Recaps

Hu Feng and the White Tiger defended the second node from Orc warlocks and warriors, with the White Tiger merging with Hu Feng to help him win the battle. After Turalyon healed him, they learned that Auchindoun had fallen, and Hu Feng set off with her for Karabor Temple in Shadowmoon Valley.

• Hu Feng and the White Tiger discussed Shaohao, Pandaria, and Hu Feng's debt to the Pandaren while Turalyon pressed him for his name.
• At the second node, Orc warlocks attacked the Draenei defenders, and Hu Feng fought through the line with crude throwing spears while the White Tiger's avatar hunted the warlocks.
• When the Draenei warriors fell and Hu Feng was badly wounded, the White Tiger merged with him, empowering him to kill the remaining Fel Orcs.
• Turalyon used her remaining Holy Light to heal Hu Feng, then told him that Auchindoun had fallen.
• Hu Feng seized a Fel Orc dire wolf, mounted it with Turalyon, and rode east toward Karabor Temple in Shadowmoon Valley.

Hu Feng sacrificed his Draenei body to let Turalyon escape, then returned to his own timeline with her primordial Holy Light preserved in his Titan Will. In the doomed timeline, Turalyon waited at Karabor Temple and mourned the disappearance of the warrior whose name she never learned.

• Hu Feng asked Turalyon for her primordial Holy Light, kissed her, and sent her onward toward Karabor while he stayed behind to face the pursuing Fel Orcs.
• Hu Feng and the White Tiger fought the Wolf Riders; the White Tiger returned to its true body, and Hu Feng destroyed the orcs with his Rising Dragon Strike.
• Hu Feng's Draenei body was annihilated, and his Titan Will carried him through the River of Time back to Stormwind Keep, where he found that less than half an hour had passed.
• Hu Feng sensed Turalyon's Holy Light within his Titan Will and summoned the Crusaders, Iron Horde, and Night Elves to assemble.
• At Karabor Temple, Soulbinder Tu'ranni realized the primordial Holy Light had vanished and wept for the unnamed warrior uncle who had not returned.

Hu Feng prepared the Expedition of Dawn, assembling an army and building a floating fortress to invade an alternate Draenor ruled by Fel Orcs. As his followers gained dark-golden powers and the allied forces gathered in Elwynn Forest, the campaign awaited the opening of the portal.

• Hu Feng built a one-time Dark Portal and a floating military fortress equipped with Titan Energy Cannons, then told the Iron Horde their enemy was a demon-corrupted version of themselves from another timeline.
• The Iron Horde and Crusaders of the Truth prepared for war as Hu Feng sensed Turalyon’s call and resolved to fight for Azeroth.
• Hu Feng’s Titan Divine Power changed into dark-golden dawnlight, transforming his followers and giving them new abilities and golden eye runes.
• The Expedition of Dawn gained support from the Alliance, the New Horde, and Al'Khan’s Wind Elementals, while Hu Feng ordered two more Floating Islands built.
• Armies gathered in eastern Elwynn Forest as the invasion preparations neared completion.

Hu Feng led the Azeroth Allied Army through the Dark Portal to invade a dying timeline’s Draenor. The army’s arrival saved the Draenei from defeat and began its assault on the Fel Orcs.

• Alleria saw Hu Feng off and gave him a spatial ring filled with food she had made.
• Hu Feng opened the Dark Portal to another timeline’s Draenor and rallied the Alliance and Horde to invade in the name of Azeroth.
• At Karabor, Soulbinder Tu'ranni and the Draenei struggled to hold back Blackhand’s Fel Orcs while Prophet Velen lay gravely wounded.
• Tu'ranni prayed for help as a rift tore open in the sky, revealing three floating islands and the living world beyond.
• Black Dragon Riders and Storm Dragons poured through the rift, and the islands’ golden beams and the dragons’ attacks devastated the Fel Orc army.

Hu Feng led the Azeroth forces in a devastating assault on the Fel Orcs, then revealed to Turani that he was the long-lost lover who had promised to return for her. As they reunited in Karabor Temple, Archbishop Sokreth began plotting to gain power from Hu Feng.

• Hu Feng and the Nightborne Spellblades attacked the Fel Orcs while the Azeroth allied forces landed at Karabor Temple.
• Hu Feng entered the temple and Sokreth knelt after learning he stood before the mortal incarnation of Sargeras.
• Turani challenged Hu Feng over his apparent conquest of Draenor, and he told her the world and its timeline were about to end.
• Hu Feng reminded Turani of his promise to return, and she recognized him as the lover she had believed dead.
• Hu Feng embraced Turani and promised to save her and take her from the doomed world.
• Sokreth watched their reunion and began plotting to obtain Hu Feng's power and escape Draenor's destruction.

The allied forces swept through Draenor, plundering its regions and capturing or killing Fel Orcs. After suspecting Socrethar had secretly killed Velen, Hu Feng confronted him and offered him fel power in exchange for becoming his servant.

• Retsen and the Black Scythe Council forced captured Fel Orcs to sign Enslavement Rune Contracts while allied forces spread across Draenor to plunder, recruit, and attack its inhabitants.
• Hu Feng listened to reports from Karabor Temple and concluded that Socrethar had killed Velen with a fel-shadow curse.
• Hu Feng summoned Socrethar and accused him of killing Velen to gain power.
• Socrethar admitted that he had killed Velen because he craved fel energy and wanted the Draenei to grow stronger.
• Hu Feng offered Socrethar immense fel power if he became his servant, gave up leading the Draenei, and took a willing group of clansmen to become his inner circle.
• Socrethar accepted the offer, eager to gain power and become an Eredar Demon Lord.

The arakkoa and Primal Gronn learned of the approaching threat from Azeroth as Draenor’s survivors prepared for the world’s destruction. On Azeroth, Oscar and Xavius Mograine fought the Scourge together while arguing over Oscar’s dangerous choice of bounties.

• The arakkoa received a prophecy warning that invaders from Azeroth would sweep across Draenor and leave scorched earth.
• The Primal Gronn discussed the outsiders’ power and decided to observe them before choosing whether to make contact.
• Hu Feng reassured Turalyon that his forces were searching for surviving Draenei, then used hypnosis to make her sleep.
• Sok'reth recruited Draenei willing to become Eredar while the others gathered valuables to take from Karabor Temple.
• Malkorok watched the Iron Horde prepare to besiege Highmaul as Kargath Bladefist threatened him and ordered the gronn to fire.
• Oscar and Xavius Mograine fought the Scourge with help from Oscar’s armored battle maggot, while Xavius complained about their dangerous missions.

After Velen's death, the Draenei split between Socrethar's fel-worshipping legion and the survivors led by Soulbinder Tu'ranni, while Hu Feng's forces pressed their offensives across Draenor. The elves captured Rukhmar and destroyed Skyreach, leaving their growing imperial ambitions evident.

• Archbishop Socrethar led his followers to form the Sok'reth Fel Legion, and the Titan God transformed them into Eredar demons; the remaining Draenei followed Soulbinder Tu'ranni and became tied to Azeroth's coalition.
• Sok'reth absorbed fel energy and understood that the Titan Divine Venerable expected his legion to prove its worth or face dire consequences.
• Kargath Bladefist ordered the Shattered Hand Clan to bombard Highmaul with Iron Stars and charge through its breached walls.
• At Skyreach, the Arakkoa summoned Rukhmar to fight the invading elves, but Archmage Aethelus wounded and captured the sun godbird with enhanced Arcane Barrages and Arcane Chains.
• Aethelus ordered the elves to kill the Arakkoa except for their scholars, and Skyreach was destroyed several days later as the elves' expansionist ambitions grew.

Fandral Staghelm broke under torture and agreed to support Sargeras’s Night Empire, while Elisande ordered the purge to expand across the Alliance. On Draenor, the Crusaders defeated Gruul, prompting the local Primal Thistle Beasts and Dryads to seek contact with the invaders.

• Auriel threatened Fandral Staghelm’s son and tortured him until he agreed to support Sargeras as Divine Emperor and the creation of the Night Empire.
• The Temple of the Moon, the Border Guard, and the druids all accepted the Imperial System, and Elisande ordered Auriel to intensify the purge across the Alliance.
• Landus and the Crusaders attacked Gruul with the Sky Island’s weapons while keeping his son Destroyer Dov captive.
• The Crusaders grievously wounded Gruul and bound him in arcane rune chains as Destroyer Dov watched in fear.
• After watching the battle through a Kalibird broadcast, the Primal Thistle Beasts and Dryads decided to contact the outsiders rather than confront them.

Hu Feng explained the doomed timeline to Turani and prepared the Draenei to leave for Azeroth. When the returning forces reached Karabor, the elves and other factions publicly urged him to become the Eternal Night Divine Emperor, but he refused unless the Night Elf people fully supported it.

• Hu Feng told Turani that the River of Time would erase their world within a month and that she might reunite with her normal-timeline self in Azeroth.
• The Draenei packed Karabor Temple and prepared to cross the Dark Portal, while Hu Feng reassured Turani that they would have islands and Alliance support in Azeroth.
• Aethelus returned with the Night Elves and Highborne, presenting captured Arakkoa, their technologies, and Sunbird Rukhmar as gifts while proclaiming Hu Feng the Eternal Night Divine Emperor.
• Lothar and the Stormwind, Ironforge, gnomish, and Quel'Thalas forces joined the elves in supporting Hu Feng's ascension.
• Hu Feng rejected the proposal unless the Night Elf people fully supported it, while Aethelus privately resolved to keep pressing him toward the throne.

Elisande’s allies staged a second push for Hu Feng to become Divine Emperor, and he again postponed the decision while claiming he wanted to hear the people’s will. On the eve of the return deadline, Sok'reth brought Gul'dan before Hu Feng, who agreed to spare him in exchange for creating an organization of military overseers.

• Spellblade Landus presented Gruul and Destroyer Dov as gifts to Hu Feng, while Kargath and Orgrim declared the Iron Horde and New Horde’s support for his rule.
• Aethelus urged Hu Feng to accept the people’s mandate, but Hu Feng said he would discuss ruling the Night Empire after returning and wanted to hear the people’s voice.
• Retsen returned with Blackhand’s head and soul, while Sok'reth brought Gul'dan to Hu Feng in chains.
• Gul'dan offered to raise warlocks and build a demon legion in return for a place in the Dawn Legion.
• Hu Feng demanded that Gul'dan establish military overseers skilled in torture and corruption to enforce discipline in his Imperial army, and Gul'dan agreed.

Countess Katrana Prestor entered Stormwind politics under King Llane’s wary supervision while the Alliance expanded its purge. On Draenor, Hu Feng drained the planet’s essence with fel energy, returned to Azeroth, and faced calls from the Night Elves to ascend the throne as Divine Emperor.

• King Llane allowed Katrana Prestor to take a political post but warned her to stay away from Varian and serve the Alliance.
• Garona voiced her distrust of Katrana, while the Crusaders expanded their temples, prisons, and interrogations throughout the Alliance.
• Hu Feng ordered the allied forces and Draenei to evacuate Draenor through the Dark Portal as the world collapsed.
• Hu Feng absorbed Draenor’s essence with fel energy, demonstrated his power to Gul’dan, and promised rewards for loyal service alongside threats of punishment.
• Hu Feng, Turalyon, and Gul’dan returned to Azeroth, where the Night Elves cheered and called on him to ascend the throne.

The Night Elves prepared to adopt the Imperial System as the Divine Emperor’s coronation approached, while new allies and factions established themselves across the empire’s floating islands and forests. Hu Feng went to Azuremyst Isle to help the Draenei settle, leaving the growing empire to prepare for future newcomers.

• The Night Elves prepared Darnassus for the coronation, replaced flags, built statues, and arranged for Tyrande, the Council of Truth, and Garrond Shadow Song to form the Eternal Night Chancellor Council.
• The Highborne built a third Floating Island for the Divine Emperor’s palace, while the Iron Horde rebuilt a separate floating fortress as its new headquarters.
• Anka Heartclaw secured the loyalty of the Primal Gronn and Dryads, then founded the Dawnlight Druids to support the empire and balance Cenarius’s druids.
• The Wind Elementals returned to Uldum with captives and built a Storm Tower in the palace complex to house an imperial guard force.
• Heklar relocated the Heklar Consortium to a Floating Island and built Heklar City, while his commercial rivalry with Gallywix intensified.
• Hu Feng went to Azuremyst Isle to help the Draenei settle, and he left the remaining space on the Floating Islands for future arrivals.

The Draenei began building New Karabor and New Auchindoun with the Night Elves’ support, while Hu Feng encouraged Turalyon to grow into her leadership role. As the Divine Emperor’s coronation approached, Heklar announced a massive cross-sea bridge project in return for promised status and rewards in the new Empire.

• The Draenei used Night Elf supplies and Arcane Golems to begin establishing New Karabor and planning New Auchindoun.
• Hu Feng and Turalyon surveyed Bloodmyst Isle, chose a site for New Auchindoun, and discussed Turalyon’s need to make more decisions herself.
• Delegations arrived in Darnassus as preparations for the Divine Emperor’s coronation intensified.
• Heklar announced that the Heklar Consortium would fund a colossal bridge connecting the World Tree, Azuremyst Isle, Bloodmyst Isle, Darkshore, and Ashenvale.
• Hu Feng promised Heklar a noble title and possible immortality for the consortium’s continued service, making Heklar a celebrated figure.

A month after the palace complex on the Floating Island was completed, Hu Feng reflected on the burdens of becoming the Night Elves’ emperor and the wars still ahead. Turani reassured him that he could lead Azeroth to victory.

• The Night Elves, Iron Horde orcs, and Arcane Golems completed the palace complex, with Rukhmar guarding the Assembly Hall from its summit.
• Hu Feng established residences, gardens, and a private district, where Gul'dan was assigned to train commissars and Ysera built an Emerald Dream entrance that sparked a dispute with the Crusaders.
• Hu Feng entered the empty Assembly Hall at night, touched his throne, and wondered whether he could lead the Night Elves and defeat the Burning Legion and Void Lords.
• Turani joined Hu Feng outside the hall and reassured him that he could keep his promises and win the final victory.

The Alliance delegations arrived in Teldrassil ahead of the coronation, where the Windrunner Sisters sought allies and explored their new home. The chapter left them and the other visitors sightseeing and shopping in Suramar City.

• The Stormwind delegation met a Primal Gronn, and King Llane promised the Windrunner Sisters Stormwind's support, with Magni and Mekkatorque also pledging support.
• The Windrunner Sisters moved into Little Eversong Woods, a close replica of their homeland, and Vareesa excitedly explored it.
• Llane and Lothar encountered Kael'thas and a nervous Jaina in Suramar City, where Jaina soon began shopping.
• Lothar bought elven-style armor, Llane admired Suramar's commercial district, and Ysera filled her spatial ring with shopping bags.

Llane and his party toured Suramar, where Chromie was arrested again for protesting changes to history and Llane and Lothar discussed the futures they had escaped. At the Eternal Night Empire’s coronation ceremony, Elune descended before the crowd and supported the procession, while Azeroth spoke directly to Hu Feng.

• Chromie tried to rally people to petition against the Divine Venerable changing history, but Crusaders arrested and shocked her.
• Chromie told Llane, Lothar, and Ysera that their survival was a mistake, and Llane explained the futures Medivh had predicted for him and Lothar.
• The Crusaders of the Truth, the Night Elf Border Guard, the Feathermoon Ranger Corps, and the Moon Priestesses marched in the ceremony and pledged loyalty to the Eternal Night Divine Emperor.
• Elune descended before the Assembly Hall as the Moon Priestesses passed, then told everyone to continue the ceremony.
• Azeroth sent divine power into Elune and told Hu Feng she would temporarily forgive him for destroying one of her moons.

The Iron Horde and other factions gathered for the ceremony as the Divine Emperor asked whether the Night Elves and his people had made their resolve. The chapter ended with Elisande, Alleria, Sylvanas, and Turalyon kneeling to welcome his descent.

• Elune watched the ceremony from a platform as crowds across Suramar City and Darnassus reacted to her appearance.
• Grom led the Iron Horde into the square, while Durotan, Gul'guro, and Taretha discussed Gul'guro's name and place in the New Horde.
• The Divine Emperor's Eye appeared on Sargeras and asked whether the gathered people had made their resolve.
• Elisande welcomed the Divine Emperor's descent on behalf of the Highborne, and Alleria and Sylvanas did so for the Windrunner ranger faction.
• Turalyon welcomed the Divine Emperor's descent on behalf of the Draenei, and the four leaders knelt before the Divine Eye.

Hu Feng founded the Night Empire and secured Elune’s obedience, then reorganized the Night Elves and established ties with neighboring powers. Meanwhile, Mill-Eye Demon’s growing influence drove Kael'thas toward ambition and revenge, and Hu Feng named the Old God Cthulhu.

• Hu Feng appeared before the Assembly Hall, demanded Elune’s aid against their common enemies, and Elune agreed while privately asking him to avenge her and compensate her for her moon.
• Hu Feng entered the hall with Elune as Rukhmar circled overhead, and the Night Empire was founded under a centralized government.
• The Night Elves formed the Eternal Night Chancellor Council and Dawn Legion, while the Draenei and Timbermaw Furbolgs became vassals and other neighboring powers declared their diplomatic positions.
• Kael'thas, influenced by Mill-Eye Demon’s whispers, resolved to become Quel'Thalas’s leader, take revenge on Arthas, and win Jaina.
• Hu Feng described Mill-Eye Demon’s enhanced powers and named him Cthulhu.

During Suramar City’s final Nightmare Fortress challenge, Elisande summoned Oscar Flashdiamond and Xavius Mograine, then rewarded them with equipment and an opportunity to study at Suramar Academy. Oscar left eager to see what was inside his chests, while Xavius gained access to eight classes.

• Suramar City reopened the Nightmare Fortress with generous rewards, prompting Oscar Flashdiamond and Xavius Mograine to pay the entrance fee and enter for welfare chests.
• Elisande learned who Oscar and Xavius were and summoned them to the ruins of the Nightwell.
• Elisande gave Oscar and Xavius four chests and told Oscar to stop chasing welfare rewards and focus on improving his strength.
• Elisande gave Xavius a card allowing him to audit eight classes at Suramar Academy.
• Oscar eagerly anticipated the magical equipment inside the chests.

The Night Empire expanded its diplomatic and commercial ties with the Alliance and New Horde while the Northern Alliance fractured under the Scourge, war, and isolationism. The chapter ended with King Terenas puzzled by Quel'Thalas’s sudden change in attitude, unaware that the kingdom had undergone a major upheaval.

• The Night Empire established embassies across Alliance nations, while King Llane learned that Stormwind would retain responsibility for Alliance leadership in the Eastern Kingdoms.
• Durotan agreed to host Night Elf embassies and eagerly anticipated proving the New Horde’s worth to earn the Divine Emperor’s help transforming Durotar.
• The Scourge ravaged Lordaeron, while King Daval Prysto continued his war against it using disguised dragonkin and Heklar Consortium supplies.
• Gilneas and Stromgarde sealed their borders, and Prince Galen Trollbane sought support from the Southern Alliance as the Northern Alliance weakened.
• Antonidas refused Jaina’s pleas to help Lordaeron, while Quel'Thalas adopted a newly aggressive diplomatic stance that baffled King Terenas.

Kael'thas used Twilight's Hammer to challenge Anasterian's rule, claiming only he and Cthulhu could save the High Elves from the approaching Scourge. After the royal forces sent to Fairbreeze Village mutinied, Kael'thas openly called for his father's overthrow and offered Cthulhu's power to his followers.

• Kael'thas secretly built Twilight's Hammer and spread warnings of disaster while urging the High Elves to support his rule and worship Cthulhu.
• Anasterian sent Spellbreakers and the Mage Corps to purge Twilight's Hammer at Fairbreeze Village, but their commanders revealed themselves as cultists and executed those who resisted.
• Kael'thas appeared in Twilight's Hammer robes at Fairbreeze Village and urged the crowd to overthrow Anasterian and choose a new path.
• Kael'thas presented two Ascended and asked who wanted to receive Cthulhu's power, prompting the crowd to raise their hands.

Kael'thas took control of Quel'Thalas, killed Anasterian, and inherited the Sun King's power before becoming the new Sun King. He then brought Quel'Thalas under the Night Empire's protection as a highly autonomous vassal state.

• Kael'thas entered the royal court with Twilight forces and rejected Anasterian's belief that he was being controlled.
• Kael'thas stabbed Anasterian, but Anasterian accepted that his son acted willingly and transferred his life essence and magical energy to him before dying.
• Kael'thas succeeded Anasterian as Sun King, while Jaina denounced him in Dalaran for murdering his father and seizing the throne.
• Quel'Thalas condemned Lordaeron's use of Iron Stars and Arthas's city massacres, sparking a public dispute with Lordaeron.
• Quel'Thalas applied to become a vassal state of the Night Empire, and the Night Empire approved the request while granting it broad autonomy.

Kargath held the first Shattered Hand deathmatch, forcing Highmaul Ogre Kragg to fight the Fungal Giant Blankenspore while taunting the captive Führer Malkorok. At Eternal Night Palace, Hu Feng discussed the Dawn Legion and Elune’s recovery, then left as she demanded he return her damaged moon.

• Kargath watched the Iron Horde crowd gather in the Shattered Hand Arena and ordered the Goblin host to start the fight.
• Kargath had Malkorok brought over in chains and taunted him about the captured Highmaul Ogres being forced to fight and die.
• The Goblin host announced the duel, and Kragg formed an ice storm as Blankenspore charged at him.
• Hu Feng watched the arena from Eternal Night Palace while Elune complained that the Orcs were not her children.
• Hu Feng told Elune he needed to gather forces to fight the Burning Legion and the Void creatures, and Elune explained that she was still too weak to form a physical avatar.
• Elune demanded that Hu Feng return her moon, and he avoided answering as he left.

Sylvanas agreed to become the Dark Queen and lead an undead force, even though Hu Feng planned for her and her followers to die fighting the Scourge so they could infiltrate it. Meanwhile, Arthas claimed Frostmourne and confronted Mal'Ganis in Northrend.

• Sylvanas told Hu Feng she wanted to become the Dark Queen and gather an undead legion to support him.
• Hu Feng gave Sylvanas a magical necklace to disguise her after death and ordered her to return to Quel'Thalas, where she and her first followers would be sacrificed in the battle against the Scourge.
• Sylvanas returned to Alleria and Vareesa and said she would leave for Quel'Thalas after a few days.
• Arthas took Frostmourne after Muradin Bronzebeard fell, dismissing the sword guardian's warning about the curse.
• Arthas led his expedition through Northrend, using Frostmourne to slaughter undead, and finally confronted Mal'Ganis.