Recaps

The first Iron Maiden awakened in the Tower of Slumber and was appointed commander of Sargeras’s fleet, then traveled to the Death Star. The Iron Maiden Department began preparing a second construct, Joan of Arc, designed as a powerful single-target attacker.

• The Iron Maiden awakened, dismissed the Firstborn of the Gods’s questions, and received Sargeras’s command to lead the fleet.
• The Firstborn of the Gods escorted the Iron Maiden to the Tower of Slumber’s upper platform, and she flew into space toward the Death Star.
• The Iron Maiden demonstrated her weapons and divine power, then arrived at the Death Star and ordered its soldiers to resume training and construction.
• The Iron Maiden began inspecting the Death Star as it was built, including an auxiliary core designed for her repairs and the station’s hidden ultimate weapon.
• The Iron Maiden Department began building its second construct, Joan of Arc, as a wingless swordswoman with immense strength, varied powers, and exceptional mental fortitude.

Hu Feng and Seimei Andou used the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons to clear Azure Dragon Temple of Sha, while the Jade Serpent’s allies defeated the Lost Sha at the Temple of the Jade Serpent. A captured Lizardmen bandit revealed the locations of powerful threats, and General Nazgrim sent the information to Garrosh with doubts about the Great Chief’s leadership.

• Hu Feng showed Yu-Long how Seimei Andou’s Soul-Sucking Lantern drained Sha demons and explained that her corpse puppets were turning the Jade Forest’s Mogu and Sha into a growing Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
• The Night Parade entered Azure Dragon Temple, drained the Sha energy from its demons and afflicted martial monks, and let Hu Feng and Seimei Andou proceed toward the Doubtful Sha while Yu-Long purified Liu * Yanxin.
• The Jade Serpent, paladins, and Dawn Knights defeated the Lost Sha at the Temple of the Jade Serpent, while Shaohao hinted that he had a plan to get rid of the Heart of Y'Shaarj permanently.
• Kor'kron Elite Guards brought the tortured Lizardmen bandit leader Sal'thas to General Nazgrim, whose report revealed giant beasts on the Isle of Giants and the Heart of Y'Shaarj sealed somewhere in Misty Valley.
• General Nazgrim ordered the report sent to Great Chief Garrosh and privately wondered whether the Great Chief was leading the Horde correctly.

The Cao Dynasty secured recognition after reclaiming territory in Townlong Steppes, while Shaohao and Garrosh prepared for a confrontation over Y'Shaarj's heart. Zhou Zhuo accidentally exposed a hidden Mogu palace to Zandalari Trolls, who left with the Thunder King's corpse.

• Cao Fei's restored Cao Dynasty welcomed Mogu willing to coexist peacefully with Pandaren, while Pandaren monks traveled to support it.
• Garrosh decided to seek the Heart of Y'Shaarj, and Shaohao reduced the palace guards to make the trap seem less suspicious.
• Zhou Zhuo guided adventurers to a hidden Mogu palace in Kun-Lai, where opening the gates revealed Zandalari Trolls inside.
• The Trolls drove the adventurers away, then ordered the excavation sped up so they could take the Thunder King's corpse to Lei Shen Island.
• Zhuo Talan led Shadow Order monks to investigate the palace, but the Trolls had vanished and left it clean.
• A group of Zandalari Trolls traveled northwest through Townlong Steppes, hauling an enormous coffin with raptors.

Oscar traveled to Pandaria to buy Hearthstone cards after Paltrice punished him for overspending, where he encountered Deathwing burning opponents’ decks with his unique card. The chapter ended with Deathwing leaving another devastated player behind after destroying a Pandaren monk’s cards and table.

• Oscar admired an Orange Legendary card outside a shop in the Temple of the Seven Stars and recalled that Paltrice had beaten him for spending hundreds of gold coins on Hearthstone.
• Oscar recognized Deathwing, who challenged him to play and threatened to burn his cards, so Oscar walked away rather than face the cheating dragon.
• Deathwing roamed the world playing Hearthstone, using his unique Deathwing card to set opponents’ cards and tables ablaze before leaving with their wagers.
• Deathwing played a Pandaren monk at the Temple of the Seven Stars, filled his deck with Black Dragon Whelps, and eventually played Deathwing.
• Deathwing burned the monk’s deck and the Hearthstone table, collected the gold coins, and flew away as the monk cried out for compensation.

While walking along Pandaria’s Great Wall, Hu Feng remembered his lost homeland and unleashed a storm that killed countless Mantid. He hid his grief again, and Sylvanas chose to continue beside him without asking what she had witnessed.

• Hu Feng and Shaohao walked the Great Wall and discussed how it embodied both Pandaren pride and the suffering of their ancestors under the Mogu.
• Hu Feng reflected on his distant former homeland and his longing for a home he could never return to.
• Hu Feng roared and unleashed a storm over the Scourge Lands, killing countless Mantid as Shaohao watched without intervening.
• Shaohao advised Sylvanas not to question Hu Feng about what she had seen, and she accepted his advice.
• Hu Feng resumed his carefree manner, and Sylvanas smiled gently before continuing their walk with him.

The Alliance, Horde, and Shaohao Dynasty launched a three-pronged assault into the Scourge Lands while the Mantid withdrew and faced internal conflict. In the Kunlun Mountains, The Judgement legion overwhelmed the Wrathful Sha and captured it for the Tower of Slumber, where scholars planned to study its power.

• The Alliance, Horde, and Shaohao Dynasty forces crossed the Great Wall and advanced toward the Heart of Fear in three separate columns.
• A Horde wyvern squadron left the army to contact the August Celestials Council and learn more about the Heart of Y'Shaarj.
• The Judgement legion slaughtered Sha demons in the Kunlun Mountains while Golden Lotus martial monks restrained Pandaren and killed affected yaungol and Mogu.
• Seimei Andou followed Hu Feng's order to capture the shrinking Wrathful Sha alive for the scholars of the Tower of Slumber.
• Nightborne scholars added the Black Joan of Arc project to Iron Saint Joan of Arc No. 2's cultivation plan so she could wield Sha energy in a dark state.

The Night Empire completed the Death Star, giving Azeroth a basic capacity for cosmic defense, and held a low-key ceremony aboard the artificial fortress. Hu Feng announced that future Death Stars would follow Night Elf history in their names, leaving Azshara furious at Fandral's objection and delighted by the planned name Light of Lights.

• The Death Star entered service, while the Night Empire prepared to mass-produce Moon Goddess Arc Light fighters and crystal drop pods for planetary landings.
• Hu Feng led Imperial leaders and Silver Fleet soldiers in a completion ceremony aboard the Death Star and declared that Azeroth would seek resources beyond its borders.
• Cenarius marveled at standing in space, while Elisande, Alleria, and Vareesa discussed how cosmic warfare was changing the roles of mages and rangers.
• Azshara admired the Death Star's planet-destroying cannon, and Sargeras announced that the second Death Star would be named Light of Lights.
• Fandral objected to naming a Death Star after Azshara, but Hu Feng defended acknowledging the Night Elves' past and said the new medium fighters would be called Satyr's Horn.

The Death Star destroyed a planet in its first weapons test, proving its power to Hu Feng and the empire’s leaders. Hu Feng ordered Warp Technology research prioritized as the Death Star returned to its docking position near Sargeras.

• Turalyon asked Sargeras whether other planets near Azeroth might harbor life, while the chapter described the powerful Light-infused staff Hu Feng had obtained for her.
• The Death Star charged its main cannon and fired at an ochre-colored planet, drilling through it until the planet shattered into cosmic debris.
• Illidan sensed the cannon’s power, Azshara grew excited about a second Death Star bearing her name, and Hu Feng judged the test results flawless.
• Hu Feng ordered the Nightborne scholars and Mechanical Gnomes to prioritize Warp Technology research over research into the Naaru’s coexistence of Light and Shadow.
• The Death Star returned toward its docking position on the far side of Sargeras as the chapter outlined the empire’s divisions of military technology research.

The Thunder King was resurrected, restored the Lei Shen Dynasty, and launched a brutal campaign across the lands beyond the Great Wall. After assessing the continent’s powers, he sought to avoid provoking the Night Empire and Shaohao Dynasty while advancing against the Mantid, leaving the other factions wary of his intentions.

• The Zandalari Trolls resurrected the Thunder King, who restored his dynasty on Lei Shen Island and gathered Mogu and trolls under his rule.
• The Thunder King’s forces seized the Isle of Giants and landed in the Townlong Steppes, striking the Mantid from behind as the Cao Dynasty attacked from the front.
• Garrosh grew furious at the Thunder King’s arrival, while the Cao Dynasty urged Mogu across Pandaria not to submit to his rule.
• After learning about Azeroth’s current powers, the Thunder King chose to seek peace with the Night Empire and Shaohao Dynasty while continuing his attacks on the Mantid and probing the Scourge Lands.
• The Alliance, Horde, Cao Dynasty, and other factions watched the Thunder King’s moves as tensions mounted beyond the Great Wall.

Lei Shen’s attempts to secure allies met resistance as the Horde and the August Celestials Council formed an alliance over the Heart of Y'Shaarj. An international council backed the Council against Grand Empress Xal'atath, leaving Lei Shen without influence and Shaohao’s dynasty newly recognized among the world’s powerful nations.

• Hu Feng refused to meet Lei Shen’s envoys and demanded Keeper Ly'leth’s release in exchange for leaving Lei Shen alone.
• Shaohao rejected Lei Shen’s approach, while General T'sui insulted his envoys and General Nazgrim demanded the Isle of Giants before negotiating with the Horde.
• Cao Fei sought continued Shaohao support, and the August Celestials Council agreed to help the Horde excavate the Heart of Y'Shaarj.
• The August Celestials Council joined the Horde, prompting Grand Empress Xal'atath to declare them traitors and send an army against Klaxxi'vess.
• An international meeting recognized the August Celestials Council as the mantis demons’ legitimate authority and declared Grand Empress Xal'atath a threat to world security.
• Lordaeron cast a vote for the Council, and Shaohao’s dynasty gained recognition as a powerful international force.

Prince Anduin led the Alliance to aid the Murlocs against the Hozen and surviving Sha demons, winning the Murlocs’ trust and bringing them into the Alliance. Meanwhile, Sargeras sent the Judgement Legion to drive the Hozen from Old Chen’s brewery, leaving them battered and retreating to the Jade Forest.

• Prince Anduin’s Alliance force befriended the Murlocs, helped rescue them from Sha demons and swamp mist creatures, and joined them in driving the Hozen from their territory.
• The Murlocs reclaimed their lost land and announced that they were joining the Alliance.
• Vanessa became vice president of the Defias Brotherhood and purged disobedient members, securing her and VanCleef’s control over the group.
• Hozen raiders who had occupied the Stormbrew Brewery were beaten back, and Old Chen asked Hu Feng for help recovering it.
• Sargeras sent the Judgement Legion to the brewery, where its soldiers pummeled the Hozen and drove them back to the Jade Forest.

The Horde negotiated an agreement with the Hozen to exploit Honey Dew Village’s aquatic resources and Golden Monkey Mountain’s Nether Iron Ore, while the Shaohao Dynasty secured better terms for the Hozen. Shaohao approved a victory celebration in Misty Valley, where Hu Feng planned to expose Garrosh’s scheme and prepare for the resulting Sha corruption.

• Little Saurfang’s squad contacted the Hozen and discovered the abundant fish near Honey Dew Village and Nether Iron Ore at Golden Monkey Mountain.
• The Hozen agreed to join the Horde in exchange for weapons, food, wine, and a unicycle, while opening Honey Dew Village to Horde trade and mining.
• The Monkey King demanded better compensation for the Hozen, and the Horde promised improved treatment, modern towns, and education for their clever ones.
• Shaohao told Hu Feng he had approved a postwar celebration for Alliance and Horde forces in Misty Valley.
• Hu Feng told Shaohao to keep the plan’s details secret and said he would expose Garrosh at a public trial, despite the Sha corruption the event would cause.
• Hu Feng invited Shaohao and Argus to dinner in Suramar City, while deciding not to invite Sargeras.

Hu Feng spent the night drinking with Azshara and other powerful figures, while reflecting on Argus’s grim predestined fate and the corrupted Titan Soul, Argus the Destroyer. Meanwhile, Elisande announced the Empire’s admission of Satyr demons, who began undergoing Cthulhu’s loyalty tests.

• At a Suramar snack stall, Azshara overwhelmed Shaohao with drink as Yu-Long, Argus, and others also became incapacitated.
• Hu Feng told Vareesa that Argus had fallen in his glimpsed future and recalled the corrupted Titan Soul called Argus the Destroyer on Planet Argus.
• Elisande announced that Satyrs could join the Empire as citizens, subject to their duties and tests of mind and will.
• Satyrs at Shadowhold celebrated the decree and began taking Cthulhu’s examinations at designated locations.
• Hu Feng and the others ended the gathering, carrying Yu-Long away while Shaohao and Argus remained sprawled unconscious.

Azshara became increasingly comfortable in the Empire while Gul'dan demanded control of the Satyrs and secured them for the fel legion. Hu Feng then tasked Gul'dan and Mannoroth with recruiting demon technicians for Warp Technology before returning to Pandaria, where a trap awaited someone.

• Azshara grew accustomed to her council role and cared less about retaining her remaining loyal forces as her relationship with Sarodal improved.
• Gul'dan stormed into the Assembly Hall of Eternal Night Palace to protest the Satyrs being assigned to Azshara.
• Hu Feng gave the Satyrs to Gul'dan but ordered him and Mannoroth to pause their demon-summoning plans and recruit technically skilled demons.
• Mannoroth and Gul'dan continued building their fel legion, while the Empire's fel forces gathered in northern Felwood and independent warlocks prepared to travel there.
• Hu Feng finished the Empire's urgent affairs and returned to Pandaria, where a massive pit awaited someone.

The Lei Shen Dynasty and Cao Dynasty fought over the former Mantid lands until the Shaohao Dynasty and Night Empire pressured Lei Shen to stop. As the Horde expeditionary force approached the Heart of Fear, Lei Shen marched south to seize Zanvis Island, while Kor'kron scouts prepared for a Horde assault on the temple above the Heart of Y'Shaarj.

• The Lei Shen Dynasty and Cao Dynasty battled over the Townlong Steppes, then divided the region, with Cao Fei ordering defensive lines along his borders.
• Cao Fei sought help from the Shaohao Dynasty, which backed the Cao Dynasty and warned Lei Shen to cease hostilities; the Night Empire also threatened to treat another attack as a declaration of war.
• The Titan Divine Venerable admitted to Shaohao that he was meddling to frustrate Lei Shen because of the dispute over Ra-den.
• Lei Shen's army occupied Kor'vis, spotted the Horde expeditionary force nearing the Heart of Fear, and marched south toward Zanvis Island instead of joining the siege.
• Kor'kron scouts surveyed the inconspicuous temple above the Heart of Y'Shaarj as the Horde prepared to claim the Old God's heart and punish anyone who opposed the Great Chief.

The coalition forces used artillery and experimental weapons to overwhelm the Mantid defending the Heart of Fear. The Alliance and Horde tested new machines in battle as the conflict continued.

• Wind Lord Mel'garak commanded the Mantid defense while the coalition forces attacked the Heart of Fear with heavy artillery.
• The Mantid launched several countercharges against the coalition positions, but heavy machine-gun fire annihilated them.
• The Alliance deployed Prototype Lei Shen and Machine Gunners to break through the Mantid lines.
• The Horde sent a giant, shielded tank across the battlefield, crushing and shooting down Mantid forces.
• The Iron Horde fielded powered exoskeletons developed by the Heklar Consortium, improving its soldiers' speed and accuracy.

Hu Feng used his bond with Azeroth and Elune’s Starfall to destroy the Heart of Fear and the Mantid capital. He left the surviving Mantid under threat, forced to praise the devastation.

• Hu Feng discovered that his bond with Azeroth let them share life force, divine power, and knowledge.
• Hu Feng grew to Titan size and unleashed a Starfall powered by Dawn Divine Power, reducing the Heart of Fear and everything around it to a crater.
• Sarodar dismissed the Horde’s concerns after several Mantid allies, including Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver, were caught in the blast.
• Sarodar killed more Mantid who showed defiance and destroyed The August Celestials Council’s stronghold with another falling star.
• Sarodar teleported the surviving Mantid before the allied forces and forced them to praise the blast before flying back toward Misty Valley.

Stromgarde borrowed money to rebuild while Lordaeron, Theramore, and the Heklar Consortium used the media to force Kul Tiras to halt its attacks and apologize. Hu Feng then ordered Heklar to prepare a similar campaign against the Horde’s current Great Chief as he returned to Pandaria, where a celebration was about to begin.

• Prince Trollbane requested supplies from Lordaeron and secured a large low-interest loan from the Heklar Consortium for Stromgarde.
• Lordaeron and Theramore publicized Kul Tiras's attacks on trade ships, and the Heklar Consortium and Gazlowe's outlets intensified the condemnation.
• King Drake apologized, agreed to compensate those harmed, and declared that Kul Tiras forgave Jaina and welcomed her home.
• Hu Feng praised Heklar's use of the media and ordered him to prepare a campaign against the Horde's current Great Chief.
• Hu Feng returned to Pandaria as a grand celebration approached in Misty Valley and Garrosh's plan drew near.

The Earthen Ring and its elemental allies pushed Neptulon’s Water Elementals back toward the Tidal Throne, while newly equipped adventurers joined the campaign. The chapter also established class halls and leadership for shamans, paladins, Dawn Knights, and priests, and revealed that the Divine Emperor had claimed the Old God dagger Salathas.

• Thrall’s Earthen Ring and allied elemental forces drove the Water Elementals into retreat and prepared to assault the Tidal Throne with adventurers’ help.
• Adventurers arrived in newly upgraded Suramar gear and plunged into the sea to take on bounty missions without needing the Earthen Ring’s assistance.
• Shamans gathered at the Maelstrom as their class hall, while Tirion Fordring opened the sanctum beneath Light’s Hope Chapel as a paladin gathering place.
• Stormwind and Lordaeron disputed where the Dawn Knights’ and priests’ class halls should be based, while Alonsus Fao returned to lead the Northern Alliance’s priests and paladins.
• Alonsus brought news of Salathas, Blade of the Dark Empire, and the Night Empire’s Crusaders warned others that the Divine Emperor had chosen its wielder.

The world’s classes established or planned their holy grounds, while the Alliance pushed into the Twilight Highlands to fight Twilight’s Hammer. Saelin Fireheart’s mutated eye proved capable of destroying Twilight-powered enemies as the cultists retreated toward the elemental tower.

• The Illidari declared Shadowmoon Citadel their holy ground and used the Fel Hammer as a mobile fortress while Illidan recruited more Demon Hunters.
• Druids chose Moonglade, rogues established their hall at Ravenholdt Manor, mages considered both Suramar and Dalaran, and monks gathered at the Temple of the Shado-Pan.
• Zhuo Talan left the Temple of the Shado-Pan for Misty Valley, and Master Xue Liu took over training there with Fei Xue and Xiang Lian assisting him.
• Highlord Bolvar led the Alliance in securing a foothold in the northern Twilight Highlands, with Ironforge dwarves supporting the campaign against Twilight’s Hammer.
• Saelin Fireheart fought for Twilight’s Hammer, and his mutated eye fired beams that disintegrated hostile elemental Ascended.
• N'Zoth’s Twilight cultists retreated as the Alliance tightened its encirclement and the elemental tower came into view.

Garrosh led a Horde team into Y'Shaarj's underground palace and escaped with the Old God's heart, unleashing Sha energy across Misty Valley. Zhuo Talan let the Horde airship depart under Shaohao's orders, warning Garrosh that the Shaohao Dynasty would demand compensation or go to war.

• Garrosh led Kor'kron guards and Goblin Engineers into the underground palace, where Norushen let them pass to the main hall.
• Garrosh and his men took the Heart of Y'Shaarj, and the Arrogant Sha formed as a pillar of Sha energy erupted through Misty Valley.
• Garrosh returned to the surface with the heart as Zhuo Talan and his Pandaren monks confronted him, while a Horde airship aimed its cannons at them.
• After a Cloud Serpent Dragon Rider delivered a message, Zhuo Talan allowed Garrosh to leave and demanded compensation from the Horde for Misty Valley's corruption.
• Garrosh's airship departed for Kalimdor with the heart, and Zhuo Talan rode toward Mogu Mountain Palace to learn why Shaohao had let him go.

After Garrosh seized the Heart of Y'Shaarj, he resisted its corruption and began fusing with its power, while unrest and opposition spread throughout the Horde. The Horde offered compensation to the Shaohao Dynasty, but attacks on Cairne Bloodhoof and Vol'jin pushed the crisis to a breaking point.

• World leaders and the Shaohao Dynasty condemned Garrosh's raid, and the Shaohao Dynasty severed relations with the Horde while demanding an apology and compensation.
• Grom Hellscream heard the Eternal Night Divine Emperor's account of Garrosh's future and warned that Thrall would likely return to the Horde.
• Garrosh absorbed the Heart of Y'Shaarj's power and resisted its whispers, as Horde factions split between supporters and opponents of his actions.
• Garrosh placed the Fire Gold Pandaren under surveillance, and Kor'kron soldiers increasingly mistreated non-Orcs in Orgrimmar.
• The Horde agreed to help restore Misty Valley, compensate the Shaohao Dynasty, and have Garrosh apologize publicly, but offered no explanation for taking the heart.
• After Horde leaders returned from negotiations in Orgrimmar, unknown attackers ambushed them; Cairne Bloodhoof was seriously injured, and Vol'jin was stabbed in the neck and appeared to die.

The Horde split into factions as Garrosh refused to give up power, prompting Thrall to lead a resistance and prepare to attack Orgrimmar. Meanwhile, the Shaohao Dynasty and the Night Empire continued clearing Sha demons in Misty Valley, where Shaohao vowed Garrosh would face trial on Pandaria.

• Baine Bloodhoof drove Kor'kron forces from Mulgore, while Durotan and Orgrim joined forces against Garrosh.
• Thrall was intercepted by Vol'jin's Shadow Hunters, then met with Horde leaders in New Zul'Aman as Grom Hellscream urged an attack on Orgrimmar.
• Thrall declared Garrosh unfit to rule, became interim Warchief of the resistance, and gained support from the Frostwolf, Blackrock, Troll, Tauren, and Iron Horde forces.
• The Alliance watched as resistance forces and Garrosh's faction began small clashes in the Barrens and Durotar.
• The Shaohao Dynasty and Night Empire cleared Sha demons from Misty Valley, while Shaohao planned to have Garrosh tried on Pandaria.

The Pandaren army cleared Sha demons from Misty Valley while separate teams worked to restore the Living Water Source and confront the Arrogant Sha. Hu Feng beat the Arrogant Sha into submission, then paused when the demon offered to make the other six Sha demons serve him.

• The Shaohao Dynasty sent its available soldiers into Misty Valley to eradicate Sha demons, while Mistweaver Monks and druids restored cleansed areas.
• The Four Celestials, Zhuo Talan, and elite monks entered the Living Water Hall to confront the corrupted Im'tus, with Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon purifying the guardians.
• The White Tiger, Red Crane, and Xuan Niu bantered until Azure Dragon Yu-Long urged them to proceed toward Im'tus.
• Hu Feng and the Judgement Legion attacked the Arrogant Sha in the underground palace while Norushen opened it for them.
• The Arrogant Sha offered to make the other six Sha demons serve Hu Feng if he retrieved the heart, and Hu Feng stopped beating him to consider the offer.

Hu Feng accepted the Arrogant Sha's surrender and ordered Norushen to guide the Mogu in Townlong Steppes. Norushen's arrival made Cao Fei's dynasty a magnet for scattered Mogu, while Lei Shen began to resent Cao Fei's newfound standing.

• The Arrogant Sha offered to command the other Sha demons through the Heart of Y'Shaarj, and Hu Feng agreed to take him into his service.
• Hu Feng bound the Arrogant Sha with divine-power chains and ordered Norushen to go to Townlong Steppes to guide the Mogu.
• Hu Feng led the Arrogant Sha through Misty Valley toward the Terrace of Endless Spring, where he planned to confront the Fearful Sha.
• Shaohao questioned whether the Arrogant Sha was safe, and Hu Feng assured him he would take the Heart of Y'Shaarj and all seven Sha demons away after dealing with Garrosh.
• Norushen arrived at Cao Fei's dynasty to protect and guide the Mogu, drawing scattered Mogu remnants to join Cao Fei.
• Lei Shen resented Cao Fei's new prestige but postponed dealing with him until he had consolidated his newly occupied territory.