Chapter Summaries

After fulfilling the Smith Family’s condition, Jon received an altered European Leech containing the Earth Core’s power, rather than the gemstone he expected. He took it and left without discussing the elders’ proposed deal, leaving further negotiations for another time.

• Jon entered the Smith Family’s Underground Palace and asked the elders for the item promised in their deal.
• The Smith Family elders presented Jon with a European Leech modified to contain the power of the Earth Core.
• An elderly Smith explained that generations of research and many lives had gone into making the Earth Core’s power easier to absorb.
• Jon examined the leech and offered to make another deal, but neither he nor the elders continued the discussion.
• Jon wrapped the leech in a magic barrier and left, saying they could contact each other later.

Jon traded the Smith Family a vitality-rich flower and then used the Rich Lady’s black blood and an Earth Core to nourish the World Tree in Helga’s world. As the tree began to grow, signs appeared that Helga was about to awaken.

• Jon negotiated with the Smith Family, offering them a flower that could preserve vitality and warning them against plotting against him.
• Jon returned to Hogwarts, collected Aragog, and placed his soul in a spider colony in Helga’s world.
• Jon brought the Rich Lady to the garden of Magic Fairy Castle and used its blood to nourish the World Tree.
• The World Tree began growing, flowers bloomed across the garden, and tiny figures emerged and died as signs of Helga’s awakening appeared.

Helga awoke as a god and taught Jon how to use layered environmental changes to poison the Smith Family elders. She warned him to prepare for the uncertain timing of his ascent and to keep pursuing godhood without denying his choices.

• Helga awoke, recognized Jon's rapid advancement, and showed him the world transforming to celebrate her return as a god.
• Helga accompanied Jon to the Smith Family's Underground Palace and warned that the elders and fence-sitting families could threaten his plans after Dumbledore's death.
• Helga explained that the elders were weakened by the world's suppression and criticized Jon for assuming they were as powerful as she was.
• Helga taught Jon to combine tiny changes to flowers, air, and light into an unnoticed poison suited to its surroundings.
• Helga urged Jon to prepare for failure and keep pursuing his chosen path, then used her power to distribute the poison throughout the underground environment.

Helga trained Jon to wield his new Legendary Wizard power, then brought him to watch the Death Eaters at the Astronomy Tower. Professor Trelawney made a prophecy about the world and Dumbledore before collapsing, as Helga warned that the story’s protagonist was about to appear.

• Helga told Jon that he was still too weak and began teaching him how to use power.
• Helga used her divine art, Witch’s Dance, to suppress Jon and drain his strength.
• Helga brought Jon to the roof, where he saw the Dark Mark and Death Eaters at the Astronomy Tower.
• Professor Trelawney entered a prophetic state and foretold that death shrouded the world, then said Dumbledore was dead in a way that might not count as death.
• Trelawney collapsed from the power of the prophecy, and Helga told Jon that the protagonist was about to appear.

Harry and Dumbledore returned to Hogsmeade with the Horcrux, but Dumbledore collapsed after drinking the potion. When Madam Rosmerta revealed the Dark Mark over Hogwarts, they flew back to the castle, where the Mark flickered above the Astronomy Tower.

• Harry Apparated with Dumbledore to Hogsmeade after retrieving the Horcrux.
• Dumbledore collapsed and asked Harry to find Professor Snape.
• Madam Rosmerta arrived and told Harry and Dumbledore that the Dark Mark had appeared above Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore ordered Harry and Rosmerta to get broomsticks and send word to the Ministry of Magic.
• Harry and Dumbledore flew toward Hogwarts, and Dumbledore undid the castle's protective magic so they could enter.
• The Dark Mark flickered above the Astronomy Tower as Harry feared someone had been killed there.

Harry and Dumbledore confronted Draco Malfoy after Death Eaters entered Hogwarts, while Dumbledore was weakened and Harry was immobilized. Draco revealed how he had arranged the attack, and Dumbledore urged him to abandon Voldemort’s mission; the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Dumbledore ordered Harry to find Snape and wait, but immobilized Harry when Draco burst onto the tower and disarmed him.
• Draco told Dumbledore that Death Eaters had entered Hogwarts through a repaired Vanishing Cabinet linking the school to Borgin and Burkes.
• Draco admitted that Madam Rosmerta had helped him by passing a cursed necklace and poisoned mead, using enchanted coins to communicate.
• Draco said one person had been killed during the fighting, while Order of the Phoenix members resisted the Death Eaters below.
• Dumbledore offered to protect Draco and his family if he changed sides, but Draco hesitated as Dumbledore asserted control of the situation.

Death Eaters cornered Dumbledore on the battlements while Harry remained immobilized. Snape arrived and killed Dumbledore with the Killing Curse, sending him over the battlements.

• Amicus, Alecto, Fenrir Greyback, and another Death Eater confronted Dumbledore and urged Malfoy to kill him.
• Malfoy hesitated, and Greyback tried to attack Dumbledore before Dumbledore's spell struck him aside.
• Snape entered the battlements and shoved Malfoy out of the way.
• Snape cast the Killing Curse on Dumbledore, who fell over the battlements as Harry watched helplessly.

After Dumbledore fell, Jon and Helga preserved his soul while Grindelwald prepared a resurrection ritual. Helga brought Jon, Hog, and Peeves to a portrait-connected space in Hogwarts, where Grindelwald had recreated a German imperial palace and Dumbledore’s soul was placed on the ritual platform.

• Jon ordered Filch to check on Harry and Snape and repair the breaches in the school.
• Helga explained that Dumbledore’s soul was strong enough to remain with his body while it separated, and Jon contacted Grindelwald through the Magic Net.
• Helga took Jon, Hog, and Peeves to a nested space formed by Hogwarts’s connected portraits.
• Hog explained that the space drew power from the enchanted portraits, unlike Helga’s independent space.
• Grindelwald showed Jon a palace he had recreated after the German imperial palace, as Helga placed Dumbledore’s soul on the resurrection platform.

Jon attended Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s wedding after Dumbledore returned to life, while keeping the resurrection secret from those outside. The couple exchanged vows and rings, and Jon left to handle the burdens Dumbledore had set aside.

• Jon learned that Grindelwald and Dumbledore were getting married and decided to treat the gathering as a dream.
• Ariana arrived and explained that she did not blame Dumbledore and Grindelwald for her death, while Dumbledore reunited with her after returning to life.
• Jon told Grindelwald that Voldemort might seek him out, but that a magical puppet and protective measures were ready to carry out their plan.
• Helga officiated as Grindelwald and Dumbledore exchanged vows and rings, then kissed amid the guests’ cheers.
• Jon left the wedding to take responsibility for the pressures Dumbledore had left behind.

After Dumbledore’s death, Jon organized the Order of the Phoenix and prepared for the funeral while keeping Dumbledore’s survival and new marriage secret. The chapter ended with Harry and the assembled mourners attending Dumbledore’s funeral at Hogwarts.

• Jon told Abufus that Dumbledore had escaped death and left with his former lover, then returned to take charge of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Jon briefed McGonagall, Snape, Arthur and Molly Weasley, and Sirius on the plans, assigned Sirius external liaison work, and organized preparations for Dumbledore’s funeral.
• Jon told McGonagall that Dumbledore wanted to meet her after the funeral and revealed that Hermione Granger was his student.
• Students and visitors gathered at Hogwarts for Dumbledore’s funeral as Harry spent time with Ron, Hermione, and Ginny and visited the injured Bill.
• Harry watched Hagrid, Grawp, the merpeople, and the centaurs mourn as Dumbledore’s body was enclosed in a white marble tomb.

Jon traveled east with Grindelwald and Dumbledore to help Zhu Sha take control of the Eastern Magic Net and advance to Legendary Wizard. As the ritual began, rival families launched their attack, exposing the full strength of the Eastern Magical World.

• After leaving Britain, Jon went east to support Zhu Sha's planned advancement and the activation of the Eastern Magic Net.
• Zhu Sha explained that she had to seize the mandate of heaven before rival Dragon-blooded families claimed it.
• Jon disguised himself as a member of the Zhu Family and entered Jixia as Zhu Sha's ritual began.
• The Analects Bamboo Slips emerged from the Magic Net's projection, completing its core as Zhu Sha began advancing.
• Young leaders from rival families surged toward Zhu Sha, unleashing a battle with more than a dozen Legendary fluctuations.

Jon watched rival families clash over the Control Chessboard of the Eastern Magic Net while Zhu Sha advanced toward the legendary realm. As the Li Family and Wang Family tried to seize the chessboard, an old woman from the Liu family revealed a power that pulled it free.

• The Li Family’s Azure Lotus Sword Song descended from the Azure Deep Sea and enveloped Zhu Sha’s Control Chessboard.
• The Wang Family summoned the projections of Thunder God and Electric Mother to attack the sword light as Zhu Sha continued her advancement.
• The sword light transformed into the Big Dipper Sword Art’s Yao Guang, making the chessboard visible but untouchable while the lotus formation moved to surround it.
• Jon noticed an apparently powerless old woman from the Liu family and recognized that a formidable force was sealed inside her.
• The old woman released her power into the sky, and a white light resembling Helga’s power pulled the Control Chessboard free before the lotus formation could reach it.

The Liu family sacrificed its elders to alter the chessboard’s authority toward peace, and the board transformed into an ownerless Wind Wheel. As the powerful watched its new rules take shape, the eastern Magic Net began sealing surrounding powers.

• The Liu family used the souls and blood of its ancestors to awaken the compassionate imprints of Emperors Wen and Jing and change the chessboard’s authority.
• Jon told the old woman that he would not interfere because shared rule was preferable to placing power in anyone’s hands.
• Powerful figures watched the chessboard evolve, gaining insight as some saw their lifespans extend and two people began advancing toward the Legendary realm.
• The chessboard’s transformation ended, and new rules and order spread through the eastern wizards’ minds.
• The chessboard rose into the sky as a stone Wind Wheel, operating without a will or owner and sealing the surrounding powers.

The chapter explained how the Azure Deep Sea was a higher level of magical reality visible only to powerful wizards, and why reaching Legendary Wizard status was so alluring. The Magic Net then trapped the gathered Legendary Wizards within a limiting shell, leaving them to look to the Liu family for a way to control it.

• The chapter explained that ordinary people and wizards could not perceive the Azure Deep Sea because their perspective and power were too limited.
• It described how powerful wizards could approach the truth of the magical world, while Legendary Wizards gained greater power and longer lifespans.
• The Magic Net made the Legendary Wizards present feel confined and limited once more.
• The wizards stopped focusing on the Liu family's alteration of its inheritance and considered sharing control of the Magic Net to prevent any one family from dominating them.
• The gathered wizards turned to the Liu family's head and the Old Ancestor, expecting them to know how to control the Magic Net.

The Liu Family and the other Noble Families summoned the White Jade Capital to challenge the Wind Wheel, while Jon focused on protecting Zhu Sha as she advanced. The Star Picking Tower descended from the Azure Deep Sea, and the families’ assault began.

• The Liu Family Patriarch and his ancestor discussed summoning the White Jade Capital with the help of those outside the seal.
• Grindelwald and Dumbledore told Jon that the Magic Net had been transformed and Zhu Sha was beginning to awaken, but the trapped group could not escape.
• A message from the Zhu Family’s ancestor asked Jon to protect Zhu Sha and let her advancement reach completion.
• The Wind Wheel began spinning rapidly as the Li Family swordsman tore open Jixia’s barrier.
• The Thunder God, Electric Mother, and the Zhang Family’s young master drew down the White Jade Capital, and the Star Picking Tower appeared.

The White Jade Capital amplified the families’ attack on the Wind Wheel, but the resulting backlash threatened Zhu Sha as she advanced. Jon appeared with help from Grindelwald and Dumbledore, intercepted the force, and absorbed it with the Legendary Omen.

• The White Jade Capital appeared above Jixia, and the families used its power to strengthen their attack on the Wind Wheel’s barrier.
• The collision between the White Jade Capital and the Wind Wheel produced powerful shockwaves and backlash.
• The backlash surged toward Zhu Sha, who was in the midst of advancing.
• Jon appeared before the others, explaining that he had come to protect his friend Zhu Sha.
• Jon formed a wooden bowl from the Legendary Omen’s branches, collected the backlash, and absorbed it.

Jon confronted the elders of Jixia after swallowing the power aimed at Zhu Sha, and they decided to redirect White Jade Capital’s power onto him. He rejected their demand and proposed taking the Wind Wheel away, but the elders refused, leaving a fight imminent.

• Jon swallowed the force meant for Zhu Sha, startling everyone present.
• The elders agreed to make Jon bear White Jade Capital’s power instead of Zhu Sha.
• Jon refused to become their tool and warned the elders not to target him.
• Jon proposed taking the Wind Wheel away to end the confrontation, but the elders would not accept the solution.
• Jon prepared to fight after declaring that peaceful settlement was no longer possible.

Jon revealed that his Mysterious Bird bloodline let him draw power from the Azure Deep Sea and move at impossible speeds. As the conflict around the Wind Wheel intensified, he prepared to protect Zhu Sha’s advancement rather than escape.

• Those manipulating events behind Jixia widened the barrier, shifting the Wind Wheel’s position and increasing the Azure Deep Sea’s interference with the material world.
• Jon chose to stay and protect Zhu Sha’s advancement, then activated a controlled bloodline mutation.
• Jon spread enormous black-feathered wings and drew magic power from the Azure Deep Sea, dimming White Jade Capital’s light and forcing the onlookers back.
• The elderly legends realized Jon’s apparent figure was a phantom created through extreme speed and spatial distortion.
• The Li Family’s Old Ancestor protested that Jon’s movement was impossible, and Jon asked whether they knew his background.
• The Zhu Family’s old man recognized Jon’s Mysterious Bird bloodline and acknowledged that its speed could produce the effect.

Jon fought White Jade Capital while trying to reach the Wind Wheel, and the families ultimately joined him in shattering Magic Net’s core. The battle ended with rule fragments spilling out and the Zhu Family’s side producing a mysterious burp.

• Jon used space-time jumps to approach the Wind Wheel, but White Jade Capital attacked him with thunder, sword qi, and Yang Yuhuan’s pipa music.
• The elders redirected White Jade Capital’s power against Jon, while Zhao Baizhao emerged from Magic Net to fish in troubled waters.
• Jon proposed breaking apart the Wind Wheel, and the family ancestors joined him in placing their hands on it.
• The Li Family head signaled the old emperor, whose Heaven Collapse Sword Chapter shattered Magic Net’s core as the World Will sealed the area.
• Rule fragments flowed out to the survivors, Jon kept the portion suited to Zhu Sha, and someone on the Zhu Family’s side let out a burp that Yang Yuhuan noticed.

Jon helped Zhu Sha awaken her Legendary Omen by using the Magic Net and the ruins of the Small World, allowing her to shape a dreamlike world beneath the moon. As the Azure Deep Sea authorized the ruins’ return, Zhu Sha began rebuilding them and reviving imprints of the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon.

• Jon used the Wind Wheel fragments to awaken Zhu Sha and draw the Small World’s ruins from the Azure Deep Sea.
• In a dream among the ruins, Zhu Sha realized she wanted a quiet, beautiful world, then witnessed the fall of the pantheon.
• Zhu Sha summoned the power of Moon Goddess Chang'e, calming the ruined world and shaping it with moonlight.
• Jon gave Zhu Sha authorization over the Magic Net, and her Legendary Omen expanded through its network as the Azure Deep Sea authorized the ruins’ return.
• Zhu Sha abandoned reality’s details and reshaped the Small World ruins into a dream, drawing in dreams from across the Magic Net.
• Zhu Sha used the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon’s inheritance and imprints from time to bring its long-dead divine followers back within her dream.