Chapter Summaries

Aegwynn and Agatha discovered that magical energy had become difficult to use and suspected Hecate had claimed it. After sharing intelligence with Antonidas, they learned that the crisis affected Dalaran, Quel'Thalas, and the Dragon Tower, while Medivh was missing; the chapter ended with Silvermoon’s nobles arguing over an invitation delivered by an orc.

• Aegwynn noticed that advanced spells were resisting her, and Agatha suggested that someone had placed a lock on magical energy.
• Agatha identified Hecate as the likely cause and warned Aegwynn that Hecate had come.
• Aegwynn let Antonidas into her Mage Tower, where she and Agatha exchanged intelligence with him about the energy crisis.
• Antonidas reported that the Sunwell was being sealed, the Dragon Tower had suffered trouble, and Dalaran’s defenses had weakened.
• Antonidas revealed that Medivh had disappeared after waking from a long slumber, and Aegwynn considered helping Dalaran.
• Silvermoon’s nobles argued over an invitation delivered by an orc.

A young Frostwolf shaman told Quel'Thalas that the elves' refusal meant war, while Ner'zhul warned that a terrifying creature was draining the Sunwell. As Uther investigated strange energy traces near Stratholme's plague wards, the elves discovered an enormous turtle-like monster consuming the Sunwell's energy and began seeking a way to remove it.

• A Frostwolf shaman delivered the elves' rejection to Ner'zhul after warning the Quel'Thalas nobles that they would soon learn what the Orcs had done to the Sunwell.
• Ner'zhul explained that an apostle beneath the Sunwell was draining life and energy, and that the elves had lost their chance to avoid the danger.
• Alonsus learned that Dalaran could not help Stratholme and that Kel'Thuzad would arrive, while he suspected someone was isolating Lordaeon deliberately.
• Uther investigated sightings of a huge phantom in Stratholme, found traces of energy opposed to the Holy Light near plague isolation wards, and decided to watch the sites at night.
• Anasterian and the High Elves discovered that a gigantic, growing turtle-like creature was consuming the Sunwell's Arcane Energy, and Anasterian ordered them to drive it away or kill it.

The High Elves struggled to stop a colossal beast that had occupied the Sunwell and was spreading a corrosive poison cloud toward Quel'Thalas's royal city. As Stratholme's plague worsened and Uther hunted its source, Kael'thas sought Dalaran's aid, leaving Antonidas and Aegwynn to consider the elves' plea.

• The beast shrugged off the elves' attacks, consumed their Fire Elementals, and spread poison around the Sunwell, leaving Anasterian unable to decide how to protect Quel'Thalas without abandoning it.
• Uther recalled how a shadow creature's plague-ridden fragments had infected him and killed nearby soldiers, and he continued patrolling Stratholme to find the creature.
• The shadow creature stopped appearing, but Stratholme's plague grew more severe.
• Kael'thas asked Antonidas for Dalaran's help against the colossal beast, while Aegwynn showed interest in confronting it despite her diminished power.
• Agatha watched warily as Aegwynn prepared to share magic and knowledge from another world.

Agatha and Aegwynn’s new Magic System promised to expand mages’ power but carried risks from dangerous energies and Azeroth’s protective barrier. As Lor'themar left Stratholme to seek help for Quel'Thalas, Kel'Thuzad summoned a powerful being whose Hell Energy transformed him and set his sights on the Sunwell.

• Agatha worried that Aegwynn’s improved Magic System still carried unknown costs, while Antonidas recognized the danger of mages borrowing and mishandling shadow, fel, and other energies.
• The Archmages considered finding an energy-rich plane to serve as a safer source of power, though developing the necessary magic would take time.
• Lor'themar and the Windrunner Sisters departed Stratholme for Dalaran and Quel'Thalas, with Uther providing a gryphon to speed their journey.
• Kel'Thuzad opened a summoning gate, and a powerful being beyond it sensed Azeroth’s souls but could not pass through its protective barrier.
• The being poured Hell Energy into Kel'Thuzad, marking and transforming him before the gate closed.
• Kel'Thuzad embraced his new power and turned his thoughts toward Stratholme and the Sunwell as possible sources for a larger gate.

Hecate traveled with Grommash and the Orcs to the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj to awaken the Ancient God C'Thun and claim its Shadow Power. She succeeded in drawing C'Thun out of its sealed lake, and the chapter ended as the furious god confronted them.

• Hecate decided to seek an Ancient God’s power after Medivh eluded her, and she tracked the source of the infection that had once touched her.
• Hecate and Grommash led Orcs into the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj and passed through the Bronze Dragons’ time seal without alerting the guards.
• Hecate refused Grommash’s offer to lure the target out, then flooded the Shadow-filled lake with Holy Light to awaken the sleeping god.
• C'Thun emerged from the boiling lake and unleashed maddening whispers, while Hecate’s Holy Light protected the Orcs.
• C'Thun identified the Holy Light as detestable and vowed that Hecate and the others would die.

Hecate absorbed C'Thun's Shadow Power, resisted his attempts to corrupt and kill her, and subdued the weakened Old God. She left the cave carrying him imprisoned in a sphere of Holy Light before the site's abnormalities could be discovered.

• Hecate blocked C'Thun's attack with Holy Light and protected the Orcs from his Mental Storm.
• C'Thun flooded the cave with Shadow Power, but Hecate absorbed it while Grommash and Ner'zhul led the Orcs away from the expanding vortex.
• C'Thun tried to stop the drain and attack Hecate, but she cut off his tentacle, bound him with Shadow Chains, and continued absorbing his power.
• C'Thun pleaded to submit, and Hecate stopped absorbing him, concealed the Shadow Power within herself, and restored her Holy Light.
• Hecate imprisoned the shrunken C'Thun in a ball of Holy Light and told the others to leave before the cave's abnormalities were discovered.

Four ancient energy devices activated across Azeroth and opened a Spatial Gate, alarming the Night Elves, dragons, and High Elves. At the Dragon Tower, Hecate restored C'Thun and sent it to defend the tower, where Kalecgos arrived to find the Old God.

• The Night Elves and Guardian Dragons found a Shadow Energy device at Ahn'Qiraj, but an invisible barrier protected it from their attacks.
• Uther and Alonsus failed to stop the cross in Stratholme from releasing Holy Light, and Tirion Fordring could not break its golden barrier.
• Anasterian and the High Elves saw a pillar of Arcane Energy and teleported away from the Poison Cloud after Lor'themar identified a Spatial Gate.
• Luke told Hecate that C'Thun had been exposed to the Abyss, and Hecate restored the Old God's strength with Shadow Power.
• Hecate sent C'Thun outside the Dragon Tower and ordered it to keep the dragons and elves away.
• Kalecgos spotted C'Thun wrapped around the Dragon Tower and shouted in alarm as he approached.

Kalecgos and Aegwynn's group confronted C'Thun while Malygos battled Skasa and the Ice Dragonflight. At the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, Hela's army emerged through the first fully formed wormhole and charged the defenders.

• Kalecgos assigned Aegwynn to investigate the Dragon Tower's anomaly while he, Antonidas, Agatha, and the others tried to distract C'Thun.
• C'Thun spotted Kalecgos's group and attacked, forcing Kalecgos to dodge and strike back with magic.
• Malygos ordered Skasa to return to its nest, but Skasa claimed the Creator had summoned it and attacked him with overwhelming frost.
• Skasa's frost and roar incapacitated many Blue and Ice Dragons, while Malygos fought to hold it back and awaited reinforcements.
• A fully formed wormhole opened at the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, revealing Hela's mixed-race advance army.
• Hela ordered her Undead Army to attack the Guardian Dragons and Night Elves, then mounted a massive Undead Wolf.

The Red Dragonflight and Night Elves fought Hela’s undead invasion while Alexstrasza battled Hela to protect her flight and buy time to close the Spatial Gate. Elsewhere, Agatha saved Kalecgos and Antonidas from an Old God’s mind corruption, then examined its power.

• Alexstrasza attacked Hela’s undead army with dragonfire, but Hela’s death-charged spears wounded her and knocked her into the horde.
• Hela used a rope and solidified weapons to wound Alexstrasza, then killed a red dragon and turned it into a Necrotic Dragon.
• Alexstrasza ordered the Red Dragonflight to help the Night Elves close the Spatial Gate, then engaged Hela to keep her from attacking the other red dragons.
• Hela tried to claim Alexstrasza as a mount and cut off part of her horn as the two continued fighting.
• An Old God corrupted several Dalaran Archmages, but Agatha stopped them from attacking Kalecgos and Antonidas.
• Agatha sensed the Old God’s power and considered its effects on minds and souls.

Agatha chose to absorb C'Thun's Shadow Power as a weapon for her coming Soul War with Hecate, while Mephisto appeared in Stratholme and offered the city's defenders a bargain. The chapter ended with the cathedral's leaders facing Mephisto's demand for their souls in exchange for the city's safety.

• Agatha concluded that delaying her Soul War with Hecate would only weaken her chances and saw C'Thun's Shadow Power as a possible advantage.
• Agatha ordered Kalecgos to descend toward C'Thun and absorbed the Old God's Dark Rays despite Kalecgos and Antonidas's warnings.
• C'Thun became enraged and unleashed its power more fiercely as Agatha continued swallowing it.
• Mephisto arrived at Stratholme's cathedral with Kel'Thuzad and praised the city as a trove of souls.
• Mephisto offered Archbishop Alonsus, Uther, and the others a contract: they would surrender their souls in return for his protection of the city's residents.

Mephisto offered Alonsus and the other leaders a chance to resist him, while Nightmare invaded the Emerald Dream and began corrupting it. Ysera rallied the green dragons to fight the incursion, but Nightmare remained confident that he could overcome them.

• Mephisto caught and destroyed Alonsus's Holy Light Spear, then offered to leave Stratholme if the leaders could drive him away, promising that otherwise they would sign his contracts.
• Mephisto explained that Luke's techniques let him neutralize conflicting energies, then formed and ate a Golden Apple from Holy Light as Uther charged him.
• Nightmare entered the Emerald Dream, absorbed its authority and information, and began reshaping it with his dream power.
• Ysondre warned Ysera that an unknown entity was changing the dream's rules and that strange creatures had permanently stolen some of her power.
• Ysera summoned the Green Dragonflight, sealed the Emerald Dream's gates to other life-forms, and led the dragons to confront the spreading Land of Abnormality.
• The dream creatures attacked Ysera and the green dragons with disasters that permanently damaged the Emerald Dream, while Nightmare dismissed the dragons as too crude to stop him.

Luke briefed Ancient One on the world’s Titans and his plans to claim their remnants and study the planet, then prepared to leave the Dragon Tower. Meanwhile, Agatha turned C’Thun’s shadow power against it, and Hecate remained behind to handle intruders entering the tower.

• Luke met Ancient One in the Dragon Tower library and explained that Hecate was nearing the final stage of her path toward becoming his counterpart in a Twin System Energy Opposition Godhood.
• Ancient One learned that Luke wanted the Titans’ remnants and the planet’s world-soul for their resources and research value, and agreed to help confront the threats outside.
• Agatha absorbed C’Thun’s shadow power while Kalecgos and Antonidas watched from a distance, unable to meaningfully assist.
• C’Thun poured more power into Agatha to corrupt her, but she resisted the transformation, absorbed enough energy to match it, and wounded it with a shadow blade.
• Ancient One asked Luke whether they should deal with intruders in the Dragon Tower, but Luke said Hecate would handle them as he stepped toward the portal.

Hela overwhelmed Alexstrasza and the Red Dragonflight, while Skasa defeated Malygos and the Blue Dragonflight. In Stratholme, Mephisto pressured the battered Uther to sign a contract as Archbishop Alonsus tried to protect him with Holy Light.

• Hela pinned Alexstrasza down while the Undead Army and its sky knights inflicted heavy losses on the Red Dragonflight.
• Hela unleashed a storm of weapons that badly wounded Alexstrasza, who chose to keep fighting rather than surrender.
• Skasa proved immune to Malygos's attacks, defeated him in close combat, and left him impaled atop a towering Ice Peak.
• The Blue Dragonflight collapsed after Malygos fell, with some dragons fighting on and others fleeing into the snow.
• Mephisto presented his contract to the barely conscious Uther, while Archbishop Alonsus covered him in Holy Light.

Luke moved a laboratory and its creations into Silent City, while the city’s growing trade and recent contracts reflected the Energy Bank’s expanding influence. Stark secured a well-paid S.H.I.E.L.D. technology consultant role, and a major Time Variance Authority order brought loans, profits, and new opportunities to the Council, S.H.I.E.L.D., and manufacturers.

• Luke transported a laboratory and its machines through the Dimensional Bifrost, while the old man and Mechanical Squids organized the cargo in Silent City’s Teleportation Hub.
• Residents and traders in Silent City watched the Dimensional Bifrost’s full-power activity and anticipated that harvested technology would reach the city’s markets.
• Stark bought rare materials through his connections and secured a technology consultant position with Nick Fury at S.H.I.E.L.D.
• The Official Council and magnate corporations reached an agreement after clashing over New Currency, with S.H.I.E.L.D. continuing payments under heavy taxes.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. won a large Time Variance Authority equipment contract, and magnates such as Osborn took loans and bought manufacturing equipment to fulfill it.
• The Energy Bank issued loans, Hebron earned substantial profits, and the Council, S.H.I.E.L.D., and participating companies gained from the expanding contracts.

Ina Sandra warned the Avengers that Luke planned to transform Midgard into a living planet, giving it a soul and a powerful energy source. She explained the benefits and urged them to prepare, while the Energy Bank focused on a newly discovered universe.

• Nick Fury, Stark, Dr. Banner, and Captain Steve questioned Ina Sandra about the proposed surgery on the planet and whether it would turn Earth into a Mechanical Planet.
• Ina told them that Ancient One Mage had already gone to discuss the plan with Dr. Stephen Strange and that Luke had drawn inspiration from a newly discovered universe.
• Ina described a living planet whose life will was like an unhatched egg that would eventually become a Titan, distinguishing it from Ego.
• Ina explained that Luke wanted to make Midgard a living planet with a soul and immense energy, which could grant recognized people lifespans of thousands of years.
• Ina said the planet's energy could better power mages' spells and let Stark's Mark Armors rely less on Hebron's High-Dimensional Energy Packages, then urged the Avengers to prepare.

The Council debated the distribution and management of the energy nodes in Hebron’s Grand Project, while Nick visited Luke in Silent City to discuss it. Luke showed him World Soul Azeroth and revealed that it would move to Asgard, not their planet.

• The Council reviewed Hebron’s proposal, and Stark, Banner, and other experts used the Data Dimension to assess its risks and requirements.
• The Council Nations began competing over the two initial mining nodes, knowing they needed to settle preparations and divide benefits before Hebron imposed its own plan.
• Nick hurried to Silent City and told Luke that his projects were growing increasingly ambitious.
• Luke showed Nick the enormous World Soul Azeroth, explaining that it was a pure fragment brought from another world with permission from the Ancient One Mage.
• Nick asked whether Azeroth would make its new home on their planet, and Luke said it would move to Asgard.

Luke showed Nick the beings and ecosystems he had brought from Azeroth, explaining how they fit into his plans to restore Asgard and Yggdrasil and eventually rebuild the Nine Realms’ energy system. Nick learned that Kamar-Taj’s mages were occupied studying Azeroth’s magical knowledge, while Luke left resource requests for Loki and others to handle.

• Nick questioned whether Asgard had agreed to Luke’s plans, and Luke explained how merging World-Soul Azeroth with Asgard could strengthen both Asgard and Yggdrasil.
• Luke described his long-term plan to connect Azeroth’s six energies to Yggdrasil’s energy system and said Odin had reserved World-Soul Azeroth’s avatar.
• Luke showed Nick a Holy Light Naaru and a Dark Naaru, then introduced the Old God Yogg-Saron and explained the dangers of its Void whispers.
• Luke showed Nick an ecosystem preserved from a Titan’s laboratory and told him to coordinate requests for Azeroth’s resources with Loki.
• Luke explained that Kamar-Taj’s mages were busy studying the magical knowledge he had collected from Azeroth.

Thor brought the World-Soul to Asgard, where Odin and the others installed it at the planet’s core and transformed Asgard with Arcane Energy. After the new power spread, Odin’s group began reinforcing the realm’s barriers, while Luke teased Nick about moving there and becoming a Dark Elf.

• Thor arrived with Nick and asked Luke for the World-Soul, and Luke explained that Asgard had paid for it and prepared to receive it.
• Luke transferred the World-Soul’s container and traveled with Thor and Nick through the Bifrost to Asgard.
• Odin, Frigga, Karnilla, and Thor placed the World-Soul in Asgard’s core, and Arcane Energy surged through the realm for ten hours.
• The renewed energy filled Asgard’s lake and began nourishing the land, while Odin directed the others to rebuild the realm’s protective barriers.
• Luke invited Nick to buy a house in Asgard and teased him about becoming a new kind of Dark Elf.

Nick dealt with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner’s request for more Thorn Beasts to develop Life Armor before learning that Time Variance Authority Unit 03 had been attacked. Norman Osborn then told Nick that his son Harry had gone missing, leaving Nick to face a crisis at the invaded unit.

• Tony Stark and Bruce Banner entered Nick’s office through its window and asked for more Thorn Beasts to upgrade Stark’s armor into Life Armor.
• Nick agreed to ask Hebron for additional Thorn Beasts, and Stark and Banner left without repairing the window.
• The Intelligent System reported that Time Variance Authority Unit 03 had suffered an unidentified attack, and Nick wondered whether surviving Kangs were responsible.
• Norman Osborn called Nick and demanded to know where the Time Variance Authority was.
• Norman told Nick that Harry Osborn, his only child and a worker at Unit 03, had gone missing.

Norman Osborn asked Nick for help finding Harry, but Nick could only point him toward Loki and the Time Variance Authority. Meanwhile, Little Harry met an injured alternate-universe Harry in the Osborn mansion, and Big Harry promised technology that could make him powerful.

• Norman Osborn asked Nick to use his connections to Hebron to find Harry, but Nick said he lacked the authority and that the Energy Bank’s leaders were focused elsewhere.
• Nick advised Norman to approach Loki, whose position as administrator of the Time Variance Authority was threatened by the disappearance, and Norman thanked him before ending the call.
• Little Harry watched reports predicting Osborn Industries’ collapse and returned to the mansion, where he found an injured version of himself in his room.
• Big Harry revealed secrets to persuade Little Harry that they were the same person from different universes, and Little Harry treated his wounds.
• Big Harry explained that an Invader had attacked him and warned Little Harry not to search for the masked attacker because his magic made him dangerous.
• After dismissing Osborn Industries’ basement technology as obsolete, Big Harry promised that he had better technology that could make Little Harry the most powerful person in the world.