Chapter Summaries

Diakum reviewed the Steamwheedle Cartel’s technological advances, authorized Onyxia to plan a campaign against Deathwing’s black dragons, and learned that Ethereals were active in Azeroth. As the Lightforged prepared to move against the Death Force in Kun-Lai Summit, a Zandalari fleet sailed toward Pandaria, where Zul and Aegwynn discussed Thunderlord Clan and the mysterious warrior opposing him.

• Diakum kept the Fountain of Youth intact, freed Steamwheedle’s goblin servants, and cursed Steamwheedle to suffer whenever it sought profit by harming the world’s interests.
• Onyxia reported that Steamwheedle had developed Titan-inspired technologies and requested the Light Weaver Warband’s help rescuing her mother and destroying Deathwing’s laboratories; Diakum authorized her to plan a campaign with the Shadewalkers.
• Diakum told the Twins that Ethereals were moving in Azeroth’s shadows and tasked them with investigating, then said the Lightforged would depart for Kun-Lai Summit with reinforcements already on their way.
• A twelve-warship Zandalari Golden Fleet task force sailed from the Zandalar Isles toward Pandaria under Zul’s command.
• Zul told Aegwynn that the Zandalari would honor their allegiance to the World Mother rather than an ancient pact with Thunderlord Clan, but worried about the resurrected Mogu emperor’s power and asked who had replaced the Pandaren emperor.

Diakum entered the Vale of Eternal Blossoms to confront the Sha of Pride and free the Monkey King from the burden he had carried for ten thousand years. Ysera, Lei Shi, and the Monkey King joined the fight, and the chapter ended with the Monkey King challenging Diakum to take the Sha himself.

• Taran Zhu led Diakum to the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, while the Lightforged stayed at the Misty Tavern and Madam Goya offered Sha-Touched Weapons in exchange for future alliances.
• Diakum and Taran Zhu entered the palace, where Diakum discovered that a Wild God had become the vessel containing the Sha of Pride.
• Diakum fought through the Jinyu sages as Taran Zhu helped them, then Ysera emerged from a Dream Gate to battle Zhulong.
• Diakum struck Lei Shi with the Hand of the Fire Lord, prompting the water spirit to fight while the Monkey King reluctantly came out of hiding.
• The Monkey King explained that the Sha of Pride feared something about Diakum and demanded that he defeat it if he wanted to take the burden away.

Diakum fought the Monkey King, defeated him, and entered his mind to confront the Sha of Pride. After the Sha failed to find pride in Diakum’s accomplishments, Diakum showed it his ambition to defeat Sargeras and consumed it in the Eclipse.

• The Monkey King challenged Diakum to defeat him before entering his soul and extracting the Sha of Pride.
• Diakum and the Monkey King fought across the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, and Diakum overwhelmed him with holy and void power.
• The Monkey King accepted defeat and let Diakum enter his mind to face the Sha of Pride.
• The Sha of Pride searched Diakum’s memories but found that his unrealized goal of defeating Sargeras kept him from feeling satisfied with his achievements.
• Diakum showed the Sha of Pride his imagined battle against Sargeras and dissolved it in the Eclipse.

After defeating the Sha of Pride, Diakum gained the monk’s supreme state of Unity of Heaven and Man and prepared to heal the Monkey King. Elune urged him to abandon the Holy Light for Life, but Diakum refused and vowed to oppose the Void and ignite the Dawn Age.

• Ysera treated the wounded Zhulong and Jinyu sages, invited Lei Shi to the Star Soul Temple, and accepted Lei Shi’s choice to remain in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
• Diakum left with the unconscious Monkey King and told Taran Zhu that he would heal him before meeting the Pandaren at the Temple of the White Tiger.
• Chromie restored the ruined Vale while she and Lei Shi played together, then advised Taran Zhu to set down his burdens and travel.
• Diakum received Unity of Heaven and Man, tested its five powerful states, and discovered that he could teach the path to apprentices.
• A new talent offered to transfer Diakum’s alignment from Holy Light to Life, but he rejected it when Elune appeared and warned him about the Void.
• Diakum declared that he would remain with the Holy Light, ignite the sun, and confront the Void with a true swarm if necessary.

Diakum prepared for a coming war in the Sea of Darkness by directing the Shadow Chasing Swarm to grow stronger, then revived and reshaped the Monkey King. He left with the Harmony Bell Pestle after tricking the Monkey King into handing it over.

• Diakum warned the Overmind that the Shadow Chasing Swarm might soon face a war against the forces of the Sea of Darkness, and the Overmind pledged to endure and expand.
• The Overmind requested stronger genes, spellcasters, and a Queen of Blades, and Diakum offered the Heart of Darkness, the Mantid, and the Klaxxi Elder Council as resources.
• The Overmind sent Malik the Unscarred to explain the Mantid's weaknesses and help plan the swarm's coming attack on the Grand Empress and the Klaxxi Elder Council.
• The Monkey King awoke to find Diakum had reshaped its body, restored its strength, altered its staff, and taken its wine gourd.
• Diakum used a supposed Tightening-Circlet Curse to pressure the Monkey King into giving him the Harmony Bell Pestle, then admitted he had bluffed and escaped on K'ah, Abyssal Legend.

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.