Recaps

Jiang Jie left Lordaeron with the Fenris People's Army and a group of companions to search for a roaming island, while Jaina's fleet continued toward Kalimdor. Guided by a murloc sage, they found the Wandering Isle and sailed toward it.

• Jiang Jie inspected the Greymane Wall, concluded the front would remain at a stalemate until Archimonde's fall, and decided he could leave Lordaeron.
• Jiang Jie and Anveena subdued the local murlocs, while a fleet led by Jaina arrived to evacuate refugees and allied forces.
• During a month at sea, Jiang Jie trained the Fenris People's Army, helped its members develop internal energy, and kept Allen's worgen power restrained.
• A murloc sage reported that the Vile Fin Murlocs had found the roaming island Jiang Jie sought.
• Jiang Jie told Jaina he would rejoin her in Kalimdor within three months, then boarded a fast ship with Anveena, Allen, and the Fenris People's Army.
• A week later, Jiang Jie saw the Wandering Isle drifting across the sea and headed toward it.

The Fenris People's Army reached the Wandering Isle and discovered that it was the back of the giant sea turtle Shen-zin Su. Jiang Jie led the group onto the turtle, where they prepared to explore and learn Pandaren martial arts and chi.

• After a week at sea, the Fenris People's Army spotted the Wandering Isle moving and realized it was a gigantic sea turtle.
• Jiang Jie identified the turtle as Shen-zin Su and explained the Wandering Isle's connection to the Pandaren and the group's purpose for visiting.
• Jiang Jie crossed the sea with an elven rope and tied it to a tree on Shen-zin Su's shell, creating a bridge from the ship.
• Anveena flew across, Ivan ran across the rope, and the others crossed beneath it before all safely reached the Wandering Isle.
• Jiang Jie waved the ship away and invited the group to explore the island.

Jiang Jie climbed toward the Shrine of Tranquility and tested a young male Pandaren’s fighting skills. After Jiang Jie overwhelmed him with Wudang Cotton Palm, the Pandaren admitted defeat and wondered what Jiang Jie was.

• Jiang Jie identified the cliff as the route to the Shrine of Tranquility and climbed up, securing a rope for the others.
• Jiang Jie sensed a young male Pandaren approaching and attacked him without warning to test Pandaren martial arts.
• The Pandaren blocked Jiang Jie’s first punch and countered with a fast rolling attack and flying kick, but Jiang Jie held his ground.
• Jiang Jie switched from Taizu Long Fist to Wudang Cotton Palm, frustrating the Pandaren as Anveena and the others watched and commented.
• The Pandaren ended the fight, admitted Jiang Jie was stronger, and asked whether he was a mutated Hozen or a disciple of Master Shang Xi.

Jiang Jie and his companions traveled with Ji Firepaw to Shang Xi's Training Grounds, where they prepared to meet Master Shang Xi. The chapter ended as they reached the hilltop and followed Ji Firepaw toward him.

• Jiang Jie introduced himself to Ji Firepaw, who explained that he was one of Master Shang Xi's disciples and recalled hearing about humans from Li Li.
• Ji Firepaw told Jiang Jie about Li Li, Chen Stormstout, and the races beyond the Wandering Isle as they traveled together.
• Ji Firepaw led Jiang Jie and his companions toward Shang Xi's Training Grounds so he could report their arrival to Master Shang Xi.
• Jiang Jie saw the peaceful training grounds and more than a hundred young Pandaren practicing martial arts.
• Ji Firepaw quieted as they reached the hilltop, and Jiang Jie followed him toward Master Shang Xi.

Jiang Jie met Master Shang Xi at Shang Xi's Training Grounds and asked to learn Pandaren martial arts so he could grow strong enough to survive the coming battles in Kalimdor. Shang Xi recognized Jiang Jie's unusual cultivation and led him to the Temple of the Five Dawns.

• Ji Firepaw brought Jiang Jie and his companions through the tower courtyard to meet the meditating Master Shang Xi.
• Xiao Feng assessed Shang Xi as a half-Grandmaster, while Jiang Jie considered how Pandaren Chi and martial arts related to human cultivation.
• Jiang Jie and the Fenris People's Army saluted Shang Xi, who asked Jiang Jie what had brought him there.
• Jiang Jie said he wanted to learn Pandaren martial arts to strengthen himself for the dangers of Kalimdor.
• Shang Xi told Ji Firepaw to arrange lodging for the others, then took Jiang Jie south to the Temple of the Five Dawns.

Jiang Jie and Master Shang Xi exchanged martial arts knowledge, and Shang Xi quickly advanced to Xiantian after learning Chinese internal arts. After another month of training, Jiang Jie also converted his internal energy into chi and entered the Xiantian realm.

• Jiang Jie and Master Shang Xi compared Chinese martial arts with Pandaren martial arts and taught each other their principles.
• Jiang Jie taught Master Shang Xi Daoist internal arts and the Xiantian Art, and Shang Xi reached the Houtian Tenth Layer and then Xiantian First Layer in one day.
• Master Shang Xi arranged for the Fenris People's Army martial artists to train and spar with the Pandaren.
• Jiang Jie opened all his meridians, cultivated chi, and converted his internal energy into chi, entering the Xiantian realm.

After reaching the Xiantian realm, Jiang Jie discovered that his martial arts had become far more powerful and began learning the next stage of the Black Tortoise Longevity Art. He sought permission to communicate with Shen-zin Su so he could study the ancient turtle, and Master Shang Xi agreed to have Ji and Aysa help him find the four elemental spirits.

• Jiang Jie tested his Xiantian chi, using Dragon-Subduing Palm, Pegasus Meteor Finger, and Crane-Controlling Dragon-Capturing Hand to destroy rocks with ease.
• Xiao Feng congratulated Jiang Jie on becoming a Xiantian master and taught him the next nine Dragon-Subduing Palms.
• Xiao Feng told Jiang Jie to focus on the Xiantian portion of the Black Tortoise Longevity Art, which could form a Black Tortoise true body through observing turtles and snakes or dragons.
• Jiang Jie decided to observe Cloud Serpents in Pandaria and to study Shen-zin Su on the Wandering Isle.
• Jiang Jie asked Master Shang Xi to help him communicate with Shen-zin Su, and Master Shang Xi agreed to send Ji and Aysa to guide him to the four ancient elemental spirits.

Jiang Jie went with Ji Firepaw and Aysa Cloudsinger to find Huo the Fire Spirit, passing Master Li Fei’s test along the way. Huo appeared and agreed to go with Anveena after she promised to show him the outside world.

• Ji Firepaw took Jiang Jie to the Pool of the Paw, where Aysa Cloudsinger practiced balance on a lotus leaf.
• Ji Firepaw drove off the Grookin Hill monkeys as the group traveled to the Shrine of the Inner-Light.
• Master Li Fei challenged Jiang Jie to defeat him, and Jiang Jie passed the test using Taijiquan.
• Huo the Fire Spirit appeared before Jiang Jie, but his heat drove Master Li Fei and the others back.
• Anveena revealed that she had woken Huo and persuaded him to come along by promising to play with him and show him the outside world.

Anveena persuaded Huo, Shu, and Wugou to join the search for the ancient Elemental Spirits, and the group found the frightened wind spirit Dafeng at the Temple of the Whispering Winds. After the four spirits defeated Zhaoren the Onyx Cloud Serpent, Jiang Jie beat him into submission and planned to study his form for his martial arts.

• Anveena persuaded Huo to join the group, and the Monks celebrated his awakening.
• At the Pools of Singing, Anveena befriended Shu, then Shu helped wake Wugou at the Dai-Lo Farmstead, where Anveena persuaded him to come along.
• Jiang Jie warned the spirits that the outside world was dangerous, but Huo, Shu, and Wugou promised to protect him.
• The group reached the Temple of the Whispering Winds, where Anveena learned that Zhaoren had bullied Dafeng and took the spirits to confront the Onyx Cloud Serpent.
• The four ancient Elemental Spirits defeated Zhaoren, and Jiang Jie decided his form could help him study dragon techniques and the Black Tortoise Longevity Art.
• Jiang Jie beat Zhaoren for ten minutes until the Onyx Cloud Serpent submitted completely.

Jiang Jie subdued Zhaoren the Onyx Cloud Serpent and brought the Pandaren leaders to meet Shen-zin Su. Shen-zin Su revealed his loneliness and asked for help escaping the ocean and traveling again, and Jiang Jie said he might have a solution.

• Jiang Jie subdued Zhaoren and rode him with Aysa, Ji, and the elemental spirits back to the Temple of the Five Dawns.
• Jiang Jie met Master Shang Xi and Elder Shaopai, then carried them and the others to the edge of the Wandering Isle.
• Master Shang Xi thanked Shen-zin Su on behalf of Liu Lang's descendants and asked what they could do for him.
• Shen-zin Su described how he had lost Liu Lang and spent centuries lonely and unable to travel freely as his body grew enormous.
• Jiang Jie said he might have a way to help Shen-zin Su.

Jiang Jie proposed ways for Shen-zin Su to leave his enormous body without sinking the Wandering Isle, ultimately suggesting that he cultivate his soul. The chapter ended with Jiang Jie asking to study Shen-zin Su so he could adapt the method to him.

• Jiang Jie proposed having a mage transfer Shen-zin Su's soul into a smaller body, or using dark magic to split his soul, but Shen-zin Su rejected the latter and Master Shang Xi pointed out the danger of removing his soul.
• Jiang Jie suggested that Shen-zin Su learn spirit cultivation, which could let him travel in soul form while leaving the Wandering Isle intact.
• Jiang Jie explained that Shen-zin Su's eight centuries of life had likely made his soul powerful enough to reach the level of a legendary being or Wild God.
• Master Shang Xi welcomed the possibility of Shen-zin Su becoming another guardian for the Pandaren, but Jiang Jie said he first needed to understand Shen-zin Su's body and adapt the method.
• Jiang Jie asked Shen-zin Su to let him study him so he could develop a suitable cultivation method.

Jiang Jie discovered a magical pearl inside Shen-zin Su and learned that it could show distant places, including Pandaria. After failing to use it to scan Shen-zin Su, he returned to Zhaoren the Onyx Cloud Serpent's back.

• Jiang Jie explored Shen-zin Su's enormous interior and found that his Chi could barely affect the giant turtle.
• Jiang Jie found a luminous pearl among the junk in Shen-zin Su's belly and suspected it was the Pearl of Pandaria.
• Jiang Jie activated the pearl and saw a mist-covered land that he identified as Pandaria.
• Jiang Jie used the pearl to view an uninhabited island near Theramore but could not locate Northwatch Hold, Stormwind City, or Moonglade.
• Jiang Jie failed to use the pearl to scan Shen-zin Su and returned to Zhaoren the Onyx Cloud Serpent's back.

Jiang Jie opened Shang Xi's Training Grounds on the Wandering Isle and taught martial cultivation for seven days before preparing to leave for Azshara. He departed with several companions and spotted a tiny female Pandaren near Morning Breeze Village.

• Jiang Jie asked Shen-zin Su to take the group to Dustwallow Marsh or the Barrens, but Shen-zin Su said Azshara was closer and admitted he did not want to return to Pandaria yet.
• Master Shang Xi offered Jiang Jie Shang Xi's Training Grounds so he could establish a martial arts school, and Jiang Jie agreed to teach there.
• Jiang Jie taught Pandaren basic martial cultivation for seven days and formally accepted the Fenris People's Army members as disciples, with Lilian ranked first, Sven second, Darion third, and Ivan fourth.
• Jiang Jie said farewell to Elder Shaopai and Master Li Fei, then left the Wandering Isle with Zhaoren, the four Elemental Spirits, Ji, and Aysa.
• As Jiang Jie's group traveled through the forest toward the coast, he spotted a tiny female Pandaren near Morning Breeze Village.

Eight-year-old Li Li Stormstout escaped her father’s watch to search for a human martial artist, but got lost and was attacked by monkeys. She encountered Zhaoren the Onyx Cloud Serpent and climbed onto his back, eager to begin her adventure.

• Li Li slipped away after secretly giving Master Gao something that left him stuck in the toilet, then wandered toward the Temple of the Five Dawns and Shang Xi's Training Grounds.
• Li Li confronted a troop of monkeys that tried to steal the scroll in her backpack, but they pelted her with stones and overwhelmed her.
• The monkeys suddenly fled, and Li Li found Zhaoren, whom she recognized as the Onyx Cloud Serpent.
• Li Li leaped onto Zhaoren's back and announced that she was taking him wandering.

Jiang Jie agreed to take Li Li on a journey after she insisted on becoming his disciple, and Elder Pao Stormstout gave his permission. At the Forest of Staves, Master Shang Xi revealed that he planned to let his body die and become the forest’s eternal guardian to weaken the lingering evil of Y'Shaarj.

• Li Li climbed onto Zhaoren, then declared Jiang Jie her master and begged him to take her wandering.
• Jiang Jie and the others persuaded Elder Pao Stormstout to let Li Li travel with them, and he agreed on the condition that she find her uncle.
• Li Li charmed the group into giving her gifts, asked Jiang Jie to give her Zhaoren, and received a ruby necklace instead.
• Jiang Jie defeated the stone lions and drove away Thornbranch Scamps before the group met Master Shang Xi at the Forest of Staves.
• Master Shang Xi explained that he would let his body fail and his soul become the forest’s guardian, using his newfound power to dispel the Wandering Isle’s lingering evil from Y'Shaarj.

Jiang Jie witnessed Master Shang Xi begin his transformation and received a vision that sent him west toward Ashenvale. There, Mannoroth corrupted the Lake of Life to lure the Warsong Orcs into serving the Burning Legion against Cenarius.

• Master Shang Xi began abandoning his physical body to strengthen his soul, while Jiang Jie and the others mourned his departure.
• Jiang Jie and his companions left Shen-zin Su and set out toward the burning land of Azshara.
• Jiang Jie saw visions of a legendary Orc warrior and Cenarius, then urged the group to hurry toward Ashenvale.
• Tichondrius and Mannoroth discussed killing Cenarius before the Legion attacked Mount Hyjal.
• Mannoroth killed the Furbolg guards and poured his blood into the Lake of Life to corrupt it and draw the Orcs to its power.
• Tichondrius departed for Felwood, and Mannoroth went to wait near the Warsong Orcs.

Jiang Jie led the Fenris People's Army through demon-infested Azshara and reached Ashenvale, where the Pearl of Pandaria showed Grom Hellscream's Orcs drinking Mannoroth's blood. Worried that Cenarius might already be in danger, Jiang Jie confronted a Keeper of the Grove and demanded to know whether the demigod was still alive.

• Jiang Jie and the Fenris People's Army fought their way through groups of demons in Azshara, with Sven, Aysa, Ji, the Elemental Spirits, and Zhaoren helping lead the battles.
• Li Li directed the fighters from her crane as the group crossed into Ashenvale by way of the mountains and the Southfury River.
• Jiang Jie used the Pearl of Pandaria and saw Grom Hellscream lead Warsong Orcs to drink the blood-tainted lake water, gaining demonic power before heading into the forest.
• Jiang Jie steered his group west through Ashenvale, avoiding a canyon where Mannoroth might be hiding and sensing that local guardians were watching them.
• Jiang Jie rushed a great tree, pinned a Keeper of the Grove with Strom'kar, and demanded to know whether Cenarius was still alive.

Jiang Jie reached Cenarius’s battlefield after learning that demon-blooded Orcs had him surrounded and wounded. Grom’s arrival made the battle even more dangerous, as he had become strong enough to challenge a demigod.

• Jiang Jie persuaded a Keeper of the Grove to confirm Cenarius was under siege and lead him to the battle.
• Jiang Jie flew ahead on the Onyx Cloud Serpent, while the Keeper of the Grove and his companions followed with the others.
• Jiang Jie arrived near the Ashenvale-Barrens border and saw Orcs overwhelming Cenarius, the Keepers of the Grove, Dryads, Night Elf sentinels, and Treants.
• Cenarius fought back with nature magic and thorn-covered vines, but Grom wounded him with Gorehowl.
• Grom’s second dose of Mannoroth’s blood had made him the strongest Warrior in the Orcish Horde, powerful enough to challenge a demigod.

Jiang Jie intervened as Grom’s demonic power overwhelmed Cenarius, but his attacks could not harm the legendary orc. Unable to reason with Grom, Jiang Jie invoked the orcs’ sacred tradition and challenged him to Mak’gora.

• Grom wounded Cenarius with Gorehowl, whose demonic power prevented Cenarius from healing quickly.
• Jiang Jie attacked Grom with a fireball, Twin Dragons Fetch Water, and arrows from Thori'dal, but Grom blocked or endured every strike.
• Jiang Jie realized that ordinary magic and his martial techniques were ineffective against Grom’s legendary strength and demonic protection.
• Jiang Jie tried to persuade Grom to stop fighting Cenarius and resist Mannoroth’s control, but Grom answered with a roar and his forces attacked.
• Jiang Jie instructed Anveena to carry out a quiet scheme, leaped from Zhaoren the Onyx Cloud Serpent, and challenged Grom to Mak’gora.

Jiang Jie challenged Grom to Mak'gora to save Cenarius and secured a duel under rules that stripped away their armor, weapons, and powers. After Grom agreed to fight hand to hand inside a marked circle, Jiang Jie redirected his charge and forced him outside, winning the duel.

• Jiang Jie invoked Mak'gora, and the Orcs' reverence for the ritual helped Grom regain his senses and accept the challenge.
• Jiang Jie and Grom discarded their armor and fought with their weapons, but Jiang Jie repeatedly dodged Grom's attacks using his speed.
• Jiang Jie proposed an unarmed duel inside a circle, and Grom accepted.
• Jiang Jie used Taijiquan and precise footwork to redirect Grom's charge and send him outside the circle.
• Jiang Jie declared Grom the loser of Mak'gora.

Jiang Jie defeated Grom by making him break the rules of Mak'gora, then took Gorehowl and trapped him behind an elemental barrier. He left Ashenvale Forest with Cenarius and told the orcs to bring Thrall to the eastern canyon in three days if they wanted the axe back.

• Jiang Jie used Silk-Reeling Jin to throw Grom out of the circle, but Grom lost control of the demonic power and struck Jiang Jie down.
• Jiang Jie declared Grom defeated for using demonic power, while Mannoroth's voice urged Grom to kill him and reclaim Gorehowl.
• Jiang Jie seized Gorehowl and summoned the four little Elemental Spirits to trap Grom inside a barrier.
• Jiang Jie told the orcs to bring Thrall to the eastern canyon in three days to recover Gorehowl, then departed with the grievously wounded Cenarius.

After being brought to Forest Song, Jiang Jie received treatment while Cenarius gathered his followers and warned that the Orcs had fallen to demonic influence. Jiang Jie spent a day expelling the demonic power from his body and meditating on his Xiantian cultivation before Cenarius summoned him the next morning.

• Cenarius and Jiang Jie arrived at Forest Song with Anveena, Jiang Jie's apprentices, and their Night Elf protectors.
• Cenarius told Keeper Ordanus that demons had tempted the Orcs and ordered him to gather everyone and notify Tyrande.
• Cenarius recognized Jiang Jie as the one who had saved him, then went to purge the demonic power invading his body.
• Ordanus healed Jiang Jie's injuries, and Jiang Jie spent the next day expelling the lingering demonic power from himself.
• Jiang Jie reflected on his Xiantian cultivation and focused on opening the acupoints in his legs to improve his lightness skills.
• The next morning, a Keeper of the Grove told Jiang Jie that Cenarius had summoned him.

Jiang Jie persuaded Cenarius to pause the Night Elves' conflict with the Orcs so they could focus on fighting the Burning Legion. Cenarius agreed to watch the Orcs for a month and gave Jiang Jie a mark of nature before he left to prepare for Mannoroth's death.

• Jiang Jie told Cenarius that the Burning Legion had invaded Kalimdor and that the Orcs had followed the same prophet's guidance as the humans.
• Cenarius described his hatred of the Orcs for cutting down trees, while Jiang Jie warned that Archimonde and Mannoroth posed a greater threat to Ashenvale.
• Jiang Jie explained that Thrall and the Orcs would try to free Grom from demonic control and kill Mannoroth, then urged Cenarius to let them fight the Legion first.
• Cenarius agreed to pull back the Night Elves' defenses and give the Orcs a month to prove their sincerity while the Druids awakened.
• Cenarius placed a mark of nature on Jiang Jie, allowing him to draw closer to nature and hear Cenarius from afar, and Jiang Jie departed.

Kael'thas and Estulan agreed that the Shen'dralar would join the Silvermoon Council and that High Elves would settle and rebuild Dire Maul, but they learned Archimonde had invaded Ashenvale. Jiang Jie found the Burning Legion advancing in force and called for help while preparing to confront Mannoroth.

• Kael'thas learned that the Shen'dralar had used Immol'thar's energy to resist magic addiction, and Estulan explained how the demon's prison worked.
• Kael'thas welcomed Estulan and the Shen'dralar into Quel'Thalas and the Silvermoon Council, agreeing to bring High Elves to rebuild Dire Maul.
• Telestra told Kael'thas that Archimonde and the Burning Legion had entered Ashenvale, and Kael'thas considered hunting demons there to obtain energy.
• Jiang Jie killed demons near Ashenvale and discovered that the Legion had occupied the area and opened several abyssal gates, especially at Demon Fall Canyon.
• Jiang Jie contacted Cenarius for help; Cenarius said he was too badly wounded to fight and promised that Tyrande would assist.
• Jiang Jie continued preparing to challenge Mannoroth and wondered whether Shandris would join the battle.

Jiang Jie joined Jaina, Thrall, and Cairne in the battle against the demon-controlled Warsong Clan and its pit commander. After Cairne and Jaina helped hold the demon at bay, Jiang Jie struck its head with Strom'kar and left it dying as the battle continued.

• Jiang Jie used the Pearl of Pandaria to witness demons fighting beside Grom and learned that the Warsong Clan had drunk demon blood again.
• Jiang Jie flew to the battlefield, rescued Jaina, and brought Thrall and Cairne to the Warsong camp on Zhaoren.
• Jiang Jie attacked Grom, but Thrall leaped down to fight him while Jiang Jie turned to face the pit commander.
• Cairne wounded the pit commander with his runespear, and Jaina froze its joints with powerful Frostbolts.
• Jiang Jie drove Strom'kar into the pit commander's head, leaving the demon fatally wounded.