Chapter Summaries

Filch used the Tianshi Method and Rhine’s talismans to punish the students causing trouble, then flew into the Forbidden Forest to rescue the Weasley brothers from Hundred-Eyed Demon Spiders. After driving off the spiders with a thunder strike, Filch accepted the brothers’ apology and resolved to pursue the Dao.

• Filch ignored the students’ jinxes and used a Water Control Talisman to sweep them away, then ordered them to clean the corridor and Trophy Room.
• Filch learned that the Weasley brothers had entered the Forbidden Forest and flew after them with a Wind-Driving Talisman.
• The Weasley brothers were surrounded by Hundred-Eyed Demon Spiders, and they tried to draw the creatures away from Filch despite their weak spells.
• Filch used the Tianshi Method and a Heavenly Thunder Talisman to strike the spiders with lightning, killing several and driving the rest away.
• The injured Weasley brothers apologized to Filch, who told them it was all right and resolved to make the most of his chance to enter the Dao.

Rhine planned to sell defective talismans through Diagon Alley shops and recruited Fred and George to manage the business. Meanwhile, Voldemort decided to raise money by brewing a potion for wealthy elderly wizards, leaving Quirrell to seek a loan.

• Filch gained clarity about his cultivation path, and Rhine healed his wounds and restored his vitality with Yi Mu Divine Light.
• Rhine showed Fred and George defective talismans and offered them paid work managing his Diagon Alley shop; they accepted and took talismans for their family and Mr Weasley.
• Quirrell and Voldemort failed again to get past Fluffy and decided they needed money and combat supplies before pursuing the Sorcerer's Stone.
• Voldemort proposed brewing a lost potion that could restore elderly Warlocks' vigor and told Quirrell to borrow the startup money from Gringotts or a loan shark.

At The Burrow, Ginny discovered that Rhine’s talismans let her cast magic, while Mr. Weasley tested the Small Adamantine Talisman and began promoting it at the Ministry. Rhine’s Myriad Treasures Pavilion opened to eager customers, including Squibs who could finally use magic, and Rhine sensed that their gratitude had become the Power of All Beings.

• Ginny tested a Small Fire Talisman and amazed Mr. and Mrs. Weasley by controlling flames without a wand or spell.
• Mr. Weasley tried the Small Adamantine Talisman, then gave one to Dawlish and set out to promote it among Ministry employees.
• Herbology masters found that Rhine’s talismans could help Squibs regulate greenhouse conditions, while Nicolas Flamel warned Rhine about backlash and then pledged his support.
• Hamilton read about the talismans in the Daily Prophet, traded his robe for Knuts, and traveled to Diagon Alley to find Myriad Treasures Pavilion.
• Fred and George opened Myriad Treasures Pavilion, where a Squib used a talisman to summon water as Hamilton and other Squibs watched in awe.
• Rhine saw the Squibs’ gratitude gather as the Power of All Beings and recognized what it was.

Rhine gathered the Power of All Beings to develop a divine-path cultivation method, while Quirrell and Voldemort tried to sell a potion that had been made worthless by Rhine’s Myriad Treasures Pavilion. After Voldemort sent Quirrell to 102 Spinner’s End to use their final method, Quirrell discovered the address was a Strip Boy Club.

• Rhine rejected the divine path for himself, gathered the Power of All Beings, and began deriving a cultivation method for a future ally.
• Quirrell stole a Blood Orchid from a forest of venomous snakes, and Voldemort helped him escape on a Flying Broomstick.
• Voldemort brewed an arousal potion with Quirrell and sent him to Diagon Alley to sell it for money.
• Quirrell learned that Rhine Snow’s Small Adamantine Talismans had driven arousal potions to a clearance price, and Voldemort recognized Rhine as the cause.
• Voldemort declared they would use their final method and sent Quirrell to 102 Spinner’s End, where Quirrell found a Strip Boy Club.

Quirrell followed Voldemort’s instructions and mistook a strip club for a secret society’s initiation, only to learn he had been sent to entice an old wizard into giving up valuables. Meanwhile, Rhine’s divine-path experiment provoked the Saints, but the Great Old Ones withdrew instead of descending, and Rhine began studying Fuxi Divine Sky Sound.

• Voldemort guided Quirrell through a striptease at 102 Spinner's End, and Quirrell believed it was an initiation into a hidden society.
• Voldemort revealed that Quirrell was supposed to please an old wizard from an ancient family and obtain valuables from his home, while the old wizard led Quirrell away.
• Rhine created a featureless statue to absorb the Power of All Beings after completing a rudimentary divine-path cultivation technique.
• The system warned Rhine that his pursuit of godhood had interfered with the Saints' plans, but the Great Old Ones withdrew their frenzied auras rather than sending projections.
• Rhine turned to study Fuxi Divine Sky Sound and saw Fuxi atop the immense Jianmu tree as the zither rang and heaven and earth trembled.

Rhine comprehended the Fuxi Divine Sky Sound while Quirrell and Voldemort awakened the Nether King's Harp, an ancient artifact that vowed to kill him. After seeing the harp’s deadly power, Voldemort planned to use the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s call for ancient music to get its Overture of the Undead to Rhine.

• Rhine entered enlightenment after recalling Fuxi playing the Fuxi Divine Sky Sound and began studying the divine ability.
• Quirrell and Voldemort discovered a mythological-era harp beneath the old wizard’s family estate, and Quirrell killed the old wizard.
• The Nether King's Harp awakened and declared that it would kill Rhine, while a system prompt warned Rhine that Luohu’s artifact had fallen into Daoist Duobao’s hands.
• Rhine sensed a strong killing intent but trusted his divination that an opportunity was approaching and continued comprehending the Fuxi Divine Sky Sound.
• The Nether King's Harp demonstrated that its melody could kill the manor’s inhabitants and even silence its portraits, then claimed its Overture of the Undead could kill Rhine if he heard it.
• Voldemort noticed the Myriad Treasures Pavilion’s announcement seeking ancient music and decided to send the harp’s melody there so Rhine might hear it.

Voldemort and Quirrell planted a crystal ball containing the Overture of the Undead at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, hoping it would kill Rhine Snow. Rhine hired Jemma Farley, gained the Eyes Like Lightning talent, and began listening to the crystal ball despite sensing its lethal power.

• Voldemort and Quirrell sent the disguised Overture of the Undead to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, trusting the Nether King's Harp's plan to kill Rhine.
• Rhine interviewed applicants for a music-related job, rejected an eccentric musician, and welcomed Jemma Farley after learning her family needed money.
• Rhine accepted the system's warning about a Saint's scheme and hired Jemma, receiving the Eyes Like Lightning talent as their relationship reached Close Friendship.
• Rhine returned to studying Fuxi Divine Sky Sound while Jemma sorted the submitted scores and discovered the crystal ball containing the Overture of the Undead.
• Jemma brought the crystal ball to Rhine, who detected Luohu's deadly power but tapped it to play the music; the Nether King's Harp realized Rhine had triggered the trap.

Rhine listened to the Nether King's Harp’s Overture of the Undead and used its repeated sections to advance his Fuxi Divine Sky Sound, while Voldemort and Quirrell’s attempts to kill him repeatedly failed. After Quirrell sold the harp to Rhine, it tried to probe him and glimpsed a terrifying future in which a Saint fell and heaven and earth bled.

• Rhine recognized that the crystal ball’s Music of the Gods’ Feast and Overture of the Undead invoked magic, and he used both compositions to deepen his understanding of the Fuxi Divine Sky Sound.
• The Nether King's Harp realized Rhine had survived the Overture of the Undead, so it added another section, but Rhine replayed the composition hundreds or thousands of times without being harmed.
• Rhine posted a notice offering to buy later sections, provoking the Nether King's Harp into demanding that Quirrell deliver it to the pavilion so it could play the complete composition in person.
• Voldemort and Quirrell sold the Nether King's Harp to Rhine for a substantial payment, planning to use the money to obtain resources and pursue the Sorcerer's Stone.
• The Nether King's Harp attempted to assess Rhine's power, but sacred golden light erased its probing magic, and the harp glimpsed a future vision of a Saint falling as heaven and earth bled.

Rhine listened to the Nether King's Harp’s deadly melodies, surviving them while his mastery of the Fuxi Divine Sky Sound grew. After the harp explained how faith drove the Mythological Age’s wizards mad and revealed the Old Ones’ true attack, it mutated and unleashed the Symphony of Ragnarok, and Rhine prepared to answer with his own divine music.

• The Nether King's Harp attacked Rhine with the Overture of the Undead, the Styx Ferrying Melody, and other Mythological Age songs, but Rhine pretended to suffer while enjoying the music and improving his comprehension.
• After exhausting its power, the Nether King's Harp discovered Rhine was unharmed, and Rhine admitted he had acted so it would keep playing.
• The Nether King's Harp told Rhine that wizards had used faith to amplify their power, but the resulting madness mutated them and brought the Mythological Age to an end.
• The Nether King's Harp explained that the Old Ones had ordered it to kill Rhine, then urged him to flee as it began mutating under the power carried within it.
• As the Nether King's Harp unleashed the Symphony of Ragnarok, Rhine reached minor mastery of the Fuxi Divine Sky Sound and played it on the harp.

Rhine played the Fuxi Divine Sound to destroy the corrupted Nether King's Harp, which warned him of the coming return of antiquity and the danger of Voldemort. Rhine decided to build a Wuzhuang Temple Great Array around Hogwarts, while Voldemort and Quirrell planned to exploit a Quidditch match to steal the Sorcerer's Stone.

• Rhine played the Fuxi Divine Sound, and the Nether King's Harp warned him about the return of ancient terrors and Voldemort's potential mutation before Rhine destroyed it.
• The Fuxi Divine Sound made the sun rise half an hour early, and Rhine resolved to build a Wuzhuang Temple Great Array with Willow Immortal as its core.
• Rhine planned to use Myriad Treasures Pavilion's accumulated resources to gather materials for the array and protect Hogwarts from hidden influences.
• Voldemort and Quirrell inferred that the Nether King's Harp had been destroyed and learned that music could overcome the Three-Headed Dog.
• Quirrell proposed creating chaos during Dumbledore's planned Quidditch friendly match, and Voldemort agreed to use the distraction to steal the Sorcerer's Stone and escape.

Rhine prepared to seclude himself and study the Wuzhuang Temple Great Array after learning that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation had begun, while arranging powerful magical guardians for his friends. As Rhine withdrew, Voldemort entered a deep sleep and left Quirrell with new dark magic and orders to target Rhine’s companions, and Quirrell chose Hermione as his first target.

• The system warned Rhine that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation had begun and that Daoist Duobao’s Ten Directions Array would be extremely dangerous.
• Rhine decided to focus on comprehending the Wuzhuang Temple Great Array and assigned Huhu the Fire Crab, a Whomping Willow branch, and miniature Whomping Willows to protect Hermione, Harry, Ron, and others.
• Rhine recreated Wuzhuang Temple and its surrounding terrain in the Room of Requirement, sealed the room, and began studying the array.
• Hermione admired Huhu, Harry examined the Whomping Willow branch, and Ron happily accepted his protective necklace of miniature Whomping Willows.
• Voldemort told Quirrell to disable Hogwarts’s protective magic and target Hermione, Ron, and Harry before falling into a deep sleep.
• Voldemort taught Quirrell several powerful spells, including Dark Magic Transfiguration, and Quirrell decided to begin his attack by targeting Hermione.

Quirrell mastered Dark Magic Transfiguration and plotted to use Hermione to strike at Rhine, but his plan backfired when he lured her into private instruction. Hermione unleashed the Tianshi Method’s Fire God Paves the Way, leaving Quirrell stunned.

• Quirrell enhanced his bloodline and magical power with Dark Magic Transfiguration, then decided to target Hermione to hurt Rhine.
• Quirrell offered students private Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons, but Hermione, Harry, and Ron initially passed on signing up because they prioritized cultivation and homework.
• Quirrell tore up the sign-up sheet and promised perfect marks and exemption from later classes to entice Hermione into an individual lesson.
• Hermione warned Quirrell to dodge if her Fire Crab pendant lit up, while Quirrell dismissed it and prepared to use an Unforgivable Curse.
• Hermione donned her Tianshi robe, drew her peachwood sword, and used three Fire Talismans to cast Fire God Paves the Way, astonishing Quirrell.

Hermione, Ron, and Hally each fought Quirrell during his supposed combat lessons, leaving him badly injured while believing his Dark Wizard act was meant to teach them. At St Mungo's, Quirrell learned that Hogwarts was honoring him with an award as Voldemort demanded an explanation for his failure.

• Hermione combined her Fire God Paves the Way with Huhu's flame breath, badly burning Quirrell, and Professor McGonagall praised his supposed dedication to teaching.
• Quirrell targeted Ron after learning he lacked Hermione's Fire Crab Pendant, but Ron used Rhine's Whomping Willow Bracelet and left Quirrell covered in bite marks.
• Quirrell attacked Hally, whose uncontrolled power summoned the Whomping Willow and wounded him with sword energy; Harry realized his scar's power had nearly taken over.
• Quirrell remained hospitalized at St Mungo's while Professor McGonagall learned that experts had named his strange curse Quirrell Curse Syndrome.
• Voldemort awoke and questioned Quirrell's failure, but Professor McGonagall announced that Hogwarts had created the Quirrell Award to honor him.

Quirrell explained his defeat to Voldemort, who confirmed the strange gifts Rhine had given the students and revealed his plan to suppress Hogwarts’ protective magic with an Alchemy array. Meanwhile, Rhine emerged from a prolonged epiphany with a new grasp of the Dao of Space and named his space-controlling spell Palm World.

• Quirrell told Voldemort that Fire Crabs and Whomping Willows supplied by Rhine had overwhelmed him, and Voldemort read his memories to verify the claims.
• Voldemort punished Quirrell for failing to defeat the Fire Crab, then revealed that he had found a way to suppress Hogwarts’ protective magic with Alchemy arrays.
• Rhine comprehended the Wuzhuang Temple Great Array during his secluded cultivation and used its principles, along with the Invisibility Cloak, to grasp the Dao of Space.
• Rhine formed a spell that trapped space within his palm and named it Palm World.

After completing his seclusion, Rhine mastered the fusion of two Five-Colored Divine Lights and prepared to set up the Wuzhuang Temple Great Array. Meanwhile, Voldemort obtained strange materials from Borgin and Burkes for an alchemy array, as the system warned Rhine that a Saint-backed calamity now targeted Jade Void and placed him at its forefront.

• Rhine gained precise control of the Wu Tu Divine Light and Yi Mu Divine Light, then fused them into a stronger orange-yellow divine light.
• Rhine left the Room of Requirement, ready to set up the Wuzhuang Temple Great Array.
• Voldemort took Quirrell to Borgin and Burkes, where Borgin brought out a crate of strange materials for Voldemort's alchemy array.
• Voldemort dismissed Quirrell's fears as hallucinations, paid Borgin with a bag of Knuts, and hurried away with the crate.
• Borgin awoke amid foul, slime-covered traces in his shop and wondered what had happened.
• Rhine received a system warning that Daoist Duobao's Ten Directions Array, secretly aided by a Saint, had changed the tribulation's destiny to Jade Void Must Be Destroyed, with Rhine bearing the brunt; he challenged the Old Ones to try.