Chapter Summaries

The Alliance and Horde opened the Gate of the Scourge after cleansing the plague, while Sylvanas witnessed the horrifying punishment Cthulhu inflicted on Putress and his apothecaries. The chapter ended with Sylvanas warning Kel'Thuzad not to give her a reason to send him back into Cthulhu’s Call.

• The red dragonflight cleansed the plague around the Gate of the Scourge while the Alliance and Horde purged nearby undead and engineers forced the gate open.
• Tirion returned Dawn's Glow to Calia, who said she felt no pity or hesitation toward the Lich King.
• Sylvanas saw Putress and his apothecaries disappearing as their souls remained trapped in Cthulhu’s Call, and Kel'Thuzad warned her not to enter it.
• Sylvanas entered the Call and watched an apothecary endure a distorted nightmare of his family before asking Cthulhu to let her out.
• Sylvanas told Kel'Thuzad not to give her a chance to send him back to Cthulhu, leaving him trembling in fear.

Kruuz fought his way to becoming a Greenskin Boss in northern Hellfire Peninsula and prayed to Gog for a war machine. Hu Feng’s divine power answered the prayer by creating a Mog Mech, leaving Kruuz and the other Green Skins convinced that more violence would earn Gog’s favor.

• Kruuz led his Boyz into a chaotic battle between Scrap Trucks, killed the enemy Boss, and took command of the defeated Boyz.
• Kruuz’s followers built a Waaagh! Tower and prayed to Gog and Mog for a Gog Mech.
• Hu Feng felt a prayer reach him, and his divine power returned to him more concentrated.
• The Boyz’ gathered will summoned a crude robot, which Kruuz named Big Beauty and called a Mog Mech.
• Kruuz used Big Beauty to claim territory, while other Green Skin Bosses decided they needed to kill more to earn a divine gift.

Hu Feng returned to Eternal Night Palace as a Warden leadership dispute drew Sylvanas into a growing factional struggle. Cenarius warned the Night Elves to stay out of it, while Maiev and Illidan discussed the danger and traded insults.

• After Maiev left the Wardens, the Chancellor's Council rejected her recommendation of Sana and promoted Cordana, splitting the force between Cordana's younger supporters and Sana's old guard.
• Cordana sought Sylvanas's support, and Sylvanas backed her before the Chancellor's Council, helping secure Cordana's leadership.
• Sylvanas and Cordana recommended Fandral Staghelm's son Valastann for a senior Silver Fleet post, winning Fandral's favor and drawing more people toward Sylvanas's faction.
• Heklar stopped funding Sylvanas and endured the faction's public criticism without appealing to the Chancellor's Council.
• Cenarius advised Malfurion and Tyrande to keep the Druids and Moon Priestesses neutral, while Garrond received Maiev's instruction to record Sylvanas's agents and continue his duties.
• Illidan read Garrond's letter and warned Maiev that Sana had secured her position; Maiev told Illidan to stay out of imperial politics, and they exchanged insults.

Sargeras returned from Northrend and summoned Eternal Night Palace’s officials as Sylvanas was captured and brought to face judgment for her schemes. The chapter ended with Sargeras taking his throne and threatening the trembling court, while Sylvanas knelt before him.

• Alleria angrily rebuked Sylvanas for plotting against Turalyon and involving Fandral’s son, then ended their call.
• Crusaders overwhelmed Naxxramas, and a Firstborn of the Gods ordered Sylvanas to return to Eternal Night Palace under escort.
• Sylvanas saw that her followers had defected and that her Forsaken were being subdued, then was brought before the court and made to kneel.
• Sargeras arrived in the Assembly Hall, ordered Sylvanas to crawl aside, and commanded a Firstborn of the Gods to slap himself for challenging Heklar.
• Heklar cleared Sargeras’s path and served as a step to the throne, after which Sargeras sat down and warned the court that he would show no mercy.

Hu Feng punished the officials behind the Silver Fleet incident and nearly ordered Sylvanas executed, but Heklar’s intervention redirected the crackdown toward the conspirators. Sylvanas was confined to the Eternal Night Palace, where she apologized to Turalyon and reconciled with Hu Feng.

• Fandral Staghelm admitted his guilt, and Hu Feng ordered the execution of the Dawn Druids involved in the Silver Fleet matter while sending Cordana Felsong and the implicated Wardens to prison or execution.
• Hu Feng ordered the execution of Sylvanas’s recent aides and messengers, then declared that Sylvanas had violated imperial law and should be executed.
• Heklar argued that Sylvanas had been manipulated by traitors, so Hu Feng ordered the Crusaders to investigate and execute those involved in the Silver Fleet incident, while confining Sylvanas and placing the Forsaken under temporary management.
• Hu Feng promoted Heklar to viscount and appointed Cenarius to the Chancellor’s Council before adjourning the meeting.
• Sylvanas apologized to Turalyon, and Hu Feng comforted her while warning her to stop targeting Turalyon and building a faction around herself.

The Silver Fleet scandal ended with the Night Empire executing lower-ranking personnel and replacing them swiftly, while the Divine Emperor spared Sylvanas after Heklar pleaded for her. The chapter then surveyed factional politics in the Horde and Alliance, leaving Stormwind’s nobles as a powerful class the royal family could not simply eliminate.

• The Night Empire arrested and executed mid- and lower-ranking personnel involved in the Silver Fleet incident, while officials quickly filled their vacancies.
• Heklar pleaded for Sylvanas, giving the Eternal Night Divine Emperor an excuse to spare her and settle her mistakes as family matters.
• Thrall inspected the Horde’s factions and found its internal frictions manageable, though he lacked the authority to rule as the Divine Emperor did.
• The chapter described the competing factions among Ironforge’s Dwarves and noted that Mekkatorque’s Gnomes remained united.
• Stormwind’s King Varian and Highlord Bolvar tolerated rival noble factions because the kingdom depended on nobles to maintain stability and development.

Azshara questioned how to earn Sargeras’s trust, while Fashqi urged her to reconsider love and sincerity. In Hellfire Peninsula, Kruuz’s Greenskins accidentally awakened Hu Feng’s power as Gork, and he left them to prove themselves as his followers.

• Azshara admitted to Fashqi that Sargeras’s ruthless nature and affection for Sylvanas left her unsure how to win his favor.
• Fashqi suggested that Sargeras trusted Sylvanas because she sincerely loved him, prompting Azshara to reconsider her approach.
• Kruuz prayed for wisdom to understand a crashed Fel Battleship, and Hu Feng discovered that the Greenskins’ collective faith had strengthened his divine power.
• Hu Feng appeared before Kruuz, empowered the Greenskins to dismantle the wreck, and created additional Greenskins to help them build a battleship.
• The Greenskins’ crude battleship crashed and exploded, killing many of Kruuz’s followers, but Hu Feng still challenged Kruuz to prove his clan could join Gork’s empire.
• Hu Feng returned to Eternal Night Palace and declared Gork his divine title, while Alleria dismissed the name as nonsense.

The Alliance and Horde air forces defeated the Scourge flyers but lost most of their airships, leaving survivors trapped near Imleheim. Adventurers reinforced the survivors and allowed the main armies to resume their planned advance, while Wyrmrest Temple approved a dragonkin assault on the spider kingdom.

• The Alliance and Horde air forces destroyed the Frost Dragons and gargoyles, but ten airships crashed and their survivors were surrounded near Imleheim.
• Saurfang organized the Alliance survivors west of Imleheim, while General Nazgrim led the Horde survivors east of the town.
• Bolvar and Little Saurfang hired adventurers, who reached the crash sites, strengthened the survivors' defenses, and encircled Imleheim.
• The survivor camps sent word that they could hold their positions, so the Alliance and Horde main forces resumed their planned routes.
• Wyrmrest Temple approved a full-scale attack on the spider kingdom, and several days later dragonkin legions marched west toward its entrance.

Hu Feng explored the Halls of Stone in Ulduar, where Yogg-Saron-corrupted Titan Constructs attacked his forces, and registered himself at a console, which mistakenly recorded his name as Sarge. He recovered a Titan Life Forge blueprint and found a completed Life Forge beyond the hall, guarded by Iron Vrykul.

• Hu Feng entered the Halls of Stone with Jaina and the Crusaders, and they fought the corrupted Iron Giants and Iron Dwarves.
• Hu Feng agreed to let Jaina and Theramore's mages study Suramar's magic, then went deeper into the hall.
• Hu Feng registered at a control console, which recorded his name as Sarge, and copied the Titan Life Forge blueprint into a crystal.
• Hu Feng killed the crazed Sorrowful Saint and returned to find the Crusaders and mages had cleared the central hall.
• Jaina and the Firstborn of the Gods opened a sealed door, revealing a completed Life Forge guarded by Iron Vrykul.

Hu Feng seized Ulduar’s Life Forge and ordered its relocation, then began a battle to break into Ulduar’s main area. Meanwhile, Auriel launched the Iron Maiden Project at the Tower of Slumber, a secret effort to create artificial souls and loyal godlike constructs.

• Hu Feng killed Sculptor Sjonir and ordered the Life Forge and its Iron Vrykul moved to the Tower of Slumber.
• Jaina received permission to take a projection device from Ulduar for Dalaran to study.
• The Night Empire and Dalaran forces entered Ulduar and attacked the steel constructs guarding its plaza while Hu Feng directed the assault from Heklar’s Walking Throne X-001.
• Hu Feng sent a written plan to the Tower of Slumber, making the Iron Maiden Project a top research priority.
• Auriel briefed Nightborne scholars on the Iron Maiden Project’s requirements, including creating a growing artificial soul for a Lesser Titan-level construct.

Loken tried to drag Yogg-Saron out of his prison to escape punishment, while the Old God fought to stay inside and Algalon inspected Azeroth. At Ulduar Plaza, Hu Feng confronted Mimiron's Flame Beast as the allied forces advanced.

• Loken overloaded the core prison's defenses and strengthened the chains to drag Yogg-Saron out, but Yogg-Saron resisted and cursed him.
• Algalon appeared in the Hall of Observation and summoned a projection of Azeroth, making Loken fear his actions would be discovered.
• Yogg-Saron attacked Loken with maddening illusions, but Loken turned his back and hauled on the chains anyway.
• The Night Empire and Dalaran forces destroyed Ulduar Plaza's towers while the Iron Horde bombed the Iron Golems and giants.
• Mimiron's Flame Beast smashed through the gate to the antechamber corridor, and Hu Feng flew forward to confront it.

Hu Feng exposed Loken’s attempt to deceive him, captured him for Keeper research, and advanced into Ulduar while the Night Empire and Dalaran attacked. He entered the Antechamber to find a Lesser Titan as Yogg-Saron retreated toward his prison.

• Heklar’s engineers shut down the Flame Beast, and Hu Feng warned Heklar that Mimiron’s technology was more advanced.
• Loken claimed Yogg-Saron had escaped and corrupted Ulduar’s other Keepers, but Hu Feng impaled him and ordered his essence studied for the Iron Maiden Project.
• Hu Feng sensed Yogg-Saron’s weakening power and the presence of a Lesser Titan, then ordered the armies to attack a Proto-Dragon as he flew toward the Antechamber.
• Hu Feng destroyed XT-002 Deconstructor by piercing its mechanical heart and told the assault forces to guard its body for Mimiron.
• Hu Feng entered Ulduar’s Antechamber and melted the attacking Iron Golems and Iron Dwarves as he sensed the Lesser Titan’s location.

Observer Algalon assessed Azeroth as severely contaminated and requested that the Pantheon re-originate the planet, but Hu Feng revealed that the Pantheon had been destroyed and that Azeroth herself resented it. The chapter ended with Elune angrily denouncing the Pantheon and the Void Lords while Hu Feng stood beside her.

• Algalon scanned Azeroth, found its defenses compromised and Old God activity alarming, and confronted Hu Feng when he entered the Celestial Planetarium.
• Hu Feng told Algalon not to contact the Pantheon, but Algalon sent an Alpha Code recommending Azeroth’s re-origination and requesting an examination of Hu Feng.
• Hu Feng summoned Elune and told her that Algalon had asked the Pantheon to re-originate her World Egg.
• Algalon recognized Elune as the World Soul within Azeroth and realized that she had recovered from the damage caused when Aman'Thul removed Y'Shaarj.
• Elune called the Pantheon and the Old Gods her enemies, and Hu Feng promised to help her punish them.

In 1936 Shanghai, Hu Feng died after crushing a relic rather than surrendering it, and its dark-gold energy rebirthed him in another time and place. Thousands of years later, he woke in a temple as a Spirit Binder, where Iron Saint Joan of Arc awaited his orders.

• Hu Feng and Tiezi fled Shanghai with a dark-gold relic while Japanese and foreign pursuers attacked them, and Tiezi died at the wheel.
• Hu Feng found his fiancée and The Englishman waiting at the escape pier, then crushed the relic instead of letting them take it.
• The dark-gold energy entered Hu Feng, sent his consciousness through a starry void to a horned figure, and engulfed him and his attackers in flames.
• Thousands of years later, Elune and Sargeras discussed Hu Feng's arrival on Azeroth, where Spirit Binders grew stronger.
• Hu Feng woke in a temple, drew his altered Borchardt C93 pistol, and heard Iron Saint Joan of Arc announce that she awaited orders.

Hu Feng let Algalon leave to investigate the Pantheon and recruit surviving Lesser Titans, then turned his attention to Ulduar’s captured guardians and the experiments at the Tower of Slumber. The chapter ended with the Iron Maiden awaiting an artificial soul that could make her the first Lesser Titan loyal to Sargeras alone.

• Hu Feng accepted Algalon’s decision to travel to the Pantheon and asked him to spread word about a New Pantheon rising in Azeroth.
• Algalon departed for the cosmos, while Hu Feng sent Elune back to continue practicing her divine power.
• Hu Feng scanned Ulduar for Yogg-Saron and the corrupted guardians, then set off to capture and make use of them.
• At the Tower of Slumber, Loken watched Nightborne scholars conduct experiments on prisoners’ souls and realized Hu Feng intended to replace the Pantheon’s old guardians and constructs with loyal creations.
• Inquisitor Auriel delivered Runemaster Morthael and Stormcaller Brondir to the laboratory as new test subjects.
• The chapter revealed the Iron Maiden, a powerful steel lifeform awaiting an artificial soul to complete her creation.

After returning, Sylvanas ordered the Forsaken to join the growing assault on Icecrown Glacier as the Northern Expeditionary Force attacked Scourge positions across Northrend. The chapter ended with the Demonic Blade Girl heading to Scalawag Point to seek powerful undead to strengthen her Demonic Energy before hunting the Scourge.

• Sylvanas returned to the Forsaken, received Kel'Thuzad's report, and ordered all Forsaken forces to advance into Icecrown Glacier.
• The Alliance, Horde, and Knights of the Ebon Blade continued attacking Scourge strongholds, while the Forsaken fleet's arrival relieved pressure on the Horde's western front.
• Tirion Fording organized the Crusader Trial to select elite vanguard teams for an assault on Icecrown Citadel.
• The Dragonflights fought undead nerubians in Azjol-Nerub, druids and furbolgs battled trolls in Grizzly Hills, and adventurers raided Scourge-held areas in Howling Fjord.
• The Demonic Blade Girl decided to visit Scalawag Point to buy high-ranking undead, then planned to hunt the Scourge and grow strong enough to face Sargeras.

Hu Feng continued through Ulduar, subdued the mad Guardian Aurilia, and reached Mimiron's workshop, hoping to recruit the engineer. The chapter ended when Hu Feng pressed a large red button marked not to press.

• Hu Feng restrained Aurilia and ordered the Crusaders to take her as a test subject.
• Hu Feng surveyed Ulduar's inner hall and saw Yogg-Saron retreating into his prison.
• Hu Feng rode a crystal-powered train to Mimiron's workshop, Spark of Thought.
• Mimiron recognized Hu Feng and asked him to stop Cthulhu and Yogg-Saron from bothering him.
• Hu Feng pressed the red button on Mimiron's wall despite its warning.

Hu Feng confronted Mimiron in Ulduar, saw through his act of madness, and persuaded him to help rebuild the Pantheon with new war machines. Mimiron agreed to join Hu Feng’s cause and was ordered to bring his equipment to the Tower of Slumber.

• Mimiron tested the Flame Beast MK-II and VX-001 against Hu Feng, then introduced Mimiron's Head.
• Hu Feng stopped Mimiron’s performance and accused him of pretending to be mad; Mimiron admitted the self-destruct device was under his control.
• Hu Feng explained that Sargeras had destroyed the Pantheon and that he intended to rebuild it with Azeroth and his empire.
• Mimiron agreed to develop war machines for Hu Feng and requested a larger laboratory.
• Mimiron asked whether he could claim a divine title, and Hu Feng told him to pack up and go to the Tower of Slumber.

Kael'thas announced his engagement to Anveena, and reporters and livestreamers flocked to Silvermoon City to cover the scandalous event. Across Azeroth, television programs entertained people even as the Northern Expedition war continued.

• Kael'thas and Anveena announced their engagement, and the High Elves began preparing a private ceremony.
• Reporters swarmed Silvermoon City to interview Kael'thas, and he blasted away a rogue who asked an intrusive question.
• Thrall watched the engagement coverage before switching between Durotan's farming show, Varian's singing, and a popular murloc program.
• Grom Hellscream grew angry at Mr. Bubbles cosplaying him, while Illidan threatened to return to Azeroth after seeing the murloc's Illidan costume.
• Maiev stopped Illidan from charging out to attack the goblins responsible for the television show.

Hu Feng learned that Avenger Argus was nearing Azeroth and feared they would become enemies, so he contacted Sargeras for advice. Sargeras revealed a forbidden way to hasten Hu Feng’s birth by absorbing another world soul, then offered a location and promised transport to it.

• Hu Feng reflected on Mimiron’s new research department and the pressure it would put on Heklar’s arms consortium.
• Avenger Argus contacted Hu Feng and said he would reach Azeroth in a few cosmic months.
• Hu Feng worried Argus would condemn him and the Night Empire, then asked Sargeras for information about Argus and his weaknesses.
• Sargeras said Argus had no weakness and told Hu Feng to be born as soon as possible.
• Sargeras shared a forbidden method for accelerating Hu Feng’s hatching by absorbing planetary essence, ideally from another world soul.
• Sargeras gave Hu Feng the location of a Void-corrupted Titan Soul and offered to send a Fel Battleship to the Outland world to take him there.