Chapter 527: Summary of Volume Seven

The title of Volume Seven is proposed as "Harry Potter and the Fallen Empire" (*Harry Potter and the Fallen Empire*). "Fallen Empire" can be interpreted in multiple ways: one is to adopt the literal meaning of 【Fallen Empire】 to refer to the Celestial Empire in the text, and the second is to interpret it by its appearance as the declining British Empire.

Originally, Volume Seven could have been written with a lot of international turmoil and games, but the author's brain was somewhat overloaded, and there was also a fear of triggering censorship, so the awakening and ascension of the Celestial Empire were greatly advanced. Finally, after finishing Harry's seventh year, the story immediately jumped to nineteen years later to end the volume, leaving the international turmoil as a blank space during these nineteen years.

The endings and experiences of some characters from the Harry era will be gradually explained in Volume Eight.

First, let's briefly review the Celestial Empire. The Celestial Empire in the text is close to a "Mysterious Observer." Due to a minority within the country inducing an invasion by another country, it triggered an awakening, and subsequently, as a "Benevolent Intervener," it would not expand even if it won. Finally, Ge Xuan opened up the "Cosmic Genesis" event chain through refined magic (it is known that with a Time-Turner, one can return to the past—it is speculated that changing the past can enter a parallel world—analyzing the principle of the Time-Turner can create a parallel world—using rituals to expand the scope, the whole country enters a parallel world), thus completely leaving this world. At the same time, the lunar base, which was originally the "Seed Plan," automatically became a new, and more strictly defined, "Fallen Empire." This was the writing strategy and ending decided from the beginning, reducing his influence on the main plot as much as possible while retaining the Celestial Empire's status and strength to the maximum extent.

Secondly, there is the matter of the British Empire itself. This is also Hermione's growth arc. After experiencing emotional setbacks and shifting her focus to grand narratives, she fully utilized her intelligence to become the second Prime Minister to rise from the position of Minister for Magic. Subsequently, she used the Wizarding World to stir up international turmoil, ultimately facilitating the disintegration of the American Federation. Furthermore, through clever calculation (or conspiracy), she caught the timing when Yanayev was critically ill and dying and the Soviet internal situation was turbulent, reorganized the English-speaking alliance, and reintegrated resources to become a new Cold War chess player—the Cold War has not ended, but Great Britain has returned to its peak. This was the strategic route she had thought out during her seventh year, and she ultimately completed her layout with the advantage of the Wizarding World.

Then, regarding the magic manifestation theory of Tang Nade and Ge Xuan, this breaks the fourth wall a bit. Simply put, if a concept that a character in the book wants to propose is one that the reader loves to see, then it can be easily realized because the author is also on their side. From this point of view, introducing a floating city into the Harry Potter Wizarding World is an interesting setting, so it can get support; while introducing the Trisolarans is a stupid writing method, so it is impossible. However, for the characters in the book, they do not understand that they live in a novel that needs to follow writing logic, so Tang Nade will deeply worry that the Trisolarans will really appear, but in reality, this is impossible.

At the same time, Ge Xuan's prototype is taken from a friend of the author in reality, so he naturally carries a part of the narrative-level status. He can easily avoid the author's description and choose an open ending for himself. And he probably guessed that the Trisolarans could not appear in a Harry Potter novel. Of course, he also left a backup plan: if the author were really crazy enough to write about Trisolarans, then Cui Ge could transform into Ultraman Trigger; this is the "reference answer" he mentioned in Chapter 59. But the fact is, the author is not crazy, so the Trisolarans were just a scam used to frame Tang Nade.

Of course, the character of Tang Nade was conceived at the beginning of this article as a satire on the 【fan fiction phenomenon of liking to hit on Hermione】, so the arrangements targeting Tang Nade often have to cross the fourth wall, including using information gaps from the original work, information gaps from external works, and this time, an information gap from writing logic. This person is becoming harder and harder to target, which is also a kind of personal growth for him.

Finally, a brief introduction to the characters to be used in Volume Eight (benchmarking the *Fantastic Beasts* movies): Benjamin Tennyson is an original character. To pave the way for him, his father, Carl Tennyson, was introduced in the sixth year. The small quartet including Carl, Nikola, and two passersby exist as Harry's available subordinates, similar to the relationship between Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix.

Apart from him, the other characters in Volume Eight are either the descendants of characters from the main text or still apply the faction classification principles mentioned in the prologue. ===== CHAPTER 528 =====