Recaps

Zhang Xiao exposed Trelawney’s Grim prediction as a reading of her own teacup, then experimented with the Time-Turner and concluded that its apparent glimpses of future events were illusions. He put the Time-Turner around his neck and turned it, beginning his next test.

• Trelawney warned Zhang Xiao that he had the Grim, but Zhang Xiao pointed out that the teacup belonged to her and Malfoy confirmed it.
• Trelawney dismissed the class, and McGonagall explained that Trelawney predicted a student’s death every year before assigning the third-years more Transfiguration homework.
• Malfoy told Zhang Xiao that his father believed Trelawney had once made an important prophecy, and Zhang Xiao reassured Malfoy about his divination talent.
• Zhang Xiao went to a treehouse and used the Time-Turner while rolling dice, finding that its written results appeared to match the dice before he checked them.
• Zhang Xiao changed the dice and rolled them again, realizing the Time-Turner’s apparent predictions were an illusion and that the past could not be changed or the future predicted.
• Zhang Xiao put the Time-Turner around his neck and turned it once.

Zhang Xiao tested how the Time-Turner affected his memories and concluded that its glimpse of the future was only one possible script that changed when he altered events. Later, Hagrid taught the third-years about Augureys, but Seamus’s spell caused an explosion that frightened the bird and ended the lesson early.

• Zhang Xiao returned an hour into the past, watched his earlier self repeat the dice experiment, and realized that changing the die made his memory of the future unreliable.
• Zhang Xiao decided to use the Time-Turner’s extra hours to improve himself while his original self focused on studying magic.
• Zhang Xiao, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Malfoy, and their classmates followed Hagrid to a paddock, where Hagrid introduced an Augurey instead of the expected Hippogriff.
• Hermione explained the Augurey’s properties, and Hagrid taught the class about the bird’s legends and magical classification.
• Hagrid lifted the Augurey’s Silencing Charm, and Seamus’s spell caused an explosion that frightened the bird and prompted Hagrid to dismiss the class early.

Zhang Xiao used the Time-Turner to visit Lady's Glove and built her a private cinema, then invited her to watch Roman Holiday. The film left Lady's Glove wanting a happy ending, and Zhang Xiao gave her more films before moving on to his next task.

• Zhang Xiao traveled seven hours back in time, and Professor McGonagall warned him about the dangers of using the Time-Turner for so long.
• Zhang Xiao visited the Room of Requirement and showed Lady's Glove his silver carp Patronus.
• Zhang Xiao transformed a room into a private cinema and invited Lady's Glove to watch Roman Holiday.
• Lady's Glove became upset that Princess Ann and Joe did not end up together, then asked Zhang Xiao to make them continue filming.
• Zhang Xiao explained that the actors had died and gave Lady's Glove many more film reels to watch.
• Zhang Xiao taught Lady's Glove to change reels and start the projector, then turned to his next task.

Zhang Xiao finished building and testing a gym and bathing pool in the Room of Requirement, while Dumbledore tried and failed to impeach Cornelius Fudge. Fudge secretly contacted his supporters, and the chapter ended with the Daily Prophet announcing Dumbledore’s impeachment move at Hogwarts.

• Zhang Xiao learned that the Room of Requirement stored rooms it had created and built a gym with a luxurious bathing pool.
• Zhang Xiao completed a workout, practiced the Dragon-Tiger Mountain Beginner Fist underwater, and decided he needed to get stronger.
• Dumbledore introduced an impeachment motion against Cornelius Fudge, but the vote fell short of the two-thirds majority required.
• Dumbledore warned Fudge to turn back, and Fudge angrily left after Dumbledore mocked the Ministry’s record.
• Fudge resolved to defend his power and contacted a supporter using an Alchemy Device.
• Owls delivered the Daily Prophet to Hogwarts, where Zhang Xiao and the students saw its headline announcing Dumbledore’s move to impeach Fudge.

Zhang Xiao realized Dumbledore may have welcomed losing his political positions, while Hogwarts began its new term with Snape’s Potions class and Lupin’s first practical Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. Lupin called Zhang Xiao forward to assess the students, leaving the class waiting to see what the test involved.

• Zhang Xiao explained to Malfoy that Dumbledore did not need political offices, and Malfoy agreed that Fudge’s authority could not match the Dark Lord’s power.
• Snape mocked Hermione and deducted points from Harry and Ron before Seamus’s potion exploded and revived his interest in the lesson.
• Gu Ying gave Neville a sword and sent him off Wudang Mountain, where Neville reunited with Alice and Frank.
• Lupin told the students to put away their books and learned they had not studied practical topics such as boggarts, hinkypunks, grindylows, or kappas.
• Lupin decided to assess the class, and the students looked to Zhang Xiao before Lupin called him forward.

Zhang Xiao explained to Lupin that Defence Against the Dark Arts required broad knowledge and the willingness to attack dark wizards, helping the class see the subject’s importance. The students then eagerly anticipated Hogsmeade, while Professor Sprout warned that unfinished Herbology homework would keep them from going.

• Lupin asked Zhang Xiao what Defence Against the Dark Arts meant to him, and Zhang Xiao described it as a discipline drawing on all their subjects and including both defence and attack.
• Lupin awarded Slytherin twenty points and told the class about dangers he had faced, dark magic objects, and the value of using every means to defeat dark wizards.
• The students discussed Lupin’s experiences and Zhang Xiao’s ideas, then turned their attention to their upcoming Hogsmeade visit as Draco Malfoy described its attractions.
• Professor Sprout taught the class about dittany and warned that students who failed to complete their homework properly would have to revise with her over the weekend instead of visiting Hogsmeade.

Zhang Xiao and his friends visited Hogsmeade, sharing a joyful moment on the way that he captured with his magical camera. After they arrived, the group split up to explore, and Zhang Xiao set off on his own before someone familiar called his name.

• Malfoy dressed as Xu Wenqiang for the outing, and Filch let Harry leave after confirming Sirius was his godfather.
• As they walked to Hogsmeade, Hermione happily led the group over a hill, and Zhang Xiao photographed the four friends smiling together.
• Zhang Xiao suggested they meet at the Three Broomsticks at noon, and Hermione went to the magic scroll shop.
• Malfoy took Ron and Harry to Honeydukes to fulfill his promise to treat Ron.
• Zhang Xiao headed off to explore the village, but a familiar voice called out to him.

Neville reunited Zhang Xiao with his recovered parents and grandmother, and the family thanked him for helping them. Augusta bound the Longbottom family to Zhang Xiao with an ancient oath, promising to defend him with their lives.

• Neville joyfully introduced Zhang Xiao to Alice, Frank, and Augusta in Hogsmeade.
• Alice and Frank thanked Zhang Xiao for freeing Neville and restoring their family, then Augusta invited them to the Three Broomsticks.
• Neville told Zhang Xiao that he felt clear-minded again and shared what he had learned at Wudang.
• Augusta swore the Longbottom Oath with Zhang Xiao, pledging that the family would defend him when his life was in danger.

Zhang Xiao learned that the Longbottom family had bound itself to protect him through an inherited oath, while Frank and Alice chose to support Dumbledore’s fight against the Dark Lord. After the family left, Zhang Xiao met Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco at the Three Broomsticks for a lively gathering.

• Augusta explained that the Longbottom Oath would activate automatically if Zhang Xiao faced death, and the Longbottoms vowed that their family always repaid kindness.
• Augusta warned that Dumbledore would struggle to impeach Fudge because Fudge had grown closely tied to powerful interests.
• Frank and Alice said they would take Ministry posts to gather information for Dumbledore, but insisted the Longbottoms would not flee from the coming fight.
• Neville left with his family to resume his studies, while Zhang Xiao stayed at the Three Broomsticks and read manga as he waited for his friends.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco arrived, and Draco proudly told Zhang Xiao that a woman had recognized him and invited him to the terrace.
• The group drank Butterbeer and shared food, while Zhang Xiao asked Hermione to help Neville consolidate his studies after his recovery.

Neville returned to Hogwarts and caught up on missed lessons, while Zhang Xiao enjoyed a peaceful school year and watched Neville’s Potions skills improve. Just before Halloween, Professor Lupin called Zhang Xiao over, leaving the reason unrevealed.

• Neville returned to Hogwarts, and Professor McGonagall required him to attend second-year classes alongside his third-year courses.
• Hermione reorganized and bound her notes from the previous two years for Neville.
• Malfoy publicly mocked pure-blood students who criticized Professor Lupin’s worn robes, silencing much of their ridicule.
• Neville brewed an almost perfect potion, then told curious students that cooking Chinese food had helped him.
• Professor Trelawney resumed Divination classes after speaking with Professor McGonagall and claimed she had found a way to avoid a dreadful fate.
• Shortly before Halloween, Professor Lupin approached Zhang Xiao and called him over.

Zhang Xiao spoke with Professor Lupin in his office, learned Lupin was a werewolf, and agreed to examine him using his Dharma Eye. The chapter ended as Zhang Xiao saw black energy seeping from Lupin's body.

• Lupin showed Zhang Xiao the Grindylow in his office, and they made tea together.
• Lupin struggled to tell Zhang Xiao about his condition, but Zhang Xiao asked if he was a werewolf.
• Zhang Xiao explained that Dumbledore had told him, and Lupin said Snape brewed Wolfsbane Potion to keep him safe during the full moon.
• Lupin asked Zhang Xiao to help with his werewolf problem, and Zhang agreed to examine him.
• Zhang Xiao used his Dharma Eye to observe Lupin and saw wisps of black energy seeping from his body.

Zhang Xiao could not identify the source of Professor Lupin’s black energy, so he arranged for his parents to examine Lupin during the next Hogsmeade weekend. Meanwhile, Greengrass pressured Fudge to restrict East-West trade in exchange for helping remove Dumbledore from two powerful positions.

• Zhang Xiao consulted Records of Demons but found that Lupin showed few signs of being a demon or monster, then called Zhang Chengdao for help.
• Zhang Chengdao agreed to visit with Zhang Xiao’s mother and examine Lupin, and Zhang Xiao arranged to meet them during the next Hogsmeade weekend.
• Lupin found the tea Zhang Xiao had left for him and quietly savored it, moved by the thoughtful gift.
• Greengrass urged Fudge to ban East-West trade or make it a Ministry monopoly, threatening that Dumbledore could otherwise gain more support.
• Greengrass offered to help remove Dumbledore as chairman of the International Confederation of Wizards and Wizengamot Chief, and Fudge said he would think about it.

Zhang Xiao helped Neville’s newfound abilities flourish and offered to arrange a physical training room after other students asked to join. In China, Lucius Malfoy learned that Fudge planned to bring his business under Ministry of Magic control, leaving him astonished by the proposed intervention.

• Neville impressed the Duelling Club by casting a powerful Stunning Spell, and Harry explained that Neville’s former difficulties had been caused by a Memory Charm.
• Zhang Xiao reflected on Neville’s progress and learned that Neville needed a place to continue the physical training he had started at Wudang.
• Zhang Xiao offered to ask for an empty classroom and set up a training room, and Harry and several other students asked to join.
• Zhang Xiao considered asking his father for basic unarmed fighting techniques that he could teach to the students.
• At a construction site in Pengcheng, Lucius Malfoy received a call warning him that Fudge wanted to pass the East-West Trade Management Act and place the business under Ministry control.

Lucius warned Zhang Chengdao that Fudge planned to restrict East-West Trade and make it a Ministry of Magic monopoly, a move Zhang Xiao traced to Voldemort’s extremist allies. Zhang Xiao found a way around the threat by proposing Hong Kong as an offshore trading center, then turned to studying Dark Magic.

• Lucius contacted Zhang Chengdao and explained that the Ministry’s proposed trade monopoly was likely being driven by Voldemort’s extremist pure-blood supporters.
• Zhang Chengdao asked Zhang Xiao how to respond, and Zhang Xiao considered how Voldemort’s return and Fudge’s political fears had shifted the balance among the pure-bloods.
• Zhang Xiao reasoned that the Daoist Order’s trade profits mattered to its pure-blood partners, who mainly wanted Galleons rather than imported goods.
• Zhang Xiao proposed Hong Kong as an offshore settlement center where East and West could trade beyond the Ministry of Magic’s reach.
• Zhang Xiao set the trade problem aside and began studying Dark Magic from the open Diary.

Zhang Xiao began studying dark magic with Tom's guidance and tested the Corrosion Curse in the Room of Requirement, where its power resisted the room's repairs and stirred an unsettling pleasure in him. Tom then revealed that Slytherin had left research notes in the Chamber of Secrets and remembered taking some to the Room of Requirement.

• Zhang Xiao asked Tom to create a beginner's study plan for dark magic, and Tom recommended starting with the Corrosion Curse.
• Zhang Xiao cast the Corrosion Curse on a target in the Room of Requirement, and the spell melted through it faster than the room could repair it.
• Zhang Xiao felt pleasure from the curse's power, dispelled the feeling with the Golden Light Spell, and stopped practicing when the sensation became harder to overcome.
• Zhang Xiao asked Tom whether the Chamber of Secrets contained anything beyond the basilisk, and Tom showed him a hidden room full of books and a desk.
• Tom said Slytherin had left research notes for his heir and recalled taking some of them to the Room of Requirement.

Zhang Xiao searched Hogwarts’s Room of Hidden Things, found and sealed Ravenclaw’s Diadem, then safely opened the cursed trunk containing Slytherin’s Research Notes. He ended the chapter holding the notes at last.

• Zhang Xiao used a flying ribbon to search the vast room for the markers Tom had left.
• Zhang Xiao found the Diadem beside a broken bust and used his Dharma Eye to confirm it was a Horcrux.
• Zhang Xiao sealed the Diadem, bringing the Horcruxes dealt with to three of seven.
• Zhang Xiao opened the cursed trunk from a distance, avoiding its deadly black mist and screaming trap.
• Zhang Xiao put on Dragonhide Gloves and retrieved Slytherin’s Research Notes from the trunk.

Zhang Xiao read Slytherin’s experimental notes, which led him to propose that bloodlines were keys while souls were the source of magical abilities. The remaining scrolls revealed Slytherin’s views on owls and standardized spells, then ended with his decision to explore mysterious ruins alone; Zhang Xiao noticed writing on the scroll’s back.

• Zhang Xiao examined Slytherin’s records of experiments on magical creatures and humans, including his observations about dragons, unicorns, giants, and werewolves.
• Zhang Xiao compared Slytherin’s bloodline hypothesis with evidence from Harry, Animagi, and ghosts, then wrote that bloodlines were keys and souls were the treasure vault.
• Zhang Xiao read Slytherin’s notes about the Ministry’s enchanted postal owls and his call to standardize spells.
• Zhang Xiao learned that Ravenclaw had devised a method to restore damaged murals, and read that Slytherin planned to return to the ruins alone after Gryffindor refused to join him.
• Zhang Xiao reached the end of the scroll, then noticed writing on its back.

Zhang Xiao read Slytherin’s warning about a coming disaster, then brought the message and the Ravenclaw’s Diadem to Dumbledore. Dumbledore recognized the diadem as a likely Horcrux and began examining Slytherin’s research notes, where he noticed something unusual about Zhang Xiao.

• Zhang Xiao compared Slytherin’s warning with the letter to Gryffindor and decided to take the concerns about Ancient Magic and the wizard population to Dumbledore.
• Zhang Xiao visited the Headmaster’s Office and showed Dumbledore Ravenclaw’s Diadem, prompting Dumbledore to suspect that Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes were Founder relics.
• Zhang Xiao explained that he had found the diadem among Slytherin’s research material in the Room of Requirement and gave the notes to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore read the notes, connected them to Tom’s advanced knowledge of bodily modification, and noticed something unusual about Zhang Xiao on the final sheet.

Zhang Xiao shared Slytherin’s dangerous research with Dumbledore, who decided to investigate and keep it secret. Later, Snape took over Lupin’s Defence Against the Dark Arts class, punished Gryffindor students, and ordered Ron to stay after class.

• Dumbledore read Zhang Xiao’s materials, agreed the biological modifications were dangerous, and asked him to keep them sealed while he investigated Slytherin’s warning about a catastrophe.
• Zhang Xiao left Dumbledore a package of Drunken Peanuts, then continued dividing his time between physical training and Daoist Magic while his Time-Turner duplicate studied magic.
• Hermione scolded Zhang Xiao for not using his Time-Turner to attend classes, but accepted his assurance that the school had approved his method.
• Snape arrived to teach Lupin’s Defence Against the Dark Arts class, deducted points from Gryffindor, and chose to teach the students about werewolves.
• Snape deducted more points from Hermione, and Ron defended her before Snape ordered him to stay after class and assigned the students essays on identifying and killing werewolves.

Professor Lupin taught the class how to face a Boggart, and Neville’s fear revealed the gravestone of his parents. After the students took turns transforming their fears with Riddikulus, the Boggart turned toward Zhang Xiao and vanished before revealing what he feared most.

• The students complained to Professor Lupin about Snape’s homework, and Lupin told them they would not have to write the essay.
• Professor Lupin introduced the Boggart and explained that a crowd and the Riddikulus spell could defeat it.
• Neville faced the Boggart, which became the gravestone of Frank and Alice, then turned it into Snape in women’s clothing.
• Parvati, Seamus, Dean, and Ron each transformed the Boggart’s frightening forms into comic ones.
• The Boggart became Professor McGonagall expelling Hermione, and Zhang Xiao and Malfoy helped comfort her.
• Zhang Xiao faced the Boggart, which took Professor McGonagall’s form before bursting into mist.

During Lupin’s Boggart lesson, the Boggart accidentally triggered Zhang Xiao’s pendant and then revealed his fear of his future daughter dating a reckless young man. Zhang invited his friends to spend Christmas with him, while Neville’s rapid Tai Chi progress impressed Zhang as Hogsmeade weekend approached.

• Zhang Xiao’s pendant caused the Boggart to writhe in pain and retreat into the wardrobe, and Lupin and Zhang had to coax it back out.
• The Boggart appeared as Zhang’s imagined future daughter defending a scruffy boyfriend, prompting Zhang to unleash golden light and send it fleeing into the wardrobe again.
• Lupin awarded points to the students and assigned homework, while Zhang invited his friends and their families to spend Christmas at his home; Harry accepted with Sirius.
• Zhang Xiao sparred with Neville and was astonished when Neville deflected his move, showing remarkable progress in Tai Chi.
• Zhang watched the young wizards exercise at the gym and reflected that the Hogsmeade weekend was the next day.

Zhang Xiao reunited with his parents in Hogsmeade, then brought them together with Lupin to investigate his werewolf condition. After their initial tests found no external cause, Li Qingshu asked to test Lupin’s blood.

• Heavy snow covered Hogwarts, and Zhang Xiao went to Hogsmeade with the other young wizards.
• Zhang Xiao reunited with Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu at the Three Broomsticks, where they shared Butterbeer and caught up.
• Sirius arrived with Lupin and took the young wizards to choose Christmas presents, while Lupin told Zhang Xiao about the Shrieking Shack.
• Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu met Lupin at the Shrieking Shack and agreed to examine his werewolf condition.
• Li Qingshu tested several magical objects and found no sign of an external cause, then asked Lupin for permission to test his blood.

Li Qingshu and Zhang Chengdao tested Professor Lupin’s blood and found no parasites, poison, or curses, then began examining him outside his body. Li Qingshu’s reaction to what she saw through the transformed Bagua Demon-Revealing Mirror suggested they had discovered something important.

• Li Qingshu healed Lupin’s wrist and tested his blood with several Daoist instruments, but the Microscopic Disc found no gu worms, poison, or similar abnormalities.
• Li Qingshu asked Lupin about werewolf families, and Lupin described his observations that sons were often werewolves while daughters were not.
• Li Qingshu and Zhang Chengdao decided to separate Lupin’s soul and spirit from his body, and Zhang Chengdao knocked him unconscious with a palm strike.
• Li Qingshu used the Bagua Demon-Revealing Mirror, which transformed into a lens, then called Zhang Chengdao and Zhang Xiao over to look.

Zhang Xiao and his parents discovered that Lupin’s condition resembled the transformations of China’s Tushan clan and invited him to seek their help. After Lupin accepted, the family spent a snowy afternoon together in Hogsmeade, where Zhang Chengdao asked Zhang Xiao what he thought of the Ministry of Magic’s ban.

• Zhang Xiao saw animal ears and a tail on Lupin’s soul through the Bagua Mirror, and Li Qingshu explained the Tushan clan’s similar ability to take fox or human form.
• Zhang Chengdao said a Wudang disciple named Gu Ying was involved with a Tushan fox maiden, then the family agreed to return Lupin’s soul and discuss his condition with him.
• Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu invited Lupin to China, where the Tushan clan might help him control his transformations.
• Lupin agreed to travel to China after the school year ended, and Zhang Xiao hugged him and reassured him.
• Zhang Xiao transformed the Three Broomsticks’ terrace into a warm sunroom, and the family shared food and drinks while admiring the snow.
• Zhang Chengdao asked Zhang Xiao what he thought about the Ministry of Magic’s ban.

Zhang Xiao proposed moving East-West trade to Hong Kong, but Zhang Chengdao warned that doing so would undermine the Daoist Order’s dignity and bargaining power. Zhang Xiao chose to let trade stop until the Ministry of Magic and the pure-bloods recognized that the decision belonged to the Daoist Order, while the young wizards returned to the Three Broomsticks with Sirius’s gifts.

• Zhang Xiao explained that Cornelius Fudge was testing the Daoist Order and using the trade restrictions to justify searches, with extremist pure-bloods backing him.
• Zhang Xiao proposed moving trade to Hong Kong, where goods could be exchanged and processed outside the Ministry of Magic’s restrictions.
• Zhang Chengdao warned that accepting the Ministry’s terms would make the Daoist Order appear eager for profits and surrender control of the trade.
• Zhang Xiao decided to let East-West trade stop until the Ministry and the pure-bloods understood that the Daoist Order held the right to decide whether trade continued.
• Sirius treated Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the other young wizards to gifts, including an owl for Hermione, while Malfoy regretted losing his chance to give her one.
• Sirius went to the Hog’s Head to meet Lupin and ask how things had turned out.