Chapter Summaries

Rhine used Helena’s voice to redirect the Bloody Baron’s painful memories and convinced him that Tom Riddle had deceived Helena. After Rhine pledged to help the Baron and Helena find happiness, their relationship reached Life-and-Death Friendship, earning Rhine the method for refining the Judge’s Brush.

• Rhine questioned the Bloody Baron about R’lyeh, and the Baron recalled hearing its echoes as madness drove him toward Albania and an irreversible act.
• Rhine sensed the same faint aura of madness associated with the Giant Squid and the Forbidden Forest, then used Helena’s voice to stop the Baron’s distressing recollections.
• Rhine impersonated Helena and claimed that Tom Riddle had courted her, learned the diadem’s location, and abandoned her; the Baron raged at Riddle for using Helena.
• Rhine told the Baron that Tom had deceived Helena and promised to help the pair find happiness, which filled the Baron with gratitude.
• The system raised Rhine’s relationship with the Bloody Baron to Life-and-Death Friendship and awarded him the method for refining the Judge’s Brush.

After claiming Bloody Baron’s rewards, Rhine discovered that Underworld Protection made him a sovereign presence in the magical world’s Underworld and gained a power that could sever souls. He used it to pull Tom Riddle’s soul fragment from the Diadem of Ravenclaw and began a Tri-Division Trial.

• Bloody Baron offered to answer Rhine’s questions about Hogwarts and Slytherin when they met again.
• Rhine returned to the Room of Requirement and claimed Underworld Protection, Soul Severing and Spirit Severing, and the Method for Refining the Judge’s Brush.
• Rhine sensed that Underworld Protection made him a supreme figure in the magical world’s Underworld, then tested his new soul-targeting power.
• Rhine learned that guilty souls could serve as materials for the Judge’s Brush and recognized Voldemort’s soul fragments as ideal ingredients.
• Rhine used Soul Severing and Spirit Severing to extract Tom Riddle’s soul fragment from the Diadem of Ravenclaw.
• Rhine summoned Tom Riddle before him and declared that the three divisions of the netherworld would hold a Tri-Division Trial.

Rhine used Judge's Ability to destroy the soul fragment inside the diadem, believing it to be Daoist Duobao's divine soul, and gained merit and Fortune Blessing. After the Room of Requirement returned to normal, he discovered the diadem held immense fortune and realized it could be refined into a Destiny Treasure.

• Rhine's Judge's Ability trapped Tom Riddle's soul fragment, and Rhine repeatedly punished him with the Punishment Rod after mistaking his protests and resistance for Daoist Duobao's defiance.
• Tom attacked Rhine, but Rhine subdued him with soul-targeting power and destroyed the fragment with One-Finger Soul Slaying.
• Rhine absorbed Tom's soul into the Judge's Brush and received a great amount of merit, along with the Fortune Blessing talent for destroying the diadem's hidden treasure.
• Rhine dispelled the netherworld scene, restoring the diadem's appearance and revealing its vast fortune.
• Rhine realized the diadem was best suited for refining a Destiny Treasure.

Rhine realized that the Diadem of Ravenclaw and other legendary artifacts might be forged into Destiny Treasures, then claimed Voldemort’s Fortune Blessing and gained extraordinary fortune. After Harry and the others discovered Nicolas Flamel’s connection to the Sorcerer’s Stone, Rhine saw a chance to learn Destiny Treasure forging from him and planned to rekindle Flamel’s interest in life.

• Rhine concluded that the Diadem of Ravenclaw, the Founders’ relics, and the Deathly Hallows might qualify as Destiny Treasures that could suppress his destiny.
• Rhine claimed Voldemort’s Fortune Blessing and saw his destiny surge to a level beyond even Harry’s.
• Harry told Rhine that Hagrid remained unconscious and had repeatedly mentioned Nicolas Flamel and a protected object.
• Rhine explained that Flamel had created the Sorcerer’s Stone, leading Harry, Hermione, and the others to suspect the Dark Wizard was after it.
• Rhine realized Flamel might know how to forge Destiny Treasures and decided to persuade the long-lived alchemist to visit the Primordial and rediscover his interest in life.

Rhine discovered that befriending the stone beast guarding Dumbledore’s office could earn him valuable talents, so he bribed it with cake and a makeshift cigarette. Dumbledore emerged from his office to find the beast demanding better perks, and was left stunned by Rhine’s antics.

• Rhine learned that befriending the stone beast could reward him with talents for travel, resisting evil energy, and increasing his destiny.
• Rhine gave the stone beast a Rock Cake and a cigarette made from potion ingredients, winning its favor.
• The stone beast complained to Rhine about past headmasters and students, then praised its new treats and demanded more.
• Dumbledore pondered Hogwarts’s strange incidents and wondered whether they were connected to Ancient Magic and an old prophecy.
• Dumbledore left his office and found the stone beast smoking and drinking tea as it demanded better treatment.
• Dumbledore recognized Rhine’s involvement and angrily demanded to know what he had done.

Rhine asked Dumbledore to help him contact Nicolas Flamel, hoping to learn from the legendary alchemist. After the system’s cryptic clues led Rhine to suspect Flamel corresponded to Daoist Lu Ya, he asked to write the letter himself and have Dumbledore add his seal.

• Rhine defended his treatment of the Stone Beast, and the system rewarded him with the Water and Fire Unimpeded and Pure Spirit Blessing talents.
• Dumbledore told Rhine that Nicolas Flamel had entrusted him with the Sorcerer’s Stone and might be ready to welcome death, making a meeting difficult.
• Rhine consulted the system’s clues about an ancient Primordial expert and suspected that Nicolas Flamel corresponded to Daoist Lu Ya.
• Dumbledore offered to write to Flamel and possibly obtain his Alchemy notes for Rhine.
• Rhine produced Ollivander’s seal and the Longbottom family crest, then asked to write the letter himself and have Dumbledore add a seal.

Rhine Snow sent Nicolas Flamel a letter explaining his restrictions and included Hermes as a demonstration, prompting Nicolas to reconsider his planned death. Nicolas replied, and Rhine’s system announced that he had befriended Daoist Lu Ya and received a reward that shocked him.

• Rhine wrote Nicolas Flamel a letter bearing Dumbledore’s, Ollivander’s, and the Longbottom family’s marks, then sent Hermes to deliver it and demonstrate his abilities.
• Nicolas initially refused to read the letter, but opened it after noticing the seals and crest.
• Nicolas studied Rhine’s explanation of the Five Elements, Eight Trigrams, and restrictions, then saw Hermes activate them and became eager to learn more.
• Nicolas told Perenal they could postpone their coffin and funeral-clothes shopping because he no longer wanted to die so badly.
• Hermes returned to Rhine with Nicolas’s reply, and the system announced that Rhine had befriended Daoist Lu Ya and awarded him a treasure.

Rhine reached Acquaintance status with Daoist Lu Ya and drew three Golden Crow Demon Court secret arts. He obtained the Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow, the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book, and the Heavenly Demon Treasure Refining Art, leaving him eager to explore his new powers.

• Rhine learned the rewards available for befriending Daoist Lu Ya, including the Golden Crow Demon Court Secret Arts, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife Refinement Method, and an opportunity related to the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• Rhine entered the Room of Requirement and claimed his reward for reaching Acquaintance status with Lu Ya.
• Rhine drew the Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow, a powerful escape technique that could help him retreat from danger.
• Rhine drew the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book, a deadly curse-killing art, and considered using it against powerful enemies.
• Rhine drew the Heavenly Demon Treasure Refining Art as his third secret art.

Rhine studied the Heavenly Demon Treasure Refining Art and began refining the Diadem of Ravenclaw into a Destiny Treasure using his own golden blood as a substitute for Witch Tribe essence blood. After completing three restriction layers in one night, he planned to make Emperor Flowing Paste to replenish his energy and aid the refinement.

• Rhine realized fortune had helped him obtain powerful Golden Crow Demon Court secret arts and prioritized refining the Diadem of Ravenclaw into a Destiny Treasure.
• Rhine studied the Heavenly Demon Treasure Refining Art and discovered it usually required Witch Tribe essence blood.
• Rhine used his Profound Insight Heavenly Eye to confirm that the golden blood from Achieve Vajra Indestructible Body could probably substitute for Witch Tribe essence blood.
• Rhine refined the Diadem of Ravenclaw with demonic fire and his golden blood, completing three restriction layers in one night.
• Rhine estimated he could finish the Destiny Treasure before Halloween, but worried that the process would drain his Yuan Qi.
• Rhine decided to resume making Demon Refining Pills and identified Emperor Flowing Paste as a way to strengthen lesser demons and replenish his energy.

Rhine entered the Forbidden Forest to turn Hagrid’s Acromantulas into ingredients for Demon Refining Pills, using Emperor Flowing Paste to strengthen them first. After killing two evolved Hundred-Eyed Demon Spiders, he faced the remaining colony as his energy appeared depleted.

• Rhine learned that he could refine Emperor Flowing Paste from moonlight and starlight to enlighten demons and monsters.
• Rhine lured Hagrid’s Acromantulas into surrounding him in the Forbidden Forest.
• Rhine refined Emperor Flowing Paste, causing the Acromantulas to grow stronger and one to evolve into a Hundred-Eyed Demon Spider.
• The Hundred-Eyed Demon Spider threatened Rhine, but Rhine killed it with a demon-slaying strike and refined it into a blood pill.
• Rhine forced another Acromantula to consume Emperor Flowing Paste, evolved it into a Hundred-Eyed Demon Spider, and refined it into another blood pill.
• The system warned that the remaining Acromantulas were preparing to attack, and Rhine challenged them to come forward.

Rhine forced the Acromantulas to drink Emperor Flowing Paste, refined the evolved spiders into blood pills, and began making Demon Refining Pills in the Forbidden Forest. When his pill refining summoned a heavenly tribulation, he welcomed the lightning as a source of spiritual energy and struck at the thunderclouds.

• Rhine forced the Acromantulas to drink Emperor Flowing Paste until they evolved into Hundred-Eyed Demon Spiders, then refined several into blood pills.
• Rhine released the surviving spiders, who fled and agreed to call him the one true You Know Who rather than Voldemort.
• Rhine used Heavenly Demon Demonic Fire to refine Wood-and-Grass Pills, Metal-and-Stone Pills, and the spiders' blood pills.
• Rhine's pill refining summoned dark clouds and tribulation lightning, which the system warned could destroy him.
• Rhine welcomed the heavenly tribulation as a source of lightning-aspected spiritual energy and sent sword qi into the thunderclouds.

Rhine refined Demon Refining Golden Cores while resisting and absorbing the wizarding world's tribulation lightning, which replenished his strength and improved the pills. The lightning moved on to Hogwarts and struck at Quirrell before Rhine captured and swallowed all nine finished cores.

• Rhine protected the unfinished Demon Refining Pill and shattered a bolt of tribulation lightning with his staff, then swallowed its power to expand his Yuan Sea.
• Rhine used the Thirty-Six Petal Lotus and demon fire to overcome three more lightning bolts, absorbing their energy and restoring his blood essence.
• The thunderclouds retreated from Rhine and moved toward Hogwarts, where a bolt struck at Quirrell despite the castle's protective magic.
• Rhine received merit and completed nine Demon Refining Golden Cores, which tried to flee after forming.
• Rhine intercepted the nine cores with sword light and swallowed them all, refining them instantly.

After consuming nine golden pills, Rhine’s power surged toward the magical world’s limit, drawing a sinister gray mist and an invitation from Hongjun in Purple Cloud Palace. Rhine refused the invitation and summoned a Patronus resembling Pangu, then faced the advancing mist with the Heaven-Opening Axe’s strike.

• Rhine absorbed the nine golden pills, rapidly increasing his physical strength, Yuan Sea power, and magic as he pondered the terrifying limit of magical power.
• Gray mist silently spread through the Forbidden Forest, and the system announced that Hongjun had invited Rhine to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Rhine rejected the invitation after hearing sinister murmuring from the mist and sensing that his body was resisting its influence.
• Rhine’s Patronus Charm revealed Pangu standing atop the Thirty-Six Petal Azure Lotus with the Heaven-Opening Axe.
• As the gray mist surged toward him, Rhine focused Heavenly Demon Demonic Fire and silver light into the axe’s edge and struck with one blow.

Rhine glimpsed a sinister being in the Forbidden Forest, then returned to Hogwarts and refined Ravenclaw’s Diadem into a Destiny Treasure. The chapter ended with the treasure complete while Voldemort realized Rhine stood between him and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

• Rhine used his Pangu-centered Lotus Brilliance Path Opening Sky Light to thin the gray mist and glimpsed a sinister being, losing some of his fortune in the process.
• Rhine left the Forbidden Forest and resolved to grow strong enough to face the ancient evil, then began refining Ravenclaw’s Diadem in the Room of Requirement.
• Rhine used the Heavenly Demon Treasure Refining Technique and his blood essence to raise the diadem’s restrictions to twelve layers overnight.
• Hermione, Harry, and the others noticed Rhine was absent from class and believed he was helping Dumbledore protect the Sorcerer’s Stone.
• Voldemort concluded Rhine had sabotaged the Three-Headed Dog and had to be killed before he could obtain the Sorcerer’s Stone.
• Rhine sacrificed his heart’s blood to form the diadem’s eighteenth restriction, completing it as a Destiny Treasure.

Rhine tested the newly forged Purple Gold Crown of Auspicious Clouds and discovered it could suppress his destiny, enhance his comprehension, and protect him with an auspicious cloud. As Halloween and Ron’s Wizard Chess tournament approached, Rhine reassured his friends about the Sorcerer’s Stone and planned to use the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book against Voldemort.

• Rhine claimed the Purple Gold Crown of Auspicious Clouds and found that it bound his destiny and improved his comprehension.
• Rhine activated the crown, which summoned an auspicious cloud that made him feel nearly invulnerable, then disguised it as a hair tie.
• Rhine noticed Hogwarts preparing for Halloween and remembered that Ron’s Wizard Chess tournament was about to begin.
• Ron offered to skip the tournament and help protect the Sorcerer’s Stone, but Rhine insisted that Ron, Harry, and Hermione attend with him.
• Rhine reassured his friends that he could keep the hidden enemy away from the Sorcerer’s Stone and considered using the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book against Voldemort.

Rhine and the others secured permission to leave Hogwarts for Ron’s Wizard Chess tournament, while Voldemort and Quirrell planned to ambush them outside the school. Rhine prepared the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book to strike back, and Hermione fired its first arrow at Voldemort’s straw doll.

• Rhine persuaded Professor McGonagall to approve the group’s leave by promising Gryffindor would win the House Cup, and she warned him to keep everyone safe.
• Gryffindor students celebrated Ron’s chance to compete, while Quirrell told Voldemort that Rhine, Harry, and the others would be leaving Hogwarts.
• Quirrell proposed hiring Dark Wizards and Fenrir Greyback’s werewolves to attack the group, and Voldemort approved the plan.
• Rhine discovered the warning about Voldemort’s ambush and prepared the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book to curse him.
• Rhine explained the ritual to Harry and the others, and Hermione shot the straw doll in the head while cursing Voldemort.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron used the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book to curse Quirrell while Voldemort struggled to identify or stop the attacks. After Ron’s final shot caused Quirrell unbearable pain, Voldemort ordered him to fetch Madam Pomfrey and Snape.

• Hermione’s decisive attack impressed Harry and Ron, while Rhine suspected the Nailing Head Seven Arrows Book was affecting Quirrell and Voldemort.
• Quirrell described the plan to attack Rhine’s group, then suffered a severe headache as Voldemort tried and failed to identify its cause.
• Voldemort blamed Dumbledore and used curse-breaking magic to relieve Quirrell, but Harry’s arrow then caused pain in Quirrell’s chest and stomach.
• Voldemort strengthened Quirrell’s protections, limiting the pain from further attacks, while Ron struggled to aim at the straw doll.
• Ron drove an arrow between the doll’s legs, causing Quirrell excruciating pain, and Voldemort told him to fetch Madam Pomfrey and Snape.

Madam Pomfrey and Snape failed to relieve the curse tormenting Quirrell, while Ron’s repeated strikes on a straw doll intensified his pain. At St Mungo’s, curse specialists named his unprecedented condition Quirrell Curse Syndrome and told him its effects would likely be fatal, though his name would endure in magical history.

• Madam Pomfrey tried spells and anti-curse potions on Quirrell, but his agony continued.
• Snape gave Quirrell more potions and then cast a series of curses, which failed to counteract the mysterious curse and caused additional suffering.
• Ron struck the straw doll with stones, making Quirrell scream until Snape and Madam Pomfrey arranged to send him to St Mungo’s Hospital.
• A team of curse specialists examined Quirrell and announced that they would name the unprecedented condition Quirrell Curse Syndrome.
• The doctor told Quirrell that his condition would likely shorten his life, but that his name would live on through their research and paper.

Quirrell was tormented by Voldemort and decided Rhine Snow had caused his curse, while Rhine took Harry, Ron, and Hermione to his estate before identifying a werewolf following them as Fenrir Greyback. The system linked Fenrir to Immortal Ma Yuan, declared an extermination-level enmity, and warned that killing him could attract the attention of the Western Saint, Daoist Zhunti.

• Quirrell nearly attacked the St Mungo's doctors, but Voldemort stopped him and punished him with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Voldemort convinced Quirrell that only he could keep Quirrell alive, and Quirrell blamed Rhine Snow for his curse and vowed to kill him.
• Rhine brought Harry, Ron, and Hermione to his estate and teased them about their future wealth and fame.
• Rhine noticed a hooded werewolf following the group and suspected that he was Fenrir Greyback.
• The system identified Fenrir as Immortal Ma Yuan, established an extermination-level Enemy Relationship, and warned Rhine that killing him could draw Daoist Zhunti's attention.

Rhine considered whether Fenrir Greyback and werewolves were connected to a power beyond wizarding magic, then focused on the Merit Infusion reward for exterminating Fenrir’s entire clan. He decided Fenrir had to die and pursued him.

• Rhine questioned whether the werewolf curse came from an existence beyond the limits of wizards and wondered about its purpose.
• Rhine reviewed the rewards tied to Fenrir Greyback, dismissing Bloodlust, Soul-Shattering, and Evil Hand Behind the Head.
• Rhine valued Merit Infusion for its power to restrain evil and create powerful artifacts.
• Rhine decided Fenrir had earned his death and chased after him.