Recaps

Alleria and Sylvanas secretly secured Night Elf aid to supply the Ranger Corps, freeing them from dependence on Silvermoon City. As the supplies arrived, Alleria learned Hu Feng was well and still intended to bring her back to Kalimdor.

• Alleria led Sylvanas and the rangers to a hidden beach near Tor'Watha, where they met the Night Elf Anka Clawheart.
• Anka explained that a giant octopus named Annu had come to deliver supplies, and Annu unloaded thousands of crates onto the beach.
• Anka gave Alleria a list of the weapons, food, armor, gold, and energy walls, along with a warning not to use the Goblins' unstable bombs.
• The rangers carried the supplies back to Farstrider Lodge and Windrunner Spire under cover of night.
• Alleria asked Anka about Hu Feng, and Anka told her Hu Feng was well, worried about her, and planned to take her back to Kalimdor when they met again.
• Vareesa asked Sylvanas whether Hu Feng was a god, but Sylvanas could not answer because she had never met him.

On the last day of the year, Hu Feng and Elisande turned the adventurers gathered outside the Nightmare Fortress into customers for an extravagant fortune-telling and membership scheme. As Suramar celebrated the new year, Hu Feng reflected on the life and bonds he had gained in Azeroth.

• Suramar merchants sold overpriced goods to adventurers gathered outside Elisande’s Nightmare Fortress challenge.
• Elisande’s mages sold fortune-telling packages, then persuaded one wealthy adventurer to buy costly titles and a Supreme Member card.
• Hu Feng’s membership promotion turned the adventurer into a celebrated parade participant, and Aethelus advertised a cheaper monthly Super Member option.
• By nightfall, the crowded marketplace and membership lines had helped Hu Feng and Elisande earn nearly five hundred thousand gold.
• Elisande thanked Hu Feng for saving Suramar, and the two watched the city’s New Year celebrations together.
• Hu Feng reflected that changing Suramar’s fate and finding happiness in Azeroth mattered more to him than returning to Earth.

After Hu Feng ended his suppression of the Sunwell’s Mana Addiction, Quel’Thalas descended into chaos, while Alleria and Sylvanas realized the outbreak spared those close to the Windrunners and was divine punishment for the Silvermoon Council. The chapter ended with Sylvanas calling upon Sargeras, drawing Hu Feng’s attention.

• Hu Feng cut off his suppression of the Sunwell, causing Mana Addiction to erupt across Quel’Thalas and turning many High Elves into Mindless Ones.
• Anasterian and the Silvermoon Council realized the outbreak affected the entire race and that the God of Magic’s protection had disappeared.
• Sylvanas told Alleria that Windrunner-affiliated mages and those who worshipped the God of Magic rather than the Sunwell showed no symptoms.
• Alleria worried that their people were suffering, but Sylvanas argued the Silvermoon Council deserved the punishment and had threatened the Windrunner sisters.
• Sylvanas used the magic-infused heart of a Mindless One to call upon Sargeras, and Hu Feng noticed her prayer.

Sylvanas summoned Hu Feng, who appeared as the God of Magic and exposed the Sun King and Silvermoon Council mages spying on her. After declaring them blasphemers and ordering Sylvanas to bring in those who had insulted him, he left her with divine power, and she began a sweeping purge across Quel'Thalas despite Alleria's objections.

• Sylvanas prayed to the God of Magic, and Hu Feng manifested as a Divine Eye while binding Anasterian and the Silvermoon Council mages who had been hiding nearby.
• Sylvanas accused the council and nobles of endangering the Windrunners and seeking to force Alleria into marriage, and Hu Feng killed one council member with green flames.
• Hu Feng ordered Sylvanas to bring in everyone who had disrespected him within an hour and told her that resisters should die.
• Sylvanas ordered the rangers to arrest her targets, extending the operation to political opponents, while Alleria tried unsuccessfully to stop her.
• Sylvanas told Alleria that divine power favored her ambition, then vanished into the forest as Quel'Thalas descended into chaos.

Sylvanas’s purge ended Quel’Thalas’s political resistance, and the High Elves accepted Night Elf oversight as relations with the Windrunner family and Anasterian improved. In Suramar, Tyrande attended a Highborne banquet and asked Elisande why her people loved such gatherings.

• Sylvanas executed thousands of nobles and faction members who had opposed the Windrunners or the Ranger Corps, while Anasterian alone survived among them.
• Quel’Thalas reopened its borders and accepted a border fortress staffed by Night Elf Rangers and Highborne mages to monitor the kingdom.
• Anasterian apologized privately to Alleria and Sylvanas, and the rangers resumed serving him as tensions eased.
• Tyrande attended a Suramar banquet and complained to Elisande about the Highborne’s frequent celebrations.
• Elisande told Tyrande that the Highborne had loved banquets since the gods saved them.

Hu Feng, Tyrande, and Elisande investigated an arcane spider colony in the Magic Corridor beneath Suramar City. After the defenders repelled a spider attack, Hu Feng led the group toward the hall where the colony’s leader was believed to be hiding.

• Elisande told Tyrande that the Highborne had hope because Hu Feng had saved them from their fate after the Great Sundering.
• Hu Feng reassured Elisande that the Highborne did not need to keep proving themselves and asked for help investigating a spider colony beneath Suramar City.
• Hu Feng, Tyrande, and Elisande traveled through the Magic Corridor and met Advisor Landus and the Spellblade guards at a fortified crossroads.
• A swarm of arcane spiders charged the fortifications, but the Spellblades and mages killed or wounded many of them and drove the survivors back.
• Landus said the spiders appeared organized and suggested their leader was hiding in the hall at the bottom of the Magic Corridor.
• Hu Feng set out with Tyrande, Elisande, and Landus to find the spider leader.

Hu Feng enslaved the spider matriarch Nalthara and revealed his plan to breed her offspring as magical mounts for the Highborne. Elisande recoiled at the idea, while Tyrande understood the potential of mounts that could cooperate with their riders.

• Hu Feng, Landus, Elisande, and Tyrande reached the spider matriarch’s lair and found her guarding a vast pile of eggs.
• Hu Feng entered the spider matriarch’s mind to inscribe enslavement runes while Elisande restrained her body and Tyrande blocked her movements.
• Hu Feng defeated the spider matriarch’s final attack of will, completed the runes, and returned to find her subdued.
• Hu Feng explained that he intended to raise the matriarch’s offspring as mounts for the Highborne.
• Elisande objected to riding spiders, and Hu Feng assured her that Nalthara’s offspring could be fitted with saddles and arcane armor.

Orgrim visited Durotan at Draenor Citadel and voiced his fears about fel magic corrupting the Orcs, while Durotan resolved to preserve the Frostwolf Clan’s traditions. Meanwhile, Velen foresaw disaster for the Draenei, and Blackhand rallied the fel-corrupted Orcs to attack them as Gul'dan watched.

• Orgrim reunited with Durotan in Frostfire Ridge and traveled with him to Draenor Citadel.
• Orgrim and Durotan discussed the spread of warlocks, the decline of shamans, and fel’s effects on the land and Orcs.
• Durotan decided to preserve the Frostwolf Clan’s traditions and shaman teachings while leaving the future to time and the ancestors.
• Velen collapsed at Karabor Temple after foreseeing disaster for the Draenei and said he would seek further guidance from the Naaru.
• Blackhand ordered the Orcs gathered in Nagrand to invade Draenei lands and slaughter their people, while Gul'dan watched from behind him.

Hu Feng traveled to Wailing Caverns to help the druids awaken Naralex and stop nightmare creatures from emerging. As the druids began their ritual, Hu Feng protected them from the monsters attacking from the lake.

• Hu Feng equipped Suramar's Spellblades with armored Arcane Spider mounts, prompting complaints that they preferred Night Sabers; the mages complained when they learned they would be next.
• Hu Feng flew to The Barrens after hearing that Naralex was trapped in a nightmare in Wailing Caverns.
• A druid guided Hu Feng into the cave, where they found dead raptors and slimes and heard battles deeper inside.
• Hu Feng froze a pack of nightmare raptors attacking four druids, then joined them in searching for Naralex.
• The druids began using Nature Energy to awaken Naralex, and nightmare Wind Serpents and slimes surged from the lake.
• Hu Feng raised a wall of fire around the druids and promised to hold off the attackers while they continued the ritual.

Hu Feng rescued Naralex from a nightmare featuring a gigantic murloc, then entered the Emerald Dream to investigate a trace of nightmare energy. There, he met Ysera and warned her that an invading force was corrupting the dream.

• Hu Feng burned away the nightmare creatures and defeated the gigantic murloc with Arcane Missiles, Frost Nova, and Pyroblast.
• Naralex awoke and thanked Hu Feng and the druids for freeing him from his nightmare.
• Hu Feng discovered an emerald-green rift near Naralex's sleeping place and crossed into the Emerald Dream to track the nightmare energy.
• Hu Feng suspected Sargoth was behind the corruption spreading from the Nightmare Tree Saladashir.
• Ysera appeared before Hu Feng, transformed into a Night Elf, and welcomed him to the Emerald Dream.
• Hu Feng told Ysera that he had discovered an invading force in the Emerald Dream.

Hu Feng entered the Emerald Dream with Ysera’s help to track the nightmare corruption and find its source. After the nightmare attacked him in a dream of his past life, he recovered his Titan power and pursued it through others’ dreams, but its controller escaped by severing its connection to the Emerald Dream.

• Ysera recalled seeing small patches of blackish-red corrupted land, and Hu Feng explained that Sargoth and the Nightmare Tree were likely behind the spreading nightmare.
• Hu Feng asked Ysera to monitor him as he entered a dream beneath the tree where she lived.
• Hu Feng dreamed he was back in his former home on Earth, where a nightmare took the form of Sadako and attacked him.
• Hu Feng regained his connection to the Titan Core, drove Sadako away, and chased the nightmare energy with Ysera’s help.
• Hu Feng passed through Elisande’s, Nalthara’s, and Alleria’s dreams while pursuing the nightmare.
• Hu Feng tried to trap the fleeing nightmare with an Arcane Cage, but its controller dispersed and severed its connection to the Emerald Dream.

Hu Feng restored Ysera’s Dragon Aspect essence and learned that the Pantheon had been destroyed by Sargeras. After contacting Avenger Argus, he became the Titans’ last hope and resolved to grow strong enough to defeat Sargeras and the Void Lords.

• Hu Feng returned Ysera’s emerald-green essence from the Dragon Soul, restoring her full power as a Dragon Aspect and guardian of the Emerald Dream.
• Ysera asked Hu Feng about the world in his dream, and he said he hoped to return to the world where he had once lived.
• Hu Feng received a contact request on his Titan communication device and spoke with Avenger Argus, who confirmed that Sargeras had destroyed the Pantheon.
• Argus told Hu Feng that he was the Titans’ last remaining hope and promised to join him with the Pantheon’s legacy and his teachings.
• Hu Feng resolved to become strong enough to destroy the Void Lords and Sargeras.

Hu Feng considered how to build forces strong enough to oppose Sargeras as troubles erupted in Feralas and The Scarlets. Meanwhile, Aegwynn arrived in Tirisfal to begin her Guardian training and discovered that Merith Winterwind, an undead, would be her true teacher.

• Hu Feng reassured Argus that he could join him on his World Egg, and Argus promised to come when he was ready.
• Hu Feng reflected that he needed to grow stronger and build a force capable of opposing the Burning Legion.
• Garrond Shadowsong sent Shandris Moonpetal to watch Dire Maul after learning the Syndra had summoned and imprisoned a Doomhound, then led troops to help druids repel centaurs emerging from Maraudon in The Scarlets.
• Aegwynn arrived in Tirisfal and learned that Alodi would assist with her lessons while someone more powerful would be her true teacher.
• Alodi introduced Aegwynn to Merith Winterwind, and Aegwynn recoiled when she saw that her teacher was undead.

Aegwynn continued her punishing apprenticeship under Merith and learned that his own teacher, Hu Feng, had trained him the same way. In Suramar, huntress Saelin chased an illusion-using High Elf rogue until he fled into a giant spider’s trap.

• Aegwynn complained to Alodi about Merith’s harsh training, and Alodi warned her that Hu Feng had trained Merith just as brutally.
• Merith revealed that Hu Feng was real and had greater threats to deal with, then warned Aegwynn not to question his mentor again.
• Aegwynn gradually understood the purpose of Merith’s training, and their relationship improved.
• Saelin patrolled Suramar after Elisande suspended her assignments and the Divine Emissary reassigned her to patrol duty.
• Saelin spotted an illusion-using High Elf rogue, exposed him with a Binding Arrow, and pursued him as he repeatedly tried to escape.
• The rogue fled into the Magic Corridor and was caught in spider silk before a giant spider, then begged Saelin to save him.

Hu Feng dealt with Saelin’s adventurer-killing patrols while Ysera spent her days visiting him and exploring Suramar. After Ysera and Elisande discussed Hu Feng’s other potential companions, Ysera asked Elisande to join forces with her so she could become Hu Feng’s companion too.

• Elisande’s scheme had Saelin lure and kill adventurers, and Hu Feng received Saelin and encouraged her work.
• Ysera teased Hu Feng and was driven from his residence with a cup of Moonlight Wine.
• Ysera explored Suramar’s commercial district, noticing its new streets, shops, and growing displays of worship for Hu Feng.
• Ysera asked Elisande whether she was concerned that Alleria Windrunner might become Hu Feng’s companion, but Elisande said she was satisfied as long as Hu Feng still cared for her.
• Ysera offered to ally with Elisande so she could become Hu Feng’s companion, and Elisande stared at her in surprise.

Hu Feng completed work on the Arcane Golem Ktilax while Aegwynn, now the Guardian, traveled to Suramar to meet her grandmaster. After Saelin attacked her and Hu Feng intervened, Aegwynn arrived in Suramar and prepared to meet him.

• Hu Feng neared completion of Ktilax, a golem powered by the wills of Zealot Will believers and able to switch among three types of will.
• After centuries of peace, Aegwynn took up the Guardian's duty, while Merith Winterwind disappeared into seclusion.
• Aegwynn traveled to Darkshore to seek Hu Feng, but Saelin attacked her and the two fought until Hu Feng's Void Ray stopped them.
• Hu Feng invited Aegwynn to Suramar and asked why Merith had not come with her.
• Aegwynn landed on Suramar's reception platform and met Elisande and Ysera as she grew nervous about meeting Hu Feng.

Aegwynn visited Suramar with Elisande to meet her grandmaster, Hu Feng, and told him that Sargeras was about to descend upon the world. Hu Feng declined to join her journey to Northrend, leaving Aegwynn confident that he believed she could defeat Sargeras.

• Elisande led a nervous Aegwynn through Suramar’s towering Mage Tower, where Aegwynn saw Faceless Ones that Elisande said served Hu Feng.
• Ktilax changed personalities and energy forms while guarding the tower, and Aluneth panicked when Ktilax and Hu Feng’s staff showed interest in it.
• Hu Feng welcomed Aegwynn and asked after Merith, who had returned to the Stormwind Kingdom to live in seclusion.
• Aegwynn told Hu Feng that Sargeras was about to descend upon the world in a greatly weakened state and asked him to accompany her to Northrend.
• Hu Feng refused to go, saying Aegwynn was strong enough to handle Sargeras, while keeping a strange look to himself.

After Aegwynn defeated Sargeras and established herself at Karazhan, his hidden influence led her to turn away from the Guardian Council and have a child. Hu Feng learned that Medivh had been born and prepared to act against Sargeras.

• Hu Feng told Elisande that Sargeras had hidden his soul inside Aegwynn and might use her future child to return as the Guardian.
• Aegwynn defeated Sargeras in Northrend, sealed his body in the Tomb of Sargeras, and believed she no longer needed a successor.
• Aegwynn built Karazhan in Westfall and allied herself with the Stormwind Kingdom, distancing herself from Dalaran and the Guardian of Tirisfal Council.
• Aegwynn fell in love with Nielas Aran and gave birth to Medivh, whose immense power killed Aran when he suppressed it.
• Aegwynn sent Medivh to Northshire Abbey, while Hu Feng received news of his birth in Suramar City and vowed to set Sargeras up again.

Hu Feng welcomed the wandering Pandaren Liu Lang to Suramar, exchanged thoughts with him about Pandaria and the Sha, and received a recipe booklet and wooden beads. Liu Lang departed Darkshore with Shenzhenzi as the Song of Liu Lang echoed over the sea.

• Elisande told Hu Feng that Aegwynn had charged ten thousand gold to his account, and he ordered the debt paid and Stormwind to reimburse him.
• Elisande introduced Liu Lang, a Pandaren adventurer who had arrived at Darkshore on his turtle, Shenzhenzi.
• Hu Feng shared tea with Liu Lang, praised Shenzhenzi's potential, and urged Liu Lang to encourage the Pandaren emperor to reconnect with the world and the Night Elves.
• Liu Lang gave Hu Feng a booklet of Pandaren recipes and liquor-brewing methods, and Hu Feng showed him Suramar and Darnassus.
• Hu Feng explained his thoughts on the Sha and recited a verse about war, doubt, and fighting, leaving Liu Lang silent.
• At Darkshore, Liu Lang gave Hu Feng wooden beads from Pandaria's Kunlun Mountains and departed on Shenzhenzi as the Song of Liu Lang played across the sea.

Medivh and Lothar watched Hu Feng arrive in Stormwind City as the kingdom welcomed him with great fanfare. Medivh sensed that Hu Feng was not truly a physical being and realized there had never been a Divine Emissary.

• Medivh told Llane and Lothar that he planned to go to Karazhan, but Lothar urged him to wait for his mother's grandmaster, the Divine Emissary.
• King Adamant prepared a grand reception for Hu Feng, whose arrival the Stormwind Kingdom celebrated.
• Hu Feng arrived with Suramar's spider knights and Highborne mages, then greeted King Adamant and praised Prince Llane.
• Medivh probed Hu Feng from a gryphon platform and found his presence unfathomable, like a will without a physical body.
• Medivh told Lothar that there had never been any Divine Emissary.

Medivh learned that Sargeras was inside him, and Hu Feng explained a plan to keep the evil god from taking control while confirming that the Dark Portal would still be opened. On Draenor, Gul'dan prepared to build a portal as Durotan and Orgrim grew increasingly worried about the Horde's direction.

• Medivh realized Hu Feng was a Titan God, and Hu Feng privately told him that Sargeras was inside him.
• Hu Feng instructed Medivh to conceal the relevant memories, remain calm, and be ready to relinquish control; Medivh asked whether the Dark Portal had to open, and Hu Feng said it did.
• Warchief Blackhand learned that Prophet Velen and the surviving Draenei had escaped aboard a naaru ship, while Gul'dan promised him a new world and proposed building a door.
• Durotan told Orgrim that he feared Gul'dan's power would bring destruction, and Orgrim urged him to keep his concerns from the other clans.

Hu Feng observed the routines and social divisions of Stormwind City, from dockworkers and nobles to priests and adventurers. Watching the adventurers at The Pig and Whistle Inn, he reflected on how familiar their struggles felt and wondered whether, apart from his identity and mission, he was still the ordinary young man he had once been.

• Hu Feng observed dockworkers buying cheap leftover food while foremen ate better meals at Stormwind Harbor.
• Stormwind Cathedral’s priests began their morning hymns as nobles gathered nearby and young noblemen rode out toward Elwynn Forest.
• Hu Feng reflected on how wealth and sponsorship shaped the paths of warriors, mages, priests, and adventurers in Azeroth.
• Hu Feng considered the danger and rewards of adventuring, including the uncompleted bounty on Hogger and the fortunes earned by adventurers returning from Kalimdor.
• Hu Feng sat hooded in The Pig and Whistle Inn, watched adventurers struggle and quarrel, and reflected on his lingering connection to his former ordinary life.

Hu Feng helped King Llane secure his throne and arranged Night Elf support for Stormwind’s defenses in exchange for leasing Westfall’s Golden Sands region. A secret pact with the dwarves also established the first alliance, one year before the Dark Portal opened.

• Hu Feng declared that the Night Elves recognized only Llane’s rule, causing Stormwind’s rebellious nobles to pledge their loyalty to the young king.
• Hu Feng, Llane, and Lothar discussed Medivh, the coming Orc threat, and the need to strengthen Stormwind and train its soldiers.
• Hu Feng proposed a fortress network across Elwynn Forest, Westfall, and the Redridge Mountains, and offered to fund it in return for a lease of Westfall’s Golden Sands region.
• Llane agreed to the lease, and the Night Elves promised to build the fortifications and provide weapons, supplies, and a loan.
• One year before the Dark Portal opened, the Night Elves and Stormwind signed a ninety-nine-year lease and a secret alliance memorandum; King Magni Bronzebeard also sealed the pact.

Hu Feng watched the Stormwind Kingdom, dwarves, and gnomes prepare for the coming Orc invasion as King Llane purged nobles who resisted mobilization. The Alliance’s war machine reached full strength, but Hu Feng warned that Sargeras was controlling Medivh and heading for The Black Morass, signaling that the Orcs were coming.

• Hu Feng outdrank Magni, then offered Princess Moira advice about communicating with her father if she fell in love with someone she should not.
• The Stormwind Kingdom, dwarves, and gnomes signed a private alliance and rushed to build defenses, move supplies, and train troops for war.
• King Llane’s opponents protested the mobilization, but royal guards arrested the nobles and Highborne mages exposed their crimes through magical interrogation.
• King Llane replaced the old noble houses with loyal New Aristocrats, while Highlord Bolvar took charge of internal affairs and Lothar handled external matters.
• King Llane and Lothar declared the Alliance ready to crush the Orcs, but Hu Feng warned that Sargeras controlled Medivh and was heading for The Black Morass.

Kil'jaeden and Gul'dan prepared the Burning Legion’s invasion by opening the Dark Portal between Draenor and Azeroth, while Azeroth’s defenders mobilized for war. As the portals nearly synchronized, the story left both worlds on the brink of battle.

• Kil'jaeden planned to use the Orcs as cannon fodder and intended to transform Ner'zhul into a weapon of necromancy against Azeroth.
• Gul'dan synchronized the Dark Portal on Draenor with the portal in Azeroth as Warchief Blackhand ordered the Orc clans to assemble.
• Durotan told Draka to protect their child and seek Orgrim if they were separated, then called the Frostwolf Clan to assemble.
• Human forces in Duskwood Fortress entered combat readiness, sent Gryphon Riders toward Karazhan and The Black Morass, and prepared the walls and weapons.
• Two costly Retribution Golems stood ready in Westfall as the portals' positions nearly finished synchronizing.