Chapter Summaries

Linley fought Arnold while using Fiery Apparition to turn Arnold’s own alchemy bullets against the goblin army, deciding the Goblin Rebellion in the wizards’ favor. The surviving goblins surrendered, unaware that Barty Crouch Sr. would decide their fate and that Linley had vowed to exterminate every goblin in England.

• Linley and Arnold fought with the power of the stars as Arnold used his mechanical armor and alchemy weapons to attack him.
• Linley lifted the Mana Suppression Power over Diagon Alley, healed the wounded at Weasley’s Armory with Nirvana Fire, then restored suppression against the goblin army’s weapons.
• Linley used Fiery Apparition to make Arnold’s bullets vanish and reappear above the goblin army, killing or wounding more than half its troops.
• Fred and George led the British wizards and Aurors in a charge, and most of the goblins surrendered after losing the will to resist.
• The captured goblins expected mercy, but Barty Crouch Sr. would decide their fate, and Linley had vowed to exterminate every goblin in England.

Linley defeated Arnold, destroyed the Goblins in Gringotts, and ordered the Ministry of Magic to take over the bank as the British wizarding world began its extermination of Goblins. In the United States, Dumbledore confronted an American representative over the invasion of Britain, but the representative defended the deployment.

• The Aurors evacuated Diagon Alley, sealed the entrance to Gringotts’ vaults, and waited as Linley fought Arnold.
• Linley destroyed Arnold’s mechanical wings and defenses, then killed him with his black spear.
• Linley burned the Goblins trapped in Gringotts and slaughtered those captured by the Aurors, then ordered the Ministry of Magic to take over the bank.
• Linley left as Barty Crouch Sr. and the Ministry prepared to eradicate Goblins throughout the British wizarding world.
• Dumbledore declared the American Magical Congress’s invasion illegal and demanded that its forces withdraw, but the American representative insisted the invasion was justified.

At the American Magical Congress, Josue explained that the attack on the British wizarding world was a test to collect Demon King-level combat data for Mechanical Soldier Number One. Ares ordered the withdrawal, while Josue planned to prepare for a future invasion after building enough strength and combat models.

• Dumbledore accused the American representative of provoking a war and committing war crimes.
• Josue told Ares to withdraw the Mechanical Army and have the Confederation representative yield after collecting combat data from Elebic's battle with Irina.
• Josue explained that the attack had gathered combat data on Linley Rory, Irina Lowell, and Albus Dumbledore to train a stronger combat model for Mechanical Soldier Number One.
• Josue said the Americans needed combat strength equivalent to five Demon King-level wizards and estimated that preparations for an invasion would take three years.
• Ares ordered the representative to accept the withdrawal demand and told the army to withdraw within an hour.

Irina defeated Elebic and halted the Mechanical Army’s assault, while Elebic sent his battle data to the American Magical Congress before his consciousness link was cut. Linley and Barty Crouch Sr. renamed Gringotts the Wizarding Bank and planned to put British wizarding finances under wizard control.

• Irina used Absolute Zero to freeze Elebic and Mechanical Soldier Number One, and Elebic sent his collected data to the American Magical Congress before losing the connection.
• Irina cut the frozen Mechanical Soldier Number One in half and stored its body, while the Mechanical Army withdrew and Apparated away.
• Linley brought Barty Crouch Sr. to Gringotts, where they agreed that the Ministry of Magic would take over and secure the Wizarding Bank.
• Barty Crouch Sr. erased the Gringotts name from the hall’s plaque and replaced it with Wizarding Bank.
• Linley said wizards could sever the goblins’ remaining role in finance by replicating their coin-minting techniques.

Linley, Irina, Dumbledore, and Nicolas Flamel examined the defeated mechanical soldier and learned that it was a Demon King-level war machine created through forbidden Human Alchemy. Nicolas traced the research to an alchemist he had exiled two hundred years earlier and set out for the American wizarding world to investigate.

• Nicolas Flamel identified Mechanical Soldier Number One as an alchemical body controlled by copied consciousness data, with no wizard's soul.
• Nicolas explained that the American Magical Congress had created a Demon King-level war machine but could not yet mass-produce them.
• Nicolas connected the machine's methods to an alchemist who had pursued Human Alchemy in France two hundred years earlier.
• Nicolas recalled that the alchemist had sought the Philosopher's Stone to preserve his soul and had claimed to have made his body immortal.
• Nicolas accepted responsibility for the threat and told Linley, Irina, and Dumbledore that he would seek clues in the American wizarding world.

Linley secured Wizarding Bank with anti-magic formations and alchemical weapons as the British wizarding world returned to peace. Over the years, Harry and his friends graduated and took up new roles, while Astoria, Irvin, and the inseparable Fred and George advanced to Demon King level.

• Linley protected Wizarding Bank with Space Lockdown and Magic Sealing Barriers, then equipped its guards with nonlethal alchemical firearms powered by the stars.
• Wizarding Bank and the Magic Prison began operating, and the Ministry of Magic's Forbidden Items gained public acceptance; Linley, Irina, and Dumbledore were recognized as holders.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione graduated from Hogwarts and joined the Ministry of Magic, while Neville stayed at Hogwarts as an apprentice professor.
• Ginny joined the Auror Office to fight alongside Harry, while Luna returned home to help her father run The Quibbler.
• Irvin advanced to Demon King level through Ancient Magic Lightning Strike, and Astoria later reached the same level through Ancient Magic Blood Curse Kill and bloodline curses.
• Fred and George advanced together to Demon King level by fighting through their Telepathic Connection and forming Demon King level Alchemy Formations.

Scrimgeour learned that online videos of wizards casting spells had been viewed by thousands of Muggles, overwhelming the Auror Office’s efforts to uphold the International Secrecy Law. As wizarding governments debated abolishing the law, the American Magical Congress suppressed supporters and opposed the proposal.

• A rookie Auror told Scrimgeour that two breaches near London had exposed magic to three Muggles, whose reports led police to upload surveillance footage online.
• The rookie Auror reported that more than three thousand Muggles had watched the videos and that the Auror Office lacked the manpower to erase their memories.
• The chapter explained that internet access had made breaches harder to conceal and prompted wizarding governments worldwide to debate abolishing the International Secrecy Law.
• The American Magical Congress arrested wizards who called for abolition and used benefits and military threats to pressure other countries to oppose the proposal.
• Scrimgeour ordered the rookie Auror to report the crisis to Minister Crouch and said they needed the Muggle Prime Minister and the Cyber Police Force to identify viewers.

Scrimgeour named Harry his successor as Head of the Auror Office, recognizing his leadership and exceptional magical skill. Meanwhile, Barty Crouch Sr. brought Linley Rowle and Irina Lowell to meet the Prime Minister and discuss rising breaches of the International Secrecy Law.

• Scrimgeour asked Harry about his progress toward becoming a Demon King level wizard, and Harry explained that he was developing an advanced spell based on the Disarming Charm.
• Scrimgeour told Harry that he planned to retire as Head of the Auror Office in one year and wanted Harry to take over.
• Harry accepted Scrimgeour's decision and recognized that it was time for those once protected to take responsibility for protecting the wizarding world.
• Barty Crouch Sr. arrived at the Prime Minister's office with Linley Rowle and Irina Lowell to discuss the chaos caused by frequent breaches of the International Secrecy Law.
• Crouch introduced Linley and Irina to the Prime Minister as guardians of the British wizarding world.

Linley and Irina explained to the Prime Minister that wizards came from ordinary people and argued that the Secrecy Law could not last forever. Linley proposed gradually integrating the wizarding and ordinary worlds by disguising online magic as stage tricks.

• Barty Crouch Sr. introduced Linley and Irina to the Prime Minister, who greeted them warily.
• Linley told the Prime Minister that wizards were members of ordinary society with a magical ability, not a separate race.
• Irina explained that she came from an ordinary family and said surveillance and the internet would eventually make the Secrecy Law impossible to maintain.
• The Prime Minister worried that revealing magic could provoke fear and dangerous attempts to obtain magical power.
• Linley proposed the Fusion Plan, under which the Ministry of Magic would reduce memory erasures and England's cyber police would label online magic as stage magic.
• Linley said this gradual exposure would accustom the public to magic before the wizarding world was openly revealed.

Linley presented the Fusion Plan as a gradual way to integrate wizards into Muggle society, and the Prime Minister agreed to support it. At the International Confederation of Wizards meeting, Linley urged representatives to adopt the plan, but the American representative fiercely opposed seeking Muggle acceptance.

• Linley explained to the Prime Minister that wizards could be viewed as gifted people rather than beings apart from humanity, and the Prime Minister agreed to cooperate with the Fusion Plan.
• A week later, the International Confederation of Wizards met in a London suburb with the British Ministry of Magic hosting and Muggle police guarding the area.
• Linley presented the Fusion Plan to the wizard representatives, proposing cooperation with Muggle governments and gradual public exposure of magic.
• Many representatives praised the plan, while the American Magical Congress representative objected to it.
• Linley argued that modern surveillance made secrecy unsustainable and reminded the assembly that the International Secrecy Law had originally been created to protect wizards from persecution.
• The American representative rejected Linley's offer of political assistance and insisted that wizards should not need Muggles to accept or recognize them.

Linley and Irina’s Fusion Plan passed an International Confederation of Wizards vote by the narrowest margin, requiring the member Ministries of Magic to implement it. The American Magical Congress rejected the decision and officially withdrew from the Confederation.

• Linley challenged the American wizard representative’s argument against abolishing the International Secrecy Law by comparing it to Grindelwald’s ideology.
• Dumbledore stopped their argument and opened a vote on Linley’s Fusion Plan.
• After half a day of voting, Dumbledore announced 132 votes in favor, 54 against, and 7 abstentions, and declared the plan passed.
• The American wizard representative refused to implement the plan, but Dumbledore said the American Magical Congress was bound by the Confederation’s decision.
• The American wizard representative removed his badge and announced that the American Magical Congress was withdrawing from the International Confederation of Wizards.

After the American Magical Congress withdrew from the International Confederation of Wizards, Linley and Irina warned Dumbledore that it might use its military strength to start another war. They urged him to seek Gellert Grindelwald’s help, leaving Dumbledore struggling with the decision.

• The American Magical Congress representative announced the Congress’s withdrawal, and Dumbledore adjourned the meeting without trying to persuade him to stay.
• Linley and Irina remained with Dumbledore and discussed how difficult it would be to advance the Fusion Plan and abolish the International Secrecy Law.
• Irina warned that the American Magical Congress could attack other wizarding worlds without restraint after leaving the Confederation.
• Linley revealed that the American Magical Congress had likely created multiple Demon King level wizards and proposed recruiting Gellert Grindelwald.
• Irina argued that Grindelwald should join them to prevent more wizards from dying, while Dumbledore wrestled with the choice.

Dumbledore, Linley, and Irina visited Gellert Grindelwald in Nurmengard, where Dumbledore reunited with his old friend after more than fifty years. Linley explained that their plan to abolish the Statute of Secrecy needed Grindelwald’s help and asked him to join, offering a chance to return to the world despite the risk of death.

• Irina asked Dumbledore how he felt about seeing Grindelwald as the three arrived at Nurmengard.
• Dumbledore led Linley and Irina to Grindelwald’s freezing, bare room and was moved by his old friend’s condition.
• Grindelwald recognized Dumbledore, and the two exchanged greetings before discussing recent events in the magical world.
• Grindelwald invited Linley and Irina to approach and questioned why they were willing to meet him despite his reputation as a Dark Lord.
• Linley said history branded the defeated as criminals, explained their plan to abolish the Statute of Secrecy, and asked Grindelwald to join at the possible cost of his life.

Linley healed Grindelwald, who agreed to help Dumbledore and set off to find Harry Potter and the Elder Wand. Grindelwald appeared before Harry during an Auror patrol in Knockturn Alley.

• Linley used his golden-red flames to heal Grindelwald, who recognized them as a bloodline talent from the Dumbledore family.
• Grindelwald asked for a wand, and Dumbledore gave him one; Irina told Grindelwald that Harry had the Elder Wand.
• Grindelwald agreed to Dumbledore's request, dispelled Nurmengard's Anti-Apparition Charm, and vanished.
• Linley took Dumbledore and Irina back to Hogwarts, while Harry led five Aurors on patrol in Knockturn Alley.
• Grindelwald appeared before Harry and asked if he was Dumbledore's favorite student.

Harry confronted Gellert Grindelwald in Knockturn Alley, where Grindelwald overwhelmed the Aurors and tortured Harry with a combination of spells. Under the amplified pain, Harry found inspiration for an advanced Disarming Charm and began breaking through toward Demon King level, though the chapter ended before its effect was revealed.

• Harry recognized Gellert Grindelwald and attacked him with Disarming Charms, but Grindelwald casually deflected them.
• Grindelwald knocked out the five Aurors with a Stunning Spell that struck them in succession.
• Harry fired Sectumsempra at Grindelwald, who dodged the blades and Apparated behind him.
• Grindelwald used a Sensory Charm to amplify Harry's senses, then struck him with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Harry drew inspiration for an advanced Disarming Charm, weakened the curse, and released a slender red beam as his power surged.

Harry used a new form of Expelliarmus to pull Grindelwald’s heart from his chest, but Grindelwald restored it and took Harry’s Elder Wand before Apparating away. Meanwhile, Josue told the American Magical Congress that it now had seven Demon King level wizards, leaving its leaders confident in their growing strength.

• Harry’s spell extracted Grindelwald’s heart, but Grindelwald forced it back into his body and lost much of his strength.
• Grindelwald deflected Harry’s next attack, praised his advancement to Demon King level, and took the Elder Wand with a precisely controlled Expelliarmus.
• Harry realized Grindelwald had deliberately pushed him toward advancement and wondered whether Grindelwald’s parting remark about Dumbledore betrayed jealousy.
• Josue reported that Mechanical Soldier Number Five was complete and that all five mechanical soldiers had reached Demon King level.
• Josue told Ares Craig and the other American Magical Congress leaders that Andrei Smirnov had also advanced, giving them seven Demon King level wizards besides Josue.

Josue was appointed to command the American Magical Congress’s invasion of Europe, dividing its forces to attack the German, British, and French wizarding worlds. At Hogwarts, Nicolas Flamel revealed that the Mechanical Army’s creator was the alchemist he had exiled two centuries earlier, and Linley resolved to protect the Philosopher’s Stone.

• Josue told the American Magical Congress leaders that its Mechanical Soldiers could defeat powerful wizards and urged them to begin conquering the wizarding world.
• Josue assigned Ares to lead two thousand Mechanical Soldiers against the German magical world, Smirnov to lead five Mechanical Soldiers and five thousand troops against the British wizarding world, and himself to attack France with two thousand troops.
• Nicolas Flamel arrived at Hogwarts and told Linley, Irina, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald that the creator of the Mechanical Army was the alchemist he had exiled two hundred years earlier.
• Nicolas explained that the alchemist had transformed his body to achieve eternal existence and might become truly immortal if he obtained the Philosopher’s Stone and anchored his soul with its Elixir of Life.
• Linley said he would retrieve the Demon God's Authority and safeguard the Philosopher’s Stone installed within it.

Nicholas revealed that Josue’s successful Human Alchemy might have made him as powerful as Nicholas, and vowed to stop him. When the American Magical Congress launched a three-pronged war against Britain, France, and Germany, Nicholas concluded that Josue was likely targeting him in France.

• Nicholas explained that Josue had anchored his body through Human Alchemy and might now rival him in power.
• Nicholas declared that his experience and soul-anchoring would let him stop Josue, as he had done more than two hundred years earlier.
• Professor McGonagall reported that the American Magical Congress had launched another war.
• Linley learned that American forces were attacking the British, French, and German magical worlds simultaneously.
• Nicholas said he had to return to France because Josue was likely coming for him.

The British wizarding world prepared to face a Mechanical Army twice its size as the American Magical Congress launched its invasion. Linley, Irina, and Dumbledore arrived at the border just as both sides began fighting.

• Nicholas returned to the French wizarding world, while Grindelwald agreed to defend the German magical world and departed with an Apparition Key.
• Dumbledore entrusted Hogwarts's defense to Professor McGonagall and declared that he would join the war.
• Fifteen hundred Aurors and more than nine hundred D.A. Army fighters assembled at the British border to face five thousand experienced Mechanical Soldiers.
• Harry took his place at the front of the Auror ranks, while Irvin, Astoria, and the Weasley twins prepared above the battlefield.
• Linley, Irina, and Dumbledore arrived as the Mechanical Army neared the border, and both sides opened fire.

Smirnov’s Mechanical Army invaded the British wizarding world, where the unexpectedly large number of Demon King level wizards forced him to order an all-out attack. Linley and Irina confronted Smirnov with Davis, but the Congress’s combat models had failed to account for their ability to combine their powers through their Blood Pact and Pact of Mindscape.

• Elebic scanned the British wizards and reported six Demon King level combatants, prompting Smirnov to send their data to the American Magical Congress and order an all-out attack.
• British wizards destroyed dozens of Mechanical Soldiers with Explosion Charms, while the five Demon King level Mechanical Soldiers charged into the sky battlefield.
• Dumbledore attacked Elebic, Irvin struck Selvi with lightning, Astoria fired blood spears at Bartlett, and Fred and George trapped Owens in an alchemical matrix.
• Linley and Irina bypassed the other Mechanical Soldiers to attack Smirnov, who called Davis to defend him.
• Smirnov trusted Davis’s combat models against Linley and Irina, unaware that their Blood Pact and Pact of Mindscape let them unite flame and ice in ways the American Magical Congress had never recorded.