Recaps

Hu Feng modified a Maus tank with divine power and joined Sargeras in a destructive drive through Berlin, where they rescued the teenage fighter Elena. As the tank headed southeast toward Bavaria, Elena and Sargeras continued arguing over their beliefs.

• Hu Feng replaced the Maus tank's cannon with a 155mm gun, powered it with a divine power crystal, and painted it black.
• Elena and a group of teenagers defended a Berlin street until Soviet troops destroyed their 88mm gun and killed her companions.
• Hu Feng and Sargeras arrived in the Maus tank and blasted the Soviet forces, saving Elena.
• Hu Feng invited Elena aboard after learning her family was dead, and she joined the tank's journey.
• Elena challenged Sargeras over his contempt for her convictions, while the Maus tank continued toward Bavaria.

After the war ended, Hu Feng created a home for Elena in Bavaria and prepared to leave Earth. Sargeras chose to stay with Elena, while Hu Feng departed aboard the Fel Battleship with the black Panther Tank.

• The black Panther Lord rampaged through Allied territory before vanishing, leaving behind wreckage and becoming an enduring mystery.
• Elena shared her beliefs and experiences with Sargeras, who listened while maintaining his dismissive attitude toward mortals.
• Soviet soldiers raised the Red Flag over the Reichstag on April 29, and the German Army surrendered on May 9.
• Elena decorated the black Panther Tank with wildflowers in Bavaria, where Hu Feng created a house and garden for her.
• Hu Feng said he was leaving Earth, and Sargeras decided to remain with Elena while claiming he had not killed enough yet.
• Hu Feng reminded Sargeras of his ten-year deadline, then departed aboard the Fel Battleship with the black Panther Tank.

After World War II, Elena befriended Sargeras while he stayed on her hillside in Bavaria, and she refused to leave Earth with him. After Sargeras departed, Elena became a nun, while his demons secretly occupied the town and spread across the world.

• Elena questioned Sargeras about his beliefs and his murdered brother, Aman'Thul, as they shared a campfire and roasted lamb.
• Sargeras offered Elena power and a place in his legion, but she refused and said she would remain in Bavaria.
• Sargeras departed Earth, and Elena kissed his cheek as he vanished.
• Elena became a nun at the rebuilt church and wore a necklace bearing an S-shaped letter.
• Demons possessed the priest and every villager in town, then spread out to find human hosts across the world.

Hu Feng reviewed the state of Azeroth before the Demonic Blade Girl defeated Sargeras’s avatar and found some relief from her old hatred. Sylvanas misunderstood Hu Feng comforting her, leaving him scrambling to explain himself.

• Hu Feng handled the Eternal Night Palace’s backlog and reviewed developments across Azeroth, including conflicts in the Maelstrom, Mount Hyjal, the Horde, and the human kingdoms.
• Thrall and the Earthen Ring fought Neptulon’s forces at the Maelstrom, while the druids advanced their campaign against Ragnaros and prepared to awaken Aviana.
• Tensions grew within the Horde and Gilneas’s civil war continued, while the Night Empire monitored both situations.
• The Demonic Blade Girl cleaved Sargeras’s avatar in half and destroyed its heart, then wept as her hatred began to ease.
• Hu Feng comforted the Demonic Blade Girl, but Sylvanas saw them together and assumed they were romantically involved before hurrying away.

The Night Elves searched Gilneas for the Moon Goddess's Scythe while King Genn's forces drove Lord Godfrey's rebels from Gilneas City. As the civil war neared its end, Gilneas joined the Southern Alliance and Lord Godfrey began negotiations with Queen Calia.

• Hu Feng discussed the Druids' search for the scythe with Elune and defended his Maus tank.
• Night Elf forces discovered Velinde Starsong's corpse, controlled by the Moon Goddess's Scythe, and closed in on it.
• King Genn's troops and rational Worgen pushed Lord Godfrey's rebels out of Gilneas City, forcing them to retreat toward Seawatch Cliff.
• King Genn accepted the Southern Alliance's support after Gilneas's flooding devastated its farmland and economy.
• Lord Godfrey's delegation met Queen Calia as Lordaeron sought to use the rebels as a barrier against Gilneas.

Hu Feng dealt with Nefarian’s surviving creations and corpse, then the sale of Nefarian’s dragon-shaft tonic wine sparked a Goblin labor protest in Orgrimmar. The dispute escalated into a wider confrontation within the Horde, with Gazlowe returning as the world watched.

• Hu Feng ordered Maloriak sent to The Judgement of the Crusaders and Chimaeron taken to a live testing laboratory, while Malygos explained their origins.
• The Black Dragon Princess told Hu Feng that Stormwind wanted Nefarian’s head, and Hu Feng agreed to give it to Varian and Bolvar before joking about barbecuing the dragon’s meat.
• At Suramar’s auction, Trade Prince Gazlowe bought the wine made from Nefarian’s dragon shaft for fifty million gold coins, while Heklar watched with a flickering gaze.
• Angry Kezan Goblins in Orgrimmar protested against their indenture contracts and demanded fair wages and working conditions after hearing of Gazlowe’s extravagant purchase.
• The Kor'kron guards dispersed the parade on Garrosh’s orders, prompting the Frostwolf Clan, Troll tribes, and Tauren to protest what they saw as discriminatory treatment.
• Gazlowe hurried back to Orgrimmar as the Horde’s internal dispute drew the world’s attention.

Hu Feng explained to Elisande that he had tested Garrosh by pushing him toward a crisis, hoping to gain access to a new world if Garrosh failed. In Orgrimmar, Garrosh’s conflicts with the Goblins eased temporarily when the Horde agreed to fight in Pandaria, but his rule remained precarious.

• Hu Feng told Elisande that he had given Garrosh a trial and would seek a passage to a new world if Garrosh drove the Horde into civil war.
• Goblins in Orgrimmar protested their indenture contracts and sought support from the Frostwolf Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren while Gazlowe demanded they return to work.
• The Pandaren Shaohao Dynasty invited the Alliance and Horde to Pandaria to fight the Mantid and Sha demons, and both factions agreed to send troops.
• Garrosh pressured Gazlowe to restore Goblin wages, temporarily calming the unrest while leaving the contracts and excessive hours in place.
• The Alliance and Horde prepared their forces for Pandaria as Garrosh faced the choice of proving himself or risking defeat and civil war.

Elena helped two Demon Hunters investigate demons in a Bavarian town and confronted Varimathras, who returned the souls the Legion had taken. The Demon Hunters later discovered that nearly everyone in town was possessed and were captured.

• Elena learned that two Demon Hunters had tracked a soul-trading demon to her town and helped them exorcise the priest.
• Elena summoned the demon at a crossroads, where it recognized her connection to Sargeras and called Varimathras for help.
• Varimathras returned the townspeople’s souls, promised the demons would stop possessing people, freed the Demon Hunters, and took the coins from Elena’s wallet as payment.
• The two Demon Hunters woke at Elena’s manor and tried to leave town despite her warning.
• The possessed priest, coachman, and townspeople surrounded the Demon Hunters, overpowered them, and dragged them toward the church.

Elena’s peaceful Bavarian town concealed a demon-run performance, until a Dawn Regent exposed the scheme and enforced an agreement restricting the Burning Legion. Meanwhile, Dawn agents descended on leaders in the Celestial Dynasty, and the rival factions formed a united government.

• Elena noticed Eral Town’s unnatural prosperity and friendliness, while trucks delivered tarp-covered cargo described as pork.
• An Observer revealed himself as a Dawn Regent, blasted the demons surrounding him, and confronted Varimathras outside town.
• The Regent gave Varimathras an agreement barring demons from crossing into the East, and killed a nearby demon as a warning.
• Dawn agents possessed high-ranking members of both factions in the Celestial Dynasty after they agreed to their descent.
• The two sides ceased fighting, and a united government was established.

Hu Feng assigned the awakened Wild Gods to serve the Empire and entered the Firelands with White Tiger to confront its threats. While the druids fought Shannox and Rukhmar battled Firehawks, Hu Feng headed for Ragnaros's palace to kill the Firelord.

• Hu Feng left the arguing Demonic Blade Girl and Azshara, then White Tiger asked him to visit Mount Hyjal and the Firelands.
• Hu Feng approved Aviana's plan to tend Teldrassil, assigned Tortolla to guard the coast with the Coilfang Naga, and sent Goldrinn to assist the Dawn Druids.
• Hu Feng and White Tiger entered the Firelands, where Cenarius's druids fought Shannox and Rukhmar battled three Firehawks.
• Hu Feng sent White Tiger to defeat a Flame Spider Matriarch and bring her back, prompting White Tiger to call him a pervert.
• Hu Feng flew toward Ragnaros's palace, intending to kill the Firelord.

After an attempted assassination of King Varian exposed a Twilight plot in Stormwind, Onyxia identified High Archbishop Benedictus as the traitor. Varian and his allies surrounded the Holy Light Cathedral, where Benedictus attacked and then vanished as the battle began.

• A lieutenant colonel transformed into a Faceless One and attacked Varian, but Anduin shielded his father and Varian killed the attacker.
• Garona returned to guard Varian while SI:7 searched for accomplices, and Anduin joined the investigation.
• Onyxia told Anduin that Benedictus was behind the plot, so Anduin ordered the Cathedral District surrounded.
• Varian, Bolvar, Anduin, and Onyxia confronted Benedictus outside the Holy Light Cathedral, where he declared his loyalty to N'Zoth and ordered the fallen priests to attack.
• Benedictus disappeared in a flash of twilight, while Onyxia asked Varian and Bolvar for a seaside estate.

Benedictus's exposure prompted the Alliance to attack Twilight Citadel while its expedition to Pandaria was postponed, though Anduin was still allowed to accompany the expeditionary force as an observer. In the Firelands, Hu Feng provoked Ragnaros into a hopeless battle and kept cutting him down as the Firelord refused to yield.

• The discovery of explosives and hidden Twilight followers beneath the cathedral confirmed Benedictus's plan to destroy Stormwind, and recordings of the battle were broadcast widely.
• Onyxia revealed the Twilight Legion's stronghold in the Twilight Highlands, prompting Bolvar's Seventh Legion and Ironforge's forces to launch an assault.
• Varian approved Anduin's request to join the Pandaria expedition as an observer under General T'sui, while Garrosh chose General Nazgrim to lead the Horde reinforcements.
• Hu Feng waited in Ragnaros's hall and taunted the Firelord until Ragnaros emerged from his lava pool and attacked.
• Ragnaros's attacks failed to harm Hu Feng, while Hu Feng repeatedly severed Ragnaros's arm and offered him a job before striking him again.

Hu Feng forced Ragnaros to surrender and took command of the Fire Elements, ending their battle with the druids. The white tiger subdued the Flame Spider Mother Beth'tilac and brought her back, renewing the druids’ fear of being made to use spiders as mounts.

• Hu Feng repeatedly chopped off Ragnaros’s arm until the Firelord surrendered and became an employee of Sargeras Company.
• Ragnaros ordered the Fire Elements to stop fighting, and the Dawn Druids began arranging permanent stations in the Firelands to study elemental forms.
• The white tiger attacked Beth'tilac’s brood in the northwestern valley, froze the fiery landscape, and struck the Spider Mother with Fission Lightning.
• Cenarius teased the shrunken Ragnaros outside the Firelord’s palace, and Ragnaros furiously attacked him with his tiny hammer.
• The white tiger returned with Beth'tilac’s limp body and congratulated Hu Feng on acquiring another spider tribe, alarming the druids.

After the Firelands battle, Sarodar faced the fire mages’ protests over his plan to breed and sell Flame Spiders. He later walked with the Demonic Blade Girl, accepted her apology, and returned with her to check on the defeated White Tiger.

• The Highborne fire mages learned Sarodar had brought back Flame Spiders and feared he would make them mounts for the public.
• On Suramar City’s snack street, Sarodar fended off the fire mages while White Tiger drank with Azshara.
• White Tiger lost repeated drinking games to Azshara, and the Demonic Blade Girl arrived to watch his defeat.
• The Demonic Blade Girl thanked Hu Feng for stopping Sargeras and apologized for blaming him for her family’s deaths.
• Hu Feng reassured the girl that she could stay at Eternal Night Palace, then invited her to collect White Tiger’s body.

The Night Elf Border Guard burned through the forest and defeated the Feral Worgen encircled around Velinde Starsong. Elune stopped the Moon Goddess's Scythe from escaping, then confronted her former creation as Argus briefly appeared and departed.

• The Night Elf Border Guard used spider tanks and Goblin flamethrower troops to burn the forest, while Druids drove the fire with hurricanes.
• After two days of fire, the army advanced across the wasteland, finding charred Worgen and surrounding Velinde Starsong behind her mana barrier.
• The Moon Goddess's Scythe began to escape, but Elune's moonlight forced it back into solid form and trapped it.
• Elune appeared and reassured the Druids that they had not failed her, while the Scythe reacted with fear.
• Argus teleported into the clearing, found no danger, and returned to Northrend without noticing Sargeras's concealed Divine Eye.
• Elune approached Velinde Starsong and asked how she should deal with her former creation, and Velinde lowered her head in silence.

Elune spared the Moon Goddess's Scythe, but Sargeras bound it to his service and assigned it to build a worgen force. The Empire deployed Feral Worgen as forest patrols, while the Night Elves refused to shelter Gilneas's worgen and kept Darnassus closed to outsiders.

• Elune spared the Moon Goddess's Scythe and ordered it to serve her and Sargeras.
• Sargeras marked the scythe with his power, threatened it into obedience, and ordered it to guard the Empire's forests and build a worgen mountain legion.
• Sargeras assigned the scythe to live among the druids in Moonglade as an independent Feral Worgen druid.
• The Empire deployed Feral Worgen as forest patrols and defensive forces, and announced that they could rescue injured elves.
• The Night Elf Border Guard and druid delegation returned from the Eastern Kingdoms without helping Gilneas's rational worgen.
• The Night Elves kept Darnassus and upper Teldrassil reserved for elves, refusing to welcome either rational or Feral Worgen.

The Alliance and Horde prepared major expeditions to Pandaria to support the Shaohao Dynasty, while the Night Empire's backing helped ensure the Pandaren's territory would be respected. Gilneas joined the Alliance under King Genn, and the chapter ended with both factions' forces ready to land in Krasarang Wilds.

• General Turalyon led an Alliance legion from Stormwind Harbor toward Pandaria, with Prince Anduin Wrynn accompanying it as an observer and royal representative.
• King Genn retook Gilneas City and surrounding lands, while Lord Godfrey's rebels retreated to Seawatch Cliff; Gilneas then formally joined the Alliance.
• Alliance aid reached Gilneas, strengthening King Genn's forces and winning support from residents as his army reclaimed more territory.
• Garrosh sent the Horde expedition to Pandaria under Grand Marshal Nazgrim, reinstating Little Saurfang as deputy to avoid worsening internal divisions.
• The Alliance and Horde planned to land in southern Krasarang Wilds to support the Shaohao Dynasty, with the Eternal Night Divine Emperor warning them against seizing Pandaren lands.

The Night Empire and the Shaohao Dynasty strengthened their ties through military protection, cultural exchanges, and a major arms deal, despite friction over the Pandaren court’s formal diplomatic language. Hu Feng approved Azshara’s plan to lead the Coilfang Naga and agreed to modify Fashqi, while refusing Azshara’s request to accompany him to Pandaria.

• The Night Empire stationed the Eternal Night Divine Emperor and the Judgement Legion in Misty Valley, while the Shaohao Dynasty sent martial monk instructors and Pandaren masters to the Empire.
• The Shaohao Dynasty ordered weapons from the Night Empire, and Heklar sailed to Pandaria to promote the Heklar Consortium’s products.
• Azshara criticized the Shaohao Dynasty’s official letter, but Hu Feng explained that its lofty tone was a traditional diplomatic custom and told her not to take offense.
• Azshara proposed taking control of the Coilfang Naga, and Hu Feng agreed on the condition that she preserve their combat effectiveness.
• Azshara said Fashqi would oversee the Naga, and Hu Feng agreed to modify Fashqi so she could switch between elf and Naga forms.
• Azshara asked to accompany Hu Feng to Pandaria, but he refused and sent her away.

Lordaeron and Prince Trollbane’s forces began an assault on Stromgarde, while fighting resumed between the Horde and Gurubashi Trolls. In Pandaria, Cao Fei prepared to restore the Cao Dynasty in the Townlong Steppes, seeking peaceful coexistence with the Pandaren.

• Marshal Garithos joined Prince Trollbane’s restoration force at Refuge Pointe, and their army bombarded Stromgarde before attacking its divided factions.
• The Horde marched from Grom'gar Camp toward Zul'Gurub as Gurubashi and Skullsplitter Trolls ambushed them in the jungle.
• The Zandalari Trolls abandoned the Gurubashi and sailed toward Pandaria, puzzling the Horde scouts and soldiers.
• Cao Fei gathered Cao Mogu clansmen and Pandaren monk allies near the Townlong Steppes to claim land and revive the Cao Dynasty.

Alliance and Horde forces landed in Krasarang Wilds to fight the Lost Sha, while Hu Feng arrived in Misty Valley for a welcoming ceremony with Shaohao. After sensing the Heart of Y'Shaarj beneath Mogu Mountain Palace, Hu Feng hinted that he wanted its protection to be loosened.

• General Turalyon ordered the Alliance troops to prepare to disembark near the Anglers' fishing dock, while the Horde established a base nearby.
• Nat Pagle and the local Pandaren watched the foreign fleets arrive as Sha energy spread despair and confusion through Krasarang Wilds.
• The Alliance and Horde learned that the Lost Sha was fighting the Jade Serpent near the Temple of the Jade Serpent and were assigned to reinforce the battle there.
• Hu Feng and Shaohao traveled through Misty Valley to Mogu Mountain Palace, escorted by Judgement soldiers and Cloud Serpent Knights.
• Hu Feng sensed the Heart of Y'Shaarj sealed beneath the palace and told Shaohao that a little negligence in guarding it would be appropriate.

Hu Feng and Shaohao agreed to use Garrosh’s pursuit of the Heart of Y'Shaarj to secure gains for Pandaria, while the Alliance and Horde began campaigns across the continent. Cao Fei’s mixed Mogu and Pandaren force seized territory beneath the Great Wall and prepared for a Mantid counterattack.

• Hu Feng explained that Garrosh would seek the Heart of Y'Shaarj and might open a parallel Draenor after his defeat, and Shaohao agreed to cooperate with the plan.
• General T'sui sent the Alliance toward the Temple of the Jade Serpent, while Prince Anduin and Little Saurfang led forces toward the Jade Forest to meet Yu-Long and seek Hozen allies.
• General Nazgrim led the Horde toward the Valley of Four Winds to fight Sal'thas's Legion and capture useful beasts or constructs, including its massive mount Gunship.
• The Mogu rose across Pandaria, and Shaohao organized local defenders and Crusaders to suppress them as the Wrathful Sha spread chaos through the southern Kunlun Mountains.
• Cao Fei's Mogu and Pandaren army captured territory from Osu'l Fire Camp to Phantom Outpost beneath the Great Wall and built defenses as the Mantid gathered for a counterattack.

After the Pandaren used Heklar Consortium weapons to crush a Mantid assault, the Shaohao Dynasty approved a major arms purchase and Misty Valley hosted a bustling product exhibition. The chapter ended with Pandaren civilians eagerly buying modern vehicles and gadgets while putting their enemies aside for the moment.

• The Order of the Cloud Serpent's artillery regiment used machine guns, energy rifles, and cannons to defeat a Mantid assault before it reached the Great Wall.
• The Shaohao Dynasty's leaders, including the White Tiger, reacted to the battle report and approved the procurement of firearms and munitions.
• The Heklar Consortium rented the Mogu Gate area and opened an exhibition featuring weapons, vehicles, and other steel products.
• A Goblin manager demonstrated a rapid-fire energy submachine gun to Shaohao Dynasty officials, while other sales staff promoted cannons and military packages.
• Pandaren civilians bought Void rockets, Mechanical Road Buster motorcycles, and Goblin Television sets, and more customers flocked to Misty Valley.

The Shaohao Dynasty rearmed its forces with Goblin technology and resumed campaigns against the Sha demons, while Goblin Television spread news and advertising across Pandaria. The Heklar Consortium celebrated its profits and turned its unused super bomb, Little Fatty, into a Goblin pilgrimage site.

• The Shaohao Dynasty equipped the Great Wall Guards with firearms and artillery, armed inland forces with Spider Walking Tanks, and upgraded the monks and Cloud Serpent Knights with new weapons and armor.
• Shaohao’s armies resumed their offensives, and the main force and the Crusaders' Judgement Legion headed for the Kunlun Mountains to defeat the Wrathful Sha.
• Goblin Television and its news broadcasts spread across Pandaria, and Shaohao told his officials that technology would strengthen the Pandaren people and their army.
• The Heklar Consortium flooded Pandaria’s television channels with Goblin product advertisements to increase its sales.
• The Heklar Consortium displayed Little Fatty as a monument in Heklar City, and Goblins from around the world gathered at Bomb Plaza to worship it.

Madam Goya faced a hostile takeover of her Pandaria black market by Heklar, but Wrathion arranged a meeting that secured her a partnership with the Heklar Consortium. The chapter ended with Heklar demanding that Wrathion give him a reason to spare his life.

• Madam Goya struggled as Heklar’s agents disrupted her black market and damaging reports spread about her business.
• Wrathion offered to bring Heklar to the Misty Tavern so Madam Goya could negotiate with him.
• Heklar arrived with Crusader Zealots, who beat Wrathion’s black dragon guards before Heklar confronted Wrathion.
• Heklar demanded half the black market’s shares, and Madam Goya countered by asking to control the Consortium’s black markets and receive a share of profits elsewhere.
• Heklar accepted Madam Goya’s proposal, and after they shook hands, he turned to Wrathion and demanded a reason to spare him.

As the Maelstrom conflict intensified, fel power offered the neglected furbolgs a new path, leading to civil war in Felwood and Winterspring. The Night Empire's Chancellor Council then faced a contentious proposal to admit Satyr demons as members.

• Thrall and the Earthen Ring, aided by Therazane's elementals, fought Neptulon's Water Elementals at the Maelstrom.
• Immol'thar rescued a furbolg shaman and empowered him with fel, prompting him to spread fel power among his people.
• The furbolgs split between fel followers and orthodox shamans, and the factions fought over Timbermaw Hold.
• The Night Empire agreed to support the furbolgs whichever faction prevailed, while the civil war drew little further attention.
• Satyr demons sought entry into the Night Empire, sparking fierce debate in the Chancellor Council.