Chapter Summaries

Aggramar and the other Titan Souls rushed to aid Diakum, concentrating Arcane power into Aggramar as he prepared to become Avenger Aggramar. As Argus and Diakum kept Sargeras occupied and Fel continued to split, Aggramar arrived just as Diakum readied his true Dawn God-Sword for a final clash.

• Aggramar sensed Sargeras using Arcane power and warned that Diakum was in danger, so Norgannon moved the Pantheon toward the battlefield.
• Aggramar revealed that Fel had split and said he would accept its fragmented authority, becoming Avenger Aggramar after the battle.
• Azshara, Medivh, and the Nether-Stalker shared the burden as the Titan Souls poured concentrated Arcane power into Aggramar, who drew Taeshalach and struck toward Sargeras.
• Argus used Fel power and Ashbringer to seal Sargeras briefly, then was shattered as the clash accelerated the splitting of Fel Force.
• Diakum revealed that he had prepared the fully charged Dawn God-Sword while Sargeras kept killing him, then announced that reinforcements had arrived.
• Aggramar's Arcane strike surged behind Sargeras as Diakum raised his sword for the final clash, and Sargeras charged forward without turning back.

Diakum gathered the starsea’s hopes into the Dawn God-Sword and shattered Sargeras’s Starbreaker Blade, while Aggramar’s attack tore through the Dark Titan. Rescued from the collapsing arcane rift, Diakum sent the others to save the Argus Lord and stayed behind to speak with Sargeras as the Burning Crusade neared its end.

• Sargeras swung Gorribal at Diakum, intending to sever his connection to Holy Light and the Void and strip him of his divinity.
• Diakum dismissed Sargeras’s visions of fate and drove the Dawn God-Sword into Gorribal, shattering both blades and stopping Sargeras’s final attack.
• Diakum struck Sargeras with Ashbringer and the Twilight Hammer as Aggramar’s arcane assault swallowed them both.
• The Void Will, the Queen trio, Medivh, and the Nether-Stalker pulled Diakum from the arcane rift while Aggramar’s strike pierced Sargeras.
• Diakum told Azshara and the Nether-Stalker to return the Argus Lord to its planetary body and have the Titans begin Origin Formatting.
• Diakum stayed behind to speak with Sargeras, assuring the others that they had won and that the Burning Crusade was about to end.

After defeating Sargeras, Diakum helped recover Argus and prepared to send Sargeras’s soul to the Chief Architect for confinement and treatment. The chapter left Diakum trusting that he only needed to hold the cosmic forces in balance until The Seventh awakened.

• Azshara and her companions found the shattered Argus, restored his body enough to transport him, and recovered the broken blade Gorribal for Azeroth.
• Argus learned that Diakum had defeated Sargeras and asked to return to his cycle, but Azshara urged him to wait and pass his fel authority to a worthy wielder.
• Diakum entered the dangerous rift left by the battle and dragged the shattered, still-conscious Sargeras out of it.
• Diakum and Sargeras discussed why Sargeras had embraced fel while retaining his Titan body, and Diakum declared that Sargeras would be sealed in the Twisting Nether.
• Diakum melted Sargeras’s body and sent his soul toward the Chief Architect, saying the demons needed a true Lord of Destruction and that he would maintain balance until The Seventh awakened.

As the Everything Unification Field’s calibration approached, Argus Lord summoned Illidan and entrusted him with a portion of fel authority, charging him to oppose Sargeras and the Burning Crusade. Diakum arrived to see Argus off before his rebirth, while hinting that he himself would soon leave this starry realm.

• The Restoration Army withdrew to starships to witness Argus’s rebirth, while the White-clad Death God and the remaining demons continued their final battle.
• Illidan accepted Argus Lord’s inheritance of fel authority and vowed to lead the Illidari on an eternal Demon-Slaying Crusade against the demons and Sargeras.
• Argus warned Illidan that the inheritance would bind his life and faction to the Twisting Nether, and Illidan departed before the field’s calibration began.
• Diakum joined Argus in the World Heart, saying he had come to accompany his Lord on his final journey before Argus’s rebirth.
• Diakum concealed a countdown on his Character Card and his growing vision of another world, suggesting that he planned to leave the starry realm after seeing Argus off.
• Argus and Diakum spoke about the battle at the Burning Throne, then Diakum prepared to recite scripture for Argus.

The Everything Unification Field began formatting Argus, disintegrating demons and preparing to rebuild the planet as it had been twenty thousand years earlier. As the new age began, Argus sent Dick away, while Velen offered Kil'jaeden a chance to return home and Kil'jaeden demanded his final judgment.

• Mimiron’s warning echoed over Argus, which had been evacuated except for Eredar who chose to remain buried in their homeland.
• The Everything Unification Field scanned Argus and released a wave of creation energy that disintegrated lesser demons and began breaking down the battlefield.
• Norgannon reported that calibration had succeeded, while Khaz'goroth and Gogonas described the restored world's blueprint and systems.
• Eonar urged the Titans to use the Everything Unification Field for construction, and Norgannon ordered planetary formatting to commence.
• Argus told Dick to return to his people, but Dick stayed beside him as the planet's energy surged.
• Velen offered Kil'jaeden his hand and told him he was home, but Kil'jaeden asked Velen to grant him final judgment.

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.