tea, silver for physical contact, and gold for an outing, then offered to publicize his prices to other witches.
• Voldemort concluded Rhine was seeking the richest family and admired his supposed ambition to gain money, power, and status.
• Quirrell warned that they lacked enough funds to pay even for tea, but Voldemort told him to mine mineral veins in the Forbidden Forest and promised to bear the blame.

Rhine discovered Voldemort’s hidden charm talent and countered it with the path of seduction, making Voldemort regard him as a close friend and send Quirrell mining for treasure. Rhine refined the Copper Ore into Refined Copper for the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array, and the process rapidly increased his cultivation.

• Rhine used his Profound Insight Heavenly Eye to locate Quirrell and Voldemort mining in the Forbidden Forest, then recognized the concealed power behind Voldemort’s ability to win people over.
• Rhine used spiritual energy to imitate Voldemort’s charm, gaining insight into the path of seduction.
• Voldemort’s controlled little witch brought Rhine a mountain of premium Copper Ore, but Rhine used the path of seduction to make Voldemort see him as a trusted confidant.
• Rhine left the little witch confused and made Voldemort order Quirrell to mine more Copper Ore for him.
• Rhine refined the Copper Ore into Refined Copper with the Heavenly Demon Treasure Refining Art and merit, causing his cultivation to rise rapidly.

Rhine discovered that refining merit-infused materials for the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array greatly boosted his cultivation, while his Dao of Charm lowered the requirements for forming a bond with Mrs. Pince and unlocked the Demon Slaying Sword Art. As Christmas approached, he found the array’s formation flags nearly complete.

• Rhine refined merit-infused Refined Copper, gained a major cultivation boost, and returned to the Restricted Section to pursue Mrs. Pince’s Myriad Demon Golden Core Pill Recipe.
• Rhine’s newly comprehended Dao of Charm made Mrs. Pince feel closer to him, reducing the demon-slaying requirement for their Life-and-Death Friendship and unlocking a deeper bond that could reward him with the Demon Slaying Sword Art.
• Rhine realized the sword art suited his Slaughter Sword Dao and Abyss Prison Scenery Sword, and decided to keep studying the Dao of Charm.
• Rhine maintained his routine of attending classes, training Hermione and the others, and refining the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array’s formation flags with resources Voldemort supplied.
• As Christmas decorations appeared around the castle, Rhine looked toward the stars and declared that the formation flags were nearly complete.

Rhine used the Path of Enchantment to make Voldemort prepare to hunt dragons for the fresh Dragon Hide he needed to finish his Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array flags. As Christmas approached, Neville invited Rhine to visit his family and St Mungo’s Hospital, and Rhine wondered whether his Mystic Way of Medicine could help Neville’s parents.

• Rhine found that his Yuan Sea had grown enough to nurture his magical treasures, but he still needed several freshly skinned dragon hides to make his array flags.
• Quirrell complained that Voldemort had spent a month mining and handed over their money to Rhine, while Voldemort worried about finding Rhine a Christmas gift.
• Rhine enchanted a note requesting Dragon Hide, and Voldemort decided to travel to Romania with Quirrell to slay dragons.
• Rhine read the system’s warning that Voldemort would eventually recover and hate him, but he remained confident that his completed array would make Voldemort no threat.
• Neville invited Rhine to visit the Longbottom family and St Mungo’s Hospital so his parents could hear that he had made friends.
• Rhine considered using his Mystic Way of Medicine to treat Neville’s parents, whose condition had resisted wizarding healing.

Rhine theorized that magic gradually eroded wizards’ rationality, leaving them vulnerable to madness, and considered using Primordial methods to treat it. Divination warned that pursuing this idea would bring a world-shaking calamity, but Rhine remained defiant and agreed to visit Neville’s family at Christmas.

• Rhine reasoned that magic’s influence could explain young wizards’ outbursts, the high rates of dementia among elderly wizards, and the wizarding world’s failure to cure mental illness.
• Rhine used Heavenly Secrets Divination to assess whether he could treat magic-induced madness and suffered a brief backlash as he foresaw a catastrophic tribulation for defying heaven’s will.
• Neville worried about Rhine, but Rhine recovered and reassured him that he was well.
• Rhine accepted Neville’s invitation to visit the Longbottom family at Christmas and said Harry and the others might join them in visiting Neville’s parents at St Mungo’s Hospital.
• After Neville left, Rhine rejected the warning to obey heaven and declared that he would defy it in pursuit of immortality.

Rhine discovered that Bloodline Theory concealed ancient annotations about the origins of wizarding magic, written by the Four Giants. The text revealed that human magic came from bloodlines taken from indescribable beings, leaving Rhine with a startling account attributed to Salazar Slytherin.

• Rhine decided to wait for Voldemort to obtain Dragon Hide while he continued cleaning the Restricted Section to earn Mrs. Pince's Myriad Demon Golden Core Pill Recipe.
• At the deepest part of the Restricted Section, Rhine found Bloodline Theory bearing traces of madness similar to the aura on the Black Lake's Giant Squid.
• Rhine opened the book and noticed Dumbledore's youthful annotation, but found no trace of madness in the visible notes.
• Rhine used his Profound Insight Heavenly Eye to reveal concealed annotations by the Four Giants and uncover altered text in the chapter on wizard bloodlines.
• Rhine read that wizards gained magic through bloodlines obtained from indescribable beings, and that Salazar Slytherin had declared, “Magic is Power.”

Rhine read the Four Giants’ hidden debate in Bloodline Theory and learned their views on wizard bloodlines, the Old Ones, and four ways to resist madness. He rejected their paths in favor of his own, then received a pill recipe after fulfilling a system task.

• Rhine read Salazar Slytherin’s annotations claiming that wizard bloodlines originated in stolen power from the Old Ones and explaining the Sacred Twenty-Eight Families’ status.
• Rhine witnessed the Four Giants’ arguments over pure-blood intermarriage and Muggle-born wizards, which ended with Salazar Slytherin leaving Hogwarts.
• Salazar Slytherin warned that more than three wizards at the limit in one century meant the Old Ones were about to awaken, and each Giant left behind a path for resisting madness.
• Rhine rejected the Four Giants’ paths, wrote that his Dao would surpass the Heavenly Dao, and returned Bloodline Theory to the shelf.
• Rhine handed forbidden books to Mrs. Pince and received the Myriad Demon Golden Core Pill Recipe from the system.

Rhine learned the Myriad Demon Golden Core Pill Recipe and discovered its main ingredient might soon come to him. Meanwhile, Marcus Flint found an ancient statue in his family vault, received power from Dagon, and set his sights on Rhine Snow.

• Mrs. Pince thanked Rhine for helping clear restricted books and said she hoped to find the Book of the Dead; Rhine considered the danger and possible opportunity it represented.
• Rhine received the Myriad Demon Golden Core Pill Recipe and learned it required a great demon and the sacrifice of tens of thousands of demons.
• Rhine used Heavenly Secrets Divination and learned the main ingredient for the pill would come to him soon.
• Marcus Flint returned home weakened and resentful, and his parents gave him access to the Flint family vault.
• Marcus searched the vault for a gift for his online girlfriend, found an ancient fish-headed statue, and became consumed by its madness.
• The statue led Marcus to pledge a sacrifice to Dagon and granted him power, after which he vowed to make Rhine fear him.

Rhine learned that a powerful demon-blooded descendant was heading for him, but he welcomed the prospect as an opportunity. On Christmas morning, he received many thoughtful gifts, including an anonymous package of Hungarian Horntail hides, and began forging the final flags for the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array.

• Rhine's Heavenly Secrets Divination warned him that someone with a demon bloodline was plotting against him, and the system revealed that a descendant of a great demon was coming to challenge him.
• Rhine received a mountain of Christmas gifts, including potion ingredients from Snape, a magical bookmark from Mrs. Pince, and a hand-drawn Hogwarts map from Filch.
• Harry gave Rhine Dragon Hide gloves, Hermione gave him a protective amulet, and Ron gave him a Wizard Chess set that reminded him to rest.
• Rhine took an anonymous package to the Room of Requirement and found three complete Hungarian Horntail hides inside.
• Rhine declared that all the materials were ready and began using Heavenly Demon Demonic Fire to forge the final flags for the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array.

Rhine completed the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array Flag and tested its overwhelming power in the Forbidden Forest. Its spiritual feedback replenished his energy and pushed his Eight-Nine Arcane Arts close to the First Turn.

• Rhine infused the ancient flag with merit and refined it with his heart's blood, completing the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array Flag.
• Rhine sensed the flag's immense status and its ability to conceal heavenly secrets, then traveled into the Forbidden Forest to test its offensive power.
• Rhine waved the flag and brought a star-filled night sky over the forest, where falling stars and lethal starlight reduced everything in their path to dust.
• Rhine received an immense surge of spiritual energy from the completed flag, replenishing his expenditure and advancing his cultivation.
• Rhine realized that the feedback was about to advance his Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the First Turn.

Rhine achieved the first transformation of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, gaining immense strength, regeneration, and resistance to the Killing Curse. At the Longbottom family home, he visited Neville’s unconscious parents and challenged a proposed treatment, introducing himself through his distinguished connections before asking to speak.

• Rhine completed the first transformation of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and discovered that it let him regenerate lost limbs, resist the Killing Curse, and live for thousands of years.
• Rhine dismissed Voldemort’s Horcruxes as inferior protection and left the Forbidden Forest.
• Augusta Longbottom welcomed Neville and his friends, then showed them Frank and Alice Longbottom at St Mungo’s Hospital.
• Doctor Richard told Augusta that a new experimental treatment might help Frank and Alice, but it would cost at least one thousand Galleons.
• Rhine said the treatment would not work, then showed Doctor Richard his endorsements from Ollivander, Dumbledore, Snape, and Nicolas Flamel and asked to share his view.

Rhine explained why St Mungo's treatment plan could not untangle the magic in Neville's parents' brains, prompting the hospital to withdraw it. When the healers said another treatment might take ten years, Rhine declared that his Mystic Way of Medicine might help today.

• Richard offered Rhine a seat and asked him to explain what was wrong with the treatment plan.
• Rhine explained that years of lingering curse magic and accumulated treatments had knotted the magic in Neville's parents' brains, making calming potions ineffective.
• Richard fetched the department head, and Rhine's detailed references and explanation overwhelmed both healers.
• The department head admitted the treatment plan was immature and withdrew it from St Mungo's Hospital.
• The department head warned Lady Augusta that a new treatment might take ten years to appear, but Rhine believed his Mystic Way of Medicine could work and said there was no need to wait.

Rhine created the Spirit-Cleansing Pill to treat Neville’s parents and restored their consciousness after more than a decade. The successful treatment earned him Merit and new divine abilities, including Wu Tu Divine Light.

• Rhine assured Lady Augusta that he would try to treat Neville’s parents and asked St Mungo’s doctors to learn from his methods.
• Rhine examined Neville’s parents and diagnosed their condition as magical power tangled in their brains, resembling a low-level case of Inner Demons.
• Rhine deduced the Spirit-Cleansing Pill formula, prepared nine pills, and announced that he would make the formula public for free.
• Rhine gave a pill to Frank Lombarton and Alice Lombarton, who awoke and recognized Neville as their son.
• Lady Augusta and Neville wept with joy as Frank and Alice reunited with their family.
• Rhine received Merit, Earth-Evasion Divine Movement, and Wu Tu Divine Light after the system recognized his bond with Tu Xingsun.

Rhine obtained the Wu Tu Divine Light and Earth-Evasion Divine Movement, but the Heavenly Dao and hostile powers turned against him over his pill-making. After Flint transformed into a monstrous servant of the gods and lured Rhine’s group to a cursed beach, Rhine dismissed Flint’s claim of invincibility and prepared to face him.

• Rhine celebrated acquiring the Wu Tu Divine Light and Earth-Evasion Divine Movement, then learned that heaven and earth sought his death for violating the Heavenly Dao.
• Flint was transformed by the fish-man statue and the blessings of other gods, gaining a monstrous body and setting out to kill Rhine.
• The system warned Rhine that a Saint-backed demon descendant was coming to kill him, but Rhine resolved to defeat his enemies and use them as ingredients for the Myriad Demon Golden Core.
• Frank and Alice regained some clarity, and Rhine left St Mungo’s Hospital with them and the others after instructing the doctors to record the Spirit-Cleansing Pill formula.
• The group’s Floo Powder journey brought them to a foul, rocky beach, where they encountered the monstrous Flint, who declared that the gods had made him invincible.
• Rhine mocked Flint’s claim of invincibility and called him a delivery of ingredients brought to his door.

Flint attacked Rhine and the others with powers drawn from eldritch beings, but Rhine destroyed Flint’s multiplying body and annihilated his soul. The system warned that a Saint was descending as Dagon emerged from the sea, and Rhine prepared to face the Old One.

• Flint overwhelmed Hermione, Harry, Ron, Neville, Frank, and Alice, but Rhine protected them with Spirit-Cleansing Pills and learned what powers Flint relied on.
• Rhine punched Flint into a regenerating blood mist, then used the Abyss Prison Scenery Sword to destroy his multiplying bodies and the Judge's Brush to annihilate his soul.
• The system announced that a Saint was transmitting magical power as an incarnation descended, while Dagon's shadow expanded beneath the sea.
• Rhine faced the emerging Dagon and challenged the Old One to meet his death.

Rhine fought Dagon’s incarnation as it rose from the deep sea, using the Wu Tu Divine Light to suppress it. He then unleashed the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation Banner, leaving the battle poised to test whether even a Sage’s incarnation could be wounded.

• Dagon’s immense incarnation rose from the sea, and Rhine’s punches and Three Heads and Eight Arms transformation failed to halt it.
• Rhine summoned Pangu and sent a streak of fire into the deep sea, but Dagon’s projection extinguished it and regarded him as an ant.
• Rhine used Wu Tu Divine Light against Dagon’s water-element incarnation, halting its ascent and forcing it back beneath the waves.
• Rhine raised the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation Banner and summoned the array’s power to attack Dagon’s incarnation.

Rhine destroyed Dagon’s projection with the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation Banner and collected its blood for pill refinement. His attempt to harvest fragments of the Saint Path enraged the Heavenly Dao and the Saints, so he dared them to curse him and named his powerful allies.

• Rhine used the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Formation Banner to annihilate Dagon’s projection after its struggle shattered the Wu Tu Divine Light.
• The system announced that Rhine had slain a Saint incarnation, and he returned to the beach exhausted but relieved that his victory would buy the Wizarding World time.
• Rhine gathered and sealed Dagon’s green blood, recognizing it as premium material for refining the Myriad Demon Golden Core.
• The Heavenly Dao and Saints erupted in fury over Rhine’s attempt to glimpse the Saint Path, and the system reported that his relationships with them had become Extermination of the entire clan.
• Rhine taunted the enraged forces and invoked his ties to the Jade Void Palace and its allies as the whispers began cursing them.

Rhine silenced the Old Ones’ curses, rescued Harry and the others, and began teaching them a cultivation method. After using Wu Tu Divine Light to revive a Whomping Willow cutting, he received powerful rewards tied to Jianmu, including Fuxi Divine Sky Sound.

• The Old Ones cursed Rhine and the names he had invoked, but their malice vanished and the sea region disappeared when Rhine ordered it to withdraw.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione awoke in the infirmary with their memories of the battle altered, and Rhine reassured them before taking them to the Room of Requirement to teach them the Flying Tiger Military Strategy cultivation method.
• Rhine recognized Ron’s unusual aptitude for entering the Dao through chess and considered how to grow stronger against the more powerful Old Ones.
• Rhine asked Professor Sprout about plants more vicious than the Whomping Willow, and she gave him a cutting to care for as the subject of his Herbology paper.
• Rhine used Wu Tu Divine Light to turn the cutting’s soil into spiritual soil, reviving it and earning Jianmu’s friendship, Phoenix Nesting Parasol Fire, and Fuxi Divine Sky Sound.

Rhine awakened the Whomping Willow into a powerful demon, taught it the Sword Dao, and helped it survive a heavenly tribulation with Phoenix Nesting Parasol Fire. Dumbledore mistook Rhine for a Dumbledore relative, while the system revealed that Immortal Official of the South Pole considered Rhine his descendant and great-grandson.

• Rhine claimed Phoenix Nesting Parasol Fire and Fuxi Divine Sky Sound as rewards, then decided to cultivate the Whomping Willow with Wu Tu Divine Light and Emperor Flowing Paste.
• Rhine transformed the soil and awakened the Whomping Willow, whose exceptional potential drew a heavenly tribulation.
• Rhine blocked the early lightning strikes, taught the Whomping Willow the Sword Dao, and watched it endure the final strike and sprout new life.
• Rhine claimed Phoenix Nesting Parasol Fire and used it to nourish the Whomping Willow's charred body.
• Dumbledore followed Fawkes to Rhine and concluded that Rhine carried the Dumbledore family bloodline.
• The system revealed that Immortal Official of the South Pole regarded Rhine as his descendant and great-grandson, then formed a Life-and-Death Friendship with him.