Chapter Summaries

Murozond revealed that he had created the Timeless Isle’s strange phenomena while searching for Unity of Heaven and Humanity, but Robbie and Vanessa convinced him to pursue a concrete form of immortality instead. He began building a Time Domain at Stormstout Brewery as Chen Stormstout’s forces approached, while Elder Gao dismissed the Manual meant to let others connect with the domain.

• Murozond explained that he had secretly used fragments of time to create the Timeless Isle’s phenomena and said he was searching for Unity of Heaven and Humanity.
• Vanessa challenged the idea of Unity of Heaven and Humanity, and Robbie argued that it was an unreachable philosophical concept rather than an attainable power.
• Murozond decided to imitate the August Celestials’ apparent immortality by creating a Time Domain and chose a parallel-world time segment sealed near Stormstout Brewery.
• Robbie and Vanessa prepared a Manual of incantations to connect people to the domain, and copies were distributed, including one sent to Elder Gao.
• Elder Gao laughed at the Manual’s claims and tossed it aside, while Wuk Wuk picked it up and asked King Tiao Tiao to help him read it.

Yanzhu, an Alemental hidden in Stormstout Brewery, grew powerful by practicing the manual’s incantations within Murozond’s time domain. Chen Stormstout uncovered the secret behind his denied Chi inheritance and fled Pandaria, but Old Gao arrived with a summons from Xuen.

• King Tiao Tiao and Wuk Wuk led rabbit demons and Hozen in reciting the manual, unknowingly bringing them into contact with Unity of Heaven and Humanity.
• Yanzhu practiced the incantations in Stormstout Brewery and discovered the power of the time domain, gaining strength as it merged with nature.
• Murozond completed the time domain across nearly half the Valley of the Four Winds and observed that Yanzhu had developed the deepest understanding of its rules.
• Chen Stormstout learned that the Chi manual was a sham and that Chi came from fragments of Sha, which he stole and consumed before defeating the Chi-Ji Sect’s elders.
• Master Guo warned Chen Stormstout that the August Celestials had killed other martial arts prodigies and urged him to flee Pandaria.
• Chen Stormstout returned to the Stormstout Family to gather travel funds, but Old Gao arrived and told him that Xuen requested his presence.

Chen Stormstout led five hundred Orcs in an attack on the Stormstout Brewery, where Hozen and rabbit demons fought back before he called on Xuen. On the Timeless Isle, Wrathion explained that Unity of Heaven and Humanity came from Pandaria’s mist, while the Orcs continued to dismember Xuen.

• Chen Stormstout recalled how Xuen had sealed his power after he betrayed his kin, then led Orcs to demand justice from Elder Gao at the Stormstout Brewery.
• The Orcs broke into the brewery and fought Wuk Wuk and the Hozen; Chen subdued Wuk Wuk, and the Orcs killed more than a hundred Hozen.
• King Tiao Tiao challenged Chen with an enormous carrot, but Chen cracked it with his Chi and struck the rabbit demon’s acupoints.
• Wuk Wuk returned with Hozen reinforcements, and Chen saw that Wuk Wuk had survived, then grabbed Xuen’s fur to summon help.
• On the Timeless Isle, Wrathion told Thrall and Madam Goya that Unity of Heaven and Humanity was the mist covering Pandaria, while bound captives awaited his infusion of that power.

Wrathion experimented on Orcs with Pandaria’s mist to create beings capable of Unity of Heaven and Humanity, but only Immerseus survived and repeatedly regenerated. After learning that the Hozen Wuk Wuk had attained the same power, Wrathion teleported to the Stormstout Brewery, where he found Chen Stormstout hiding from the resurrecting Hozen and Jinyu.

• Wrathion infused bound Orcs with Pandaria’s mist, killing them, then tried a smaller dose on a hundred more.
• One Orc, who called himself Immerseus, resurrected and repeatedly recovered after being chopped apart.
• Wrathion and Thrall had a thousand Orcs tested, but every one of them died.
• Xuen told Wrathion that Chen Stormstout had reported a Hozen named Wuk Wuk who had attained Unity of Heaven and Humanity.
• Chen fled with five hundred Orcs as the Hozen and Jinyu resurrected and pursued them, until he was left hiding alone in the brewery.
• Wrathion appeared before Chen, who mistook him for an envoy of the August Celestials, and Wrathion said the Celestials had become his slaves.

Wrathion captured the resurrecting Hozen and Jinyu at Stormstout Brewery but fled when Yanzhu summoned a swarm of Alementals. Back on the Timeless Isle, he found thousands of Orcs dead and learned that Immerseus had transformed into a monster.

• Wrathion burned and sealed the resurrecting Jinyu and Hozen, including Wuk Wuk and King Tiao Tiao, while Chen Stormstout led him toward Elder Gao.
• Yanzhu summoned two Alementals from barrels of liquor, and they knocked Chen Stormstout unconscious before Wrathion defeated and sealed them.
• Yanzhu released countless Alementals, forcing Wrathion to teleport away with Chen Stormstout; afterward, the Alementals freed the Hozen and Jinyu and turned back into liquor.
• Wrathion returned to the Timeless Isle and found at least ten thousand Orc corpses in the arena, while the August Celestials remained sealed.
• Wrathion rescued the badly injured Thrall, who explained that Immerseus had absorbed bloody mud and become a terrifying monster.

Wrathion tracked the transformed Immerseus to the forbidden Ordon Sanctuary but postponed confronting him, while Chen Stormstout was sent back to the Horde after blaming the August Celestials for his defeat. The story left Chen bound for Orgrimmar to report the fabricated plot to Garrosh.

• Wrathion used a tracking spell to locate Immerseus beneath the Ordon Sanctuary, but learned outsiders could not enter and decided to delay confronting him.
• Madam Goya emerged unharmed, and Wrathion healed the wounded Thrall, who broke his teeth and fell ill after biting Chen Stormstout's undead body.
• Wrathion marked Chen Stormstout with black flame and teleported him from the Timeless Isle, intending to use him as a spy against Garrosh's army.
• Chen Stormstout returned alone to the Orc encampment, where Nazgrim threatened to execute him for losing his force at the Stormstout Brewery.
• Rokhan persuaded Nazgrim to hear Chen's defense, and Chen blamed the defeat on an alleged alliance between the August Celestials and Thrall.
• Nazgrim accepted the excuse and ordered Chen Stormstout to report the supposed plot to Garrosh in Orgrimmar.

Immerseus fled Wrathion by hiding beneath the Ordon Sanctuary, where he transformed into an elemental being and fought Murozond, Robbie, and Vanessa. Forced to reveal his past, Immerseus explained how the August Celestials had led him toward Unity of Heaven and Humanity, and he disclosed that the mist contained countless powerful Restless Souls.

• After killing thousands of Orcs and absorbing their power, Immerseus escaped north and entered the Ordon Sanctuary through an underground waterway.
• Murozond, Robbie, and Vanessa confronted Immerseus in the sewer, and Robbie weakened him with Holy Light after Murozond's Temporal Bomb failed to keep him dispersed.
• Murozond threatened Immerseus and used his power to verify the water spirit's account of his origins in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
• Immerseus said Yu'lon, Xuen, Chi-Ji, and Niuzao had taught him about Unity of Heaven and Humanity, encouraging him to absorb more magic and mist.
• Immerseus revealed that absorbing Pandaria's mist had trapped him within it and that the mist contained countless powerful Restless Souls.

Robbie and Murozond learned that mysterious winged souls lived in the mists of Pandaria, while Garrosh prepared to invade Pandaria and learned of Wrathion's weakness. The chapter ended with a mysterious being predicting that the weakness would attract powerful observers and bring Wrathion's downfall closer.

• Robbie considered conflicting accounts of how the mists of Pandaria were created and concluded that he lacked evidence to determine the truth.
• Immerseus described the refined, winged beings who lived in the mists, and Murozond decided the mystery might help him oppose Elune.
• Chen Stormstout reported to Garrosh that Thrall was plotting against Azeroth, prompting Garrosh to announce he would lead a hundred thousand Orcs into Pandaria.
• Garrosh prayed to a mysterious being and revealed that the August Celestials were imprisoned on the Timeless Isle and that he had completed the Sacred Bell.
• The mysterious being told Garrosh to reveal Wrathion's weakness to the August Celestials, warning that this would attract others and hasten Wrathion's end.

Thrall devised a plan to use Anduin as leverage to reconcile with Varian and stop Garrosh’s invasion, then asked Wrathion to accompany him to negotiate with Jaina. Meanwhile, Chi-Ji warned Madam Goya that Wrathion’s teleportation depended on spatial passages that could be blocked, but she showed little concern about the danger.

• After learning that Garrosh was marching with a hundred thousand soldiers, Thrall proposed bargaining with Varian by handing over Anduin, and Wrathion urged him to act.
• Thrall ambushed Anduin while he was fishing, tied him up, and ordered Orcs to guard him.
• Thrall asked Wrathion to help negotiate with Jaina, and Wrathion agreed to travel with him to Theramore.
• With the Orcs well supplied with food, the soldiers stopped torturing the August Celestials, and Chi-Ji asked Madam Goya for help.
• Chi-Ji told Madam Goya that Wrathion’s teleportation relied on prepared spatial passages that could be blocked, while Madam Goya said she no longer cared about her life.

Jaina consulted Aegwynn about Wrathion and received a warning that left her wary of him. After Jaina politely avoided an alliance, Wrathion decided to win one through Kalecgos by offering support for his becoming the Aspect of the Blue.

• Madam Goya left after learning Wrathion's weakness, while the August Celestials worried that the knowledge might not help them defeat him.
• Jaina asked Aegwynn whether Wrathion's magic was worth learning, and Aegwynn advised her to trust her judgment and warned that Wrathion could not force her.
• Aegwynn sent a terrifying magical warning to Wrathion, who hid his fear while dining with Jaina, Thrall, and Kalecgos.
• Jaina entertained Wrathion but avoided discussing Pandaria, and Wrathion understood that she was refusing his alliance overture.
• Wrathion learned from Thrall that Kalecgos hoped to become the Aspect of the Blue and offered to support him if he could persuade Jaina.

Thrall offered to help Kalecgos become the Aspect of the Blue if he persuaded Jaina to support an alliance against Garrosh, while the Black Dragon egg’s hidden soul used Charm to influence Jaina. Jaina traveled with Kalecgos to Stormwind and proposed a surprise Alliance attack, but Varian questioned the plan.

• Thrall told Kalecgos that Wrathion would support his ascension if he persuaded Jaina to help Thrall oppose Garrosh.
• The Black Dragon egg’s soul persuaded Sathrovarr to let it use Kalecgos to beguile Jaina.
• Under the soul’s Charm, Jaina agreed with Kalecgos’s advice to favor Thrall and meet with Varian.
• Jaina discussed Thrall’s proposal with Wrathion and Thrall, then traveled with Kalecgos to Stormwind.
• Jaina told Varian that Thrall would hand over Anduin and suggested using her teleportation magic to send Alliance troops behind Garrosh’s army.
• Varian rejected the idea of helping Thrall outright and challenged Jaina’s confidence that Garrosh would not anticipate an Alliance attack.

Garrosh used the Sacred Bell to empower five thousand Kor'kron elites with the Sha of Pride at the Vermilion Bird Temple, while Wrathion realized the danger on the Timeless Isle. Wrathion called for Thrall and learned that Madam Goya had a plan to destroy the bell.

• Kalecgos influenced Varian, who warmly accepted Jaina's help and invited her to a grand banquet in Stormwind Keep.
• Garrosh led his army to the Vermilion Bird Temple and ordered Nazgrim to explain the Sha of Pride.
• Garrosh revealed the Sacred Bell and used it to fill five thousand Kor'kron elites with the Sha of Pride's power, while a trace of dark power emerged from Chen Stormstout.
• Wrathion sensed the Sha of Pride's power and summoned Thrall, worrying that his teleportation spell could not send enough orcs to stop Garrosh.
• Madam Goya offered Wrathion a plan to destroy the Sacred Bell.

Wrathion brought Anduin to the Vermilion Bird Temple to use the Holy Light against Garrosh’s demonized Orcs, but Garrosh revealed several already-demonized warriors and an iron war scorpion. As the battle turned against them, Thrall began considering escape.

• Madam Goya suggested that Anduin’s Holy Light might counter Orcs transformed by the Sha, so Wrathion released Anduin from his dungeon and asked him to help.
• Wrathion brought Thrall, Anduin, and a thousand elite Orcs to the Vermilion Bird Temple, where Garrosh used the Sacred Bell to demonize his soldiers, killing most of the five thousand he had chosen.
• Garrosh revealed a fully demonized Orc who blocked Wrathion’s Wind Blades, while four more attacked; Anduin’s Holy Light destroyed them and killed the Orc guarding Garrosh.
• Thrall challenged Garrosh, but Nazgrim intercepted him as the commanders engaged Thrall’s thousand Orcs, while Wrathion confronted Garrosh and Anduin tried to stop the demonization.
• Garrosh protected himself with a gigantic iron war scorpion, and Haromm and Kardris confronted Thrall; Nazgrim pursued Anduin, leaving Thrall to weigh an escape as the battle turned dire.

Wrathion transformed into a Dragon and joined the battle against Garrosh, while Thrall and Anduin struggled against the True Horde. Wrathion’s plan to use Anduin’s Holy Light faltered when Thrall reached him, leaving Anduin gravely wounded.

• Wrathion gave in to pride, transformed into a Dragon, and tore apart the Iron Battle Scorpion before attacking Garrosh, whose Life Shield withstood his Shadowflame.
• Garrosh sent a hundred corrupted Orcs after Wrathion, while Thrall’s teleportation scroll failed against the Dark Shamans’ power and their attacks drove him backward.
• Wrathion used Phase Exchange to swap places with Anduin, who unleashed Holy Light that destroyed several corrupted Orcs; Wrathion then burned a hundred more with Shadowflame.
• Wrathion changed back to human form and positioned himself behind Anduin, but Thrall charged over and the Holy Light around Anduin went out.
• Thrall’s Grounding Totem redirected Wrathion’s blast, and a corrupted Orc struck Anduin, leaving him mangled and bleeding.

Wrathion fought to protect the unconscious Anduin but was badly wounded and fled after Anduin’s Holy Light attack failed. Robbie summoned a powerful living guardian that destroyed Garrosh’s Sacred Bell, while a Jinyu rescued Anduin; Wrathion then collapsed after returning to the Timeless Isle.

• Garrosh sent demonized Orcs, Nazgrim, and two Dark Shamans against Wrathion, who shielded Anduin and fought while Sha of Pride clouded his judgment.
• Orcs used ballistae and chains to drag Wrathion down, but he burned through the bolts and escaped into the air with Anduin and Thrall clinging to him.
• Anduin briefly woke and conjured a huge ball of Holy Light, but it vanished before striking Garrosh, and Anduin fell unconscious again.
• Wrathion, disappointed in Anduin, let him fall and fled with Thrall as Robbie secretly summoned a golden Holy Light guardian that destroyed the demonized Orcs and shattered the Sacred Bell.
• A Jinyu rescued Anduin from the Orcs, while Wrathion returned to the Timeless Isle, spared Thrall, and collapsed in front of Madam Goya.

Wrathion awoke from a dream to find Madam Goya forcing him to drink a poison that harmed his soul. Shan Jitong, leader of the Mogu's Soulclaw Sect, devoured Wrathion's soul and memories, and Goya took control of his body to advance the Mogu's plans for Azeroth.

• Wrathion woke to find Madam Goya tending to him and insisting that he drink her medicine.
• Madam Goya forced the medicine down Wrathion's throat, and he realized its poison attacked his soul.
• Shan Jitong revealed himself as the leader of the Mogu's Soulclaw Sect and disabled Wrathion's attempt to teleport away.
• Shan Jitong used his soul-stealing power to consume Wrathion's soul and memories, learning that Wrathion had targeted Deathwing rather than the Mogu.
• Shan Jitong told Goya that Lei Shen could return to life without fear of Wrathion, then entrusted Wrathion's body to her.
• Goya took control of Wrathion's body and declared that Azeroth must follow the Mogu's plan and end its war quickly.

Kalecgos told Jaina he would seek the Blue Aspect’s throne through his own strength, while Wrathion urged Varian to ally with the Mogu and confront the darkness behind Azeroth’s conflicts. Varian refused, and the chapter ended with O’ros confronting Velen over Anduin’s use of the forbidden Guardian Angel.

• Kalecgos told Jaina he intended to claim the position of Aspect of the Blue through his own strength, and she welcomed the news without realizing she would be part of the price.
• Wrathion told Varian that Garrosh had fled Pandaria and urged him to trap the Horde forces there before attacking Orgrimmar.
• Wrathion accused Varian of fearing the darkness behind the scenes and offered him access to the Mogu’s Titan technology and help against Medivh.
• Varian refused Wrathion’s proposal, and Wrathion left, warning that Garrosh would tear him apart.
• O’ros told Velen that Anduin had used the forbidden Guardian Angel at the Vermilion Bird Temple, disappointing and agitating the Naaru.

Anduin awoke among the Sashimi Jinyu, who believed he was their prophesied Savior, but he was too weak to explain or help them. Velen arrived and slaughtered the Jinyu village, then confronted Anduin and revealed his hatred for him.

• Velen learned that the Holy Light had located Anduin and traveled to Pandaria after Garrosh retreated to Orgrimmar.
• Anduin woke in a Sashimi Jinyu village and learned from Elder Sanwenyu that the Jinyu believed he was their Savior.
• Chieftain Luyupian doubted Anduin’s status as Savior and argued with Elder Sanwenyu over whether to trust Sage Mari or Flowing Water.
• Velen appeared at the Flowing Water Altar, killed Luyupian and Sanwenyu, and slaughtered the entire village.
• Velen confronted Anduin and said he had only pretended to curry favor with him, intending to kill him.

Anduin discovered that Velen had deliberately embraced the Sha and murdered innocents, but Wrathion intervened before Velen could kill him. Wrathion seemingly destroyed Velen, who returned with an undying body, and Wrathion declared that Velen should surrender.

• Velen admitted to Anduin that he had deliberately released his inner demon to kill and confessed to slaughtering Jinyu and Murloc villages.
• Velen tried to kill Anduin, but Wrathion appeared and blocked the attack with a black shield.
• Wrathion challenged Velen over his past actions, and Velen trapped the village with a sealing array to prevent Wrathion from escaping.
• Wrathion redirected Velen's Holy Light blades and attacked him with a fused sphere of light and darkness, apparently annihilating him.
• Velen re-formed from countless phantoms and claimed the Holy Light had granted him an undying body, but Wrathion said Velen should surrender.

Wrathion exposed Velen’s soul-harvesting scheme and learned that he planned to use the Orcs to enslave humans for their souls. Velen escaped in a blast of Holy Light after revealing that Wrathion had thrown Anduin to the Orcs to save him from the Holy Light.

• Wrathion accused Velen of using Corrupted Holy Light to harvest souls, and Velen attacked him with chains formed from the dead Jinyu villagers.
• Wrathion summoned countless souls with Black Flame, overwhelming Velen’s net and forcing Velen to bargain with him.
• Velen offered Draenei souls and admitted that he backed the Orcs so they would enslave humans, whose souls he wanted for the Naaru.
• Wrathion refused Velen’s offer and set the soul chains ablaze, driving Velen to sever his connection and gather Holy Light for an escape.
• Velen warned Anduin that Wrathion had thrown him to the Orcs, and Wrathion admitted he had done so to keep him alive.