Recaps

The Northern Alliance expanded as Stromgarde and Theramore joined, while Lordaeron, Kul Tiras, and the Horde clashed over Jaina. In Kalimdor, the Crusaders’ artificial god project produced a new soul for the Iron Maiden, though it remained unstable and barely conscious.

• Vol'jin met Zul'jin in the Withered Troll fortress and urged him to unite the surviving trolls and join the Horde.
• Zul'jin agreed to join the Horde if it supported rebuilding Zul'Aman and guaranteed the Alliance would not destroy it.
• Theramore joined the Northern Alliance and offered commercial and material support to Lordaeron and Stromgarde.
• King Drake and Kul Tiras protested Theramore's alliance with Lordaeron, prompting a public dispute in which Lordaeron and the Horde defended Jaina.
• The Iron Maiden developed a preliminary artificial soul and wondered whether she served the New Pantheon and the Dawn Lord.

The Northern Expedition resumed its assault on Icecrown Citadel, battling the Scourge across the fortress’s lower and middle levels. Pamela joined Sylvanas on the middle platform, determined to avenge her parents and neighbors before the forces advanced to Arthas.

• Tirion Fording and Queen Calia led the Northern Expeditionary Force against Lord Marrowgar while Bolvar tanked the bone giant’s attacks.
• Jaina and the Mage Corps fought Lady Deathwhisper as the Demonic Power Vengeful Spirits and the Demonic Blade Girl attacked the cultists and lich aspirants.
• The Alliance and Horde airships, the Knights of the Ebon Blade, and Naxxramas attacked the Scourge’s air force garrison on the middle platform.
• Oscar fired plague-loaded shells at the undead while several floating fortresses joined the battle and shifted the fight in the attackers’ favor.
• Pamela’s vengeful spirit powers restrained the Scourge’s high-ranking undead, and Sylvanas promised to help her avenge her parents and neighbors.

The Crusaders broke into the Soul Forge, killed its defenders, and found a portal to the Hall of Reflection, where Hu Feng went after Frostmourne and the fleeing Lich King. Hu Feng destroyed the hall’s undead guards and pursued the Lich King with Faren in tow.

• The Firstborn of the Gods had Krick searched by the Chosen Archon, learned he knew nothing about the Soul Forge’s control core, and ordered him killed.
• The Crusaders stormed the Soul Forge, killed Tiranus and Frostfang, and discovered a portal to the Hall of Reflection.
• Hu Feng ordered the Crusaders to seize soul-related technology and documents while he went to the Hall of Reflection himself.
• The Lich King retrieved Frostmourne and fled from Hu Feng, ordering Faren and Marvien to delay him.
• Hu Feng killed Marvien, tortured and destroyed the hall’s undead attackers, then removed the Lich King’s wall of flame and carried Faren after him.

The Heklar Consortium launched a pay-per-view adult program that became an overnight sensation across Azeroth. After starring in its first installment, Marcus celebrated his newfound fame and prepared to film the next production.

• The Heklar Consortium required viewers to apply and pay fifty silver coins per viewing for its special program, The Unfortunate Succubus Teacher.
• Marcus and an Orc actor appeared in the program, whose explicit content delighted viewers and prompted many to renew their subscriptions.
• Stormwind nobles condemned the program while ordering their servants to seek another viewing and offer suggestions.
• Taretha caught Thrall, Durotan, and Orgrim discussing or watching the program and angrily confronted them.
• At a banquet on Floating Island No. 3, Heklar praised Marcus, who said he wanted fame for his romance novel, and they toasted his success.
• HSAP-002 began filming not long afterward, as Marcus became an overnight sensation.

Hu Feng pursued the fleeing Lich King through the fortress, killing his undead forces and taunting him as he escaped. The Lich King fled with two Valkyr, while Hu Feng captured the other two and ordered Cthulhu to brainwash them.

• Hu Feng killed the Giant Undead Bone Guard and followed the Lich King through the empty halls of the fortress.
• The Lich King summoned an Army of the Dead and struggled through Hu Feng's Fel and Void Fire Walls while Hu Feng slaughtered the pursuing undead.
• Hu Feng reflected on his attempt to fuse an excessive amount of Planetary Divine Iron into his body as he continued chasing the Lich King.
• On a Secluded Platform, two Valkyr carried the Lich King away while Hu Feng seized the two Valkyr guarding him.
• Hu Feng told the fleeing Lich King he awaited the Northern Expeditionary Force's assault, then ordered Cthulhu to brainwash the captured Valkyr and send them to the Tower of Slumber.

Hu Feng found a young Valkyr beneath a waterfall and took her in, intending to train her into an extraordinary Valkyr. In Dalaran, he explained that Thrall was likely to become the new Earth-Warder and warned Rhonin that another Deathwing might emerge from the merging timelines, then hinted that Azeroth could claim territory in a new world.

• Hu Feng found a young Valkyr beneath a waterfall and took her in, giving her a ray of dawn light and deciding to train her before she matured.
• Hu Feng went to Dalaran, where Rhonin asked about the young Valkyr and invited him to look around the city.
• Rhonin told Hu Feng that Thrall seemed to be gaining the earth elementals’ recognition, and Hu Feng said Thrall would likely become the new Earth-Warder.
• Hu Feng told Rhonin that the original timeline was merging with theirs and that a second Deathwing might escape the process.
• Hu Feng suggested Garrosh might lead the Horde if Thrall became a guardian, and Rhonin asked about a new world that Azeroth could colonize.

Duke Marcus, a transmigrator from another Azeroth, arrived in Hu Feng’s world and compared their lives before the world’s rejection forced him to return home. His visit ended after he encountered the local Marcus and offered advice to the Heklar Consortium’s film crew.

• Duke Marcus appeared in Darkshore, where Alleria challenged him and Hu Feng later recognized him as a visitor from another Azeroth.
• Hu Feng and Duke Marcus exchanged stories about their transmigrations, and Hu Feng explained that the world would send Duke back within a day or two.
• Hu Feng took Duke Marcus to the Heklar Consortium’s film studio, where Duke saw the paladin Marcus acting in a production and criticized the studio’s films.
• Duke Marcus advised the Goblin directors on their filming and scolded Marcus about his stiff acting.
• As the world’s rejection intensified, Duke Marcus said farewell to Hu Feng and returned to his own world.

Hu Feng teased Vareesa in Dalaran while the Northern Expeditionary Force cleared Icecrown Citadel’s lower levels. With Lord Marrowgar defeated and Lady Deathwhisper cut down by Demonic Blade Girl, the way opened for the allied forces to reinforce the battle on the middle levels.

• Hu Feng walked with Vareesa, who complained about her ambassador job and teased him about his intentions toward the Windrunner Sisters.
• The allied forces overwhelmed Lord Marrowgar with mobile cannon fire after suffering losses to his bone attacks.
• Jaina and the Dalaran Mage Corps fought Lady Deathwhisper’s Death and Decay while Bolvar ordered ranged troops to support them.
• Jaina opened an ice path for Demonic Blade Girl, who rushed through Deathwhisper’s broken mana shield and cut the lich in half.
• Bolvar, Tirion, and Calia discussed Demonic Blade Girl’s signature attack as the Northern Expeditionary Force prepared to join the battle on the citadel’s middle levels.

Malygos led the Blue Dragon Legion in an assault on Icecrown Citadel to reclaim Sindragosa, his slain consort turned Frost Dragon Queen. He defeated and imprisoned her in the Eye of Eternity, then summoned Hu Feng to help restore her sanity, interrupting Hu Feng and Vareesa.

• Malygos and the Blue Dragon Legion attacked the Frost Dragons guarding Sindragosa at Icecrown Citadel.
• Sindragosa rejected Malygos and attacked him, while he explained that he had been unable to reach her before she died.
• After the Titan Father God rebuked him, Malygos unleashed his power and pulled both dragon forces into the Eye of Eternity.
• Malygos used arcane energy to strip the Frost Dragons of spellcasting, defeat Sindragosa, and bind her in primordial arcane chains.
• Malygos asked the Titan Father God to come help restore Sindragosa's sanity, and Hu Feng left Vareesa in Dalaran to answer his call.

Hu Feng restored Sindragosa’s sanity and body, and Malygos pledged the Blue Dragon Legion’s support for the Night Empire and Sylvanas. At Icecrown Citadel, the Northern Expeditionary Force began its second phase, splitting into three assaults.

• Hu Feng revived Sindragosa’s flesh and restored her sanity, and she thanked him after recognizing Malygos.
• Malygos promised the Blue Dragon Legion would support the Northern Expeditionary Force and Sylvanas’s future ascension as Lich King.
• Quel'Thalas joined the campaign to rescue its undead kin, adding mages and fighters to the assault on Icecrown Citadel.
• Tirion Fording led his forces toward the Plague Construct Factory, while the Dalaran and Quel'Thalas forces attacked the Vampiric Blood Temple.
• The Alliance and Horde went to the eastern fortress to rescue Dreamwalker Valithria as the campaign’s second phase began.

Hu Feng prepared to break out of his shell and form his Divine Body as Sarodal, while the Night Empire and its allies sent power to support him. He emerged as a colossal Titan and declared himself Titan's Dawn.

• Hu Feng returned to his true body and complained that the Night Elves and his allies were indifferent to his impending birth.
• Hu Feng began condensing his Divine Body inside Planet Sarodal's core as the planet radiated dark golden divine power.
• Elisande ordered the Night Empire's elves to pray, Cthulhu sent the High Elves' faith power to Sarodal, and Kruuz rallied the orcs to pray to Gork.
• Elune used her gathered source divine power to connect herself with Sarodal and make them Extraordinary Twins.
• Sargeras considered whether Sarodal was truly his enemy after Kil'jaeden argued their conflict might not make them mortal enemies.
• Sarodal took shape as a towering armored Titan and proclaimed himself Titan's Dawn.

Hu Feng resisted the absolute order that came with adulthood and remained himself after emerging as an adult Titan. Back at Eternal Night Palace, he reunited with his companions and joined a celebration banquet, where Sylvanas was still tormenting Oscar.

• Hu Feng fought off the Titan nature's influence by affirming his humanity, then reassured Elune with a crude joke.
• Hu Feng returned to his familiar form, inspected his powerful body, and noted his connection to Azeroth's planetary core.
• Reporters crowded Hu Feng outside Eternal Night Palace to question him about becoming an adult Titan.
• The Demonic Blade Girl welcomed Hu Feng and told him that his friends had returned for a celebration banquet.
• Sylvanas teased Hu Feng about becoming an old rogue and continued tormenting Oscar, prompting Hu Feng to tell her to apologize.

At Hu Feng’s shell-breaking celebration, Soulbinder Tu'ranni reports seeing spirits in Eternal Night Palace, prompting Hu Feng and the White Tiger to investigate. They discover that Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon’s creation, Seimei Andou, frightened them by drawing on Hu Feng’s memories of ghosts and monsters.

• Hu Feng and the White Tiger discuss the possibility that Argus and the Pantheon might see Hu Feng as a threat.
• Soulbinder Tu'ranni tells Hu Feng that she saw a procession of spirits outside Eternal Night Palace.
• Hu Feng and the White Tiger investigate, but both flee after being frightened by a ghostly hand and an eerie presence.
• Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon reveals that Seimei Andou, a spirit she created, caused the haunting and had memorized Hu Feng’s ghost stories.
• Hu Feng offers to have the White Tiger experience Seimei Andou’s Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, and the White Tiger refuses.

Hu Feng’s hatching banquet descended into chaos as old grudges sparked fights and couples flaunted their affection. The celebration ended with Deathwing and Oscar brawling while Malygos and Nozdormu interfered, and Hu Feng warned the guests to pay for any damaged furniture.

• Paltrice told Hu Feng that Oscar had bragged about knowing him, and Sylvanas offered to let her torture Oscar.
• Deathwing recognized Oscar and chased him through the hall, while the Guardian Dragon Kings watched and Nozdormu secretly helped Oscar run faster.
• Seimei Andou performed her Night Parade of a Hundred Demons as Kael'thas and Anveena flirted, prompting Hu Feng to scold the couple and a nearby tiger pair.
• Deathwing caught Oscar and beat him, but Oscar fought back, and Malygos joined the brawl against Deathwing while Nozdormu pulled dirty tricks.
• Hu Feng stood on a table, drank Thunder Ale, and warned the guests to pay for any furniture they broke.

After the banquet, Hu Feng prepared for Argus’s arrival and discussed the possibility of fighting him with Sargeras. The chapter ended with Argus nearing Azeroth, intent on making its world-soul the Pantheon’s successor.

• The guests departed, and Hu Feng returned to the Assembly Hall to prepare for Argus’s arrival.
• Hu Feng contacted Sargeras, who warned him not to underestimate Argus and said Hu Feng could kill him if necessary.
• Hu Feng asked Sargeras to create a controllable incarnation so someone on Hu Feng’s side could kill it, and Sargeras agreed to discuss the price.
• Hu Feng inspected the Iron Maiden prototype and learned that she could reach at least the level of a Lesser Titan.
• Argus crossed a star system toward Azeroth, hoping to guide its world-soul into becoming the Pantheon’s successor and avenger.

Tirion Fording and Queen Calia advanced through the Plague Factory toward its newest Scourge giants while battles erupted across Icecrown Citadel. In the Blood Sanctum, the High Elves and Forsaken fought the Blood Council, and Sylvanas’s taunts drove Prince Taldaram into a furious rage.

• Queen Calia learned the construct hound was named Big Stinky, while Tirion Fording showed her a ribbon naming the earlier hound Little Treasure.
• Tirion Fording led the army onward toward Festergut and Professor Putress’s other new Scourge giant.
• Little Saurfang, General Nazgrim, and Garrosh Hellscream led the Horde against Undead Vrykul and a Val'kyr, while Alliance forces pushed toward Dreamwalker Valithria.
• Solarian used Voidwalkers and fel curses to battle Prince Keleseth, while Selin Fireheart wounded Prince Valanar with his Twilight powers.
• Sylvanas overwhelmed Prince Taldaram with arrows and taunted him about the Lich King, prompting him to roar that he would kill her.

Hu Feng declared that Azeroth would resist Argus’s absolute order, then confronted the arriving Titan in space with Azeroth and Elune at his side. Argus discovered that Sarodar distrusted him and threatened to fight if he brought the Pantheon’s order, leaving Argus stunned.

• Hu Feng gave a worldwide speech calling himself a Dark Titan and rallied Azeroth to resist Argus’s attempt to impose absolute order.
• Elisande told Hu Feng that he was guiding people’s thoughts while claiming to defend their freedom, and he admitted that he was.
• Hu Feng met Argus in his Titan form between Azeroth and Sarodar, and Argus was surprised that Sarodar had hatched without harming Azeroth.
• Elune appeared beside Sarodar, and Argus explained that he had not intended to wound her during the fight against Y'Shaarj.
• Argus noticed Sarodar’s Titan Energy Cannons and guarded stance, and Sarodar warned that he would fight if Argus brought the Pantheon’s absolute order.

Hu Feng showed Argus Stormwind City’s thriving mortal society and challenged his belief that flesh-and-blood beings represented chaos and corruption. Argus remained uncertain but grew curious about Azeroth, as Hu Feng guided him toward Lordaeron, where Queen Calia prepared a planned performance.

• Hu Feng walked through Stormwind City with Argus, pointing out ordinary people and explaining how former adventurers had fought to defend Azeroth.
• Argus praised steel constructs as potentially more effective, while Hu Feng argued that mortal creativity and adaptability had produced greater prosperity and miracles.
• Hu Feng challenged Argus to question Aman'Thul’s authority and presented himself as the next leader who would establish a new order.
• Argus admitted he could not yet answer Hu Feng and followed him toward Lordaeron to observe its struggles, faith, and rebirth.
• Hu Feng secretly sent a mental message to Lordaeron City, where Queen Calia instructed officials to begin the planned performance for their arrival.

Sargeras took Argus across Azeroth, where mortals’ welcome and stories challenged Argus’s belief that flesh-born races were fallen and chaotic. Argus decided to hide his identity and experience the world for himself, leaving his journey open-ended.

• In Lordaeron, a little girl thanked Argus for coming to protect Azeroth, and her sincerity moved him to question his beliefs.
• Sargeras brought Argus to Ironforge and Gnomeregan, where Magni welcomed him and Argus heard how the Curse of Flesh had shaped their peoples.
• In Orgrimmar, Thrall argued that a creature’s heart mattered more than whether it was made of flesh or steel, and Argus listened in silence.
• The next morning, Argus told Sargeras he wanted to conceal his identity and see Azeroth from a mortal’s perspective.
• Sargeras agreed, and the two shook hands before Argus set out to experience the world.

Argus began a journey of self-examination across Azeroth after Hu Feng allowed him to reconsider the Pantheon’s beliefs. Hu Feng investigated timeline fusion and prepared to kill and devour alternate-timeline beings, while Medan and Merith Winterwind faced the approaching destruction of their timeline.

• Argus restrained his divine power and set out across Azeroth to understand mortals and reconsider the Pantheon’s principles.
• Hu Feng told Elisande that he had spared Argus and was willing to give him time to form new convictions.
• Hu Feng summoned Deathwing, learned he had not sensed timeline fusion, and ordered him to kill and devour any alternate version of himself that appeared.
• Hu Feng ordered Cthulhu and Yogg-Saron to intensify their monitoring for abnormal fluctuations, especially those from the Old Gods.
• In the destined-fate timeline, Merith Winterwind told Medan that their world would soon be devoured and urged him to protect himself and adapt to the other timeline.

The Night Empire secretly prepared for galactic conquest as it built the Death Star and trained the Silver Fleet in fanatical obedience. Hu Feng led a public procession in Suramar and declared that the Empire would conquer the universe or destroy those who resisted.

• The Death Star advanced toward completion on Sarodal’s hidden side, and the Empire began training the Silver Fleet’s fanatical soldiers there.
• Gestapo political commissars drilled the soldiers to obey the Divine Emperor without mercy, while the Death Star’s planet-destroying cannon and experimental Moon Goddess Arc Light fighters stood ready.
• The Night Empire’s artists and literary masters shaped its weapons and war machines into works of art, transforming the elves’ devotion to art into devotion to warfare.
• Hu Feng rode through Suramar as crowds cheered beneath Eye of Truth banners and mechanical armies marched behind him.
• Hu Feng told the crowd that the Empire would conquer the universe and offer its enemies only submission or annihilation.

The Northern Expeditionary Force pushed through Icecrown Citadel as Cthulhu’s influence drove high-ranking undead to defect to Sylvanas. In the Eternal Night Palace, Hu Feng discussed the Scourge’s technology with Elisande before Elune appeared and began punching him.

• Professor Putress lamented Festergut’s death, while Tirion abandoned his plan to break into the professor’s laboratory after Sargeras spared him.
• Alliance and Horde forces used Cthulhu’s flesh to break high-ranking undead free of the Lich King and make them serve Sylvanas.
• Sylvanas forced Lady Deathwhisper and the San'layn to submit after they endured Cthulhu’s terrifying illusion.
• Hu Feng read the expedition report and explained to Elisande that he had kept Arthas alive and wanted to preserve the Scourge’s biochemical technology.
• Elune visited Hu Feng and Elisande, complained about having to become a chief God Queen, and punched Hu Feng with her powerful physical body.

Tirion and the gathered champions attacked the Lich King atop the Frozen Throne, and their assault shattered Frostmourne and freed the souls trapped within. Pamela delivered the final blow, and Arthas died in his father Terenas's arms.

• Tirion led the champions in an assault on the Lich King as Sylvanas, Pamela, Malygos, Sindragosa, and their forces joined the battle.
• The Lich King unleashed his power and summoned undead reinforcements, but the champions and Blue Dragon Legion kept pressing their attack.
• Dark High Lord Mograine seized Frostmourne, giving Tirion the chance to shatter it with Ashbringer.
• The souls freed from Frostmourne overwhelmed the Lich King, and Sylvanas ordered the sword's fragments gathered.
• At Tirion and Sylvanas's urging, Pamela pierced the Lich King's heart and avenged her parents.
• Terenas cradled Arthas as he died, and the Lich King was gone.

After Arthas’s defeat, Sylvanas took responsibility for the Scourge and became the new Lich King. With Hu Feng’s help, she purified the Helm of Domination and transformed it into a circlet that let her command every undead in Azeroth.

• Terenas entrusted Lordaeron to Calia and urged Tirion to ensure someone bore the burden of controlling the Scourge.
• Sylvanas took the Helm of Domination and claimed Icecrown Citadel for the Forsaken, while Garrosh warned her against becoming an evil Lich King.
• Sylvanas searched the Frozen Throne’s secret chamber, found Terenas II’s Royal Scepter and Arthas’s mount Invincible, and took them into her care.
• Hu Feng gave Sylvanas the purified Frostmourne and transformed the purified Helm of Domination into an icy blue circlet.
• Sylvanas gained control over the undead, and the remaining Scourge began moving toward Icecrown Glacier in response to her command.

After the new Lich King Sylvanas summoned the undead Scourge to Icecrown Glacier, the Forsaken transformed Icecrown Citadel into a defended city and opened it to trade. With the Northrend campaign over, Azeroth's leaders prepared for new tensions and the approaching timeline merger.

• The undead nerubians abandoned their underground kingdom and migrated to Icecrown Glacier at Sylvanas's summons, ending the war in Dragonblight.
• The Northern Expeditionary Force dismantled its camp and withdrew to Eversong Woods as Scourge troops converged on Icecrown Glacier.
• The Forsaken divided Icecrown Citadel into districts, secured the surrounding fortresses, and opened the Scourge Gate to merchants.
• Sylvanas invited Dark High Lord Mograine to talks, and the Knights of the Ebon Blade agreed to keep Shadow Arch as a liaison post.
• Thrall began withdrawing from politics as the elements called to him, while Varian taught Anduin, whose visits to Holy Light Cathedral prompted Onyxia to send black dragonkin to watch over him.