Chapter Summaries

On graduation day in London, Zhang Xiao encountered two Death Eaters hiding a female ghost and was attacked after overhearing their plans. He shot Jason, while Wilbur escaped with him, and survived a spell because his jade pendant shielded him.

• Zhang Xiao left primary school with his friend Chubby and learned that his parents were away performing funeral rites.
• On his way home, Zhang Xiao overheard Jason and Wilbur discussing feeding Muggles to a female ghost and using her to threaten the Ministry of Magic.
• Jason attacked Zhang Xiao with Killing Curses, and Zhang Xiao realized he was in the world of Harry Potter.
• Zhang Xiao shot Jason with a revolver, and Wilbur fled with the wounded Death Eater after casting spells at him.
• Zhang Xiao discovered that his jade pendant had blocked a spell and saved his life.

After receiving his Hogwarts acceptance letter, Zhang Xiao learned that his parents came from Dragon-Tiger Mountain and that his future opportunity lay in the West. His parents agreed to let him study magic, and they planned to take him to Diagon Alley the next day.

• Zhang Xiao found a Hogwarts acceptance letter in the mail and realized he was not a Squib.
• Li Qingshu and Zhang Chengdao returned home, and Zhang Xiao showed them the letter and described the earlier attack.
• Zhang Chengdao explained that he and Li Qingshu came from Dragon-Tiger Mountain and had settled in Britain because Zhang Xiao's opportunity lay in the West.
• Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu told Zhang Xiao that Daoist arts and magic followed different paths and could be practiced together.
• Zhang Chengdao encouraged Zhang Xiao to study hard at Hogwarts, and his parents planned to take him to Diagon Alley the next day.
• Zhang Xiao went to bed, and Li Qingshu tucked him in as he smiled in his sleep.

Zhang Xiao traveled with his parents to the Leaky Cauldron and learned about Diagon Alley and the wizarding world. His parents opened the magical entrance, revealing the bustling street where his wizarding preparations could begin.

• Zhang Xiao eagerly asked Zhang Chengdao when they would leave, and the family drove toward Diagon Alley through London traffic.
• Zhang Chengdao told Zhang Xiao stories about the Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley, while Li Qingshu recalled how he had embarrassed himself there.
• The family arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, where Zhang Xiao noticed the pub's patrons discussing Harry Potter.
• Zhang Chengdao demonstrated the Wall-Passing Spell and warned Zhang Xiao not to visit the pub alone before he could protect himself.
• Li Qingshu tapped a brick in the courtyard wall, opening the entrance to Diagon Alley and showing it to Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao explored Diagon Alley with his parents and received a rare Heaven and Earth Bag containing 5,000 Galleons in pocket money. At Ollivanders, his father interrupted the wand fitting to request a custom wand made with materials the family would provide.

• Zhang Xiao admired Diagon Alley’s shops and asked Zhang Chengdao whether they would withdraw money at Gringotts.
• Zhang Chengdao gave Zhang Xiao a Heaven and Earth Bag and explained the wizarding coins and the bag’s safeguards.
• Zhang Chengdao gave Zhang Xiao 5,000 Galleons as pocket money and took him to Ollivanders while Li Qingshu went to buy school supplies.
• Ollivander measured Zhang Xiao for a wand and mentioned the unusual customer he had just served.
• Zhang Chengdao interrupted Ollivander and asked him to make Zhang Xiao a custom wand using materials they would provide.

Zhang Chengdao commissioned Ollivander to make Zhang Xiao a wand from millennium lightning-struck jujube wood with a Qilin's whisker core, then helped him prepare for Hogwarts. After weeks of study and Daoist practice, Zhang Xiao received his custom wand in late August.

• Zhang Chengdao presented Ollivander with millennium lightning-struck jujube wood and a Qilin's whisker for Zhang Xiao's wand.
• Ollivander solemnly accepted the custom wand commission, and the family bought Zhang Xiao's remaining school supplies.
• Zhang Chengdao told Zhang Xiao that Harry Potter was expected to attend Hogwarts and explained what he had heard about Voldemort.
• Li Qingshu encouraged Zhang Xiao to stand up to anyone who bullied him, while Zhang Chengdao began teaching him Daoist meditation and basic principles.
• Zhang Xiao settled into a routine of morning practice and studying his first-year Hogwarts textbooks.
• An owl delivered Zhang Xiao's custom-made wand in a long velvet box in late August.

Zhang Xiao received his wand, practiced magic, and learned from his parents how the Mystic Order judged strength. As his first day at Hogwarts approached, he celebrated with his family and went to bed eager for school.

• Zhang Xiao opened his wand box, tried simple spells, and unsuccessfully attempted more advanced magic.
• Zhang Xiao tied a rat to a board and cast Avada Kedavra, then released the unharmed animal by a sewer.
• Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu explained that the Mystic Order had no cultivation realms and judged strength through fights and results.
• Zhang Xiao followed his daily routine and wondered about Hogwarts, then decided not to worry about changing the story he knew.
• Zhang Xiao and his parents celebrated his upcoming school start with hot pot, and he demonstrated Scourgify before going to bed excited for Hogwarts.

Zhang Xiao boarded the Hogwarts Express and met Harry Potter in an empty compartment, where he helped Harry with his trunk and shared a Dragon Ball comic with him. As the train began moving, a red-haired boy arrived at their compartment.

• Zhang Xiao said goodbye to Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu, then entered the concealed passage to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Zhang Xiao returned Trevor to a round-faced boy and found an empty compartment near the end of the train.
• Harry Potter joined Zhang Xiao, who levitated Harry’s trunk into the luggage rack and introduced himself.
• Zhang Xiao invited Harry to read Dragon Ball with him, and Harry became absorbed in Sun Wukong’s adventures.
• The Hogwarts Express began moving, and a red-haired boy asked to sit in their compartment.

Zhang Xiao, Harry, and Ron became friends aboard the Hogwarts Express, sharing comics, snacks, and stories as they traveled toward Hogwarts. Zhang secretly placed a Tracking Talisman on Scabbers, and the chapter ended with the three boys arriving at the school.

• Zhang Xiao introduced himself to Ron and helped him and Harry settle into conversation.
• Ron shared his worries about his hand-me-down belongings, and the boys read Dragon Ball together.
• Zhang Xiao bought trolley treats for everyone, then gave Ron a rare Agrippa Chocolate Frog card.
• Zhang Xiao used a Tracking Talisman on Scabbers, making the supposedly sleeping rat spring to life.
• Zhang Xiao, Harry, and Ron changed into their robes, gathered with the other students, and arrived at Hogwarts.

Zhang Xiao arrived at Hogwarts with Harry and Ron and reached the castle by boat. Before the Sorting Ceremony, he confronted Draco Malfoy for insulting Ron, then followed Professor McGonagall toward the Great Hall.

• Hagrid led the first years across the lake, and Zhang Xiao crossed with Harry and Ron while admiring Hogwarts.
• Professor McGonagall welcomed the first years and explained the Sorting Ceremony and the four houses.
• A group of ghosts appeared, and one wished the new students well and cheered for Hufflepuff.
• Draco Malfoy introduced himself to Harry, insulted Ron, and offered Harry his hand.
• Zhang Xiao took Malfoy's hand, demanded an apology, and released him after Malfoy apologized.
• Professor McGonagall returned and told the first years to form a line and follow her.

At Hogwarts’ Sorting Ceremony, Zhang Xiao was sorted into Slytherin after the Sorting Hat heard his ambitious dream of using magic to help his homeland. He joined the Slytherin table beside Malfoy while Harry and Ron worried about him, and Dumbledore began the feast.

• The Sorting Hat sang its song, then sorted Hannah Abbott and Susan Bones into Hufflepuff and Malfoy into Slytherin.
• Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor, and Ron joined him there.
• The Sorting Hat considered Zhang Xiao for several houses and asked about his dream of using magic to help his homeland.
• The Sorting Hat placed Zhang Xiao in Slytherin, surprising Harry, Ron, and Zhang Xiao.
• Zhang Xiao sat beside Malfoy, who silently resolved to teach him a lesson, and Dumbledore welcomed the students before the feast began.

At the Hogwarts feast, Zhang Xiao questioned Slytherin blood-status prejudices, traded remarks with Malfoy, and showed off his knowledge of the Bloody Baron. After Dumbledore’s announcements and the school song, the students headed to bed.

• Zhang Xiao noticed some Slytherins eating quietly, and Malfoy sneered that they were half-bloods, including some raised in Muggle society.
• Zhang Xiao criticized the feast’s meat-and-potatoes menu and told Malfoy he would show him a different kind of food sometime.
• Zhang Xiao identified the nearby ghost as the Bloody Baron and described his history with Helena, leaving Malfoy surprised and nervous.
• Dumbledore warned students away from the forest and the fourth-floor corridor, reminded them not to use magic between classes, and announced Quidditch tryouts.
• Dumbledore led the students in the school song, and Zhang Xiao sang it to the tune of Leo Ku’s “King of Love Songs.”
• Dumbledore dismissed everyone to bed, and Zhang Xiao looked forward to sleeping.

Zhang Xiao arrived at the Slytherin common room, drove off Peeves with a spark from his wand, and went straight to sleep in his dormitory. Gemma Farley recognized the rare chalcedony handle on his wand and warned Malfoy that it signaled Zhang Xiao’s family was extraordinarily wealthy.

• Peeves attacked the Slytherin first-years with walking sticks, but Zhang Xiao’s wand sparks frightened him into fleeing.
• Gemma Farley showed the first-years how to enter the Slytherin common room with the password “Glory.”
• Zhang Xiao admired the luxurious common room, found his bed, and fell asleep without unpacking or meeting his roommates.
• Gemma explained to Malfoy that Zhang Xiao’s wand had a rare chalcedony handle and implied his family could afford extraordinary wealth.
• Malfoy stood stunned by the handle’s value as the common room remained unsettled late into the night, while Zhang Xiao slept through it.

Zhang Xiao settled into Slytherin life at Hogwarts, while Draco Malfoy reconsidered how to approach his wealthy-looking new dormmate. As the first years struggled to navigate the castle, Zhang Xiao became their popular guide and protection from Peeves.

• Zhang Xiao woke in the Slytherin dormitory beside Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, then unpacked his belongings from an enchanted bag.
• Draco, impressed by Zhang Xiao's bag and wand, wrote to his father asking whether Zhang Xiao belonged among the pure-blood families and how he should treat him.
• Zhang Xiao began his morning practice and relied on Draco's familiarity with Hogwarts to learn the castle's many confusing routes.
• Peeves repeatedly harassed first years, but Zhang Xiao's wand frightened him away and became the subject of school gossip.
• First years began walking with Zhang Xiao to avoid getting lost and escape Peeves, leaving Zhang Xiao with a large crowd of followers.

Zhang Xiao enjoyed his Hogwarts lessons but realized the school was a brutal social world when he discovered Malfoy had bullied Davis for speaking to him. Malfoy invited Zhang Xiao to join his pure-blood faction, leaving Zhang Xiao to confront the reality of Slytherin’s oppression.

• Zhang Xiao attended theoretical lessons and noticed that Professor McGonagall focused on rules and Gamp's Law rather than practical Transfiguration.
• Zhang Xiao found that Slytherins treated him politely but avoided him, while students in other houses were friendly because his presence deterred Peeves.
• Zhang Xiao found Davis crying in the Slytherin common room and asked whether she needed help.
• Malfoy insulted Davis as a Mudblood and admitted she had been punished for speaking to Zhang Xiao.
• Crabbe and Goyle explained that Malfoy had become the first-year leader after the opening feast and that half-blood and Muggle-born students had been humiliated.
• Malfoy urged Zhang Xiao to join his pure-blood faction, and Zhang Xiao realized how real and vicious Hogwarts’s bullying was.

Zhang Xiao intervened when Slytherins tortured Davis and challenged their pure-blood hierarchy. He rejected Draco Malfoy as first-year leader and countered Malfoy’s pride in his family’s age by producing the Zhang family genealogy, claiming a lineage over three thousand two hundred years old.

• Daphne Greengrass ordered Crabbe and Goyle to drag Davis out so she could practice spells on him, while the Slytherins cheered.
• Zhang Xiao struck Daphne with a blast of lightning from his wand and demanded that everyone stop torturing Davis.
• Gemma explained that Slytherin tradition chose a first-year leader, and Zhang Xiao refused to accept Draco Malfoy for the role.
• Malfoy boasted that his family dated back to the eleventh century, and Zhang Xiao produced a genealogy claiming the Zhang family had an unbroken lineage over three thousand two hundred years old.

Zhang Xiao used the prestige of his family history to take charge of Slytherin's first-years and forbid bullying, while winning the gratitude of the students who had been targeted. He went to bed wondering why Salazar Slytherin had created the Chamber of Secrets, as owls carried messages from Hogwarts in every direction.

• Zhang Xiao overwhelmed the pure-bloods with claims about his family's ancient history, titles, and palaces, then nominated himself as their leader.
• Gemma backed down, and Malfoy, Crabbe, Pansy, and Goyle agreed to accept Zhang Xiao as leader; Blaise did not object.
• Zhang Xiao made his first rule a ban on bullying and warned the students that he would teach them manners if they disobeyed.
• Several students thanked Zhang Xiao, and Davis called him their real leader after Zhang assured him that he was better than his bullies.
• Alone in the common room, Zhang Xiao considered Salazar Slytherin's motives for creating the Chamber of Secrets, then returned to bed as owls flew from Hogwarts.

Zhang Xiao reassured Harry and Ron that he was safe in Slytherin and explained how he had stopped a first-year from being bullied. Meanwhile, Jason prepared to use Muggle weapons to attack the Ministry of Magic, but Zhang Chengdao found his hideout.

• Harry and Ron checked on Zhang Xiao, who told them he was fine in Slytherin and had used a Nonverbal Spell to address a problem with his roommates.
• Zhang Xiao recounted rescuing a bullied first-year, and Harry and Ron praised him for it.
• Harry and Ron shared the story with the others, while the Weasley twins speculated that Zhang Xiao came from a powerful pure-blood family.
• After recovering from his injuries, Jason researched Muggle weapons and concluded that guns and nuclear weapons could overwhelm magical defenses.
• Jason told Wilbur and the other dark wizards that rockets would distract the Ministry of Magic while bombs destroyed it.
• Zhang Chengdao entered Jason's hideout and declared that he had finally found them.

Jason and the other wizards were trapped and attacked by Zhang Chengdao and Li Qingshu, who defeated the dark wizards while worrying about their son, Zhang Xiao. At Hogwarts, Zhang Xiao challenged Professor McGonagall with a question about Transfiguration before beginning his first match-to-needle exercise.

• Li Qingshu used a talisman to block Apparition as Jason and the others tried to escape, and Zhang Chengdao shielded himself from their spells.
• Zhang Chengdao defeated the dark wizards and later told Li Qingshu that the house was full of explosives; Li Qingshu worried that Zhang Xiao had not contacted them from school.
• Zhang Xiao lectured Malfoy and the other young wizards against bullying before Professor McGonagall arrived for Transfiguration.
• Zhang Xiao asked whether a transfigured pig could be roasted for food, and Professor McGonagall demonstrated that a destroyed transfiguration reverted to its original form.
• Professor McGonagall assigned the first-years to turn matches into needles and noted that Hermione Granger had already managed to change hers.

Zhang Xiao struggled to understand Transfiguration until Malfoy's advice helped him turn a match into a perfect needle, earning Professor McGonagall's praise and ten points for Slytherin. He remained puzzled by why the spell worked and resolved to discuss Transfiguration with Hermione Granger.

• Zhang Xiao tried several approaches to turning a match into a needle, but his attempts failed.
• Malfoy told Zhang Xiao that he had learned to imagine a match as a needle, prompting Zhang Xiao to focus on the finished object.
• Zhang Xiao calmed his mind, pictured an ordinary needle in detail, and successfully transformed the match into one.
• Professor McGonagall praised Zhang Xiao's perfect transformation, awarded Slytherin ten points, and gave him a list of books to study.
• Zhang Xiao urged Malfoy to rely on himself, and Malfoy later transformed part of his match into a needle.
• Zhang Xiao wondered why his method had worked and decided to discuss Transfiguration with Hermione Granger.

Zhang Xiao earned the nickname “Mr. Why” by asking professors probing questions, then joined Harry and Ron for their first Potions class. Snape began questioning Harry before detecting traces of an unknown potion in Zhang Xiao’s cauldron and demanding to know what he had brewed.

• Zhang Xiao’s questions about spells, magical plants, and fantastic beasts puzzled his professors, and Professor Kettleburn decided to experiment with steeping creatures in liquor.
• Zhang Xiao warned Harry that Snape might treat him harshly because of a grudge between Snape and Harry’s father.
• Snape introduced Potions and quizzed Harry about ingredients while Hermione eagerly raised her hand to answer.
• Snape discovered glowing traces of potion ingredients above Zhang Xiao’s cauldron and asked what he had brewed in it.