Arc 23Chapters 552–565

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Chapters 552–565 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 552Shocking! Quick Look! The Horde's Strongest Was Actually Him...

Hu Feng and King Varian led the Alliance to the Broken Isles while Little Saurfang’s Horde mission sought to recruit the Highmountain Tauren. After the Tauren showed him an extravagant illusion of their hero Huln slaughtering demons, Little Saurfang politely praised it while privately doubting the tale.

  • Hu Feng pointed out where Varian had died in a destined timeline, embarrassing the king and amusing Anduin.
  • The Alliance landed at Broken Beach and planned to advance toward Stormheim, while the Horde headed to Highmountain to meet its Tauren.
  • The Highmountain Tauren welcomed Little Saurfang and showed him an illusion depicting Huln Highmountain single-handedly massacring demons at a fel portal.
  • Little Saurfang concluded that the Tauren’s heroic story was an outrageous boast, but he praised the illusion to avoid offending potential allies.
  • The Tauren declared the Horde and Tauren would become brothers and promised to share Huln’s historical illusions after joining the Horde.

Ch. 553Elune Breaks Free of Her Shell

Elune completed her hatching by using planetary divine iron to form her Divine Body, while Hu Feng helped her resist the divinity of absolute order. After breaking free of her shell and retaining her free will, Elune returned to the Eternal Night Palace and thanked Azeroth’s people.

  • Hu Feng warned Elune that absolute order would influence her after hatching, and promised to intervene if needed.
  • Elune’s emergence brought moonlight across Azeroth, and the Moon Priestesses became the moonlight-wielding Moon Sisters.
  • Elune formed her physical body outside Azeroth as the divinity of absolute order attacked her free will.
  • Hu Feng’s power and the Extraordinary Twins connection protected Elune until the divinity of order dissipated into ordinary divine power.
  • Elune regained her cheerful nature, admired Sargeras’s weapons, and returned to the Eternal Night Palace after thanking Azeroth’s people.

Ch. 554Nightfallen Elves and Withered

The Lordaeron War Court’s army traveled through Azsuna toward Faronar to help Prince Faraodys’s spirit elves against the Nightfallen Elves and Naga. The chapter left the Nightfallen’s status as kin unresolved while outlining the conflicts unfolding across Azeroth.

  • The War Court’s Mage Corps crossed Azsuna to assist the Faraidis Court, whose spirit elves sought help against the Nightfallen Elves and Naga.
  • A Firestorm burned a group of ravenous Withered, and a Suramar Highborne mage examined one of the charred creatures.
  • War Court members debated whether the rational Nightfallen Elves counted as kin, comparing them with the spirit elves and the Naga.
  • The army continued toward Faronar as Naga forces gathered in western Azsuna and Dalaran received help from Lordaeron.
  • The chapter described druids and the Green Dragonflight battling Nightmare forces in Val’sharah and the Emerald Dream, while the Horde fought Drogbar in Highmountain.

Ch. 555Customer Inspection

Hu Feng showed the leaders of the Alliance, Horde, and Lordaeron the warships built for them at the Sargeras planetary shipyard. The chapter ended with the Night Elves’ Silver Fleet and the colossal Titan’s Spear under construction as war continued across the universe.

  • Hu Feng led the leaders through the automated shipyard and showed them the Alliance’s Lionheart-class Battleship, which King Varian admired.
  • Hu Feng presented the Horde’s Pride of the Ancestors-class Assault Battleship, impressing Thrall and Vol’jin with its elemental powers and weaponry.
  • Queen Calia inspected Lordaeron’s Radiance of Lordaeron-class War Fortress, a castle-like battleship outfitted with palatial rooms and a Titan Energy Cannon.
  • Hu Feng noted that Dalaran had ordered a living-and-travel carrier and Heklar had commissioned a gold coin-shaped private warship.
  • The chapter revealed the Night Elves’ Silver Fleet under construction, along with Titan’s Spear, while the Iron Maiden moved between the ships.

Ch. 556Look! Valhalla!

The Alliance seized Storm Dragons' eggs in Stormheim but lost its airship fleet, then turned its aggression on the Vrykul. After a warrior's recorded ascent to Valhalla inspired warriors worldwide to demand access, Hu Feng exposed the sanctuary and let living warriors enter, while Hunters established a camp and warlocks remained without a sanctuary.

  • The Alliance stole Storm Dragons' eggs, repelled their attack, and lost its entire airship force before launching assaults on Vrykul villages and territory.
  • An Orc warrior killed a white giant wolf, received a Valkyr's invitation to Valhalla, and secretly recorded his ascent with an image crystal.
  • Warriors worldwide watched the recording and petitioned Divine Venerable Sargeras for access to Valhalla.
  • Hu Feng shattered Valhalla's magical concealment and allowed living warriors to enter, and Odyn offered no resistance.
  • Hunters established a mountaintop camp in Highmountain alongside a giant Imperial Eagle, while warlocks continued gathering elsewhere and looked forward to conquering Planet Argus.

Ch. 557Blackrock Hold and Pharodis

Turalyon and Tyrande led the Soulbinders and Moon Sisters to Blackrock Hold to guide its trapped elven spirits onward. In the Broken Isles, Prince Faraodys learned that Azshara would not lift his people’s curse, so he asked to return to Suramar and rejoin the Highborne.

  • Turalyon explained to Tyrande why Night Elves returned to the World Tree after death instead of building places for souls like Auchindoun.
  • Turalyon, Tyrande, and the Moon Sisters reached Blackrock Hold, where Turalyon purified a wandering spirit and the Soulbinders began guiding the trapped souls onward.
  • Prince Faraodys contacted Azshara, who declared that the curse on the spirit elves of the Faraidis Court was irreversible.
  • Prince Faraodys asked the Highborne to let his people return to Suramar, and they agreed to refer the request to Lady Elisande.

Ch. 558Chapter 557

The Pharodis Court returned to Suramar, while the Highborne encountered the Nightfallen Elves and the monstrous Phadore in the Faronar ruins. Suramar agreed to resettle the Nightfallen Elves and issued an Empire-wide extermination order against the Phadore.

  • Elisande warmly welcomed Prince Faraodys and the Pharodis Court back to Suramar as Lordaeron's forces entered Faronar to clear the ruins.
  • Lordaeron's soldiers encountered the Phadore, and the Highborne learned that the mana-hungry spider-like monsters had once been Highborne who twisted themselves with arcane magic.
  • The Nightfallen Elves invited Highborne observers to the Shadow of Suramar and asked to return to Suramar in exchange for defending the region.
  • After seeing the Nightfallen settlement, the Highborne sent a report to Suramar, which approved the Nightfallen Elves' return and promised to renovate the Faronar ruins as their home.
  • The Supreme Chancellor's Council and the Eternal Night Divine Emperor approved an extermination order against the Phadore, authorizing Imperial citizens to kill them on sight.

Ch. 559Friends with Benefits

Hu Feng purified Ysera after Havis corrupted her with a crystal infused with N'Zoth's power, then reflected on his coming war with Sargeras and the future of his empire. Sylvanas and the two Turalyons reassured him, and he resolved to remove the empire's final obstacle.

  • Ysera escaped Havis's trap through a portal, and Cthulhu's divine power drove Havis's avatar to flee.
  • Hu Feng purified the Nightmare corruption in Ysera, and they agreed to keep their relationship casual despite her dismissing her spouses.
  • Elune questioned Hu Feng about a forgiveness hat, then struck him with her military boxing moves.
  • Hu Feng pondered whether he was ready for the final battle and worried about leading Azeroth and the empire toward conquest.
  • Sylvanas and the two Turalyons reminded Hu Feng that his people depended on his confidence and that outsiders' opinions did not matter.
  • Hu Feng accepted their reassurance and called for the empire to clear away its last obstacle.

Ch. 560Bavaria and Captain Germany

Elena confronted Sargeras about his grief, his planned war with Sarodal, and his refusal to consider another path, while Sargeras said he would take her to Azeroth after the war. Meanwhile, a German youth made a pact with Varimathras and became Captain Germany, a supernatural champion of German unification.

  • Elena told Sargeras she knew her parents were demonic substitutes and urged him not to repeat the mistake of destroying his remaining family.
  • Sargeras said he would take Elena to Azeroth after the war with Sarodal, and Elena challenged him to truly see the world before insisting it must be destroyed.
  • Elena teased Sargeras before they left the café in Bavaria.
  • As unrest spread across divided Germany, a youth summoned Varimathras and traded his soul for ten years of power.
  • The youth emerged as Captain Germany, wielding a flaming sword and shield as he led people against the country's division.

Ch. 561When That Day Truly Came

Azeroth and the Night Empire prepared a vast fleet for an expedition against the Burning Legion, while Hu Feng and Elune witnessed a fragment showing Hu Feng’s past self glimpsing their distant future. The fragment faded after Hu Feng urged his past self to follow his heart, leaving the present pair to reflect on the encounter.

  • Arcane Golems rapidly built warships across Planet Sargeras as the Life Forge produced fleet soldiers, and Azeroth’s factions supplied resources and prepared for war.
  • The Alliance, Horde, and War Court ordered fleets from the Night Empire, and the Azeroth United Council was officially established to coordinate cooperation and future conquests.
  • Elune and Hu Feng sensed a fragment of time, and Hu Feng recognized the consciousness of his past self within it.
  • Past Hu Feng witnessed the future fleet and heard future Hu Feng call for the defeat of the Burning Legion and the Void creatures.
  • Hu Feng told his past self to follow his heart, and after the fragment disappeared, he and Elune discussed the encounter and his coming journey to Draenor.

Ch. 562Warp and Showdown

Azeroth's fleet warped to Argus and surrounded the Burning Legion's defenses as Hu Feng prepared to confront Sargeras. The chapter ended with Sargeras drawing Dark Render and Hu Feng commanding the void, while Argus set off to find Argus the Destroyer's world-soul.

  • Titan Sargeras rallied Azeroth's forces and ordered the fleet to warp to Argus through a psionic relay.
  • Kil'jaeden reported that the Burning Legion's defenses were in position, and Sargeras accepted the reserve legions' deployment.
  • Azeroth's fleet emerged around Argus, surrounding the planet with warships from the Alliance, Horde, and War Court.
  • Hu Feng told Elune to remain at the rear and instructed Avenger Argus to find Argus the Destroyer's world-soul and cut off Sargeras's hope.
  • Hu Feng and Sargeras exchanged taunts before Sargeras drew Dark Render and Hu Feng invoked the void.

Ch. 563Light of the New Order

Sarodal led Azeroth’s forces against the Fel fleet while fighting Sargeras, who eventually accepted that he had lost. The war ended with Sargeras joining the New Pantheon’s fight against the Void Lords.

  • Argus descended toward Planet Argus’s core to assess whether its Fel energy could coexist with pure divine power.
  • Sarodal attacked Sargeras with the Void and Azeroth’s Vengeance while Sargeras questioned whether the New Pantheon would impose rigid order.
  • Sarodal declared that he sought to establish his own new order and become the sole Void Lord, while Elune’s power rapidly healed his wounds.
  • Sargeras saw that Planet Argus was changing and that Azeroth’s fleet was overwhelming the Legion, and realized he had failed.
  • Sargeras stopped fighting, Kil'jaeden ordered the Fel forces to cease fire, and Azeroth’s fleet did the same.
  • Sargeras told Sarodal that their war was over and pledged to become a warrior of the New Pantheon against the Void Lords.

Ch. 564May You Be Well

Hu Feng and his companions spent a quiet day fishing in Darkshore as Azeroth’s powers began colonizing the cosmos. The chapter left Hu Feng looking toward the future, ready to keep fighting for Azeroth and eventually confront the Void Lords.

  • Hu Feng borrowed fishing rods from a Darkshore innkeeper and went to the beach with his companions, where Sargeras burned a crab and Elena scolded him.
  • Elena rebuked Argus and Elune, while Elisande worked on administrative documents and Hu Feng’s companions settled in to fish.
  • The New Pantheon took shape under Sarodal, Sargeras, Azeroth, and Argus, while Algalon returned with Lesser Titans loyal to the new order.
  • Lordaeron, the Alliance, the Horde, the Goblins, and the Night Empire sent fleets into space to pursue colonization, resources, and conquest.
  • Sargeras warned Hu Feng to keep strengthening his control over the Void, and Hu Feng said the Empire would one day confront the Void Lords.
  • Hu Feng looked toward the clearing sky and told Azeroth, “may you be well.”

Ch. 565Titan's Dawn Finale: Easter Egg

Old Hu thanked readers for supporting Titan's Dawn and announced that its universe and characters would continue in a second book with a new protagonist. After a playful exchange with Sargeras and Elune, Old Hu introduced a young man in a black trench coat and bowler hat as the next protagonist.

  • Old Hu reflected on finishing Titan's Dawn and thanked readers for helping him complete his first novel.
  • Old Hu said the second book was being polished and would continue the setting and history with a new protagonist and an original story.
  • Old Hu promised to address the first book's shortcomings and said the new book was expected to exceed three million words.
  • Sargeras protested that he would no longer be the protagonist and demanded a major role, while Elune asked to be the second protagonist's wife.
  • Sargeras and Elune left for Suramar's street stalls, and Old Hu turned to a young man with a Borchardt C93 pistol and said it was his turn to take the stage.
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