Chapter Summaries

Ysera questioned the cruelty of Sarodar’s purge, but Elune urged her to trust him and let her leave confinement. Elisande ordered the Mill-Eye Demon to watch Ysera and search for the Emerald Nightmare, while Elune continued demanding that Sarodar compensate her for a moon.

• Ysera remained troubled by the imprisonment of Fandral Staghelm and the purge’s devastation, but feared challenging the Crusaders or escaping her house arrest.
• After C'Thun’s whispers were discovered within Fandral, the druids questioned whether he could remain their acting leader, and Elune’s whisper calmed them.
• Elune told Ysera that Sarodar bore a heavier burden than the Dragon Aspects and that his sacrifices were worthwhile, then Ysera’s confinement was lifted.
• Elisande ordered the Mill-Eye Demon to monitor Ysera and her green dragons and search for the Emerald Nightmare, Sargoth, and N'Zoth.
• Elune complained to Elisande that Sarodar had eaten one of her moons, while Hu Feng ignored her repeated messages demanding compensation.

Aeonus entered Iron Horde territory to seek an audience with Hu Feng and presented research on the Scourge Plague as an offering. He explained the Infinite Dragonflight’s aims and declared that they regarded Hu Feng as the greatest hope for protecting the world.

• Aeonus revealed himself near Elwynn Forest, where Iron Horde Dragon Riders intercepted him and escorted him to Stormwind City.
• Onyxia recognized Aeonus as an Eternal Dragon and warned him to offer something that would persuade Hu Feng.
• Aeonus presented Hu Feng with a booklet and samples from the Infinite Dragonflight’s research into the Stratholme plague.
• Hu Feng questioned Aeonus about the Infinite Dragonflight’s motives, and Aeonus explained their opposition to the Bronze Dragons’ fixed timeline and their efforts to strengthen humanity.
• Aeonus told Hu Feng that the Infinite Dragonflight believed he was the greatest hope for leading mortals to protect the world.

As the Fel Orc Horde devastated Draenor, Soulbinder Tu'ranni prayed for help while the world's connection to the future and other powers seemed to vanish. Hu Feng sensed a desperate call from another dimension or timeline, and his unexpected sleep left him poised to answer it.

• Gul'dan's Fel Orc Horde slaughtered the Draenei and attacked the Arakkoa as Draenor's skies darkened and its elemental powers weakened.
• Prophet Velen found that he could no longer foresee the future, while the naaru fell silent.
• Soulbinder Tu'ranni prayed to the Holy Light for the Draenei's salvation, but no one answered.
• Hu Feng sensed a desperate call from another time and place and worried that he would miss something important.
• Hu Feng grew drowsy by the window in Stormwind City and fell asleep.

After receiving the Titan Divine Venerable’s approval and an enhanced Dustbringer, Oscar hunted undead in the Eastern Plaguelands and found a strange white maggot on a dead cultist. He named it Mr. Fat Maggot and left adventurers chasing his invented claim that Holy Maggots could lead to Scourge treasures.

• The Titan Divine Venerable acknowledged Oscar’s title and modified Dustbringer to summon sandstorms that strengthened and sped him up.
• Oscar hunted a Cult of the Damned cultist and found a white juvenile maggot in the man’s pouch.
• Oscar decided the maggot was extraordinary, named it Mr. Fat Maggot, and made it his battle pet companion.
• Adventurers watched Mr. Fat Maggot eat meat in inns and speculated about why Oscar kept it.
• Oscar told the adventurers that Holy Maggots could reveal treasures buried by the Scourge, prompting them to search the Plaguelands.

Hu Feng entered a doomed Draenor timeline in the body of a powerless Draenei warrior and discovered that Soulbinder Tu'ranni had summoned him for help. After the Fel Orcs nearly overwhelmed the defenders, Hu Feng summoned the White Tiger, who wiped out the attackers and agreed to help him.

• Hu Feng arrived in an alternate Draenor timeline as the Draenei warrior Grommash Face, unable to use his usual powers.
• Hu Feng recognized Soulbinder Tu'ranni as the source of the summons and joined her escort as she traveled to activate Auchindoun's magical nodes.
• Fel Orcs ambushed the group at the first node, and Hu Feng was wounded while defending Tu'ranni and the other Draenei.
• Hu Feng noticed his White Tiger prayer beads and used White Tiger Descends to summon the White Tiger, who destroyed the Fel Orc army.
• Hu Feng and the White Tiger greeted each other as old friends and agreed to face the situation together.

Hu Feng and the White Tiger defended the second node from Orc warlocks and warriors, with the White Tiger merging with Hu Feng to help him win the battle. After Turalyon healed him, they learned that Auchindoun had fallen, and Hu Feng set off with her for Karabor Temple in Shadowmoon Valley.

• Hu Feng and the White Tiger discussed Shaohao, Pandaria, and Hu Feng's debt to the Pandaren while Turalyon pressed him for his name.
• At the second node, Orc warlocks attacked the Draenei defenders, and Hu Feng fought through the line with crude throwing spears while the White Tiger's avatar hunted the warlocks.
• When the Draenei warriors fell and Hu Feng was badly wounded, the White Tiger merged with him, empowering him to kill the remaining Fel Orcs.
• Turalyon used her remaining Holy Light to heal Hu Feng, then told him that Auchindoun had fallen.
• Hu Feng seized a Fel Orc dire wolf, mounted it with Turalyon, and rode east toward Karabor Temple in Shadowmoon Valley.

Hu Feng sacrificed his Draenei body to let Turalyon escape, then returned to his own timeline with her primordial Holy Light preserved in his Titan Will. In the doomed timeline, Turalyon waited at Karabor Temple and mourned the disappearance of the warrior whose name she never learned.

• Hu Feng asked Turalyon for her primordial Holy Light, kissed her, and sent her onward toward Karabor while he stayed behind to face the pursuing Fel Orcs.
• Hu Feng and the White Tiger fought the Wolf Riders; the White Tiger returned to its true body, and Hu Feng destroyed the orcs with his Rising Dragon Strike.
• Hu Feng's Draenei body was annihilated, and his Titan Will carried him through the River of Time back to Stormwind Keep, where he found that less than half an hour had passed.
• Hu Feng sensed Turalyon's Holy Light within his Titan Will and summoned the Crusaders, Iron Horde, and Night Elves to assemble.
• At Karabor Temple, Soulbinder Tu'ranni realized the primordial Holy Light had vanished and wept for the unnamed warrior uncle who had not returned.

Hu Feng prepared the Expedition of Dawn, assembling an army and building a floating fortress to invade an alternate Draenor ruled by Fel Orcs. As his followers gained dark-golden powers and the allied forces gathered in Elwynn Forest, the campaign awaited the opening of the portal.

• Hu Feng built a one-time Dark Portal and a floating military fortress equipped with Titan Energy Cannons, then told the Iron Horde their enemy was a demon-corrupted version of themselves from another timeline.
• The Iron Horde and Crusaders of the Truth prepared for war as Hu Feng sensed Turalyon’s call and resolved to fight for Azeroth.
• Hu Feng’s Titan Divine Power changed into dark-golden dawnlight, transforming his followers and giving them new abilities and golden eye runes.
• The Expedition of Dawn gained support from the Alliance, the New Horde, and Al'Khan’s Wind Elementals, while Hu Feng ordered two more Floating Islands built.
• Armies gathered in eastern Elwynn Forest as the invasion preparations neared completion.

Hu Feng led the Azeroth Allied Army through the Dark Portal to invade a dying timeline’s Draenor. The army’s arrival saved the Draenei from defeat and began its assault on the Fel Orcs.

• Alleria saw Hu Feng off and gave him a spatial ring filled with food she had made.
• Hu Feng opened the Dark Portal to another timeline’s Draenor and rallied the Alliance and Horde to invade in the name of Azeroth.
• At Karabor, Soulbinder Tu'ranni and the Draenei struggled to hold back Blackhand’s Fel Orcs while Prophet Velen lay gravely wounded.
• Tu'ranni prayed for help as a rift tore open in the sky, revealing three floating islands and the living world beyond.
• Black Dragon Riders and Storm Dragons poured through the rift, and the islands’ golden beams and the dragons’ attacks devastated the Fel Orc army.

Hu Feng led the Azeroth forces in a devastating assault on the Fel Orcs, then revealed to Turani that he was the long-lost lover who had promised to return for her. As they reunited in Karabor Temple, Archbishop Sokreth began plotting to gain power from Hu Feng.

• Hu Feng and the Nightborne Spellblades attacked the Fel Orcs while the Azeroth allied forces landed at Karabor Temple.
• Hu Feng entered the temple and Sokreth knelt after learning he stood before the mortal incarnation of Sargeras.
• Turani challenged Hu Feng over his apparent conquest of Draenor, and he told her the world and its timeline were about to end.
• Hu Feng reminded Turani of his promise to return, and she recognized him as the lover she had believed dead.
• Hu Feng embraced Turani and promised to save her and take her from the doomed world.
• Sokreth watched their reunion and began plotting to obtain Hu Feng's power and escape Draenor's destruction.

The allied forces swept through Draenor, plundering its regions and capturing or killing Fel Orcs. After suspecting Socrethar had secretly killed Velen, Hu Feng confronted him and offered him fel power in exchange for becoming his servant.

• Retsen and the Black Scythe Council forced captured Fel Orcs to sign Enslavement Rune Contracts while allied forces spread across Draenor to plunder, recruit, and attack its inhabitants.
• Hu Feng listened to reports from Karabor Temple and concluded that Socrethar had killed Velen with a fel-shadow curse.
• Hu Feng summoned Socrethar and accused him of killing Velen to gain power.
• Socrethar admitted that he had killed Velen because he craved fel energy and wanted the Draenei to grow stronger.
• Hu Feng offered Socrethar immense fel power if he became his servant, gave up leading the Draenei, and took a willing group of clansmen to become his inner circle.
• Socrethar accepted the offer, eager to gain power and become an Eredar Demon Lord.

The arakkoa and Primal Gronn learned of the approaching threat from Azeroth as Draenor’s survivors prepared for the world’s destruction. On Azeroth, Oscar and Xavius Mograine fought the Scourge together while arguing over Oscar’s dangerous choice of bounties.

• The arakkoa received a prophecy warning that invaders from Azeroth would sweep across Draenor and leave scorched earth.
• The Primal Gronn discussed the outsiders’ power and decided to observe them before choosing whether to make contact.
• Hu Feng reassured Turalyon that his forces were searching for surviving Draenei, then used hypnosis to make her sleep.
• Sok'reth recruited Draenei willing to become Eredar while the others gathered valuables to take from Karabor Temple.
• Malkorok watched the Iron Horde prepare to besiege Highmaul as Kargath Bladefist threatened him and ordered the gronn to fire.
• Oscar and Xavius Mograine fought the Scourge with help from Oscar’s armored battle maggot, while Xavius complained about their dangerous missions.

After Velen's death, the Draenei split between Socrethar's fel-worshipping legion and the survivors led by Soulbinder Tu'ranni, while Hu Feng's forces pressed their offensives across Draenor. The elves captured Rukhmar and destroyed Skyreach, leaving their growing imperial ambitions evident.

• Archbishop Socrethar led his followers to form the Sok'reth Fel Legion, and the Titan God transformed them into Eredar demons; the remaining Draenei followed Soulbinder Tu'ranni and became tied to Azeroth's coalition.
• Sok'reth absorbed fel energy and understood that the Titan Divine Venerable expected his legion to prove its worth or face dire consequences.
• Kargath Bladefist ordered the Shattered Hand Clan to bombard Highmaul with Iron Stars and charge through its breached walls.
• At Skyreach, the Arakkoa summoned Rukhmar to fight the invading elves, but Archmage Aethelus wounded and captured the sun godbird with enhanced Arcane Barrages and Arcane Chains.
• Aethelus ordered the elves to kill the Arakkoa except for their scholars, and Skyreach was destroyed several days later as the elves' expansionist ambitions grew.

Fandral Staghelm broke under torture and agreed to support Sargeras’s Night Empire, while Elisande ordered the purge to expand across the Alliance. On Draenor, the Crusaders defeated Gruul, prompting the local Primal Thistle Beasts and Dryads to seek contact with the invaders.

• Auriel threatened Fandral Staghelm’s son and tortured him until he agreed to support Sargeras as Divine Emperor and the creation of the Night Empire.
• The Temple of the Moon, the Border Guard, and the druids all accepted the Imperial System, and Elisande ordered Auriel to intensify the purge across the Alliance.
• Landus and the Crusaders attacked Gruul with the Sky Island’s weapons while keeping his son Destroyer Dov captive.
• The Crusaders grievously wounded Gruul and bound him in arcane rune chains as Destroyer Dov watched in fear.
• After watching the battle through a Kalibird broadcast, the Primal Thistle Beasts and Dryads decided to contact the outsiders rather than confront them.

Hu Feng explained the doomed timeline to Turani and prepared the Draenei to leave for Azeroth. When the returning forces reached Karabor, the elves and other factions publicly urged him to become the Eternal Night Divine Emperor, but he refused unless the Night Elf people fully supported it.

• Hu Feng told Turani that the River of Time would erase their world within a month and that she might reunite with her normal-timeline self in Azeroth.
• The Draenei packed Karabor Temple and prepared to cross the Dark Portal, while Hu Feng reassured Turani that they would have islands and Alliance support in Azeroth.
• Aethelus returned with the Night Elves and Highborne, presenting captured Arakkoa, their technologies, and Sunbird Rukhmar as gifts while proclaiming Hu Feng the Eternal Night Divine Emperor.
• Lothar and the Stormwind, Ironforge, gnomish, and Quel'Thalas forces joined the elves in supporting Hu Feng's ascension.
• Hu Feng rejected the proposal unless the Night Elf people fully supported it, while Aethelus privately resolved to keep pressing him toward the throne.

Elisande’s allies staged a second push for Hu Feng to become Divine Emperor, and he again postponed the decision while claiming he wanted to hear the people’s will. On the eve of the return deadline, Sok'reth brought Gul'dan before Hu Feng, who agreed to spare him in exchange for creating an organization of military overseers.

• Spellblade Landus presented Gruul and Destroyer Dov as gifts to Hu Feng, while Kargath and Orgrim declared the Iron Horde and New Horde’s support for his rule.
• Aethelus urged Hu Feng to accept the people’s mandate, but Hu Feng said he would discuss ruling the Night Empire after returning and wanted to hear the people’s voice.
• Retsen returned with Blackhand’s head and soul, while Sok'reth brought Gul'dan to Hu Feng in chains.
• Gul'dan offered to raise warlocks and build a demon legion in return for a place in the Dawn Legion.
• Hu Feng demanded that Gul'dan establish military overseers skilled in torture and corruption to enforce discipline in his Imperial army, and Gul'dan agreed.

Countess Katrana Prestor entered Stormwind politics under King Llane’s wary supervision while the Alliance expanded its purge. On Draenor, Hu Feng drained the planet’s essence with fel energy, returned to Azeroth, and faced calls from the Night Elves to ascend the throne as Divine Emperor.

• King Llane allowed Katrana Prestor to take a political post but warned her to stay away from Varian and serve the Alliance.
• Garona voiced her distrust of Katrana, while the Crusaders expanded their temples, prisons, and interrogations throughout the Alliance.
• Hu Feng ordered the allied forces and Draenei to evacuate Draenor through the Dark Portal as the world collapsed.
• Hu Feng absorbed Draenor’s essence with fel energy, demonstrated his power to Gul’dan, and promised rewards for loyal service alongside threats of punishment.
• Hu Feng, Turalyon, and Gul’dan returned to Azeroth, where the Night Elves cheered and called on him to ascend the throne.

The Night Elves prepared to adopt the Imperial System as the Divine Emperor’s coronation approached, while new allies and factions established themselves across the empire’s floating islands and forests. Hu Feng went to Azuremyst Isle to help the Draenei settle, leaving the growing empire to prepare for future newcomers.

• The Night Elves prepared Darnassus for the coronation, replaced flags, built statues, and arranged for Tyrande, the Council of Truth, and Garrond Shadow Song to form the Eternal Night Chancellor Council.
• The Highborne built a third Floating Island for the Divine Emperor’s palace, while the Iron Horde rebuilt a separate floating fortress as its new headquarters.
• Anka Heartclaw secured the loyalty of the Primal Gronn and Dryads, then founded the Dawnlight Druids to support the empire and balance Cenarius’s druids.
• The Wind Elementals returned to Uldum with captives and built a Storm Tower in the palace complex to house an imperial guard force.
• Heklar relocated the Heklar Consortium to a Floating Island and built Heklar City, while his commercial rivalry with Gallywix intensified.
• Hu Feng went to Azuremyst Isle to help the Draenei settle, and he left the remaining space on the Floating Islands for future arrivals.

The Draenei began building New Karabor and New Auchindoun with the Night Elves’ support, while Hu Feng encouraged Turalyon to grow into her leadership role. As the Divine Emperor’s coronation approached, Heklar announced a massive cross-sea bridge project in return for promised status and rewards in the new Empire.

• The Draenei used Night Elf supplies and Arcane Golems to begin establishing New Karabor and planning New Auchindoun.
• Hu Feng and Turalyon surveyed Bloodmyst Isle, chose a site for New Auchindoun, and discussed Turalyon’s need to make more decisions herself.
• Delegations arrived in Darnassus as preparations for the Divine Emperor’s coronation intensified.
• Heklar announced that the Heklar Consortium would fund a colossal bridge connecting the World Tree, Azuremyst Isle, Bloodmyst Isle, Darkshore, and Ashenvale.
• Hu Feng promised Heklar a noble title and possible immortality for the consortium’s continued service, making Heklar a celebrated figure.

A month after the palace complex on the Floating Island was completed, Hu Feng reflected on the burdens of becoming the Night Elves’ emperor and the wars still ahead. Turani reassured him that he could lead Azeroth to victory.

• The Night Elves, Iron Horde orcs, and Arcane Golems completed the palace complex, with Rukhmar guarding the Assembly Hall from its summit.
• Hu Feng established residences, gardens, and a private district, where Gul'dan was assigned to train commissars and Ysera built an Emerald Dream entrance that sparked a dispute with the Crusaders.
• Hu Feng entered the empty Assembly Hall at night, touched his throne, and wondered whether he could lead the Night Elves and defeat the Burning Legion and Void Lords.
• Turani joined Hu Feng outside the hall and reassured him that he could keep his promises and win the final victory.