Chapter Summaries

The High Elves prepared a quiet wedding for Kael'thas and Anveena, but reporters, rowdy guests, a street fight, and a stampede disrupted Silvermoon City. While the wedding banquet proceeded at the Royal Court, Hu Feng visited the Windrunner family with the sisters and prepared to meet their parents.

• The High Elves sent invitations and planned a small wedding celebration for Kael'thas and Anveena in Silvermoon City.
• Paltrice, Deathwing, Malygos, and Oscar arrived with Sargeras's party, and a brawl between Deathwing, Malygos, and Oscar wrecked a Silvermoon street.
• The Tauren Chieftains Band drew a large crowd near the brawl, and a stampede buried the three fighters.
• At the Royal Court banquet, Tyrande and Kael'thas discussed Dath'Remar, while Elisande examined Anveena and criticized High Elf taste.
• Hu Feng toured Eversong Woods with the Windrunner Sisters and went with Sylvanas to meet their parents at Farstrider Lodge.

Pandaria emerged from the mists as Sha energy returned, and Hu Feng arranged to stabilize the continent and send reinforcements to rescue Shenzhenzi. Deathwing mocked the dragons at Wyrmrest Temple, named a black dragon egg Wrathion, and Argus celebrated his return with the Murlocs.

• The Night Empire broadcast an introduction to Pandaria as the mists dissipated and Sha energy began to threaten the continent again.
• Hu Feng ordered a portal established at the White Tiger Temple, told the White Tiger to stabilize Pandaria, and sent Chi-Jing to reinforce the effort to free Shenzhenzi from Lizardmen on Mistvale Isle.
• Deathwing returned to Wyrmrest Temple stronger after apparently devouring another version of himself and mocked the gathered dragons and Onyxia.
• Deathwing found a black dragon egg in the Wasted Lands, let it hatch there, and named the dragon Wrathion.
• Argus returned to Port Mo'argi and celebrated with the Murlocs.

The Eastern Kingdoms’ factions adjusted to the cataclysm and timeline convergence as they rebuilt, traded, and dealt with new threats. Gilneas’s pleas for help were rejected, while the Night Empire’s forces sailed toward its territory to recover the Moon Goddess’s Scythe.

• Lordaeron reinforced its borders and prepared to help Stromgarde reclaim its city, while Theramore expanded trade and Dalaran welcomed factions from across the world.
• Varian turned the Southern Alliance away from continental ambitions and toward disaster relief, while Magni’s dwarves struggled to repair the Stonewrought Dam after another earthquake.
• Lordaeron’s New Aristocrats rejected both Gilnean delegations, refusing Queen Calia’s aid to a kingdom that had abandoned the Northern Alliance.
• King Genn and Lord Godfrey’s isolationist choices left Gilneas facing its civil war and the Feral Worgen without Lordaeron’s support.
• The Night Empire’s officers ordered their forces to kill threats and search Gilneas for the Moon Goddess’s Scythe.

Thrall learned from Stone Mother Therazane that N'Zoth was secretly driving powerful elementals toward madness, and he asked Hu Feng to protect the stone elements in exchange for their support of his future role as Earth-Warder. Hu Feng sent Thrall to deal with the corrupted water elementals and assigned the druids to handle the restless fire elements at Mount Hyjal, while ordering Cenarius to wake two sleeping Wild Gods and make them choose a side.

• Thrall told Hu Feng that N'Zoth was secretly influencing the elements and that Therazane wanted Titan protection for the stone elements.
• Hu Feng questioned Al'Khan, who reported that the wind elements remained unaffected and loyal.
• Hu Feng agreed to protect the stone elements if they supported Thrall as Earth-Warder and helped stabilize Azeroth.
• Thrall reported that Neptulon and nearly all water elementals had fallen under N'Zoth's influence, while fire elements were restless at Mount Hyjal.
• Hu Feng sent Thrall to deal with the water elementals and told Cenarius that the druids could handle Ragnaros and the fire elements.
• Hu Feng ordered Cenarius to wake Goldrin and Aviana and warned that the White Tiger could kill them if they refused to choose a side.

Chi-Jing helped heal Shenzhenzi while the Pandaren and Night Empire forces fought off the Lizardmen. The chapter then showed the Shaohao Dynasty establishing White Tiger Temple as its outpost in Azeroth, while Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon’s arrival made the Eternal Night Palace’s Assembly Hall uninhabitable.

• Ji Fire Palm prepared to blast apart the Skyfire wreckage, but Aysa Cloudsinger objected until Chi-Jing arrived and promised to help restore Shenzhenzi.
• After the explosives cleared the wreckage, Chi-Jing covered Shenzhenzi’s wound in crimson flames, and healers began treating him as the Crusaders and Windwalker Monks fought the incoming Lizardmen.
• The Pandaren monks protected the healers, and Shenzhenzi’s injuries began healing rapidly while the monks considered whether to join the Alliance or Horde.
• The Shaohao Dynasty opened White Tiger Temple in Winterspring as an embassy and future Pandaren capital, with a portal linking it to Pandaria and elite monks stationed there as instructors.
• Flower-Bird-Wind-Moon appeared at the Eternal Night Palace, and Hu Feng complained that her haunting antics had made the Assembly Hall uninhabitable.

The White Tiger visited Mount Hyjal and agreed to give the Wild Demigods time to accept the Empire’s rules before acting against them. In Gilneas, the Night Empire’s search for the Moon Goddess’s Scythe disrupted the civil war, and Genn intensified his attacks on Godfrey’s rebels.

• Cenarius organized the druids’ campaign from beneath Nordrassil, assigning them to awaken Wild Demigods and clear Fire Elements from Mount Hyjal.
• The White Tiger met Cenarius and promised to give the Wild Demigods time to choose, while warning that his patience was limited.
• Secret envoys from the Southern Alliance offered Genn support in exchange for Gilneas joining their alliance, while Godfrey sought Northern Alliance support.
• The Night Elf Border Guard landed in Gilneas to search for the Moon Goddess’s Scythe and killed envoys sent by Godfrey’s rebels to confront them.
• The Feral Worgen retreated into the forests as the Night Elves attacked them, allowing Genn to intensify the royal army’s assault on Godfrey’s rebels.

Onyxia and Malygos led a dragon coalition against Blackrock Mountain to kill Nefarian and seize the Blackwing Circle’s valuables. Meanwhile, Pandaren survivors chose between the Alliance and Horde, while the neutral Shaohao Dynasty opened White Tiger Temple to trade, training, and adventurers.

• Onyxia left Stormwind after learning Nefarian was near the end of his life and traveled to Blackrock Mountain to kill him and collect the Blackwing Circle’s valuable goods.
• Malygos joined Onyxia with the Blue Dragon Legion, and the coalition found the hidden entrance to the Blackwing Circle.
• Malygos blasted open the Blackwing Circle’s gates as the dragon coalition began its assault.
• Ji Firepaw and the Fire Gold monks registered with the Horde, while Aysa Cloudsinger and the Water Soil monks chose the Alliance, parting as future enemies.
• The Shaohao Dynasty declared White Tiger Temple neutral and welcomed merchants, adventurers, and monks, while it continued considering whether Alliance and Horde armies could enter Pandaria.

The White Tiger forced Goldrinn to serve Sargeras’s war effort, while Cenarius explained the Emperor’s order to awaken the Wild Gods. Argus received one million gold coins from Hu Feng to build a city for disadvantaged races, and Hu Feng went drinking with Azshara after she offered to pay.

• The White Tiger pinned Goldrinn down, threatened him into serving Sargeras, and told Cenarius to report any Wild Gods who refused to awaken.
• Cenarius urged Goldrinn to accept the Empire’s rule and explained that every Wild God within its borders had been ordered to wake and work.
• Hu Feng complained to Argus about awakening the Wild Gods, then learned Argus wanted one million gold coins to build a refuge city in Howling Fjord.
• Hu Feng reluctantly gave Argus the money, and Argus left to establish a city for disadvantaged races.
• Azshara visited the grieving Hu Feng, who rejected her pursuit of him, but he agreed to go drinking after she offered to treat him.

Onyxia and the Blue Dragon Legion attacked Nefarian’s Blackwing Circle while Argus asked Sylvanas for Howling Fjord to shelter disadvantaged races. Sylvanas granted the territory, and the battle between the black dragons remained unresolved.

• Nefarian’s Blackwing Circle came under attack from Malygos’s blue dragons and Onyxia’s black dragons, while the defenders were outnumbered and losing ground.
• Onyxia used a point-blank Deep Breath to badly burn Nefarian, who broke free and retaliated with Shadow Flame.
• In Howling Fjord, Sylvanas’s Forsaken had converted most of the Vrykul into undead and claimed Utgarde Keep as a military stronghold.
• Argus arrived at the Frozen Throne and asked Sylvanas to give him Howling Fjord for a protected settlement for disadvantaged races.
• After consulting Sargeras through a Mental Link, Sylvanas granted Argus the territory.

Argus established Sanctuary in Howling Fjord to shelter disadvantaged, peace-loving races, drawing donations and support from across the world. Hu Feng decided to help sustain Argus’s project because it kept him from interfering with the empire, while Argus remained wary of Sargeras and avoided claiming sovereign power.

• Argus founded Sanctuary at Utgarde Keep, promising disadvantaged races a peaceful home and receiving extensive funding and security support.
• Hu Feng asked Heklar to assess Argus’s actions, and Heklar called the project childish but said Argus’s power could make it real.
• Hu Feng ordered Heklar to support Sanctuary so Argus would remain occupied with his new order instead of meddling in the empire.
• Hu Feng reasoned that Sanctuary could eventually serve the empire as a labor force and affiliated organization while improving its public image.
• Argus stayed in Howling Fjord rather than returning to Kalimdor, expressing his distance from Sargeras by avoiding the creation of a nation or a monopoly on power.

Hu Feng modified a Maus tank with divine power and joined Sargeras in a destructive drive through Berlin, where they rescued the teenage fighter Elena. As the tank headed southeast toward Bavaria, Elena and Sargeras continued arguing over their beliefs.

• Hu Feng replaced the Maus tank's cannon with a 155mm gun, powered it with a divine power crystal, and painted it black.
• Elena and a group of teenagers defended a Berlin street until Soviet troops destroyed their 88mm gun and killed her companions.
• Hu Feng and Sargeras arrived in the Maus tank and blasted the Soviet forces, saving Elena.
• Hu Feng invited Elena aboard after learning her family was dead, and she joined the tank's journey.
• Elena challenged Sargeras over his contempt for her convictions, while the Maus tank continued toward Bavaria.

After the war ended, Hu Feng created a home for Elena in Bavaria and prepared to leave Earth. Sargeras chose to stay with Elena, while Hu Feng departed aboard the Fel Battleship with the black Panther Tank.

• The black Panther Lord rampaged through Allied territory before vanishing, leaving behind wreckage and becoming an enduring mystery.
• Elena shared her beliefs and experiences with Sargeras, who listened while maintaining his dismissive attitude toward mortals.
• Soviet soldiers raised the Red Flag over the Reichstag on April 29, and the German Army surrendered on May 9.
• Elena decorated the black Panther Tank with wildflowers in Bavaria, where Hu Feng created a house and garden for her.
• Hu Feng said he was leaving Earth, and Sargeras decided to remain with Elena while claiming he had not killed enough yet.
• Hu Feng reminded Sargeras of his ten-year deadline, then departed aboard the Fel Battleship with the black Panther Tank.

After World War II, Elena befriended Sargeras while he stayed on her hillside in Bavaria, and she refused to leave Earth with him. After Sargeras departed, Elena became a nun, while his demons secretly occupied the town and spread across the world.

• Elena questioned Sargeras about his beliefs and his murdered brother, Aman'Thul, as they shared a campfire and roasted lamb.
• Sargeras offered Elena power and a place in his legion, but she refused and said she would remain in Bavaria.
• Sargeras departed Earth, and Elena kissed his cheek as he vanished.
• Elena became a nun at the rebuilt church and wore a necklace bearing an S-shaped letter.
• Demons possessed the priest and every villager in town, then spread out to find human hosts across the world.

Hu Feng reviewed the state of Azeroth before the Demonic Blade Girl defeated Sargeras’s avatar and found some relief from her old hatred. Sylvanas misunderstood Hu Feng comforting her, leaving him scrambling to explain himself.

• Hu Feng handled the Eternal Night Palace’s backlog and reviewed developments across Azeroth, including conflicts in the Maelstrom, Mount Hyjal, the Horde, and the human kingdoms.
• Thrall and the Earthen Ring fought Neptulon’s forces at the Maelstrom, while the druids advanced their campaign against Ragnaros and prepared to awaken Aviana.
• Tensions grew within the Horde and Gilneas’s civil war continued, while the Night Empire monitored both situations.
• The Demonic Blade Girl cleaved Sargeras’s avatar in half and destroyed its heart, then wept as her hatred began to ease.
• Hu Feng comforted the Demonic Blade Girl, but Sylvanas saw them together and assumed they were romantically involved before hurrying away.

The Night Elves searched Gilneas for the Moon Goddess's Scythe while King Genn's forces drove Lord Godfrey's rebels from Gilneas City. As the civil war neared its end, Gilneas joined the Southern Alliance and Lord Godfrey began negotiations with Queen Calia.

• Hu Feng discussed the Druids' search for the scythe with Elune and defended his Maus tank.
• Night Elf forces discovered Velinde Starsong's corpse, controlled by the Moon Goddess's Scythe, and closed in on it.
• King Genn's troops and rational Worgen pushed Lord Godfrey's rebels out of Gilneas City, forcing them to retreat toward Seawatch Cliff.
• King Genn accepted the Southern Alliance's support after Gilneas's flooding devastated its farmland and economy.
• Lord Godfrey's delegation met Queen Calia as Lordaeron sought to use the rebels as a barrier against Gilneas.

Hu Feng dealt with Nefarian’s surviving creations and corpse, then the sale of Nefarian’s dragon-shaft tonic wine sparked a Goblin labor protest in Orgrimmar. The dispute escalated into a wider confrontation within the Horde, with Gazlowe returning as the world watched.

• Hu Feng ordered Maloriak sent to The Judgement of the Crusaders and Chimaeron taken to a live testing laboratory, while Malygos explained their origins.
• The Black Dragon Princess told Hu Feng that Stormwind wanted Nefarian’s head, and Hu Feng agreed to give it to Varian and Bolvar before joking about barbecuing the dragon’s meat.
• At Suramar’s auction, Trade Prince Gazlowe bought the wine made from Nefarian’s dragon shaft for fifty million gold coins, while Heklar watched with a flickering gaze.
• Angry Kezan Goblins in Orgrimmar protested against their indenture contracts and demanded fair wages and working conditions after hearing of Gazlowe’s extravagant purchase.
• The Kor'kron guards dispersed the parade on Garrosh’s orders, prompting the Frostwolf Clan, Troll tribes, and Tauren to protest what they saw as discriminatory treatment.
• Gazlowe hurried back to Orgrimmar as the Horde’s internal dispute drew the world’s attention.

Hu Feng explained to Elisande that he had tested Garrosh by pushing him toward a crisis, hoping to gain access to a new world if Garrosh failed. In Orgrimmar, Garrosh’s conflicts with the Goblins eased temporarily when the Horde agreed to fight in Pandaria, but his rule remained precarious.

• Hu Feng told Elisande that he had given Garrosh a trial and would seek a passage to a new world if Garrosh drove the Horde into civil war.
• Goblins in Orgrimmar protested their indenture contracts and sought support from the Frostwolf Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren while Gazlowe demanded they return to work.
• The Pandaren Shaohao Dynasty invited the Alliance and Horde to Pandaria to fight the Mantid and Sha demons, and both factions agreed to send troops.
• Garrosh pressured Gazlowe to restore Goblin wages, temporarily calming the unrest while leaving the contracts and excessive hours in place.
• The Alliance and Horde prepared their forces for Pandaria as Garrosh faced the choice of proving himself or risking defeat and civil war.

Elena helped two Demon Hunters investigate demons in a Bavarian town and confronted Varimathras, who returned the souls the Legion had taken. The Demon Hunters later discovered that nearly everyone in town was possessed and were captured.

• Elena learned that two Demon Hunters had tracked a soul-trading demon to her town and helped them exorcise the priest.
• Elena summoned the demon at a crossroads, where it recognized her connection to Sargeras and called Varimathras for help.
• Varimathras returned the townspeople’s souls, promised the demons would stop possessing people, freed the Demon Hunters, and took the coins from Elena’s wallet as payment.
• The two Demon Hunters woke at Elena’s manor and tried to leave town despite her warning.
• The possessed priest, coachman, and townspeople surrounded the Demon Hunters, overpowered them, and dragged them toward the church.

Elena’s peaceful Bavarian town concealed a demon-run performance, until a Dawn Regent exposed the scheme and enforced an agreement restricting the Burning Legion. Meanwhile, Dawn agents descended on leaders in the Celestial Dynasty, and the rival factions formed a united government.

• Elena noticed Eral Town’s unnatural prosperity and friendliness, while trucks delivered tarp-covered cargo described as pork.
• An Observer revealed himself as a Dawn Regent, blasted the demons surrounding him, and confronted Varimathras outside town.
• The Regent gave Varimathras an agreement barring demons from crossing into the East, and killed a nearby demon as a warning.
• Dawn agents possessed high-ranking members of both factions in the Celestial Dynasty after they agreed to their descent.
• The two sides ceased fighting, and a united government was established.

Hu Feng assigned the awakened Wild Gods to serve the Empire and entered the Firelands with White Tiger to confront its threats. While the druids fought Shannox and Rukhmar battled Firehawks, Hu Feng headed for Ragnaros's palace to kill the Firelord.

• Hu Feng left the arguing Demonic Blade Girl and Azshara, then White Tiger asked him to visit Mount Hyjal and the Firelands.
• Hu Feng approved Aviana's plan to tend Teldrassil, assigned Tortolla to guard the coast with the Coilfang Naga, and sent Goldrinn to assist the Dawn Druids.
• Hu Feng and White Tiger entered the Firelands, where Cenarius's druids fought Shannox and Rukhmar battled three Firehawks.
• Hu Feng sent White Tiger to defeat a Flame Spider Matriarch and bring her back, prompting White Tiger to call him a pervert.
• Hu Feng flew toward Ragnaros's palace, intending to kill the Firelord.