Chapter Summaries

Hu Feng entered the Halls of Origination to retrieve Titan technology and discovered that he could not contact the Pantheon. He concluded that the other Titans were dead and left preparing to face Sargeras and the Void Lords alone.

• Hu Feng learned that Merith Winterwind had vanished after being gravely wounded by troll hexes, leaving only a staff in his coffin, and reflected that Merith had become the first undead.
• Hu Feng ordered the Tol'vir army to attack the Halls of Origination and passed through its defenders with help from the Wind Elementals.
• Hu Feng persuaded Anrafeht to let him enter, then instructed the guardian to blacklist Sargeras and destroy the halls if necessary.
• Hu Feng extracted a crystal containing Titan Energy Generator, Titan Energy Cannon, and Titan Energy Shield technology from the reboot device's control core.
• Hu Feng tried to contact the Pantheon but found no beacon, leading him to conclude that all the Titans besides Sargeras were dead.
• Hu Feng set a password on the control core, sealed its room with Titan Divine Power, and left with a Titan communication device.

Argus received a desperate message from the newborn Titan Sarodar, giving the surviving Titans hope. Meanwhile, Hu Feng strengthened Night Elf defenses across Kalimdor, as the Arathor Empire weakened into a balance among seven human kingdoms.

• Argus accepted Sarodar's signal and learned that the newborn Titan had escaped Sargeras and the Void Lords with control of both Void and fel powers.
• Hu Feng installed Titan energy generators on Sarodar and in Azeroth's Tower of Slumber, and began turning his World Egg into a planetary fortress.
• Hu Feng ordered walls and Titan energy shields built across Night Elf lands, creating a vast defensive network he named the Night Great Wall.
• Highborne mages hunted Satyr demons for magical materials while Night Elves expanded across Kalimdor.
• After Emperor Thoradin and his generation of leaders died, the Arathor Empire weakened, leaving seven human kingdoms in a delicate balance.

After Dath'Remar's death, Anasterian's dismissive treatment of the Night Elf delegation angered the Highborne and deepened the rift between Quel'Thalas and the Night Elves. Hu Feng responded by reducing cooperation with the Sunstrider court and directing support toward the Silvermoon Rangers, while human kingdoms took note of the growing divide.

• Dath'Remar died, and Anasterian ascended the throne as Sun King while Quel'Thalas mourned.
• Aethelus led a Highborne and Nightborne delegation to Quel'Thalas, but Anasterian questioned Hu Feng's absence, prompting Aethelus and the delegation to leave.
• At Alleria's Farstrider Lodge, Aethelus urged the Nightborne not to retaliate, then teased Alleria about her relationship with Hu Feng and Sylvanas.
• Hu Feng learned of Anasterian's slight and decided the High Elves needed a warning for trying to diminish his and the Highborne's influence.
• The Night Elves reduced trade and magical cooperation with the Sunstrider court while supplying the Silvermoon Rangers with discounted or free goods.
• Human kingdoms noticed the rift, and Kul Tiras benefited by handling much of the sea trade between the continents.

The High Elf council refused to apologize to Hu Feng and decided to resist the Night Elves’ pressure, while Alleria and Sylvanas discussed the rangers’ shortages and Sylvanas admitted she had asked Aethelus to tell Hu Feng. Hu Feng received news that Quel’Thalas had closed its borders and halted all trade and exchanges.

• Sun King Anasterian rejected a councilor’s suggestion to apologize to Hu Feng, and the Silvermoon Council rallied behind his defiance of the Night Elves.
• At Farstrider Lodge, Sylvanas complained that the council excluded Alleria and neglected the rangers’ supplies.
• Alleria confronted Sylvanas, who confessed that she had told Aethelus about the rangers’ shortages and asked him to inform Hu Feng.
• Hu Feng spoke with Aethelus on the Tower of Slumber’s terrace and advised him not to pressure the High Elves too hard.
• Hu Feng and Aethelus received news that Quel’Thalas had closed its borders and prohibited trade and exchanges.

Quel'Thalas closed its borders and withdrew from the world, while the other kingdoms carried on without it. Alleria and her rangers faced growing suspicion and supply cuts, and Sylvanas warned that Silvermoon’s councilors planned to place their own people in the Ranger Corps.

• Hu Feng learned that Quel'Thalas had closed its borders and asked Aethelus to bring clever druids to him for a task concerning Alleria.
• The Seven Human Kingdoms accepted Quel'Thalas’s withdrawal and turned to the Night Elves for trade instead.
• Local conflicts continued across Azeroth as Tauren and Night Elf druids fought alongside one another against the centaurs in The Barrens.
• Lordaeron pursued greater influence, Dalaran focused on magic, and Stormwind expanded and traded closely with the Bronzebeard Dwarves.
• Silvermoon’s councilors grew suspicious of Alleria, cut supplies to her Ranger Corps, and guarded Sunsail Port against deliveries from the Night Elves.
• Sylvanas told Alleria that councilors were proposing to place their own people in the Ranger Corps, shocking her sister.

Alleria and Sylvanas secretly secured Night Elf aid to supply the Ranger Corps, freeing them from dependence on Silvermoon City. As the supplies arrived, Alleria learned Hu Feng was well and still intended to bring her back to Kalimdor.

• Alleria led Sylvanas and the rangers to a hidden beach near Tor'Watha, where they met the Night Elf Anka Clawheart.
• Anka explained that a giant octopus named Annu had come to deliver supplies, and Annu unloaded thousands of crates onto the beach.
• Anka gave Alleria a list of the weapons, food, armor, gold, and energy walls, along with a warning not to use the Goblins' unstable bombs.
• The rangers carried the supplies back to Farstrider Lodge and Windrunner Spire under cover of night.
• Alleria asked Anka about Hu Feng, and Anka told her Hu Feng was well, worried about her, and planned to take her back to Kalimdor when they met again.
• Vareesa asked Sylvanas whether Hu Feng was a god, but Sylvanas could not answer because she had never met him.

On the last day of the year, Hu Feng and Elisande turned the adventurers gathered outside the Nightmare Fortress into customers for an extravagant fortune-telling and membership scheme. As Suramar celebrated the new year, Hu Feng reflected on the life and bonds he had gained in Azeroth.

• Suramar merchants sold overpriced goods to adventurers gathered outside Elisande’s Nightmare Fortress challenge.
• Elisande’s mages sold fortune-telling packages, then persuaded one wealthy adventurer to buy costly titles and a Supreme Member card.
• Hu Feng’s membership promotion turned the adventurer into a celebrated parade participant, and Aethelus advertised a cheaper monthly Super Member option.
• By nightfall, the crowded marketplace and membership lines had helped Hu Feng and Elisande earn nearly five hundred thousand gold.
• Elisande thanked Hu Feng for saving Suramar, and the two watched the city’s New Year celebrations together.
• Hu Feng reflected that changing Suramar’s fate and finding happiness in Azeroth mattered more to him than returning to Earth.

After Hu Feng ended his suppression of the Sunwell’s Mana Addiction, Quel’Thalas descended into chaos, while Alleria and Sylvanas realized the outbreak spared those close to the Windrunners and was divine punishment for the Silvermoon Council. The chapter ended with Sylvanas calling upon Sargeras, drawing Hu Feng’s attention.

• Hu Feng cut off his suppression of the Sunwell, causing Mana Addiction to erupt across Quel’Thalas and turning many High Elves into Mindless Ones.
• Anasterian and the Silvermoon Council realized the outbreak affected the entire race and that the God of Magic’s protection had disappeared.
• Sylvanas told Alleria that Windrunner-affiliated mages and those who worshipped the God of Magic rather than the Sunwell showed no symptoms.
• Alleria worried that their people were suffering, but Sylvanas argued the Silvermoon Council deserved the punishment and had threatened the Windrunner sisters.
• Sylvanas used the magic-infused heart of a Mindless One to call upon Sargeras, and Hu Feng noticed her prayer.

Sylvanas summoned Hu Feng, who appeared as the God of Magic and exposed the Sun King and Silvermoon Council mages spying on her. After declaring them blasphemers and ordering Sylvanas to bring in those who had insulted him, he left her with divine power, and she began a sweeping purge across Quel'Thalas despite Alleria's objections.

• Sylvanas prayed to the God of Magic, and Hu Feng manifested as a Divine Eye while binding Anasterian and the Silvermoon Council mages who had been hiding nearby.
• Sylvanas accused the council and nobles of endangering the Windrunners and seeking to force Alleria into marriage, and Hu Feng killed one council member with green flames.
• Hu Feng ordered Sylvanas to bring in everyone who had disrespected him within an hour and told her that resisters should die.
• Sylvanas ordered the rangers to arrest her targets, extending the operation to political opponents, while Alleria tried unsuccessfully to stop her.
• Sylvanas told Alleria that divine power favored her ambition, then vanished into the forest as Quel'Thalas descended into chaos.

Sylvanas’s purge ended Quel’Thalas’s political resistance, and the High Elves accepted Night Elf oversight as relations with the Windrunner family and Anasterian improved. In Suramar, Tyrande attended a Highborne banquet and asked Elisande why her people loved such gatherings.

• Sylvanas executed thousands of nobles and faction members who had opposed the Windrunners or the Ranger Corps, while Anasterian alone survived among them.
• Quel’Thalas reopened its borders and accepted a border fortress staffed by Night Elf Rangers and Highborne mages to monitor the kingdom.
• Anasterian apologized privately to Alleria and Sylvanas, and the rangers resumed serving him as tensions eased.
• Tyrande attended a Suramar banquet and complained to Elisande about the Highborne’s frequent celebrations.
• Elisande told Tyrande that the Highborne had loved banquets since the gods saved them.

Hu Feng, Tyrande, and Elisande investigated an arcane spider colony in the Magic Corridor beneath Suramar City. After the defenders repelled a spider attack, Hu Feng led the group toward the hall where the colony’s leader was believed to be hiding.

• Elisande told Tyrande that the Highborne had hope because Hu Feng had saved them from their fate after the Great Sundering.
• Hu Feng reassured Elisande that the Highborne did not need to keep proving themselves and asked for help investigating a spider colony beneath Suramar City.
• Hu Feng, Tyrande, and Elisande traveled through the Magic Corridor and met Advisor Landus and the Spellblade guards at a fortified crossroads.
• A swarm of arcane spiders charged the fortifications, but the Spellblades and mages killed or wounded many of them and drove the survivors back.
• Landus said the spiders appeared organized and suggested their leader was hiding in the hall at the bottom of the Magic Corridor.
• Hu Feng set out with Tyrande, Elisande, and Landus to find the spider leader.

Hu Feng enslaved the spider matriarch Nalthara and revealed his plan to breed her offspring as magical mounts for the Highborne. Elisande recoiled at the idea, while Tyrande understood the potential of mounts that could cooperate with their riders.

• Hu Feng, Landus, Elisande, and Tyrande reached the spider matriarch’s lair and found her guarding a vast pile of eggs.
• Hu Feng entered the spider matriarch’s mind to inscribe enslavement runes while Elisande restrained her body and Tyrande blocked her movements.
• Hu Feng defeated the spider matriarch’s final attack of will, completed the runes, and returned to find her subdued.
• Hu Feng explained that he intended to raise the matriarch’s offspring as mounts for the Highborne.
• Elisande objected to riding spiders, and Hu Feng assured her that Nalthara’s offspring could be fitted with saddles and arcane armor.

Orgrim visited Durotan at Draenor Citadel and voiced his fears about fel magic corrupting the Orcs, while Durotan resolved to preserve the Frostwolf Clan’s traditions. Meanwhile, Velen foresaw disaster for the Draenei, and Blackhand rallied the fel-corrupted Orcs to attack them as Gul'dan watched.

• Orgrim reunited with Durotan in Frostfire Ridge and traveled with him to Draenor Citadel.
• Orgrim and Durotan discussed the spread of warlocks, the decline of shamans, and fel’s effects on the land and Orcs.
• Durotan decided to preserve the Frostwolf Clan’s traditions and shaman teachings while leaving the future to time and the ancestors.
• Velen collapsed at Karabor Temple after foreseeing disaster for the Draenei and said he would seek further guidance from the Naaru.
• Blackhand ordered the Orcs gathered in Nagrand to invade Draenei lands and slaughter their people, while Gul'dan watched from behind him.

Hu Feng traveled to Wailing Caverns to help the druids awaken Naralex and stop nightmare creatures from emerging. As the druids began their ritual, Hu Feng protected them from the monsters attacking from the lake.

• Hu Feng equipped Suramar's Spellblades with armored Arcane Spider mounts, prompting complaints that they preferred Night Sabers; the mages complained when they learned they would be next.
• Hu Feng flew to The Barrens after hearing that Naralex was trapped in a nightmare in Wailing Caverns.
• A druid guided Hu Feng into the cave, where they found dead raptors and slimes and heard battles deeper inside.
• Hu Feng froze a pack of nightmare raptors attacking four druids, then joined them in searching for Naralex.
• The druids began using Nature Energy to awaken Naralex, and nightmare Wind Serpents and slimes surged from the lake.
• Hu Feng raised a wall of fire around the druids and promised to hold off the attackers while they continued the ritual.

Hu Feng rescued Naralex from a nightmare featuring a gigantic murloc, then entered the Emerald Dream to investigate a trace of nightmare energy. There, he met Ysera and warned her that an invading force was corrupting the dream.

• Hu Feng burned away the nightmare creatures and defeated the gigantic murloc with Arcane Missiles, Frost Nova, and Pyroblast.
• Naralex awoke and thanked Hu Feng and the druids for freeing him from his nightmare.
• Hu Feng discovered an emerald-green rift near Naralex's sleeping place and crossed into the Emerald Dream to track the nightmare energy.
• Hu Feng suspected Sargoth was behind the corruption spreading from the Nightmare Tree Saladashir.
• Ysera appeared before Hu Feng, transformed into a Night Elf, and welcomed him to the Emerald Dream.
• Hu Feng told Ysera that he had discovered an invading force in the Emerald Dream.

Hu Feng entered the Emerald Dream with Ysera’s help to track the nightmare corruption and find its source. After the nightmare attacked him in a dream of his past life, he recovered his Titan power and pursued it through others’ dreams, but its controller escaped by severing its connection to the Emerald Dream.

• Ysera recalled seeing small patches of blackish-red corrupted land, and Hu Feng explained that Sargoth and the Nightmare Tree were likely behind the spreading nightmare.
• Hu Feng asked Ysera to monitor him as he entered a dream beneath the tree where she lived.
• Hu Feng dreamed he was back in his former home on Earth, where a nightmare took the form of Sadako and attacked him.
• Hu Feng regained his connection to the Titan Core, drove Sadako away, and chased the nightmare energy with Ysera’s help.
• Hu Feng passed through Elisande’s, Nalthara’s, and Alleria’s dreams while pursuing the nightmare.
• Hu Feng tried to trap the fleeing nightmare with an Arcane Cage, but its controller dispersed and severed its connection to the Emerald Dream.

Hu Feng restored Ysera’s Dragon Aspect essence and learned that the Pantheon had been destroyed by Sargeras. After contacting Avenger Argus, he became the Titans’ last hope and resolved to grow strong enough to defeat Sargeras and the Void Lords.

• Hu Feng returned Ysera’s emerald-green essence from the Dragon Soul, restoring her full power as a Dragon Aspect and guardian of the Emerald Dream.
• Ysera asked Hu Feng about the world in his dream, and he said he hoped to return to the world where he had once lived.
• Hu Feng received a contact request on his Titan communication device and spoke with Avenger Argus, who confirmed that Sargeras had destroyed the Pantheon.
• Argus told Hu Feng that he was the Titans’ last remaining hope and promised to join him with the Pantheon’s legacy and his teachings.
• Hu Feng resolved to become strong enough to destroy the Void Lords and Sargeras.

Hu Feng considered how to build forces strong enough to oppose Sargeras as troubles erupted in Feralas and The Scarlets. Meanwhile, Aegwynn arrived in Tirisfal to begin her Guardian training and discovered that Merith Winterwind, an undead, would be her true teacher.

• Hu Feng reassured Argus that he could join him on his World Egg, and Argus promised to come when he was ready.
• Hu Feng reflected that he needed to grow stronger and build a force capable of opposing the Burning Legion.
• Garrond Shadowsong sent Shandris Moonpetal to watch Dire Maul after learning the Syndra had summoned and imprisoned a Doomhound, then led troops to help druids repel centaurs emerging from Maraudon in The Scarlets.
• Aegwynn arrived in Tirisfal and learned that Alodi would assist with her lessons while someone more powerful would be her true teacher.
• Alodi introduced Aegwynn to Merith Winterwind, and Aegwynn recoiled when she saw that her teacher was undead.

Aegwynn continued her punishing apprenticeship under Merith and learned that his own teacher, Hu Feng, had trained him the same way. In Suramar, huntress Saelin chased an illusion-using High Elf rogue until he fled into a giant spider’s trap.

• Aegwynn complained to Alodi about Merith’s harsh training, and Alodi warned her that Hu Feng had trained Merith just as brutally.
• Merith revealed that Hu Feng was real and had greater threats to deal with, then warned Aegwynn not to question his mentor again.
• Aegwynn gradually understood the purpose of Merith’s training, and their relationship improved.
• Saelin patrolled Suramar after Elisande suspended her assignments and the Divine Emissary reassigned her to patrol duty.
• Saelin spotted an illusion-using High Elf rogue, exposed him with a Binding Arrow, and pursued him as he repeatedly tried to escape.
• The rogue fled into the Magic Corridor and was caught in spider silk before a giant spider, then begged Saelin to save him.

Hu Feng dealt with Saelin’s adventurer-killing patrols while Ysera spent her days visiting him and exploring Suramar. After Ysera and Elisande discussed Hu Feng’s other potential companions, Ysera asked Elisande to join forces with her so she could become Hu Feng’s companion too.

• Elisande’s scheme had Saelin lure and kill adventurers, and Hu Feng received Saelin and encouraged her work.
• Ysera teased Hu Feng and was driven from his residence with a cup of Moonlight Wine.
• Ysera explored Suramar’s commercial district, noticing its new streets, shops, and growing displays of worship for Hu Feng.
• Ysera asked Elisande whether she was concerned that Alleria Windrunner might become Hu Feng’s companion, but Elisande said she was satisfied as long as Hu Feng still cared for her.
• Ysera offered to ally with Elisande so she could become Hu Feng’s companion, and Elisande stared at her in surprise.