Chapter Summaries

The Allied Forces began building a coalition against the Lich King, seeking Azeroth's native allies and a route to Draenor. Xu Yue arrived aboard Gaul's battered Helicarrier as its guerrilla legion prepared for the coming fight.

• After landing across Azeroth, the Allied Forces endured probing attacks and explained to the Horde and Alliance that they had come from another world to fight the Lich King.
• Junior Master Luo told Thrall that Dalaran's surviving mages might reopen the Dark Portal, and urged the coalition to contact Illidan and other potential allies.
• The Horde, Alliance, and other native peoples agreed they needed to counterattack the Eastern Kingdoms and Northrend before the Scourge grew stronger.
• Churchill led the British Empire's legion to Zandalar to recruit the Trolls and their Loa Gods against the Lich King and the Burning Legion.
• Gaul's remaining Reincarnators crowded aboard their damaged Helicarrier over the Endless Sea, and Xu Yue appeared on the vessel.

Xu Yue arrived at Gaul’s Helicarrier and supported Shirley’s plan to summon Saint Jeanne for Gaul’s final battle. He combined the Descent Military Formation with Heroic Spirit Summoning, providing the energy for Jeanne’s powerful vessel, and Jeanne realized he had called her mainly to serve as Shirley’s bodyguard.

• Xu Yue boarded Gaul’s Helicarrier, where the warriors recognized him as Shirley’s fiancé and escorted him to the command room.
• Xu Yue reunited with Shirley, told her to treat the mission as an opportunity to enjoy herself, and agreed to help with Gaul’s plan to summon Saint Jeanne.
• Shirley led the Descent Military Formation as Gaul’s leaders used their last associated items to summon Jeanne.
• Xu Yue incorporated Heroic Spirit Summoning into the ritual and supplied the energy needed to sustain Jeanne’s descent.
• Jeanne appeared in black armor and silver hair, traced the power sustaining her vessel to Xu Yue, and understood that he had summoned her as Shirley’s bodyguard.

Jeanne’s arrival bolstered Gaul’s morale, and Shirley rejected the British Empire’s demand to join a strike on Zandalar. Xu Yue then set out to retake the Eastern Kingdoms and Northrend with Neltharion’s protection, while Shirley stayed to serve her country; in Stormwind City, human administrators began to wonder about the Scourge’s newly appointed human officials.

• Jeanne arrived with her iris banner, lifting the spirits of Gaul’s battered forces.
• Shirley refused the British Empire’s request for help launching strategic weapons at Zandalar and revealed that Gaul had support from the Upper Realm.
• Neltharion arrived before Xu Yue, pledged his service, and accepted the task of protecting the campaign to retake the Eastern Kingdoms and Northrend.
• Neltharion told Xu Yue that Sinestra, Nefarian, and Onyxia were waiting in the Eastern Kingdoms to assist him.
• Shirley chose to remain with Gaul rather than accompany Xu Yue, and the British Empire’s flagship turned toward Zandalar.
• In Scourge-ruled Stormwind City, human administrators noticed the arrival of human officials from Northrend and began considering what it might mean.

General Drol’s meeting addressed the threat of Gaul’s forces and the planned reopening of the Dark Portal, while Xu Yue restored the portal and connected it to Draenor. In Outland, Velen sent teams to investigate as Illidan arrived in Shattrath to meet Adal, carrying the Skull of Gul'dan and reflecting on a dream.

• General Drol briefed the meeting in Stormwind City on Gaul’s remaining forces and their plan to restart the Dark Portal.
• Xu Yue met Medivh at the ruined Dark Portal, then rebuilt and reactivated it to connect with Draenor.
• Velen sensed the Dark Portal’s reopening and sent Draenei and Blood Elf teams to investigate.
• Illidan arrived alone outside Shattrath and asked Adal to meet him.
• Adal arranged for Illidan to be escorted inside, where Illidan marveled at the Naaru and recalled his dream.

Illidan transformed his demonic power into the Holy Light and flew toward The Exodar, while the Allied Forces and their enemies prepared for a landing in the Eastern Kingdoms. Gaul chose Westfall, General Drol anticipated a landing at Misty Reed Beach, and a United States special-operations legion infiltrated the Swamp of Sorrows.

• Illidan became a Child of Light, declared that he was the Holy Light, and flew toward The Exodar.
• Gaul planned to land in Westfall and decided to conceal the location from the Allied Forces until they were close.
• General Drol sent a Death Knight Legion and half a Lich Legion to Misty Reed Beach, expecting the Allied Forces to land there.
• A United States airborne legion chose the Swamp of Sorrows as its infiltration route and began gliding down from its aircraft.

The Allied Forces exploited The Scourge’s mistaken assessment to attack the Eastern Kingdoms from multiple directions, while Gaul established a foothold in Westfall and Illidan’s coalition fought near the Dark Portal. The Scourge’s Eastern Kingdoms forces were annihilated before Northrend could send effective aid, leaving the region cut off.

• The Airborne Squad found the Swamp of Sorrows overrun by The Scourge, then spotted Illidan of Draenor and the Coalition Forces of Shattrath fighting the Burning Legion near the Dark Portal.
• Gaul’s flagship landed in Westfall, where Jeanne and Deathwing quickly defeated the local Scourge forces and secured the support of living humans.
• General Drol received reports that The Scourge had lost forces in both the Swamp of Sorrows and Westfall, so he requested reinforcements and ordered a defensive posture.
• Mountbatten persuaded the British Empire to land at Southshore while the United States attacked from Westfall, and the Allies coordinated a broader assault.
• The Allies annihilated The Scourge and the Third Empire’s Reincarnators in the Eastern Kingdoms before Northrend’s reinforcements could respond.

The Lich King prepared to defend Northrend by turning captured Reincarnators into undead troops and considering an alliance with the Burning Legion. After celebrating their Eastern Kingdoms victory, the Allied Forces readied an assault on Northrend, while Deathwing warned that the land and its Lich King were formidable.

• The Third Empire commanders discussed calling on the Burning Legion, and the Lich King ordered the reserve troops brought forward.
• The Lich King raised Frostmourne and transformed captured Reincarnators into liches and Death Knights, declaring that the Allied Forces would not return alive.
• The Allied Forces celebrated their victory in Stormwind City as MacArthur and Mountbatten discussed the coming campaign and the need to strike Northrend together.
• The Allied Forces cleared remaining undead from the Eastern Kingdoms while gathering strength to cross the sea and attack Northrend.
• Deathwing watched the preparations and noted that Northrend held Titan remnants and an Old God, making a careless advance against the Lich King dangerous.

The Allied Forces and their allies struggled to advance through Northrend against The Scourge, while Deathwing warned them about their enemy’s strength and an additional danger. The chapter left the coalition facing the possibility that their bombardment had weakened the prison of an Old God.

• The Allied Forces’ mushroom bombardment helped their troops land, but The Scourge and the Nerubians avoided most losses by retreating underground.
• Thrall asked Deathwing who he was, and Deathwing called his warning a friendly reminder.
• Krasus learned that the Lich King had killed and raised Malygos, while the coalition discussed gathering every force to conquer Icecrown Citadel.
• Deathwing teased Jaina, but Jeanne stopped their confrontation and said no one should be forced to reveal secrets.
• Deathwing warned that the bombardment might have widened cracks in a prison built by the Titans, and he sensed an aura of the Old Gods in Northrend.

The Lich King’s forces summoned the Burning Legion, forcing the Coalition Forces to halt their advance and consider an alliance with Deathwing. Archimonde then approached Velen to propose that the Burning Legion join the Coalition against The Scourge, leaving everyone stunned by his apparent change of sides.

• Malygos and Sindragosa led the Frost Dragon legion and the Death Legion in a devastating surprise attack, while crypt spiders stole corpses and turned the Coalition Forces’ fallen comrades against them.
• High-ranking undercover agents revealed that Icecrown Citadel planned to summon the Burning Legion, prompting Alexstrasza to return to Northrend and confront Deathwing, who insisted he was an ally.
• A portal opened at Ulduar, and demons poured into Northrend as the Burning Legion began its invasion.
• Archimonde killed the Third Empire Reincarnators who summoned him, then claimed the Burning Legion would cooperate with the Coalition Forces against The Scourge.
• The Coalition Forces shifted to defense and accepted Deathwing as an ally before Archimonde came alone to negotiate with Velen and propose overthrowing the Lich King.

The Allied Forces, Archimonde, and Yogg-Saron defeated the Lich King and ended the Third Empire’s war, allowing the Earth Federation to unify. Xu Yue then ascended to the higher realm, where he realized he had created the mission worlds and the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, and was greeted as Father God.

• The Lich King considered releasing the Old God as the Allied Forces and Burning Legion advanced on Icecrown Citadel.
• The Allied Forces launched a decapitation strike, but the Lich King used Titan Power to overpower Thrall, Illidan, the Red Dragon Queen, Velen, and the other attackers.
• Junior Master Luo confronted the Lich King while Archimonde destroyed Icecrown Citadel’s seal and released Yogg-Saron.
• Archimonde and Yogg-Saron joined the attackers in overwhelming the Lich King, and the Third Empire surrendered after the Allied Forces won.
• Xu Yue watched the world celebrate the end of the war as the Earth Federation unified under the leadership of the mysterious Eastern nation.
• Xu Yue ascended to the higher realm, realized he had created the lower realm’s mission worlds and the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, and was welcomed back as Father God.