Recaps

Diakum acquired the Mogu Sacred Bell Shenqing and sent it to his Void-born swarm, while Dark Prophet Zul arrived early with a warning of a world-ending crisis. Zul identified Brann Bronzebeard and Lorewalker Zhou Zhuo as the source of the danger, prompting Diakum to order a search for them.

• Diakum met Yu'lon at the Temple of the White Tiger and discussed the Fists of Argus with Maraad.
• Diakum promised Yu'lon he would use the Sacred Bell Shenqing only against supernatural enemies, then had his swarm carry it into the Sea of Darkness.
• Dark Prophet Zul arrived ahead of the Golden Fleet and searched Zhuojin Village for signs of fate.
• Zul learned that Brann Bronzebeard had left with Lorewalker Zhou Zhuo and warned that the pair might trigger a catastrophe or help fulfill a dangerous objective.
• The Twins informed Diakum, who panicked upon hearing Zhou Zhuo was with Brann and ordered Anzu to search for them.

Zhou Zhuo and Brann Bronzebeard entered Conqueror's Tomb to find Lei Shen's heart and end his unwanted undeath, but opening the coffin awakened a powerful guardian. Trapped with the Titan Construct heart, Brann pressed a mysterious button beneath the coffin.

• Zhou Zhuo told Brann Bronzebeard that his ancestor recorded Lei Shen crying, "Give me back my heart," and he hoped the heart could grant Lei Shen rest.
• Brann judged that Conqueror's Tomb was Lei Shen's true burial site, and the explorers blasted open the jammed door to the main chamber.
• The group disarmed the tomb's traps and opened Lei Shen's golden coffin, where lightning struck them and Brann found a Titan Construct heart.
• A jade giant and two Royal Quilen confronted the explorers, and the giant declared them tomb robbers doomed to die.
• Brann spotted a strange button beneath the coffin and pressed it while clutching Lei Shen's heart.

Old Chen and Li Li joined the gathering forces at the Temple of the White Tiger, where Li Li learned about the Lightforged’s Fists of Argus and briefly tried its Holy Light-enhanced techniques. After a collapse near Mogu’shan Terrace exposed hidden Mogu death knights, Diakum ordered an assault on Mogu’shan Palace, while the Monkey King guarded Zhou Zhuo and Brann.

• Old Chen identified the banners of the Firstborn Legion as its Drakkari, Zandalari, Amani, and Sandfury forces gathered in Kun-Lai Summit.
• Yrel explained the Lightforged’s Fists of Argus to Li Li and lent her a manual, then infused Li Li with enough Holy Light to try the technique briefly.
• Li Li recognized how the Light and Shadow Canon described the Solar Fist, but an explosion interrupted her before she could explain her discovery to Yrel.
• A collapse near Mogu’shan Terrace revealed hidden Mogu death knights, and Yrel answered Diakum’s summons to join the gathered Lightforged and Shado-Pan.
• Master Xueliu suspected Zhou Zhuo had found the Thunderlord Clan’s true tomb, while Diakum ordered an immediate assault on Mogu’shan Palace and said the Monkey King was protecting Zhou Zhuo and Brann.

The Monkey King rescued Zhou Zhuo and Brann Bronzebeard with the Heart of Lei Shen as the allies launched a battle across Kun-Lai Summit and Mogu'shan Palace. As Diakum the Saint led the demigods into the death-filled palace, Taran Zhu remained outside to command the defenders and considered traveling beyond Pandaria.

• Zhou Zhuo wrapped the Heart of Lei Shen and fled the collapsing mountain with the expedition as the Jade God of War and Mogu riders pursued them.
• The Monkey King arrived, rescued Zhou Zhuo and Brann Bronzebeard, stowed the Heart of Lei Shen in a wooden box, and carried them toward Mogu'shan Palace.
• Green dragons, troll warriors, monks, and Yaungol joined the battle against the Mogu undead, while Niuzao warned that the Mantid were mobilizing under Shekzeer.
• Diakum the Saint warned that the palace's death mist would kill those without sufficient strength and led the demigods inside, leaving Taran Zhu to command the battlefield outside.
• Taran Zhu used Solar Fist to purify Mogu spirits and told Old Chen he might travel to the Wandering Isle to find the key to his trapped heart.

Diakum and his allies fought through Mogu'shan Palace to reach Lei Shen and the Heart of Death, while the Pandaren and trolls prepared to hold the palace against the undead. They entered the hidden chamber as Shan Bu awakened the emperor’s guardians, leaving the fate of Pandaria hanging on the coming battle.

• Yu'lon explained the Mogu emperors’ history and the Pandaren’s strategy of keeping the Mogu and Mantid in balance, while Zul went ahead to subdue a powerful spirit guardian.
• Diakum summoned Ragnaros and the Twins to crush Mogu undead, then left Ragnaros and the Celestials to battle Emperors Qiang, Zian, and Cao as he pressed deeper into the palace.
• Diakum found Zhou Zhuo and Brann Bronzebeard in the royal library, where Aegwynn revealed that Lei Shen and the Heart of Death were sealed beneath a Titan device.
• Diakum and Aegwynn opened the passage to the hidden chamber, and Aegwynn ordered Zhou Zhuo and Brann to accompany her while the Loa fought the Mogu king spirits.
• Shan Bu awakened the Emperor’s Fist and other guardians, while Brann returned to gather Taran Zhu, Old Chen, Maraad, and Yrel to reinforce the retreat; the Firstborn Legion stayed behind to defend the palace.

Diakum and his allies fought their way through Thunderlord Clan’s forces and discovered that the Death Rift concealed a weapon tied to Sire Denathrius’s conspiracy. After Diakum entered the rift and was thrown back out, he recognized Remornia and realized what Bwonsamdi had warned him about.

• Diakum killed Shan Bu with Enemybreaker Swordsmanship, but Shan Bu’s dying call summoned the Emperor’s Fist, an army of demigod constructs.
• Aegwynn explained that Thunderlord Clan had hidden the constructs and that their arrival proved he remained active inside the Nalak'sha Engine.
• Twins and the Loa Gods held off the constructs while Bwonsamdi empowered the spirits of slaves killed by the Mogu and warned that the Death Rift’s occupant must not return to the Shadowlands.
• Diakum and Aegwynn reached the Nalak'sha Engine, where they found the Death Rift and learned that restarting the device could force it closed through a collision of Arcane and Death Forces.
• Diakum entered the rift to confront Thunderlord Clan, but was violently expelled with Ashbringer damaged and his armor scarred.
• Diakum recognized the crimson greatsword Remornia and understood that Sire Denathrius had placed it in Thunderlord Clan’s hands as part of his death conspiracy.

Diakum and his allies discovered that Remornia had been draining Azeroth’s Life Force through the Nalak'sha Engine, while they tried to restart it and restore the stolen energy. Diakum fought Lei Shen and Remornia in the Death Rift, where the battle turned against him until he entered the Eclipse phase.

• Diakum identified Remornia as the weapon draining Azeroth’s Life Force, and Aegwynn flew into the Energy Well to open the sealed Energy Channels.
• Zhou Zhuo brought the Heart of Thunder to the control console, and Brann activated the Nalak'sha Engine’s self-inspection process.
• The energy platform vanished, sending Brann, Zhou Zhuo, Twins, and the monk masters into the Energy Well as the starlight dragon attacked the survivors.
• Diakum fought Lei Shen and Remornia, exploiting the openings in Lei Shen’s attacks before Remornia restored Lei Shen’s control over his body.
• Lei Shen and Diakum clashed in a brutal final contest, and Lei Shen pierced Diakum’s Heart of Holy Light.
• Diakum held Remornia’s blade and triggered the Eclipse phase, transforming the Death Rift into a more dangerous shadow.

The Nalak'sha Engine restarted and began sealing the Death Rift, allowing Lei Shen and Commander Diakum to escape. Lei Shen reclaimed the Heart of Thunder and prepared to defend Pandaria as Remornia revealed her independent form and challenged her enemies.

• The Monkey King held back the starlight dragon while Yrel's group cleared the engine conduits, discovering that a white-haired elf had been sustaining the Death Rift's seal for ten thousand years.
• Lelan teleported Yrel and the others to the final blockage, where the elf awakened as the crystal around her cracked.
• The Jade God of War attacked the starlight dragon to protect the engine, and Brann Bronzebeard and Zhou Zhuo activated it as the countdown ended; the Jade God of War died in the dragon's breath.
• Titan energy began sealing the Death Rift, and Lei Shen and Commander Diakum emerged; Diakum regained his Holy Spirit Form after devouring the clashing energies.
• Lei Shen rejected Death's power, accepted the Heart of Thunder from Zhou Zhuo, and declared that he would defend Pandaria.
• Remornia transformed into a Venthyr sword maiden and challenged Diakum and the Thunderlord Clan, vowing to claim their souls for Denathrius.

Diakum fought Remornia as her Sin Punishment authority forced her opponents to confess and face judgment. Aegwynn and the Heart of Azeroth broke the trial, and Azshara captured the shattered demon sword, leaving Remornia imprisoned forever.

• Remornia’s Sin Punishment made Brann Bronzebeard, Zhou Zhuo, and Zul confess their sins, while the Monkey King escaped with Brann and Zhou Zhuo.
• Diakum resisted Remornia’s judgment as Thunderlord Clan fought beside him, then watched Thunderlord Clan become bound and sentenced to The Maw.
• Diakum challenged Remornia’s accusations and loosened his chains by defending his past actions, but she found a charge about his relationships and prepared to punish him.
• Thunderlord Clan restrained Remornia as Aegwynn used the Heart of Azeroth to shatter Diakum’s chains, and Diakum destroyed Remornia’s avatar with Ashbringer.
• Azshara caught the fleeing Remornia with Mage Hand, rejected the sword’s authority, and sentenced her to remain Azshara’s prisoner forever.

Azshara and Diakum subdued Remornia and returned the stolen world energy to Azeroth, while Lei Shen died after issuing his final decrees and was preserved as a guardian of the World Soul. As Azshara continued the ritual, Lady Vashj was brought before her and welcomed her return.

• Zhou Zhuo recorded Lei Shen’s final decrees and his account of founding the Mogu dynasty before Lei Shen died.
• Diakum preserved Lei Shen’s soul as a guardian of the World Soul, and the stone guardians carried away his remains.
• Diakum challenged Azshara over her past failures, and she ordered Aegwynn to help return the world energy held in Remornia.
• Azshara and Aegwynn began the ritual using the Nalak’sha Engine, while Diakum learned that Azshara had become a stable Lesser God.
• The Twins brought Lady Vashj to Azshara, and Vashj fell to her knees, crying that the Empress had returned to her people.

Azshara reunited with Vashj, then rejected returning to her throne and chose to enter the Shadowlands to reclaim the life force stolen from Azeroth. She left through the Death Rift with Diakum’s ring and advice, apologizing privately to the Supreme Star Soul as she arrived in Revendreth.

• Azshara completed a ritual that drained Remornia of its stolen World Life Force and most of its anima, then stopped it from escaping with Aegwynn’s help.
• Vashj reunited with Azshara, told her about Suramar’s turmoil, and urged her to awaken and rebuild her empire; Azshara asked Diakum to heal Vashj’s injuries.
• Azshara declared a punitive expedition against the Shadowlands and set out to reclaim the stolen life force, while Aegwynn, Diakum, and Vashj tried to stop her and warned her of the dangers.
• The Supreme Star Soul let Azshara go but warned that she must fulfill her promise before returning; Diakum gave her a Heart of Azeroth ring and advice for surviving the Shadowlands.
• Azshara entered the Death Rift with Remornia, promised to discipline the demon sword, and quietly apologized to the Supreme Star Soul upon reaching Revendreth.

After closing the Death Rift and returning some stolen Life Force to Azeroth, Diakum helped repair Ashbringer while Zul proposed that Azshara rule a reformed Troll Empire. Diakum was left considering whether to support the provocative plan.

• Titan energy sealed the Death Rift, and Aegwynn reported that about one-third of the stolen World Life Force had returned to Azeroth.
• Diakum warned Aegwynn that Deathwing's Dracthyr forces might threaten the world when the mist around the Dragon Isles cleared, and she agreed to investigate.
• Diakum stayed in Pandaria to repair Ashbringer as Aegwynn returned to the Chamber of Heart; the Lightforged rested while Pandaren and trolls prepared to face the invading Mantid.
• Brann Bronzebeard began repairing Ashbringer with Remornia's hilt and an Azerite crystal, while Zul warned him to destroy notes containing Zandalari secrets.
• Zul told Diakum that Azshara might be offered the throne of a reformed Troll Empire and asked him to encourage her when the opportunity arose.
• Diakum objected that Azshara would never accept her Troll origins, but Zul argued that Azerite could transform trolls and suggested she could rule them as their empress.

Diakum reforged Ashbringer and ordered support for the wounded at Keg Market as the Mantid invasion spread through Pandaria. There, Li Li protected injured monks, awakened to the Holy Light, and called forth an unexpectedly tiny Ragnaros.

• Diakum retrieved his reforged Ashbringer, agreed to leave Brann in Pandaria, and sent the Light-Forged Dragons to help the wounded while preparing the Shadow Chasing Hunters for deployment.
• Heroine Tao Shi caught Li Li and Shizi in Keg Market, where Li Li helped fight off Mantid attackers before joining the wounded evacuees.
• A Sha bomb sent the yak cart into a rampage, and Li Li used Chi-Ji’s Feather and Chi Wave to protect and rescue the wounded as Shizi helped her.
• Li Li accepted chi from an injured monk and faced the Mantid blocking their escape, drawing on the Holy Light to defeat a swordsman with a powerful strike.
• Li Li declared herself a Fist Fighter of Light and summoned Ragnaros, who appeared so small that she complained about the Holy Light playing favorites.

Grand Empress Shekzeer gambled on conquering Kun-Lai Summit to strengthen her rule against the Klaxxi Elder Council, while Anveena prepared to lead a Shadow Chasing Swarm against the Mantid. With Jarod Shadowsong as her adviser, Anveena chose a base-trade strategy that could leave Shekzeer’s stronghold exposed.

• Royal Chancellor Zor'lok reported that the Mantid had entered Kun-Lai Summit and were attacking the Temple of the White Tiger and Shado-Pan Monastery.
• Shekzeer discussed her plan to secure a decisive victory, build power against the Elder Council, and pursue Amber Regeneration and the Overmind’s fragments.
• Diakum told Anveena that she had to command a real campaign against the Mantid, then allowed her to choose one adviser.
• Anveena selected Jarod Shadowsong, who agreed to join her and assessed the battlefield and troop information.
• Jarod advised Anveena to trade bases, exploiting Shekzeer’s exposed palace while the Pandaren forces held the Mantid front.

Anveena planned the swarm’s campaign against the Mantid with Jarod Shadowsong’s guidance, while the Royal Chancellor Zor'lok sent Gala'ron against the strange bugs attacking the palace. Agamaggan entered the battlefield and destroyed Gala'ron, leaving the Grand Empress’s forces demoralized and fighting for survival.

• Jarod Shadowsong guided Anveena as she planned to seize Korivis, block the route to the Dread Wastes, and use Agamaggan and elite swarm forces against the Mantid.
• The Royal Skymaster warned Royal Chancellor Zor'lok that strange bugs had attacked the palace and established a hive near the route to the Dread Wastes.
• Zor'lok ordered the dreadbug lord Gala'ron to crush the swarm, and Gala'ron initially tore through the Roaches and Zerglings.
• At Jarod's urging, Anveena sent Agamaggan into battle, and the beast king's bell drove the Shadowstalker Bugs into a frenzy while unsettling the Mantid.
• Agamaggan charged and tore Gala'ron apart, causing the Grand Empress's Royal Guards to lose morale.

Anveena and Jarod studied the Shadow Chasing Swarm’s costly fight against the Mantid and arranged to capture Mantid heroes so the Swarm could evolve. As Klaxxi assassins moved against Grand Empress Shekzeer, Malik the Unscarred confronted Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver and Rikkar the Cutter, urging them to join the Swarm.

• Jarod praised the Shadow Chasing Beast King’s power, then directed Anveena to assess the Swarm’s losses at Niuzao Temple.
• Anveena asked the Overmind to begin studying Mantid genes during the war, and it agreed in exchange for her help acquiring the Aqir Empire’s legacies.
• Anveena met the Gene Masters, agreed to capture Mantid heroes for their experiments, and learned that Alpha Abathur would join her if she brought him living specimens and King pheromones.
• Jarod advised Anveena to send Malik the Unscarred to protect Shekzeer and capture more Klaxxi heroes, while Anveena agreed to pursue the Grand Empress as a specimen for Abathur.
• Kil'ruk and Rikkar infiltrated Shekzeer's palace to assassinate her, but Malik emerged from the shadows and called on them to join the Swarm.

The Shadow Chasing Swarm captured Mantid heroes, strengthened Malik the Unscarred, and prepared to escalate its campaign against the Mantid. Grand Empress Shekzeer discovered the Swarm’s true scale and learned that the current battle was only a minor prelude to a much larger war.

• The Royal Chancellor ordered the dying Kil'ruk taken to Angshuk for research into Amber Regeneration, while Mantid commanders were summoned back to defend the palace.
• Diakum rewarded Malik the Unscarred with a divine war halberd and the Indestructible Body talent, while the Gene Masters prepared to experiment on captured Mantid heroes.
• Diakum asked Madam Guo Su to secure intelligence and more Sha-Touched weapons, and Anveena reported that Mantid lords Mel'jarak and Ta'yak were returning toward the Serpent's Spine, where she had prepared an ambush.
• Diakum told Anveena to send Jarod Shadowsong a Heart of Azeroth pendant and said he would travel with the Pandaren to the Isle of Thunder.
• Shekzeer touched the fossilized insect egg and saw the Overmind's vast Swarm fighting a Void god across the Sea of Darkness.
• The Overmind told Shekzeer that the evil god would become Swarm food in thirty thousand heartbeats and that the Mantid war was only an insignificant children's game before the real war began.

Anveena’s Shadow Chasing Swarm crushed the Mantid elites and attacked the Sacred Tree Palace, forcing Shekzeer to offer the Mantids’ surrender and demand an audience with the Overmind. Anveena halted the battle and invited Shekzeer to speak, leaving her final trump card and proposal unresolved.

• Anveena activated the swarm’s rage pheromones, and successive waves of bugs defeated most of the Mantid elites beneath the Serpent’s Spine, capturing Wind Lord Mel'jarak and Blade Lord Ta'yak.
• Mel'jarak and Ta'yak acknowledged the swarm’s overwhelming advantage before Ta'yak charged into battle and was lost beneath the bugs.
• Anveena told Jarod that the Overmind demanded the Grand Empress’s defeat within a strict timetable, and they discussed using extreme troop production in the already ruined Dread Wastes.
• Agamaggan demolished the Sacred Tree Palace, while Unscarred Tyrant Malik attacked Zor'lok and prepared to kill him.
• Shekzeer stopped Malik with her mental power, offered to make the Mantids part of the swarm, and demanded to see the Overmind, claiming she had a final trump card.
• Anveena appeared on the battlefield, halted the fighting, and told Shekzeer that the swarm was listening.

After Shekzeer surrendered, Anveena arranged for her to become an experimental candidate for the Queen of Blades, while the Shadow Chasing Swarm advanced into the Dread Wastes. The Wind-Reaver carried a baited relic containing the missing Sha essences toward the Klaxxi elders, as Diakum prepared to use their knowledge to locate Y'Shaarj's heart and warned Saloras that a greater crisis was coming.

• Shekzeer surrendered, and Anveena ordered the Shadow Chasing Swarm to seize the Grand Empress's palace while the Mantid guard underwent reformation.
• Anveena told Shekzeer that the Abathurs would study her royal pheromones and might transform her into a Queen of Blades; Alpha Abathur confirmed she would gain command over the swarm but lose her former identity.
• The Wind-Reaver escaped the ruined palace, killed a Mantid traveling with Shadewalker warriors, and took a box containing the Blade of the Black Empire and several Sha essences toward Klaxxi'vess.
• General Staghelm explained that the relic was bait meant to draw the Klaxxi elders into revealing the location of Y'Shaarj's heart, then set out to track the blade.
• Diakum told Saloras he needed the Klaxxi elders to locate the heart beneath the Vale of Eternal Blossoms and planned to forge a Thunder Divine Weapon; he warned her that they would face a coming storm of destiny together.

The Pandaren delegation reached the Isle of Thunder and secured peace with the Shan'ze Clan Mogu. Diakum revealed that he would take Lei Shen away and use the Heart of Thunder to forge a weapon, leaving Ugu to lead the Mogu into the new era.

• Lelan and Sun Rouxin discussed Pandaria’s new diplomacy and the Goblins’ push for exclusive trade rights as the Exodar approached the Isle of Thunder.
• Zhou Zhuo presented Lei Shen’s edict to the Shan'ze Clan, and their leaders agreed to make peace and send an honor guard for Lei Shen’s funeral.
• Zhou Zhuo and the delegation entered the ruined Palace of Thunder, where Chancellor Ugu welcomed them and the Heart of Thunder stirred the island’s storms.
• Diakum told Ugu he would take Lei Shen away and use the Heart of Thunder to forge a weapon, while Ugu agreed to continue leading the Shan'ze Clan.

Ovospark toured the Mogu’s Titan facilities and agreed to deal with dangerous failed specimens in exchange for access to mechanical technology. Meanwhile, Diakum forged a thunder sword for the Argus Lord with help from Aegwynn and Azeroth, then prepared to confront the imprisoned god whose confession the World Mother awaited.

• Ovospark learned that the Mogu had created the Pandaren and Lizardfolk, then accepted a mission to clear dangerous failed specimens from the sewers in exchange for the empire’s engineering knowledge.
• Li Li spotted phoenixes in the palace and planned to take them to the Wandering Isle, while Anzu offered to help tame them and restore their nobility.
• Consort Luolin and Consort Suku agreed to give Diakum control of the Throne of Thunder and considered relocating to the World Soul Temple.
• Diakum placed the Heart of Thunder in the Throne of Thunder and forged a thunder sword for the Argus Lord, with Aegwynn adding Azeroth’s World Power to the weapon.
• Diakum and Aegwynn discussed naming the sword and set out to meet the god imprisoned deep within the palace, whose confession the World Mother awaited.

Diakum and Aegwynn entered Thunder King's Palace’s hidden prison and confronted Ra-den, the Storm Keeper who had been imprisoned for ten thousand years. After learning the Titans had fallen and hearing how his absence had contributed to catastrophe among the Keepers, Ra-den agreed to help free the World Soul and seek to save the Titans, but Zul demanded that he also confront G'huun in Uldir.

• Chancellor Ugg led Diakum, Aegwynn, and the other representatives through the guarded tunnels to the secret prison, where Diakum revealed the chained Ra-den.
• Diakum told Ra-den that the Titans had fallen and provoked him into breaking free of his chains, then recounted the disasters that followed Ra-den’s absence.
• Aegwynn explained the danger posed by the Nalak'sha Engine and the Everything Unification Field, and offered Ra-den a chance to help free the World Soul and travel the stars.
• Ra-den said he wanted to save the Titans’ immortal souls, and Aegwynn ordered him to accompany her to meet the World Soul as a prisoner.
• Zul confronted Ra-den and demanded that he help the Zandalari deal with G'huun, the Old God sealed in Uldir.

After the Pandaren and the Shan’ze Clan signed an alliance, Diakum received control of the Emperor’s Fist Legion and Lei Shen’s artifacts. He planned to have Azeroth’s world-soul restore the legion’s forge, while Ugg sought help rebuilding the Mogu population and the chapter ended with Yrel using Lei Shen’s crown to command a wild phoenix.

• Chancellor Ugg and the Pandaren agreed to open the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, recognize Shan’ze Clan territory, and ally against the Mogu rebels; Zhou Zhuo drafted the treaty, and both sides signed it.
• Ugg gave Diakum the Emperor’s Fist war seal and Lei Shen’s axe, halberd, and spare crown, entrusting the legion to Diakum rather than the Shan’ze Clan.
• Steamwheedle negotiated with Ugg for Mogu technology, and Ugg asked the goblin to find spiritually charged soil that could help restore the Shan’ze Clan’s population.
• Diakum told Steamwheedle to search Deepholm for the soil and deliver a warning to Therazane from the Supreme Star Soul.
• Diakum explained to Saloras that Azeroth’s world-soul could restart the Emperor’s Forge and let Anveena command the Emperor’s Fist colossi.
• Yrel wore Lei Shen’s crown while riding a wild phoenix with Li Li and Lelan, prompting Diakum to complain that she was misusing the artifact.

Anveena’s Shadow Chasing Swarm stripped the Dread Wastes bare to fuel rapid troop production, while she prepared to attack the Mantid and pressure them into finding Y'Shaarj's Heart of Darkness. At Klaxxi'vess, the elders completed a ritual that revealed the Heart’s location and began choosing champions to become the Dominator’s God Chosen, even as they accepted that defeat might mean joining the stronger swarm.

• Anveena and Jarod surveyed the devastated Dread Wastes, agreed to end maximum troop production, and planned an attack on Mantid territory at midnight.
• Anveena described how Mantid genes had strengthened the Shadow Chasing Swarm’s fliers, ground troops, and ranged bugs, then learned that the Klaxxi elders had begun their ritual.
• Anveena told Jarod that the Mantid informant could assassinate the elder council’s leaders, but they would wait for a signal from General Staghelm before using him.
• At Klaxxi'vess, High Elder Ik lit the final Sha pillars with the Blade of the Black Empire, and the ritual’s resonance revealed the path to Y'Shaarj's Heart of Darkness.
• High Elder Ik declared that the Mantid would seek the Heart and ordered seven champions to become the Dominator’s God Chosen, while explaining that the Mantid would join the Shadow Chasing Swarm if they lost.

Diakum and Staghelm watched the Shadow Chasing Swarm overwhelm the Mantid while the Pandaren prepared to defend the Gate of the Setting Sun. As the Mantid champions set out to revive the Overmind, Anveena decided to use Shekzeer’s trump card and send the Mantid toward a greater war.

• Diakum told Staghelm to track the champions seeking Y'Shaarj's Heart and wait for him before confronting the Old God's Heart.
• General Yang refused to abandon the Gate of the Setting Sun, accepted Jade Lotus reinforcements under his command, and began fighting the attacking Mantid.
• Korven and six other champions absorbed Sha energy, and Klaxxi'va Ik sent them to awaken the Overmind's Heart of Darkness while Qital and Nilnak stayed to defend Klaxxi'vess.
• The Mantid elders ordered Klaxxi'vess to contract its defenses and resist the Shadow Chasing Swarm until the Overmind revived.
• Anveena and Jarod discussed the Mantid champions' departure, and Anveena chose to use Shekzeer's trump card to send the Mantid into a greater war.