Chapter Summaries

Anveena’s Swarm captured Aki'kahet’s High General and prepared to seize Uldir, where Diakum and Iridikron led the assault against G'huun’s defenses. After Diakum burned away G'huun’s parasitic spores, Anveena declared the Titan facility would belong to the Swarm, leaving G'huun trapped as the Gene-Masters entered to collect its genes.

• Anveena explained how she used the Eclipse Herald identity and a court conspiracy to capture Anub'zhar, then decided to weaken Aki'kahet gradually while grooming Ansurek to become the Swarm’s war queen.
• Diakum assigned the future King Beast to attack the Qiraji champion beneath Vol'dun and led Iridikron and the Swarm toward Uldir.
• Oveena revealed that MOTHER remained lucid inside Uldir and guided Diakum to the nearby purification zone.
• Diakum melted through Uldir’s wall as Iridikron fought a corrupted Titan giant and the Swarm battled G'huun’s infected hosts.
• Diakum’s sunlight destroyed G'huun’s parasitic spores, and Anveena ordered G'huun to leave Uldir while the Gene-Masters entered to collect its genes.

The Haranir, the Saviors Swarm, and their allies pushed into Uldir, where the Loa discovered their kin had been killed in Titan experiments and confronted MOTHER. Diakum helped Rezan purify the infected remains, then reached G'huun, who learned N'Zoth would not save him and was told his power would become the swarm’s Heart of Corruption.

• Oveena led the Haranir into Uldir while the Saviors Swarm cleared parasite-filled passages and Iridikron attacked Titan Constructs.
• Talanji and the Loa found a chamber full of dead Loa, and Rezan stayed behind to fight the Rotting Devourer while the others withdrew.
• The Loa recognized MOTHER as the one who had killed their kin and attacked her, while Oveena sent Hanan to find MOTHER’s mind circuitry for the World Mother to judge.
• Diakum taught Rezan to wield sunlight, allowing him to destroy the Rotting Devourer and burn the Loa remains so their souls could rest.
• G'huun called on N'Zoth for help, but N'Zoth refused; Diakum then entered the Fungal Garden and declared that G'huun’s power would become the swarm’s Heart of Corruption.

Diakum killed G'huun and ordered Uldir’s dangerous remains secured, then studied the Titan records and created a tiny artificial Old God using his own material and Eclipse principles. The chapter ended with Aegwynn asking what he planned to do with his creation, and Diakum inviting her to guess.

• Diakum defeated G'huun with Ashbringer, Solar Fist, and Twilight Hammer, burning away its body and final will.
• Diakum ordered Anveena and Talanji to keep G'huun’s remains sealed for research and arrange for Rezan and the local Loa to destroy the samples afterward.
• Iridikron reported that the Haranir trolls had entered Uldir’s control center, where they sought to save MOTHER’s mind core and had accessed records about G'huun’s creation.
• Diakum sent the Haranir to the Chamber of Heart for supervision, then studied MOTHER’s research in Uldir’s archives.
• Diakum created a tiny artificial Old God by channeling Void energy into a biological vessel and using his own material and Eclipse concept.
• Aegwynn asked what Diakum planned to do with his first Old God, and he told her to guess.

Diakum created and named An'she's Black Eclipse Blade, then entrusted it to Iridikron under strict conditions and a Confession safeguard. As Lady Aegwynn departed with Oveena and the Haranir, Diakum learned about A'lura and arranged for the Zandalari to embrace An'she's faith, while preparing to travel to Ulduar after resting.

• Lady Aegwynn assessed Diakum's juvenile Old God and advised limiting its aggression to Titans and Titan Constructs.
• Iridikron asked to wield the creature against the Titans, swore to serve Azeroth and spare innocents, and accepted the named An'she's Black Eclipse Blade into its Heart of Stone.
• Diakum placed the mystery of Confession on Iridikron to control and protect its mind from the parasitic creature.
• Oveena told Diakum that the Haranir guarded A'lura's surviving roots, planted by Eonar from a relic gifted by Elune, and that Azeroth's voice had called them to join her.
• Talanji volunteered the Zandalari to protect A'lura, but Diakum offered them a place in An'she's faith instead, and she eagerly accepted.
• Diakum asked the dragons to notify him when they were ready to travel to Ulduar and said he would rest after handling Uldir's remaining affairs.

Anveena and Diakum arranged for the Saviors Swarm to study G'huun's genes and agreed to give Draenor an Overlord egg. Helya completed Odin's trial and received the Shield of Aggramar, but when she conveyed Azeroth's challenge to Odin, he accused the World Mother of chaos and forced Helya to choose where her justice lay.

• Anveena proposed that the Saviors Swarm study G'huun's genes and collaborate with the Shadow Chasing Swarm, and Diakum approved the plan.
• Anveena asked whether Chairman Mar'gok could take an Overlord egg and a swarm branch to Draenor, and Diakum agreed once the Saviors Swarm could produce one.
• Anveena told Diakum that Helya had passed Odin's God-King Trial and was expected to lead the Valarjar against Helya, so Diakum advised her to capture Helya's Nine Valkyries rather than try to defeat Helya.
• Helya arrived at Skyhold, received the Shield of Aggramar from Odin, and accepted his command to fight Helya.
• Helya asked Odin whether he would help the World Mother break free of her shackles, and Odin condemned Azeroth as corrupted by chaos, leaving Helya to decide which justice to uphold.

Raszageth recruited rebellious Storm Dragons in Stormheim, while Vyranoth went to rescue Helya after Odin cast her out of Skyhold. Vyranoth arrived to help Helya seek justice against Odin.

• Raszageth and Vyranoth discussed Iridikron’s withdrawal and the Storm Dragons’ submission to Odin as they flew over Stormheim.
• Raszageth challenged Nithogg, and Vyranoth froze the Storm Dragon after it attacked her.
• Raszageth invited Nithogg’s kin to join her, and an old Storm Dragon agreed to become an Incarnate Dragon.
• Vyranoth spotted Helya falling toward Helya’s realm and left Raszageth to handle the Storm Dragons.
• Helya fought the undead in Haustvald after Odin cast her from Skyhold and decided to answer the World Mother’s call.
• Vyranoth froze much of Haustvald, found Helya, and offered to help her take revenge on Odin.

Diakum visited Dazar'alor, where Zul experienced the agony of Eclipse that he carried, while Odin's Skyhold came under attack from Vyranoth and her allies. Salaijiesi joined the assault and turned Odin's lightning against his Stormforged, leaving the battle raging.

• Diakum watched Odin cast Helya from Skyhold, while Ra-den and the Iceheart Dragon set out to intervene.
• Diakum inspected the angels' progress on High Heaven and reflected on the pain and challenges of fusing with An'she's divine body.
• At Dazar'alor, Zul asked to witness Diakum's darkness, and the revelation shattered the voodoo dolls and injured the Dark Prophet.
• Vyranoth attacked Skyhold, freezing and hurling Val'kyr and Valarjar while Helya used the Shield of Aggramar to protect her.
• Odin attacked Vyranoth with a Titan spear, but Salaijiesi shattered it and used the thunder to strike down the Stormforged.

After the World Mother and the Incarnate Dragons defeated Odin and freed him from Skyhold, Ra-den confronted him about why he had remained imprisoned. Odin confessed that he had been deceived into helping create Helya and that his guilt had left him unable to act, while Tyr urged the Keepers to focus on repairing the fortress and saving Ulduar.

• Thorim and Tyr observed that the World Mother and the Incarnate Dragons had punished the Titan Keepers without killing them, while Ra-den questioned why Odin had not escaped by damaging Skyhold.
• Ra-den, Tyr, and Thorim approached Odin after he crashed onto Stormheim's coast and watched Valarjar fall toward Glory's Gate.
• Ra-den suggested that Odin had chosen imprisonment to avoid confronting a terrible event, and the Vigilant revealed that Odin had given an eye to a being from the Shadowlands, helping Zovaal command The Maw.
• Odin admitted that he had been deceived into giving up his eye and had destroyed Helya while claiming he was protecting the world, creating the monster who became a Death God.
• Tyr interrupted Ra-den and Odin's regrets and urged them to repair Valarjar and help save Ulduar.

Odin and Ra-den agreed to cooperate in restoring Ulduar while confronting the consequences of Odin’s past and the changing order on Azeroth. Meanwhile, Helya prepared for a larger invasion but sent her Nine Valkyries against Heya and the two Incarnate Dragons, who had entered Helheim to hunt them.

• Odin admitted that he would leave Azeroth with the freed Makers and wanted to awaken the Titan Construct armies to protect them, while Ra-den warned him not to oppose the Supreme Star Soul or evade responsibility for Helya.
• Odin and Ra-den clasped hands in a temporary alliance over Ulduar, and Ra-den ordered Odin to stop interfering in Vrykul society.
• Helya asked Death’s representative for Mawsworn to help her attack Odin’s forces, but was told to wait for the planned invasion of the material cosmos.
• Vyranoth and the other Incarnate Dragon arrived in Helheim with Heya, who threw down a Skold-Ashil battle standard to provoke Helya.
• Helya sent her Nine Valkyries to kill Heya, while Heya called on the dragons to help her hunt the creatures named by the Vigilant.

Diakum learned that Khaz Algar’s Titan mainframe had shut down, revealing Uldum and the Origin Engine, while Fyrakk took control of the Firelands and challenged Smolderon to a duel. The chapter ended with Fyrakk demanding Thunderaan’s imprisoned skull as the wager.

• Diakum dispersed a trace of Sha Power and began writing the fourth volume of the Light and Shadow Canon to reflect on his pride.
• Saloras reported that Helya had captured three of the Nine Valkyries, and Diakum ordered missionaries sent to recruit Vrykul while preparing to bring the captives to him.
• Diakum planned to meet Xe'ra before opening High Heaven, and Saloras said her fleet would reach Draenor in about three months.
• Yrel reported that Khaz Algar’s Titan mainframe had shut down and Uldum’s defenses had fallen, so Diakum summoned the commanders to investigate the Origin Engine.
• Fyrakk claimed the Fire Lord’s position and challenged Smolderon to fight without using the Flames of Sulfuras, offering Thunderaan’s imprisoned skull as the wager.

Aegwynn and her allies prepared to intervene in the Tol'vir’s growing conflict and overthrow Al'Akir, while Dick sought their help entering the Halls of Origination. Raszageth awakened Thunderaan with the Wind-Kissed Blade and secured his agreement to guide their campaign into Skywall.

• Aegwynn explained that Ra-den was occupied in Stormheim and that the Tol'vir had developed their own civilization beyond their former ties to the Titan Keepers.
• Oreses revealed that Neferset’s Dark Pharaoh Tak was researching how to reverse the Curse of Flesh and had begun contacting Al'Akir’s followers.
• Aegwynn said Raszageth and the fire elementals would lead a war against Al'Akir, while Dick negotiated with Orsis for the Scepter of Orsis and access to the Halls of Origination.
• Aegwynn announced that Fyrakk had seized Thunderaan’s Sealed Skull and that the Dark Iron Dwarves had forged the Wind-Kissed Blade to awaken him.
• Raszageth poured her storm power into the Wind-Kissed Blade until Thunderaan awakened, then offered to resurrect him in exchange for his help entering Skywall.
• Thunderaan agreed to lend Raszageth his storm power and guide her campaign, leaving the question of who would become Windlord for later.

Diakum prepared to take control of the Halls of Origination while Raszageth set out to challenge Al'Akir for Skywall. After Raszageth suspected Al'Akir had allied with Void forces, Al'Akir rejected Diakum's final warning, leaving the Windlord and its Elemental realm headed for war.

• Diakum explained the Halls of Origination's relics and ordered Nubodon to guard the site while the Tol'vir garrison withdrew.
• Raszageth returned Thunderfury to Diakum, who blessed it and learned that she planned to leave Skywall's management to Thunderaan if she became its Wind God.
• Raszageth suspected Al'Akir was collaborating with N'Zoth and the Void to help establish a stronghold in Kul Tiras, and Diakum agreed that the Windlord's defiance might be backed by Void forces.
• Diakum gave Raszageth Ashbringer to use if Al'Akir wielded the Void's power, and she vowed to win the coming battle in the World Mother's name.
• Al'Akir struck Diakum with a fist of hot wind, rejecting his warning, and Diakum told Raszageth to warn Vyranoth that Neptulon's realm might be invaded if its lord failed to answer the World Mother's summons.

Raszageth and Vyranoth seized the Vortex Pinnacle, allowing Fyrakk and his Firelands army to invade Skywall. As Al'Akir called on Neptulon for help, the Tidehunter denied aiding him and agreed to travel with Aegwynn to meet the World Mother.

• Vyranoth and Raszageth led their dragons to attack the Vortex Pinnacle and fought through its Wind Elemental defenders.
• Nithogg and its family battled the North Wind Dragon while Raszageth defeated Asaad and captured the Vortex Pinnacle.
• Fyrakk led tens of thousands of Fire Elementals through the Gates of Flame and began burning Skywall.
• Al'Akir demanded that Neptulon send the Hydraxian Waterlords to help defend his realm.
• Neptulon broke off Al'Akir's ritual, denied involvement in the Thousand Tentacle Demon's schemes, and offered to accompany Aegwynn to meet the World Mother.

Neptulon tried to win Aegwynn’s favor by exposing the Void’s plans and offering her a relic, but she warned him that the World Mother would not tolerate betrayal. In Skywall, Raszageth defeated Al'Akir with Ashbringer and Windseeker's Blade, and she absorbed the power released by his death.

• Neptulon told Aegwynn about the Void’s plans for Kul Tiras and claimed he had remained loyal to the World Mother, then gave her an ancient magical journal from Empress Azshara’s palace.
• Aegwynn revealed that she could unleash Diakum’s Solar Fist and warned Neptulon to prove himself a good friend to the Saviors.
• Al'Akir overwhelmed Raszageth with storms, then used Void power to sever her connection to the World Mother and weaken her.
• Raszageth drew Ashbringer and challenged Al'Akir for using Void power, prompting him to flee Skywall as the Thousand Tentacle Demon warned him to run.
• Raszageth threw Ashbringer at Al'Akir, then drove Windseeker's Blade into his storm core with Thunderaan’s help, killing him.
• Raszageth was swallowed by the storm unleashed at Al'Akir’s death and gained his storm authority as Thunderaan mourned him.

Diakum toured the Halls of Origination with Velen and Vilara, explaining that its inner temple held blueprints for Titan Colossi that could wield different primal forces. He left without intervening in the Tol'vir civil war, outlining plans to help King Phaoris reclaim ancestral lands, as Ashbringer struck down Al'Akir above.

• Diakum led Velen and Vilara through the Halls of Origination, where the Scepter of Orsis allowed them to pass Anhuur and inspect the Titan complex.
• Diakum explained that the inner temple likely held Colossi blueprints for constructs able to wield forces such as Holy Light, Life, and Void, and Vilara urged him to obtain them.
• Diakum told the waiting Light Weavers that they would not interfere in the Tol'vir civil war, but would help King Phaoris create Sun Gods of War and reclaim Un'Goro Crater.
• Yrel worried that Tol'vir expansion could bring conflict with the Kaldorei, while Maraad predicted a new southern Kalimdor kingdom and Diakum said local powers should handle the diplomacy.
• Diakum saw Ashbringer streak across the sky and concluded that Al'Akir had been allied with the Void and had deserved his death.

Raszageth inherited the Wind God's authority, but her power unleashed storms across Azeroth before the World Mother ordered her to regain control. The storm wrecked Daelin's expedition near the Storm Sea, where he and his crew headed for an island and discovered that airships from the hidden Mist Empire had landed there.

• Raszageth ascended as the new Wind God while Thunderaan guarded her and chose to serve the World Mother.
• Raszageth's uncontrolled storms threatened Ironforge and Darkshore, but she withdrew her power after the World Mother warned her to stop the destruction.
• Raszageth promised to master her authority and create more Incarnate Dragons, while Skywall would be sealed as the Endless Wind Legion reorganized.
• A sudden storm wrecked Daelin's ship and scattered his expedition, leaving Daelin, Zhou Zhuo, and the surviving sailors adrift.
• Zhou Zhuo told Daelin that he had seen enormous airships fall from the sky, and Daelin led the survivors toward a nearby island to investigate.
• Daelin recognized that the airships had come from the hidden Mist Empire and eagerly anticipated meeting its people.

General Stittek's Arathi expedition was driven by a storm to an island, where its survivors fought Daelin's party before Zhou Zhuo revealed their identities and stopped the battle. The two groups made contact and agreed to pursue cooperation, while the Arathi explorers insisted their empire was the true continuation of Thoradin's and sought a chance to meet Lothar.

• General Stittek's airships broke through the Storm Sea, but a sudden thunderstorm struck and forced the fleet to land on an island, where one ship sank and its Holy Flame went out.
• Daelin seized a priest as a hostage, but she defeated him and led the Arathi warriors into a fight with his crew.
• Zhou Zhuo used a Jade Golem and Mishi to separate the combatants, then showed Daelin a letter addressed to Anduin Lothar that proved the Arathi visitors were allies.
• Daelin, Captain Cyrus, and Lady Stittek exchanged identities, and Daelin explained that Lothar's empire was called the Strom'kar Empire rather than the Second Empire of Arathor.
• Lady Stittek said the Arathi Empire would support Kul Tiras in the War of Light and Darkness, and the half-elf priest asked Daelin about Alodi and Meryl Winterwind.

After promoting commanders and assigning Blackmoore a secret mission on Mechagon Island, Lothar learned that the Arathi Empire had found a branch of his family and traveled there with Kael'thas. He confirmed their shared ancestry, met his descendant through Emperor Thoradin's spirit, and received a name for the descendant's future daughter.

• Lothar promoted seventeen commanders to imperial generals and appointed Uther, Danath Trollbane, and Bolvar Fordragon as marshals overseeing the Empire's northern, central, and southern regions.
• Lothar sent General Blackmoore and the Stonewall Brigade to support Gelbin Mekkatorque on Mechagon Island and discreetly bring back valuable technology.
• Daenerys told Lothar that Daelin had encountered an advance force from the Arathi Empire, which invited Lothar and Kael'thas to meet them.
• Lothar and Kael'thas traveled through a portal opened by Aegwynn and compared family trees with Lord Lothar of the Arathi Empire, confirming their shared ancestry.
• Lord Lothar renounced his family's surname to avoid succession disputes, then asked to meet Emperor Thoradin's spirit.
• Emperor Thoradin met his descendant, joked about his dark skin, and named the descendant's future daughter Philin.

Kael'thas met Exalted One Kairon and received the Arathi Empire's Solar Divine Arts, then demonstrated that Quel'Thalas's sun faith could kindle the Holy Flame. Kairon saw a vision of High Heaven and chose to learn An'she's secret, while Diakum accepted Kazzak's proposal to let High Heaven's future residents build much of the realm themselves.

• Aethas Sunreaver told Kael'thas about the Arathi priests and introduced him to Exalted One Kairon, who offered scrolls describing Solar Divine Arts to ease Magic Addiction.
• Kairon said the Sin'dorei would need to embrace the Holy Flame faith, but Kael'thas lit the priests' brazier with platinum flames and explained that his people worshipped the true sun.
• Kairon touched the relit flame, saw a vision of High Heaven, and agreed to hear Kael'thas explain An'she and the War of Light and Darkness.
• Diakum complained that High Heaven remained an unfinished construction site and summoned Dawn Lord Kazzak to help build and defend it.
• Kazzak suggested finishing only High Heaven's main structure and letting future residents build the rest according to their own beliefs and aesthetics, and Diakum agreed.

Lothar planned the coming war against Kul Tiras as Daenerys urged him to include other races, while Diakum revealed plans to strike Ulduar and warned that he would leave Azeroth after the Old Gods were defeated. The chapter ended with Diakum preparing for the coming demonic invasion and promising he would eventually return.

• Lothar told Daenerys that General Stittek's Arathi airships would carry Daelin's fleet to Stormsong Valley for a surprise attack on the Storm Church.
• Daenerys urged Lothar to seek aid from the Kaldorei and other races, but he said he needed to consult the court and marshals.
• Lothar reviewed the war plans, including the Empire's foothold in Drustvar and the naval threat posed by Farwynd, while relying on the Steamwheedle Cartel's support.
• Diakum told Lothar that the repentant guardians, Odin's Stormforged, and the dragons were preparing to assault Ulduar while Lothar attacked Kul Tiras.
• Diakum warned that the Old Gods were allied and that allies skilled in fighting evil within dreams would be needed to confront N'Zoth's threat.
• Diakum said he would return to Draenor after the Everything Unification Field was shut down, explained that the Burning Legion would invade, and promised to return to Azeroth.