Chapter Summaries

Rhine recognized the Lombarton family badge as a fortune-touched treasure while Neville received a Remembrall that glowed because of what he had forgotten. When Flint tried to bully Neville, Rhine struck him with the Remembrall, earning Cedric's admiration and a new system message about a young Huang Tianhua.

• Rhine examined the ancient badge and realized it carried fortune, then carefully tucked it away.
• Neville opened his Remembrall, which glowed red, and Rhine offered to help him remember his daily tasks.
• Neville dropped the Remembrall, and Flint seized it and demanded that Neville say please.
• Neville stood up to Flint, and Rhine used Accio to pull Flint over before striking him with the Remembrall like a Bludger.
• Lee Jordan jokingly called the hit a Quidditch goal as the students applauded, while Cedric silently praised Rhine and invited him to join Gryffindor's team.
• Rhine received a system message saying young Huang Tianhua admired his skills during an operation outside Jade Void Palace.

After Flint humiliated Malfoy in the Great Hall, Rhine used a Disillusionment Charm to overhear the Slytherins plotting to use a flying potion to make the Gryffindors, especially Rhine, crash during flying class. Rhine identified Serpent’s Tongue as an ingredient and began planning to sabotage the potion with Gillyweed juice.

• Flint stole Malfoy’s sweets, shared them among the Slytherins, and struck Malfoy with his wand when he objected.
• Gemma Farley freed Malfoy and gathered the sweets while Rhine and Ron criticized the Slytherins’ behavior.
• Rhine cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself, Harry, Ron, and Hermione so they could follow the Slytherins and listen in.
• Flint and the Slytherins revealed they planned to drug the first-years and cause Rhine and the Gryffindors to fall during flying class.
• Rhine recognized Serpent’s Tongue in the potion recipe, and Harry explained that adding Gillyweed juice would cause severe diarrhea half an hour after drinking it.

Rhine and Hermione tampered with the Slytherins’ potions, then prepared Gryffindor for Flying Class by warning them to wear protective suits. As the Slytherins flew overhead, the potion’s effects triggered a shower of foul-smelling golden rain onto the upper-year Slytherins watching from a tower.

• Rhine added Grass Juice and pepper seeds to the Slytherins’ potions, and he and Hermione left under a Disillusionment Charm.
• Rhine reassured Hermione and Neville before Flying Class, then told the Gryffindors to put on protective suits.
• The Slytherin first-years flew before Madam Hooch’s whistle, and she awarded them ten points for their skill.
• Flint watched from a tower with a Bludger and threatened to make Rhine fall from the sky.
• The Slytherins’ stomachs rumbled as they flew past the tower, and golden rain fell onto Flint and the upper-year Slytherins.

Rhine helped the Gryffindors turn Flying class into a free-flying session after the Slytherins were struck by a diarrhea spell, and he later raced Malfoy through the air. Flint and the Slytherin Quidditch team accused Malfoy of betraying them and stole his dragon pendant, drawing Harry and Rhine into a chase toward the Black Lake.

• Rhine cleaned the Slytherins with a water spell after a golden rain left them vomiting and unable to fly, and Madam Hooch took them to the hospital wing.
• Harry and the Gryffindors took advantage of Madam Hooch's absence to fly, while Neville managed to control his broom for the first time.
• Rhine challenged Malfoy to a flying race, and the two chased each other through the air until class ended.
• Flint and several Slytherin Quidditch players shoved Malfoy down, called him a pure-blood traitor, and stole the dragon pendant his mother had given him.
• Flint and the others tossed Malfoy's pendant among themselves and flew toward the Black Lake, while Harry and Rhine pursued them.

Rhine used wind magic to help Harry and Malfoy overtake the Slytherin Quidditch players and recover Malfoy’s pendant, then rescued them from crashing into Black Lake. Looking beneath the lake, Rhine saw a mysterious figure that the system identified as an incarnation of Primordial Lord of Heaven.

• Rhine used Control Wind and Thunder to boost his and his companions’ old brooms, allowing them to catch up with Flint’s group.
• Malfoy punched one Quidditch player after the Slytherins insulted him, and Rhine knocked the other players from their brooms.
• Flint threw Malfoy’s pendant into Black Lake, and Rhine beat Flint before Harry and Malfoy dived after it.
• Harry and Malfoy nearly crashed into Black Lake, but Rhine steadied them with a gale across the water.
• Rhine spotted a huge creature beneath the lake, and his system identified it as an incarnation of Primordial Lord of Heaven.

Rhine faced a supernatural storm over Black Lake that the system identified as a saint’s trial, while sending Harry and Malfoy to safety. After earning new rewards through their friendship, he confronted the tentacles rising from the lake, unsure how they could be a saint’s incarnation.

• Harry, Malfoy, and Rhine saw a storm form over Black Lake, trapping them behind a wall of wind and water.
• Rhine sent Harry and Malfoy through a breach he made with Sectumsempra and Fire God Paves the Way, then stayed behind to face the danger.
• The system raised Rhine’s relationships with Harry and Malfoy to Life-and-Death Friendship and awarded him the Iron Beak Divine Eagle Cultivation Method and Three Heads and Eight Arms.
• Rhine cast Fire God Paves the Way into Black Lake, provoking a creature that sent black tentacles thrashing out of the water.

Rhine fought the Giant Squid, which he suspected was the mad Godric Gryffindor wielding Ancient Magic, and overwhelmed its storm with his Primordial-tier powers. After the squid escaped into the Black Lake, Rhine stopped his attack at the merpeople leader’s request and gained the Dragon’s Spirit talent.

• Rhine recognized the Giant Squid and suspected it was Godric Gryffindor, whose ravings included words about the ancient returning.
• The Giant Squid summoned Ancient Magic that stirred up storms, water tornadoes, hail, and lightning over the Black Lake.
• Rhine used Achieve Vajra Indestructible Body and Control Wind and Thunder to overpower the storm, then struck the lake with his staff as the Giant Squid fled into darkness.
• Rhine plunged into the Black Lake and created a massive vortex while searching for the Giant Squid.
• The merpeople leader pleaded with Rhine to stop before their home was destroyed, and Rhine relented after the squid disappeared.
• Rhine received the Dragon’s Spirit talent after the system identified the merpeople leader as the Lord of the Dragon Palace.

Rhine learned more about the Giant Squid and the merfolk’s fear of the deep sea, then returned their offered jewels and gave their chieftain a pill as an apology. The merfolk became his close friends, and Rhine gained the talent Control Water at Will.

• Rhine asked the merfolk chieftain about the Giant Squid, and learned it had appeared in the Black Lake after the Four Giants disappeared.
• The chieftain told Rhine that merfolk who entered the deep sea vanished or returned mad, so the clan stayed in the Black Lake.
• Rhine returned the jewels the merfolk had offered and gave the chieftain a Flying Tiger Pill as compensation.
• The chieftain accepted Rhine’s offer of friendship and invited him to visit the merfolk clan.
• The system announced that Rhine’s relationship with the merfolk had reached Close Friendship and rewarded him with Control Water at Will.

Rhine returned from the Black Lake after the others believed he had died, stopping Harry from using a dark curse on Flint. Watching Harry, Voldemort realized that a fragment of his soul was inside him and that Harry was his seventh Horcrux.

• Rhine considered combining his new water-control talent with his other talents, then left the Black Lake with Malfoy's pendant.
• Hermione warmed Harry and Malfoy, and Malfoy told the group that Rhine had stayed behind and died in the storm.
• Flint mocked Rhine's supposed death, and Harry prepared to use a deadly curse on him as dark magic rose from his scar.
• Rhine returned on his Flying Broomstick, took Harry's wand, and burned the Slytherin Quidditch Team with a firework spell.
• Quirrell watched Harry and realized that Harry contained a fragment of Voldemort's soul and was his seventh Horcrux.

Voldemort discovered that Harry carried a fragment of his soul, while Rhine returned Malfoy’s pendant and earned Professor McGonagall’s praise for taking down Slytherin’s Quidditch players. The chapter ended with Rhine tricking McGonagall into transforming into a cat and petting her as she purred against her will.

• Voldemort realized Harry carried a fragment of his soul and left to seek another way past the Three-Headed Dog guarding the Sorcerer’s Stone.
• Rhine returned Malfoy’s pendant and advised him to speak with his father about joining the Slytherin Quidditch Team.
• Professor McGonagall praised Rhine and Harry for injuring Slytherin’s players, then said they could join Gryffindor’s Quidditch Team.
• Rhine asked Professor McGonagall to demonstrate her Animagus transformation, then grabbed her cat form and petted her as she purred.

Rhine and Harry joined the Gryffindor Quidditch Team after Rhine earned a reward by petting Professor McGonagall in her cat form. After narrowly avoiding Voldemort in the corridor, Rhine returned to the Room of Requirement to claim his accumulated rewards.

• Rhine and Harry continued petting Professor McGonagall in her Animagus form until Rhine earned the Pure Vajra Bottle Refinement Method, and she fled after regaining her senses.
• Oliver Wood invited Rhine and Harry to join the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, identifying Harry as a promising Seeker and Rhine as a natural Beater.
• Rhine encouraged Wood and Harry to dream of reaching the World Cup, telling Harry his Seeker talent could match Viktor Krum's.
• Rhine concealed himself with the Disillusionment Charm as Voldemort, controlling Quirrell, passed him in the eighth-floor corridor without noticing him.
• Rhine entered the Room of Requirement and prepared to claim the rewards waiting on his system screen.

Rhine claimed Dragon's Spirit and Control Water at Will, discovering that the Black Lake's water veins greatly amplified their power and gave him a new ability he named Water Vision. His ability briefly alarmed Dumbledore and Voldemort, who each suspected the other of spying on them.

• Rhine activated Dragon's Spirit and Control Water at Will outside the Room of Requirement and absorbed a greatly increased flow of water-element spiritual energy from the Black Lake.
• Rhine found that the new spiritual energy accelerated his physical and magical growth, but he postponed cultivation with the Flying Tiger Military Strategy while hoping to learn the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts from Hagrid.
• Rhine used Control Water at Will to shape water into weapons and fire a jet that sliced through several marble pillars.
• Rhine infused the talent with spiritual energy and gained Water Vision, sensing blood and living creatures throughout the castle, including the Thousand-Year Basilisk.
• Dumbledore sensed a threatening scrutiny and prepared for a fight, while Voldemort took control of Quirrell and blamed Dumbledore for spying on him.

Rhine stopped spying on Dumbledore and Voldemort, then claimed several cultivation rewards and learned that his low cultivation limited how much of two artifact-refinement methods he could receive. He ended the chapter stunned that even their basic methods involved Samadhi True Fire and Three Lights Divine Water.

• Rhine sensed Dumbledore and Voldemort through Water Vision, judged that he could not defeat Dumbledore, and quickly ended the surveillance.
• Dumbledore and Voldemort prepared for an attack after Water Vision vanished, then relaxed when none came and traded insults.
• Rhine claimed the Iron Beak Divine Eagle Cultivation Method and considered refining Hermes with Flying Tiger Pills and his own blood.
• Rhine claimed the Three Heads and Eight Arms Divine Ability, which his Achieve Vajra Indestructible Body talent supported at the cost of leaving him weakened after each use.
• Rhine claimed the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover and Pure Vajra Bottle refinement methods, but the system withheld their advanced portions because his cultivation was too low.
• Rhine discovered that the methods' basic portions involved Samadhi True Fire and Three Lights Divine Water.

Rhine studied the difficult methods for refining Samadhi True Fire and Three Lights Divine Water, then returned to the dormitory and discovered Ron had withdrawn from the celebration. Ron admitted that he felt ordinary beside his friends and was jealous of their achievements.

• Rhine learned that refining Samadhi True Fire and Three Lights Divine Water required Immortal magical power and vast spiritual energy, so he set his sights on improving his spiritual-energy-gathering talent and obtaining the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.
• Rhine returned to the dormitory, where Harry and the others celebrated his and Harry's selection for the Quidditch team.
• Rhine noticed Ron was missing and found him alone in the common room, quietly tapping an old Wizard Chess piece against the board.
• Rhine offered to listen without judging, and Ron confessed that seeing his friends succeed made him feel ordinary and jealous.

Rhine encouraged Ron to recognize his Wizard Chess talent and helped him enter a competition, beginning an intensive training plan. The next morning, Rhine received a Nimbus 2000 from Professor McGonagall and a gift from Lucius Malfoy: permission to borrow books from the Restricted Section.

• Ron admitted that he felt jealous of his friends, and Rhine praised his honesty while admitting his own flaws.
• Rhine pointed out Ron's talent for Wizard Chess and persuaded him to enter a competition offering ten Galleons to the champion.
• Ron registered for the competition, and Rhine agreed to train him as his sparring partner for the next two months.
• Ron trained with Rhine late into the night and began studying a Wizard Chess manual the following morning.
• Professor McGonagall sent Rhine a Nimbus 2000, while Lucius Malfoy sent him another Nimbus 2000 and a permit to borrow books from the Restricted Section.

Rhine used Chong Houhu’s permit to gain access to Hogwarts’ Restricted Section, which the system identified as the Chan Sect’s Demon Cave. After learning that Mrs. Pince rewarded demon slaying, he offered to clean the neglected section and received a Demon Slaying Sword from the Guardian Immortal.

• Chong Houhu sent Rhine a Redwood Incense Carriage and a permit that allowed entry to the Demon Cave beneath Jade Void Palace.
• Rhine went to the library and persuaded Mrs. Pince to accept the permit despite her initial doubts.
• The system revealed rewards for slaying demons and befriending the Guardian Immortal, including demonic talents and pill recipes.
• Rhine offered to clean the Restricted Section rather than damage its books, and Mrs. Pince eagerly gave him her feather duster.
• The Guardian Immortal gave Rhine a Demon Slaying Sword after hearing his words about protecting the neglected books.

Rhine cleaned dangerous books in Hogwarts’s Restricted Section with a feather duster, while his system described each book as a demon he had slain. After he cleaned 102 books, the Guardian Immortal praised him as a future pillar of the righteous path, and Rhine received the Rebellious Demonic Origin talent.

• Rhine entered the Restricted Section and dusted the snake-like book Walking with Snakes: Nineteen Forms of Snake Transfiguration.
• Mrs. Pince praised Rhine’s cleaning and offered him a reward if he helped clean the Restricted Section.
• Rhine cleaned the Golden Howler book, then scrubbed a blood-leaking book and a screaming book as the system warned that demons were closing in.
• Rhine cleaned 102 books and carried them out, earning Mrs. Pince’s gratitude and completing the first-tier reward threshold.
• The system described Rhine’s cleaning as surviving a demon siege, and the Guardian Immortal declared him a future pillar of the Chan Sect and the righteous path.
• Rhine’s relationship with the Guardian Immortal reached casual acquaintance, and he received the Rebellious Demonic Origin talent.

After learning the Patronus Charm from a book in the Restricted Section, Rhine cast it and produced a silver Thirty-Six Petal Lotus instead of a creature. He realized it might be an incomplete Patronus connected to the Primordial world and wondered if it represented Pangu.

• Mrs. Pince paid Rhine for his cleaning work, offered to arrange a work-study position, and directed him to a book in the Restricted Section.
• Rhine followed Mrs. Pince’s directions and found the glowing Complete Guide to the Patronus Charm.
• Rhine quickly understood the Patronus Charm and cast it with his Ancient Staff.
• Rhine’s Patronus formed a Thirty-Six Petal Lotus, with a hazy figure still taking shape above it.
• Rhine recognized the lotus as the Creation Green Lotus and exclaimed that his Patronus might be Pangu.

Rhine sensed a fleeting call from deep within the Restricted Section that might be connected to Ancient Magic, but he chose not to pursue it yet. After gaining the Rebellious Demonic Origin talent, he transformed Dark Magic and the Unforgivable Curses, then used Gubraithian Fire to cast the genuine Fire God Paves the Way.

• Rhine's Guardian Azure Lotus silenced the Restricted Section, where he briefly sensed an ancient call and received a system message about an opportunity he was not yet ready to claim.
• Rhine speculated that Ancient Magic had remained sealed at Hogwarts, then decided to leave it alone and focus on Fire God Paves the Way.
• Rhine accepted the Rebellious Demonic Origin talent and found that it transformed Sectumsempra and the Unforgivable Curses into righteous or destructive techniques without their original effects.
• Rhine transformed Fiendfyre into golden-red Gubraithian Fire, which he recognized as the holy flame Dumbledore may have used for Fire God Paves the Way.
• Rhine combined Gubraithian Fire, Control Fire at Will, and his Thirty-Six Petal Lotus to create a golden path of flame.

Rhine continued trying to combine the Patronus Charm with Gubraithian Fire, while Harry, Hermione, and Ron grew concerned and asked Dumbledore to intervene. When Dumbledore found Rhine in the Restricted Section, Rhine turned Dumbledore’s planned lecture about love and dangerous magic back on him.

• Rhine experimented with Gubraithian Fire but failed to integrate the Patronus Charm into Fire God Paves the Way.
• Harry, Hermione, and Ron worried that Rhine’s visits to the Restricted Section meant he was becoming obsessed with Dark Magic, so they went to find Dumbledore.
• Rhine cleaned more restricted books and considered the weakening effects of the Flying Tiger Golden Pills and the greater promise of the Demon Refining Pill Recipe.
• Dumbledore arrived in the Restricted Section and studied Rhine, while Rhine recognized the visit as a chance to meet him privately.
• Rhine told Dumbledore that love mattered more than powerful magic and handed him Tales of Beedle the Bard, leaving Dumbledore stunned by the reversal.