Chapter Summaries

After an attempted assassination of King Varian exposed a Twilight plot in Stormwind, Onyxia identified High Archbishop Benedictus as the traitor. Varian and his allies surrounded the Holy Light Cathedral, where Benedictus attacked and then vanished as the battle began.

• A lieutenant colonel transformed into a Faceless One and attacked Varian, but Anduin shielded his father and Varian killed the attacker.
• Garona returned to guard Varian while SI:7 searched for accomplices, and Anduin joined the investigation.
• Onyxia told Anduin that Benedictus was behind the plot, so Anduin ordered the Cathedral District surrounded.
• Varian, Bolvar, Anduin, and Onyxia confronted Benedictus outside the Holy Light Cathedral, where he declared his loyalty to N'Zoth and ordered the fallen priests to attack.
• Benedictus disappeared in a flash of twilight, while Onyxia asked Varian and Bolvar for a seaside estate.

Benedictus's exposure prompted the Alliance to attack Twilight Citadel while its expedition to Pandaria was postponed, though Anduin was still allowed to accompany the expeditionary force as an observer. In the Firelands, Hu Feng provoked Ragnaros into a hopeless battle and kept cutting him down as the Firelord refused to yield.

• The discovery of explosives and hidden Twilight followers beneath the cathedral confirmed Benedictus's plan to destroy Stormwind, and recordings of the battle were broadcast widely.
• Onyxia revealed the Twilight Legion's stronghold in the Twilight Highlands, prompting Bolvar's Seventh Legion and Ironforge's forces to launch an assault.
• Varian approved Anduin's request to join the Pandaria expedition as an observer under General T'sui, while Garrosh chose General Nazgrim to lead the Horde reinforcements.
• Hu Feng waited in Ragnaros's hall and taunted the Firelord until Ragnaros emerged from his lava pool and attacked.
• Ragnaros's attacks failed to harm Hu Feng, while Hu Feng repeatedly severed Ragnaros's arm and offered him a job before striking him again.

Hu Feng forced Ragnaros to surrender and took command of the Fire Elements, ending their battle with the druids. The white tiger subdued the Flame Spider Mother Beth'tilac and brought her back, renewing the druids’ fear of being made to use spiders as mounts.

• Hu Feng repeatedly chopped off Ragnaros’s arm until the Firelord surrendered and became an employee of Sargeras Company.
• Ragnaros ordered the Fire Elements to stop fighting, and the Dawn Druids began arranging permanent stations in the Firelands to study elemental forms.
• The white tiger attacked Beth'tilac’s brood in the northwestern valley, froze the fiery landscape, and struck the Spider Mother with Fission Lightning.
• Cenarius teased the shrunken Ragnaros outside the Firelord’s palace, and Ragnaros furiously attacked him with his tiny hammer.
• The white tiger returned with Beth'tilac’s limp body and congratulated Hu Feng on acquiring another spider tribe, alarming the druids.

After the Firelands battle, Sarodar faced the fire mages’ protests over his plan to breed and sell Flame Spiders. He later walked with the Demonic Blade Girl, accepted her apology, and returned with her to check on the defeated White Tiger.

• The Highborne fire mages learned Sarodar had brought back Flame Spiders and feared he would make them mounts for the public.
• On Suramar City’s snack street, Sarodar fended off the fire mages while White Tiger drank with Azshara.
• White Tiger lost repeated drinking games to Azshara, and the Demonic Blade Girl arrived to watch his defeat.
• The Demonic Blade Girl thanked Hu Feng for stopping Sargeras and apologized for blaming him for her family’s deaths.
• Hu Feng reassured the girl that she could stay at Eternal Night Palace, then invited her to collect White Tiger’s body.

The Night Elf Border Guard burned through the forest and defeated the Feral Worgen encircled around Velinde Starsong. Elune stopped the Moon Goddess's Scythe from escaping, then confronted her former creation as Argus briefly appeared and departed.

• The Night Elf Border Guard used spider tanks and Goblin flamethrower troops to burn the forest, while Druids drove the fire with hurricanes.
• After two days of fire, the army advanced across the wasteland, finding charred Worgen and surrounding Velinde Starsong behind her mana barrier.
• The Moon Goddess's Scythe began to escape, but Elune's moonlight forced it back into solid form and trapped it.
• Elune appeared and reassured the Druids that they had not failed her, while the Scythe reacted with fear.
• Argus teleported into the clearing, found no danger, and returned to Northrend without noticing Sargeras's concealed Divine Eye.
• Elune approached Velinde Starsong and asked how she should deal with her former creation, and Velinde lowered her head in silence.

Elune spared the Moon Goddess's Scythe, but Sargeras bound it to his service and assigned it to build a worgen force. The Empire deployed Feral Worgen as forest patrols, while the Night Elves refused to shelter Gilneas's worgen and kept Darnassus closed to outsiders.

• Elune spared the Moon Goddess's Scythe and ordered it to serve her and Sargeras.
• Sargeras marked the scythe with his power, threatened it into obedience, and ordered it to guard the Empire's forests and build a worgen mountain legion.
• Sargeras assigned the scythe to live among the druids in Moonglade as an independent Feral Worgen druid.
• The Empire deployed Feral Worgen as forest patrols and defensive forces, and announced that they could rescue injured elves.
• The Night Elf Border Guard and druid delegation returned from the Eastern Kingdoms without helping Gilneas's rational worgen.
• The Night Elves kept Darnassus and upper Teldrassil reserved for elves, refusing to welcome either rational or Feral Worgen.

The Alliance and Horde prepared major expeditions to Pandaria to support the Shaohao Dynasty, while the Night Empire's backing helped ensure the Pandaren's territory would be respected. Gilneas joined the Alliance under King Genn, and the chapter ended with both factions' forces ready to land in Krasarang Wilds.

• General Turalyon led an Alliance legion from Stormwind Harbor toward Pandaria, with Prince Anduin Wrynn accompanying it as an observer and royal representative.
• King Genn retook Gilneas City and surrounding lands, while Lord Godfrey's rebels retreated to Seawatch Cliff; Gilneas then formally joined the Alliance.
• Alliance aid reached Gilneas, strengthening King Genn's forces and winning support from residents as his army reclaimed more territory.
• Garrosh sent the Horde expedition to Pandaria under Grand Marshal Nazgrim, reinstating Little Saurfang as deputy to avoid worsening internal divisions.
• The Alliance and Horde planned to land in southern Krasarang Wilds to support the Shaohao Dynasty, with the Eternal Night Divine Emperor warning them against seizing Pandaren lands.

The Night Empire and the Shaohao Dynasty strengthened their ties through military protection, cultural exchanges, and a major arms deal, despite friction over the Pandaren court’s formal diplomatic language. Hu Feng approved Azshara’s plan to lead the Coilfang Naga and agreed to modify Fashqi, while refusing Azshara’s request to accompany him to Pandaria.

• The Night Empire stationed the Eternal Night Divine Emperor and the Judgement Legion in Misty Valley, while the Shaohao Dynasty sent martial monk instructors and Pandaren masters to the Empire.
• The Shaohao Dynasty ordered weapons from the Night Empire, and Heklar sailed to Pandaria to promote the Heklar Consortium’s products.
• Azshara criticized the Shaohao Dynasty’s official letter, but Hu Feng explained that its lofty tone was a traditional diplomatic custom and told her not to take offense.
• Azshara proposed taking control of the Coilfang Naga, and Hu Feng agreed on the condition that she preserve their combat effectiveness.
• Azshara said Fashqi would oversee the Naga, and Hu Feng agreed to modify Fashqi so she could switch between elf and Naga forms.
• Azshara asked to accompany Hu Feng to Pandaria, but he refused and sent her away.

Lordaeron and Prince Trollbane’s forces began an assault on Stromgarde, while fighting resumed between the Horde and Gurubashi Trolls. In Pandaria, Cao Fei prepared to restore the Cao Dynasty in the Townlong Steppes, seeking peaceful coexistence with the Pandaren.

• Marshal Garithos joined Prince Trollbane’s restoration force at Refuge Pointe, and their army bombarded Stromgarde before attacking its divided factions.
• The Horde marched from Grom'gar Camp toward Zul'Gurub as Gurubashi and Skullsplitter Trolls ambushed them in the jungle.
• The Zandalari Trolls abandoned the Gurubashi and sailed toward Pandaria, puzzling the Horde scouts and soldiers.
• Cao Fei gathered Cao Mogu clansmen and Pandaren monk allies near the Townlong Steppes to claim land and revive the Cao Dynasty.

Alliance and Horde forces landed in Krasarang Wilds to fight the Lost Sha, while Hu Feng arrived in Misty Valley for a welcoming ceremony with Shaohao. After sensing the Heart of Y'Shaarj beneath Mogu Mountain Palace, Hu Feng hinted that he wanted its protection to be loosened.

• General Turalyon ordered the Alliance troops to prepare to disembark near the Anglers' fishing dock, while the Horde established a base nearby.
• Nat Pagle and the local Pandaren watched the foreign fleets arrive as Sha energy spread despair and confusion through Krasarang Wilds.
• The Alliance and Horde learned that the Lost Sha was fighting the Jade Serpent near the Temple of the Jade Serpent and were assigned to reinforce the battle there.
• Hu Feng and Shaohao traveled through Misty Valley to Mogu Mountain Palace, escorted by Judgement soldiers and Cloud Serpent Knights.
• Hu Feng sensed the Heart of Y'Shaarj sealed beneath the palace and told Shaohao that a little negligence in guarding it would be appropriate.

Hu Feng and Shaohao agreed to use Garrosh’s pursuit of the Heart of Y'Shaarj to secure gains for Pandaria, while the Alliance and Horde began campaigns across the continent. Cao Fei’s mixed Mogu and Pandaren force seized territory beneath the Great Wall and prepared for a Mantid counterattack.

• Hu Feng explained that Garrosh would seek the Heart of Y'Shaarj and might open a parallel Draenor after his defeat, and Shaohao agreed to cooperate with the plan.
• General T'sui sent the Alliance toward the Temple of the Jade Serpent, while Prince Anduin and Little Saurfang led forces toward the Jade Forest to meet Yu-Long and seek Hozen allies.
• General Nazgrim led the Horde toward the Valley of Four Winds to fight Sal'thas's Legion and capture useful beasts or constructs, including its massive mount Gunship.
• The Mogu rose across Pandaria, and Shaohao organized local defenders and Crusaders to suppress them as the Wrathful Sha spread chaos through the southern Kunlun Mountains.
• Cao Fei's Mogu and Pandaren army captured territory from Osu'l Fire Camp to Phantom Outpost beneath the Great Wall and built defenses as the Mantid gathered for a counterattack.

After the Pandaren used Heklar Consortium weapons to crush a Mantid assault, the Shaohao Dynasty approved a major arms purchase and Misty Valley hosted a bustling product exhibition. The chapter ended with Pandaren civilians eagerly buying modern vehicles and gadgets while putting their enemies aside for the moment.

• The Order of the Cloud Serpent's artillery regiment used machine guns, energy rifles, and cannons to defeat a Mantid assault before it reached the Great Wall.
• The Shaohao Dynasty's leaders, including the White Tiger, reacted to the battle report and approved the procurement of firearms and munitions.
• The Heklar Consortium rented the Mogu Gate area and opened an exhibition featuring weapons, vehicles, and other steel products.
• A Goblin manager demonstrated a rapid-fire energy submachine gun to Shaohao Dynasty officials, while other sales staff promoted cannons and military packages.
• Pandaren civilians bought Void rockets, Mechanical Road Buster motorcycles, and Goblin Television sets, and more customers flocked to Misty Valley.

The Shaohao Dynasty rearmed its forces with Goblin technology and resumed campaigns against the Sha demons, while Goblin Television spread news and advertising across Pandaria. The Heklar Consortium celebrated its profits and turned its unused super bomb, Little Fatty, into a Goblin pilgrimage site.

• The Shaohao Dynasty equipped the Great Wall Guards with firearms and artillery, armed inland forces with Spider Walking Tanks, and upgraded the monks and Cloud Serpent Knights with new weapons and armor.
• Shaohao’s armies resumed their offensives, and the main force and the Crusaders' Judgement Legion headed for the Kunlun Mountains to defeat the Wrathful Sha.
• Goblin Television and its news broadcasts spread across Pandaria, and Shaohao told his officials that technology would strengthen the Pandaren people and their army.
• The Heklar Consortium flooded Pandaria’s television channels with Goblin product advertisements to increase its sales.
• The Heklar Consortium displayed Little Fatty as a monument in Heklar City, and Goblins from around the world gathered at Bomb Plaza to worship it.

Madam Goya faced a hostile takeover of her Pandaria black market by Heklar, but Wrathion arranged a meeting that secured her a partnership with the Heklar Consortium. The chapter ended with Heklar demanding that Wrathion give him a reason to spare his life.

• Madam Goya struggled as Heklar’s agents disrupted her black market and damaging reports spread about her business.
• Wrathion offered to bring Heklar to the Misty Tavern so Madam Goya could negotiate with him.
• Heklar arrived with Crusader Zealots, who beat Wrathion’s black dragon guards before Heklar confronted Wrathion.
• Heklar demanded half the black market’s shares, and Madam Goya countered by asking to control the Consortium’s black markets and receive a share of profits elsewhere.
• Heklar accepted Madam Goya’s proposal, and after they shook hands, he turned to Wrathion and demanded a reason to spare him.

As the Maelstrom conflict intensified, fel power offered the neglected furbolgs a new path, leading to civil war in Felwood and Winterspring. The Night Empire's Chancellor Council then faced a contentious proposal to admit Satyr demons as members.

• Thrall and the Earthen Ring, aided by Therazane's elementals, fought Neptulon's Water Elementals at the Maelstrom.
• Immol'thar rescued a furbolg shaman and empowered him with fel, prompting him to spread fel power among his people.
• The furbolgs split between fel followers and orthodox shamans, and the factions fought over Timbermaw Hold.
• The Night Empire agreed to support the furbolgs whichever faction prevailed, while the civil war drew little further attention.
• Satyr demons sought entry into the Night Empire, sparking fierce debate in the Chancellor Council.

The first Iron Maiden awakened in the Tower of Slumber and was appointed commander of Sargeras’s fleet, then traveled to the Death Star. The Iron Maiden Department began preparing a second construct, Joan of Arc, designed as a powerful single-target attacker.

• The Iron Maiden awakened, dismissed the Firstborn of the Gods’s questions, and received Sargeras’s command to lead the fleet.
• The Firstborn of the Gods escorted the Iron Maiden to the Tower of Slumber’s upper platform, and she flew into space toward the Death Star.
• The Iron Maiden demonstrated her weapons and divine power, then arrived at the Death Star and ordered its soldiers to resume training and construction.
• The Iron Maiden began inspecting the Death Star as it was built, including an auxiliary core designed for her repairs and the station’s hidden ultimate weapon.
• The Iron Maiden Department began building its second construct, Joan of Arc, as a wingless swordswoman with immense strength, varied powers, and exceptional mental fortitude.

Hu Feng and Seimei Andou used the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons to clear Azure Dragon Temple of Sha, while the Jade Serpent’s allies defeated the Lost Sha at the Temple of the Jade Serpent. A captured Lizardmen bandit revealed the locations of powerful threats, and General Nazgrim sent the information to Garrosh with doubts about the Great Chief’s leadership.

• Hu Feng showed Yu-Long how Seimei Andou’s Soul-Sucking Lantern drained Sha demons and explained that her corpse puppets were turning the Jade Forest’s Mogu and Sha into a growing Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
• The Night Parade entered Azure Dragon Temple, drained the Sha energy from its demons and afflicted martial monks, and let Hu Feng and Seimei Andou proceed toward the Doubtful Sha while Yu-Long purified Liu * Yanxin.
• The Jade Serpent, paladins, and Dawn Knights defeated the Lost Sha at the Temple of the Jade Serpent, while Shaohao hinted that he had a plan to get rid of the Heart of Y'Shaarj permanently.
• Kor'kron Elite Guards brought the tortured Lizardmen bandit leader Sal'thas to General Nazgrim, whose report revealed giant beasts on the Isle of Giants and the Heart of Y'Shaarj sealed somewhere in Misty Valley.
• General Nazgrim ordered the report sent to Great Chief Garrosh and privately wondered whether the Great Chief was leading the Horde correctly.

The Cao Dynasty secured recognition after reclaiming territory in Townlong Steppes, while Shaohao and Garrosh prepared for a confrontation over Y'Shaarj's heart. Zhou Zhuo accidentally exposed a hidden Mogu palace to Zandalari Trolls, who left with the Thunder King's corpse.

• Cao Fei's restored Cao Dynasty welcomed Mogu willing to coexist peacefully with Pandaren, while Pandaren monks traveled to support it.
• Garrosh decided to seek the Heart of Y'Shaarj, and Shaohao reduced the palace guards to make the trap seem less suspicious.
• Zhou Zhuo guided adventurers to a hidden Mogu palace in Kun-Lai, where opening the gates revealed Zandalari Trolls inside.
• The Trolls drove the adventurers away, then ordered the excavation sped up so they could take the Thunder King's corpse to Lei Shen Island.
• Zhuo Talan led Shadow Order monks to investigate the palace, but the Trolls had vanished and left it clean.
• A group of Zandalari Trolls traveled northwest through Townlong Steppes, hauling an enormous coffin with raptors.

Oscar traveled to Pandaria to buy Hearthstone cards after Paltrice punished him for overspending, where he encountered Deathwing burning opponents’ decks with his unique card. The chapter ended with Deathwing leaving another devastated player behind after destroying a Pandaren monk’s cards and table.

• Oscar admired an Orange Legendary card outside a shop in the Temple of the Seven Stars and recalled that Paltrice had beaten him for spending hundreds of gold coins on Hearthstone.
• Oscar recognized Deathwing, who challenged him to play and threatened to burn his cards, so Oscar walked away rather than face the cheating dragon.
• Deathwing roamed the world playing Hearthstone, using his unique Deathwing card to set opponents’ cards and tables ablaze before leaving with their wagers.
• Deathwing played a Pandaren monk at the Temple of the Seven Stars, filled his deck with Black Dragon Whelps, and eventually played Deathwing.
• Deathwing burned the monk’s deck and the Hearthstone table, collected the gold coins, and flew away as the monk cried out for compensation.

While walking along Pandaria’s Great Wall, Hu Feng remembered his lost homeland and unleashed a storm that killed countless Mantid. He hid his grief again, and Sylvanas chose to continue beside him without asking what she had witnessed.

• Hu Feng and Shaohao walked the Great Wall and discussed how it embodied both Pandaren pride and the suffering of their ancestors under the Mogu.
• Hu Feng reflected on his distant former homeland and his longing for a home he could never return to.
• Hu Feng roared and unleashed a storm over the Scourge Lands, killing countless Mantid as Shaohao watched without intervening.
• Shaohao advised Sylvanas not to question Hu Feng about what she had seen, and she accepted his advice.
• Hu Feng resumed his carefree manner, and Sylvanas smiled gently before continuing their walk with him.