Chapter Summaries

The narrator exploited Varimathras’s inexperience with his newly enhanced powers, badly injuring him in a fight. Varimathras fled, but Alaya trapped him in a Holy Light Barrier after the narrator anticipated his reaction.

• The narrator recognized that Varimathras could not properly control his new weapons and powers, leaving him vulnerable despite his strength.
• Varimathras’s scattered laser attack failed, and the narrator struck him with Void Energy that began consuming his arm.
• Varimathras tore off his infected arm to stop the devouring effect, then turned and fled instead of fighting to the death.
• Alaya intercepted Varimathras and distracted him by announcing that the narrator had sent her to sneak attack him.
• Alaya trapped Varimathras in a Holy Light Barrier while he was distracted.

After the victory, the exhausted Qian Qian and Older Sister struggled with memories of the battle while A Jun traded insults with Lin Xue. At the banquet, A Jun accidentally threw Ding Dang into an ice cream bucket, then tried to hand her over to Isana, who frightened the little creature.

• Pandora celebrated the victory by eating a second bowl, while Sandora devoured a whole roasted cow.
• Qian Qian and Older Sister remembered their brutal fighting and became sick, and A Jun admitted he had been disturbed by watching Qian Qian.
• A Jun and Lin Xue began bickering until Ding Dang flew toward him and he mistook her for a hidden weapon, throwing her into an ice cream bucket.
• Ding Dang bit A Jun's finger, and Isana eagerly tried to take her home, prompting Ding Dang to hide behind Qian Qian.
• The visitors and Azeroth's natives had grown friendlier, though Isana's antics continued to alarm her attendants.

Pandora revealed that she wanted to build a base, and Sandora demonstrated how the Empire’s synchronized motherships transformed into a fully operational outpost. The new base stood ready in the valley, leaving the gathered envoys to witness the Empire’s preparations for war.

• Pandora told the narrator they needed a base and showed him a lollipop she had stolen from Little Pao Pao.
• The narrator found Little Pao Pao asleep beside the fortress’s Space Engine and carried her to the upper platform, where envoys and Shilin leaders awaited the ships’ synchronization.
• Sandora explained that the motherships were positioned for synchronization, and a voice announced that the cluster deployment was complete.
• The synchronized motherships transformed into workshops, towers, runways, and other facilities as nanomachines reshaped the valley into a base.
• Sandora explained that the base had been prepared before the army landed, with a Shilin Mother Nest at the fortress’s core.

The Empire Army completed a vast, mobile military base in thirty minutes, astonishing Azeroth’s envoys and soldiers. While exploring the base, the narrator learned that its spatial prison held Varimathras.

• The Empire Army deployed a fortress-like base in thirty minutes, and Sandora explained that it could transform back into motherships for relocation.
• The envoys marveled at the new base, and Lin Xue, the narrator, and his sister traded jokes before Qian Qian urged everyone to explore.
• The narrator and the others walked through the base as envoys and soldiers toured its facilities.
• The narrator praised Pandora, then asked about a heavily guarded dome-shaped building.
• Pandora identified the building as a prison, and Sandora explained that it was designed for dangerous prisoners of war and currently held Varimathras.

The Emperor and his companions entered the Shilin prison to visit Varimathras, discovering that the supposedly impregnable facility used an abnormal dimension and housed an eccentric control computer. They found Varimathras bound while Shilin Technicians experimented on his body, leaving him begging to die.

• Sandora explained that the prison's white fog was an abnormal Different Dimension that could disorient anyone who entered without guidance.
• The prison's main control computer appeared as a glowing sphere, and Pandora kicked it after it introduced itself as the main god.
• The computer transported the group to the space cage where Varimathras was bound by energy chains suppressing his fel energy.
• A Shilin Technician explained that his team had combined necromancy, demonic limbs, and Silicon-Based Lifeform technology in experiments on Varimathras.
• The Technician pulled an Energy Probe from Varimathras's thigh and shoved it back in, prompting Varimathras to beg to be killed.

The narrator and Sandora interrogated Varimathras about the forces controlling Undercity, using the threat of further experiments to make him cooperate. Pandora’s appearance exposed his connection to Viska, and the narrator’s sister identified the rulers of Undercity as Fallen Apostles who had used Varimathras as a pawn.

• Sandora told Varimathras he would be executed regardless, while the narrator offered him a chance to survive if he answered their questions.
• Varimathras resisted the offer until the narrator ordered Pandora to kill him, then panicked and agreed to cooperate.
• Varimathras said powerful new allies of the Burning Legion had taken control of Undercity and forced him to obey.
• The narrator pushed Pandora forward, and Varimathras recognized her as Lord 7535 before Pandora fired a warning shot.
• The narrator connected Varimathras's modifications to the Apostles, and his sister identified the rulers of Undercity as Fallen Apostles who had used him as a pawn.

Varimathras revealed that the Fallen Apostles were building a massive device in Undercity and had assigned him to hide a crucial component near the battlefield. Sandora recognized the component as an Audura Beacon and realized the device was a World Circuit.

• Varimathras offered information about the Fallen Apostles in exchange for protection, and I promised he would not die at their hands.
• Varimathras said the Fallen Apostles had demolished Undercity’s inner ring district to build a huge, energy-filled metal ring.
• Lin Xue questioned Varimathras about the device, but neither he nor Sandora could identify it from his description.
• Varimathras revealed that the Fallen Apostles had installed a cylindrical object on him and ordered him to hide it in a Space Rift.
• Qian Qian retrieved the cylinder, and Sandora identified it as an Audura Beacon and recognized the device as a World Circuit.

Sandora explained how the enemy's World Circuit could link distant locations without limits, and the group learned that Varimathras had been gathering energy data for it. Lost Shadow scouts then revealed that the Scourge and demons had overrun several regions, leaving the Blood Elves' kingdom under threat from the rapidly spreading plague.

• Sandora explained that the paired World Circuits could make distant locations share coordinates, and identified the black pillar as an Audura Beacon that measured energy conditions for safe activation.
• Varimathras admitted he had been ordered to gather energy readings and had encountered the group by chance while trying to assess his new power.
• The group agreed that the World Circuit had to be destroyed before activation and that they needed to investigate whether the Fallen Apostle was building others.
• The group deployed Lost Shadow scouts, which spread across the Eastern Continent and found Scourge and demon forces guarding suspected Fallen Apostle bases in plague-ridden regions.
• Siweisi reported that Tirisfal, Silverpine Forest, the Plaguelands, and Ghost Land had been overrun, with no living beings remaining and the undead plague threatening the Blood Elves' defenses.
• A Lost Shadow showed a Skeleton Warrior emerging from the earth, as Siweisi warned that battlefield bones would soon swell the undead ranks.

Ding Dang unknowingly unleashed her divine power, purifying the plague from a vast area of Ghost Land and creating a lush oasis beneath a clear sky. After she exhausted herself and fell asleep, the weakening Life Force Field left the valley exposed to tens of millions of hostile undead.

• Ding Dang's uncontrolled divine power swept across Ghost Land, dispersed the plague from the western mountains, and opened a vast hole in the polluted clouds.
• The soldiers and commanders celebrated the sudden oasis, while Night Elves prayed in gratitude for what they saw as a divine gift.
• The narrator found Ding Dang asleep on his shoulder and learned from Sandora that her power rivaled that of a mid-level divine being, though she had almost no control over it.
• The narrator, his sister, and Lin Xue realized the purification storm had effectively taunted undead across Ghost Land and drawn their hatred toward the valley.
• As Ding Dang slept from exhaustion, her Life Force Field weakened, allowing the hostile undead to begin approaching the valley.

Ding Dang’s Life Divine Power drew millions of undead toward the group and threatened to block their advance, while the Alliance Army faced a costly fight against the Scourge. Sylvanas proposed using the magic web to redirect some of the undead, leaving the plan’s outcome unresolved.

• Ding Dang’s unconscious Area Taunt enraged the undead, drawing most of Ghost Land’s creatures toward the group and sending others toward Quel’Thalas.
• Sandora estimated that up to a million undead would converge within the week, while the Fallen Apostles used the chaos to obstruct the group’s advance.
• Lin Xue warned that the Alliance Army’s attack on the Scourge would likely suffer heavy losses from the enemy’s forces.
• Sylvanas arrived exhausted from Ding Dang’s nearby Life Force storm and offered a way to redirect the gathering undead.
• Sylvanas explained that the newly active undead were easier to control and said she could command some of them by borrowing the magic web.

The Savior Army planned to aid Quel'Thalas and use its Magic Web Node to help Sylvanas seize control of the undead in Ghost Land. The chapter ended with the support team chosen and ready to set out, while Qian Qian and Sandora stayed behind to delay the Scourge.

• The narrator explained why the Blood Elves had rejected the Savior Army and considered the chance to win their support by defending Quel'Thalas.
• Sylvanas proposed merging her consciousness with the magic web to control the undead in Ghost Land, and the narrator agreed to let her attempt it with safeguards.
• The narrator suspected Sylvanas also wanted to save her homeland, and the allied representatives unanimously approved sending aid to Quel'Thalas.
• The team selected the narrator, Pandora, Alaya, Siweisi, Lin Xue, and Sylvanas for the operation.
• Qian Qian and Sandora remained at the base to delay the Scourge until Sylvanas could take control of its undead forces.

A depleted Quel'Thalas outpost faced what appeared to be an overwhelming undead assault, with its defenders nearly out of strength and expecting no reinforcements. The undead fled from repeated blasts of white light, leaving the source of the attack unknown.

• Torina asked the Sentinel Captain when reinforcements would arrive, and he reassured her while privately knowing none were coming.
• The Sentinel Captain sensed an immense force approaching and warned the outpost as a vast tide of undead appeared.
• Torina said she and Sare had exhausted their mana, leaving the outpost unable to activate its magical barrier.
• A ranger noticed the undead were running past the outpost rather than attacking it, and the Sentinel Captain realized they were fleeing.
• Pillars of white light struck behind the undead, causing tremendous explosions that pursued the fleeing horde.

Captain Klossa and the sentinels watched a golden warship destroy the undead advancing on Quel'Thalas, then realized the divine messengers had come to help them. The warship landed, and a radiant figure began to descend as the Blood Elves prepared to meet their rescuers.

• Captain Klossa initially believed the immense wave of undead and the approaching pillar of light would destroy the outpost and Quel'Thalas.
• Torina spotted golden light in the clouds, and a colossal warship burst through, scattering and burning the undead with Holy Light.
• An unseen voice froze the undead army, allowing the warship to pass over them and unleash overwhelming artillery fire.
• Captain Klossa realized the warship was defending Quel'Thalas, and its guns slaughtered the low-grade undead as they collided and fled.
• The Frontier-class battleship landed near the surviving sentinels, and Captain Klossa stepped forward to meet the divine messengers.
• The warship's Holy Light dimmed as a radiant figure descended from it.

Alaya and the Savior Army met Kael'thas after helping repel the undead, then traveled to the devastated Silvermoon City. Kael'thas doubted the weakened Blood Elves could support the army, but Lin Xue promised they would shine again as a small figure interrupted the discussion.

• Alaya greeted the Sentinel Captain, but she and the captain struggled through an awkward silence until Kael'thas arrived with royal guards.
• Kael'thas thanked Alaya for the Savior Army's help, and the narrator explained that the Blood Elves had reconsidered joining after the undead besieged Quel'Thalas.
• The Savior Army left its warship guarding Ghost Land and traveled with Kael'thas to the ruins of Silvermoon City, where the cloaked Sylvanas followed behind.
• Kael'thas said the Sin'dorei were too devastated to fight for the Savior Army, and Lin Xue predicted their people would shine again.
• The narrator asked Kael'thas for assistance and promised it would require no sacrifice, but a small figure ran up and interrupted him.

A fleeing Blood Elf girl was found infected with the Scourge plague, and Alaya offered to cure her at Sunstrider's Spire. There, Sylvanas reunited with Kael'thas and asked to borrow the tower's Magic Web Node, leaving the purpose of the request to be addressed next.

• A filthy little Elf girl collided with the narrator while fleeing a guard, who said she had been infected by the plague.
• The narrator asked Alaya whether she could cure the girl, and Alaya said she could easily dispel the infection.
• The narrator took the girl to Sunstrider's Spire and had Alaya begin the purification ritual in a quiet room.
• The narrator introduced Sylvanas to Kael'thas, who welcomed the former Ranger General home despite her being undead.
• Sylvanas told Kael'thas that she wanted to borrow the Magic Web Node beneath Sunstrider's Spire and would require no sacrifice from the Blood Elves.

Kael'thas agreed to let the group use the Blood Elves' Magic Web Node, and Sylvanas entered the activated control array to sense the Magic Web. With Alaya helping stabilize her, the magisters extended the connection toward Ghost Land, while Alaya wondered where a missing little girl was.

• Kael'thas agreed to lend the Magic Web Node, recognizing the benefit of gaining favor from the gods without giving up the Magic Web.
• Kael'thas guided the group to the control array beneath Sunstrider's Spire, where eleven Blood Elf magisters prepared to activate it.
• Sylvanas entered the array's safe center as the magisters opened a connection to the Magic Web.
• Sylvanas reached toward the immense energy of the Magic Web and began to sway under the strain.
• Alaya shielded Sylvanas in her energy form and restored her focus without disrupting the array.
• The magisters extended the connection toward Ghost Land, and Alaya returned to the narrator and said the little girl was sleeping.

Sylvanas entered the magic net to take control of the undead across the Ghost Land, while the narrator learned that Lilina's soul and body were strangely mismatched. As the undead horde turned back under Sylvanas's command, the Alliance and Shilin forces launched a major offensive.

• Sylvanas closed her eyes inside the magic circle and began spreading her consciousness through the magic net.
• Alaya told the narrator that Lilina's body had recovered, but her soul and body remained inexplicably discordant.
• Sandora watched the gathering undead from a tower and teased them with a long-range psychic shockwave while Qian Qian waited beside her.
• Sandora and Qian Qian sensed a vast consciousness pass through them as Sylvanas began controlling the undead.
• Sylvanas's psychic torrent stopped the undead horde, overwhelmed its minds, and sent it surging back toward the lands it had come from.
• The Alliance Army charged into the plague-ravaged lands as Shilin and allied forces launched a large-scale campaign from the western Ghost Land.

The allied forces drove the Fallen Apostles out of the Eastern Plaguelands, with Pandora destroying their last fortress and its spatial interference control center. As the fleets prepared to advance, Lin Xue warned of an incoming attack, and a blinding white light engulfed the battlefield.

• The armies of Azeroth launched a continent-wide counteroffensive, and Sylvanas’s undead forces helped open a breach in the Eastern Plaguelands.
• Sandora explained that the Fallen Apostles had abandoned their outer defenses and that the Empire Fleet was battering their remaining fortress.
• Alaya reported that the Second Fleet had broken through the spatial interference, while Qian Qian said Pandora was leading a ground assault on the fortress.
• Pandora struck the fortress with a Micro Spatial Implosion Bomb, destroying it and clearing the spatial turbulence around the fleet.
• Lin Xue broadcast an emergency warning about an incoming attack, and a blinding white light filled the narrator’s vision.

Qian Qian stopped time long enough for the Empire Fleet and Sikaro’s defenders to withstand a surprise Star River Main Gun strike from a hidden Eternal-class ship. Sandora ordered a counterattack, and the battle spread across the sky as ground forces were caught in the crossfire.

• Qian Qian froze the Star River Main Gun’s white blast, giving the fortress time to raise its shields while Sikaro and other defenders absorbed much of the attack.
• Qian Qian’s Time Stop ended, and the blast struck the shields, damaging the fortress and vaporizing two escort ships.
• Sandora identified the attacker as an Eternal-class ship concealed in a Space Rift and realized the earlier enemy fortress had likely been bait.
• Sandora ordered the motherships to charge their main guns and the Assault Ships to attack before the enemy could fire again.
• The Empire Fleet attacked the Eternal-class ship while Shilin escort ships emerged from nearby Space Rifts to defend it.
• Explosions filled the sky as the space battle began, and further blasts erupted beside the confused ground forces.

The Empire Fleet fought an ambushed enemy fleet while Sandora ordered a risky assault on the enemy Fortress Warship. When Pandora disappeared from the battlefield, Chen Qian and his sister went to find her.

• The enemy fleet emerged from nearby Space Rifts after the Gravity Trap bombs were deployed, and both sides fought an evenly matched battle.
• Sandora ordered Sikaro's Defense Force to draw enemy fire while the carriers concentrated their attacks on the Fortress Warship.
• Lin Xue noticed Pandora was missing, and Chen Qian contacted her through their encrypted Spiritual Connection.
• Pandora said she was on the ground fighting enemies and refused support before cutting off the connection.
• Chen Qian and his sister left the command room to check on Pandora, while Lin Xue warned that things were about to get livelier.