Chapter Summaries

Jon protected Zhu Sha while she completed her Metamorphosis, preventing the gathered families from interfering. As her Legendary Omen neared completion, Jon withdrew his wings and told Zhu Sha’s mother that Zhu Sha would soon wake up.

• Jon shielded Zhu Sha from the families’ attacks with his black wings and warned them that interfering was pointless.
• Jon sent Grindelwald and Dumbledore away through a rift so the families could not target them.
• The Old Ancestors discussed their inability to stop Zhu Sha and considered sending their younger generations out to gain experience.
• Jon withdrew his wings and moved back with the two Zhu Family members guarding Zhu Sha.
• Jon told Zhu Sha’s mother that Zhu Sha’s Legendary Omen was nearly complete and she should wake soon.

Zhu Sha created a new Legendary Omen and became a legend by making a Great Vow to the Azure Deep Sea. The chapter ended with the Zhu Family's old ancestor explaining that if Zhu Sha failed to fulfill her vow, she would be trapped at this level and eventually become part of the world.

• After Jon finished speaking, the Ancient Egypt Small World remnant melted away and radiant light began flowing from Zhu Sha.
• A mirror appeared in the Azure Deep Sea, revealing a peaceful world where land, plants, and rivers formed anew.
• The Azure Deep Sea celebrated as Zhu Sha's Legendary Omen transformed into a world within the mirror.
• Jon and the elders recognized that Zhu Sha had become a legend without relying on bloodlines, relics, faith, or the Zhu Family's help.
• The Zhu Family's old ancestor told Jon that Zhu Sha had advanced through a Great Vow, borrowing power from the world in exchange for a promise she had to fulfill.

Zhu Sha completed the cleansing of the mirror and began bringing her promised kingdom into existence, while Jon revealed that newly recovered memories had clarified his plans to leave this world. The chapter ended as they entered the mirror and Zhu Sha’s presence awakened the world within it, setting off the birth of stars.

• Zhu Sha cleansed the mirror in the Azure Deep Sea, revealing the world reflected within it.
• Jon asked whether Zhu Sha had considered the difficulty of her path, and Zhu Sha said she would honor her promises to the World Will and the spiritual essences.
• Zhu Sha said she would leave the Magic Net and the gathered families to manage the situation, then asked what Jon planned to do next.
• Jon said he would return to deal with matters connected to Voldemort and that recovered memories had clarified why he needed to leave the world.
• Jon and Zhu Sha entered the mirror, where Zhu Sha’s presence awakened the world and stars began to form.

Zhu Sha and Jon transformed her mirror and the Magic Net, while the Magic Net began turning ordinary people into wizards. With the family leaders focused on the benefits, Jon prepared to leave Zhu Sha and pursue the changes needed to become a true god.

• Zhu Sha used gathered magical power to form a floating island and a complex network of laws within her mirror, while Jon stabilized the newborn world with the Mysterious Bird's power and the World Tree's ability.
• The Magic Net transformed Jixia's barrier console into a new core, and its surge of power killed two researchers while turning the others into wizards.
• The family leaders accepted the Magic Net's changes and began considering the profits they could gain from it.
• Zhu Sha told Jon that her laboratory would develop ways to integrate circuits and magical power, with Mr. Weasley in charge.
• Jon and Zhu Sha discussed her urgent pursuit of godhood and agreed to stay in touch as friends.
• Jon left Zhu Sha to prepare for the changes planned in a year, when Voldemort's time of death arrived, and to investigate his resurfaced memories and find someone.

Jon recalled his best friend from his previous life, Chen Songyuan, and suspected that a powerful being was causing the memories to return. As he prepared for Hogwarts to reopen, he discussed his plans for Harry and his younger sister Blair with Joanne, then turned to Harry’s next steps.

• Jon left the Azure Deep Sea feeling sad after Zhu Sha's words brought back memories of Chen Songyuan, his best friend in his previous life.
• Jon suspected Chen Songyuan might be a god and that he was deliberately restoring Jon's memories.
• Joanne asked Jon to review her plans for Harry, and Jon told her to wait before finalizing them in case Harry could be interviewed.
• Jon told Joanne he expected to leave within a few years and wanted the people he cared about to be able to live well after he was gone.
• Jon said Blair would attend Hogwarts because it offered the best magical environment and she would inherit Ancestor Helga's legacy.
• Jon picked up a sheet of paper and began discussing Harry's next steps with Joanne.

Jon reviewed a semi-finished magical phone developed for him and requested refinements, including a camera, while arranging to involve Mr. Weasley if needed. With Voldemort’s group being drawn into a trap and Harry’s relocation approaching, Jon wrote to Mr. Weasley to make arrangements.

• Joanne gave Jon Anthony’s report about a company that had developed a magical communication device but appeared to be stealing its core technology.
• Anthony brought Jon the semi-finished magical phone and demonstrated its Magic Net connection, functions, and magical-power supply.
• Jon approved the device’s basic design and asked Anthony to explore adding a camera by contacting magical families in the relevant business.
• Anthony said he could deliver two prototype machines in four days, and Jon agreed because the Hogwarts term and other plans were approaching.
• Jon noted that Snape’s plan to draw Voldemort’s group into a trap was proceeding smoothly and that Harry would soon need to be moved.
• Jon decided to write a letter to Mr. Weasley.

Harry cut his hand on a broken cup while the normally noisy Dursley home sat strangely quiet. In London, Anthony and the princess resumed negotiations over how much authority the Royal family and the old wizarding families could reclaim from the Muggle government.

• Harry stepped on a cup outside his bedroom, cut his hand, and threw the broken pieces away.
• Anthony accused the princess’s delegation of allowing attacks on Muggles to continue, while a young wizard denied responsibility and blamed the government’s security forces.
• Anthony presented evidence linking the attacks to disowned members of the ancient families, including a supposed remnant of the executed Smith Family.
• The princess dismissed the evidence as a possible dark wizard’s deception and argued that the Royal family needed room to regain authority or risk becoming powerless.
• Anthony agreed to resume proper discussion after the princess framed her demand for greater authority as necessary for the families’ survival.

Jon and Joanne discussed how to overcome Joanne’s creative block, agreeing that she could give Snape a larger role in the final part of the story. As Jon set up a magical projector to monitor the departing wizards, Hedwig suddenly fell from the sky on its screen.

• Jon offered Joanne access to Magic Net feedback and a projector to help inspire her writing, and Joanne explained why she could not continue writing the story as a mere job.
• Joanne argued that the book needed to preserve her creative agency and proposed increasing Snape’s role after Dumbledore’s death.
• Jon agreed to trust Joanne’s revisions as long as the ending stayed true to reality, and Joanne planned to portray Snape as a pivotal double agent who guided events.
• Jon finished calibrating the projector as wizards departed the house across the way on brooms, with a Thestral among them.
• Joanne saw Harry’s owl Hedwig plunge from the sky on the screen and cried out.

Jon refused to save Harry’s owl, believing Harry needed to face the consequences of his own mistakes. Lenna delivered two prototype machines, which Jon inspected after connecting them to the Magic Net.

• Joanne asked Jon to save the owl, but Jon refused, arguing that Harry needed a stimulus to grow and take responsibility.
• Jon and Joanne discussed kindness, hardship, and whether the owl had erred by choosing the wrong master.
• Lenna arrived at Joanne’s villa with two prototype machines because Anthony had been delayed by work.
• Lenna explained that the machines had been modified with communication arrays, stronger magical responsiveness, identity verification, and unique serial numbers.
• Jon connected the prototypes to the Magic Net and said further improvements could wait until more technical talent became involved.

Jon rejected requests to revive the dead and decided to deal with the Horcruxes first, taking Stephen with him to Gringotts. They entered Jon’s family vault to identify items to remove and handle elsewhere.

• Jon refused the Order of the Phoenix’s requests to bring back the dead and focused instead on the growing connection between Harry and Voldemort.
• Jon decided to deal with the Horcruxes and asked Stephen to go with him to Gringotts.
• Jon and Stephen discussed Jon’s command of the Order of the Phoenix and the Magic Research Society’s need to intervene in events.
• Jon said he had declined an invitation to the Weasley family wedding.
• Jon and Stephen entered Jon’s family vault, where Stephen warned that Gringotts vaults were not safe and showed him a bag containing the Golden Goblet, a shrunken harp, and antiques.

Jon and Stephen conducted an experiment to transfer Voldemort’s soul from two Horcruxes into new containers. After a tense and tedious night, Jon successfully moved the souls into a crystal trophy and another vessel.

• Jon explained that Helga had prepared the soul-transfer procedure but had left him to carry it out.
• Jon and Stephen discussed whether to preserve Voldemort’s Horcruxes, including the Golden Goblet and Ravenclaw’s Diadem.
• Jon searched through antiques for suitable containers and began the delicate experiment.
• Jon accidentally smashed two vases during the preliminary attempts before transferring Voldemort’s soul from the Golden Goblet into a crystal trophy.
• Jon transferred the soul from the diadem more smoothly, finishing both transfers after the night had passed.

Jon discussed his unease over a mysterious new memory and his suspicion that a close friend was acting behind his back, while Stephen urged him to stop brooding and returned to his duties. Jon remained behind as the plan to protect Harry and guide him along his predetermined path continued.

• Jon and Stephen heard someone reciting "Petrel" on the beach, and Jon explained why the poem made him uncomfortable.
• Stephen asked Jon what was troubling him, and Jon described an extra memory and his suspicion that a close friend was involved.
• Jon blamed his restlessness on having nothing to do now that events were following his design, while Stephen pointed out how much work remained.
• Stephen and Jon discussed protecting Harry, who was a special Horcrux and needed to follow the predetermined path.
• Stephen Apparated back to the Association, leaving Jon alone by the sea.

Jon questioned whether his memories and this world were real, and suspected Chen Songyuan was behind the strange gaps in his past. He remained focused on leaving the world, unconcerned with its fate beyond the plans he had made, while taking satisfaction in the survival of Sirius, Cedric, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald.

• Jon realized the world was recovering far more slowly than his own strength was growing and sensed that the cause was connected to Chen Songyuan.
• Jon could not find Chen Songyuan, and his old city and university from his memories did not exist in this world.
• Jon wondered whether he was dreaming or whether Chen Songyuan had implanted someone else's memories in him, but he could not accept that his life was false.
• Jon feared that slow progress might prevent him from leaving and admitted that his plans for the West served his departure, not the world's welfare.
• Jon reflected on the power and resources he had accumulated and noted that Sirius, Cedric, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald were alive.

Zhu Sha found Jon sitting alone on a reef and tried to help him confront his doubts about his identity, reality, and the road ahead. Unable to find an immediate solution, she chose to stay with him while he waited for clarity.

• Zhu Sha brought wine to Jon after Stephen told her he was struggling.
• Jon admitted that he had forgotten how to show his vulnerability and questioned whether he and the world truly existed.
• Zhu Sha contacted Stephen through the Magic Net and learned that Jon sometimes fell into this state, but this episode was unusual.
• Zhu Sha proposed helping Jon find a person he had already searched for in China, but Jon said the person might be hard to locate.
• Zhu Sha decided to remain on the reef with Jon while he waited for a solution.

Zhu Sha and Jon watched Harry, Ron, and Hermione receive Remus Lupin at Grimmauld Place and learn how Voldemort’s takeover had turned the Ministry against Harry and Muggle-borns. Hermione secretly asked Jon why the Ministry was registering Muggle-borns, and he explained that the crackdown was a response to newly transformed wizards appearing in Muggle society.

• Zhu Sha tuned her Magic Net projection to Grimmauld Place, where Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched Death Eaters outside and waited for news.
• Harry confronted an intruder who entered the house, then recognized Remus Lupin after Lupin proved his identity.
• Lupin told Harry, Ron, and Hermione that the Ministry and Death Eaters had attacked Order-linked homes, killed Scrimgeour, and were hunting Harry under a newspaper accusation that he had been involved in Dumbledore’s death.
• Lupin explained that Voldemort controlled the Ministry through the Imperiused Minister Pius Thicknesse and that the Ministry was arresting Muggle-borns for supposed illegal possession of magic.
• Hermione privately asked Jon why the Ministry was registering Muggle-borns, and Jon told her the crackdown followed dark wizards noticing newly transformed wizards in Muggle society.

Harry rejected Lupin’s offer to join the hunt for Horcruxes and condemned him for considering leaving pregnant Tonks, driving Lupin from the house. After reading the beginning of Rita Skeeter’s Dumbledore biography, Harry was interrupted by Kreacher returning with Mundungus Fletcher, whom the group prepared to question.

• Lupin offered to travel with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, then revealed that Tonks was pregnant and said he regretted marrying her.
• Harry accused Lupin of cowardice for wanting to leave Tonks and their unborn child, and Lupin struck Harry with a spell before leaving.
• Harry admitted he regretted insulting Lupin but hoped his words would send him back to Tonks.
• Harry read an excerpt from Rita Skeeter’s forthcoming Dumbledore biography and saw a family photograph that made him want to visit Godric’s Hollow.
• Kreacher brought Mundungus Fletcher to the kitchen, where Hermione disarmed him and Ron restrained him.
• Harry questioned Mundungus, who protested that he had fled because he was afraid of Voldemort.

Harry and the others learned that Umbridge had taken Slytherin’s Locket from Mundungus, while Jon recognized the scene from the Harry Potter books and concluded that a higher power had shaped his memories and the events around him. He left believing that whoever brought him into this world was growing anxious and running out of time.

• Kreacher struck Mundungus with a pan, and Harry questioned him about the locket he had stolen from Grimmauld Place.
• Mundungus revealed that a Ministry woman who looked like a toad had taken the locket from him in Diagon Alley.
• Zhu Sha laughed at the scene, and Jon denied arranging Mundungus’s part in it.
• Jon recalled the book’s account of the scene and realized it matched what had just happened despite his interference in Harry’s actions.
• Jon concluded that an unseen power had established a framework for events and might have brought him into this world many times.
• Jon reasoned that the power behind his situation was growing anxious because it might be running out of time.

Jon reasoned that the Mysterious Bird bloodline that made him special might have come from another world and connected him to the person behind the scenes, whom he suspected might be both using and helping him. After accepting that he would face the outcome once his memories returned, he asked Zhu Sha how she would react to knowing she would die or that their world could collapse.

• Jon concluded that his Mysterious Bird bloodline likely came from his soul rather than the Yang family or Helga.
• Jon speculated that the world had been created by altering a fragment of another world's history and that the person behind the scenes might be helping him as well as using him.
• Jon decided to wait for more memories to return before investigating the person behind the scenes.
• Jon put aside his frustration and accepted that he could finish what he needed to do even if the outcome was death.
• Zhu Sha congratulated Jon for seeming less depressed, and Jon asked how she would feel if she knew she would die or that their world could collapse.

Jon watched the sunrise at Hogwarts, spoke with Peeves about the school and Snape’s message, and decided to handle a Ministry of Magic matter himself. He set out to inspect the real Slytherin’s Locket, which was a Horcrux.

• Jon sat on the Hogwarts rooftop and reflected on the school and the students’ difficult circumstances.
• Peeves told Jon he had arranged Hogwarts’ future as a smaller academy and passed him a letter from Snape for Dumbledore.
• Jon asked Peeves how many people at the Ministry of Magic could be called upon for help.
• Jon decided not to involve Professor Sprout or other Ministry contacts and chose to go himself.
• Jon planned to visit the Ministry of Magic and inspect the real Slytherin’s Locket.

Jon visited Hermione at Grimmauld Place and warned her about the danger of the Ministry mission, then Harry, Ron, and Hermione infiltrated the Ministry using Polyjuice Potion and disguises. The trio reached the Ministry, where Ron went to deal with Yaxley’s office and Harry and Hermione headed to find Umbridge, only to encounter her with a long-haired wizard.

• Jon secretly checked on Harry, Ron, and Hermione, then warned Hermione to be prepared to flee if their Ministry mission went wrong.
• Hermione stunned Mafalda Hopkirk and used her hair to disguise herself, while Ron impersonated the sick Reggie Cattermole and Harry took the form of a tall Ministry employee.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione entered the Ministry through its public toilets and saw a statue glorifying pure-blood rule over Muggles.
• Yaxley ordered Ron, as Cattermole, to repair his rain-soaked office and threatened his wife, who was being interrogated over her blood status.
• Ron left to repair Yaxley’s office while Harry and Hermione continued toward Umbridge’s office, where they saw Umbridge talking with a long-haired wizard.