Arc 23The Sun and the Void

Diakum endured An'she’s Eclipse, awakened as the Sun God, and helped the dragons reclaim their choices from the Titans. After Rafaam stranded the Saviors on K'aresh, Diakum and the Ethereals fought the Void and freed their shattered homeland.

  • Oreses and Saloras defeated Kuruul, chose to Lightforge him, and joined Illidan’s campaign against the Legion as the Shadow Chasing Swarm rose on Mardum.
  • Diakum and the Swarm destroyed Mardum’s forge and consumed the Apocalypse Bomb, then Diakum resurrected Oturis and set out to bring the Kyrians into High Heaven.
  • Chromie helped Diakum survive the Infinite Dragons’ timeline-wide assassination attempt, and Nozdormu explained his conflict over the Titans and Azeroth’s future.
  • Diakum merged with An'she’s divine remains and endured Eclipse’s corruption, while the Arathi Empire revealed Lothar’s restored empire and sent an expedition to aid him.
  • Diakum broke the Dragon Isles’ seal, and the Dragon Kings confronted the past as Alexstrasza chose Azeroth’s power over the Titans’ authority and Nozdormu accepted an uncertain future.
  • Diakum forged the Glutton Heart to contain Eclipse, but Rafaam stole it and used the Staff of Sargeras to transport the battlefield and the Saviors to K’aresh.
  • The Saviors and Ethereals began reclaiming K’aresh, while Diakum completed his transformation and the Nether-Stalker opened a route to the besieged world.
  • Diakum arrived at K'aresh, drove off the Void wraith, and helped the Ethereals free their homeland by hurling its continents beyond the stellar ring and destroying the Void threat with two suns.
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Ch. 55410: What Kind of Heroes Are You, Two of You Lightforging One Demon?

Oreses and Saloras subdued Kuruul and decided to Lightforge it while using its hatred to identify Kaz'rogal as their next target. Meanwhile, the Army of the Light unleashed the Shadow Chasing Swarm on Mardum, Diakum cornered the Dreadlords, and Illidan defeated the traitor Kelya Evil Soul with a weapon reforged using Sargeras's Flame.

  • Oreses and Saloras overwhelmed Kuruul with Holy Flame Lords and Sha energy, then learned its resentment centered on Kaz'rogal.
  • Saloras rejected turning Kuruul into a Void creature and chose to Lightforge it, while the sisters selected Kaz'rogal as a possible next target.
  • Sasoval warned Desalock that the Shadow Chasing Swarm was hatching and Mardum could not be saved, but the swarm attacked the Dreadlords' stronghold after Sasoval revealed its location.
  • Diakum emerged from the shadows and confronted Desalock and the Dreadlords with his new weapons.
  • Illidan explained that a friend who controlled all flames had helped him wield Sargeras's Flame, then defeated Kelya Evil Soul.

Ch. 555Dancing with Demons: The Eternal Great Cycle Turns Toward the Twisting Nether

The demon slayers halted before Golganneth's foundry, and Imira persuaded the Odachi and other allies to withdraw before the Shadow Chasing Swarm began its assault on Mardum. As the Swarm overwhelmed the demons and prepared to spread through Legion worlds, the last Odachi chose to guide it through the Twisting Nether for revenge.

  • The demon slayers stopped their advance at Mardum's fortified lava mountains and agreed to hold their captured positions before retreating.
  • Imira told the allies that the Shadow Chasing Swarm would take over the war, and the Odachi leader agreed to withdraw after hearing the Swarm's plan.
  • The Shadow Chasing Swarm erupted from tunnels beneath Mardum, attacked the demons, and concentrated its elite forces on Golganneth's foundry.
  • Captain Yuna led the allied starships back into battle to protect the Swarm from the demon fleet's bombardment.
  • Imira explained that the Swarm would use Mardum's portals to spread across Legion worlds and continue the Great Cycle.
  • The last Odachi declared that his people would guide the Swarm to Laenkona and help it wage war on the demons in pursuit of revenge.

Ch. 55612 In the Age of Glory, Avengers Never Walk Alone

Diakum agreed to let the Odachi join the Shadow Chasing Swarm in exchange for their genes, while the Swarm continued its campaign in the Twisting Nether. After Illidan recovered the Sargerite Keystone, Diakum sealed it for a plan to weaken the Burning Legion and prepared to purify its demon forge.

  • Diakum and the Overmind agreed that the Odachi could join the Shadow Chasing Swarm if they accepted transformation into insectoids, and Diakum approved their participation.
  • Illidan told Diakum that Kelya Evil Soul had been executed, then joined him as the Swarm Tyrants defeated Queen Tylanar and recovered the Sargerite Keystone.
  • Diakum assigned Kil'ruk to travel to Azeroth and train Anveena's Saviors Swarm, while the other Tyrants remained in the Twisting Nether.
  • Diakum explained his plan for using the Sargerite Keystone to Illidan, sealed the artifact, and said he would purify the Burning Legion's Warheart at Golganneth's demon forge.
  • The old Odachi entrusted 3,227 sacred battleblades to Illidan, who returned the Blades of the Fearless and urged the Odachi to carry them on their final campaign.

Ch. 557Shattered Earth, Buried in Desperation

Golganneth studied the Shadow Chasing Swarm’s warfare before Diakum confronted him in the demon forge. Their clash and the Apocalypse Bomb destroyed Mardum, while the Devourer of Worlds absorbed the devastation and emerged one step from becoming a god.

  • Golganneth observed the swarm overrunning Mardum and recorded his belief that demons needed to evolve beyond Sargeras’s rule.
  • Diakum entered the forge, answered Golganneth’s questions about the swarm, and argued that demons’ true enemy was Sargeras.
  • Golganneth activated the Apocalypse Bomb as Diakum struck him with a Solar Fist, unleashing destruction from Mardum’s core.
  • The Devourer of Worlds consumed Mardum, the Apocalypse Bomb’s energy, and the forming black hole, leaving only a shattered debris ring.
  • Captain Yuna watched the aftermath as Illidan Stormrage said the Devourer of Worlds was one step from becoming a god.

Ch. 558Resurrection Is Such a Hassle, You Still Have to Fight...

Diakum reached the limit of his Demigod power and considered how to complete his two True God Paths before attempting a Divinity Trial. At the Illidari memorial, he resurrected General Oturis by drawing on Elune’s power and fighting the Kyrian Devos, then revealed his plan to bring the Kyrians into the Holy Light’s High Heaven.

  • Diakum reviewed his Character Card’s warnings and planned to keep his Light and Eclipse concepts while seeking Dymus’s Devouring Divinity.
  • Saloras told Diakum that General Oturis and the Illidari had been killed, and Diakum revealed that he had secretly resurrected dead Lightforged by fighting death gods.
  • Diakum and Saloras traveled to the Illidari flagship, where Diakum explained that Elune could help return Oturis’s soul before it was judged.
  • Illidan prayed to Elune, and Diakum used the moonlight to restore Oturis’s body and pull his soul back from the World of Death.
  • Devos confronted Diakum, but he defeated her and fed her torn wings to the Twilight Hammer as Oturis revived.
  • Diakum told Saloras that he had planted doubt in Devos and intended to bring the Kyrians to High Heaven as angels serving the Holy Light.

Ch. 559The Infinite Dragonflight Decide to Use Diakum's Head to

Diakum spoke with Elune during the fleet’s passage through the stargate, then discovered that the Infinite Dragonflight was attacking him across the past. Chromie and the Dracthyr fought the Infinite Dragons while Chromie prepared to seek more help.

  • Yuna showed Diakum, Yrel, and the Twins her collection and introduced Bal, a strange black goat that she believed brought her good luck.
  • Diakum identified Bal as an immature divine husk and spoke with Elune in a dream about restoring balance between life and death and resolving An'she's corruption.
  • The fleet reached the Azeroth star region, where Diakum's fingers began fading as attacks on his past threatened to collapse the timeline.
  • Chromie sensed the World Soul's call, entered the past, and killed an Infinite Dragon that had joined others in attacking Diakum and Lothar.
  • Chromie and Scalecommander Anbosa led the Dracthyr against the Infinite Dragons, while Chromie warned that the Infinite Dragonflight was carrying out a timeline-wide assassination of Diakum.

Ch. 56016. As Long as Fate Is Extreme Enough, Infinite Dragons Can Also Be

The Infinite Dragons gathered in the Caverns of Time and discovered that this timeline was too distorted and unpredictable for them to control. Deios planned to draw Nozdormu into a trap by attacking Diakum in the past, but his fear of the timeline’s possible future left him and Eternus deciding to wait for Murozond’s judgment.

  • Time Lord Deios heard reports that Deathwing had become the Black Dragon King under Neltharion’s name and that Arthas had become a Holy Light champion instead of wielding Frostmourne.
  • The Infinite Dragons realized they could neither predict nor control the independent timeline’s future, and Eternus urged Deios to withdraw.
  • Deios proposed attacking Diakum during his weakest years to lure Nozdormu and the Bronze Dragons into a trap, then ordered the Infinite Dragons to act.
  • After the others departed, Eternus asked Deios about his fear, and he admitted he worried the timeline might lead to the future that had driven Nozdormu mad.
  • Eternus questioned whether they should destroy a timeline the Titans feared, and Deios decided they would wait for Murozond to be born and let their sovereign judge it.

Ch. 56117. Fierce Fish Dick Wants to Use Me as Chum? I'll Snap Your Fishing Rod Too

Chromie realized Diakum’s allies and safeguards had thwarted the Infinite Dragons’ attacks across most points in time, leaving his first day in Azeroth as their best chance to kill him. She rallied the Dracthyr to defend burning Lakeshire and joined the weakened Diakum in charging at Deios.

  • Chromie watched Lady Aegwynn and Diakum’s other allies defeat an Infinite Dragon assault, then confronted Diakum and accused him of using her as a temporal alarm.
  • Diakum denied recruiting Chromie for that purpose and told her to protect his first day in Azeroth, when he had been most vulnerable.
  • Chromie found Infinite Dragons gathered over burning Lakeshire and brought five Dracthyr scale commanders to fight them.
  • Diakum rescued townspeople and fought Dragonkin until Chromie arrived, gave him a replica of Ashbringer, and carried him into battle.
  • Chromie and Diakum charged together at Deios, the demigod Infinite Dragon who had gathered the attackers.

Ch. 56218 Nozdormu's Helplessness: The Cowardly Dragon King Cannot Protect Anyone

Diakum survived Deios’s temporal attack, and Nozdormu returned to help defeat the Infinite Dragon. Later, Nozdormu explained the visions and divided loyalties that had driven him to flee, then said he was close to choosing his path.

  • Diakum survived Deios’s time breath and destroyed the corrupted hourglass, allowing Nozdormu to kill Deios and catch him as he fell.
  • Chromie reported that Eternus had escaped, while Diakum asked Nozdormu to meet his future self and then asked Chromie to restore his age.
  • After the Exodar and the Bal arrived, Diakum sent Yrel to arrange lodging for Yuna and the warriors, then traveled to a quiet subterranean mountain to meet Nozdormu.
  • Diakum questioned Nozdormu about his visions, and Nozdormu described both the Titans’ intended future and a feared future in which Azeroth rebelled against them.
  • Nozdormu revealed that his conflict over the Titans and the World Mother had led to Murozond’s creation and his own self-exile, then said he was close to finding an answer.

Ch. 563Dick Decides to Embrace the Sun, Merge into the Sun, and Ultimately...

Diakum began merging with the Sun God and Black Sun’s divine remains, enduring the Void corruption and pain tied to An'she’s Eclipse. As the process severed his connection to the world, he ignited the Light Weaver and Shadewalker sects’ faith to resist the darkness.

  • Nozdormu explained that ending Aman'Thul’s time network would free Azeroth’s Star Soul to determine her own future, while existing timelines continued toward their natural ends.
  • Aegwynn removed Khaz Algar’s Titan device core, freeing Dornogal’s Earthen from the Titan Guardian system, and joined Nozdormu to witness Diakum’s transformation.
  • Diakum merged with An'she’s divine remains, while Xal'atath’s Eclipse Fragment was expelled and she accused him of being unable to withstand An'se’s darkness.
  • Diakum heard prayers from across the world, touched Yrel with the Sun’s power, and discovered the newly crowned ruler of the Arathi Empire on an unknown continent.
  • Eclipse cut Diakum off from the outside world and overwhelmed him with pain and Void corruption, so he burned the sects’ Faith Power into a small flame to hold back the darkness.

Ch. 564Emperor's Illusion and the Solar Expedition

Lady Velysia Stittek learned that Emperor Thoradin IX had received a Solar Vision revealing that the Old World still existed and that His Majesty Lothar had reunited humanity under the Strom'kar Empire. The emperor appointed Stittek to lead an expedition to Kul Tiras, join Lothar’s holy war, and share the Arathor Empire’s blessings and knowledge with its old-world kin.

  • A state priest told Lady Stittek that the emperor’s Solar Vision had revealed the Old World and the rebirth of an empire under His Majesty Lothar.
  • The priest explained that Lothar possessed Emperor Thoradin’s true sword, Strom'kar, while the Arathor Empire’s throne had been passed down using a fabricated holy sword.
  • Emperor Thoradin IX promoted Stittek to general and ordered her to lead an expedition to Kul Tiras with priests, Holy Flame Warriors, and members of the Lothar family.
  • The emperor tasked the expedition with supporting Lothar’s campaign against the Void fortress and invited him to visit New Stromgarde.
  • Thoradin IX ordered Stittek to take the secret of the Holy Flame’s power against Magic Addiction to the Sun King of Quel'Thalas and said she and her commanders would become the first Children of the Sun.

Ch. 565When the Mist Cleared, Dick's Holy Light Greatsword Was About to Pierce the Dragon Isles

Lothar learned from the Pandaren that a human civilization might survive beyond the Storm Sea and authorized Zhou Zhuo to join Daelin’s scouting voyage. Meanwhile, Diakum endured another Eclipse, gained a portion of An’she’s solar authority, and aimed a Solar Arrow at the Dragon Isles’ sealing mist, warning Azeroth’s Star Soul just before it reacted in alarm.

  • Lothar discussed the Storm Sea with the Wandering Isle elders, who confirmed that a continent lay within its storms, and he told Zhou Zhuo to seek Daelin if he wanted to join the expedition.
  • Lothar inspected the growing imperial fleet port on Tol Barad and planned to reorganize the fleet ahead of the war against Kul Tiras.
  • Zhou Zhuo found Daelin fleeing a fight with Katherine and Gina, then agreed to join his Storm Sea voyage despite having no navigation experience.
  • Diakum endured Eclipse’s torment and resolved to pursue Light-Shadow Coexistence so he could withstand An’she’s suffering and claim the Sun God’s authority.
  • Diakum discovered that he could perceive Azeroth from the sun and shape solar storms, then aimed a Solar Arrow at the Dragon Isles’ sealing mist while warning the startled Star Soul.

Ch. 566Hello, everyone, I'm the new Earth-Warder

The Dragon Isles’ seal broke, prompting the dragon Aspects and their flights to return while old tensions flared between the Blue and purified Black Dragons. Meanwhile, Diakum’s Faith Incarnation recovered the Shadowed Heart and prepared to bring Neltharion to meet the waiting Dragon Kings.

  • The Sun Arrow shattered the Dragon Isles’ seal, and Alexstrasza led the dragons from Northrend toward their homeland as the Oathstones called to them.
  • Nozdormu joined Alexstrasza and Malygos near the isles, explaining that the truth about their past was recorded on the Platinum Disc and that he would not influence their decisions.
  • Malygos tried to attack the purified Black Dragons waiting on the Green Dragon coast, but Alexstrasza and Nozdormu restrained him while the Bronze Dragons stopped the Blue Dragons.
  • Sabellian and Blackhorn watched the confrontation, with Sabellian anticipating Malygos’s reaction to Neltharion’s arrival and Blackhorn urging him not to restart the cycle of hatred.
  • On the Forbidden Isle, Aegwynn and Onyxia recovered the Shadowed Heart, and Diakum’s Faith Incarnation explained why he had left it sealed until the Dragon Isles’ barrier broke.
  • Diakum asked Neltharion to transport them to the Dragon Kings, while Neltharion joked about facing his namesake’s angry family and teased Onyxia.

Ch. 56723. Hey, Goblins Repairing the Shadowed Heart Is Right in Their Professional Wheelhouse

Diakum’s attempt to keep his Faith Incarnation pure during An’she’s shift into darkness failed, but the Shadowed Heart absorbed shadow energy and offered a possible way to share the corruption. He ordered the goblin masters to finish the artifact, agreeing to their demand for a starship.

  • Onyxia left for Deepholm to bring goblin masters to the Obsidian Throne to complete the Shadowed Heart.
  • Malygos attacked Neltharion II over his resemblance to Deathwing, and Ysera opened a Dream Gate so they could fight without harming the Dragon Isles.
  • Alexstrasza and Ysera prepared to settle the dragons in Valdrakken before freeing the Incarnate Dragons and confronting the past.
  • Diakum’s Faith Incarnation turned dark for six hours, while Aegwynn evacuated the dragons and Centaurs from the affected area.
  • Diakum awoke to find the Shadowed Heart filled with shadow energy and concluded it could help contain Eclipse’s corruption.
  • Nali told Diakum that the goblin masters demanded a starship as payment, and he agreed to provide one.

Ch. 568Vigilant Is Doing Well Too, Living Off a Woman

Diakum hired the Primal Goblins to repair the Shadowed Heart and demonstrated his ability to restore life after his unstable Light-Shadow power caused destruction. In Valdrakken, the transformed Raszageth apologized to the dragons and offered peace if they released her siblings, while making clear she would force their choice if necessary.

  • Diakum negotiated with the Primal Goblins, who agreed to repair and improve the Shadowed Heart using the Dragon Soul and Shadowflame in exchange for employment and trade privileges.
  • The Twins and the Lightforged escorted the Primal Goblins to the Obsidian Throne, while Diakum told them he would endure his Light-Shadow shifts until the artifact was ready.
  • Aegwynn questioned whether the Shadowed Heart could withstand the Sun God's Eclipse, and Diakum said it would help him survive the Fusion stage before Rebirth.
  • Diakum restored the withered grasslands and forests with the great sword of Holy Light, then explained to Aegwynn how divine power exceeded mortal classifications of domains and authority.
  • Raszageth arrived in Valdrakken in her transformed Tempest Dragon form, apologized to the Dragons of Order, and offered peaceful coexistence if they released her siblings.
  • Alexstrasza and Nozdormu recognized that Raszageth still made threats naturally, and Nozdormu suggested Diakum give the other Incarnate Dragons a Confession package.

Ch. 569The Incarnate Dragons' First Challenge After Awakening in the New Era

Raszageth joined the Dragon Kings at Tyr’s Hold, where they opened the prison of the other Incarnate Dragons. Diakum prepared to confront the newly freed demigods with Eclipse and leave the Dragon Kings to rescue them if they could survive until dawn.

  • Raszageth arrived with the Dragon Kings at Tyr’s Hold, and they discussed restoring the fortress and the sacred spring while Malygos restrained his anger toward Neltharion II.
  • Diakum, Aegwynn, and Neltharion II discussed freedom, the Void’s whispers, and how Iridikron had resisted corruption through hatred of the Titans.
  • Raszageth explained that she had come to accept the Proto-Dragons’ need for their own civilization and intended to make Northrend Vyranoth’s territory while seeking out Storm Dragons enslaved by Odin.
  • The Dragon Kings reopened the prison sealed for over twenty thousand years and found Vyranoth, the Firelight Dragon, and Iridikron frozen inside Titan orbs.
  • As the Dragon Kings prepared for the Incarnate Dragons to attack, Diakum darkened his hand with Eclipse and told everyone to flee while he faced them, warning that they would need to survive the lightless night until dawn.

Ch. 570Fainted by Dragon Princess Friendship—You Red Dragon Queen, Why Do You Go for Both Men and Women?!

Vyranoth woke from her imprisonment and fought alongside Fyrakk and Iridikron against Diakum’s Eclipse, but Alexstrasza rescued her from the darkness. After bringing Vyranoth to Wyrmrest Temple, Alexstrasza apologized for their past and took her to Silithus, where she pledged to give up the Titans’ guardian power and return to the World Mother.

  • Vyranoth broke free of her cage and joined Fyrakk and Iridikron as Diakum’s Eclipse drained their Life Fire.
  • Vyranoth tried to save Fyrakk, but the Eclipse overwhelmed her; Iridikron dragged the darkness underground and told the others to escape.
  • Alexstrasza carried Vyranoth out of the darkness and later tended to her at Wyrmrest Temple, apologizing for her past betrayal.
  • Alexstrasza brought Vyranoth through a portal to the Star Soul Sanctuary in Silithus, where they found Raszageth and the other dragons.
  • Alexstrasza declared that she would relinquish the Titans’ guardian power and return to the World Mother, taking Vyranoth’s hand as she made the choice.

Ch. 57127. The Brainless One, the Unhappy One, the Ice Queen, the Maniac, Croak

Alexstrasza returned to the World Mother’s embrace, choosing to relinquish Titan authority and receive Azeroth’s power, while Vyranoth joined her and the two healed their broken bond. Malygos and Nozdormu also began casting off Titan power, as Iridikron considered an alliance with Diakum and Fyrakk resisted the changes.

  • Little Star overheard Matigosa and Tarecgosa romanticizing Alexstrasza and Vyranoth’s reconciliation, then found Sindragosa sharing their enthusiasm.
  • Malygos accepted Alexstrasza’s choice and asked Little Star to invite her grandfather, while admitting he hoped to eventually leave his duties as Blue Dragon King.
  • Raszageth introduced Alexstrasza and Vyranoth to the Keepers and explained that the dragons would help liberate Ulduar, while Fyrakk argued with Ysera and resisted the World Mother’s plans.
  • Iridikron urged Fyrakk to accept the new era and thought about speaking with Diakum, whom he recognized as a potential ally against the Titans.
  • Vyranoth warned Alexstrasza not to choose her fate merely to please her, but Alexstrasza explained her decision and the World Mother drew both dragons into a sharing of their hearts.
  • The World Mother replaced Alexstrasza’s Titan authority with Azeroth’s power, Aegwynn received the extracted authority, and Nozdormu shattered his Titan hourglass and embraced an uncertain future.

Ch. 572The Supreme Thief King Returns with a Theft Warning Letter

Diakum completed his third night in the prison, discovered his growing Sun God powers and Faith Power, and sent his angels to build High Heaven. He went to the Cave of Zaralek to cleanse Deathwing’s Aberrus, but a warning letter from Rafaam revealed that the Supreme Thief King planned to steal the Shadowed Heart.

  • Diakum purified the prison, then rested with Neri and sensed his Sun God authority awakening further.
  • Diakum used Faith Power to begin shaping High Heaven and assigned his five little angels to build it.
  • Diakum told Neri he planned to eliminate Azeroth’s hidden dangers before his ascension limited his ability to enter the material world.
  • Diakum arrived at the Cave of Zaralek, learned about the Jarradin and Deathwing’s Shadowflame barrier, and declined to interfere with the Dracthyr’s search for the Oathbinder.
  • Saloras delivered the reforged Shadowed Heart, and Diakum found Rafaam’s letter asking to borrow it and ordered Aegwynn to prepare to catch the thief.

Ch. 573Eternal Hunger's Heart? No, I Have Something Better Here

Diakum tempered the Shadowed Heart with Deathwing’s Shadowflame and infused it with his own Devourer of Worlds essence, bringing it closer to becoming a Path artifact. Rafaam watched from hiding with Ajil, while his plans to steal the awakened relic and recruit Ajil remained unresolved.

  • Aegwynn and the Dragon Kings gathered outside Aberrus Palace as Diakum entered the Shadowflame with the Shadowed Heart, while the dragons discussed Rafaam and the danger of the Void.
  • Diakum emerged and explained that the Shadowed Heart had helped him endure An'she's Eclipse but still lacked the hunger needed to become a divine weapon.
  • Iridikron proposed using Galakrond's Eternal Hunger to awaken the Shadowed Heart, but Dick chose to infuse it with his own Devourer of Worlds essence instead.
  • Dick began his fifth light-dark transformation, and Aegwynn said the Shadowed Heart was becoming a Path artifact and that two more cycles would bring Diakum onto his Path to Godhood.
  • Rafaam watched from hiding with Ajil and learned that Diakum had used his own essence; Rafaam then tried to persuade Ajil to join his newly invented Phantom Thieves Legion.

Ch. 574The Supreme Thief makes a shining appearance! For "Diejia|Guo"

Diakum completed the Glutton Heart as Eternus and the Infinite Dragons attacked, then was cast into the End of Time to fight Murozond. Rafaam stole the artifact and abducted the Saviors along with Aberrus Palace, bringing them to K'aresh, the Ethereals’ homeland.

  • Diakum finished forging the Glutton Heart, which could absorb Eclipse corruption and wield stored shadow as an attack.
  • Eternus led the fading Infinite Dragons in a desperate raid; she struck Diakum with chaotic hourglasses, sending him into the End of Time to face Murozond.
  • Rafaam stole the Glutton Heart, unleashed chaotic artifacts against the defenders, and used the Staff of Sargeras to transport the entire battlefield and everyone on it away from Azeroth.
  • Diakum defeated Murozond in the temporal echo, while the Saviors recovered from Rafaam’s super teleportation.
  • Rafaam welcomed Aegwynn and the other Saviors to K’aresh and asked them to hear him out before killing him.

Ch. 575The Supreme Thief is miserably captured! For "Diejia|Guo"

Rafaam’s forced invitation brought Diakum and his allies to K’aresh, where the Ethereals asked them to defend their ruined home from the Void and the approaching Burning Legion. Diakum agreed to return in person and purify the Void Gate, while the others prepared to hold it and use Dymus’s essence to strengthen the Shadowed Heart.

  • Aegwynn discovered that the Staff of Sargeras was overloaded, leaving the group stranded near K’aresh’s enormous Void Gate.
  • Ajil explained that the Burning Legion had discovered K’aresh and was sending a fleet, while Rafaam revealed that Dymus’s essence could help the Shadowed Heart grow.
  • Diakum weighed the Ethereals’ plea and their offers of treasure, then accepted their help and instructed Saloras to use the Shadowed Heart to drain K’aresh’s Void energy.
  • Yrel opened Rafaam’s treasury and found the Staff of Sechinar, which the Red Dragon Queen identified as Eonar’s staff containing the Power of Rebirth.
  • Diakum dismissed his Faith Incarnation and said he would return in person to purify K’aresh, ordering the others to hold the Void Gate until then.

Ch. 576The Arch-Thief Is Blessed! For "Diejia|Guo"

The Azerothians and Eredar agreed to help the Ethereals reclaim K'aresh, as Ethereal factions gathered for a desperate battle against the Void. Meanwhile, Diakum confronted the Nether-Stalker over its role in Rafaam’s scheme and ordered it to open a route to K'aresh, leaving the Nether-Stalker to prepare a dangerous fleet-scale phase wormhole.

  • Aegwynn and Archbishop Nali offered the Dragon Kings a way home and urged them to leave, but Alexstrasza and the other Dragon Kings chose to stay and help the Ethereals.
  • Neltharion II, Iridikron, and Blackhorn shaped a battlefield from stellar fragments while Saloras prepared to drain Void energy from K'aresh.
  • Agil summoned Ethereal factions from across the stellar sea, and Sahadar arrived with the Ethereum fleet as more than two hundred warships assembled.
  • Saloras began the draining ritual, the Ethereal fleets attacked the Void servants, and the war to reclaim K'aresh began.
  • Diakum confronted the Nether-Stalker about allowing Rafaam’s plan to proceed, then ordered it to open a rift to K'aresh after his transformation was complete.
  • The Nether-Stalker returned to its starship and ordered its followers to prepare a fleet-scale phase wormhole despite the risk.

Ch. 577The Arch-Thief Carries Hard! For "Diejia|Guo"

The Ethereals fought to reclaim K’aresh as Rafaam wielded the Shadowed Heart and the dragons unleashed a Solar Storm against the Void forces. When a powerful Void Revenant appeared and attacked Saloras, the Nether-Stalker’s starship arrived in time to intervene, though it suffered devastating losses.

  • Ethereal warships and Azeroth’s fighters battled the Void creatures pouring through the planet-sized gate, while Rafaam used its gauntlets to defeat enemies and heal Rhonin.
  • Aegwynn and Saloras came under attack during the ritual, and Rafaam seized the Shadowed Heart and endured its pain to continue drawing energy from the Void gate.
  • Aegwynn guided Raszageth and Fyrakk to combine storm and solar fire, creating a Solar Storm that cleared a path through the Ethereal army and killed three Void Demigods.
  • The Void Lords sent a colossal Void Revenant to stop the ritual, and its attack shattered the protection granted by the Primal Staff.
  • Saloras rushed to protect the Shadowed Heart as the Void Revenant struck, but the Nether-Stalker’s starship arrived in time; the ship, its collection, and some followers were lost in the collision.

Ch. 578Rafaam's Great Deed as the Supreme Thief King: Stealing Tomorrow for His Homeland

Diakum defeated the Void Lesser God and helped the Ethereals free K'aresh from the Eye of the Void, leaving the ruined homeland on a path toward recovery. Rafaam celebrated the victory as he claimed he had stolen a hopeful tomorrow for K'aresh.

  • The Holy Light's champion arrived at K'aresh, destroyed the Voidwalkers, and struck the Void wraith with An'she's Solar Fist.
  • Diakum drove the Void wraith away from K'aresh while the Ethereals attached towing locks to the shattered continents and pulled their homeland free.
  • Diakum kicked the continents beyond the stellar ring, then redirected the two dying suns toward the Eye of the Void.
  • The first sun exploded and killed the Void wraith, while the second crashed into the Eye of the Void and set it ablaze.
  • Rafaam boasted to Ajil that he had stolen tomorrow for K'aresh, and Ajil praised him as the Supreme Thief King.
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