Chapter Summaries

Ye Ting discovered that Luna’s strange intuition had revealed his and Hermione and Cho Chang’s hidden dragon-like nature, and promised to help Luna search for a Crumple-Horned Snorkack after Voldemort was defeated. Hermione arrived and teased him about courting Luna, then accepted the idea of gaining more companions as they faced a long life.

• Luna told Ye Ting that he, Hermione Granger, and Cho Chang were not ordinary humans but powerful beings resembling fire dragons.
• Ye Ting recognized Luna’s uncanny intuition and considered her talented, then agreed to help her look for a Crumple-Horned Snorkack after they defeated Voldemort.
• Luna explained that she trusted Crumple-Horned Snorkacks existed because her mother had told her so, and Ye Ting comforted her.
• Hermione found Ye Ting with Luna and accused him of flirting and arranging a date with her.
• Ye Ting clarified his promise, and Hermione said their long lives might make more companions welcome.

Ye Ting began seeking the Grey Lady’s help to find Ravenclaw’s Diadem, explaining that he needed it to defeat Voldemort. The Grey Lady trusted him and agreed to tell him everything she knew about the diadem.

• Hermione welcomed Luna Lovegood into Ye Ting’s group after Luna asked to join their treasure hunt.
• Ye Ting went to Ravenclaw Tower and found the Grey Lady, Helena Ravenclaw, to ask about the missing diadem.
• The Grey Lady initially refused, believing Ye Ting wanted the diadem to improve his grades or wisdom.
• Ye Ting told her the search was urgent and connected to defeating Voldemort, though he withheld his full reason.
• The Grey Lady believed Ye Ting and agreed to tell him the diadem’s story.

Ye Ting took Hermione and Cho Chang to the Chamber of Secrets, where the three spent the night, leaving the girls annoyed and embarrassed the next morning. At breakfast, his roommates guessed that he had a new romantic interest, and Luna Lovegood arrived to meet him.

• Ye Ting brought Hermione and Cho Chang to his renovated Chamber of Secrets and spent the night there with them.
• Ye Ting left the Chamber early the next morning, while Hermione and Cho Chang stayed behind and later avoided him at breakfast.
• Ye Ting's roommates questioned him about upsetting Hermione and Cho Chang and speculated about which girl he would choose.
• Ye Ting's roommates guessed he had a new target, and Ye Ting defended Luna Lovegood when Anthony called her the “Loony Girl.”
• Luna came over to Ye Ting after breakfast, and Ye Ting greeted her.

Hogwarts girls grew jealous after seeing Ye Ting share an unusually warm conversation with Luna Lovegood. Ye Ting joined Hermione Granger and Cho Chang as the day's work began, while the other girls plotted ways to imitate Luna.

• Hogwarts girls envied Hermione Granger and Cho Chang for being close to Ye Ting, but they accepted their achievements and popularity.
• The girls saw Ye Ting smiling and talking intimately with Luna Lovegood, whom they had previously mocked and bullied.
• Lisa Turpin, Padma Patil, and Parvati Patil speculated that Luna had used a Love Potion Charm through the house-elves.
• The other girls began planning to imitate Luna and seek ways to win Ye Ting's interest.
• Ye Ting ate and chatted with Luna, then led her to Hermione Granger and Cho Chang as their work was about to begin.

Ye Ting stopped Hermione and Cho Chang from searching the Room of Requirement so he could test an idea, but their conversation led Luna to ask him to become an adult with her. Hermione and Cho Chang eventually persuaded Luna to wait until their relationship was closer, leaving them to accept that Luna might become another rival for Ye Ting’s affection.

• Ye Ting told Hermione and Cho Chang that he had spent the night testing an idea to help search the Room of Requirement for the Horcrux.
• Hermione and Cho Chang teased Ye Ting about his experiments, and Luna asked what he had tricked them into doing the previous night.
• After Hermione explained that becoming an adult required being with a boy one liked, Luna took Ye Ting’s hand and asked him to become an adult with her.
• Ye Ting told Luna that he liked her, and Luna repeated her request.
• Hermione and Cho Chang persuaded Luna that she should wait until she and Ye Ting were closer, but Luna said they could become adults together once their relationship improved.

Ye Ting cast the Ultimate Scouring Charm, which sorted the enormous room’s countless objects into orderly sections. With the room transformed into a warehouse, the group could begin searching for the Horcrux.

• Ye Ting drew Spellweaver and cast the Ultimate Scouring Charm on the room full of junk.
• The charm set every object moving, then sent the objects flying along paths that avoided collisions.
• The objects settled into neatly sorted categories, including bottles, books, and other treasures.
• Ye Ting and the others found the room transformed into an organized warehouse and prepared to search for the Horcrux.

Ye Ting used the Ultimate Cleaning Charm to sort the Room of Requirement and help Hermione, Cho Chang, and Luna Lovegood find Ravenclaw's Diadem. As Ye Ting examined the Horcrux, it influenced Cho Chang, who attacked him and began transforming into a Dragon.

• Ye Ting explained that he had restored an ancient form of the Cleaning Charm, which let him sort the room's clutter into precise categories.
• The four searched the jewelry and found Ravenclaw's Diadem among the magical silver diadems set with emeralds.
• Ye Ting examined the diadem and felt a surge of irritation, then recognized the Horcrux's influence and dispelled it.
• Cho Chang seized Ye Ting's wrist and tried to take the diadem for herself.
• Hermione restrained Cho Chang with ribbons, but Cho Chang grew furious and began growing Dragon scales as she tried to transform.

Cho Chang was overcome by Ravenclaw’s Diadem and began transforming into a dragon, but the transformation broke the diadem’s control and restored her awareness. She blamed herself for weakening the group and resolved to improve before their next mission.

• Ye Ting prepared to confront Cho Chang in dragon form and regretted failing to protect the others from the diadem’s influence.
• Cho Chang’s transformation stopped, and she returned to normal while complaining of a headache.
• Hermione released her restraint, and Ye Ting comforted Cho Chang as she recovered.
• Cho Chang explained that the diadem had tempted her with promises of wisdom and power and that a sharp pain had freed her from its control.
• Ye Ting concluded that Cho Chang’s transformation had raised her soul enough to break the diadem’s influence.
• Cho Chang apologized for holding everyone back and vowed to become stronger, while Ye Ting accepted responsibility and promised to help her improve.

After securing Ravenclaw's Diadem, Ye Ting chose to preserve it so he could study its intelligence-enhancing magic. In the Chamber of Secrets, he found that removing Voldemort’s soul fragment without destroying the diadem’s original power would be difficult, leaving him with a choice between eliminating Voldemort and preserving the magic for research.

• Ye Ting sealed Ravenclaw's Diadem in a dragonhide pouch to protect the others from its influence.
• He decided not to destroy the diadem, both because he had promised Helena Ravenclaw and because he wanted to study its ability to increase intelligence.
• After leaving the Room of Requirement, Ye Ting took the Horcrux to the Chamber of Secrets and began investigating how to remove Voldemort’s soul fragment without damaging the diadem.
• Ye Ting considered destroying the fragment with his soul, but recognized that the diadem’s dark magic could threaten him and that the fragment was magically bound to the diadem.
• He realized that destroying the soul fragment would still damage the diadem’s structure and leave him choosing between defeating Voldemort and preserving the diadem’s magical effect.

Ye Ting told Helena Ravenclaw that Voldemort had turned her mother’s diadem into a Horcrux and that he could not remove the soul fragment without damaging it. He proposed replacing the fragment’s function with a substitute and revealed that Helena herself might have to fill that role.

• Ye Ting showed Helena Ravenclaw the diadem and explained that Voldemort had made it a Horcrux.
• Helena wept over the damage to her mother’s relic, then asked Ye Ting whether it could be restored.
• Ye Ting explained that destroying the soul fragment alone would damage the diadem and proposed placing a substitute in its place.
• Helena agreed that the method could work, and Ye Ting revealed that she herself would be the substitute.

Ye Ting explained why Helena Ravenclaw’s complete ghost soul was the best replacement for Voldemort’s soul fragment in Ravenclaw’s Diadem. Helena agreed to enter the diadem, accepting that she would be bound to it but might gain the ability to travel beyond Hogwarts.

• Ye Ting explained that creating a new soul fragment would require murder, so a complete soul was the only viable replacement for Voldemort’s fragment.
• Ye Ting told Helena Ravenclaw that she resembled Rowena Ravenclaw and was worthy of inheriting her mother’s will.
• Helena asked whether someone who had stolen her mother’s diadem could truly inherit that will, and Ye Ting reassured her that her pursuit of wisdom reflected it.
• Helena agreed to enter the diadem and preserve it after Voldemort’s soul fragment was destroyed.
• Ye Ting warned Helena that she would be bound to the diadem and lose her freedom, but Helena said she had made her decision and welcomed the possibility of leaving Hogwarts.

Ye Ting used his dragon-like soul and colorless flames to burn Voldemort's soul fragment inside the diadem. As Voldemort's soul began to shrink, Helena Ravenclaw waited for the signal to enter the diadem and bind herself to it.

• Ye Ting warned Helena Ravenclaw to enter the diadem as soon as he destroyed Voldemort's soul fragment, and explained that he would guide her with his wand.
• Ye Ting's eyes turned golden as he awakened the dragon-like power within his soul and aimed his wand at the diadem.
• Helena Ravenclaw realized that Ye Ting's Animagus form was a legendary dragon as he breathed colorless flames onto the diadem.
• Voldemort's skull-shaped soul emerged from the diadem, screamed in agony, and rapidly shrank as the flames burned it.
• Helena Ravenclaw recognized that Ye Ting's flames could burn souls and watched as Voldemort's fragment continued to be consumed.

Ye Ting destroyed another fragment of Voldemort’s soul with flames drawn from his dragon soul, leaving the Ravenclaw diadem unharmed. He used contract magic to transfer the diadem’s connection to Helena, who entered it as Ye Ting waited to see whether she could maintain the bond.

• Voldemort’s soul fragment burned away, and Helena felt relieved as she watched it perish.
• Ye Ting explained that the soul-burning breath of his dragon Patronus came from his unusual human and dragon soul, and that it could destroy soul fragments without damaging their containers.
• Ye Ting counted the destroyed fragment as Voldemort’s sixth Horcrux and noted that only Nagini remained alive among the seven, including Harry Potter.
• Ye Ting formed a soul contract with Helena, then transferred the diadem’s connection to her.
• Helena accepted the connection and entered the diadem, while Ye Ting worried that his untested magic might fail.

Ye Ting reflected on the limits of his power after realizing he could not yet understand the diadem, and resolved to study this world’s magic more deeply after defeating Voldemort. The diadem then awakened, and Ye Ting concluded that Helena Ravenclaw had become its artifact spirit.

• Ye Ting considered how much stronger he would need to become to face powerful beings in other worlds.
• Ye Ting resolved to investigate the Harry Potter world’s unexplained magic and study it after defeating Voldemort.
• The diadem began to shine after Helena Ravenclaw entered it, and Ye Ting concluded that it had regained and strengthened its power.
• Ye Ting realized that his repair method had turned Helena Ravenclaw into the diadem’s artifact spirit.
• Ye Ting explained that Horcruxes held soul fragments as imperfect pseudo-artifact spirits, which could be destroyed when their sustaining magic failed.

Ye Ting repaired Ravenclaw's Diadem by binding Helena to it as its artifact spirit, then accepted her offer to recognize him as its master by blood. The diadem became his, and Helena pledged her loyalty to him.

• Ye Ting used contract magic to merge Helena with Ravenclaw's Diadem, making her its artifact spirit and binding her fate to the relic.
• Helena successfully preserved her mother's diadem and thanked Ye Ting for finding it and repairing it.
• Helena asked Ye Ting to place a drop of his blood on the diadem's gemstone, and he agreed.
• The blood ritual formed a mysterious connection between Ye Ting and the diadem, making it belong to him.
• Helena swore by the sacred contract to serve Ting Ye as her master and dedicate her wisdom and strength to him.

Helena explained that she had bound herself to Ye Ting because she believed he could carry forward Rowena Ravenclaw’s aspirations. Ye Ting accepted her trust and put on Ravenclaw’s Diadem, feeling his mind connect with it.

• Helena asked whether Ye Ting was angry that she had performed the blood-binding ritual, and he questioned why she had sacrificed her freedom.
• Helena explained that she wanted Ye Ting to inherit her mother’s aspirations and believed Tom Riddle and Dumbledore were unsuitable heirs to Ravenclaw’s legacy.
• Helena said she had regretted giving the diadem to Tom and entrusted both the restored diadem and herself to Ye Ting.
• Ye Ting promised not to disappoint Helena and said he would pursue the ultimate end of wisdom.
• Ye Ting placed Ravenclaw’s Diadem on his head and felt his mind connect with it.

Ye Ting put on Ravenclaw's Diadem and discovered that it greatly enhanced his already exceptional intelligence, revealing a possible path toward limitless growth and omniscience. He resolved to investigate the diadem, but first planned to kill Voldemort and take control of the Ministry of Magic.

• The chapter explained that even beings with extraordinary talents could not achieve omniscience because living minds had limits and could not process all the world's rules.
• Ye Ting put on Ravenclaw's Diadem and felt his memory, calculation, thought, and analysis improve severalfold.
• Ye Ting recognized that the diadem might offer a way to increase his intelligence without limit and chose to research its magic.
• Ye Ting postponed that research because he first needed to kill Voldemort and gain access to the Ministry of Magic's accumulated research materials.

After destroying the soul fragment in Ravenclaw's Diadem, Ye Ting turned his attention to confronting Voldemort while the Bones faction fought for control of the Ministry of Magic. Bones's supporters held the advantage in most departments and the Wizengamot, though Fudge and the Pure-blood faction retained influence.

• Ye Ting destroyed the soul fragment in Ravenclaw's Diadem, leaving Nagini as the only Horcrux he had not destroyed.
• At Ye Ting's signal, the Bones faction launched an all-out political struggle against the Death Eaters and Fudge's supporters within the Ministry of Magic.
• The Department of Magical Law Enforcement supported Bones, while the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes backed her policies because Death Eater activity had increased its workload.
• Fudge retained influence in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and took control of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, while other Ministry departments were divided or stayed out of the conflict.
• Dumbledore remained Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, and Bones's forces held the upper hand there against Fudge's Pure-blood supporters.

While Ye Ting enjoyed life at Hogwarts, Madam Bones launched a sweeping operation against families Harry Potter had identified as Voldemort’s supporters, triggering a political struggle with Minister Fudge. The arrests put Bones in control of Azkaban for now, but her standing depended on finding further proof against Voldemort’s followers.

• Ye Ting continued his research in the Chamber of Secrets, spent time with Hermione, Cho Chang, and Luna Lovegood, and visited Fleur and Penelope on weekends.
• Under Madam Bones’s orders, Aurors led by Scrimgeour arrested members of the Malfoy, Macnair, Avery, Nott, Crabbe, and Goyle families and sent them to Azkaban.
• Cornelius Fudge ordered the families released, but Bones’s preparations left Azkaban and the Department of Magical Law Enforcement under her control.
• Fudge summoned a Wizengamot meeting and accused Bones of abusing her authority, while Bones defended the arrests with Harry’s testimony and argued that the families needed to be detained for the wizarding world’s safety.
• With Dumbledore’s help, Bones maintained her advantage, but her political position remained vulnerable unless she uncovered further evidence against Voldemort’s followers.

After Bones and the Aurors arrested Voldemort’s chief supporters, Voldemort lost much of his organization’s manpower, wealth, and intelligence network. He abandoned his patient plan, rushed to recruit magical creatures, and prepared to target Muggles to divert the Ministry’s forces while he sought to free his followers from Azkaban.

• Bones and the Aurors arrested several Death Eater families, including Lucius Malfoy and his relatives, and sent many of them to Azkaban.
• Voldemort lost most of his reserve forces, wealth, intelligence sources, and Ministry informants when the pure-blood families were swept up.
• Voldemort abandoned his plan to build strength over a year and decided to act immediately, with rescuing his imprisoned followers as his most urgent goal.
• Voldemort accelerated efforts to recruit giants and centaurs, making concessions despite his contempt for magical creatures.
• Voldemort swore revenge on Bones and considered targeting Muggles to draw the Ministry’s forces away.