Chapter Summaries

Lin Ze and Sirius defeated Shedding Gods, and Arthur became king of Britain. Lin Ze and Sirius prepared to leave, planning to help Morgana recover the 'Life' finger bone before seeking the 'Time' finger bone to return to their own time and space.

• Lin Ze's blue-gold mote destroyed Shedding Gods, and its heart became a dull gray stone.
• Boqin and the royal guards recognized Arthur as king after he drew the Sword in the Stone.
• Lin Ze and Sirius left the great hall as the crowd gathered around Arthur, and Lin Ze said they needed to find a way home.
• Arthur was crowned in a modest ceremony, and Saira told Lin Ze and Sirius that Arthur had sent Constantine's sons to estates in the south.
• Saira gave Lin Ze a flask, and Lin Ze gave Sela a Galleon as a keepsake before he and Sirius said goodbye.

Lin Ze and Sirius traveled north to find the Tree of Life, where Mordred was waiting for its fruit so he could activate the 'Life' finger bone. They entered the enchanted forest surrounding the tree and cautiously continued through its thick, re-forming mist.

• Morgana showed Lin Ze a vision of the Tree of Life and explained that its fruit would ripen in a few days, offering the best way for Mordred to activate the 'Life' finger bone.
• Morgana gave Lin Ze a map and explained that his 'Space' finger bone would let him pass through the Elf Race's barrier; she warned him not to fight Mordred if possible because his identity was special.
• Lin Ze and Sirius used a spatial rift to reach the North's border, then traveled north for more than half a day with Apparition.
• Lin Ze used the 'Space' finger bone to open a path through the mist surrounding the coniferous forest, and he and Sirius cautiously probed their way inside.
• After nearly an hour in the mist, Sirius failed to disperse it with his wand and complained that strange things always happened when he traveled with Lin Ze.

Lin Ze and Sirius found the Tree of Life and discovered Mordred living inside its hollow. Mordred explained that the five finger bones contained a soul and that whoever gathered them all would become the god’s vessel.

• Lin Ze and Sirius reached a clearing around the Tree of Life but found no fruit or sign of Mordred outside.
• Lin Ze overcame the spell keeping them out of the tree, and they discovered a bone fragment bearing a symbol linked to the Black family.
• Mordred emerged from a hidden passage inside the tree and said he had expected Morgana to send someone to find him.
• Mordred said Morgana’s curse was her own heart demon and explained that the five finger bones represented life, wisdom, space, time, and death.
• Mordred revealed that a soul remained within the finger bones and that whoever gathered all five would become the god’s vessel.

Mordred explained why he imprisoned Morgana and revealed that the 'time' finger bone lay hidden in the river of time, not at a fixed place. Despite learning that Morgana had lied and that the 'life' finger bone could be used to control her, Lin Ze said they still needed it to go home.

• Mordred told Lin Ze and Sirius that Morgana believed she was a god and sought to gather all five finger bones, which would consume their bearer.
• Mordred explained that he had trapped Morgana in Crow Valley with a shackle based on her own magic to stop her from pursuing godhood.
• Mordred revealed that he possessed the 'life' finger bone and that Morgana's mark on it made it her weakness.
• Mordred said Morgana had lied: the 'time' finger bone was hidden in the river of time, and her past attempts to reach it had failed at great cost.
• Lin Ze said that, even if Mordred's account was true, they still needed the 'life' finger bone because they had to go home.

Lin Ze demanded Mordred's “Life” finger bone so he could seek the “Time” finger bone and return home, then fought and subdued him. After learning that the divine will within the bone might be influencing Morgana, Mordred agreed to hand it over on the condition that he could go with Lin Ze to see her.

• Mordred explained that his teacher had forced her way into the River of Time by creating a massive causal disturbance, and Lin Ze realized recent events might have opened a way in.
• Lin Ze demanded the “Life” finger bone, and Mordred refused because he feared Morgana could not be trusted.
• Lin Ze fought Mordred, overcame his spells, and pinned him against the tree hollow wall without taking the bone.
• Mordred revealed that the divine will inside the “Life” finger bone might already be influencing Morgana, while Lin Ze told him Morgana had warned him not to fight.
• Mordred gave Lin Ze the finger bone on the condition that he could go with him to see Morgana, and Lin Ze agreed.

Lin Ze, Sirius, and Mordred returned the four finger bones to Morgana, who used them to enter a gray rift and search for the fifth. After most of the afternoon, Morgana emerged battered but clutching a grayish-white finger bone.

• Mordred gave Lin Ze the milky-white finger bone, and the three of them left the woods for Crow Valley.
• Mordred reunited with his teacher, Morgana, and admitted he had considered destroying the finger bone but could not bring himself to do it.
• Morgana gathered the four finger bones and opened a rift, explaining that their resonance would help her find the fifth.
• Morgana entered the rift while Lin Ze, Sirius, and Mordred waited by the stone house.
• Morgana returned from the rift with torn robes and a grayish-white finger bone in her hand.

Morgana fused the five finger bones and became a demigod, then gave Lin Ze a divine bone fragment to help him return through time. A symbol on Mordred’s bone shard connected it to Morgana’s Darkblood Elf Race.

• Morgana combined the five finger bones and suppressed the god’s will, becoming a demigod.
• Morgana gave Lin Ze a fragment of the fused divine bone and warned him that the valley’s space would grow unstable as her aura rose.
• Mordred gave Lin Ze a bone shard as thanks for helping Morgana.
• Lin Ze recognized the symbol on the shard from the Black family library and asked Mordred about the surname Black.
• Morgana identified the symbol as the emblem of her Darkblood Elf Race, which she had carved on books for Mordred.

Morgana widened Crow Valley and sent Lin Ze and Sirius into the river of time with a fragment of five-colored bone. They escaped its darkness and returned to London, while Mia’s whereabouts remained uncertain.

• Morgana altered Crow Valley’s terrain, warned Lin Ze and Sirius to keep moving without looking back or speaking, and told Lin Ze that some people did not need to be deliberately sought out.
• Lin Ze and Sirius entered the river of time using the five-colored bone fragment and passed through darkness filled with frozen figures.
• As the bone fragment weakened, Lin Ze and Sirius heard a voice behind them that sounded like Mia, but they resisted turning back or answering it.
• Lin Ze used the fragment’s last remaining piece to open an exit, and he and Sirius plunged through it.
• Lin Ze recognized the place where they emerged as London.

Lin Ze returned from the past to find that only three days had passed, then went back to work at the Ministry. Crouch told him that the Wizengamot had postponed the Malfoy hearing over alleged procedural defects in the evidence.

• Lin Ze and Sirius returned to 12 Grimmauld Place, where Lin Ze confirmed that three days had passed and read about the upcoming hearing into the Malfoy family's alleged funding of Death Eaters.
• Lin Ze told Sirius he would return to the Ministry and that there was no point worrying about Mia until they knew where she had landed in time.
• Lin Ze arrived at the Ministry, where Ben told him Crouch had summoned him and had been in a bad mood over the Malfoy case.
• Lin Ze met with Crouch, who reprimanded him for disappearing and explained that the Wizengamot had postponed the Malfoy hearing because it deemed some evidence procedurally inadmissible.

Lin Ze uncovered evidence of the Malfoy family's dealings and confronted Lucius at Malfoy Manor, where Lucius's Unforgivable Curses failed to affect him. The chapter left Lin Ze advancing on Lucius as their confrontation continued.

• Lin Ze asked Fudge to gather information about Wizengamot judges supporting Malfoy, and Fudge hurried off to act.
• Ben told Lin Ze that the Malfoy case evidence had been transferred to the Wizengamot and that Caractacus Burke had sought him out.
• Caractacus showed Lin Ze a ledger revealing deeper dealings between the Burke and Malfoy families, including large transfers around Voldemort's downfall.
• Lin Ze traveled to Malfoy Manor, destroyed its gates and defenses, and stunned the guards who rushed out.
• Lucius challenged Lin Ze's intrusion, but Lin Ze invited him to cast three spells before Lin Ze attacked.
• Lucius cast the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse, but neither affected Lin Ze.

Lin Ze forced Lucius Malfoy to surrender evidence and testify against the Death Eaters in exchange for protecting his family and taking half their assets. When Barty Crouch Sr. objected to sparing Lucius from prison, Lin Ze used a memory implicating Crouch’s son to pressure him into accepting the deal.

• Lin Ze survived Lucius Malfoy’s Killing Curse and demanded Death Eater records, testimony, and half the Malfoy family’s assets in exchange for protecting Lucius and his wife from Azkaban.
• Lucius agreed to Lin Ze’s terms, and Lin Ze left Malfoy Manor by Apparition.
• Lin Ze told Barty Crouch Sr. that Lucius would testify and provide evidence, but Crouch insisted Lucius must stand trial and go to Azkaban.
• Lin Ze revealed that he held a memory from Karkaroff showing Barty Crouch Jr.’s crimes and threatened to present it to the Wizengamot if Crouch rejected the deal.
• Lin Ze offered to keep the memory hidden if Crouch agreed to spare Lucius, leaving Crouch to decide whether to accept.

After coercing Death Eaters and their associates into testifying against Lucius Malfoy, Lin Ze helped secure their release and took a share of the Malfoy family’s assets. Just as he considered the case closed, he investigated three mysterious deaths at the Old Oak inn and found a suspicious red powder.

• Lin Ze reviewed Malfoy’s evidence and used the list of Death Eaters to pressure witnesses into testifying and surrendering part of their family assets.
• At the Wizengamot hearing, Lucius Malfoy and Fawley’s group gave matching testimony, and the people who had promised Lin Ze half their assets were released.
• Lin Ze kept a portion of the Malfoy holdings, filed a brief closing report, and thought the case was over.
• Harper brought Lin Ze a report of three dead wizards at the Old Oak inn, and Lin Ze went to investigate.
• Lin Ze examined the bodies and found dark red powder in an ashtray that resembled a substance he had seen among Shedding Gods bones.

Lin Ze traced a corpse’s mysterious jar to the Greengrass Family and uncovered evidence of their hidden operations. After Hugh Greengrass fled, Lin Ze found correspondence with someone called “M” and a cellar full of sealed jars and disturbing specimens, then ordered the authorities to investigate the family’s connections.

• Lin Ze found a jar bearing the Greengrass Family coat of arms in an inn room and asked Caractacus to list the family’s purchases.
• Lin Ze had Harper check the Greengrass Family’s properties and Grot examine their vault records, uncovering suspicious alchemical purchases, payments to an Irish shell company, and discrepancies in the area of their manor.
• Lin Ze ordered a security inspection of the Greengrass manor and leaked the plan to the Daily Prophet, prompting Hugh Greengrass to withdraw funds and empty the shell company’s account.
• Lin Ze led the Third Team to the manor, where they learned Hugh had fled north, and found letters between the Greengrass Family and a northern contact called “M.”
• Lin Ze and Amos discovered a cellar containing dozens of sealed jars and glass containers; Lin Ze ordered Crouch to seal it and Fudge to investigate the Greengrass Family’s Wizengamot connections.

Lin Ze uncovered that the Greengrass Family had been extracting magic from wizards and investigated Hugh Greengrass’s escape and the family’s connections. Gringotts records revealed the White Raven Chamber of Commerce as the Greengrass Family’s most frequent and largest trading partner.

• St. Mungo's tests showed that the cellar jars held a formula made from wizard blood and bone marrow that could forcibly extract magic, likely killing its victims.
• Lin Ze concluded that the Greengrass Family had used dozens of wizards, while Hugh Greengrass had fled after emptying his vault and clearing the family’s accounts.
• Lin Ze ordered Ben to investigate the codename M and the Greengrass Family’s Wizengamot contacts, and told Harper to trace officials’ financial dealings with the family.
• Lin Ze asked Grot to check for the Greengrass Family’s large regular payments and gave Sirius an Auror badge so he could investigate recent contact with the Scottish Highlands.
• Grot showed Lin Ze that the White Raven Chamber of Commerce appeared almost weekly in the Greengrass Family’s transaction records.

Lin Ze uncovered the White Raven Chamber of Commerce’s hidden warehouse and intercepted a shipment of blood and bone products traced to a farm near Edinburgh. After learning the shop’s boss, Claude Weil, had longstanding ties to the Greengrass Family, Lin Ze sent Amos and Weiqi to investigate the farm and took Sirius to see Mr. K.

• Lin Ze found an underground warehouse beneath the White Raven Chamber of Commerce containing blood, bones, and other products with no recorded origins.
• Lin Ze told Ben about the warehouse and arranged to intercept the next shipment without warning the shop.
• Lin Ze, Amos, Weiqi, and Sirius stopped a truck carrying six crates of numbered bottles, and the driver said he had collected them from a farm near Edinburgh.
• Lin Ze searched the shop and found a parchment listing warehouse numbers, delivery amounts, and a Scottish Highlands farm awaiting pickup.
• The clerk identified the boss as Claude Weil and revealed that the Greengrass Family had done business with Weil for almost ten years.
• Lin Ze sent Amos and Weiqi to investigate the farm and took Sirius to see Mr. K.

Lin Ze investigated Claude Weil’s White Raven Chamber of Commerce and uncovered evidence of a smuggling network protected by Ministry connections. He confronted a Wizengamot official who had received payments from Weil and demanded to know who else was involved.

• Lin Ze questioned Mr. K about Claude Weil and learned that Weil’s family dealt in illegal wizard remains and had escaped two Ministry investigations.
• Amos reported that Team Three had raided a farm warehouse and found ledgers linking shipments to the White Raven Chamber of Commerce, though one suspect escaped.
• Lin Ze ordered Ben to investigate Weil’s family ties and the Chamber’s tax records.
• Ben found that Weil’s father, Ryans, had worked in the Ministry and that the Chamber’s profits had been routed overseas and into personal accounts, including one belonging to a Wizengamot official.
• Lin Ze confronted the official about six payments totaling roughly fifteen hundred Galleons and demanded details of Weil’s connections.

Lin Ze used Legilimency on a Ministry official and uncovered the officials who helped Claude Weil evade investigations. With Weil still missing, Lin Ze ordered searches for hidden warehouses and set a watch on the White Raven Chamber of Commerce's shop.

• Lin Ze broke the balding wizard's weak Occlumency and discovered that he had taken payments from Claude Weil, stolen investigation files, and helped suppress inquiries into the White Raven Chamber of Commerce.
• The balding wizard named Augustus Rookwood and Herbert Slater as officials involved in Weil's operation, and said he did not know where Weil had fled.
• Lin Ze told the balding wizard he would have to repeat his account at a Wizengamot hearing, then shared the names with Ben.
• Lin Ze asked Ben to search properties linked to the Weier family for discrepancies that might reveal another warehouse.
• Lin Ze reasoned that Weil might try to check on the investigation and told Sirius to watch the White Raven Chamber of Commerce's shop.

Sirius discovered a large group gathering at the White Raven Chamber of Commerce and was wounded when they attacked him and captured Ben and Weiqi. Lin Ze entered the shop to rescue them and fought through most of the attackers before their leader demanded to know who he was.

• Sirius watched a black carriage bring six people to the White Raven Chamber of Commerce, then saw nearly thirty more wizards gather around the shop.
• Sirius fought the attackers, but Ben and Weiqi were overwhelmed and captured, forcing Sirius to Apparate away while wounded.
• Sirius told Lin Ze that Ben and Weiqi had been taken, and Lin Ze set out to bring them back.
• Lin Ze infiltrated the shop and found Ben bound on the floor and Weiqi hanging from a beam, badly injured.
• Lin Ze entered the main hall and defeated most of the attackers with spells while shielding himself from their barrage; the broad-shouldered wizard confronted him and asked who he was.

Lin Ze defeated the gray-cloaked attackers in the shop, rescued Ben and Weiqi, and fought his way into the back alley. He left the remaining attackers piled in a pit after using a Ground-Sinking Charm.

• Lin Ze disarmed and stunned the broad-shouldered man, then subdued the other attackers in the shop.
• Lin Ze checked that Ben was breathing and freed Weiqi from the rope and magic-suppressing runes.
• Lin Ze carried the broad-shouldered man outside, sealed the shop entrance, and sent Weiqi and Ben over the roof to meet Sirius.
• Lin Ze escaped through a rear window and confronted more than twenty gray-cloaked figures in the alley.
• Lin Ze used spells and dragon-scaled fists to scatter the attackers and knock many of them down.
• Lin Ze collapsed the paving stones beneath the remaining attackers, sending them tumbling into a pit.

Lin Ze captured Weil’s men and uncovered records and hideouts, then learned of a guarded building in Holloway District that Weil used. He infiltrated the building alone and heard people talking downstairs.

• Lin Ze defeated more than thirty gray-cloaked attackers, found an address on their leader, and turned the group over to Scrimgeour and the Aurors.
• Lin Ze used the Cruciatus Curse to make the broad-shouldered wizard reveal a hidden basement beneath an abandoned church, where Weil had stored goods and records.
• Lin Ze found ledgers, a partial letter, and property deeds, then split up with Sirius to search the listed hideouts.
• The broad-shouldered wizard revealed that Weil had left Edinburgh and described a guarded building connected to abandoned postal tunnels in Holloway District.
• Lin Ze sent Sirius to return the prisoner to the Ministry and infiltrated the Holloway building, where he heard people talking downstairs.