Chapter Summaries

Zhang Xiao bought a Ferrari F50 and came up with an idea while driving. At the Ministry of Magic, Barty Crouch proposed reviving the Goblet of Fire as an international student tournament to strengthen ties and encourage young wizards to learn.

• Zhang Xiao asked a Ferrari salesman which car he would choose and bought the Ferrari F50.
• Zhang Xiao drove the F50 outside the city and began thinking about what to do next.
• Barty Crouch welcomed foreign Ministry officials to the Chamber of Deliberation and proposed an international Goblet of Fire tournament.
• A Brazilian Ministry official questioned the need for the tournament, and Crouch argued that wizards needed to improve their abilities to face the threat of Muggle exposure.
• Barty Crouch said young students were the Wizarding World's future, and the officials applauded his proposal.

Barty Crouch asked Dumbledore to help launch a worldwide Goblet of Fire competition, and Dumbledore agreed to consider it. Harry returned to Number Four, Privet Drive, where he found the house filthy and Aunt Petunia overwhelmed, and decided to clean it with Hedwig.

• Barty Crouch asked Dumbledore to help move the Goblet of Fire competition forward, arguing that the Wizarding World needed to stop declining.
• Dumbledore listened to Crouch's concerns and said he would think about helping.
• Harry arrived at Number Four, Privet Drive with Aunt Petunia and saw that the lawn and house had fallen into disrepair.
• Petunia told Harry that Dudley was away at school and hurried out to buy food, apparently trying to hide her distress.
• Harry looked at the mess with Hedwig and said they needed to clean the house.

Harry helped Petunia clean and cook at Privet Drive, realizing that Vernon's death and financial hardship had left her struggling. Dudley returned home changed and stronger, and the chapter ended with him asking Harry to fight and make peace.

• Harry cleaned the living room and kitchen, and Petunia awkwardly asked him to prepare vegetables.
• Harry noticed Petunia had bought nearly expired food and suspected that she was running out of money.
• Dudley came home from Smeltings visibly slimmer and more muscular, then quietly dusted a photograph of Vernon and Petunia.
• At dinner, Dudley told Petunia that he would attend free summer activities at school, and she worriedly asked about the cost.
• Dudley volunteered to wash the dishes, making Petunia cry, and Harry joined him in the kitchen.
• Dudley asked Harry to fight him like a real man and then make peace.

Harry and Dudley made peace by fighting in the boxing ring, while Zhang Xiao arranged work for Petunia and visited Hermione and her father. The chapter left Zhang Xiao inviting Hermione for a drive around Britain.

• Dudley apologized to Harry and asked to make peace, and the two agreed to fight in Vernon’s boxing cabin.
• Harry and Dudley traded blows while recalling their childhood grievances, then collapsed and introduced themselves as friends.
• Harry asked Zhang Xiao to help Petunia find a job, and Zhang Xiao arranged for Malfoy to contact him about it.
• Zhang Xiao visited Mr. Granger, discussed dentistry with him, and learned that Hermione had gone to the bookshop.
• Hermione returned with books, and Zhang Xiao invited her to go for a drive.

Zhang Xiao explained how the Trace and wands worked while teaching Hermione the basics of Wandless Magic. Hermione practiced taking notes and learned a way to focus, while Zhang planned to travel onward to the Burrow to meet Harry, Ron, and the others.

• Hermione asked how Zhang could use magic despite the Ministry's underage restrictions, and Zhang explained that the Trace detected magic through a wand without identifying its caster.
• Hermione discussed the wizarding world's outdated books and declared she would become Minister for Magic; Zhang bowed to her in jest.
• Zhang explained that wands filter distractions and amplify a wizard's focus, and Hermione realized that Wandless Magic required stronger concentration.
• Zhang suggested using a familiar gesture as a virtual wand and demonstrated by making Hermione float; she eagerly wrote down his instructions.
• Zhang told Hermione he planned to travel to the Burrow to meet Harry, Ron, and the others, while she regretted that she could not join him.

Zhang Cunyi told Zhang Xiao to enter the newly proposed worldwide Goblet of Fire tournament and finish in the top three, explaining that the goal was prestige. The international meeting approved holding the tournament but left its format and entry arrangements undecided, and Dumbledore later found a letter from Zhang Xiao.

• Zhang Xiao returned to Claridge's after dinner at Hermione's home, cleaned his room with magic, and relaxed in a bath while contacting his family through the Far-Seeing Mirror.
• Zhang Cunyi told Zhang Xiao that he had ordered him to stay abroad for the summer and asked him to enter the Goblet of Fire and place in the top three for prestige.
• Barty Crouch and Dumbledore helped the gathered Ministry representatives approve a worldwide Goblet of Fire tournament, though they did not settle its format or entry arrangements.
• Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, reviewed his mail, and recognized a letter signed by Zhang.

Dumbledore replied to Zhang Xiao’s letter, encouraging his summer plans and asking him to help carry out a novel-writing plan. Zhang found Joanne Rowling in an Edinburgh café, and after a tense first encounter, he invited her into a magnificent world.

• Dumbledore read Zhang Xiao’s letter, approved of his summer plans and Wandless Magic idea, and confirmed that the Goblet of Fire tournament would soon be held.
• Dumbledore urged Zhang to write short stories and approach someone suitable, so Zhang used benefit records to track down Joanne Rowling in Edinburgh.
• Zhang found Joanne writing in a café and offered her a latte, but she suspected he had been sent by her abusive ex-husband to take her daughter Jessica.
• Zhang used magic to stop Joanne from leaving and persuaded her to sit down and talk with him.
• Joanne showed Zhang her sketch of Harry Potter, and Zhang laughed with relief that she had begun creating the story herself.
• Zhang asked Joanne whether she was ready to enter a magnificent world unlike anything she had ever seen.

Zhang Xiao met Joanne Rowling, revealed himself as a wizard, and encouraged her to write her story before altering her memories and secretly providing financial support. With Jessica cared for and new hope for the future, Joanne began writing Harry Potter.

• Zhang Xiao created a mind palace and listened as Joanne described meeting a boy at King's Cross and planning a story about wizards.
• Zhang Xiao told Joanne he was a wizard, answered her questions, and encouraged her to continue writing.
• Zhang Xiao returned Joanne to the café, drove her to the Daycare Center, and then used a Forgetfulness Charm to remove her memories of the wizarding story and their meeting.
• Joanne found a Scottish Arts Council writing grant worth ten thousand pounds in her bag and used it to buy supplies for Jessica.
• Joanne began writing her story, opening with the Dursleys at 4 Privet Drive and naming the boy Harry Potter.

After a month of wandering Britain and improving through travel, Zhang Xiao practiced his Daoist breathing under the stars and prepared a portable bath before heading to the Burrow. At the Dursleys’ home, Harry welcomed the Weasleys, and Dudley’s sincere effort to get along challenged Fred and George’s plan to prank him.

• Zhang Xiao traveled around Britain for a month, then slept beneath the stars as moonlight gathered around him during his breathing practice.
• Zhang Xiao enlarged a miniature bathroom with Engorgio, enjoyed a hot bath, and decided to visit the Burrow next.
• Harry prepared to leave with the Weasleys, while Petunia and Dudley waited with him and tried to treat him as family.
• Arthur Weasley, Fred, George, and Ron entered the Dursleys’ boarded-up fireplace with Floo Powder, and Arthur accidentally blasted it open.
• Dudley greeted Arthur and warmly helped the Weasleys settle in, while Harry and Ron caught up.
• Fred and George dropped enchanted-looking toffees to lure Dudley into a prank, but Dudley picked them up and offered them back.

Harry joined the Weasleys at the Burrow, where he reunited with Bill and Charlie and learned about their plans to help the Order of the Phoenix. The family and their guests prepared for the Quidditch World Cup as Sirius, Hermione, Malfoy, and Zhang Xiao arrived.

• Harry gave Dudley sweets, said goodbye to him and Petunia, and traveled by Floo Powder to the Burrow.
• Fred and George told Harry that the sweets they had tried to give Dudley were Ton-Tongue Toffees, and Harry explained that he and Dudley had made up.
• Bill and Charlie told Harry they had joined the Order of the Phoenix, with Bill watching for Voldemort in Egypt and Charlie guarding against dark magic targeting dragons in Romania.
• Arthur assigned the Weasleys and Harry tasks to prepare the garden for a feast, and Ron told Harry that Mrs. Weasley had become a well-paid manager of a house-elf staffing agency.
• Sirius arrived at the Burrow, followed by Mrs. Weasley with Hermione, Malfoy on a broomstick, and Zhang Xiao descending in the form of a peregrine falcon.

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.