Chapter Summaries

Boss Hu entered the Temple of An'qiraj as the Allied Army defeated Ossirian and pushed into the surface ruins. Deep underground, his Firstborn of the Gods fought the Twin Emperors while a mysterious light delivered the greatsword Vengeance of Kalimdor to him.

• Nozdormu and the Bronze Dragonflight slowed and weakened the Aqir swarms with temporal sandstorms as the Crusaders fought to seize the temple entrances.
• The Primal Gronn pierced Ossirian, and the Gorons and Dragons tore him apart, killing him and breaking the Aqir army's defense.
• Boss Hu killed Princess Huhuran and continued deeper into the temple while the Allied Army advanced through the ruins aboveground.
• Boss Hu ordered four Firstborn of the Gods to fight Veknilash and Veklor, the Twin Emperors, in pairs.
• A beam of light revealed Vengeance of Kalimdor before Boss Hu, who sensed no hostility from it.

Hu Feng claimed Azeroth's Vengeance, a greatsword embodying the planet's will, and used it to kill the Twin Emperors of Ahn'Qiraj. As Cthulhu moved toward C'Thun's prison to replace him, the Titan Keepers remained unable to intervene.

• Hu Feng learned that the greatsword was born from Azeroth's pain and renamed it Azeroth's Vengeance.
• Hu Feng commanded Azeroth's Vengeance to attack, and the sword pierced the hearts of Sword Emperor Veknilash and Magic Emperor Veklor.
• Azeroth's Vengeance cut the Twin Emperors off from the world's energy and senses, leaving them to die helplessly.
• Hu Feng discovered that Cthulhu was moving through the earth toward C'Thun's prison and planned to take C'Thun's place in Silithus.
• Titan facilities sounded alarms over Cthulhu's movement, but the Keepers were too corrupted or occupied to act.

On the Silithus battlefield, Titan Sarodar freed C'Thun from his prison and fought the Old God in the open. Cthulhu then arrived and threw the Aqir into chaos, while Elune empowered the allied armies for their final assault.

• King Saurfang and the allied forces fought the Aqir across Silithus as the Night Elf Border Guard battled Sartura.
• Princess Huhuran raced back toward the Temple of An'qiraj, encountered Boss Hu, and died.
• Titan Sarodar destroyed the Temple of An'qiraj and exposed C'Thun, then attacked the Old God with Azeroth's Vengeance.
• Cthulhu reached the battlefield, and his whispers drove at least a third of the Aqir swarm to attack one another.
• The allied forces launched an all-out assault as Elune healed and strengthened them, urging them to kill the bugs.

Sarodar and Cthulhu overwhelmed C'Thun, while the other Old Gods learned that C'Thun was being devoured and began to fear Sarodar's campaign against them. Yogg-Saron chose to stay imprisoned, and N'Zoth hid beneath the sea, though Sarodar caught him spying.

• Cthulhu attacked C'Thun while Sarodar continued beating him, and C'Thun failed to send a warning to the Void Lords.
• The other Old Gods sensed C'Thun's rapid decline and realized Sarodar intended to have Cthulhu devour him and take his place.
• Yogg-Saron stopped trying to escape Ulduar and began repairing his prison, hoping to avoid drawing Sarodar's attention.
• N'Zoth withdrew beneath the seabed and halted his corruption plans, then secretly watched Sarodar and Cthulhu fight C'Thun.
• Sarodar spotted N'Zoth's spying tentacle, and N'Zoth repeatedly let it collapse before furtively peeking again.

Cao Fei, a Mogu determined to restore the Cao Dynasty, confronted how much time had passed and how little progress he had made. He left the Monastery of the Silent Step to pursue his dream in the wider world, resolved to keep trying despite the odds.

• Cao Fei endured his friends’ and Xuen’s advice to abandon his impossible dream while continuing his demanding training at the Monastery of the Silent Step.
• During a rare visit to the Temple of the Seven Stars, Cao Fei saw his aging face reflected in a rain puddle and questioned whether his dream had outlasted his youth.
• Cao Fei decided to stop training as a Monk, leave the monastery, and bid farewell to Xuen.
• Cao Fei set out across Kun-Lai Summit, accepting that he might never restore the Cao Dynasty but resolving to keep pursuing his dream.

Hu Feng defeated and absorbed C'Thun, with Cthulhu taking his place beneath Silithus and stabilizing Azeroth. The allied army continued its final assault on the Aqir, while Elune confirmed she could no longer sense C'Thun.

• C'Thun questioned Hu Feng's loyalty, and Hu Feng declared that he served himself and Azeroth and would oppose any force that stood in his way.
• C'Thun recognized Hu Feng as a common enemy of the Void Lords and the Burning Legion, but Hu Feng called himself a bringer of light before Cthulhu absorbed C'Thun completely.
• Cthulhu took C'Thun's place beneath Silithus and channeled Dawn's Light into Azeroth, healing damage and protecting the planet from the other Old Gods.
• Hu Feng strengthened the World Allied Army as it cleared the remaining Aqir, and he secured his position as Azeroth's representative.
• Elune stopped blessing the soldiers and told Sarodar that she could no longer sense C'Thun's mental presence.

After C'Thun's defeat, Cthulhu transformed Silithus into a mist-shrouded forest and the World Allied Army celebrated before departing for home. The chapter ended with a new temple rising in the forest as the allied forces dispersed to their next destinations.

• Cthulhu reshaped Silithus into a dark, misty holy land and began building a temple complex around his remaining body.
• Boss Hu dismissed the Titan's divine power projection, and the allied soldiers celebrated their victory together at Cenarion Hold.
• Goblin merchants sold Image Crystals of the battle while the Druids packed up Cenarion Hold for the army's departure.
• King Saurfang led the New Horde home, and the Alliance airship fleet headed to Blackrock Mountain to reinforce the Burning Steppes campaign.
• The Night Elf Border Guard, Moon Priestesses, Draenei Soulbinder Priest Order, Crusaders, and Woodpaw Bearmen left by their respective routes, with the Bearmen sending Shamans to train with the Horde.
• The Faceless Ones and remaining Aqir built a new temple crowned by a colossal carved eyeball deep in Cthulhu's forest.

Oscar questioned whether ruling Stratholme fulfilled him and decided to plan a return to adventuring while safeguarding his city. Meanwhile, the Ghost Project produced its first successful Ghost Ranger, and Boss Hu rejected Alleria’s request to undergo the conversion until the technology matured.

• Oscar reflected on his life as Stratholme’s lord and realized he missed adventuring, then resolved to pursue that life again without abandoning his city.
• Oscar considered finding a wife and began thinking through how to resume adventuring safely.
• Nightborne scholars tested volunteer elf rangers in the Ghost Project, and the first ranger completed the painful modifications successfully.
• The first Ghost Ranger tested a powerful energy sniper rifle and demonstrated exceptional accuracy while moving.
• Alleria asked Boss Hu to let her become a Ghost Ranger, but he refused until the conversion technology matured.

Xuen and the August Celestials created Flower Birds Wind Moon, a magical painting of Pandaria intended as a gift for Sarodar when Pandaria returned to the world. The painting became a living realm with a curious girl inside, and the chapter ended with her happily making companions and playing music beneath a peach blossom tree.

• Xuen proposed that the Pandaren create a culturally meaningful gift for Sarodar, and Yu'lon suggested capturing Pandaria in a painting.
• The August Celestials summoned ink-painting masters, who explored Pandaria and painted its landscapes for the project.
• The Celestials combined the masters' works and empowered the resulting scroll, Flower Birds Wind Moon, with wisdom, protection, resilience, and life.
• Xuen bound the painting to Sarodar with his divine power, while Yu'lon worried about the artifact's abilities and its future owner.
• The girl inside the painting secretly planted a wildflower, then created rabbits and a guzheng and happily played beneath the peach blossom tree.

After the victory over Ahn'Qiraj, the Alliance and Horde celebrated, and soldiers dealt with the spoils in very different ways. At the Eternal Night Palace, Hu Feng sensed timelines beginning to merge and saw a vision of war and Sylvanas.

• News and battle footage of the victory over Ahn'Qiraj spread, while the Alliance and Horde held celebrations.
• Alliance soldiers returned to Stormwind City, where citizens bought them drinks and nobles bid heavily for their spoils.
• Onyxia arrested nobles' sons who tried to extort the soldiers, hoping to win her Titan master's favor.
• Horde warriors took their Ahn'Qiraj spoils home as proof of honor rather than selling them.
• Hu Feng sensed violent fluctuations as his timeline neared a forced merger with its predetermined counterpart.
• Hu Feng saw visions of a burning tree, dying elves, and Sylvanas as the first local fusion approached.

Vivianka discussed the battle and the Molten Core assault with Marshal Windsock, reaffirming her resolve to protect commoners while keeping Stormwind stable. In Darkshore, Hu Feng and Aeonus watched a burning, unstable version of Teldrassil emerge from a merging timeline, and Hu Feng prepared the Night Empire for the upheaval.

• Vivianka learned that Sarodar had won his battle without needless sacrifices and felt reassured that he had honored his promise to her.
• Vivianka dined with Marshal Windsock, discussed plans for attacking the Molten Core, and vowed to punish nobles who abused commoners while preserving Stormwind’s stability.
• Hu Feng and Aeonus observed a burning Teldrassil from a chaotic destiny timeline as temporal distortions spread toward Darkshore.
• Hu Feng questioned whether Sylvanas could have caused the disaster and noted that the Horde in his timeline had strong leaders.
• Hu Feng declared that the Night Empire would have to face the upheaval with everything it had.

Boss Hu learned that the fixed-destiny timeline was being devoured and ordered the dragons to stabilize it so he could rescue its refugees. Nozdormu regained his time essence and set out with the Bronze and Infinite Dragons, while Boss Hu ordered them to kill dragons from the other timeline.

• Nozdormu explained that timeline fusion was causing temporal chaos and would eventually erase all life in the fixed-destiny timeline.
• Boss Hu decided to try rescuing Darnassus’s elves and ordered Nozdormu to regain his essence so he could stabilize the anomaly.
• Chromie arrived, blamed Boss Hu for the destruction, and tried to leave after noticing temporal turbulence in Ashenvale.
• Boss Hu returned Nozdormu’s time essence and said he would also restore Alexstrasza’s essence.
• Boss Hu ordered Nozdormu, Aeonus, and Chromie to stabilize the anomaly and kill dragons from the fixed-destiny timeline.

Alexstrasza agreed to visit Eternal Night Palace after Nozdormu told her that Titan Father God would grant her the essence of power again, while misunderstanding his motives for her imprisonment. At Molten Core, the Alliance and Dark Iron Dwarves continued their costly battle against Ragnaros's forces as Pragg profited from the conflict and Kael'thas remained devoted to Anveena.

• Nozdormu told Alexstrasza to meet Titan Father God at Eternal Night Palace and cautioned her not to resent him for letting Deathwing imprison her.
• Alexstrasza resolved to mend her relationship with Titan Father God, unaware that he had no deeper reason for allowing her capture.
• The Alliance and Dark Iron Dwarves fought repeated waves of Fire Elementals and molten hounds, while Baron Geddon repeatedly broke through their lines.
• The Dark Iron Dwarves mass-produced obsidian war constructs, and Grand Marshal Windsock searched the front for a way to end the stalemate.
• Pragg profited from the packed Blackrock Bar and hired the Tauren Chieftains to perform there.
• Kael'thas refused to restore the Sunwell while Anveena lived as its avatar, and considered marrying her.

Alexstrasza recovered her power and secured permission to station Red Dragons in Suramar as temporal anomalies revealed a future in which Sylvanas burned Teldrassil. The Horde offered to help the Night Empire confront enemies from that timeline, while Sylvanas protested the accusation and remained baffled by how catapults could have burned the World Tree.

• Hu Feng restored Alexstrasza’s power, accepted her request for a Red Dragon delegation in Suramar, and left to oversee the effort to stabilize temporal disturbances.
• Image Crystals showed Teldrassil burning in another timeline, where Sylvanas led the Horde, prompting the Horde to offer troops to the Night Empire.
• The Night Empire accepted the Horde’s offer, while temporal disturbances in Tirisfal Glades forced the Forsaken to evacuate nearby towns and prepare to defend the Undercity.
• The Quel’Thalas High Elves sent Spellbreakers and Twilight Mage groups to aid the Forsaken, while the Alliance’s Molten Core campaign was overshadowed by the news.
• Sylvanas denied wanting to burn Teldrassil and questioned how catapults could have set the World Tree ablaze.

As Nozdormu manifested the temporal disturbance, the forces of the present timeline clashed with armies and survivors from the destined timeline around Darkshore and the burning World Tree. The chapter ended with Sylvanas's Horde facing a force led by alternate-timeline versions of its greatest leaders.

• Nozdormu released Time Sand to manifest the stabilized temporal disturbance, and the other timeline appeared across Darkshore.
• The Night Empire and Horde warships exchanged fire with the other timeline's armed airships as the Cataclysm-scarred regions and burning Lordaeron appeared.
• Boss Hu ordered rescue teams to search Darnassus and Darkshore for civilians while directing crusaders to kill alternate-timeline Tyrande and Malfurion.
• Nozdormu and the Bronze Dragons flew toward the burning World Tree as Hippogryph squadrons launched from Teldrassil.
• Saurfang and Sylvanas saw an intact World Tree and an unfamiliar tower appear at sea, then encountered an opposing army led by alternate-timeline Grom Hellscream, Kargath Bladefist, Durotan, Orgrim, Thrall, and other Horde leaders.

Darnassus forces from another timeline rescued survivors and wildlife from burning Teldrassil, while Crusaders used the invasion to hunt leaders in the city. On Darkshore, the exhausted Horde faced a fresh alternate force as Saurfang condemned the war and Grom pressed Sylvanas toward a fight to the death.

• Hippogryph Knights and Highborne mages rescued survivors and animals across Teldrassil’s burning crown plateau and brought reinforcements through portals.
• Crusader forces teleported into Darnassus to kill its surviving leaders, while Hippogryph riders directed civilians toward rescue.
• The Horde army collapsed on Darkshore under attacks from fresh alternate forces and Iron Gorons.
• Old King Saurfang fought his younger counterpart, who denounced the burning of Teldrassil and Sylvanas’s dishonorable war.
• Kargath Bladefist killed Nathano and ordered the Shattered Hand to attack the Forsaken and Dark Rangers.
• Grom declared Sylvanas had disgraced the Horde and advanced on her as she retreated.

The returned Warchiefs persuaded much of the Horde to surrender, while Saurfang chose an honorable death at his younger self’s hands and Grom killed Sylvanas. In Darnassus, the Night Empire rescued the surviving elves and began settling them into its timeline, as the accelerating timeline fusion left little time to find the rest.

• Durotan, Orgrim, Thrall, Vol'jin, and Cairne Bloodhoof urged the Horde soldiers to surrender, and many laid down their weapons.
• The elderly Saurfang refused to surrender, and Saurfang killed him in an honorable duel after they spoke about Brox.
• Grom told Sylvanas that she would never understand the Horde and snapped her neck.
• The Crusaders drove the surviving elves from the Temple of the Moon, and Hippogryph rescue squads brought them to Teldrassil.
• Tyrande and the Priestesses of the Moon tended to refugees while the Night Empire prepared to resettle them; the Titan God-Emperor rejected Auriel’s proposal for another purge.

Sylvanas and the Forsaken defended Undercity from the Alliance invasion, unleashing plague weapons before Sylvanas and Anveena destroyed the attackers’ floating warship. After Sylvanas killed an alternate Jaina, the living Jaina in Theramore suddenly gained her counterpart’s power.

• Lor'themar Theron told Sylvanas that the Alliance’s firepower had stalled the Forsaken breakout and inflicted heavy losses on the Spellbreakers.
• Sylvanas ordered Nathano the Blight to carry out her plan as the Forsaken opened Undercity’s gates and released plague troops and weapons against the Alliance.
• An alternate Jaina arrived aboard a floating warship and froze the plague fog, but Sylvanas pierced the ship’s shield with Dawn Arrow and charged into battle.
• Anveena unleashed an overwhelming Arcane Torrent that battered the warship, and Sylvanas killed the alternate Jaina on its shattered deck.
• In Theramore, Jaina began gaining power and magical control as the essence of her alternate-timeline counterpart transferred into her.

The timeline fusion ended, restoring Darkshore and Tirisfal Glades while retaining people who had crossed into the Sarodar timeline. The Night Empire and New Horde gained refugees, soldiers, and power, and King Saurfang attended the funeral of his counterpart.

• The timeline disturbance ended, restoring Auberdine, Brill, and the surrounding landscapes while keeping beings who had crossed timelines.
• The Night Empire gained Night Elf refugees and wisps, and Teldrassil grew larger after absorbing the essence of the burning tree.
• The New Horde gained surrendered soldiers and new populations, while Vol'jin planned to expand the Echo Isles to house the Darkspear Trolls.
• The newcomers tried to use knowledge of their future, but found the Sarodar timeline too different for their predictions to help.
• Thrall planned to reeducate the arriving Horde soldiers, while Sylvanas had her counterpart's corpse cremated and gained power and a flying Shadow form.
• King Saurfang attended the heroic funeral of his counterpart and objected as mourners praised the dead soldier beside him.

After an Argunite crystal detected Draenei signals from distant stars, Boss Hu arranged a separate territory on Azuremyst Isle for Prophet Velen’s people. The Dawnlight Draenei prepared to keep the newcomers at a wary distance as the Exodar approached Azeroth.

• Soulbinder Tu'ranni told Boss Hu that the Argunite detection crystal had received voluntary responses from Draenei far away in the universe.
• Turalyon and the archbishops said they did not want to merge with or trust the Draenei from this timeline.
• Boss Hu proposed that Prophet Velen’s people settle temporarily in northwestern Azuremyst Isle, and Turalyon agreed.
• The Dawnlight Draenei built walls, gates, and defenses to separate their territory from the newcomers.
• Boss Hu anticipated the Exodar’s arrival within a few months and considered its interstellar technology valuable.