Chapter Summaries

Gaunt and Vivian killed Morgan after Babbling suddenly collapsed, and Gaunt revealed the many ways he had worked against Death. William awakened after the broken charm saved him from the Spear of Longinus and confronted Death, declaring it was time for him to die.

• Babbling suddenly lost her strength and collapsed, allowing Morgan to attack, but Gaunt intervened and struck Morgan down.
• Gaunt revealed that he had secretly engineered several events to undermine Death and said Morgan was Death’s last Bloodline Horcrux.
• Morgan let go of her magical protection and died, believing she was finally free.
• As Death’s collected wizard souls battered Stonehenge, William awakened and pulled the Spear of Longinus from his chest, revealing that Babbling’s shattered charm had saved him.
• Death told William that Babbling was probably dead, and William challenged Death, calling him Herpo the Foul.

William fought Death with power strengthened by years in a time loop and used time magic to weaken him before summoning the axe that had cut down the Elder Wood. After discovering and striking Death’s weak point, William severed his head despite Death’s threat to destroy the world, leaving Death dead.

• William clashed with Death and revealed that he had developed powerful space-time magic during a time loop.
• William cast Death into turbulent currents of time, weakening him, but Death returned and wounded William with his scythe.
• William summoned Grindelwald’s axe and learned that Death’s finger bone, used to make the Bronze Ring, was his weak point.
• William told Death that Morgan had been killed, then struck Death’s vulnerable hand and dismantled his body with the axe.
• Death threatened to destroy all life if William killed him, but William cut off Death’s head anyway.

William defeated Death’s Basilisk as the River Styx threatened to flood the human world, and Dumbledore chose to become the new Death to save it. After Gaunt and the others departed for the far side of the River Styx, William woke at home, where he and Hermione discussed their future and Luna’s book about his adventures.

• William pinned Death’s Basilisk with the broken trident while Dumbledore and Newt stood by, but he admitted he could hold back the Underworld’s rain for only half an hour.
• Dumbledore took the Resurrection Stone and Death’s weapons, became the new Death, and sealed the passages between the Underworld and the human world.
• Gaunt, Vivian, and Babbling discussed crossing the River Styx; Babbling chose to return with Arya, while Vivian planned to leave her body behind.
• Dumbledore planted the Elder Wand as a tree in the Underworld and named it Gellert Grindelwald.
• William woke at home in Ottery St Catchpole, received a Hogwarts letter, and found Luna writing a book about his adventures.
• William and Hermione walked by the river, teased each other about marriage, and he promised her the grandest wedding.

Yaya reflected on completing the novel, explained its main ideas and foreshadowing, and acknowledged its flaws. Yaya planned to write side stories and a new fanfiction after finishing a thesis and resting.

• Yaya recounted writing the novel from December 2019 to August 2021 and finishing 2.71 million Chinese characters.
• Yaya described Death and the Prehistoric Mysteries as the story's central ideas and explained how the plot developed from them.
• Yaya explained that earlier prophecies foreshadowed Little Tom's restored soul and Dumbledore becoming Death.
• Yaya acknowledged the novel's flaws, including excessive references and similarities to the original, and promised to keep them in mind for future writing.
• Yaya said side stories about William, Hermione, and Dumbledore might follow, while the next fanfiction would come after Yaya finished a thesis and rested.
• Yaya thanked editor Xiao Yuan and the readers who supported the book.