Chapter Summaries

Diakum investigated a mysterious crystal at Azeroth’s core and learned from Xal'atath that it was part of An'she’s divine body, left to protect Azeroth. Xal'atath urged Diakum to claim it and bear both the Sun God’s power and suffering; he agreed to use it eventually but postponed the attempt until he was ready.

• The Saviors examined the crystal and found that it resonated with solar power before shifting into darkness and spawning Void-like essence.
• Diakum sent the others to search Titan records and investigate the Earthen, then stayed behind to test the crystal with his eclipse power.
• Xal'atath revealed that An'she had cast part of Himself into Azeroth to protect the Supreme Star Soul and described her plan to use it to spread an eternal Black Sun.
• Xal'atath explained that taking the divine body could give Diakum the power to overcome his limits, but would also bind him to An'she’s immense suffering.
• Diakum asked about Elune and Mu'sha, then accepted that he would use An'she’s divine body but delayed until he was in his best condition.

Brann Bronzebeard and Lelan discovered that the Earthen of Khaz Algar had rebelled against the Titan Keepers and agreed to help destroy their mainframe. Near Kul Tiras, Derek Proudmoore and General Staghelm found the kingdom overrun by Void forces and undead, then recovered a Mechagnome who warned that the King of Mechagon planned to unleash a devastating weapon.

• Brann Bronzebeard and Lelan approached Dornogal, where the Unbound Earthen accused them of serving the Titan Keepers and revealed their rebellion against the Keepers’ oppression.
• Lelan explained their mission, and the Unbound agreed to guide her and Brann to the mainframe in Gundargaz so they could destroy it.
• Derek Proudmoore and General Staghelm surveyed Boralus and saw pirates, Naga, Drust evilwood giants, and the Void’s growing presence in Kul Tiras.
• Derek and Staghelm spotted a fleet of undead ghost ships and decided to head for Drustvar to seek resistance fighters.
• Derek’s crew hauled a metal egg from the sea and opened it with a gunshot, releasing a Mechagnome who warned that the King of Mechagon planned to use an Origin Weapon and urged them to contact Gnomeregan.

Lothar prepared the Human Empire to liberate Kul Tiras while Diakum stayed away from the Void’s trap and offered the mortals his support. The chapter ended with Diakum summoned to help complete the Argus Lord’s purification and Illidan’s damaged ship heading back to Azeroth to plan a rescue.

• Lothar promised the naval officers that the Seventh Legion would prepare for a campaign in Kul Tiras, and he appointed Derek acting commander of the imperial fleet.
• Diakum explained that the Origin Weapon could destroy Void creatures in Boralus but would also kill its human population, and he said the Void’s trap prevented him from entering Kul Tiras.
• Lothar reassured Diakum that the Empire would liberate Kul Tiras without him, and Diakum suggested that a lost Thoradin Empire might survive beyond the Storm Sea.
• Aegwynn proposed using a Bronze Dragon to investigate the empire’s past, but Diakum decided not to disturb Chromie and then received a summons to help purify the Argus Lord’s battle body.
• Illidan learned that Lord Oturis had likely been captured and ordered his damaged ship to return to Azeroth so he could plan a rescue with help from the Light Butcher.

Diakum and the Eredar completed the Knight of the Lost Homeland, a divine construct that let the Argus Lord wield a battle body powered by Azeroth. After testing it and receiving Draenor’s weapons, Diakum learned that Illidan had returned with news of Mardum, and prepared to join the coming assault on the Burning Legion’s heart.

• Diakum and the Naaru redirected the construct’s power beacon from the Twisting Nether and completed its purification and Eredar redesign.
• Diakum placed the Argus Heart ring in the construct, and the Argus Lord transferred His will into the Knight of the Lost Homeland.
• The Argus Lord tested His new body, wielding Emperor’s Fall and drawing on Azeroth’s power of creation in a limited battle mode.
• Nalagor presented the Argus Lord with a war spear forged by Draenor’s living beings.
• An Eredar ranger told Diakum that Illidan had returned with news of Mardum, prompting Diakum to prepare to return to Azeroth for the coming attack on the Legion.

Diakum and Illidan agreed to launch a counterattack on Mardum, using the Shadow Chasing Swarm to invade the Burning Legion’s hub and consume its demons. The swarm began its migration toward Mardum, while the Nether-Stalker learned that its future could include biological motherships crossing the stars.

• Diakum met Illidan at the Illidari vessel and learned that Kelya Soulfiend and Gorelick the Fleshrender had ambushed them, captured Oturis, and taken the Cursed Maw to Mardum.
• Arantien reported that Sargerei was gathering more than a hundred Greater Demons and powerful war machines on Mardum for an invasion of Azeroth.
• Diakum proposed sending the Shadow Chasing Swarm to Mardum to use immortal demons as biomass and weaken the Legion’s ability to wage war.
• Illidan agreed to help the swarm establish itself, while the Illidari would seize Mardum’s hidden keystone and withdraw before the swarm took over the battlefield.
• Shekzeer organized the swarm’s migration and asked the Nether-Stalker to open a void rift toward Mardum.
• Shekzeer told the Nether-Stalker that Leviathan brood beasts and future Zerg Saints would eventually enable biological motherships to cross the galaxy.

Diakum led the Exodar and Illidari fleet through an ancient stargate toward Mardum, where they joined the Odachi and other allies preparing to invade the Burning Legion’s stronghold. After promising to help the Odachi reclaim their stolen warblades, he rallied the coalition for war.

• Captain Fareeya, Voros, and the Light Weavers joined the Illidari fleet as Vilara prepared a military stargate and set its return coordinates.
• The Exodar and Illidari warships crossed the phase wormhole and arrived at a barren world near the Twisting Nether.
• Diakum learned that Yuna and her warship, the Bal, were also heading to join the Mardum operation, while the swarm would travel through a Void rift.
• Diakum met Toranar and the Odachi, who asked him to help recover 14,674 warblades stolen when their homeworld fell.
• Diakum promised to honor the Odachi’s final wish and rallied the Light Weavers and their allies to invade Mardum and fight the Burning Legion.

Kuruul was mocked and sent to Golganneth’s forge after his defeat by Vigilant, then unwittingly wished for Vigilant to attack Mardum. Vigilant and his allies invaded the demon world, where Kazzak returned as the Holy Light’s vanguard and Oturis died under the Betrayer’s blades.

• Kaz'rogal mocked Kuruul, stripped of his leadership and reputation, and ordered him to report to Golganneth for experiments.
• Kuruul overheard demon guards ridiculing him and silently wished that Vigilant would appear on Mardum and destroy the demons.
• Vigilant answered Kuruul’s wish by striking a demon fortress with An'she's Solar Fist and arriving with golden angels to attack the demon hordes.
• Kazzak rose from the ruins, declared his return as Mardum’s warden, and fought for the Holy Light as allied fleets entered the demon world.
• Oturis celebrated Vigilant’s arrival while imprisoned, but Kelya Evil Soul killed him with her warblades and began the war.

Diakum directed the assault on Mardum, bringing Agamaggan and the Shadow Chasing Swarm into the fight while the Illidari and their allies battled toward the Sargerite Keystone. The chapter ended with Diakum hurling Gorelick and Cursed Maw into the sun to test the demon and its weapon.

• Golganneth ignored Kuruul's warning and continued forging an Apocalypse Bomb while Kuruul organized the demons' defenses and Kaz'rogal ordered the Legion to follow his strategy.
• Diakum explained that he had targeted Kuruul with a campaign of rumors to break its resolve, then sent Oreses and Saloras to recruit it and support the Illidari.
• Diakum summoned Agamaggan and the Shadow Chasing Swarm to Mardum, where the Queen of Blades sent Anub'arak underground to help find the Sargerite Keystone.
• The Light Weavers, Illidari, Odachi, and their allies attacked Mardum's defenses as their fleet fought the demons in the sky.
• Gorelick arrived with the soul-devouring axe Cursed Maw, and Diakum discovered that it could consume the Light.
• Diakum let Gorelick strike him, then cast the demon and Cursed Maw onto the sun and invited them to feed on its light.

Yuna led the Bal into the Mardum battle, then pursued Imonar for its attacks on her clan. Diakum defeated Gorelick and examined Cursed Maw, but Imonar ambushed him with an Apocalypse Bomb before Yuna struck the bounty hunter from the sky.

• Yuna ordered the Bal into the Twisting Nether to support the battle at Mardum and personally led a hunt for Imonar.
• Diakum killed Gorelick in a star's corona and discovered that Cursed Maw could project a vision of the Pantheon's destruction.
• Imonar saw Diakum trapped in the illusion and rammed him with a hunter ship carrying an Apocalypse Bomb.
• Yuna attacked Imonar from her Holy Light Hunter craft, furious that it had struck Diakum.

Diakum saved Yuna from Imonar’s self-destruction, killed the Soul Hunter, and reunited with her after she completed her hundred demon hunts. Meanwhile, Saloras and Oreses pursued Kuruul across the battlefield, and Kuruul found its escape blocked by the Twins.

• Yuna attacked the wounded Imonar in a fury over Diakum’s apparent death, but Imonar activated an Apocalypse Bomb as she closed in.
• Diakum arrived in time to suppress the explosion, then used Cursed Maw to kill Imonar and consume his soul.
• Yuna reunited with Diakum, confirmed she had completed her hundred demon hunts, and said she wanted to return home to her family.
• Saloras and Oreses searched for Kuruul while leading their forces through the demon army, and Saloras used a Mind Storm to drive demons insane.
• Kazzak sensed Kuruul’s location, interrupted its escape, and drew the Doom Lords into an assault as Kuruul fled.
• Saloras and Oreses intercepted Kuruul, and Saloras ordered it to stop and accept the Holy Light; Kuruul refused.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.