Chapter Summaries

Taylor met with Sephir, Hermione, Jiang Ye, and Luke to discuss Hermione’s encounter with Alice Lin and the Skye Family’s response. He awaited Slyther Skye’s arrival, leaving the group to decide whether the family would remain a useful partner.

• Sephir told Taylor that the Skye Family had not contacted them since the incident, though Slyther had offered to cover half the losses on the goods.
• Taylor warned Sephir that Alice Lin might still be alive, and Hermione recounted her experience with the powerful woman.
• Taylor explained that Slyther was on her way, and the group waited to hear whether the Skye Family would meet with them.
• Slyther Skye arrived at the manor with Scotty, greeted Taylor familiarly, and joined the group in the reception room.
• Taylor asked Slyther about the Skye Family, while Sephir and the others watched to see what position the family would take.

Luke gathered the Skye siblings and Alice's group to investigate a cave where a strange magical field drained Life Force and transformed corpses into flowers. After Dumbledore agreed the site might involve Slytherin, Luke led the group there, where a voice asked if he wanted to know what the force was.

• Scotty Skye reported that creatures died before reaching the cave, and their corpses became nourishment for flowers within two and a half hours.
• Luke decided to inspect the cave himself, left Taylor Barbara and Hermione Granger behind, and invited Sephir Skye and Scotty Skye to join him.
• Dumbledore met Luke privately, and Luke told him the strange Life Force ritual felt familiar and might be connected to Slytherin.
• Sephir, Scotty, Alice, and Arthur joined Luke, who used a playing-card Portkey to take them to the forest near the cave.
• Luke sensed a surging, suppressed Life Force that seemed to signify rebirth, and an unseen voice asked him whether he wanted to know what it was.

Luke met a gaunt wizard who appeared to be the legendary Salazar Dumbledore, founder of Bloodline Magic and Biological Magic. Dumbledore invited Luke to see his experimental resurrection magic, and Slyther-Dore urged Luke to go, confident he could protect him.

• A mysterious voice approached Luke without warning, and he stayed outwardly calm while asking whether he needed to know who had come.
• The gaunt wizard asked Luke about the three great taboos of Bloodline Magic, and Luke explained Bloodline Devouring, Bloodline Withering, and Bloodline Reshaping Magic.
• The wizard said Bloodline Reshaping Magic was an unfinished experiment intended to resurrect the dead, and Luke learned that it had been developed by Salazar Dumbledore and preserved in the Gaunt Family library.
• Luke realized the wizard might be Salazar Dumbledore and grew alarmed when he learned that the resurrection experiment concerned bringing back himself.
• Slyther-Dore assessed the wizard as mentally unstable and not at full strength, then told Luke to follow him into the cave so they could inspect the experiment.

Luke entered a cave with the Scruffy Wizard, who revealed that he needed the Resurrection Stone to complete a bloodline experiment. Luke realized the wizard might be a remnant of Salazar Slytherin rather than Alice Lin, while the others stayed behind, and the chapter left the experiment poised to begin.

• Luke followed the Scruffy Wizard into the cave while Alice, Arthur, Sephir, and Scotty remained behind, uneasy about leaving him in danger.
• Trister complained that Luke had traded his safety for theirs, and Dumbledore explained that they had been unable to intervene without risking everyone’s lives.
• Luke saw a graveyard of animal skeletons and noticed that the cave’s Life Force deliberately avoided him.
• Luke questioned whether the wizard was Alice Lin or a shell containing fragments of his soul, and he inferred that Salazar Slytherin might still be alive.
• The wizard admitted that he needed the Resurrection Stone and told Luke to observe the final experiment, while Luke suspected the ritual involved restoring a soul as well as resurrecting bloodlines.

Luke and his companions examined Salazar Chase Lin’s Eternal Life Method and the soul-soothing Magic Array, while questioning whether the person before them was truly the original Chase Lin. They reached the array’s firelit center, where its connection between worlds and its unresolved attempt to summon souls came into focus.

• Luke guarded the Resurrection Stone, wary of its power to connect life and death and determined not to let anyone else use it.
• Chase Lin explained that his Eternal Life Method replicated bloodlines and passed memories or parts of the soul through them, leaving Muggle and Slyther-Dore to question whether a replica could truly be him.
• Chase Lin admitted that he could not tell whether his incomplete soul resulted from eternal life or from being a clone, and said he could not remember much of his past.
• Muggle and Slyther-Dore felt the Magic Array soothe their souls as they walked, while Chase Lin warned that leaving it would return him to a demented state.
• The group reached the array’s firelit center and recognized that it could connect two worlds, but its summoning of souls remained incomplete.

Medu and Dumbledore activated a Magic Array to revive Medusa using her Snake Hair and the Resurrection Stone. As Medusa’s body began to form, the ritual unleashed a dangerous Magic Storm, and Medu learned that Dumbledore’s immortality rested on a bloodline shared by many versions of himself.

• Medu recognized the remains at the center of the Magic Array as Medusa’s Snake Hair, and Dumbledore asked him to help summon her.
• Dumbledore warned Medu that the ritual could not revive an ordinary person dead for more than a week, while Medu explained that legendary creatures could retain active Bloodline Magic in their remains.
• Medu and Slyther-Dore discussed Dumbledore’s immortality and learned that multiple Dumbledores remained active through their shared bloodline and memories.
• Medu removed his ring and joined Dumbledore in powering the Magic Array, which absorbed its offerings and stirred the surrounding magic into a storm.
• A figure with a snake tail and a head of Snake Hair took shape in the Magic Array, revealing Medusa’s emerging body.

Medu and Dumbledore’s experiment with the Resurrection Stone opened an unstable passage between worlds and summoned Soul-Body Luke and Qian Aishya. The passage collapsed after Soul-Body Luke confronted Dumbledore and Medu, leaving Qian Ai exhausted and the Resurrection Stone on the floor.

• Medu used the Resurrection Stone during Dumbledore’s Magic Ritual, opening a White Vortex that revealed a peaceful-looking world beyond it.
• Soul-Body Luke emerged from the vortex, berated Dumbledore, and then entered the silent body beside the ritual.
• Qian Aishya’s body awakened, and Soul-Body Qian Aishya spoke with Medu before agreeing to let them do what they wanted with her.
• The Resurrection Stone and the unstable passage began to fail, while Dumbledore’s ritual was disrupted and he lost the ability to fight.
• Slyther-Dore fought Soul-Body Luke as the passage dragged her back, then the vortex vanished and Medu dropped the Resurrection Stone as Qian Ai collapsed, exhausted.

Luke and Dumbledore realized a powerful being was interfering with the Resurrection Ritual, and Slytherin revealed that he had encountered it before. The being challenged Slytherin’s hope for the future and warned that he and the other Founders would become its toys, while Slytherin remained confident that the world would improve.

• Luke identified the laughter and strange voices as signs that a powerful being was interfering with the experiment from within the World of the Dead.
• Dumbledore continued restraining Medusa while searching unsuccessfully for the hidden speaker, and Luke asked who it was.
• Slytherin regained his composure and addressed the unseen being as someone who had appeared before.
• The being mocked Slytherin’s incomplete immortality, and Slytherin replied that he was proud to witness the world and help change it.
• The being accused Slytherin of failing to change the Wizarding world and warned that the four Founders would become its toys.
• Slytherin said he had already done much and believed a better future would come, even if it was not beautiful.

Bell’s followers and several other factions waited outside the cave, where a deadly aura kept them from intervening as the Skye Family formed a tense standoff. Inside, Dumbledore defeated Medusa, while Luke and Slytherin grappled with the aftermath of the failed Magic Array.

• A white-haired woman questioned why Bell’s Followers were ordered to watch the students, but her companion insisted they had to obey Lord Bell.
• Bell told his subordinate to wait because several factions were watching the cave, while the deathly aura inside made even him afraid to approach.
• The woman and a young man stopped near the cave under the pressure of the deathly aura, and a White Robe team also held back while seeking Lord Snake Spirit’s heart.
• Scotty, Sephir, Alice, and Arthur recognized familiar auras among the hidden groups and held their position as the three parties formed a tense standoff.
• After Slytherin’s exchange with the voice in the cave, the deathly pressure eased, and Dumbledore used Stupefy to knock Medusa unconscious.
• Slytherin revealed that the Magic Array had failed and feared he was losing his mind, while Luke described the severe pounding sensation he had endured.

Luke, Dumbledore, and Slytherin discussed the failed resurrection of Medusa and learned that a hidden organization had used her life essence in a specially made heart. Slytherin stayed behind to modify the Magic Array, while Luke and Dumbledore left the cave carrying Medusa's body, with people waiting outside.

• Luke woke beside Dumbledore and Slytherin, then asked whether the mysterious voice had belonged to the figure from the fairy tale.
• Slytherin said his sanity was slipping again and refused Luke's offer to return with him, explaining that a Contract or oath kept him from living among normal humans.
• Slytherin explained that the Resurrection Stone had helped summon Medusa's soul but could not keep the dead in the living world for long.
• Slytherin revealed that Medusa's body contained a heart made from her life essence and asked Luke to find the organization responsible; Luke promised to investigate and keep her body.
• Slytherin stayed behind to modify the Magic Array, while Luke and Dumbledore studied his spell and then carried Medusa's body out of the cave.
• Arthur saw them emerge and announced that two sets of footsteps were coming out.

Luke emerged from the cave with Dumbledore and faced the Skye Family and Snake Child Organization, while two other groups watched from hiding. Using his emotion-reading ability, Luke suspected infiltrators among his apparent allies and began interrogating a captured man.

• Luke and Dumbledore emerged from the cave, startling Alice and Sephir and making White Robe and Bell hesitate to act.
• Bell decided to watch rather than challenge Dumbledore, while Luke said he had another way to deter the groups nearby.
• Luke read the gathered people’s emotions and suspected that some who seemed happy were not truly on his side.
• Luke walked toward the Skye Family and Snake Child Organization, then immobilized two men with wordless Petrificus Totalus.
• Luke tortured one captured man, released him, and demanded to know whether he belonged to White Robe’s group or the Followers.

Luke exposed Lynn Savoin as an undercover agent and tortured him until Brute intervened, while another spy, Layton Lloyd, readily confessed to working for the Rabbit Mask. The White Robes withdrew after recognizing Luke Gaunt as a threat, and Trister continued fighting Brute as Luke’s group stood ready to support him.

• Luke used the Cruciatus Curse on Lynn Savoin, whose refusal to talk prompted Brute to reveal himself and demand that Luke hand Lynn over.
• Trister asked to deal with the traitor in his team, while Sephir identified Layton Lloyd as a suspected spy and Luke released him for questioning.
• Layton Lloyd confessed that the Rabbit Mask had recruited him and recently ordered him to monitor the Skye Family, but he knew little about the organization.
• The White Robes decided to withdraw and reconsider their plan after their leader recognized Luke Gaunt and recalled the Fire Dragon Lord’s warning.
• Dumbledore told Luke that the White Robes had left and that Luke had entered their field of vision; Luke accepted that he could no longer remain hidden.
• Trister and Brute continued their fierce duel, with Trister relying on Luke’s group to back him up.

Luke intervened in a confrontation between Brute’s group and the scouting team, preventing the two sides from joining forces and arranging a truce. He then brought Trister and Scotty to the Snake Child Organization’s laboratory, where they reached a forest containing a gigantic Ancient Tree.

• Trister demonstrated his card-based wandless casting, and Luke took an immediate interest in him.
• Luke stopped the fighting and helped the two sides disengage, while Sephir decided they should examine the Snake-Haired Male Monster’s body.
• Luke invited Dumbledore to join him, but Dumbledore left after Luke declined to recruit him immediately.
• Luke invited Scotty to visit the laboratory, and she followed with Alice while Trister and Arthur prepared a Portkey.
• Trister opened the way to the laboratory with the words “Open Sesame,” revealing a clearing and a gigantic Ancient Tree.

Dumbledore led the group through a magically protected entrance into the Research Area, where they encountered a gigantic, gentle turtle and an affectionate Troll. Ningsha Xianlin greeted the Troll while Sephir stayed on guard, and the group continued toward the researchers and Alice Lin’s ongoing story.

• The group encountered a colossal turtle with a tree growing on its shell, which Dumbledore identified as one of their children.
• Dumbledore led everyone to a massive circular door marked with an Ouroboros, and the enchanted door opened before they could knock.
• Slyther admired the forest’s valuable creatures while Ningsha Xianlin explained that research had stalled because suitable magical materials were scarce.
• The group entered the Research Area and found Taylor and Hermione with Luke, whose intelligence surprised the giant beast.
• A Troll growled near the giant beast, but Ningsha Xianlin stroked its cheek and called it a good child as Sephir prepared to intervene.
• Arthur told everyone to step back, and the group proceeded deeper into the institute as they realized Alice Lin’s story was still unfolding.

Gaom, an unusually intelligent Troll, recounted how Wizards captured him, educated and experimented on him, and eventually made him the guard and secretary of a human who urged him to guide his people. After Gaom failed to change the Trolls and rejected becoming their emperor, he chose to follow the human and change his own race instead.

• Gaom lived alone in the mountains, hunting for food and wondering about his life and future descendants.
• Wizards captured Gaom, punished his resistance, and subjected him to experiments and lessons after recognizing his intelligence.
• Gaom learned human language, writing, history, and customs, and discovered that the Wizards expected him to lead the Trolls.
• A human asked Gaom to follow him, and Gaom became his guard and secretary while learning to handle his affairs.
• Gaom tried to change the Trolls but failed, and he decided he did not want to become their emperor.
• Gaom chose to accompany the human and change his own race rather than lead the Trolls.

Taylor revealed to Alice and Skye that she planned to reshape the magical world and offered them a chance to join her, warning that the Skye Family would either rise or be destroyed. Alice weighed the cost of the gamble and agreed to hear Taylor’s plan, while Luke, Dumbledore, and the Troll headed to an empty room to discuss it.

• Taylor told Alice and Skye that she intended to change the order of the magical world and asked them to risk joining her.
• Taylor warned Alice that the Skye Family could become powerful in the next era or vanish if the plan failed.
• Alice considered how little she stood to gain from her old ambitions and agreed to hear Taylor’s plan.
• The Troll praised the institute’s injury-stabilizing Potions, and Luke explained that Wizard research usually took place in individual workshops rather than collective experiments.
• Taylor asked Dumbledore to help with the plan, and Dumbledore led Luke and the Troll toward an empty room.

Ross Gaunt offered Jacob and his companions a chance to pursue their ideals without sacrificing themselves, while challenging their reliance on anger and martyrdom. Jacob began to reconsider his choices but remained wary of Ross’s motives and the possibility that their cause would serve a noble’s ambitions.

• Ross Gaunt argued that Jacob’s ideals could not take root through anger and revenge, and offered to protect the students if the chief culprits surrendered.
• Jacob’s companions debated whether to accept Ross’s help, with the burly young man defending their struggle and the woman warning against repaying kindness by abandoning their ideals.
• Jacob admitted that choosing the Followers had been a mistake, but insisted that Ross’s goals and the order he sought might still undermine their cause.
• Ross urged Jacob to leave behind a seed for the future and offered him an opportunity to act while alive rather than sacrifice himself.
• Jacob questioned Ross’s motives and wondered whether their cause would merely serve the ambitions of a noble.

Trippcard tried to turn the student movement against its leaders by offering concessions and privilege, while Scotty warned that the unrest could no longer be stopped by assassinating its instigators. The protests remained a growing threat, and Trippcard’s proposed response depended on institutions and families that might not obey her.

• Trippcard reprimanded her subordinates for the crisis and ordered them to pacify the students, discredit their opponents, publicize limited concessions, and arrange a debate among Nobles.
• Trippcard met a student leader, argued that the movement could not achieve its goals alone, and offered him influence and a noble marriage if he cooperated.
• The student leader accepted Trippcard’s offer after she pointed out that many people would not support the movement and its own members were not united.
• Trippcard’s subordinates warned that the Envy Family controlled the Auror Office and the Skye Family backed most newspapers, making her orders difficult to carry out.
• Scotty rejected another assassination attempt, saying the movement’s fire could no longer be extinguished by killing the three people who had started it.

News of unrest at Ilvermorny spread through the Ministry of Magic and the dining hall, where students debated the movement and Sengamo’s verdict. The Auror Office head learned the trouble was in the United States, while Lockhart received a message that left him conflicted about Neville.

• Two young Aurors told the Auror Office head that a serious situation had developed in the United States, and he relaxed when he learned it was not local.
• Lockhart asked Xie Guida to find Neville, but Xie Guida said Neville was busy and could not be contacted.
• Students discussed how a dispute between noble and commoner students had been escalated into a wider movement, and how Avel Lawton had persuaded many students to leave it.
• Students debated Sengamo’s conviction and the life-imprisonment sentence, while some of his supporters protested at the Ministry of Magic.
• Pansy threw Lockhart a crumpled note, and he read it before hiding his reaction from the hostile young witches.

Luke explained to Jacob how he had maneuvered the unrest and why he believed lasting reform required a changing balance of power. The student conflict escalated, and Luke’s Aurors arrived to arrest Jacob as Luke’s plans advanced.

• Luke showed Jacob an hourglass whose red and green waters represented the Nobles and the limits of endurance, explaining that a dynamic balance mattered more than simply overthrowing the ruling class.
• Jacob questioned how much Luke had influenced the movement, and Luke admitted his people had both built support for Jacob and created obstacles without directly opposing him.
• Luke said Rolf Scamander could gain prestige from the unrest and described how British and French Nobles might exploit an international incident.
• The students’ conflict worsened, leaving the Aurors unsure how to respond while Luke watched from the rooftop.
• Luke left the room and ordered the Aurors to arrest Jacob for inciting a riot; Jacob accepted without resisting.