Recaps

The Weasleys and their friends celebrated at the Burrow, where Malfoy told them about Lupin’s journey to China and Molly described her work managing the House-elf Employment Agency. Percy hinted at a secret event planned after the Quidditch World Cup, and the gathering ended with everyone preparing to attend the match the next morning.

• Zhang Xiao toasted Bill and Charlie, while Fred and George made a gnome band and Malfoy told the group about flying to the Burrow and a woman who had been interested in Lupin.
• Malfoy said the people from the East had collected Lupin and would take him to Tushan when its gates opened.
• Molly told Zhang Xiao that the House-elf Employment Agency was progressing, though changing the house-elves’ attitudes and training them had been difficult.
• Percy announced that a major event grander than the Quidditch World Cup was being planned, but he and Arthur said its details were top secret.
• The Weasleys debated the World Cup final and lamented England’s poor Quidditch results before Mrs. Weasley sent everyone to bed ahead of the match.
• Fred admitted to Harry that he and George had sent Percy the dragon-dung sample.

Zhang Xiao and the others stayed overnight at the Burrow before setting out for the Quidditch World Cup. They reached Stoatshead Hill, met Cedric and Amos Diggory, and used a Portkey to travel to the grounds.

• Zhang Xiao expanded his miniature Three-Bedroom Apartment to offer extra sleeping space, but the young wizards found its furnishings too crude, so Bill, Charlie, and Sirius stayed there instead.
• Zhang Xiao slept in Ron's crowded room with Harry and Malfoy, and Mrs. Weasley woke them before dawn to leave for the World Cup.
• Mr. Weasley explained their journey and warned Harry and Ron about the dangers of unlicensed Apparition as the group walked toward Stoatshead Hill.
• Zhang Xiao gave Ginny and Hermione Lightness Talismans for the climb, while Harry, Ron, and Malfoy turned the ascent into a competition.
• At the hilltop, the group met Cedric and Amos Diggory, and Amos praised Cedric and asked to meet Zhang Xiao.
• Mr. Weasley and Amos activated the battered boot Portkey, which carried the group away from Stoatshead Hill.

Arthur Weasley brought the young wizards to the Quidditch World Cup campsite, where they saw the enormous crowd and the extravagant tents before setting up camp. As they explored the grounds, uniformed Hit Wizards and Aurors gathered in the clearing, hinting at an unexpected development.

• Arthur Weasley led the group through the foggy swamp to the campsite, where the Muggle caretaker nearly exposed the wizards before another wizard cast Obliviate on him.
• Arthur told the young wizards that more than a hundred thousand people had come to watch the match, and they crossed the campsite past bizarre and lavish tents.
• Malfoy recognized his family’s striped silk tent and told Zhang Xiao that his father had used it on trips.
• Arthur brought the group to the Weasley campsite near the stadium and insisted that everyone put up their tents by hand.
• Hermione directed Zhang Xiao as he assembled the tents, and Arthur then sent the boys to fetch water and the girls to gather firewood.
• Uniformed Hit Wizards and Aurors emerged around the clearing and took up positions as the group explored the campsite.

Zhang Xiao watched Barty Crouch’s Aurors and Hit Wizards raise a vast protective dome over the campsite, then explained that the display was meant to restore the Ministry’s authority. As the four boys explored the World Cup grounds and bought souvenirs, the stadium lights came on and Mr. Weasley led them toward the match.

• Harry said he wanted to become an Auror, but Malfoy reminded him that Aurors needed five N.E.W.T.s, including Potions.
• Aurors and Hit Wizards cast protective spells that formed a huge dome over the campsite before they Disapparated.
• Zhang Xiao explained to Harry, Ron, and Malfoy that Crouch’s display of force was part of his effort to rebuild the Ministry’s credibility.
• The boys explored the campsite, saw Ireland supporters’ shamrock-covered tents and Bulgarian tents bearing Viktor Krum’s image, and Zhang Xiao helped Mr. Weasley light a fire.
• Zhang Xiao bought World Cup souvenirs for his friends, haggled the price of Omnioculars down to five Galleons each, and the group returned to their tent.
• A gong sounded and lanterns lit the path to the stadium, so Mr. Weasley led the boys toward the match.

Zhang Xiao attended the Quidditch World Cup final and searched the Top Box for Winky and Barty Crouch Jr., finding neither before the VIPs arrived. As the Bulgarian Veela bewitched the crowd, Zhang Xiao broke free while Harry, Ron, Malfoy, and the twins fell under their allure.

• Mr. Weasley led Zhang Xiao and the others through the woods to the enormous Quidditch stadium, where they climbed to the Top Box.
• Zhang Xiao searched the empty Top Box with his Dharma Eye and found neither Winky nor Barty Crouch Jr., prompting him to worry that Crouch Jr. was helping Voldemort.
• Hermione told Zhang Xiao that Minister Barty Crouch and Bulgaria's Minister for Magic, Obalonsk, had arrived, and Ludo Bagman opened the Quidditch World Cup final.
• A hundred Veela entered the pitch and bewitched Zhang Xiao until the Golden Light Spell jolted him back to his senses.
• Harry, Ron, Malfoy, George, and Fred remained enthralled by the Veela, while the girls watched them indignantly.

Zhang Xiao watched Ireland defeat Bulgaria at the Quidditch World Cup, then tried to locate Winky as a riot broke out in the campsite. He illuminated the Death Eaters tormenting the Muggle groundskeeper’s family, but the Ministry quickly arrested them, and Rainwater reported that Winky had gone missing.

• Ireland's team beat Bulgaria 170 to 160 after Krum caught the Golden Snitch, and the campsite celebrated Ireland's victory.
• Zhang Xiao asked Rainwater to contact Winky, who served the Crouch family, and Rainwater went to look for her.
• A blast and screams erupted in the campsite as masked Death Eaters attacked people and tortured the Muggle groundskeeper's family with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Zhang Xiao cast Lumos, flooding the campsite with light and exposing the Death Eaters, who turned toward him.
• Ministry Hit Wizards and Aurors arrived, stunned the Death Eaters, and Barty Crouch announced that the riot had been quelled.
• Rainwater appeared beside Zhang Xiao and told him that Winky had gone missing.

After the Quidditch World Cup campsite disturbance, Zhang Xiao learned Winky was missing and noticed how quickly the Ministry had suppressed the incident. Meanwhile, Edward gave Dudley Holy Medicine that enhanced his body, then began testing his ability to dodge fast-moving spells.

• Zhang Xiao ordered Rainwater to have the house-elves search for Winky, then reassured the Weasleys that the campsite disturbance was over.
• The Weasleys left the campsite and read a Daily Prophet report praising Minister Barty Crouch’s rapid response to the Death Eater disturbance.
• Harry saw a photograph of the Muggle caretaker’s family being tortured and thought of Petunia and Dudley’s injuries.
• Dudley returned to the church basement, completed his punishment exercises, and drank Edward’s Holy Medicine, which greatly increased his strength.
• Edward tested Dudley’s physical abilities, noted that the medicine had affected him less than it affected others, and fired a fast-moving object at his face to test his reflexes.

Edward trained Dudley to fight wizards, while Zhang Xiao accepted the Weasley Twins' figurines and encouraged their plans for a joke shop. As the young wizards left for Hogwarts, they became convinced that a major event awaited them there.

• Edward taught Dudley that wizards were enemies and began training him to deflect crossbow bolts, overwhelming him with a volley.
• The Weasley Twins apologized to Zhang Xiao for failing to develop their planned magical products, gave him character figurines, and promised him a share in their future joke shop.
• The young wizards noticed that their Hogwarts supply lists included dress robes and speculated that a secret school event would require formal clothes.
• Percy declined to travel with the family because of his work for Mr. Crouch, while Fred and George teased him about keeping a secret.
• Mr. Weasley arranged taxis to take the group to King's Cross, where Charlie and Bill hinted that the students would have an interesting year.
• The young wizards boarded the Hogwarts Express, convinced that something big was going to happen at school.

Zhang Xiao and the students returned to Hogwarts for the start-of-term feast, where the Sorting Hat sang a warning that the four houses should unite as shadows spread. Dumbledore announced that the Quidditch Cup would not be held, and the chapter ended as Mad-Eye Moody entered the Great Hall.

• Zhang Xiao noticed that fewer Slytherins wore Azure Luan Society badges, and Malfoy wrote down the families who had abandoned the society.
• Professor McGonagall brought the soaked first-years into the Great Hall, where Dennis Creevey said a tentacle had lifted him out of the lake.
• The Sorting Hat sang that the four houses should unite as shadows spread, prompting Zhang Xiao to suspect it knew more than it revealed.
• Dumbledore welcomed the students and announced that the inter-house Quidditch Cup would not be held that year.
• Mad-Eye Moody entered the Great Hall as the students reacted to Dumbledore's announcement.

Mad-Eye Moody arrived at Hogwarts as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and Dumbledore announced that the school would host an expanded, international version of the Triwizard Cup called the Super Goblet of Fire. The chapter ended with the students learning that Quidditch would be cancelled for the event.

• Moody entered the Great Hall, and Zhang Xiao wondered whether his Dharma Eye could see through Polyjuice Potion before Moody's magical eye turned toward him.
• Dumbledore welcomed Moody and seated him at the staff table, where Harry recognised him as an Auror who had fought Death Eaters at the Church.
• Dumbledore introduced Moody as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Malfoy told Zhang Xiao that Moody was a renowned Auror.
• Moody ate sausages and drank from a hip flask while the students stared at his scars and wooden leg.
• Dumbledore announced that there would be no Quidditch matches because Hogwarts would host the expanded international event called the Super Goblet of Fire.

Dumbledore announced a global Super Goblet of Fire tournament, expanding on the Triwizard Tournament and promising a ten-thousand-Galleon prize. The schools would compete in teams, with Hogwarts entries restricted to students above third year, and delegations were expected in October.

• Harry and Ron wondered what the Goblet of Fire was until Fred and George identified it as the Triwizard Cup.
• Dumbledore explained the Triwizard Tournament’s history and said it had been discontinued after too many competitors died.
• Dumbledore announced a worldwide tournament involving nine schools, including one whose name could not yet be revealed, with ten thousand Galleons as the prize.
• Dumbledore revealed that schools would submit teams of five members and one support member instead of choosing a single champion.
• Dumbledore said all team members had to be above third year, announced that foreign delegations would arrive in October, and dismissed the students for the night.

As Hogwarts students formed teams for the Super Goblet of Fire, Zhang Xiao wondered why nobody had invited him. Hermione explained that they were too intimidated by his strength to ask.

• Malfoy eagerly proposed team names with Zhang Xiao, who let him carry on.
• Zhang Xiao noticed that other students were being recruited while nobody approached him.
• In Herbology, Zhang Xiao and his classmates collected bubotuber pus, which could treat acne.
• Harry and Ron invited Zhang Xiao to join their team, but Malfoy insisted he join Slytherin Supreme Glory instead.
• Hermione said she had been invited to the Princesses Team, while Cedric and Neville reported receiving many invitations.
• Hermione told Zhang Xiao that students were afraid to invite him because he was too powerful.

Zhang Xiao told his friends he would compete in the expanded Triwizard Tournament alone, prompting Harry to form a Hogwarts team determined to face him as rivals. At the Room of Requirement, Glove Lady revealed that she had competed in a past tournament where every other contestant died, then offered to train Zhang Xiao so he could win.

• Zhang Xiao explained that he would represent the East alone rather than compete for Hogwarts, and Harry rallied Cedric, Neville, Hermione, and Malfoy into a team with Harry as captain.
• Zhang Xiao visited Glove Lady in the Room of Requirement and brought her films and games from 1994.
• After hearing that the Triwizard Tournament was returning, Glove Lady warned Zhang Xiao that it was dangerous and revealed that she had once competed in it and been the sole survivor.
• Zhang Xiao explained that this tournament would include schools from around the world and that Dumbledore, the Ministries, and Nicolas Flamel were arranging protections for the competitors.
• Glove Lady accepted that the tournament might be safer and asked Zhang Xiao to train with her weekly so he could win.

Zhang Xiao attended Moody’s first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, where Moody taught the students about real combat and invited Zhang to demonstrate a wizard’s duel. Their rapid exchange of spells ended abruptly, leaving the students stunned.

• Zhang Xiao told Lady's Glove that he would compete alone for the East, and she wondered whether Hogwarts could still field a team.
• Zhang Xiao discovered that Draco Malfoy had joined Harry and Ron’s team as its captain, claiming he had agreed for Hogwarts and Slytherin’s glory.
• Moody began class by dismissing the textbooks and warning the students that they lacked experience with spells used against other wizards.
• Moody praised Zhang Xiao’s conduct during their fight against Death Eaters and asked him to demonstrate a real wizard’s fight.
• Zhang Xiao and Moody exchanged rapid, silent spells while the students watched, then both suddenly froze.

During Moody’s Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, Zhang Xiao demonstrated Auror-level combat skill by breaking a duel’s stalemate through manipulating the classroom surroundings. The students later learned that someone exceptionally powerful would give them special training, and Zhang hinted that the mysterious Glove Lady had no record in Hogwarts’s archives.

• A chandelier and cabinet fell during Zhang Xiao and Moody’s duel, and Neville, Harry, and Hermione realized they had deliberately created an opening by directing deflected spells toward their surroundings.
• Moody explained the duel’s tactics, praised Zhang Xiao’s combat awareness, awarded points to Neville and Harry, and assigned the class a detailed analysis of the demonstration.
• The students spread word of the duel, and Moody’s comparison of Zhang Xiao to an Auror fueled excitement around Hogwarts.
• Malfoy questioned Zhang Xiao about the promised special training, and Zhang said Dumbledore had advised them to respect the Glove Lady, a special being more powerful than an ordinary wizard.
• Zhang recalled searching Hogwarts records for the Glove Lady’s likely era and finding no record of her.

Zhang Xiao brought Hogwarts’ champions to the Glove Lady’s hidden training room, but she excluded him while assigning the others secret cooperative training. As the champions trained and school life continued, Hogwarts prepared for the international tournament delegations, due to arrive on October 30.

• Zhang Xiao led Harry, Malfoy, and the other Hogwarts champions to a hidden room on the Seventh Floor, where a parchment announced that only champions could attend the Glove Lady’s special training and pushed him back outside.
• Malfoy told Zhang Xiao that the champions received secret training tasks and rewards, but refused to reveal their details.
• Seamus Finnigan accidentally caused a bucket of horned toads to explode while trying to use magic during Snape’s detention, leaving him covered in blood and filth.
• The champions continued the Glove Lady’s training, while Moody taught the Unforgivable Curses and the students endured their regular lessons and assignments.
• Students found a notice announcing that delegations from other countries would arrive on Friday, October 30, with afternoon lessons canceled for the welcome.

Hogwarts prepared for the arrival of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, while students speculated about the Super Tournament and readied themselves to welcome the visiting schools. As the students gathered outside at dusk, Dumbledore and Zhang Xiao sensed that the visitors had arrived.

• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Malfoy speculated about how the Super Tournament would choose its Champions.
• Hogwarts cleaned and decorated the castle, while students and teachers united in anticipation of the other schools’ arrival.
• Zhang Xiao advised Malfoy not to assume the Super Tournament would follow the old Triwizard format, and Malfoy said his special training had been effective.
• Professor Flitwick refused to reveal details of the tournament but hinted that its events would be bolder than those of the Triwizard Cup.
• Professor McGonagall led the students outside to wait for the visitors, and Little Ma Brother told Zhang Xiao that Durmstrang accepted Dark Magic.
• Dumbledore looked toward the distance, and Zhang Xiao realized that the visitors had arrived.

Beauxbatons, Uagadou, and Durmstrang arrived at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament, each using a striking mode of transport. The students focused on Viktor Krum, while Zhang Xiao spotted a tiny green shoot emerging from the ground.

• Madame Maxime arrived with Beauxbatons in a giant carriage pulled by winged horses, and she led her students inside to warm up.
• A moon-shaped boat brought Master Ojuweli and the Uagadou students to Hogwarts, where they greeted Dumbledore before heading inside.
• A ghostly ship rose from the Black Lake and carried Karkaroff and the Durmstrang students ashore.
• Karkaroff greeted Dumbledore and brought Viktor Krum forward, prompting excited reactions from the Hogwarts students.
• Zhang Xiao used his Dharma Eye and noticed a tiny green shoot breaking through the soil nearby.

Castelobruxo and Koldovstoretz arrived at Hogwarts in spectacular fashion, with Zhang Xiao watching the visiting schools make their entrances. The Koldovstoretz students planted seven trees beside their magically modified transport plane, leaving the Hogwarts students wondering what they were for.

• A banyan tree grew across the grounds, and Castelobruxo students descended from its branches before scattering magical powder to ward off the cold.
• Da Silva greeted Dumbledore and called Castelobruxo the finest school in the world and Hogwarts the second finest, provoking Hogwarts students and staff.
• A huge Antonov An-124 appeared overhead and landed vertically, surprising Zhang Xiao and the Hogwarts students.
• Koldovstoretz students emerged from the plane carrying seven large trees, which they planted in a circle beside it.

Mahoutokoro arrived at Hogwarts through a magical ukiyo-e procession, and Zhang Xiao recognized that the Japanese leader controlled the Paper Figure that had carried the painting. The Thunderstruck Wood Wand reacted, and Zhang Xiao barely suppressed a savage killing intent as he faced her.

• Ilvermorny arrived by Thestral carriage, and Egbert Fontana greeted Dumbledore while the students mingled with Hogwarts students.
• Malfoy counted the arriving schools, and Zhang Xiao explained that China’s representatives were unlikely to have time for a grand entrance.
• A bamboo-hatted figure approached carrying a board that showed a Japanese castle in a moving ukiyo-e painting.
• Mahoutokoro’s students stepped out of the painting, and Zhang Xiao noticed their golden robes and a woman who resembled Akina Nakamori.
• Zhang Xiao’s Thunderstruck Wood Wand trembled as the bamboo-hatted figure became a Paper Figure in the woman’s hand, and Zhang Xiao struggled to contain his killing intent.

Zhang Xiao's parents and the Daoist Order arrived at Hogwarts in a spectacular display, revealing the power behind him and reuniting him with his family. Zhang Chengdao gave Zhang Xiao a small flying sword, leaving him fascinated by the prospect of flight.

• Zhang Xiao nearly attacked the Mahoutokoro delegation after spotting an Onmyoji, but Dumbledore reminded him that the guests were protected by a pact.
• As the students prepared to enter the Great Hall, Zhang Chengdao contacted Zhang Xiao and told him to watch for the Daoist Order's entrance.
• A palace appeared above Hogwarts amid clouds and auspicious light, and Daoist disciples descended on sword lights before the clouds hid the palace again.
• Zhang Cunyi greeted Dumbledore, while Mahoutokoro's chairman recognized him as the Old Celestial Master and hurried his delegation to pay respects.
• Zhang Xiao reunited with Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu, who explained they had come to support him despite being busy at home.
• Zhang Chengdao gave Zhang Xiao a tiny flying sword made by his grandfather, and Zhang Xiao became absorbed in the thought of flying.

Zhang Xiao attended the lavish welcoming feast for the visiting schools and learned from his parents why the Onmyoji could reappear despite the Daoist Order having destroyed their lineages. The feast began, while Zhang Xiao was left to decide what to do about the Onmyoji girl.

• Zhang Xiao imagined flying on a sword as the students discussed the visiting schools and marveled at the Great Hall's grand decorations.
• Zhang Xiao told Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu that he had discovered an Onmyoji, and they explained that culture could give rise to new practitioners even after a lineage was destroyed.
• Zhang Xiao realized that a Japanese spirit child could have revived the Onmyoji tradition by learning from its legends, and Zhang Chengdao confirmed that this was likely what had happened.
• Dumbledore welcomed the guests and announced that the Triwizard Tournament would begin after the feast.
• Dumbledore invited everyone to eat, and the feast began.

Dumbledore explained the Super Tournament’s format and opened registration through the Goblet of Fire, warning that chosen champions would be bound to compete. As Zhang Cunyi and the other Celestial Masters left Hogwarts, they urged Zhang Xiao to prioritize his safety while representing their Daoist Order.

• At the feast, Zhang Xiao and his family discussed the food and watched Fleur Delacour’s Veela charm affect the students.
• Dumbledore announced that the Super Tournament would feature magical broadcasts, three tasks, and nine school teams competing for points and the Super Cup.
• Dumbledore presented the Goblet of Fire and explained how teams could enter, that an Age Line would bar underage students, and that selected champions would be bound to compete.
• Zhang Cunyi told Zhang Xiao that the Celestial Masters were leaving and warned him not to risk his safety for a top-three finish.
• Li Qingshu urged Zhang Xiao to stay safe, while Zhang Chengdao gave him talisman scripts and promised the Celestial Masters’ Mansion would support him.

The students rushed to form teams for the Super Goblet of Fire, while Zhang Xiao learned how far some would go to compete. After younger students failed to cross the age line, Malfoy submitted his team’s names, setting him and Zhang Xiao up as opponents.

• Malfoy told Zhang Xiao that students had fought, coerced teammates, and even asked Moody to teach them the Imperius Curse, prompting McGonagall to impose detention and threaten expulsion for forced participation.
• Zhang Xiao wrote his name for the Chinese Daoist Academy team and went with Malfoy to submit their parchment.
• In the Entrance Hall, Zhang Xiao saw Astoria cling to Harry and realized she was supposed to become Malfoy’s future wife.
• Colin Creevey tried to enter the Goblet of Fire using an Ageing Potion, but its age line threw him out and gave him a long white beard.
• Malfoy submitted the parchment bearing his team’s names to the Goblet of Fire and signaled to Zhang Xiao that they were now opponents.

Zhang Xiao submitted his name for the Triwizard Tournament, then joined his friends in helping Hagrid prepare to court Madame Maxime. At the Halloween Feast, everyone waited as Dumbledore stood to announce the champions.

• Zhang Xiao submitted his name to the Goblet of Fire while students from Castelobruxo and Mahoutokoro watched.
• Zhang Xiao, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Malfoy visited Hagrid, who revealed he wanted to ask Madame Maxime out.
• Malfoy devised a makeover plan for Hagrid, who gratefully accepted his advice.
• Zhang Xiao and the others returned to the Great Hall for the Halloween Feast and the announcement of the champions.
• Dumbledore stood after the feast, and the Great Hall fell silent as the selection was about to begin.