Recaps

Hu Feng shaped alliances and confronted threats across Azeroth while the Scourge rose and Arthas began his fall. The arc ended with Hu Feng summoned to an alternate Draenor, where he and the White Tiger joined forces against the Fel Orcs.

• Jaina was released from her cell, and Arthas vowed to condemn the Alliance and Night Elves for her treatment while Kael'thas warned her to keep a lower profile.
• The Mill-Eye Demon planted a fragment beneath Stormwind's Royal Academy and formed Twilight's Hammer, while Kael'thas decided to seek the God of Magic's guidance.
• Heklar secured a weapons partnership with King Terenas, who formed the Northern Alliance, while Durotan became Warchief of a New Horde that welcomed allies beyond the Orcs.
• Hu Feng captured Onyxia, exposed her identity as Countess Prestor, and forced her to choose between serving him and dying, and Onyxia chose to serve.
• Thrall escaped the internment camps with Grom and Sylvanas, learned about the New Horde, and reached Stormwind, where he saw its peoples living together.
• Arthas killed Kel'Thuzad, then defied Uther and Jaina by ordering the slaughter of Stratholme's citizens as Mal'Ganis escaped to Northrend.
• Aeonus brought Hu Feng information about the plague, while Hu Feng explained that the Lich King had once sought Llane or Lothar as a host before settling on Arthas.
• Hu Feng answered Tu'ranni's summons to alternate Draenor, defended her from Fel Orcs, and used his prayer beads to summon the White Tiger, who destroyed the attackers.

Hu Feng rescued the Draenei from a doomed Draenor, brought the survivors and allied armies to Azeroth, and founded the Night Empire as its Divine Emperor. As the new order took shape, Quel'Thalas changed rulers, the Scourge threatened Lordaeron, and Hu Feng prepared Sylvanas for a dangerous role in the coming war.

• Hu Feng fought through the Fel Orcs on Draenor, then returned to Azeroth and led an invasion that rescued the Draenei from Karabor as their world faced destruction.
• Hu Feng offered Socrethar power in exchange for his service, while his forces conquered Draenor and evacuated its survivors through the Dark Portal.
• Hu Feng brought the Draenei to Azeroth and oversaw the building of new settlements and a palace complex as allies gathered to support his rule.
• The Night Elves and allied leaders crowned Hu Feng, Elune appeared at the ceremony, and the Night Empire was founded with the Draenei and Timbermaw Furbolgs as vassals.
• Kael'thas used Twilight's Hammer to seize Quel'Thalas, killed Anasterian, and became Sun King before Quel'Thalas joined the Night Empire as an autonomous vassal.
• Hu Feng discussed the coming struggle against the Burning Legion and Void creatures with Elune, who demanded that he return her moon.
• Sylvanas asked to become the Dark Queen, and Hu Feng gave her a necklace and sent her to Quel'Thalas to prepare an undead legion against the Scourge.
• Arthas took Frostmourne despite its guardian's warning, slaughtered undead on the way through Northrend, and confronted Mal'Ganis.

Arthas’s fall and the Scourge’s advance led to a coalition war at Mount Hyjal, where Hu Feng and his allies defeated Archimonde and weakened the Lich King. In the aftermath, Sylvanas consolidated the Forsaken, factions clashed in the Eastern Kingdoms, and the Night Empire expanded its campaigns and infrastructure.

• Arthas became a Death Knight, killed King Terenas, and led the Scourge through Lordaeron while Deathwing imprisoned Alexstrasza and Onyxia invoked the Divine Emperor’s authority.
• Kael'thas and Sylvanas prepared Quel'Thalas for the Scourge, but Arthas destroyed Silvermoon City and raised Sylvanas and the Twilight's Hammer members as undead under her feigned loyalty.
• Arthas and Kel'Thuzad killed Antonidas, stole the Book of the Guardian, and summoned Archimonde, who destroyed Dalaran before leading the Burning Legion toward Mount Hyjal.
• Illidan retrieved the Eye of Sargeras for Hu Feng, and the Eternal Night Energy Cannon cracked the Frozen Throne, weakening Ner'zhul and Arthas's control over the Scourge.
• The Alliance, Horde, Forsaken, Night Elves, Iron Horde, and Illidari defeated the Scourge and Burning Legion forces at Mount Hyjal, then Hu Feng, Elune, Rukhmar, and the Dawn Knights burned Archimonde to ash.
• Sylvanas used her power to free Death Knights from Arthas, consolidated control over the Forsaken, and forced Varimathras to submit after killing Balnazzar.
• Reno killed Alexandros Mograine, fracturing the Scarlet Crusade as the Silver Dawn declared war on Reno's faction and Hu Feng identified him as the murderer.
• Elisande's forces defeated the Syndra and recruited the Gorok clan, while Hu Feng promised Durotan improvements around the Valley of Trials and the orbital train began service between Teldrassil and the Floating Islands.

Hu Feng traveled into the War of the Ancients, secured Azshara’s surrender, and preserved her beneath Darkshore until he could awaken her. Azshara returned to the Night Empire as ruler of Origin Night, where Landus forced her and her followers to submit.

• Hu Feng restored Malygos’s essence, then traveled to the War of the Ancients to gather blue dragon eggs and interfere in Azshara’s dealings with Sargeras.
• Azshara accepted Hu Feng’s terms, created a dark duplicate to carry her memories, and was put to sleep in the Origin Dungeon beneath Darkshore as the Great Sundering began.
• Hu Feng later awakened Azshara, who feared him and insulted Sylvanas before Hu Feng ordered her to settle with Origin Night in the Azshara region.
• The Night Empire announced Azshara’s return, but the elves showed little interest in her and remained devoted to Sargeras.
• Landus and the Crusaders purged Azshara’s rebellious followers, chained her above an execution site, and demanded that she confess her mistakes.
• Azshara publicly repented before Origin Night, and her followers and Felguard submitted as Landus prepared to deliver them to Cthulhu’s further torment.