Chapter Summaries

Gerald and his friends negotiated a Ministry contract for their Flying Letter Notebooks, overcoming Umbridge’s attempt to force down the price. After securing a large deposit, Gerald considered expanding sales across Europe and developing a Q&A Notebook.

• Gerald exposed Umbridge’s family secret and demanded that she respect his friends during the negotiations.
• Umbridge offered twenty Galleons per notebook, but George argued that the House of Dreamweavers was the sole supplier, and Lee warned that France might buy the product instead.
• Umbridge agreed to the sellers’ terms, and the Ministry ordered several types of Flying Letter Notebooks for a total of 20,950 Galleons, paying a six-thousand-Galleon deposit.
• After Umbridge left, Percy, Fred, George, and Lee reacted to the money, while Gerald asked Lee whether his French Ministry connection was genuine.
• Gerald considered selling the notebooks across Europe and developing a Q&A Notebook, then Kenneth entered and asked whether the deal had succeeded.

Gerald confronted the soul fragment inside Ravenclaw’s Diadem and used Hermes and his Thunder Technique to terrify Voldemort. Voldemort began to wonder whether Gerald was a god, leaving Gerald surprised by the question.

• Gerald decided to study Ravenclaw’s Diadem and drew out the Voldemort soul fragment with his Divine Sense.
• Gerald realized Voldemort’s soul power exceeded his own and chose to frighten him rather than try to control or persuade him.
• Gerald summoned Hermes, whose presence reminded Voldemort of the Basilisk he had once commanded.
• Gerald conjured his silver Yinglong Patronus and activated the Divine Firmament Five-Elements Heavenly Thunder Art, making Voldemort retreat in terror.
• Gerald called himself the Lord of Thunder Strike, and Voldemort asked whether he was a god.

Gerald intimidated Voldemort’s Horcrux fragment by claiming to be a god’s emissary and revealing that Voldemort had died in 1981. After Voldemort retreated into Ravenclaw’s Diadem, Gerald decided to wait until he was stronger before trying to control the soul fragment, then planned Christmas gifts with his friends.

• Voldemort recalled encountering ancient ritual magic and asked Gerald whether he was truly a god; Gerald claimed to be a god’s emissary and told him that Harry Potter had killed him in 1981.
• Voldemort panicked, suspected Gerald was Harry Potter, and showed murderous intent, so Gerald and Yinglong surrounded him with lightning and forced him to back down.
• Gerald sent Voldemort back into the Diadem and stored it, then decided to postpone planting a soul imprint until he reached the fifth level of Essence Refinement.
• Professor McGonagall collected Christmas holiday forms, and Gerald and his four roommates chose to stay at Hogwarts to work on the Flying Letter Notebooks.
• Gerald overheard Fred and George discussing presents for their family and decided to buy gifts for friends and acquaintances as well.
• Gerald asked Fred and George to go to Hogsmeade with him that afternoon to buy presents.

Gerald spent Christmas at Hogwarts with his friends and later met Vivian, who had been absent for several days after arguing with her family. They exchanged gifts and walked together, but Vivian did not explain what else was troubling her.

• Gerald recalled that the broken Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement killed living creatures sent through it, so he had not used it to visit London.
• Gerald and his roommates went to Hogsmeade, where they bought Christmas gifts, and Gerald arranged for Winslet to send presents to his family.
• At the Christmas feast, Gerald exchanged gifts with Cedric and noticed that Vivian was absent; Lee Jordan celebrated receiving a Comet 220 and declared he would join the Gryffindor Quidditch Team.
• After the feast, Vivian asked Gerald to walk with her, and his roommates teased him before leaving them alone.
• Vivian gave Gerald a hand-knitted Gryffindor scarf, and Gerald gave her a sapphire necklace; she said she had argued with her father over a Christmas ball and meeting pure-blood families.

Gerald refined his self-created Five-Spirit Clear-Source Pill in the Room of Requirement, advancing his cultivation and thunder art. Newly unlocked Soul-Searching Technique and Palm Thunder gave him more confidence in confronting Voldemort's Soul Fragment.

• Voldemort's Soul Fragment doubted his ambitions after hearing Gerald claim divine power, then resolved to find Gerald's weakness.
• Fred, George, and Lee Jordan tried to prank Gerald by sticking his pillow to the ceiling, but Gerald returned and made Fred scream with a spell.
• Gerald went to the Room of Requirement and spent six days refining nine Five-Spirit Clear-Source Pills from Clear Source Fruits and five spiritual herbs.
• Gerald ate a pill and advanced to the fifth level of Essence Refinement into Qi, while his Divine Firmament Five-Elements Heavenly Thunder Art reached Tier Two.
• The panel unlocked spells, a talisman, and pill recipes, including Soul-Searching Technique and Palm Thunder, which Gerald planned to use against Voldemort's Soul Fragment.

Gerald tried to force Tom Riddle’s soul fragment to submit so he could safely search its memories, using lightning and his knowledge of Voldemort’s Horcruxes to break his confidence. Tom rejected his threats and attacked, but the lightning stopped him before he could reach Gerald.

• Gerald used a ball of lightning to demand Tom Riddle’s submission, but Tom refused and insisted he was unafraid of destruction.
• Gerald revealed that he knew Voldemort had made six Horcruxes and named the objects and snake he had chosen for them.
• Tom Riddle panicked at Gerald’s knowledge, then claimed he would have defeated him if he had been at full strength.
• Gerald told Tom that Voldemort’s followers had abandoned him after his death and contrasted his failed loyalty with Grindelwald’s enduring influence.
• Tom Riddle roared that he was the greatest Dark Lord and lunged at Gerald, but the lightning made him scream before he could reach him.

Gerald persuaded Voldemort's Soul Fragment to submit by claiming that Voldemort's Horcruxes were a flawed path to immortality and offering him a chance to rebuild his body. After enslaving the fragment with a Divine Seal, Gerald stole its memories and erased them, leaving a powerful blank soul that he could use as an artifact soul.

• Gerald told Voldemort that strengthening one soul would have been a better route to immortality than splitting it into Horcruxes.
• Gerald offered to help Voldemort rebuild his body, and Voldemort agreed to submit.
• When Voldemort resisted the Divine Seal, Gerald overwhelmed him with Soulforce and Palm Thunder until the seal was complete.
• Gerald used the seal to break through Voldemort's Occlumency and record the fragment's memories and magical knowledge from before age thirty-two.
• Gerald erased the fragment's memories, stripping it of Voldemort's identity while preserving its power for possible use as an artifact soul.

Gerald transferred Voldemort’s soul fragment into the Purple-Gold Disc and discovered that Ravenclaw’s Diadem strengthened his soul. While searching Voldemort’s memories for Occlumency, he witnessed Tom Riddle perform a ritual that appeared to summon a vast, godlike being, leaving Gerald unsure what he had encountered.

• Gerald named Voldemort’s soul fragment Zhang Tie and ordered it into the Purple-Gold Disc.
• Gerald cleaned Ravenclaw’s Diadem, wore it, and felt it strengthen his soul and expand his Divine Sense.
• Gerald searched Voldemort’s memories for knowledge of Occlumency and found Tom Riddle studying a ritual called the Mirror of Silence.
• Tom Riddle performed the ritual and asked for a means to eternal life.
• Blue flames and black mist appeared, and Gerald saw an enormous, emotionless figure open its eyes.

Gerald witnessed the danger of Tom Riddle's ritual magic in a memory, then studied Voldemort's Occlumency techniques and began training to shield his thoughts from Dumbledore. After a day and a night, he had learned a rudimentary mental barrier and decided to leave the Room of Requirement for a while.

• Gerald saw a massive shadow reach for Tom Riddle during a ritual, and Tom stopped the magic before the silver bowl shattered and he collapsed.
• Gerald returned to the Quiet Chamber, resolved to avoid ritual magic, and searched his memories for information about Occlumency.
• Gerald learned that Tom Riddle had trained in Occlumency from age fifteen, developing techniques to conceal and manipulate memories.
• Gerald studied Voldemort's memory-labyrinth method and chose to begin by learning how to close his mind to Legilimency.
• After a day and a night, Gerald formed a weak mental barrier and decided to leave the Room of Requirement to clear his head.

Gerald returned from cultivation, reunited with the Dreamweaver Study Group, and helped make Flying Letter Notebooks. While browsing Tom Riddle’s memories that night, he learned about curses and dangerous forms of dark magic, including bloodline curses that might relate to the Green Family’s history.

• Gerald returned to the Great Hall and found the Dreamweaver Study Group gathered for a meal, with Qiu Zhang among its members.
• Gerald learned that the group was making Flying Letter Notebooks for the Ministry of Magic and promised to pay them bonuses for their work.
• Gerald joined his roommates in making the notebooks, then stayed awake because cultivation had left him full of energy.
• Gerald browsed Tom Riddle’s memories and discovered that his research divided curses into six categories, including bloodline curses that could affect descendants.
• Gerald connected the knowledge of bloodline curses to the Green Family’s suspected curse, though he had already broken it himself.
• Gerald read about Tom Riddle’s nested curses and dangerous experiments combining dark magic with permanent Transfiguration, and found the ideas fascinating.

Gerald studied cursecraft from Voldemort’s memories over the Christmas holidays, then visited Lupin and learned that Sirius had introduced Harry to the magical world early. Harry had already bought a wand and learned spells, leaving Gerald worried that the altered events might have changed the wand connection that could protect Harry from Voldemort.

• Gerald justified studying curses as preparation to face Voldemort, a possible way to help Nagini, and protection for his future descendants from the Green Family’s bloodline curse.
• Gerald spent the holidays making Ministry notebooks with his roommates, studying Voldemort’s memories at night, and learning an object curse that caused sores on a person’s palm.
• Gerald visited Lupin and learned that Sirius had secretly taken Harry to Hogsmeade despite Dumbledore’s warnings to keep Harry with his blood relatives.
• Lupin gave Gerald a letter from Harry, who described visiting Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley with Sirius, buying a wand, and successfully casting Lumos and the Levitation Charm.
• Gerald realized that Harry’s early exposure to magic had disrupted the expected sequence of events and wondered whether Harry still had the phoenix-feather wand core connected to Voldemort’s.

Gerald learned from Winslet that Death Eaters were secretly coordinating, and he concluded Sirius Black might be in danger. He decided to warn Black through Lupin and began making talismans, including a newly unlocked talisman that enabled short bursts of flight.

• Gerald wondered whether Ollivander would give Harry Potter the same wand early, then reassured Lupin that his unconventional studies were under control.
• Winslet warned Gerald that Death Eaters and some pure-blood families were active and planning something; Gerald promised her a bonus, while she continued secretly serving both him and the Saints.
• Sirius Black began the new term in high spirits by teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Gerald suspected Death Eaters might target him.
• Gerald decided to pass his warning to Black through Lupin rather than speak to Black directly.
• Gerald went to the Room of Requirement and drew Object-Storing, Explosive, and Sky-Riding Talismans, which could let him fly briefly without a broom or other object.

Gerald began the first step of learning to become an Animagus under Professor Black while keeping a Mandrake leaf in his mouth, and Hogwarts spread a rumor that he had been cursed into silence. As the Ministry prepared to collect the Flying Letter Notebooks, Rita Skeeter arrived to interview Gerald, who tried to redirect her to Fred and George.

• Professor Black gave Gerald a Mandrake leaf and instructed him to keep it in his mouth for a month as the first step toward becoming an Animagus.
• Fred and the others speculated about Gerald's private meeting with Black, and a rumor spread that Black had cursed Gerald so he could not speak.
• Gerald explained to Vivian that the leaf was part of his Animagus training, and he promised to teach his friends once he had learned safely.
• Percy packed the completed Flying Letter Notebooks for the Ministry's January 30 collection, while the group also made more stock for the House of Dreamweavers.
• Rita Skeeter arrived to interview Gerald about the Flying Letter Notebook, but Gerald cited his sore throat and directed her toward Fred and George, whom she asked to persuade him to cooperate.

Gerald and his friends rejected Rita Skeeter’s interview, then completed a profitable sale of Flying Letter Notebooks to Minister Fudge. Gerald shared the profits with the Study Group and invited them to discuss their cut, leaving the group eager to work with him.

• Vivian defended Gerald against Rita Skeeter’s false portrayal, identified herself as his older sister, and joined the others in refusing the interview.
• Minister Fudge arrived with Auror assistants and accepted the Ministry’s hundred Flying Letter Notebooks, while Fred and George posed for a Daily Prophet photograph with him.
• Gerald confirmed the payment and calculated that the order had earned 16,000 Galleons in net profit.
• Gerald laid the Galleons on the table, prompting Damian Grant, Chris White, and Roger Davies to ask to work with him.
• Gerald said he would discuss dividing the profits and had planned to give everyone a share, including those who had not worked on the order.

Gerald shared the Flying Letter Notebook profits with the Dreamweaver Study Group and prepared his Animagus potion before growing concerned about Sirius Black’s unusual anxiety over Lupin. He went to Lupin’s cottage to check on him, but found the house empty and wondered where he had gone.

• Gerald divided the Ministry of Magic order’s profits among the notebook developers and helpers, keeping the remainder in the House of Dreamweavers’ account for the business.
• Lee Jordan said his uncle’s French Ministry of Magic colleagues were considering an official order, and Gerald explained that the group would need more workers as production expanded.
• Professor McGonagall watched Gerald distribute the money, while students sought to join the Dreamweaver Study Group and Gerald turned them away.
• On the full moon, Sirius Black hurried off to check on Lupin and left Gerald instructions for making the Animagus potion.
• Gerald made the potion, noticed that Lupin had not replied to his Flying Letter Notebook message, and went through the secret passage to Lupin’s cottage.
• Gerald found Lupin’s cottage tidy and empty, with its fire burning, and remembered that it had a basement.

Gerald discovered that Lupin’s werewolf transformations were worsening because the curse was draining his self-will, and he devised a theory for protecting Lupin’s soul with a Sealing Technique. He entered the basement to help, leaving Sirius Black surprised when Gerald admitted he had long known Lupin was a werewolf and still accepted him as his teacher.

• Gerald used Divine Sense to find Lupin transforming in the basement while Sirius Black tried to steady him with an ineffective Wolfsbane Potion.
• Gerald observed that Lupin’s vitality was fading and used the Qi-Perception Spell to see the curse’s dark aura consuming his magical power.
• Gerald reasoned that the werewolf curse weakened self-will over time and considered using the Sealing Technique to shield Lupin’s soul.
• Gerald went into the basement despite Black’s warning and told him he had known Lupin was a werewolf but did not find it frightening.
• Sirius Black accepted Gerald’s words and told Lupin that he had found himself a good student.

Gerald used his Sealing Art to protect Lupin’s free will during his werewolf transformation, but Lupin’s worsening weakness remained unexplained. Gerald and Sirius realized an object brought into Lupin’s home might be cursed, and Gerald began searching for it.

• Gerald told Sirius he might be able to ease the Werewolf Curse, and Sirius explained that Lupin’s weakness had worsened over the past three months.
• Gerald used his Soulforce and Yuanqi to shield Lupin’s soul from the curse, allowing Lupin to regain his reason while remaining transformed.
• Lupin confirmed that he felt clearer, and Gerald clarified that he had only temporarily stopped the curse from eroding his free will.
• Lupin revealed that he had also been inexplicably weak outside full moons, and Gerald suspected a separate curse was draining his strength.
• Sirius and Lupin realized that Sirius had recently brought many new belongings into Lupin’s home, and Gerald suspected one of them carried an Object Curse.

Gerald discovered that a cursed pocket watch had been draining Lupin’s life, and he and Black realized it was likely intended for Black. The next afternoon, Lupin recovered enough to walk to the Hospital Wing, where Black joked with him as he began his stay.

• Gerald found a faintly cursed pocket watch in Lupin’s cottage and determined that it had been draining Lupin’s life for months.
• Black explained that he had bought the watch at a gathering in Godric’s Hollow, and Gerald deduced that the curse had likely been aimed at Black instead.
• Gerald urged Black to have Dumbledore examine the watch and arrange treatment for Lupin, and the two friends reassured each other that neither was to blame.
• Gerald explained his knowledge of curses by referring to the Green Family’s suspected bloodline curse, then left Lupin’s cottage on his flying sword under an Invisibility Talisman.
• The following afternoon, Gerald and Cedric discussed their Biting Cabbage experiments before seeing Black, Lupin, Dumbledore, and Madam Pomfrey arrive at the Hospital Wing.
• Lupin entered the Hospital Wing for rest and treatment, while Black teased him about whether he could avoid alcohol for two months.

Gerald discovered that Hagrid was secretly keeping Fluffy, a three-headed puppy, and reassured him that the creature was adorable. Hagrid opened up to Gerald, while Gerald asked to keep Lightning in the Forbidden Forest nest; the chapter ended with Hagrid explaining how others had judged Fluffy as dangerous.

• Gerald left the Hospital Wing with Cedric after Dumbledore explained that Lupin’s curse had been lifted but he needed time and potions to recover.
• Gerald decided to repair the Vanishing Cabinets, give Lightning more room, and attempt to refine a Star Core.
• Gerald visited Hagrid and sensed Fluffy sleeping in a crate inside the hut.
• Gerald asked Hagrid if Lightning could stay in the nest in the Forbidden Forest, and Hagrid let him inside and revealed Fluffy.
• Gerald petted Fluffy and called him adorable, prompting Hagrid to describe how others had called the puppy dangerous.

Gerald settled Lightning in Hagrid’s carefully built nest in the Forbidden Forest and released Hermes to roam there, while Nagini preferred staying with him. As Easter approached, Gerald repaired a Vanishing Cabinet, planned a visit to Grandpa Henry’s family, and continued improving his magic as Lupin’s condition and Black’s lessons progressed.

• Gerald showed Hagrid how much Lightning had grown, and Hagrid led him to a spacious nest he had built in the Forbidden Forest.
• Gerald settled Lightning in the nest, then released Hermes into the Forbidden Forest after warning him not to harm humans or unicorns; Nagini chose to stay with Gerald.
• Gerald worked on repairing the Vanishing Cabinet while his friends discussed their earnings and Lee Jordan’s mother’s letter about saving money for his marriage.
• Gerald chose to go home for Easter, and Professor McGonagall was impressed by his rapidly advancing Transfiguration.
• Lupin retained his reason through two full moons, and Black began teaching Gerald the Confundus Charm.