Chapter Summaries

Queen Ysera arrived at Stormwind Keep to discuss the abductions threatening Azeroth, and Su Ming asked her to take his group into the Emerald Dream. Ysera agreed, opening a portal into its forest so they could search the dreams of Druids.

• Queen Ysera stepped through a portal into Stormwind Keep and met Su Ming, who ended their mahjong game to welcome her.
• Ysera said she knew of the kidnapping and sought to save Azeroth and its inhabitants, while explaining that she could speak only for herself and the Green Dragonflight.
• Su Ming asked whether Elune had taken a position, but Ysera said the Goddess had issued no Oracle.
• Su Ming told Ysera he wanted to enter the dreams of Druids who might have fled into the Emerald Dream after being abducted.
• Ysera allowed Su Ming and his companions into the Emerald Dream, warned them not to harm its plants or animals, and opened a portal to the forest.

Su Ming explained the Emerald Dream’s nature and the two ways to enter it. He planned to use dreams to trace the abductors’ location and ordered Strangle to bring his banner so they could leave.

• Su Ming described how Druids entered the Emerald Dream through dreams, where many lost themselves in a carefree life apart from Azeroth.
• Su Ming explained that the Emerald Dream was a dreamlike world overlapping Azeroth and outlined the difficult requirements for entering it physically.
• Su Ming considered shortcuts to physical entry, including the Nightmare and Elune’s favor, but avoided seeking Elune after assassinating her son.
• Su Ming planned to enter through dreams and trace the abductors’ route, with a backup plan to wait in the Emerald Dream if the search failed.
• Su Ming told Strangle to bring his banner, and they prepared to leave.

Su Ming and his companions entered the Emerald Dream, where Ysera introduced them to Manlinsera and explained the Green Dragonflight’s situation. Ysera sent Manlinsera to guide them to the Great Beast Lair, leaving Su Ming to search for the kidnapped Druids.

• Ysera led Su Ming, Hermione, Amber, and Yrel into the Emerald Dream, where the natural smells unsettled Hermione.
• Manlinsera greeted Ysera and asked about Azeroth, and Ysera said the Blue and Red Dragonflights had disappeared.
• Su Ming introduced himself to Manlinsera and gave her and the other Green Dragons fruit, easing their wariness of him.
• Manlinsera relayed Chromie’s account of Su Ming changing time and confusing the Bronze and Infinite Dragonflights.
• Su Ming asked where Druids would appear if they entered the Emerald Dream again, and Ysera directed Manlinsera to guide the group to the Great Beast Lair.

Manlinsera guided Su Ming, Deathstroke, Hermione, Yrel, and Amber through the Emerald Dream to the Great Beast Lair, explaining its natural inhabitants along the way. A Night Elf guardian welcomed the group inside as they arrived to seek help with the previous matter.

• Manlinsera led the group across the forest and described the Emerald Dream, the Druids, and the Great Beast Lair.
• Hermione asked whether Druids' bodies and souls living in separate worlds caused problems, and Manlinsera said it was a harmonious part of nature.
• Yrel tested her ability to call upon the Holy Light, while Amber and Su Ming memorized the route.
• Manlinsera explained that Verdant Slime Monsters belonged in the Emerald Dream because they benefited the forest, then led the group to the great tree.
• Manlinsera called for Master Talon, and a bear transformed into a middle-aged Night Elf who welcomed the visitors into the Great Beast Lair.

Su Ming and his companions entered the Great Beast Lair to find Druids captured by the Strange Hands, enduring the foul-smelling den while Master Talon searched for them. Su Ming prepared extra protection for Hermione by calling for someone the Strange Hands would be compelled to attack first.

• Su Ming and his companions walked through the Great Beast Lair as Hermione used magic to clear the stench.
• Su Ming pondered the uncertain power and status of Elune, Eonar, and the Titans as they explored the cavern.
• Master Talon transformed into a black panther and went to identify which Druids had been captured.
• Su Ming warned Hermione that the coming battle could endanger her, though she trusted his protection and reminded him she was hard to kill.
• Su Ming asked the Adjutant to contact someone and make the usual arrangement, intending to use that person as a target for the Strange Hands.

Deadpool was trapped in the bedroom while Death and Shakara competed over him by dismembering him and claiming his body parts. When his livestream seemed to come on, a knock at the door interrupted the women as they prepared to continue.

• Shakara dragged Deadpool back into the bedroom after he tried to crawl away.
• Death and Shakara argued over who loved Deadpool more, claiming his limbs and planning increasingly brutal games.
• Deadpool begged the women to stop cutting him up, but they refused and prepared their weapons.
• Deadpool noticed that his livestream was on and guessed that being observed might prevent further torture.
• Someone knocked on the bedroom door, giving Deadpool hope.

Su Ming summoned Deadpool to help with an operation, and Deadpool arrived after escaping Shakara and Death. The group gathered in the Emerald Dream as Deadpool offered his mercenary services, though Su Ming told him to get dressed first.

• Shakara opened the suite door expecting her subordinates, but a Mexican temp worker arrived looking for Deadpool.
• Deadpool appeared in the bedroom, announced that he was Mr. Deadpool, and left with the temp worker through the sewer.
• Deadpool later clung to Deathstroke and complained about the rough treatment he had endured from Shakara and Death.
• Su Ming introduced Deadpool to the group in the Emerald Dream and warned everyone not to respond to his dirty jokes.
• Deadpool danced with cheerleader pom-poms, offered to handle the operation for a fee, and Su Ming told him to put his clothes back on.

Su Ming’s group dealt with the nausea caused by Deadpool’s stench before Master Talon reported that he had found the abducted druids. After cleaning the air enough to move on, the group headed toward the Emerald Dream, with Deadpool leading and babbling.

• Su Ming moved Hermione away while Deadpool’s odor left three women vomiting.
• Master Talon returned and asked why everyone was sick, then noticed Deadpool’s smell.
• Deathstroke claimed Deadpool never bathed because he loved nature, and Master Talon accepted the explanation.
• Master Talon said several abducted members of his kin had regained consciousness in the Emerald Dream and offered to lead Su Ming to them.
• Master Talon burned herbs and used Hurricane to clear the air while Hermione cast Scourgify on Deadpool.
• Deadpool rushed to the front of the group and rambled excitedly as they set off.

Deathstroke and his companions followed Master Talon through the Great Beast Lair while Deadpool joked, complained about the sleeping animals, and misplaced his weapons. They continued toward the lair’s depths, with Deathstroke growing friendlier toward their guide as the tunnels became hotter and more foul-smelling.

• Master Talon led Deathstroke, Deadpool, and the others past the sleeping animals and cave dwellings in the Great Beast Lair.
• Deadpool complained that the lair lacked lively animals and dancing chickens, and Deathstroke suggested that he dance instead.
• Deathstroke showed Deadpool an image of the Strange Hand enemies and gave him a pistol loaded with Anti-Magic Metal bullets after Deadpool realized he had left his weapons in a taxi.
• Deadpool fired the pistol before Deathstroke finished warning him to conserve its bullets, then got stabbed in the belly by Deathstroke’s dagger.
• As the group traveled deeper into the hot, stale tunnels, Master Talon described the animals and mushrooms, and Deathstroke gave him cigarettes and a handheld game console.

Su Ming’s group examined an immobilized fox in the Great Beast Lair, but Manlinsera and Yrel could not determine why their magic failed to affect her. Hermione concluded they needed to enter the fox’s dream and confront the enemy holding her physical body, while Deadpool’s questions prompted the fox to vomit.

• Master Talon led the group to an immobilized fox whose eyes and mouth could move, though her body appeared healthy.
• Manlinsera examined the fox and used Dream Breath, but found no cause for her paralysis.
• Yrel tried to heal the fox with Holy Light, but the magic passed through her without helping or harming her.
• Amber suggested the group’s magic might be operating at a different energy frequency, and Yrel considered trying another spell.
• Hermione proposed using the fox’s dream to reach her physical body and defeat the enemy responsible for her condition.
• Deadpool questioned the fox about what happened before she went to sleep, and she responded by vomiting.

Deathstroke questioned a fox-shaped Druid in the Emerald Dream about what she had seen after Strange Hand abducted her. When she identified herself as Xivandis Shadowsong, Su Ming recognized her and decided they could find her directly.

• Deadpool examined the rainbow-colored substance the fox vomited, and Master Talon explained that it was dream energy returning to the Emerald Dream.
• Deathstroke asked the fox what she had seen after Strange Hand took her away.
• The fox said she had been cultivating water lilies at Mount Hyjal’s great lake in humanoid form and had recently chosen to follow the Minotaurs’ active path of nature.
• Su Ming asked the fox for her name, and she identified herself as Xivandis Shadowsong.
• Su Ming recognized Xivandis Shadowsong and said they would go find her directly.

Su Ming gathered Deadpool, Hermione, and their companions to reach Xivandis Shadowsong’s physical body through a dream. He explained how to use emotions as energy to turn dream connections into reality, leaving Hermione to realize the Power Rings might be needed for the task.

• Su Ming reassured the fox that they would save Xivandis and told Deadpool to prepare his Plot Continuity Gem and Teleportation Belt.
• Deadpool’s attention had been dulled by Dream energy, so Su Ming restored the money he had threatened to deduct and ordered him to transport the group.
• Manlinsera said that bringing a person from a dream into the Material World was extremely difficult.
• Su Ming called Hermione over and explained that emotions from dreams were real energy that could be converted into matter.
• Hermione understood the method and suspected Su Ming had arranged events so she would need to use her Power Rings and Ancient Magic.

Su Ming, Deadpool, Yrel, and Amber entered Xivandi’s dream to rescue her and found themselves trapped in a mirrored space. Xivandi joined Su Ming’s team, and he prepared to cut through the mirror to investigate their surroundings.

• Deadpool explained how Hermione’s magic and his Dark Concepts would carry the group into the fox’s dream, then produced a glowing black gemstone.
• Su Ming’s group vanished into Xivandi’s dream while Manlinsera and Master Talon reassured the immobilized Druid that he had gone to save her.
• The group appeared in a mirror-lined cubic prison, where Su Ming recognized their predicament as a Mirror Dimension.
• Xivandi healed herself, requested to join Su Ming’s team, and explained that she wanted to see a new Alliance formed.
• Su Ming welcomed Xivandi and ignited a Lightsaber to cut through the mirrored surface and investigate beyond the prison.

Su Ming and his companions found themselves trapped in a silent, self-repairing mirrored cube among countless prison cells, and planned to tunnel downward to find Jaina and Khadgar. The chapter left them discussing the dangers of the unnatural silence before they began their escape.

• Su Ming cut a hole in the mirrored wall and discovered that their cell was one of countless cubes stacked through a vast space.
• Su Ming and Little Witch speculated about the cells and decided to continue their plan to rescue Jaina and Khadgar.
• Deadpool recounted how he had once summoned Marines by claiming a village had oil, while Hermione asked whether prolonged silence could drive people insane.
• Su Ming replaced the piece he had cut, and the wall seamlessly repaired itself while the cell remained completely silent.
• Su Ming proposed tunneling downward through the cells to avoid a conspicuous escape through the outer wall.

Su Ming and the others descended through the mirrored prison cubes, freeing prisoners and finding evidence that the cells served as a transfer station. They continued downward with more captives in tow.

• Deadpool asked Slade about a million-dollar experiment for staying awake, while Deathstroke dismissed his plan and cut a hole into the floor.
• Su Ming dropped into the next mirrored cube and found a frightened grey alien, whom Deathstroke threatened and ordered to follow them.
• Cloak carried the team and the alien down through the levels as the women chatted, and they freed an Azeroth farmer on the third level.
• The group found a Little Mermaid who had died of dehydration, and Deathstroke gave her shells to Deadpool as a crude gift for his wife.

Su Ming questioned batches of rescued prisoners about Jaina and Khadgar, then sent those who had no information into the mirrored streets as cannon fodder. A hunter revealed that Jaina was held in a building across the road, and Su Ming led his team there to rescue her before searching for Khadgar.

• Su Ming found solid mirror material beneath the prison and questioned the rescued prisoners using projected portraits of Jaina and Khadgar.
• After no one recognized either person, Su Ming released successive groups of prisoners into the streets to draw the enemy's attention.
• A hunter from the seventh batch said he had seen Lady Proudmoore locked in a cell across the road.
• Su Ming thanked the hunter, then watched the prisoners scatter while Wade joked about his luck.
• Su Ming told Wade to stop posing and led the team toward Jaina's prison, warning them to stay close because their enemy moved quickly.

Constantine traded his kind, elderly neighbor to Lucifer in exchange for information about the enemy Blank. Lucifer accepted, and Constantine asked what he knew about who was behind Blank.

• Lucifer teased Constantine at his nightclub and tried to tempt him into spending the night together.
• Constantine offered a photograph of his ninety-eight-year-old Christian neighbor, a lifelong virgin, as the stake in a trade.
• Constantine mocked the hypocrisy of religious institutions, pleasing Lucifer, who agreed to take the neighbor in exchange for a wish.
• Lucifer clarified that he was now a Los Angeles businessman and warned Constantine not to sell souls again.
• Constantine asked Lucifer what he knew about the force behind Blank, the enemy Deathstroke had asked him to find.

Lucifer told Constantine that an incomprehensible being had turned everything beyond the multiverse into nothingness, but Constantine could neither hear the suspect’s name nor read it when Lucifer wrote it down. Constantine left to find someone who could decipher the message, while Lucifer went to speak with Duma and wondered whether Deathstroke might be able to see the name.

• Lucifer told Constantine that he suspected an unnamed being had turned everything into nothingness because their garden displeased them.
• Constantine discovered he could not hear the suspect’s name, and Lucifer explained that humans could not perceive or prove it.
• Lucifer wrote the name in Constantine’s notebook, but the page displayed only symbols to Constantine.
• Constantine left to find someone who could read the message, rejecting Lucifer’s advances.
• Lucifer told Maze to watch the nightclub and went to speak with Duma, wondering whether Deathstroke could see the name.

Su Ming's group tracked Jaina through the mirror prisons, but discovered the cells were nested inside larger cubes. They entered a dark outer layer and spotted a gathering of monsters on the horizon.

• Su Ming rejected Amber and Xivandi's offers to track Jaina and sent Strangle to follow her scent through the spatial turbulence.
• Cloak carried the group rapidly through the mirror continent while Su Ming cut through a wall and led them into a dark, larger space.
• Su Ming realized the prisons formed a Matryoshka structure, with individual cells and their guards enclosed inside progressively larger cubes.
• Hermione spotted a dense cluster of black dots on the horizon and suggested the group investigate the monsters gathering there.

Su Ming and his team entered a second cube filled with strange monsters and suspected it was an “Ant Hell” built like an ant farm. They descended into the underground tunnels to find Jaina, while Khadgar remained missing.

• Deathstroke surveyed the crowds of Strange Hands, Strange Feet, and other body parts, and said they should stay hidden because the monsters avoided the caves.
• Deadpool compared the cube to an ant farm and called it Ant Hell, while Deathstroke agreed that something might be observing the place.
• Deathstroke reasoned that Jaina had probably hidden in the underground caverns because Strangle had tracked her scent there, and decided Khadgar could manage on his own for now.
• Enchantress and Yrel wondered why people always hid things underground, and Su Ming suggested that the earth felt dependable and safe.
• The Cloak carried the team into a large burrow entrance without attracting the monsters’ attention, and Deathstroke said he would wipe out their entire family if they kept bullying him.