Recaps

Jiang Jie joined Broll and Ethereal Moonfire in Grizzly Hills to address the corruption afflicting the Furbolgs. Broll proposed purifying Ursoc in Teldrassil before the Furbolgs could resurrect him in a form corrupted by Yogg-Saron.

• Jiang Jie and Anveena traveled east to Grizzly Hills to help resolve the Furbolgs' corruption.
• Jiang Jie found Broll Bearmantle and Ethereal Moonfire at Amberpine Lodge, where a thousand Silverwing Sentinels had gathered.
• Broll reported that at least twenty thousand Furbolgs had become crazed and that the Night Elves had mapped the Scourge, Troll, and Iron Dwarf presence in the region.
• Broll explained that the Furbolgs were trying to resurrect Ursoc and proposed purifying him in Teldrassil before Yogg-Saron could corrupt him.

Jiang Jie and Broll planned to resurrect the corrupted Ursoc through a ritual at Teldrassil, since Nordrassil could not spare the energy. They split up to gather the Timbermaw Furbolgs and Ursoc’s children, Orsonn and Kodian, before the ritual.

• Jiang Jie concluded that resurrecting Ursoc would require a World Tree and chose Teldrassil because Nordrassil was still recovering and healing Tortolla.
• Broll explained that purified Furbolgs had revealed Ursoc’s children, Orsonn and Kodian, were alive and apparently uncorrupted.
• Broll said the ritual needed the Timbermaw Furbolgs’ prayers and spells, along with offerings from the sentinels and preparations by the Druids.
• Jiang Jie and Broll agreed to split up: Broll would contact the Timbermaw elders, while Jiang Jie would search for Orsonn and Kodian.
• Broll told Jiang Jie to meet Mage Leryda in Stromgarde and travel by portal to avoid the dangerous Emerald Dream.

Jiang Jie found Orsonn and persuaded him and his sister Kodian to help resurrect Ursoc and Ursol and cleanse the Grizzly Hills. The siblings agreed to join him, but he asked them to wait while he gathered offerings and built an altar.

• Jiang Jie found Orsonn in a snowy mountain cave, where the bear had avoided Vordrassil’s corruption while his Furbolg offspring became corrupted.
• Jiang Jie told Orsonn he planned to resurrect Ursoc and Ursol and cleanse the Grizzly Hills, and Cenarius’s avatar urged Orsonn to trust him.
• Orsonn agreed to help Jiang Jie and led him to Kodian, whom he had not seen for thousands of years.
• Kodian agreed to go with Jiang Jie, but Jiang Jie asked both bears to wait while he gathered offerings and built an altar.

Jiang Jie joined the expedition at Utgarde Keep, where the allied forces planned to eliminate the Vrykul leaders before attacking Icecrown. After rejecting Old Mograine’s plan to confront King Ymiron together, Jiang Jie entered the fortress alone while the others flew to attack Skadi.

• Anveena received Archmage Angela’s message that the Order of the Silver Hand and the High Elves had gathered at Utgarde Keep to clear out the Scourge and prepare for Icecrown.
• Old Mograine briefed Jiang Jie on previous attacks and shared intelligence about Skadi, his dragon Grauf, and King Ymiron.
• Old Mograine proposed splitting the group, with him and Jiang Jie attacking Ymiron while Halduron and Anveena targeted Skadi.
• Jiang Jie told Old Mograine to join the aerial attack on Skadi and said he would handle Ymiron alone.
• Halduron, Old Mograine, and Anveena flew invisibly toward Hawk’s Eye Terrace, while Jiang Jie slipped into Utgarde Pinnacle.

Jiang Jie confronted King Ymiron in Ymiron's Seat and defeated him despite attacks from four ancient Vrykul kings. Afterward, an irresistible power carried their souls away, leading Jiang Jie to suspect Helheim was the enemy Odyn wanted them to fight.

• Jiang Jie entered Ymiron's Seat and faced King Ymiron, who condemned humans as malformed descendants of the Vrykul.
• Jiang Jie recounted how Skadi hunted humanity's ancestors and argued that humans had grown powerful while the Vrykul had fallen behind.
• King Ymiron summoned Ranulf, Bjorn, Haldor, and Tor, whose combined soul attacks failed to harm Jiang Jie.
• King Ymiron charged Jiang Jie, but Jiang Jie appeared behind him and killed him with a chi-powered palm strike.
• Jiang Jie waited as a strange power carried away King Ymiron's soul and the four Vrykul kings' souls, then wondered if Helheim was Odyn's enemy.

Jiang Jie and Tyrande prepared to resurrect Ursol while discussing Fandral’s disappearance and the danger facing the Night Elves. The ritual was interrupted when Cenarius called them into the Emerald Dream to help save Ursoc from Xavius.

• The Furbolgs gathered their offerings at Amberpine Lodge, and Jiang Jie brought them to Sky City to begin Ursol’s resurrection.
• Jiang Jie learned that Fandral, Leyara, Astaria, and more than a hundred Druids had vanished, and he warned Tyrande that Fandral might be hiding in the Emerald Dream as a Nightmare Druid.
• Tyrande revealed that she had kept the Tear of Elune safe after Xavius’s minions attacked the Temple of the Moon, and she described the defenses guarding Shaladrassil and Moonglade.
• Jiang Jie and Tyrande discussed purifying Ursoc as Cenarius called them and their allies into the Emerald Dream to help because Xavius was tormenting Ursoc’s soul.

Jiang Jie entered the Emerald Dream with Cenarius’s group and learned they were splitting their forces to rescue Ysera while drawing Xavius away. The group raced to Grizzly Hills to save Ursoc, who was close to being fully corrupted.

• Jiang Jie entered the Emerald Dream and found himself in the Nightmare Core, where nightmare creatures attacked the group.
• Broll recognized the corrupted Nightmare Core as the dream world’s central teleportation hub and blamed Fandral Staghelm and the druids who had joined Xavius.
• Cenarius ordered Broll to lead the group to Grizzly Hills to save Ursoc while he and Malfurion used the diversion to rescue Ysera.
• Broll transformed into a giant bear and led Jiang Jie, Tyrande, and the others through the nightmare creatures toward Grizzly Hills.
• Jiang Jie arrived in Grizzly Hills and saw Ursoc’s hideous, scarlet-corrupted face.

Jiang Jie and his allies reached Ursoc’s Den, where they learned that Ursoc had been corrupted and that Xavius had laid a trap for them. Ursol revealed a plan to cleanse Grizzly Hills and save Ysera, and Xavius arrived with a host of Nightmare minions.

• Broll led Jiang Jie, the bear siblings, and their allies through Grizzly Hills toward Ursoc’s Den, fighting corrupted spirits along the way.
• At the den, Jiang Jie saw Ursol facing a corrupted Ursoc and noticed the Claws of Ursoc nearby.
• Ursol stopped Lethon and Kodian from attacking Ursoc and explained that Ursoc had to be killed and cleansed for his soul to be reborn.
• Ursol recognized Jiang Jie and promised to teach him the bear demigods’ forms if they cleansed Ursoc and Grizzly Hills.
• Ursol revealed that he, Cenarius, and Malfurion had set a trap for Xavius, then told the group to hold off the Nightmare forces while he fought Ursoc.
• Xavius appeared with a mass of Nightmare minions as Ursol prepared to hold Ursoc back.

Xavius revealed that he was only a projection and sent a vast Nightmare force against Jiang Jie and his allies, including Fandral and other corrupted druids. As battle began, Jiang Jie guessed that Ursol’s real plan was to purify Ursoc before turning their strength against Xavius and rescuing Ysera.

• Xavius vanished after revealing his plan to devour the Emerald Dream and Azeroth, while Nightmare minions surrounded Ursoc’s Den.
• Over a hundred corrupted druids appeared, and Broll recognized Fandral, Leyara, and Astaria among them.
• Jiang Jie confronted Fandral about the Nightmare Lord’s supposed resurrection of his son, but Fandral rejected his doubts and attacked.
• Broll, the bears, Tsul'Kalu, Anveena, and Tyrande fought the approaching Nightmare forces.
• Jiang Jie told Ursol to give Broll the Claws of Ursoc and secretly urged him to continue with his real plan to purify Ursoc.

Malfurion arrived with G'Hanir, the Mother Tree, and its power cleansed the Nightmare from the area. Jiang Jie realized the Nightmare’s corruption had been influencing his thoughts, while Ursoc’s rescue remained unresolved.

• Jiang Jie explained that Cenarius and Malfurion had limited ways to contact the Wild Gods and planned to rescue Ursoc first.
• Jiang Jie tried to draw attention to Ursoc so Ursol could break the seal, but the Nightmare’s forces proved stronger than expected.
• Malfurion arrived carrying G'Hanir, and its Green Rain of Tranquility drove back the Nightmare and restored the Dream’s landscape.
• Mylune followed Malfurion and complained that he had taken the staff she guarded.
• Jiang Jie considered taking G'Hanir for his own purposes, then recoiled and recognized that the Nightmare’s corruption had been affecting him.

Malfurion purifies most of the Nightmare’s forces in Grizzly Hills, but Fandral, Leyara, and Astaria escape. Rather than answer Xavius’s summons, Fandral chooses to go to Silithus and unleash the Qiraji in revenge for his son’s death.

• Malfurion uses the Rain of Tranquility and a storm to destroy the Nightmare’s minions, while restoring the senses of at least half of them.
• Malfurion confronts Fandral over his corruption and his plan to resurrect Valstann, but Fandral, Leyara, and Astaria vanish in crimson light.
• Malfurion joins Ursol against the corrupted Ursoc and says they must defeat him before purifying Grizzly Hills, as Cenarius and Eranikus struggle to hold back Xavius.
• Xavius summons Fandral to the Eye of Ysera, but Fandral refuses and tells Leyara that Malfurion may defeat Xavius again.
• Fandral leads Leyara and Astaria toward Silithus, planning to break the Scarab Wall and unleash the Qiraji in vengeance for Valstann.

Malfurion and the others cleansed Grizzly Hills, resurrected Ursoc, and gave Broll the Claws of Ursoc. Jiang Jie gained insight into the flaws in his soul, then received a separate mission from Cenarius to find and destroy Xavius's soul tree.

• Ursol gave Broll the Claws of Ursoc, which merged with his soul and raised his strength to the high-tier Legendary rank.
• Malfurion used G'Hanir and everyone’s combined power to summon a storm that cleansed Grizzly Hills of the Nightmare.
• The cleansed land regenerated, its uncorrupted souls returned, and Ursoc was resurrected in Ursoc's Den.
• Jiang Jie experienced the combined spiritual power of the group, recognized cracks in his soul, and resolved to stop devouring souls and strengthen his foundation.
• Malfurion led the counterattack toward the Eye of Ysera to rescue Ysera, while Cenarius tasked Jiang Jie with finding and destroying Xavius's soul tree.

Malfurion and his allies fought their way to the Eye of Ysera, where Eranikus sacrificed himself to free Ysera and destroy the Nightmare dragons. Meanwhile, Jiang Jie followed Cenarius's guidance to a mist-shrouded place and found a soul tree.

• Malfurion and his allies battled through Nightmare armies to reach the Eye of Ysera, where Cenarius was trapped and Eranikus fought Taerar, Emeriss, and Ysondre.
• Malfurion, Ursol, Ursoc, Tyrande, and the others attacked Xavius, but Nightmare minions overwhelmed much of their force.
• Eranikus broke through the Nightmare dragons, grappled with Lethon, and self-destructed, killing Lethon and the pursuing dragons and breaking Ysera's cage.
• Ysera was freed and enraged as the Emerald Dream trembled.
• Jiang Jie traveled alone under Cenarius's concealment, killed the Nightmare creatures surrounding him, and found a soul tree.

Tyrande and Anveena’s prayers purified the Eye of Ysera and destroyed Xavius’s manifestation, but Ysera revealed that his true body and soul tree had to be destroyed together. Jiang Jie and the demigods destroyed his soul tree as Malfurion attacked his physical tree, though Jiang Jie knew the Nightmare Lord could return while the Old Gods remained.

• Ysera restrained Xavius’s power while Tyrande and Anveena prayed, and moonlight purified the Eye of Ysera and destroyed Xavius’s manifestation.
• Ysera explained that Xavius’s true body and soul tree were hidden in separate places, and led Malfurion and the others to his withered physical tree.
• Ysera lent Malfurion her authority over the Dream so he could attack Xavius’s physical tree while Jiang Jie prepared Dragon’s Call to destroy the soul tree.
• Cenarius, Tortolla, and Freya’s avatar poured their power into Dragon’s Call, and Jiang Jie repeatedly struck Xavius’s soul tree until it vanished.
• Xavius’s physical tree withered as he cried out and disappeared, but Jiang Jie realized the Nightmare could persist and Xavius could return while the Old Gods remained.

After the Emerald Dream battle, Jiang Jie lost Dragon's Call but helped resurrect Ursol and Ursoc and received their blessings. He began learning to use the blessings and considered his path toward True Dragon Form, then received an unexpected visitor on the third day.

• Jiang Jie learned that Ysera had taken Dragon's Call to try to restore Eranikus and would remain in the Emerald Dream to guard against Xavius and the Nightmare.
• Jiang Jie oversaw the ritual that resurrected Ursol and Ursoc, which drained much of Teldrassil's energy.
• Ursol and Ursoc blessed Jiang Jie and Broll, and Jiang Jie sent the demigod brothers and the bear siblings to Grizzly Hills.
• Broll said he needed to return to Mount Hyjal to purify Nordrassil, while Tyrande left for Val'sharah to return the Tear of Elune and strengthen its defenses.
• Jiang Jie contemplated the bear brothers' blessings, mastered their bear form, and noted his growing true essence and progress toward True Dragon Form.
• On the third day, before Broll had arrived, Jiang Jie received an unexpected visitor.

Eranikus arrived in Teldrassil after Ysera resurrected him, and he gave Jiang Jie a new Dragon's Call while asking him to connect Teldrassil to the Emerald Dream. Jiang Jie refused the connection to protect the city's residents from the Nightmare, then traveled to Sholazar Basin to aid Freya's avatar against the Scourge.

• Eranikus told Jiang Jie that Ysera had resurrected him with the Dragon's Call and sent him to recover in Teldrassil while guarding it from Xavius.
• Eranikus gave Jiang Jie Ysera's new Dragon's Call, which strengthened his connection to nature and let him enter and leave the Emerald Dream freely.
• Eranikus asked Jiang Jie to connect Teldrassil to the Emerald Dream, but Jiang Jie refused because the Nightmare could corrupt the tree and its residents.
• Broll arrived with Nordrassil's well water, and Anveena teleported the group to Grizzly Hills to purify Vordrassil.
• Jiang Jie told Ursol and Ursoc to clear the undead and Iron Dwarves from Grizzly Hills, then left with Anveena and Tsul'Kalu for Sholazar Basin to help Freya's avatar resist the Scourge.

Jiang Jie spent a month in Sholazar Basin, strengthening his soul while the Northrend Expedition made advances against the Scourge. Jotun returned wounded from Helya’s ambush and gave Jiang Jie a powerful new gauntlet.

• Jiang Jie drove the undead back into the Avalanche Foothills while Tsul'Kalu and Anveena helped fight them.
• Jiang Jie cultivated his spirit until the cracks in his soul closed, bringing it close to the High-tier Legendary level.
• Ysera and the others restored parts of the Emerald Dream, including the Dream Core and pathways to four regions.
• The Northrend Expedition captured Utgarde Keep and En'Kilah, while Uther, Old Mograine, and Tirion Fordring helped repel Arthas's attacks.
• Anveena told Jiang Jie that Jotun had returned, and Jotun revealed that Helya had ambushed and badly wounded him.
• Jotun gave Jiang Jie the golden-and-silver Fist of Tyr gauntlet, which Odyn had provided materials and smiths to create.

Jiang Jie received several powerful artifacts from Jotun, purified Strom'kar into a phoenix divine sword, and advanced to the Two Aspects Earth Immortal stage. After hearing about Odyn's offer and the troubles in Stormheim, Jotun departed, while Jiang Jie turned toward Stratholme to retrieve Xal'atath and deal with the Scourge.

• Jiang Jie used the Fist of Tyr to draw Holy Light and shadow from Strom'kar into his body, balancing the energies and reaching the Two Aspects Earth Immortal stage.
• Jiang Jie purged Strom'kar of shadow, restoring Pyralis as a golden-red Phoenix God and transforming the sword into a phoenix divine sword.
• Jotun gave Jiang Jie a Legendary suit of armor that amplified the range of mental power, along with the sword Truth Keeper and the shield Oathseeker.
• Jotun told Jiang Jie that Odyn would open the Halls of Valor to other races and offer the Aegis of Aggramar to anyone who passed strict trials.
• Jotun explained that Helheim continued attacking and that God-King Skovald was causing trouble in Stormheim, then departed for Odyn's side.
• Jiang Jie turned toward Stratholme, intending to retrieve Xal'atath after dealing with the Scourge.

Jiang Jie visited Stratholme to give Fenna the Truth Keeper and Oathseeker, but withheld the Lich King's armor until he could safely control its power. He then entered Azjol-Nerub with Anveena to seek Shadow energy and confront Yogg-Saron, stopping after the Old God noticed them.

• Fenna accepted the Truth Keeper and Oathseeker, while Jiang Jie decided not to give the Lich King's armor to anyone until he could defeat a true Lich King.
• Jiang Jie told Fenna to focus on her pregnancy and left Stratholme without taking the artifacts.
• Jiang Jie and Anveena entered Azjol-Nerub in disguise, leaving Tsul'Kalu behind to keep him safe.
• Jiang Jie and Anveena traveled deep underground, where they encountered Yogg-Saron's tentacles, damaged Titan facilities, and the Old God's whispers.
• Jiang Jie sensed Yogg-Saron's mental power and stopped, expecting Herald Volazj and Crypt Lord Anub'arak to arrive.

Jiang Jie confronted Anub'arak and Herald Volazj, two servants of Yogg-Saron whose power had grown to near-Demigod levels. As Volazj attacked his mind, Jiang Jie resisted the psychic storm with his now-unbroken soul and prepared to fight.

• Anub'arak emerged from the darkness and claimed that Yogg-Saron's gifts had made him stronger than before.
• Jiang Jie dismissed Anub'arak's power and turned his attention to Herald Volazj, whose strength also neared the Demigod level.
• Jiang Jie asked whether General Vezax had stayed away because Ulduar mattered more, and vowed to visit him there.
• Volazj unleashed a psychic shriek, but Jiang Jie withstood the storm and Yogg-Saron's whispers without fear.

Jiang Jie used Holy Light and shadow techniques to defeat the Faceless Ones and Nerubians, intending to absorb their shadow energy and strengthen Light and Shadow Taiji. Anub'arak escaped underground, leaving Jiang Jie to face Volazj, his true target.

• Jiang Jie and Anveena unleashed Holy Light and fireballs against the Faceless Ones and Nerubians, while the psychic storm continued to threaten him.
• Jiang Jie blocked Volazj's Shadow Bolts with Light and Shadow Taiji and absorbed their shadow energy to strengthen the technique.
• Anub'arak knocked Jiang Jie into the air, but Jiang Jie struck Volazj with Yin-Yang Union and severely wounded him.
• Jiang Jie formed swords from Holy Light and shadow, cut off one of Anub'arak's legs, and killed the other Faceless Ones and Nerubians.
• Anub'arak fled through underground passages while Volazj blocked Jiang Jie's pursuit, so Jiang Jie abandoned the chase.
• Jiang Jie turned his attention to Volazj and prepared to fight him, declaring that Volazj had been his target all along.

Jiang Jie destroyed Volazj and absorbed Shadow energy until his Light and Shadow Taiji reached High-tier Legendary, then returned to Teldrassil to strengthen his True Essence. A month later, after reaching High-tier Legendary himself, he received an urgent message from Archmage Angela and was summoned to the Vanguard Encampment.

• Jiang Jie dismembered Volazj and spent three hours using Holy Light and Shadow to destroy Zakajz's corpse and absorb its energy.
• Jiang Jie stopped absorbing energy because his True Essence could not withstand his Light and Shadow Taiji, then left Ulduar with Anveena.
• Jiang Jie returned to Teldrassil, where Eranikus helped restore the tree while Jiang Jie cultivated and strengthened his True Essence.
• Jiang Jie condensed his fifth drop of True Essence and broke through to the High-tier Legendary level, allowing him to barely unleash his full strength.
• Jiang Jie received a message from Archmage Angela, who summoned him to the Vanguard Encampment with Uther the Lightbringer beside her.

Uther opened the Crusaders' Coliseum tryouts at the second Vanguard Encampment, where champions from the Horde, Alliance, Night Elves, and Forsaken would compete for places on teams tasked with crucial missions against the Scourge. The group matches began as the allied leaders sought to choose teams of five, ten, and twenty-five before winter strengthened Arthas and the Frost Wyrms.

• Uther proposed finishing the war before winter, and the allied leaders approved building the Crusaders' Coliseum for a competition to select champions.
• The Horde, Alliance, Night Elves, and Forsaken gathered their leaders in separate sections of the arena, reflecting their uneasy alliances and rivalries.
• Uther addressed the assembled leaders in his Lightbringer Armor and explained that the Scourge was their common enemy.
• Uther announced that preliminary selections had produced two hundred champions: twenty each from the Night Elves and Forsaken, forty from the Horde, and one hundred and twenty from the Alliance nations.
• Uther declared the five-person team tryouts officially open, with group matches to determine teams of five, ten, and twenty-five.

Jiang Jie watched as Stormwind and Warsong faced off in the first five-person match, which quickly turned into a brutal fight. The Stormwind team appeared close to defeat when a Warsong wolf rider moved to kill a fallen hunter.

• Uther silenced the hostile crowds and warned Bolvar and Thrall to keep their people under control.
• The Stormwind Warriors and Warsong team entered the arena, and Jiang Jie helped raise a barrier to protect the spectators.
• Both teams launched coordinated attacks, with the Stormwind warriors trying to stop the Orc wolf riders and Blademaster.
• The Warsong Shaman struck the Stormwind Warrior and hunter with lightning, leaving both unable to fight.
• A Warsong wolf rider charged toward the fallen hunter and raised his axe to kill him.

Jiang Jie stopped the teams from breaking discipline and defeated Grom in a duel, leading the Warsong Clan to withdraw from the competition. The leaders disqualified both teams and announced the next match.

• Jiang Jie immobilized the fighters and sent the Mages, Paladins, and Shamans flying after they ignored Uther’s orders and attacked their companions.
• Jiang Jie called for the contestants to be disqualified, and Grom challenged him to a duel with the Warsong Clan’s participation at stake.
• Jiang Jie blocked Grom’s attacks with one hand, even after Grom drew on Gorehowl’s power.
• Jiang Jie urged Grom to uphold battlefield discipline, and Grom conceded defeat and withdrew the Warsong Clan from the competition.
• Uther, Bolvar, and Thrall disqualified both teams and announced the Dark Ranger team versus the Forsaken team as the next match.