The three Sha had rampaged through Shado-Pan Monastery for quite some time, inflicting devastating losses on the Shado-Pan. Tens of thousands of Shado-Pan elites had died, while countless more members were injured.
The three fleeing Sha had to be pursued, the Yaungol and Mantid invasions needed to be dealt with, and Pandaren refugees needed to be resettled.
Just as Taran Zhu, leader of the Shado-Pan, was thanking the Horde for their aid at Shado-Pan Monastery, a Pandaren phantom appeared directly within the hall and slowly solidified.
Seeing him appear, Taran Zhu cried out, "Emperor!"
The Pandaren who appeared was clearly no longer among the living, for he did not possess a complete body. Dressed in luxurious silk robes and bearing the air of an emperor, he was none other than Shaohao, the last emperor of the Pandaren Empire—the formidable figure who had transformed himself into mist and merged with Pandaria to protect it.
"Master Taran Zhu, Warchief Rend Blackhand, it is truly a good thing to see the Shado-Pan and the Horde united. I have seen an even greater crisis.
"The Zandalari Trolls have united the various Troll tribes and landed north of Kun-Lai Summit. They have allied with the powerful Mogu Shan Bu in an attempt to find the artifacts left behind by Lei Shen. They are about to launch an attack against us.
"The three fleeing Sha are on the Mantid Plateau. They have controlled even more Yaungol and are preparing to attack Ox Gate once again.
"Shek'zeer, the Mantid empress, has been completely controlled by the Sha. The Mantid army has gathered outside Sunset Gate and is preparing to launch the fiercest assault in ten thousand years.
"Xin, the Mogu weaponsmaster, has conquered all Mogu clans single-handedly through his great power and become the current emperor of