Chapter Summaries

Elena welcomed Bell and Shanna aboard the Magic Cruise as they returned to Britain with their friends. While the group explored the ship, Elena questioned Bell about Yomi and heard about his year at the Academy, leaving her envious that she had missed its Four Academy Tournament.

• Elena met Bell and Shanna at the cruise ship and greeted their companions as guests of the Menethil Family.
• Bell introduced the group, then everyone toured the lavish ship and admired its facilities.
• After settling into their rooms, the group split up to explore, while Bell rested and Yomi stayed with him.
• Elena asked Bell about Yomi, and he described her as an employee without explaining their contract.
• Elena sipped a magically prepared cocktail as Bell recounted his Academy life and the Four Academy Tournament, which she wished she had experienced.

Bell left the Nine Provinces aboard the Ghost's Head and returned to Britain, where he chose to spend the summer at home with Lim. While upgrading Shanna's Bena, he stayed close to Yomi, who wondered whether Kagura would be able to visit.

• Bell handed the Pass Tokens to a Cultivator Alliance employee, who inspected them and wished him welcome to visit the Academy again.
• Bell worried that cultivators might discover his connection to Yomi's use of the Killing Stone as the Ghost's Head sailed away from the coast.
• Bell returned home for the summer, and Lim tearfully welcomed him before Bell ordered him to sleep rather than wait beside his bed.
• Bell spent the next few days at home and upgraded Shanna's Bena while his younger sister and girlfriend showed the others around Britain.
• Yomi stayed with Bell instead of joining the group outing and wondered whether Kagura could persuade her family to let her come; if not, Yomi considered asking Bell for leave to visit Japan.

After half a month of sightseeing, Bell and the Cultivation World visitors gathered to welcome more friends arriving in Britain. Kagura reunited with Yomi after sneaking away from her family, while Bell stopped Kagura and Shanna from escalating their clash, and the group headed to the Menethil Family's castle.

• Bell worried that the visitors' travels might cause trouble, then relaxed when The Daily Prophet reported that two French Aurors had been attacked instead of reporting a major incident.
• Bell and the others gathered by the shore as the Ghost's Head Magic Cruise arrived with more Wizards aboard.
• Kagura ran to embrace Yomi but kicked Bell aside, provoking Shanna to confront her until Bell explained that Kagura was Yomi's younger sister.
• Yomi learned that Kagura had secretly sneaked away from the Tsuchimiya Family to come to Britain.
• Bell and the others welcomed the arriving Academy members, then boarded Shanna's Bena Modified and returned to the Menethil Family's castle.

Yomi asked Bell to separate Bai Rui and the Killing Stone from Kagura, but he said he could not promise to do it safely and urged her to speak with Kagura first. The next morning, everyone traveled to cheer for the competitors in Britain, where Ma Jingjing enthusiastically supported Zhang Chi.

• Yomi visited Bell late at night and asked him to separate Bai Rui and the Killing Stone from Kagura’s body.
• Bell said the procedure was uncertain and required Kagura’s cooperation, so he told Yomi to discuss it with her.
• Yomi agreed, and Bell promised to help persuade Kagura if they could not resolve the matter themselves.
• The next morning, everyone set out after breakfast to cheer for their country’s competitors in Britain.
• Ma Jingjing waved a national flag and a Flying Car model while loudly cheering for Zhang Chi, and Zhang Xu explained that she was a hardcore Flying Car fan.

Bell learned why Sword Cultivators loved Flying Car racing, then watched Shanna Menethil enter the World finals as a special guest. Her unexpected appearance enraged Ma Jingjing and angered other racers until the host announced that Shanna’s results would not affect the rankings and that contestants finishing ahead of her would receive Galleons.

• Lü Feitian explained that Sword Cultivators were passionate about Flying Car racing because Flying Swords were unsafe and quickly ran out of spiritual energy.
• Wang Shouqiang asked Bell for insider information so he could bet on the race, but Bell refused to help him.
• The host announced Shanna Menethil as the one hundred and first contestant, and Ma Jingjing shook Bell in furious disbelief that she had not been allowed to compete.
• Spectators and racers objected when Shanna’s Bena · Modified entered the track, questioning why she could race without qualifying.
• The host announced that Shanna’s result would not affect the standings and that each contestant finishing ahead of her would earn one hundred Galleons from the Menethil Family.

The Flying Car Race host explained the course and rules, including the traps designed by Rexar and the restrictions on contestants. The organizers and racers remained unaware of the traps ahead as the race approached.

• Spectators and contestants welcomed Shanna to join the race, while she angrily blamed the host for ignoring her request.
• The host announced the speed limit and explained that the course crossed sky, land, and sea and contained two hundred traps.
• The host praised Rexar, whose notorious trap designs had helped make the race famous and raised its difficulty.
• The host outlined the restrictions on spells and leaving the course, then showed footage of the racecourse before its traps were installed.
• The host explained that separate teams had secretly coordinated the course setup, leaving even William and Bell unaware of what awaited the racers.

The first World-Class Flying Car Competition began at Cheddar Gorge, but its opening meteor shower trap destroyed the contestants’ Flying Cars and halted the race. The contestants escaped, and the organizers filled the unexpected break with performances and interviews.

• Michael announced the competition’s start, and meteorites struck the gorge, scattering and destroying Flying Cars.
• Michael clarified that the meteor shower was the competition’s first trap, and the spectators cheered for Rexar.
• Shanna climbed from her Flying Car, then used Side-Along Apparition to escape just before the embedded meteorites exploded.
• The racers abandoned the competition because their Flying Cars were wrecked and replacement vehicles required advance approval.
• The Menethil Family arranged song and dance performances while reporters interviewed the contestants.

After the explosions, Bell reassured Shanna that the Bena was likely safe, while Ma Jingjing decided to pursue her dream of becoming a Flying Car racer. With Shanna gone to retrieve the Bena and Hermione’s friends out shopping, Hermione joined Bell in the private box.

• Shanna worried about the Bena, and Bell reassured her that the Flying Car’s defenses should have protected it from the explosions.
• Ma Jingjing watched the explosions with excitement and decided to become a Flying Car racer despite her family’s opposition.
• Lü Feitian questioned whether Ma Jingjing’s family would agree, and Ma Jingjing vowed to run away from home if they did not.
• Shanna dragged Phyllis and Lena out to find the Bena after the explosions stopped.
• Hermione told Bell that Sister Yomi had taken her friends shopping, then leaned against him in the private box.

Bell and Hermione reunited with Fred and George at their joke-shop stall, where the twins showed off a prank product. Their attempt to prank Bell instead hit Arthur, leaving him covered in foul-smelling yellow dye with no quick way to clean it off.

• Bell and Hermione left their compartment and ran into Fred and George, who asked about their year away and their experiences.
• Bell learned that Fred and George had graduated and opened a joke shop in Diagon Alley.
• George demonstrated a foul-smelling Flying Car model designed to spray yellow dye.
• Bell and Hermione vanished as the prank went off, and the blast struck Arthur instead.
• Arthur tried a Cleaning Charm, but George explained that the smell would take an hour to fade.

Bell and Hermione spent the day shopping together before returning to watch the Flying Car race, where Doron briefly took first place. The broadcast ended with Doron’s car entering a dark underground section and him being eaten.

• Arthur learned he would have to endure the prank’s effects for an hour as Bell and Hermione left to shop.
• Bell and Hermione searched for vegetarian food, then spent the day buying inexpensive gifts for each other.
• Li Wenshu teased Bell and Hermione when they returned, while Ma Jingjing watched the race until her eyes turned bloodshot.
• Bell learned that Shanna’s Bena was still being inspected and that a racer had reached France.
• The announcer identified Doron from Jamaica as the current leader and reported that he had been eaten underground.

Doron’s Flying Car brakes failed, and he was swallowed by an Abyss Maw, prompting the other contestants to withdraw and inspect their vehicles. The competition resumed the next morning, and Shanna took the lead before meeting Yomi, who promised to delay the racers behind her.

• Doron discovered his Flying Car’s brakes had failed and plunged into the Abyss Maw’s mouth.
• The host explained the Abyss Maw’s strength and habits, while the other contestants withdrew to have their Flying Cars inspected.
• The contestants returned the next morning, and Shanna was sent back to the start for speeding before setting off again.
• Shanna overtook the other contestants after passing three traps and spotted Yomi on the beach.
• Yomi told Shanna that she was the Lucky Spectator and offered to hold back the racers behind her for five minutes.

Yomi, a Lucky Spectator arranged by Bell, joined the competition as a trap and confronted racer Federico on the course. After he leered at her and made an unwelcome invitation, Yomi drew Lion King and appeared behind his Flying Car.

• Bell recalled that he had asked Yomi to join the competition, then worried for the contestants after learning what she planned to do.
• Michael commentated as Cezar was sucked into a whirlpool, while the first group approached France and the underground track.
• The Menethil Family’s little princess passed Yomi on the course, and Michael revealed that Yomi was serving as a trap.
• Yomi reached the shore, rushed toward Federico’s Flying Car, and landed on its hood.
• Federico invited Yomi into his car after seeing her, but his leering disgusted her, so she drew Lion King and appeared behind the car.

Yomi stopped the Flying Car racers with her sword and made them rest, while Ma Jingjing discovered Yomi’s strength and demanded a sparring match. Bell told her to ask Yomi, though he expected Yomi to refuse and worried that Zhang Xu was already plotting something.

• Yomi sliced Federico’s Flying Car in half, then swiftly disabled other contestants without destroying their vehicles.
• Yomi asked the racers to rest, and newcomers who challenged her were forced to stop while returning veterans plunged into the sea.
• Ma Jingjing shook Bell and demanded to know why he had not told her that Yomi was so strong.
• Ma Jingjing decided Yomi was a worthy sparring partner, unlike Bell and Shanna, whom she considered scraps.
• Bell told Ma Jingjing to discuss a match with Yomi, while he watched Zhang Xu frown and quietly plot.

Bell tried to persuade Kagura to abandon Bai Rui, arguing that relying on the Shikigami had held back her growth and that she had Yomi and him to support her. The conversation left Kagura shocked to learn that the Tsuchimiya Family might be a branch of the Tsuchimikado Family, while Bell realized she had missed nearly all of his heartfelt argument.

• Bell met Kagura and Yomi on a cliff to discuss Kagura's refusal to give up Bai Rui.
• Bell questioned Kagura about her lack of progress and argued that she could become stronger than Bai Rui without relying on it.
• Bell said the Tsuchimiya Family no longer needed Bai Rui's power because Kagura had Yomi and him behind her, and he released his Magic Power to demonstrate his strength.
• Kagura fixated on Bell's claim that her ancestors had sought freedom from the Tsuchimikado Family and asked whether the Tsuchimiya Family was its branch family.
• Bell realized Kagura had overlooked his argument and criticized the Tsuchimiya elders for hiding their family's history from her.

Kagura agreed to stop relying on Bai Rui while Bell planned to research how to sever their contract. As the contestants returned to Cheddar Gorge for the championship, Gabrielle collided with Bell and gleefully reunited with him.

• Kagura accepted Bell and Yomi's advice after reflecting on her future and her reliance on Bai Rui.
• Yomi trusted Bell to find a way to break Kagura's contract with Bai Rui, and Bell briefly rested.
• Wizards gathered at Cheddar Gorge to watch the championship, while Aurors enforced the rules under Minister Snailey Wastod.
• Gabrielle rushed into Bell, knocked him down, and called him her brother-in-law.
• Fleur pulled Gabrielle away from Bell and scolded her for acting wildly and getting grease on her face.

Bell, Fleur, and Gabrielle discussed Gabrielle attending Hogwarts before Fina and Little Wolf interrupted them on the way to the arena. Bell set the two animals chasing each other for training and led the others toward the finish line.

• Fleur scolded Gabrielle for acting too familiar with men, and Bell agreed that Gabrielle should mind appearances as she grew up.
• Gabrielle revealed that she had persuaded her family to let her attend Hogwarts, where she expected Sister Shanna to look out for her.
• Fina leaped onto Bell's shoulder as Little Wolf chased after her, prompting Fleur to draw her Wand until Bell explained that Little Wolf was not a Werewolf.
• Bell insisted that Fina complete her training by letting Little Wolf chase her without using Magic Power or fighting back.
• Bell threw Fina into the air, and she swatted Little Wolf away when he leaped after her; Bell then led the group toward the finish line.

Bell watched the Flying Car Race’s finish with Hermione, Penelope, and Gabrielle as Zhang Chi claimed victory. After the remaining racers finished, attention turned to the upcoming award ceremony and Shanna’s surprising nineteenth-place result.

• Bell teased Penelope for prioritizing work and threatened to dock her pay if she worked overtime, while Hermione persuaded her to rest.
• The race host announced that the first contestant had reached the finish line, and Zhang Chi’s fan screamed excitedly as he won the competition.
• The other contestants crossed the finish line over the next two days, while spectators discussed the rankings and awaited the award ceremony.
• Wizards focused on Zhang Chi and Shanna, whose nineteenth-place finish exceeded expectations for the Menethil Family’s little princess.

After the competition, Shanna struggled with losing the championship while Bell and his friends said goodbye to the Cultivation World visitors as they departed Britain. Bell felt lonely watching them leave, but Hermione and his family reminded him that he was no longer alone.

• Shanna remained disappointed that she had not won the championship and wondered why the final Maze Trap had felt familiar.
• Wang Shouqiang mourned losing his savings after betting on Doron, who finished eighty-eighth, while Bell and Ma Jingjing teased him.
• Bell asked Ma Jingjing to help the junior girls get home safely, and the visitors boarded the Magic Cruise to leave.
• Kagura tearfully said goodbye to Yomi before boarding the departing cruise, leaving Bell feeling lonely.
• Hermione took Bell's hand, and Bell felt cheered by her, Shanna, Yomi, Little Bell, and Little Wolf; Hermione agreed to stay over before they went to Diagon Alley the next morning.

Harry reluctantly returned toward the Dursleys after missing the chance to attend the Flying Car Race, but Dumbledore took him away to meet a group of trusted allies. Dumbledore said Harry alone could defeat Voldemort, while Moody questioned whether the student was capable of the task.

• Harry regretted missing the Flying Car Race and complained that he wanted school to start so he could escape the Dursleys.
• Dumbledore appeared, said he had obtained the Dursleys' permission, and Apparated with Harry to meet several adults.
• Harry greeted Arthur and met Kingsley Shacklebolt, an Auror, alongside McGonagall, Moody, and Lupin.
• Moody objected to Dumbledore assigning an important task to Harry and suggested Bell from the Menethil Family instead.
• Dumbledore insisted that only Harry could defeat Voldemort and privately considered Bell a safeguard if Harry failed.

Dumbledore told Harry that the Order of the Phoenix would help him destroy Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes, then entrusted Harry’s protection to Arthur as he faced his approaching death. After Dumbledore’s death, Bell received the Elder Wand and prepared to shape the new era ahead.

• Dumbledore explained to Harry that Voldemort had created Horcruxes and that Harry would have to lead the effort to find and destroy the remaining ones with the Order of the Phoenix’s help.
• Dumbledore revealed that he had little time left and asked Arthur to watch over Harry.
• Bell stood outside the Menethil Family castle, where Yomi came to check on him after noticing he had stayed beyond the Defense Barrier.
• Bell told Yomi that an old man had given him the pale-white Wand, and he reflected on Dumbledore’s death and the Elder Wand.
• Bell told Yomi that tomorrow would be a new beginning, then returned toward the castle with her.