Chapter Summaries

Anthony and Jaina visited the Holy Light Clerics’ command center on behalf of Dalaran and witnessed the pressure the Undead Scourge placed on their forces. They met Legion Commander Kumata, who asked whether they represented Dalaran officially.

• Anthony and Jaina approached the Holy Light Clerics’ military compound and a guard courteously asked them to leave the restricted area.
• Anthony identified himself and Jaina as mages from Dalaran and requested a meeting with the commanding officer.
• The guard contacted headquarters through his wrist device and received permission for them to enter.
• Anthony and Jaina crossed the compound and saw troops deploying as command staff handled reports of undead attacks across the kingdoms.
• The guard brought them to Legion Commander Kumata, who asked whether they had come on Dalaran’s behalf or as individuals.
• Anthony said they represented Dalaran and introduced himself as its foremost mage and Jaina as his apprentice.

Anthony and Jaina challenged the Holy Church’s rejection of hereditary rule, but Anthony ultimately asked to join the new era, and Kumata welcomed Dalaran’s mages into the fight against the Undead. At the auxiliary encampment, Anthony and Jaina discovered an extraordinary gathering of Azeroth’s renowned figures under the Holy Church’s banner.

• Kumata asked Anthony and Jaina why they had come, and Anthony raised concerns about the Holy Church’s treatment of established groups and the nobility.
• Jaina questioned whether the Holy Church intended to destroy the kingdoms, and Kumata explained that royal rule would no longer be hereditary.
• Anthony asked Kumata to let Dalaran join the new era, and Kumata welcomed him while urging mages to remain humble in their pursuit of knowledge.
• Kumata assigned Anthony to recruit mages of good character for the Auxiliary Personnel and ordered them to follow the Holy Church’s command.
• A guard led Anthony and Jaina to the auxiliary encampment, where they saw Aegwynn, Medivh, Alexstrasza and her Red Dragon Legion, the Windrunner sisters, Gelbin Mekkatorque, Brann Bronzebeard, Uther, Archbishop Faol, and a powerful orc.

Anthony and Faol reunited at a gathering of Azeroth's allies and discussed the Holy Church's power and its godlike protector. The gathering revealed that teams from other worlds had come to help fight the undead Scourge, and Dragon arrived with allies from the Pirate World.

• Anthony and Archbishop Faol reunited and praised the Holy Church's achievements, while Uther and Jaina mourned Arthas's fall.
• The Red Dragon Queen urged the gathering to focus on making amends and protecting Azeroth, and Faol told Anthony about a godlike being in Quel'Thalas.
• Minato Namikaze introduced Madara Uchiha, Hashirama Senju, and Kaguya Otsutsuki as Auxiliary Personnel from the Shinobi World, explaining how the Holy Church assigned teams to fight the Scourge.
• Dragon arrived with Ace, Luffy, Whitebeard, and former navy admirals, and he and Minato discussed their worlds' cooperation and development.

A group of girls called the Celestial Pearl Girls arrived at the Holy Church’s gathering hall with the tailed beasts, and their awkward entrance was interrupted by Night Raid’s arrival. The reunion brought together old allies, while the tailed beasts bristled at Hashirama and Madara over their past imprisonment.

• Hibana and Irene argued inside a spatial passage before the girls and seven tailed beasts emerged in the hall.
• The girls introduced themselves as the Celestial Pearl Girls, while Matatabi explained that the tailed beasts had taken an easy mission to earn points after losing their savings to Nine-Tails.
• Tatsumi, Sayo, Mine, and the other members of Night Raid entered and reunited with Dragon, Minato, Hashirama, and Madara.
• Hashirama asked why the tailed beasts had come, and they angrily reminded him and Madara that they had once sealed them away.

Shishu briefed the summoned auxiliary squads on the undead crisis and distributed mission information, prompting local fighters to team up with the newcomers. Meanwhile, Arthas agreed to divert his undead army to rescue Gul'dan from the Holy Church, leaving the six human kingdoms under siege.

• Shishu explained that the Shadow Council was loosening the Old Gods' seals and assigned the auxiliary squads to clear undead-infested areas.
• Light Spirits guided the Azeroth fighters through their Optical Computers, and the Red Dragon Queen agreed to join Minato's team in Alterac.
• Minato noticed Dragon inviting the Windrunner Sisters, while the other teams selected missions and departed the hall.
• Across the Eastern Continent, undead armies battered the remaining human kingdoms as Arthas met with Shadow Council figures in a bunker.
• The Shadow Council demanded that Arthas attack its autonomous region in Stormwind to rescue Gul'dan, and Arthas agreed.

Minato's group and the Red Dragon Queen reached the besieged Alterac Mountains, where the defenders faced overwhelming undead forces. Hashirama unveiled a colossal Wood Release construct, leaving the defenders and the Red Dragon Queen stunned as he challenged Madara to a kill-count contest.

• On the Flying Shuttle, Madara dismissed the undead as weak, and Hashirama teased him about having no child with Esdeath before the two briefly brawled.
• Evers Proudmoore watched Alterac's defenses buckle under the undead onslaught and despaired over the kingdom's fate.
• A soldier reported a huge red dragon above the defensive line, and Evers hurried outside to find the Red Dragon Queen accompanied by Minato's group.
• The Red Dragon Queen transformed into her dragon form and prepared to meet Evers, but Hashirama summoned Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands.
• Hashirama challenged Madara to see who would kill more undead, while the defenders and the Red Dragon Queen stared in shock at the enormous construct.

Madara and Hashirama wiped out the Undead Army around Alterac, then joined the Red Dragon Queen in clearing other concentrations as Minato explained the strengths of different worlds. Meanwhile, Jaina led Sengoku and the Pirate World's Adventurers' Guild officers to Kul Tiras, where they reflected on their world's progress and their determination to win the Holy Grail.

• Madara used Super Shinra Tensei and Hashirama's Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands to destroy the Undead Army surrounding the Alterac Mountains.
• Minato and the Red Dragon Queen traveled with the warriors to clear undead elsewhere, and Minato described the strengths and weaknesses of the Shinobi, Pirate, and Azeroth worlds.
• The Red Dragon Queen wondered whether auxiliary members from other worlds were as powerful as Madara and Hashirama, and Minato reassured her about Azeroth's abilities.
• Jaina brought Sengoku and the Pirate World's Adventurers' Guild officers to Kul Tiras, where Sengoku remarked on the value of peace after seeing the devastation.
• The Adventurers' Guild officers discussed their world's growth and Dragon's goal of surpassing the Shinobi World, hoping to win the Holy Grail and gain access to powerful treasures.

Jaina questioned the Pirate World adventurers about their society and learned that they had overthrown their nobles and now lived under the Federal Government. As Jaina returned to Kul Tiras with reinforcements, her father Daelin Proudmoore learned she wanted to speak with him privately and went to meet her.

• Jaina asked Garp and Sengoku about nobles and learned that the Pirate World had abolished nobility after its people overthrew the ruling class.
• Sengoku warned Jaina not to oppose the Holy Church if she wanted to protect her family, leaving her worried about persuading her proud father.
• Daelin Proudmoore lamented Kul Tiras's losses to the Undead Army and his lack of allies.
• A guard told Daelin that Jaina had returned with reinforcements and wanted to speak with him privately.
• Daelin set out for Jaina's residence, hoping her reinforcements might help Kul Tiras.

Jaina persuaded Daelin Proudmoore to let her seek help from the Holy Church against the Undead Scourge, and they headed for the front lines. There, Sengoku and another white-clad fighter unleashed devastating attacks on the undead, leaving the soldiers stunned.

• Daelin Proudmoore objected to Jaina accepting help from the Holy Church, but agreed to see what she and Sengoku’s companions could do.
• Jaina set out for the kingdom’s front lines with Sengoku and his companions, while Daelin Proudmoore armored himself and followed to watch over her.
• At Stormsong Valley, the undead broke through the soldiers’ defensive line and a reanimated soldier nearly attacked his comrade.
• Sengoku caught the reanimated soldier’s greatsword, crushed it, and cleared undead with a powerful wind blade.
• A white-clad man used Meteor Volcano to rain molten fists onto the battlefield, devastating the undead and leaving the soldiers in awe.

The Holy Church's fighters devastated the undead forces, convincing Daelin Proudmoore to accept that his family's future honor would take a new form under Jaina's leadership. Meanwhile, Arthas and Ner'zhul watched their armies collapse as the Horde purged traitors among its ranks.

• Daelin Proudmoore and Jaina watched the Holy Church's Auxiliary Personnel and Adventurers' Guild officers freeze and shatter the undead army with powerful attacks.
• Daelin Proudmoore agreed that the kingdom's survival mattered more than the family's old honor and entrusted its future to Jaina.
• Arthas saw through the undead's vision that his forces were being destroyed and briefly questioned whether his chosen path was right before Ner'zhul's influence suppressed his doubts.
• Ner'zhul saw that the orcs were thriving and considered turning his surviving people into an Undead Army to avenge himself on Kil'jaeden.
• Durotan and the Horde chieftains purged hidden Shadow Council members and Twilight's Hammer cultists after the rebels caused trouble, while the Holy Church's Legion Commander reacted strangely to the list of culprits.

Pope Ria and the Holy Church began breaking the seals of the Old Gods so they could offer them as nourishment to the Holy Light. N'Zoth broke free of his weakened seal but was swiftly bound in golden chains, leaving him terrified of becoming prey.

• Ria ordered the Holy Church's legions to break the Old Gods' seals and confirmed that the undead scourge was being contained.
• N'Zoth awoke in the Throat of the Abyss and tried to corrupt the Holy Light Clerics surrounding his seal, but his power failed to affect them.
• Naruto and Sabo discussed how the legions planned to capture five Old Gods and offer them to the Holy Light.
• N'Zoth furiously attacked the nearly dismantled seal, while the Holy Light Clerics contained his escaping corruption beneath a dome of light.
• N'Zoth broke the seal and attacked the clerics, but golden chains descended and bound him, weakening him as he struggled.

Ria released N'Zoth from the clerics' golden chains and effortlessly captured him in her palm, where he found C'Thun already trapped. She kept prodding the Old Gods to make sure they stayed alive and moving as she planned to serve them as food.

• Naruto asked Sabo whether the Legion Commander had been reached, and Sabo said help would arrive soon as the clerics struggled to hold N'Zoth.
• Ria arrived and told the clerics to release N'Zoth, then faced the freed Old God herself.
• N'Zoth attacked Ria, but her expanding hand swallowed him and trapped him in her palm with C'Thun.
• C'Thun explained that Ria had captured him the same way, while N'Zoth panicked and tried unsuccessfully to escape.
• Ria prodded C'Thun to check whether he was still alive, then tormented both Old Gods until they were scurrying across her palm.

Ria's actions split Azeroth's timeline, and Nozdormu set out to investigate the changed future. Meanwhile, the Holy Church brought the human kingdoms under its new order, leaving surviving nobles to face its reckoning.

• Nozdormu saw a changed branch of Azeroth's future and was warned by a woman with golden eyes not to seek spoilers.
• The Holy Church's forces cleared the undead from the seven human kingdoms and advanced on their borders.
• Stormwind's king surrendered his crown and became the kingdom's first president, while Dalaran and Kul Tiras joined the Holy Church's new order.
• Genn Greymane learned that the Holy Church had wiped out Stromgarde's nobility after they took commoners hostage, and he urged Gilneas's nobles to submit.
• The remaining kings surrendered their crowns, and the Holy Church arrested and punished nobles accused of crimes.

After the undead army’s defeat, Ner'zhul persuaded Arthas to invade Quel'Thalas and use the Well of Eternity to bring in the Burning Legion. As Arthas prepared to strike the elven capital, the Sun King cracked down on High Elves who supported the Holy Church, while Kael'thas asked Alleria about the Church’s attitude toward elves.

• Ner'zhul convinced Arthas to take the remaining undead army by sea to Quel'Thalas and attack the High Elves.
• The Sun King ordered Parliament to seal the borders and punish High Elves who crossed over or praised the Holy Church.
• High Elf soldiers found an evacuated border village while Arthas and the undead watched from the forest, then let the soldiers leave to conceal their presence.
• Arthas told Ner'zhul that the undead would attack the elven royal capital at night rather than risk exposing themselves by killing the border guards.
• Alleria and the Windrunner Sisters met Kael'thas in Dalaran, where Kael'thas asked what the Holy Church thought of elves.

Arthas’s Scourge overran Quel'Thalas in a surprise attack, and he confronted the Sun King and the Supreme Council at the Well of Eternity. The Sun King realized his closed borders had left the kingdom vulnerable, then appeared tempted by Arthas’s offer of eternal life.

• Alleria told Kael'thas the Holy Church welcomed all races, and the Windrunner Sisters promised to take him to the Holy City by Flying Shuttle.
• The Scourge attacked Quel'Thalas’s laxly defended capital at night and overwhelmed its defenders while the Sun King and the Supreme Council remained at the Well of Eternity.
• Arthas entered the hall, killed a councilor with Frostmourne, and mocked the elves for losing their capital in three hours.
• Arthas revealed that undead had surrounded the Well of Eternity and told the Sun King that sealing the borders had made the conquest easy.
• The Sun King recognized Arthas as the Lich King and asked him to spare Quel'Thalas, but Arthas offered him eternal life instead.
• The Sun King questioned whether Arthas’s offer was true, and Arthas called on the elves to accept death and eternal life.

Nozdormu warned Alexstrasza that Azeroth’s branching timelines would weaken its world-soul, but she chose to accept the change and focus on protecting the world’s inhabitants. A powerful evil presence then erupted in Quel'Thalas, and Ria hurried back with the Holy Light clerics to confront the attack.

• Nozdormu found Alexstrasza and explained that Azeroth’s river of time had branched, slowing the world-soul’s awakening and dividing the world into parallel timelines.
• Alexstrasza told Nozdormu that she would accept the consequences and urged him not to interfere with the altered space-time.
• A powerful evil presence erupted in Quel'Thalas, alarming Nozdormu and the powerful figures across Azeroth.
• The Holy Church headquarters told the cleric aboard Flying Shuttle number 1237 that the Sun King had sealed Quel'Thalas’s border a day before the disaster and that the Church was mobilizing forces.
• Ria received news of the attack while leaving the Old Gods’ dimension and returned with the Holy Light clerics to face the enemy.

Archimonde’s Burning Legion emerged through the corrupted Well of Eternity, and he killed Arthas before leading the invasion of Quel'Thalas. Holy Church weapons devastated the demons, but Archimonde raised a demonic domain and advanced on the Holy Light Clerics Legion, launching an attack.

• Archimonde mocked Arthas, then struck him down when the Holy Church’s bombardment began.
• Archimonde beheaded Arthas, who regretted his past and called out to his father before dying.
• The Burning Legion poured into Quel'Thalas, where Holy Light shells and a massive purification blast destroyed the demons and undead across the city.
• Archimonde spread his demonic domain to suppress the sacred light and led his forces toward the Holy Light Clerics Legion.
• Archimonde sent a cloud of tormented spirits toward the clerics as the demon legions charged.

Archimonde’s curses and assaults overwhelmed the Holy Light Clerics Legion, but its armor kept the fallen clerics alive and unharmed by ordinary demons. Faced with thousands of nearly indestructible soldiers, Archimonde began to fear what it would take to defeat them.

• The Holy Light Clerics Commander ordered the legion to fire through Archimonde’s curse, and a Super Purifying Holy Light Bullet dispelled the Vengeful Spirit Curse.
• The Holy Light Clerics combined their forces into three Giants of Light, which burned and cut down the skeletal wraiths.
• Archimonde intensified his curse and unleashed green-flamed meteors, shattering the Giants of Light and knocking the clerics to the ground.
• The demons’ weapons failed to penetrate the fallen clerics’ armor, so Archimonde struck one himself and cracked its visor without killing the soldier.
• Archimonde saw thousands of fallen clerics still alive and wondered how he could invade Azeroth while they remained so difficult to kill.

Ria arrived on the battlefield, subdued Archimonde, and turned the demons’ Void Gate into a holy gateway. The demon lords fled, while Ria and the Legion Commanders prepared to occupy the void and track down the power behind the invasion.

• Archimonde stopped his demons from retreating, but Ria appeared and restored the Holy Light Clerics before ordering them to stand down.
• Ria seized Archimonde, burned him with a white flame, and terrified the demon lords through their soul links.
• Kil'jaeden and the demon lords rushed to destroy the Void Gate, but the Legion Commanders took control of it and emerged through its golden light.
• The demon lords attacked the gate without destroying it, then fled when one of them vanished as he called for an attack.
• Ria passed through the gate, found the hall deserted, and told the Legion Commanders to wait for the main force and prepare to track the hidden enemy.

After Kael'thas killed his father, the lich Sun King, the Windrunner Sisters urged him to lead Quel'Thalas and join the Holy Church. Meanwhile, Nozdormu and Alexstrasza learned that the Holy Church was entering the Void, where it was preparing a counteroffensive against the demons.

• Kael'thas confronted the Sun King over his choice to become a lich, then stabbed him as his father urged him to reclaim the Sun King's glory.
• Sylvanas challenged Kael'thas to lead Quel'Thalas, and Alleria reassured him that the Windrunner Sisters still trusted him.
• Alleria suggested that the weakened high elves join the Holy Church, and Kael'thas accepted that it was their only way forward.
• Nozdormu and Alexstrasza arrived over Quel'Thalas and saw Holy Church troops clearing the battlefield and marching toward the Well of Eternity.
• At the Well of Eternity, a Holy Light Cleric confirmed to Aegwynn, Alexstrasza, and the gathered leaders that the Holy Church was entering the Void.
• The Holy Light Cleric said the Church was securing a bridgehead and might allow auxiliary forces to join after the front line stabilized.