Recaps

Argus’s planetary formatting began as Creation Power spread across the world, while the Eredar witnessed their homeland’s renewal. At the Burning Throne, Velen and Kil'jaeden completed their final battle and vanished together into the Creation Power.

• The Everything Unification Field released Creation Power across Argus to dissolve the old world and prepare it for remolding.
• Yrel watched the waves of Creation Power with the Eredar, while Archbishop Nali and others wept with joy at their World Vow’s fulfillment.
• Vilara summoned the Archbishops and Yrel to discuss important news, as warriors cheered that Velen was about to kill Kil'jaeden.
• At the Burning Throne, the undead fought demons as Creation Power consumed both sides, and Fel strengthened Kil'jaeden for its final battle.
• Velen and Kil'jaeden fatally wounded each other, then embraced as Kil'jaeden asked Velen to pray for him.
• Velen prayed over Kil'jaeden, and Creation Power consumed them both.

Diakum said farewell to Argus as the Star Soul entered rebirth, then told the Eredar leaders that their Eternal Life had been severed and set out a trial to restore it. The chapter ended with Diakum preparing to lead the Eredar back to Argus in three days.

• Norgannon warned Diakum that his incarnation would interfere with Argus’s reconstruction, so Diakum chose to leave rather than influence Argus’s rebirth.
• Argus planned to become three Pillars of Creation that would help the Eredar find and awaken him, and he returned the Argus Heart Ring to Diakum.
• Diakum said goodbye as the power of creation enveloped Argus and purified his memories, while Argus hoped they would meet again at the next dawn.
• Diakum told the Eredar leaders to gather in Shattrath City and reclaim the Tears of Argus from clans that had not joined the Restoration War.
• Diakum explained that the Tears of Argus and the three Pillars of Creation would guide the Eredar through a trial whose reward was the return of Eternal Life, then ordered them to return to Argus with him in three days.

Argus finished its reshaping, and the Eredar prepared to return to their restored homeland. As dawn broke, Diakum carved a memorial to the fallen, said farewell to his loved ones, and passed through a mysterious door, promising to return.

• Hutton watched Krokuun take shape and became Argus’s temporary planetary governor as the Eredar planned their return.
• The Eredar gathered in prayer and prepared to descend at dawn, while Kazzak explained that Diakum had gone to spend time with his loved ones.
• Diakum, Nali, and the Twins carved a memorial stele listing the warriors who had died during the exile.
• Diakum told Nali, Saloras, and Oreses that he was being summoned beyond a mysterious door and promised to come back.
• As the Eredar returned to Krokuun at dawn, Diakum kissed his loved ones goodbye, entered the door, and vanished.

With Sargeras defeated and the Burning Legion's command structure in ruins, the Toranar Swarm devastated demon recruiting worlds while rival demon lords and fleet commanders abandoned coordinated resistance. A mysterious visitor urged Matriarch Shal'Ras to unite nearby courts and rebuild the Legion, offering support in exchange for a future rescue mission.

• The Toranar Swarm overran demon worlds and destroyed a Demon Court while the fractured Burning Legion failed to send effective aid.
• Fleet commanders detached their fleets from the Legion, while demon courts learned that Sargeras had been defeated by Diakum, Lord of Dawn.
• A disguised visitor warned the Destroyer Witch lord that the swarm would soon consume her world and offered help gathering fleets and allies.
• The visitor advised the lord to unite neighboring Demon Courts, eliminate rivals, and claim to be The Conqueror's heir so she could rebuild the Burning Legion.
• The Destroyer Witch lord recognized the visitor might be a Nathrezim, and it addressed her as Matriarch Shal'Ras before proposing an alliance and a future mission to rescue someone important.

Matron Shal'Ras discovered that the Nathrezim were gathering demon forces under the promise of Denathrius's protection while multiple primal factions invaded the Twisting Nether. Meanwhile, Sargeras heard the demons' pleas during his operation and struggled with whether to embrace destruction as the Lord of Fel.

• Matron Shal'Ras learned that the Swarm had spread around her forces, forcing her to accept the Nathrezim's plan to break out and join other demon courts.
• A Nathrezim warned Shal'Ras that the Mawsworn, Life's forces, the People of Light, and other factions threatened the Twisting Nether, then urged her to worship Sire Denathrius.
• Shal'Ras rejected Denathrius and prayed for Sargeras to return, but she saw other demon lords beginning to learn the dreadlords' prayers.
• Chief Artificer Lihuvim told the anesthetized Sargeras that the loss of Fel territory could eventually make the Twisting Nether disappear.
• Sargeras revealed that Diakum wanted him to become King of Demons and Lord of Fel, and asked Lihuvim whether he should embrace destruction.
• Lihuvim argued that Fel could have different forms of destruction and asked Sargeras which stage of the cycle of destruction and rebirth he wanted to represent.

Aggramar left the Pantheon to embrace fel energy as its new god of ordered destruction, then challenged the Primus to a duel over the Mawsworn’s expansion into the Twisting Nether. The chapter ended as the Primus accepted, with Aggramar seeking an Enemy Breaker sword for his future fight against Sargeras.

• Norgannon asked whether Aggramar hated the orcs and ogres, and Aggramar said he did not blame them for fighting him or for seeking revenge on Draenor’s behalf.
• Aggramar refused to leave his Guardian Legacy in the Pantheon and asked Norgannon to scatter it among the stars for anyone who could claim it.
• Aggramar explained that his fel aspect would be ordered destruction, while Illidan Stormrage embodied self-destruction and Sargeras was on the path to chaotic destruction.
• Aggramar relinquished his Arcane power and entered a Fel Firestorm, where fel energy reforged him as a god and summoned the Eredun to serve him.
• Aggramar arrived in the Mawsworn’s territory, challenged the Primus to a duel, and asked him to forge an Enemy Breaker sword for his future battle with Sargeras.
• The Primus accepted Aggramar’s challenge and prepared to test the Avenger’s blade.

Illidan led the Illidari into the Twisting Nether to build a force of demon-hunting commanders, while Aggramar gathered demons under his banner. Sargeras returned as a god of destruction, rallying the demons and leaving the Nathrezim driven from their fleet.

• Aggramar’s appearance drew demon courts to his command, giving him a force that seemed comparable to the Burning Legion.
• Illidan entered the Twisting Nether with the Illidari fleet and ordered Oturis to expand training so Demon Hunters could command demon legions.
• Illidan declared that the Illidari would pursue the path of self-destruction and pass Argus’s inheritance down through generations of Slayers.
• Illidan sensed Sargeras’s return and ordered the hunters to accelerate toward their ultimate prey.
• Sargeras’s return unleashed fel tides across the Twisting Nether, created new demons, and strengthened demons fighting the Toranar Swarm.
• Mother Shahraz and the demons rejected the Nathrezim and Sire Denathrius, reclaimed their allegiance to Sargeras, and demanded the dreadlord leave.

Elune and Norgannon discussed the Black Sun and the dangers of Sargeras’s return as the factions debated whether to keep invading the Twisting Nether. They agreed on Arcane observation posts and a framework to prevent the Six Forces from coercing star souls, though Norgannon recognized that the rules still left room for covert influence.

• Norgannon explained that Sargeras was absorbing demons’ wills of destruction to forge his identity as the God of Destruction, and that demon deaths could hasten his return.
• Elune said she could restrain the Life faction’s forces but could not stop Death and Void from plundering the Twisting Nether; Norgannon agreed that Arcane guardians would establish observation stations there.
• Elune worried that Light expeditions might reignite holy war, but Norgannon said High Heaven was redirecting faith toward theological debate and gave her knowledge for shaping life-bearing worlds.
• Elune told Norgannon that the Six Forces had agreed not to coerce star souls and would monitor their worlds, with each faction barred from using certain methods of influence.
• Norgannon observed that the agreement still permitted covert schemes, and Elune warned that Azeroth and the returning Lord of Dawn could punish anyone who manipulated star souls.

One year after Argus’s rebirth, Jaide learned that Diakum had not disappeared but had spent the year secretly living with Nali and the Twins. As dawn approached, Diakum began telling them about the gods he had met during a seven-day absence and his former place among them.

• The Eredar prepared a grand Summer Solstice Festival and Jed'hin Tournament, while clan leaders discussed the Lord of Dawn’s year-long absence and growing rumors about him.
• Jaide heard that Diakum had gone missing after Argus’s rebirth and worried that Nali and the Twins might be meeting another man.
• Jaide followed voices up a ridge and found Diakum embracing Nali and the Twins beneath the stars.
• Diakum explained that he had spent the year hiding with the three women and planned to ascend to heaven after attending the festival ceremony.
• Nali and the Twins asked Diakum about the injuries he had received during his seven-day absence, and he began explaining that he had once been one of a group of gods who intended to create a new universe.

Diakum discovered that the pirate captain Black Shaw was the Silent One who had interfered with his planned rebirth and restored memories of his past. After learning the Brotherhood of Shadows sent innocent souls into tragic worlds for its amusement, Diakum agreed to investigate and consider leading a revolt against its elders.

• Diakum arrived aboard Black Shaw’s ghost ship and used its marked door to send dawnlight into a young universe under attack by chaos.
• Black Shaw revealed that Diakum had once chosen to erase his powers and memories, and admitted he had damaged Diakum’s safeguards while trying to find him.
• Black Shaw explained that he had been tasked with transporting souls for the Brotherhood of Shadows and that its elders were waiting to confront Diakum at the dockside tavern.
• Black Shaw said he and the Artisan planned to overthrow the Brotherhood’s elders but needed Diakum’s strength to lead the revolt.
• Diakum demanded to see the souls in the ship’s hold and vowed to act if Black Shaw’s accusations were true.

Black Shaw manipulated Diakum into believing the Brotherhood of Shadows was abusing souls, then sent him to confront Raven and the Death God. Diakum recognized Black Shaw’s scheme but went along with it, and the chapter ended as he prepared to fight the two leaders in the tavern.

• Black Shaw told Diakum that the Brotherhood of Shadows tormented imprisoned souls and urged him to confront Raven and the Death God while he and Artisan freed the captives.
• Diakum refused Black Shaw’s offer of weapons, accepted a Force Die, and walked into the Brotherhood tavern after purifying the ship’s ghostly gangplank.
• After Diakum disappeared into the fog, Black Shaw admitted he had fabricated the story and revealed that he was using the confrontation to pressure the Brotherhood’s senior members into making concessions.
• Black Shaw enlisted Alchemist Mason’s help, handed him precious materials, and contacted allies to prepare for the aftermath of his staged rebellion.
• Diakum entered the tavern, used Detect Evil on Raven and the Death God, and declared that he would hold them to a higher moral standard.
• Raven drew Judas and opened Raven’s Book while the Death God raised his necromantic greatsword, and both prepared to fight Diakum.

After Dick returned to the Brotherhood of Shadows, he fought the God of Death and Raven in Black Shaw’s tavern, leaving the building in ruins. Saiber Hawk arrived, freed the combatants, and began punishing them for destroying his home as the Brotherhood’s members rushed in to support Dick as their new Boss.

• Saiber Hawk left a gambling game after sensing trouble, then remembered that Dick had returned and hurried to his island.
• Saiber found his tavern destroyed, with Dick standing amid the ruins and the God of Death and Raven still suppressed.
• Saiber freed the God of Death and Raven, cleansed Dick’s wounds and curses, and removed Judas from Dick’s mind.
• Saiber put on his Infinity Stone knuckle-dusters and attacked the three fighters, while Raven called for backup.
• Lord Mason and the Master Craftsmen Legion arrived and declared support for Diakum as the new Boss of the Brotherhood of Light.

Black Shaw raided Mystery House while the Brotherhood of Shadows fought Saiber, then used the stolen Wall of Origin fragments to draw the mysterious spirits into revealing their interest in the Lost Souls. Saiber and the battered Brotherhood arrived, and Diakum vowed to rescue the abducted souls.

• Black Shaw watched the Brotherhood battle Saiber and redirected his ghost ship to raid Mystery House.
• Black Shaw looted Mystery House and met the mysterious spirits, who confirmed his defection and demanded Brotherhood members' heads or Saiber's treasures.
• Black Shaw showed the spirits fragments of the Wall of Origin and demanded double payment after learning their value.
• The spirits revealed that the Lost Souls came from beyond the Wall of Origin and that their backers wanted to use them to uncover what lay beyond it.
• Black Shaw decided to stop the spirits, but Saiber and the battered Brotherhood arrived at Mystery House.
• Diakum vowed to rescue every abducted Lost Soul.

Diakum learned the Brotherhood’s true purpose: protecting their homeland and the multiverse from a future breach of the Wall of Origin. After Saiber uncovered the kidnappers’ secrets, the Brotherhood prepared to rescue their captured fellow townsfolk and confront the forces behind the plot.

• Raven restored his wrecked home and recovered its treasures, but blamed Black Shaw’s raid for releasing forbidden knowledge, Mother Boxes, the Anti-Life Equation’s projection, and seven demon gods into the Void Quadrant.
• Mason told Diakum that Black Shaw had found him long ago and secretly watched his life through the Character Card, while Mason had helped conceal the truth.
• The Reaper warned Diakum that his former lovers still held his feelings and that the Brotherhood was about to rescue kidnapped fellow townsfolk from a den of enemies.
• Raven and the Void Lord explained that the Brotherhood protected the Origin Land behind the Wall of Origin, whose collapse could destroy the multiversal dimension, and revealed that Shen Qui and Jiang Xia had been sent there to investigate signs of danger.
• Mason described a Pocket Universe simulation that showed supernatural subspaces could still emerge, while Raven warned that future battles might reach their homeland.
• Saiber returned from interrogating the captives, announced that he had learned what he needed, and urged the Brotherhood to leave and rescue the kidnapped townsfolk.

The Brotherhood attacked a dark dimension to rescue stolen Lost Souls, while Diakum learned that the enemy sought their spiritual radiance. Back at Mystery House, Dream God invited Diakum to choose a Lost Soul and guide his new life, but Mason discovered a peculiar soul among the rescued.

• Black Shaw led the Brotherhood into battle, and Death sent Diakum and Mason to rescue the imprisoned Lost Souls while the others fought.
• Diakum and Mason found Lost Souls being reshaped in a mystical laboratory, and Mason determined that they could be saved but would lose some of their potential.
• Mason revealed that he had secretly placed surveillance devices on Diakum and other Brotherhood members as a precaution, then returned with the rescued souls to Mystery House.
• Dream God gave Diakum the book of his previous life and explained his duty to select a Lost Soul and guide its new life.
• Diakum began proposing how to introduce another Force into the Brotherhood’s tradition, but Mason called him to the laboratory after finding a peculiar Lost Soul.

Diakum chose to become guardian to a mutated Lost Soul and named him Ash'adar, planning to place him on a rebirth path suited to his altered nature. Back on Argus, Diakum faced questions from his lovers about his former-life relationships, then urged them to set the dispute aside for the approaching Summer Solstice Festival.

• Mason explained that a Lost Soul had fused with an external power during cruel experiments, making its soul and spiritual radiance difficult to separate.
• Diakum rejected the option of stripping the Lost Soul of its altered spiritual radiance and decided to become its guardian despite the heavy duties involved.
• Mason explained the rules of guardianship and rebirth, and Diakum chose a destination suited to the Lost Soul's affinity with Life Force.
• Diakum named his ward Ash'adar, and Saloras realized that he might begin his new life as a beast rather than a human.
• Oreses confronted Diakum about visiting the women from his previous life, and he admitted they had begun repairing their relationship and had invited his three lovers to a meal.
• Diakum asked his lovers to watch the sunrise and postpone their family discussion until after the Summer Solstice Festival began.

Diakum attended the Eredar’s Summer Solstice Festival, where Velen and Kil'jaeden warned him that the Nathrezim were trying to free Sire Denathrius and might join forces with Sargeras. After agreeing to investigate the Nathrezim’s strange replication of their kind, Diakum learned that Illidan Stormrage had gone missing after an ambush in the Twisting Nether.

• Governor Hutton opened the Summer Solstice Festival after the dawn was delayed, and the Eredar clans entered the venue beneath their banners.
• Diakum and the gathered Eredar paid tribute to the dead, and Velen and Kil'jaeden joined him at the ceremony.
• Velen explained that Nathrezim-led demons had attacked Sire Denathrius’s hidden prison in Revendreth, but Black Pawn had killed the infiltrators before they could reach him.
• Kil'jaeden warned that the Nathrezim might unite with Sargeras and said their numbers had been strangely replenished through replication.
• Diakum agreed to investigate whether the Sea of Darkness was involved while the Shadowlands and other forces hunted the Nathrezim.
• Archbishop Nali told Diakum that Illidan Stormrage had gone missing after an unknown force ambushed his demon-hunting operation in the Twisting Nether.

Diakum uncovered Denathrius’s role in Illidan Stormrage’s ambush and prepared to secretly join the rescue effort. Meanwhile, Denathrius ordered Tichondrius to withdraw and lie dormant, planning to cultivate a future ally who could free him from his seal.

• Diakum learned that Nathrezim had ambushed Illidan with the aid of void power and a spell carrying Denathrius’s True God aura.
• Diakum explained to Kyrestia that Denathrius and Sargeras could cooperate through chaos and destruction, and warned that Illidan’s capture could undermine the plan to contain Sargeras.
• Kyrestia objected when Diakum proposed going to the Twisting Nether, so he planned to hide aboard a great druid’s starship instead.
• A warning reached Tichondrius that Diakum had arrived in the Sea of Darkness, but Tichondrius finished his ritual and discussed the Nathrezim’s withdrawal with Denathrius.
• Denathrius told Tichondrius to preserve a hidden nest, wait for the right moment, and let the demons pursue Illidan without interference.

Illidan fought off Blackflame Demons in the Twisting Nether but neared a dangerous, premature ascension as the aspect of self-destruction threatened to overwhelm him. Malfurion and Tyrande reached him in time, and Tyrande restrained Illidan before turning to address the honored one hidden within Malfurion.

• Illidan hid among the shattered remains of a fel celestial body, repaired himself, and prepared for another ambush by Blackflame Demons.
• Illidan attacked more than a dozen Blackflame Demons and nearly a thousand lesser demons, but a flaming sword pierced him and drove him toward forced ascension.
• Malfurion led the rescue party toward Illidan, while Tyrande attacked seven pursuing fel ships and cleared a path for their hunter ship.
• Malfurion found Illidan kneeling amid the defeated demons and rushed to him as Illidan began to lose himself to destruction.
• Tyrande shielded Malfurion, slapped Illidan, and bound him with chains of Cold Moon until he began resisting the urge to destroy.
• Tyrande told Malfurion she was speaking to the honored one hidden within him and lamented the lasting karmic entanglement among the three of them.

Illidan woke in High Heaven after Diakum purified his inner demon and sealed his connection to fel energy, preventing his premature ascension. He learned that Queen Azshara could help forge his vessel, while Diakum stayed behind to hear Hogger debate whether High Heaven should welcome beast-like believers.

• Illidan woke badly injured, discovered his inner demon was gone and dawn runes had sealed his body, and learned that Malfurion and Tyrande had called Diakum to save him.
• Xe'ra explained that Diakum had purified Illidan's corrupted inner demon, severed his connection to fel energy, and brought him to High Heaven while Sargeras threatened to claim him.
• Illidan agreed to thank Diakum and asked how he could forge his divine vessel while cut off from the Twisting Nether; Xe'ra said the answer lay in Azeroth and pointed him toward an unusual disturbance at High Heaven's gates.
• Illidan found Hogger debating sacred spirits over whether High Heaven should have a gatehouse, while Diakum listened and explained that the dispute concerned whether beast-like believers could ascend.
• Diakum told Illidan that Queen Azshara could help him forge his vessel, promised to send him back to Azeroth, and stayed to hear Hogger's debate.

Azshara tested her Magic Web, a system that filtered primal forces so ordinary people could learn to wield power, and explained that she intended to spread it across the Star Sea without charging its users. Illidan recognized that their dependence on her would make them her subjects and suspected she sought to rise beyond the primal forces; Azshara then learned that Pokopok had contacted her and returned a supreme object needed to build the Magic Web.

• Azshara used Illidan as a test subject for her filtered Fel Force and asked him to assess the simulation.
• Illidan identified how Azshara separated Fel Force from the Will of Destruction, and she revealed her plan to create the Magic Web for ordinary people.
• Illidan warned that the filtering would fail at higher ranks, but Azshara said users would have to choose for themselves whether to advance beyond the legendary rank.
• Illidan questioned the price of using the Magic Web, and Azshara said it required no payment; he deduced that its users would become dependent on her and help establish her rule across the Star Sea.
• Illidan suspected Azshara wanted to become equal to the primal forces, and she stopped him from voicing the ambition aloud.
• Vashj reported that the beacon had begun vibrating, and Azshara recognized Pokopok's contact and said the returned object was needed to complete the Magic Web.

Garrosh and Yorin secured Shattrath City before Eredath and Lelan’s wedding, while guests discussed Draenor’s threats and a Dwarf civil war. As the ceremony approached, Lelan mourned her parents, Diakum comforted her and reunited with Nali, and Diakum sent a blessing to a young man beginning a journey in another Azeroth.

• Garrosh and Yorin confirmed they had stopped an attack planned by Ethereum Ethereal extremists and discussed relying on the Nether-Stalker to handle Ethereal conflicts.
• Garrosh learned from White Pawn, Vereesa Windrunner, and Nubodon that the Dwarf clans were waging a controlled civil war to pressure Magni over succession and possible reunification.
• Eredath prayed before the wedding, while Diakum arrived as officiant and comforted his daughter Lelan as she grieved that her parents could not witness the day.
• Diakum proposed to Nali, and the two watched Arthas and Jaina cautiously draw close while discussing their own past and the young pair’s future.
• Diakum blessed a young man departing for another Azeroth and walked with Nali toward the wedding as a new journey began.