Recaps

After learning that Anduin and Li Li had gone to the Krasarang Wilds, Dick split his party so Chen could search for them while the others traveled toward Halfhill. Dick then took Anveena to the Temple of the Jade Serpent, where Yu'lon awaited them.

• At Podong Village, Chen Stormstout learned from the chief that Anduin and Li Li had gone with two others toward the Krasarang Wilds, and Dick persuaded the chief to share the news.
• Dick sent Chen, Valeera, Bearhide, and six Troll warriors toward the Krasarang Wilds, warning them about the Sha and directing them to take the children to the Temple of the Red Crane if they found them.
• Dick arranged for Elder Golaya, Das, Demi, and Gavincente to travel toward the Valley of the Four Winds and wait at Halfhill, while he continued alone with Anveena.
• Dick explained that the Four Celestials were kin to Anveena and that Pandaria might hold a remnant of the Well of Eternity connected to Azeroth's wound.
• At the Temple of the Jade Serpent, a priestess welcomed Dick and Anveena inside, saying that Lady Yu'lon was waiting for them.

Dick met Yu'lon at the Temple of the Jade Serpent and revealed that he had come to remove what was hidden in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. After verifying his connection to Ra-den, Yu'lon accepted his claim but questioned whether he could protect the dangerous relic.

• Liu Yanxin led Dick and Anveena through the Temple of the Jade Serpent to its Meditation Chamber.
• Yu'lon appeared before Dick and Anveena, and Anveena joyfully recognized her as a possible older sister.
• Dick told Yu'lon that he had come to take away what was hidden in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, prompting Yu'lon to demand how he knew of it.
• Dick claimed that he and Ra-den were the same kind, and Yu'lon challenged his assertion and accused him of being unable to prove it.
• Dick showed Yu'lon his silver palm, and she sensed his Order Power and accepted his connection to Ra-den.
• Dick explained that Elune had tasked him with closing the wound left by the Titans' failure to deal with the Heart of Y'Shaarj, and Yu'lon questioned whether he could protect it.

Anduin and his companions traveled with Taran Zhu and Lorewalker Cho into the Krasarang Wilds to investigate signs that the Sha of Despair had escaped its seal. After fighting off Lizardmen, they reached the Temple of the Red Crane and found its monks dead, with the massacre apparently dating back three days.

• Lorewalker Cho explained the history of the Sha and warned that despair might have broken its seal in Krasarang.
• Taran Zhu led the group into battle against a large band of Lizardmen, while Anduin, Li Li, Lakes, and Swen fought beside him.
• Lorewalker Cho found a bloodstained piece of a monk's robe, and he and Taran Zhu realized the Lizardmen might have attacked the Temple of the Red Crane.
• The group reached the temple and discovered its monks dead and the grounds filled with an ominous aura of despair.
• Anduin and his companions noticed that the temple massacre had happened three days earlier, matching the timing of other strange events.

Anduin and his companions searched the ruined Temple of the Red Crane for survivors while Chen Stormstout rushed inside, where the Sha of Despair possessed him. The chapter ended with Chen hurling Bearhide aside and collapsing the temple as Li Li cried out.

• Taran Zhu reported that the Sha of Despair had escaped and sent Anduin, Lorewalker Cho, and Li Li to search for surviving monks.
• Chen Stormstout, Valeera, and Bearhide arrived, and Chen ran into the temple despite Valeera and Bearhide's concerns.
• Taran Zhu and Valeera fought briefly until Anduin intervened and explained who she was.
• Anduin, Li Li, and Lakes emerged with a surviving monk as Lorewalker Cho warned that Bearhide and Chen were in danger inside.
• Chen burst from the temple possessed by the Sha, threw Bearhide aside, and smashed a pillar while Li Li pleaded with him.

Chen Stormstout, possessed by the Sha of Despair, overwhelmed the defenders at the ruined Temple of the Red Crane. As Taran Zhu and Lorewalker Cho tried to restrain him, Anduin and Li Li raced into the temple to find the power that could suppress the Sha, and Anduin continued alone toward the basement.

• Chen Stormstout attacked Li Li’s rescuers, shattered Taran Zhu’s War Glaive, and drove Mishi and Valeera from the fight.
• Lorewalker Cho bound Chen Stormstout with a Lorewalkers Scroll while Taran Zhu used Wind, Fire, Thunder, and Lightning and summoned a White Tiger to weaken the black mist.
• Valeera told Lorewalker Cho to seek the temple’s power, and Li Li, Anduin, Swen, and Lakes ran into the ruins despite the danger.
• Bearhide and the injured Troll Warriors held off the little Sha as Anduin and Li Li descended the stairs, while Swen and Lakes blocked the pursuers behind them.
• Li Li struck a large Sha guarding the basement entrance and urged Anduin onward, and Anduin ran deeper into the temple alone.

Anduin used Oathkeeper to break the Sha chains binding Chi-Ji, but the final burst of Sha dragged him into a nightmare and nearly made him submit. Chi-Ji’s song and radiant return drove the darkness from the temple and weakened the Sha possessing Chen, though Anduin’s fate remained unclear.

• Chen broke free of Lorewalker Cho’s restraints and shredded Taran Zhu’s clones with Hundredfold Claw, forcing Taran Zhu and Valeera to keep fighting as the scroll’s binding weakened.
• Anduin found Chi-Ji dying beneath black Sha chains and used Oathkeeper to break them, resisting the corrupting voices that surged into his mind.
• Anduin struck the final mass of Sha energy in Chi-Ji’s wound, and it burst out to envelop him in darkness.
• The Sha showed Anduin visions of his loved ones, including his mother Tiffin, and demanded that he submit.
• Chi-Ji’s song rose through the darkness, drove the behemoth back, and restored the Celestial’s radiant form.
• Chi-Ji’s light filled the sky and weakened the Sha possessing Chen, while the black mist began spilling from Chen’s body.

Anduin recovered from the battle at the Temple of the Red Crane as Taran Zhu revealed that a mysterious human had sabotaged the seal and unleashed the Sha of Despair. While Anduin's group prepared to travel toward Halfhill, Kel'Thuzad secretly learned about the Mantid and set out toward their lands.

• Anduin awoke beside the badly injured Chen Stormstout, and Chen thanked him for saving his life.
• Taran Zhu said an unknown gray-haired man in black robes had damaged the seal before the Sha of Despair attacked the Temple of the Red Crane.
• Taran Zhu planned to mobilize the Shado-Pan to hunt the man, while Anduin's group was permitted to travel toward Halfhill instead.
• Chen Stormstout said he would visit his clan and contact relatives on the Wandering Isle before deciding whether to join the Shado-Pan.
• In Halfhill, Kel'Thuzad questioned a waiter about the Mantid and their Old God, then headed toward the Great Wall with Mr. Bigglesworth.

After meeting Yu'lon, Dick reached Halfhill with Anveena and reunited with Chen Stormstout, Anduin, Taran Zhu, and Lorewalker Cho. He revealed that he intended to enter Lei Shen's Tomb in the Valley of Emperors and claimed that the Celestials had approved, leaving Taran Zhu and Lorewalker Cho stunned and wary.

• Yu'lon agreed to help Dick reach the Valley of the Four Winds after he found Ra-den and gained his approval to open the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.
• Yu'lon carried Dick and Anveena toward Halfhill, then left to visit Kun-Lai Summit; Chi-Ji arrived soon afterward, and Anveena flew to greet him.
• Dick met Chen Stormstout, Anduin, Taran Zhu, and Lorewalker Cho in a private room at a tavern and thanked Cho for helping Anduin and his friend.
• Dick dismissed the others and told Taran Zhu and Lorewalker Cho that he sought Lei Shen's Tomb beneath two false tombs in the Valley of Emperors.
• Taran Zhu objected to Dick's plan, but Dick said Yu'lon had agreed and urged the Pandaren leaders to help Pandaria return to Azeroth's civilized world.

At the Keg-Shaped Market, Golaya reunited with Jalak and introduced him to Gavincente, whose strength sparked a challenge. Gavincente blocked Jalak’s opening strike and hurled him aside, leaving their battle underway with Jalak outmatched.

• Golaya reunited with Jalak at the Keg-Shaped Market and explained that he had survived the storm with the Loa’s protection.
• Golaya introduced Jalak to Gavincente as a powerful warrior, and the two warriors’ competitive spirits stirred.
• Jalak hurled a wine jar at Gavincente, who caught it and challenged him to fight.
• Gavincente transformed into his four-meter-tall giant form and told Jalak to fight without mercy.
• Jalak charged Gavincente with his war glaive, but Gavincente blocked the blow, punched him in the abdomen, and threw him backward.

Gavincente and Jalak fought a brutal duel that ended when Jalak refused to yield and resumed the battle alongside Horridon. A black aura and a maddened voice overwhelmed Gavincente’s rage, and he begged Jalak to knock him out before he lost control and killed everyone.

• Gavincente attacked Jalak, and the two warriors exchanged blows until Gavincente broke Jalak’s glaive and knocked him down.
• Gavincente challenged Jalak to keep fighting, and Jalak rejected defeat when Horridon charged to protect him.
• Jalak mounted Horridon and coordinated its attacks against Gavincente, who began losing control of his power.
• A mad voice drove Gavincente into a killing frenzy, and Horridon’s horns pierced him during their head-on clash.
• Gavincente recognized the danger of his uncontrolled rage and begged Jalak to knock him out.

Gavincente, corrupted by the Sha of Anger, rampaged through the Valley of the Four Winds while Dick hurried to intercept him. The chapter ended with Dick blocking Gavincente’s path in a blaze of Holy Light.

• Gavincente seized Jalak, but Horridon charged him into a mountainside and broke one of his horns.
• Golaya restrained Gavincente with shadow chains while Das and Demitier lured him southeast; Demi sent word to Dick, who warned them to keep their distance from the Sha’s corruption.
• Jalak told Golaya that a Loa-empowered Horridon might have a chance of killing Gavincente, but Golaya instead ordered their forces to prepare in case they had to fight Dick.
• Golaya and the Trolls followed as Gavincente pursued Demitier, leaving a trail of destruction through Yaungol villages.
• Dick appeared ahead of Gavincente, cut through a thrown rock with his sword, and confronted him behind a barrier of Holy Light.

Dick fought the Sha-influenced Gavincente with Holy Light, Order Power, and Anveena's help, but Gavincente's regeneration and Bladestorm prevented a quick victory. Dick recognized that further growth required Ascension to Hero as he descended from the sky to deliver a decisive hammer strike.

• Dick blocked Gavincente's charges with Holy Shields and used Avenging Wrath to counterattack with overwhelming speed.
• Dick repeatedly pierced Gavincente's heart and bypassed his Sha-tainted defenses with Order Power, but Odyn's protection rapidly healed the wounds.
• Dick summoned Anveena and switched to Fire of Justice while Anveena wielded Windfury to join the attack.
• Gavincente unleashed Bladestorm, forcing Dick and Anveena to retreat and prepare an attack from above.
• Anveena plunged from the clouds with a torrent of Holy Fire that canceled out Gavincente's Rage shield.
• Dick realized that he needed Ascension to Hero to grow stronger and descended toward Gavincente with a powerful hammer strike.

After defeating Gavincente, Dick arranged with the Shado-Pan to search Kun-Lai Summit for the Valley of Emperors and asked Golaya to help locate Thunder’s Peak. The chapter ended with Golaya ordering his kin to search the sea while waiting for Dick to prove the value of their cooperation.

• Pandaren witnessed the battle’s aftermath as Dick stood victorious over Gavincente, and Taran Zhu agreed to assign Tao Shi to assist Dick’s search of Kun-Lai Summit.
• Tao Shi listened as Dick described the Valley of Emperors, then vanished to carry out his orders.
• Golaya introduced Jalak to Dick, and Dick asked Golaya to find Thunder’s Peak, an island northwest of Kun-Lai Summit.
• Golaya questioned what Zandalar would gain from helping, and Dick offered his friendship and promised to reveal his forces.
• Golaya ordered his kin on End of Days Island to search the deep sea northwest of Kun-Lai Summit, then told Dick he would await proof.

Tao Shi discovered a hidden Mogu stronghold in Kun-Lai Summit, but was badly wounded while trying to escape and deliver the news. As Tao Shi lay dying at the Temple of the White Tiger, Dick prayed to the Holy Light to restore her and give him the power to change what had happened.

• Tao Shi searched the snowy ruins of Kun-Lai Summit for the clues Dick had mentioned and found a hidden cave containing an armed Mogu force.
• After recognizing a Mogu soldier as a Terracotta Warrior, Tao Shi tried to retreat, but a group led by a purple Mogu commander trapped her.
• Tao Shi fought the Mogu and managed to reach the Temple of the White Tiger, where three arrows and numerous wounds left her near death.
• Dick saw Tao Shi's condition and realized that his mission had made her bear a responsibility that should have been his.
• Dick prayed to the Holy Light to bring Tao Shi back and grant him the power to change what had happened.

Dick led a prepared party into Lei Shen’s tomb, pushing through the deadly traps in its false burial chamber. They found a statue of Krik'thik, whom Lorewalker Cho identified as the ancient Hozen emperor known as the Monkey King.

• Dick’s party entered Lei Shen’s tomb with the Four Celestials’ permission, knowing the group might have to die if the tomb’s dangers became uncontrollable.
• Tao Shi reported that the false tomb was packed with traps and barriers that could take months to clear, so Dick used his enormous light shield to force a path through.
• Golaya destroyed the magical mechanisms while Gavincente fought off the Quilen guards, and the party crossed the chamber in less than ten minutes.
• The party found a sculpture of a Hozen battling a Mogu general, and Lorewalker Cho identified the Hozen as Krik'thik, an ancient emperor who helped overthrow Mogu rule.
• Lorewalker Cho explained that Krik'thik had stayed beside Shaohao and had been honored by the Pandaren emperor as the Monkey King.

Dick and Golaya reached Lei Shen’s tomb after Krik'thik and a Mogu warlord awakened and began destroying the false tomb. Dick secured the Loa’s promise to aid his army in Northrend, then removed a metal sphere from Lei Shen’s corpse, triggering a final surge of power across Pandaria.

• Lorewalker Cho awakened Krik'thik and a Mogu warlord, whose battle shattered the sealing stone and caused the tomb to collapse.
• Dick ordered Tao Shi to lead the others outside and took Golaya down the passage toward Lei Shen’s tomb.
• Dick revealed Golaya’s secret plans, prompting the Loa to speak through him and promise help from loyal Drakkari priests in exchange for secrecy.
• Dick and Golaya reached Lei Shen’s tomb, where Dick opened the stone coffin and found Lei Shen’s undecayed corpse.
• Dick pierced Lei Shen’s body and pulled out a metal sphere, causing the corpse to dissolve and a psychic roar and thunderstorm to sweep across Pandaria.

Dick brought Lei Shen's Core of Lightning to the Four Celestials, who agreed to let him investigate it at the Nalak'sha Engine before meeting Ra-den. He arrived at the ancient Titan facility with his companions and awakened its four jade Quilen guardians, revealing his authority over the engine.

• Dick told the Four Celestials he would take Lei Shen's Core of Lightning to the Nalak'sha Engine, then visit Ra-den and return in about four days.
• The Four Celestials explained that the Mantid were left alive because their numbers could overwhelm Pandaria and because they bore the dark energy beneath the continent.
• Dick traveled to the Nalak'sha Engine with his companions, where Golaya and Jalak welcomed him and opened the sealed gate.
• Dick explained that the facility had been built for the towering Mogu and identified the four jade Quilen statues as its gatekeepers.
• Dick awakened the four Quilen, which recognized his presence as their master's and bowed to him.

Dick traveled with Golaya and the Zandalari Golden Fleet through the mists to the Isle of Thunder, where Ra-den’s will called to him. After arriving, Dick opened a Portal for his forces and ordered them to clear the island and advance on Lei Shen’s palace.

• Dick joined Golaya’s Zandalari Trolls at Zouchin Village and reassured him that he would honor their agreement concerning the Dark Prophet Zul.
• Golaya explained how the Zandalari crossed the mists and took Dick aboard a Golden Fleet warship bound for Thunder’s Peak.
• The warship reached the Isle of Thunder, where Jalak’s warriors had defeated the Lizardmen and captured the tyrannosaur Koagash.
• Dick set foot on the island and heard Ra-den’s will call him toward the palace where the Highkeeper was imprisoned.
• Dick used the World Blueprint and a beacon stone to open a Portal, bringing Das, Demi, Gavincente, Jianxi, Taixi, and Elegon to the island.
• Dick ordered Jianxi to lead half the army toward the palace and Taixi to eliminate the remaining unidentified forces.

Kel'Thuzad learned from the Mantid that Y'Shaarj still had a consciousness and was imprisoned somewhere in Pandaria, prompting Xal'atath to seek its remains. Klaxxi'va Ik directed him to the Temple of the Jade Serpent in the Jade Forest.

• Dick cleared most of Lei Shen's Palace and prepared to face Iron Qon and the Twin Consorts before reaching Ra-den's prison.
• Kel'Thuzad traveled through Pandaria with Xal'atath and discovered that the Sha were not Old Gods but echoes left by Y'Shaarj.
• Kel'Thuzad freed Kil'ruk the Wind-Reaver from amber, and Kil'ruk brought him to Klaxxi'vess to meet the Mantid Elders.
• The Mantid Elders told Kel'Thuzad that they served Y'Shaarj, whose imprisoned consciousness called to them once every hundred years.
• Kel'Thuzad suspected the Mantid had deliberately held back during their migrations, while Xal'atath urged him to find Y'Shaarj's remains.
• Klaxxi'va Ik advised Kel'Thuzad to search the Temple of the Jade Serpent for the Master.

Kel'Thuzad infiltrated the Temple of the Jade Serpent to search for Y'Shaarj's remains, where the Sha of Doubt restored his clarity and warned him about Xal'atath's control. He stayed in the temple to seek scholars who could decipher an ancient tome and sent Mr. Bigglesworth to find Dick.

• Kel'Thuzad entered the Temple of the Jade Serpent's library, subdued Lorewalker Shibu, and began reading an ancient bamboo tome.
• The Sha of Doubt appeared as a black version of Kel'Thuzad and told him that Xal'atath had clouded his mind and made him her servant.
• Kel'Thuzad recognized that he had been deceived and that doubt could help him resist the Old Gods' influence.
• The Sha of Doubt urged Kel'Thuzad to find Y'Shaarj's Heart and remain in the temple, where the Sha's power could protect him.
• Kel'Thuzad concealed something in Mr. Bigglesworth's pendant and sent the cat to find Dick.

Dick uncovered Ra-den’s prison beneath the Summit of Lei Shen and awakened the High Guardian. Ra-den revealed that he had staged Lei Shen’s ambush to contain Y’Shaarj, and Dick learned that the Old God’s corruption had continued to threaten Azeroth throughout Ra-den’s long sleep.

• Dick’s forces captured the Mogu Twin Consorts and took the Summit of Lei Shen after three days of fighting.
• Dick used the Core of Lightning and his Guardians authorization to open the platform beneath the Summit and descend into the underground chamber.
• Dick awakened Ra-den, who accidentally overwhelmed him with his power before healing his injuries.
• Ra-den recognized Dick as the one who had awakened him and welcomed news of the Titans, saying there was still hope.
• Ra-den explained that he knew of the Guardians’ collapse and Tyr’s death, and that Y’Shaarj had nearly taken control of him after the Pantheon fell.
• Ra-den revealed that he had deliberately let Lei Shen ambush him so he could keep Y’Shaarj contained, and Dick realized the danger the Old God posed to the Pandaren.

Dick learned that Y'Shaarj's power had returned to its heart and that Sargeras was fighting the Void, then explained why Azeroth might eventually ally with him. Ra-den entrusted Dick with the mission to save Azeroth and rebuild the Pantheon before merging his lightning core with Dick's powers and sending him onward.

• Ra-den told Dick to take Y'Shaarj's heart to Ulduar and have Algalon discard it on a barren planet, since the Void was occupied fighting Sargeras.
• Dick argued that Sargeras was an enemy Azeroth could use against the Void, and said the Pantheon had erred by seeking peace without first establishing strength and mutual deterrence.
• Dick returned Ra-den's Thunder Core and asked him to help rescue Odyn from the Halls of Valor and purify Ulduar.
• Ra-den explained the Titans Path and warned Dick to balance Tyr's Order Power with the Holy Light's Order, since relying on one source of power had caused Ra-den's own ascension to fail.
• Ra-den fused the Thunder Core with Dick's powers, charged him with saving Azeroth and rebuilding the Pantheon, and told him to take up his scepter and create a new age.

Dick endured the violent merger of the Core of Lightning with his body while Anveena joined the struggle and helped him survive. After passing a trial of purpose and claiming order as his calling, Dick gained new power and departed as Ra-den returned to dormancy.

• Dick convulsed as lightning, Holy Light, and order fought within him, and Ra-den told Anveena that Dick had to endure the transformation himself.
• Anveena repeatedly dispersed in the storm as she tried to match Dick's Holy Light, eventually helping it overpower the lightning and order energies.
• Dick met the mysterious will that questioned his purpose, and he declared that he upheld order by punishing threats and protecting the world through slaughter.
• The will accepted Dick's answer and granted him power as a Thunder Knight of order, while his system announced new permissions, a talent enhancement, and a heroic-tier increase.
• Ra-den returned to his stone-statue state, and Dick bowed before transforming into purple lightning and leaving as the Seal Mechanism closed.

At Shado-Pan Monastery, Li Li asked Anduin and Swen to help her avoid being taken back to the Wandering Isle, but their possible solution was interrupted when the Sha broke free across Pandaria. The August Celestials confronted four Sha while the Sha of Hatred led an infected army toward the monastery, where Taran Zhu, Chen Stormstout, Master Snowdrift, and the monks moved to meet it.

• Li Li asked Anduin and Swen to write official requests that would let her stay away from the Wandering Isle, but neither could provide one.
• Swen suggested Li Li seek recognition from the August Celestials, and a quake struck as Anduin hit the pavilion bell.
• The Sha broke their seals, darkened the sky, and emerged across Kun-Lai Summit; the August Celestials set out to confront them.
• Yu'lon fought the Sha of Fear, Xuen attacked the Sha of Anger, Chi-Ji confronted the Sha of Despair, and Niuzao charged the Sha of Arrogance.
• The Sha of Hatred escaped the Celestials and led infected Hozen and Yaungol toward Shado-Pan Monastery.
• Taran Zhu, Chen Stormstout, Master Snowdrift, and the other monks charged out to face the Sha of Hatred and its army, beginning a battle on the Peak of Serenity.

Valeera confronted the Sha-possessed Anduin and realized he hated her for taking the place of his parents. She let him stab her, and her embrace helped him recognize her as a mother before Dick subdued the Sha and vanished to confront the storm.

• Valeera arrived at the mountain pavilion and found Anduin possessed by the Sha, fighting Swen and attacking Li Li.
• Valeera understood that Anduin's hatred was directed at her, but she froze and let him break her arm.
• Valeera disarmed Anduin, then allowed him to stab her so she could hold him and ask for his forgiveness.
• Valeera protected Anduin from Chen Stormstout, and Anduin called her "Mom" as his hatred began to ease.
• Dick used order power to subdue Anduin, then told Chen Stormstout to care for them before disappearing toward the storm over Kun-Lai Summit.