Recaps

Jiang Jie reached Zul'Aman and found Zul'jin had absorbed the power and souls of four Loa, becoming a powerful but aging Legendary warrior. After Zul'jin's animal forms failed to challenge him, he asked to die by Strom'kar, and Jiang Jie accepted his final request.

• Jiang Jie found Zul'jin atop an altar beside the corpses of four animals tied to the Loa.
• Jiang Jie realized Zul'jin had absorbed five Legendary souls, making him a pseudo-High-tier Legendary.
• Zul'jin attacked Jiang Jie in Eagle, Dragonhawk, Lynx, and Dire Bear forms, but none could match him.
• Zul'jin returned to Troll Form and asked whether Jiang Jie was Thoradin's inheritor, then requested to die by Strom'kar.
• Jiang Jie drew Strom'kar and charged at Zul'jin.

Jiang Jie returned from Zul'Aman and told Lor'themar that all seven legendary enemies were dead, clearing the way for the allied army's assault. As the forces charged into Zul'Aman, Jiang Jie left after asking Lor'themar to give Zul'jin a hero's burial.

• Lor'themar refused Halduron's calls to enter Zul'Aman, while the commanders worried about Jiang Jie's fate and the danger of war with Lordaeron.
• A ranger sentry announced Jiang Jie had returned, and he emerged from Zul'Aman covered in blood and grieving a fallen hero.
• Jiang Jie told Lor'themar that all seven legendaries were dead and that the army could begin its all-out assault.
• Lor'themar ordered the paladins, Darkspear troops, rangers, and mages to attack Zul'Aman, and the allied forces charged in.
• Jiang Jie asked Lor'themar to bury Zul'jin in Zul'Aman with a hero's honors, then flew away.

After defeating Zul'jin, Jiang Jie began absorbing the sealed Loa souls while the northern expedition was being planned. Calia revealed that she was pregnant with Jiang Jie's son and asked him to name the child before he left for the conference.

• After Zul'jin died, Anveena sealed portions of four Loa souls, and Pyralis devoured Zul'Aman's soul before returning to Strom'kar to digest it.
• Jiang Jie began absorbing the eight gems containing sealed portions of Loa souls with Anveena's help.
• As the northern expedition approached, Calia withdrew from public affairs, and nobles suspected she was pregnant with Jiang Jie's child.
• Jiang Jie arrived in Lordaeron for the northern expedition conference, and Daphne led him to Calia's bedchamber.
• Calia told Jiang Jie she was pregnant, and he sensed that their child was a healthy boy.
• Calia asked Jiang Jie to name their son, and he chose Thoradin Menethil before leaving for the conference.

Jiang Jie attended the Eastern Kingdoms meeting, where Regent Bolvar revealed that King Varian had been missing for a month. Suspecting Onyxia was responsible, Jiang Jie resolved to seek Duke Jorach’s help as the northern expedition began.

• Liadrin teased Jiang Jie about visiting Queen Calia, then explained that her wedding to Lor'themar had been postponed until after the northern expedition.
• Jiang Jie and Liadrin encountered a cold Sylvanas on their way to the King's Hall.
• Jiang Jie greeted the leaders gathered for the meeting, including Bolvar, who represented Stormwind instead of King Varian.
• Bolvar announced that Varian had been missing for a month, prompting the assembled leaders to offer aid in finding him.
• Jiang Jie suspected Onyxia had abducted Varian and decided to ask Duke Jorach for help.
• Jiang Jie opened the meeting and declared that the northern expedition had begun and Arthas and the Scourge would fall.

The Alliance organized eight legions for its Northrend campaign, while Jiang Jie said farewell to Calia and Fenna before asking Duke Jorach to help locate the missing Varian Wrynn. Fenna revealed that she was nearing the legendary realm, and the chapter ended with the Assassins' League agreeing to do what it could against Onyxia.

• The Alliance assigned eight legions to fight the Scourge across Northrend, including Jiang Jie as deputy commander of the Gryphon Rider force.
• Jiang Jie visited Calia, who urged him to say goodbye to Fenna and their child before leaving for Northrend.
• Fenna told Jiang Jie that her understanding of protection had opened the path to the legendary realm, and he left the four little Elemental Spirits and Zhaoren to guard her.
• Anveena teleported Jiang Jie to Ravenholdt Manor, where he asked Duke Jorach to rescue King Varian from Onyxia.
• Duke Jorach explained that Onyxia had split Varian in two, was returning the kind half to Stormwind, and that the Assassins' League had no news of the courageous half.

Jiang Jie visited the newly rebuilt Dalaran, where he discussed the Kirin Tor Council’s vacant seat and lack of a chairman with its archmages. The next morning, the archmages raised Dalaran into the sky.

• Jiang Jie left Darion in command of a hundred Stromgarde guards and gryphon riders, while Lilian returned from Ravenholdt Manor as a master assassin.
• Jiang Jie traveled to Dalaran with Tsul'Kalu and toured the city’s districts and landmarks.
• Jiang Jie congratulated Rhonin on joining the Kirin Tor Council and asked who would fill its remaining seat; Modera said Jaina had been considered but was too young and busy.
• Jiang Jie learned that the council had no chairman and hinted that an extraordinary new member and chairman might soon appear.
• Jiang Jie toured Dalaran with Anveena and Tsul'Kalu, and the next morning the archmages raised the city into the sky.

Jiang Jie brought Dalaran to Crystalsong Forest to replenish its energy and the gaming pod’s dwindling reserves, while learning the forest’s history and navigating its factions. After a week of gathering energy without provoking the forest, the person he had been waiting for finally arrived.

• Dalaran teleported to a strange world near Icecrown Glacier, and Jiang Jie looked down on Crystalsong Forest.
• Jiang Jie recalled how Highborne mages in ancient Shandaral stole the Blue Dragonflight’s spell and artifacts, accidentally crystallizing half of Moonsong Forest and destroying their city.
• Anveena teleported Jiang Jie and the gorilla into the forest, where the gorilla began hunting and Jiang Jie sought energy for the gaming pod and Dalaran.
• Over the following week, Anveena helped Jiang Jie gather enough energy for the gaming pod to last several months, while friendly forest factions and the forest itself tolerated him.
• A week later, the person Jiang Jie had been waiting for arrived.

Jiang Jie met with Faol and Gunther to discuss their growing power and the state of the war in Northrend. Faol reported Arthas’s strength and the threat posed by Yogg-Saron and Anub'arak, while Jiang Jie set limits on the Forsaken’s conduct.

• Faol marveled at Jiang Jie’s strength and revealed that he had completed Light's Wrath using the dark gem.
• Jiang Jie warned Gunther that Patriarch Alexei must not pursue the throne and said the Barov Family would be destroyed if he did.
• Faol said the Lich King's helm could control only three thousand undead, and described Arthas’s forces in Icecrown, including enslaved Vrykul, abominations, Frost Wyrms, and Acherus.
• Faol identified Yogg-Saron, the Faceless Ones, and Anub'arak’s Nerubians as major threats beyond Arthas’s Scourge.
• Jiang Jie said the allied expeditionary forces could handle Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord, and warned that he would destroy the Forsaken if they slaughtered people to swell their ranks.

Jiang Jie traveled to Wintergrasp to seek powerful allies among the Titan watchers in the Vault of Archavon. After Anveena sensed the watchers waking, a voice condemned them as intruders, leaving their encounter on the brink of conflict.

• Jiang Jie assessed the northern fronts and decided to seek allies in Wintergrasp while planning to visit the Grizzly Hills later.
• Jiang Jie, Anveena, and Tsul'Kalu reached the Vault of Archavon after a week of travel.
• White Gorilla smashed open the vault gate, and Jiang Jie ordered Tsul'Kalu to stay outside.
• Rock guardians attacked Jiang Jie and Anveena as they entered the vault.
• Anveena sensed that all four watchers had awakened, and one warned the intruders that they would die for coveting the Titans' treasures.

Jiang Jie and Anveena confronted the four powerful watchers guarding the vault, but Anveena revealed Ironaya’s scepter and identified herself as a newly appointed Lesser Keeper. Archavon agreed to verify her identity with a Titan device, and the chapter ended as the test was about to begin.

• Jiang Jie urged Anveena to reveal who she was rather than fight the four watchers.
• Anveena transformed into a Titan Keeper and displayed Ironaya’s scepter, prompting the watchers to question how she had obtained it.
• Jiang Jie explained that the Titan program in Uldaman appointed Anveena with Archaedas’s approval, and he told the watchers that Archaedas had fallen.
• Archavon accepted that Anveena might be a Lesser Keeper and invited her and Jiang Jie to a Titan device for verification.
• Koralon, Emalon, and Toravon followed Jiang Jie and Anveena through the vault, blocking their retreat as they reached Archavon’s chamber.
• A metal panel rose from a platform, and Archavon told Anveena to step forward for identity verification.

Anveena’s identity as a newly appointed Lesser Keeper was broadcast across Azeroth, alerting the surviving Titan Keepers and Yogg-Saron to her existence. Jiang Jie learned that the four vault watchers could not leave their post, but secured their promise to help Anveena when she later went to Ulduar.

• Anveena activated the metal panel, which identified her as a Lesser Keeper appointed by Archaedas and broadcast her identity across Azeroth.
• The broadcast awakened Titan Keepers across the world and drew Yogg-Saron’s attention; Jiang Jie realized Anveena’s identity was no longer secret.
• Jiang Jie asked Archavon and the other watchers to help fight the Scourge and Yogg-Saron, but Archavon explained that they had to guard the vault and its prison systems.
• Anveena confirmed the watchers’ duties were genuine, and Jiang Jie told them that she would eventually need their help against Yogg-Saron in Ulduar.
• The four watchers agreed to answer Anveena’s summons when she was ready to confront the threats in Ulduar.

Jiang Jie and Anveena reached Sholazar Basin, where Freya’s avatar was fighting a Scourge invasion. After helping her troops and revealing their identities, they learned that a powerful weapon in Un’Goro Crater might be needed to stop the undead.

• Jiang Jie led Anveena and Tsul'Kalu to Sholazar Basin, where the Scourge had ravaged the land.
• Jiang Jie sent Tsul'Kalu to attack the undead and healed the wounded nature elementals as he advanced toward Freya’s avatar.
• Freya’s avatar questioned Jiang Jie, who identified himself as Cenarius’s student and introduced Anveena as the new Lesser Keeper.
• Freya’s avatar explained that the undead kept coming from Icecrown Glacier and asked Jiang Jie and Anveena to retrieve a powerful weapon in Un'Goro Crater.
• Freya’s avatar told them to activate the waygate at Maker’s Perch and Maker’s Overlook to reach Un'Goro Crater.

Jiang Jie and Anveena recovered the Omega Rune and used it to activate the Etymidian, then joined Tsul'Kalu in attacking the Scourge in Avalanche Foothills. Anveena drove the Etymidian into battle against Bonescythe the Fleshshaper while Jiang Jie flew off to confront Hailscorn.

• Jiang Jie infiltrated the Maker's Overlook, activated Waygate Control: Tethys, and reunited with Anveena to travel to Un'Goro Crater.
• Jiang Jie found the Etymidian but discovered it needed the Omega Rune, which he located at the Shaper's Terrace with his gaming pod.
• Jiang Jie and Anveena returned the Omega Rune to Freya's avatar, who activated the Etymidian and gave Anveena control of it.
• Freya's avatar identified Bonescythe the Fleshshaper, Ugroth the Thousand-Grave, and Hailscorn as Scourge leaders, and assigned Jiang Jie, Anveena, and Tsul'Kalu to attack them.
• Tsul'Kalu charged through the undead while Anveena piloted the Etymidian into Avalanche Foothills and battled Bonescythe the Fleshshaper.

Jiang Jie led the Etymidian toward Corp'rethar: The Horror Gate to destroy the Scourge’s abomination-making facility before Arthas could respond. Arthas ordered reinforcements and flew toward Sholazar Basin, while Meryl rallied the Forsaken to intercept him.

• Anveena used the Etymidian to kill Ugroth, while Jiang Jie defeated Hailscorn and Tsul'Kalu was left without a sparring partner.
• Jiang Jie ordered the group to attack Corp'rethar: The Horror Gate and asked Anveena to contact Master Meryl for Naxxramas's help.
• Tsul'Kalu struggled against the undead horde as the Etymidian helped push through to Corp'rethar: The Horror Gate.
• Arthas ordered Thassarian to reinforce Corp'rethar and took Sindragosa toward Sholazar Basin.
• Meryl told King Thoradin that Jiang Jie needed help intercepting Arthas, and Thoradin set out with Apocalypse.

Jiang Jie, Anveena, and Tsul'Kalu attacked the Scourge stitching grounds, destroying undead, abomination-making equipment, and a cave before reinforcements made the battlefield too dangerous. Jiang Jie sent Anveena and Tsul'Kalu back to Sholazar Basin and set out toward Icecrown Citadel to confront Arthas.

• Jiang Jie judged that Anveena and the Etymidian could kill undead faster than he and Tsul'Kalu, while the Scourge gathered more forces at the summit.
• Jiang Jie ordered Anveena to destroy the abomination-making cave and Tsul'Kalu to smash the machines as they launched area attacks against the undead.
• Anveena collapsed the cave with the Etymidian and earth magic, while she, Jiang Jie, and Tsul'Kalu destroyed undead and Scourge equipment for an hour.
• Jiang Jie saw more undead and liches arrive, then ordered Anveena and Tsul'Kalu to return to Sholazar Basin and assist Freya's avatar.
• Jiang Jie looked toward Icecrown Citadel and declared that he was going to face Arthas.

Jiang Jie reached Naxxramas as Arthas’s Frost Wyrms besieged the flying fortress, then joined the battle and cut through the undead dragons. He confronted Arthas on Sindragosa’s back, and their showdown began above Icecrown Glacier.

• Jiang Jie flew to Naxxramas and saw Arthas’s forces surrounding the fortress while Meryl and the others struggled to defend it.
• Meryl ordered the defenders to withdraw, and Naxxramas began flying north as the Frost Wyrms pursued it.
• Jiang Jie arrived, killed four Frost Wyrms, and landed on Sindragosa’s back to challenge Arthas.
• Jiang Jie and Arthas exchanged threats before beginning their duel in the skies above Icecrown Glacier.

Jiang Jie fought Arthas across Sindragosa's back but could not kill him while Icecrown Glacier's immense frost energy sustained him. As the battle shifted against Jiang Jie, he escaped the Frost Wyrms and vowed to kill Arthas the next time they met.

• Jiang Jie matched Arthas in strength and drove him back with a flurry of sword attacks, but his wounds did little to harm the Death Knight.
• Jiang Jie realized Arthas could only be killed by destroying Frostmourne, overpowering his soul, or stripping away the frost energy sustaining him.
• Naxxramas flew away, while King Thoradin, Meryl, Gunther, and Alexei helped defeat the pursuing Frost Wyrms.
• Arthas roared and summoned the Frost Wyrms to attack Jiang Jie after forcing him back with a slash.
• Jiang Jie dodged the Frost Wyrms' Frost Breath and flew away, promising to kill Arthas when they met again.

Jiang Jie helped defend Sholazar Basin, then traveled with Anveena to Dragonblight to seek someone along the Path of the Titans. Krasus led them north toward the guardian of Galakrond’s corpse and Tyr’s severed hand.

• Arthas abandoned plans to attack Sholazar Basin and ordered his forces to rebuild Corp'rethar: The Horror Gate while defending other fronts.
• Jiang Jie killed the Lich leader Thassarian Deathchill and returned to help Freya’s avatar, Anveena, the Etymidian, and their allies clear Undead from Sholazar Basin.
• Freya’s avatar gave Jiang Jie a green leaf to aid his understanding of nature and urged Anveena to seek power in ancient Titan ruins.
• Jiang Jie and Anveena teleported to Dragonblight, where Krasus praised Jiang Jie’s vitality and explained the Dragonflights’ connection to the Titan Keepers.
• Krasus told Jiang Jie that the person he sought was guarding Galakrond’s corpse and Tyr’s buried severed hand, then offered to lead them there.

Jiang Jie gathered allies to defeat the cursed Jotun and use their Holy Light to break Loken’s curse. The group prepared to bring additional champions and the Ashbringer before confronting the giant.

• Krasus explained that Jotun had been cursed by Loken and that defeating him might briefly restore his senses.
• Jiang Jie summoned Meryl, Faol, Angela, and Uther to help confront Jotun.
• Faol reunited with Uther and urged him to accept responsibility as Archbishop of the Holy Light, while Uther suggested Benedictus instead.
• Jiang Jie explained that he wanted to awaken the Holy Light within Jotun and break Loken’s curse, and Krasus said Tyr’s power might help.
• Uther agreed that Alexandros and Tirion should join them, and Jiang Jie sent Anveena to bring Fenna and the Ashbringer from Stratholme.

Jiang Jie and his allies confronted Jotun, expecting the Titan Keeper to be overwhelmingly powerful. They discovered that Tyr’s power and a curse had left him unable to think or use his abilities, though his body remained nearly indestructible.

• Old Mograine and Tirion Fordring arrived and reunited with Faol, while Anveena and Fenna joined Jiang Jie’s group.
• Fenna told Jiang Jie that she and Ashbringer had become one and promised to protect their child as they went into battle.
• Krasus transformed into a red dragon and fought Jotun in a direct physical brawl.
• Jiang Jie noticed that Jotun’s strength fell short of his expectations, despite the immense power within him.
• Uther sensed Tyr’s Holy Light power inside Jotun resonating with the Silver Hand Warhammer and suppressing Jotun’s abilities.
• Meryl identified the curse as having robbed Jotun of reason and independent thought, while his Titan-enhanced body remained too durable for Krasus to defeat.

Meryl and Faol tested their powers against the mindless Jotun, but his defenses and Demigod soul resisted them. Uther combined the power of five Legendaries and three artifacts through the Silver Hand warhammer, glimpsed the Demigod realm, and left resolved to support Jiang Jie as his beliefs began to shift.

• Meryl began casting a Legendary spell at Jotun while Faol attempted to control his mind, but Jotun's Demigod soul rebounded Faol's spell.
• Old Mograine and Tirion Fordring held back because their weapons could not harm Jotun, while Tsul'Kalu struck Jotun's thigh with his Arcanite greatsword and chipped away stone.
• Uther called on Tirion, Fenna, Old Mograine, and Faol to channel their Holy Light into the Silver Hand warhammer alongside his own power.
• The combined power of five Legendaries and three artifacts returned the Silver Hand warhammer to the Demigod level, letting Uther glimpse the Demigod realm and the possibility of reaching it.
• Uther silently resolved to support Nicholas, and his understanding of the Holy Light and its place in his faith began to change.

Uther struck Jotun with the Silver Hand warhammer, combining its Holy Light with Tyr’s power to destroy Loken’s curse and free Jotun. In the struggle, Ulthalesh empowered Meryl, transforming him into a High-tier Legendary spellcaster and bringing him closer to becoming a warlock.

• The Silver Hand warhammer awakened Tyr’s Demigod-level power within Jotun, while Jotun resisted Loken’s curse and caused it to begin collapsing.
• Loken sensed Jotun was about to break free, realized he could not reinforce the curse in time, and laughed that the world would die with him.
• Uther hurled the Silver Hand warhammer into Jotun, and Meryl teleported away from the blast of Holy Light.
• Ulthalesh responded to the warhammer by feeding power to Meryl, who used the opportunity to transform his body and reach the High-tier Legendary level.
• Jiang Jie reflected that the operation was intended to empower the humans and Ashbringer as well as free Jotun, and welcomed Meryl’s unexpected growth.
• The Silver Hand warhammer’s Holy Light merged with Tyr’s power, destroyed Loken’s curse, and awakened Jotun.

After Jotun joined the fight against the Scourge, Uther returned Tyr's power to his allies, strengthening them and their weapons. Fenna chose the path of protection and became a Legendary paladin, then returned Ashbringer to Old Mograine and watched Jiang Jie pursue his goal.

• Anveena explained to Jotun what had happened while he slept, and he pledged to support her and fight Loken and Yogg-Saron after they found more allies.
• Jiang Jie persuaded Jotun to help defeat Arthas and the Scourge first, and Jotun transferred Tyr's power into the Holy Hammer of the Silver Hand.
• Uther shared the hammer's holy power with Old Mograine, Tirion Fordring, Faol, Fenna, Jiang Jie, Light's Wrath, and Ashbringer.
• Fenna chose protection to safeguard Jiang Jie and their unborn child, reached the Legendary realm, and found that Ashbringer resisted her choice.
• Fenna returned Ashbringer to Old Mograine, who thanked her, then looked to Jiang Jie and hoped he would succeed in getting what he wanted.

Jiang Jie used Faol’s guidance to balance Holy Light and Shadow, forming the Two Aspects Earth Immortal foundation. He discovered that Strom'kar disrupted the balance and asked Jotun whether Tyr's severed hand still held Holy Light energy.

• Jiang Jie studied how Holy Light and Shadow could coexist, but his lack of understanding of Holy Light kept his Taijiquan practice from succeeding.
• Faol connected his consciousness with Jiang Jie through Light's Wrath and shared his knowledge of Holy Light and Shadow.
• With Faol’s help, Jiang Jie balanced the two powers, formed yin-yang fish, and gathered them into a Taiji diagram in his middle dantian.
• Jiang Jie tested his new foundation with Strom'kar, but its Shadow energy shattered the balance, so he threw the sword away.
• Jiang Jie asked Jotun whether Holy Light energy remained in Tyr's severed hand.

At Galakrond's Rest, Jiang Jie arranged for Jotun to forge Tyr's severed arm into powerful gloves and repair the Lich King Helm. Jotun agreed to seek help and artifacts in Stormheim, while Jiang Jie promised to return to face Loken and Yogg-Saron after dealing with other threats.

• Krasus explained that the Scourge had failed to resurrect Galakrond and that he had driven the Frost Wyrms and undead from Dragonblight.
• Jotun summoned Tyr's enormous metal arm from beneath Galakrond's remains.
• Jiang Jie asked Jotun to forge the arm into gloves that could withstand demigod attacks and store and release Holy Light energy.
• Jotun agreed to travel to Odyn's Halls of Valor for help and a Titan forge, and Jiang Jie asked him to repair the Lich King Helm and make matching armor.
• Jiang Jie asked Jotun to find the artifacts Truth Keeper and Oathseeker on the Path of Kings in Stormheim, and promised to help defeat Loken and Yogg-Saron later.