Recaps

Jiang Jie and Princess Calia planned to resettle Lordaeron’s refugees, secure grain, and cultivate new farmland as Arthas approached. They left Nicholas to oversee the Fenris Isles project while Jiang Jie focused on preparing to face Tichondrius and Arthas.

• Princess Calia asked Jiang Jie about resettling refugees in Moonbrook, and they decided nobles could use their own troops and money to deal with the Defias Brotherhood and find ships.
• Jiang Jie urged Princess Calia to negotiate with Dalaran to send refugees to the Fenris Isles, preserving Lordaeron’s population and future farmland.
• Princess Calia described Lordaeron’s grain shortages, and Jiang Jie proposed gathering supplies from northern Silverpine Forest, Aerie Peak, and Dalaran while keeping Elwynn Forest’s grain in Stormwind City.
• Jiang Jie proposed granting freedom to Cult of the Damned members who cleared and farmed land, and giving Fenris Isles refugees ownership of fields with three tax-free years.
• Princess Calia said many nobles were fleeing Lordaeron and abandoning their responsibilities, and Jiang Jie accepted their departure while asking Nicholas to oversee resettlement and farming.

Jiang Jie warned Uther and Jaina that Arthas and Frostmourne threatened Lordaeron, then proposed stopping his fleet and giving Uther an artifact to face him. After finding Barov gold and meeting General Marcus Jonathan, Jiang Jie asked him to teach him Warrior skills.

• Jiang Jie explained that Arthas could use Frostmourne to raise undead and enslave powerful beings, including dragons.
• Uther and Jaina admitted that Arthas was a terrifying threat, and Jiang Jie proposed attacking his fleet while Uther held him off with an artifact.
• Jiang Jie followed Patriarch Alexei's soul to a secret chamber and found a chest of Barov gold coins, which he used to buy mana potions.
• Jiang Jie met General Marcus Jonathan and asked to learn Warrior skills from him for half a day.

Jiang Jie asked General Marcus for warrior training and rapidly mastered both novice and intermediate warrior skills, astonishing his instructors. The chapter left Marcus questioning how Jiang Jie could be an advanced rogue and an intermediate warrior at once, while Dagran confirmed he had not been a warrior before.

• Marcus assigned Marin to teach Jiang Jie novice warrior skills, expecting his interest to fade.
• Marin reported that Jiang Jie had mastered every novice warrior skill after seeing each one once, so Marcus sent Aatrox to teach him intermediate skills.
• Marcus met with Dagran to discuss escorting refugees to Fenris Isle and clearing out its gnolls.
• Aatrox arrived and announced that Jiang Jie had learned all the intermediate warrior skills in half an hour, then declared him a future legendary warrior.
• Marcus asked Dagran whether Jiang Jie had already been an intermediate warrior, and Dagran swore that he had not been one before.

Marcus learned that Nicholas had mastered twelve high-level warrior skills in an hour, alongside his reputation as a high-level rogue, and rushed to offer him more training. Nicholas had gone to rest, leaving Marcus eager to teach him later.

• Marcus and Dagran discussed using the murlocs in Lake Lordamere to help clear the Fenris Isles and decided they would need Nicholas's help.
• Garen returned from training Nicholas and told Marcus that Nicholas had advanced from an intermediate warrior to a high-level warrior.
• Garen explained that Nicholas could switch freely among Berserker Stance, Battle Stance, and Defensive Stance.
• Garen revealed that Nicholas had mastered twelve high-level warrior skills, stopping only because Garen could not teach him more.
• Marcus decided to teach Nicholas great warrior skills himself, but Garen said Nicholas had gone to rest and could learn from Marcus later.

Jiang Jie underwent punishing electrotherapy in the gaming pod and woke at dawn with all six primary meridians in his legs opened, reaching the Houtian Seventh Layer Peak. Drained of energy and nutrients, he hurried back to Lordaeron to eat and recover.

• Jiang Jie entered the gaming pod on a deserted island and Xiao Feng began electrotherapy to improve his body.
• Jiang Jie endured escalating numbness, pain, and itching until a powerful current knocked him unconscious.
• Jiang Jie woke at dawn and discovered that his six leg meridians had opened, bringing him to the Houtian Seventh Layer Peak.
• Jiang Jie found his internal energy depleted and his body weak and ravenous, while Xiao Feng told him to eat and take a medicinal bath.
• Jiang Jie rode Lao Qian back to Lordaeron, desperate to eat.

After reaching the peak of the Houtian seventh layer, Jiang Jie entered Shaolin and was defeated by the skilled sweeping monk Xuanwu. Xiao Feng then showed him advanced lightness techniques, and Jiang Jie chose Nine Provinces Yu Walking Step and Lightning and Rushing Thunder Step.

• Jiang Jie ate a huge meal, bought expensive herbs, and used a medicinal bath to restore and strengthen his body until he reached the peak of the Houtian seventh layer.
• Jiang Jie returned to the Shaolin Temple, where Luzhang and Luchi let him pass because his cultivation had improved.
• Jiang Jie challenged the sweeping monk Xuanwu but lost when Xuanwu's Golden Bell Shield blocked his attacks and his Mighty Vajra Finger pierced Jiang Jie's Black Tortoise Armor.
• Xiao Feng showed Jiang Jie advanced lightness techniques he could learn, and Jiang Jie chose Nine Provinces Yu Walking Step and Lightning and Rushing Thunder Step.

Princess Calia appointed Jiang Jie as the nominal governor of the Fenris Isles and sent him to investigate Tyr's Tomb, where he sought two powerful weapons. Jiang Jie and his companions reached the tomb's remote lakeshore, finding only abandoned buildings.

• Princess Calia appointed Jiang Jie baron and governor of the Fenris Isles, which Lordaeron and Dalaran would jointly govern.
• Princess Calia told Jiang Jie that Lordaeron's forces would clear the isles and settle refugees while he traveled to monitor Arthas's movements; Jiang Jie assured her he would succeed.
• Jiang Jie, Uther the Lightbringer, and their companions flew west on gryphons and arrived at a remote lake in Tirisfal Glades.
• Jiang Jie revealed that Tyr's Tomb lay beneath the lake, where the powers of the Titan Keeper Tyr and the ancient aberration Zakajz remained.
• Jiang Jie and his companions landed on the western shore and found old, empty buildings near the tomb.

Jiang Jie and his companions found Tyr’s Tomb and discovered the Silver Hand, but a seal and an assault by Faceless Ones prevented Uther from claiming it. Jiang Jie attacked the Old Gods’ tentacles as enemies surged toward them.

• Jiang Jie used the gaming pod’s scanner to locate the entrance to Tyr’s Tomb beneath the lake.
• Jaina summoned a Water Elemental to move the boulder sealing the entrance, and the group entered the tomb.
• The group found the Flames of Tyr and the Silver Hand, which Uther recognized with excitement.
• Jiang Jie warned Uther that the Silver Hand remained sealed and pointed out the tentacles and approaching Faceless Ones.
• Jiang Jie activated the Black Tortoise Longevity Art, drew the Barov Family Longsword, and charged a fleshy tentacle.

Jiang Jie, Fenna, and Uther fought their way through the Faceless Ones in Zakajz’s underground lair, with Uther’s Holy Light proving decisive. As a Legendary elite Faceless One appeared and more enemies surged from the caves, Jiang Jie called for time to break the seal and seize the Silver Hand.

• Jiang Jie used the Nine Provinces Yu Walking Step to evade the tentacles while cutting them apart and attacking the Faceless Ones.
• Fenna wielded the Ashbringer to sever and burn through a Faceless One.
• Uther advanced through the enemies with the Holy Light, wielding the warhammer Jiang Jie believed could destroy Zakajz and claim the Silver Hand.
• After ten minutes, more Faceless Ones poured from the caves, and a seven- or eight-meter-tall Legendary elite guardian appeared.
• Jiang Jie told the others to hold off the enemies while he found a way to break the seal and take down the Silver Hand.

Jiang Jie held back the Faceless Ones while Lord Uther worked to claim the Silver Hand, whose seal required Holy Light to break. After Fenna protected him from a Legendary attack, Jiang Jie joined her at the front as another wave of Faceless Ones charged, including their elite leader.

• Jiang Jie ordered Xiao Feng to scan the seal and discovered the gaming pod could absorb the abundant shadow energy in the air.
• After twenty minutes, the gaming pod revealed that the seal required Holy Light, a fixed sequence of energy fed into four orbs, and the Silver Hand's recognition.
• Jiang Jie told Lord Uther to take the Silver Hand while he fought the Faceless Ones, then used Whirlwind to clear the passage.
• A Legendary Faceless One struck Jiang Jie with Shadow Bolts and Psychic Scream, but Fenna dispelled the fear with Holy Light and shielded him with the Ashbringer.
• Jiang Jie used Crane-Controlling Dragon-Capturing to channel Favorable to Cross the Great River and crush a Faceless One from within.
• As the Legendary elite led another charge, Jiang Jie steadied himself beside Fenna and prepared to risk his life.

Uther the Lightbringer awakened the Holy Hammer of the Silver Hand and became a High-tier Legendary powerhouse, purifying the Faceless Ones and destroying their elite leader. Jiang Jie reassured Fenna that she could reach his strength, and Fenna resolved to pursue that same height.

• Uther raised the Holy Hammer of the Silver Hand, whose holy light purified the shadow creatures and erased the shadow energy around Jiang Jie.
• Jiang Jie recognized that Uther had become one of the mightiest mortals, possibly powerful enough to challenge a demigod.
• Uther warned Fenna, Jaina, and Nicholas to move aside, then hurled the hammer into the elite Faceless One.
• The hammer purified the elite Faceless One and the other Faceless Ones in a burst of holy light.
• Jiang Jie held Fenna's hand and told her she could become even stronger than Uther, and Fenna resolved to reach his level.

Jiang Jie and his companions reached the cavern where Zakajz was bound and found Strom'kar, the Warbreaker, embedded in the monster's heart. Emperor Thoradin appeared before them and revealed that he had waited a long time for Zakajz's destruction, leaving Jiang Jie to suspect Thoradin's soul was bound to the sword.

• Jiang Jie led Uther, Jaina, and Fenna through the passage to Zakajz's cavern.
• Jiang Jie identified the greatsword embedded in Zakajz as Strom'kar, the Warbreaker, and considered it the artifact he had the best chance of wielding.
• A soul appeared behind Jiang Jie and said he had waited a long time for Zakajz to be destroyed.
• Jiang Jie recognized the soul as Emperor Thoradin, and Uther, Fenna, and Jaina reacted with astonishment.
• Jiang Jie suspected Strom'kar's power had preserved Thoradin's soul and that Thoradin had become bound to the sword.

Emperor Thoradin recognized Jiang Jie as Strom'kar's successor and entrusted the party with killing Zakajz. After Zakajz died, Thoradin departed as Tyr's Tomb collapsed, and Jiang Jie escaped with Strom'kar.

• Emperor Thoradin recognized Jiang Jie as Strom'kar's best successor and named the party as Zakajz's destined enemies.
• Uther attacked Zakajz with the Silver Hand while Jiang Jie fought the lesser monsters alongside Fenna.
• Uther killed Zakajz, and Jiang Jie pulled Strom'kar from his body and heard the weapon's cheers.
• Emperor Thoradin warned that Tyr's Tomb was collapsing and severed his connection to Strom'kar before leaving to explore the world.
• Jaina opened a portal, and Jiang Jie entered it with Fenna as the tomb began to collapse.

Jiang Jie rallied Muad and the Vile Fin Murlocs to ambush Arthas's approaching fleet before it could land on the Whispering Shore. He led them beneath the ships and began an attack intended to sink the fleet.

• Jiang Jie subdued Muad and used his strength and Strom'kar's shadow aura to force the Vile Fin Murlocs to submit.
• A Wildhammer Gryphon Rider told Jiang Jie that Arthas's fleet was nearing the Whispering Shore and planned to land there.
• Jiang Jie ordered Muad to gather the Murlocs and traveled across the sea on a controlled sea turtle, with thousands of Murlocs following.
• Jiang Jie spotted the Lordaeron warships, ordered the Murlocs to dive, and swam beneath the first ship to begin the ambush.

Arthas’s fleet was attacked by Murlocs controlled by Jiang Jie, and Frostmourne let Arthas freeze his ship’s breaches and raise the attackers as Undead. Jiang Jie left to warn the nearby soldiers and Uther as Arthas prepared to land on the Whispering Shore within a day.

• Arthas and Tichondrius argued over the Council of Six, Ashbringer, and the threats posed by one another.
• Arthas turned a bird into a creature of death, and the flower petal it carried withered before he could touch it.
• Arthas’s fleet began taking on water as Murlocs attacked the ships, and Tichondrius concluded that the Naga were controlling them.
• Arthas froze the breaches in his ship with Frostmourne and raised the Murlocs who failed to escape as Undead servants.
• Jiang Jie watched most of Arthas’s fleet sink, then left to notify the nearby soldiers and Uther before the coming battle.

Jiang Jie’s surprise attack crippled Arthas’s fleet, and Lordaeron sent its forces to the Whispering Shore for a decisive battle. As the allied army gathered at the watchtower, Tichondrius launched a devastating aerial attack with dozens of Infernals.

• Princess Calia sent Uther, Fenna, Hemet Nesingwary, Jaina, and the assembled troops through portals toward the Whispering Shore while Rhonin and Doan stayed behind to defend Lordaeron.
• Jiang Jie ordered Muad to lead the remaining undead away, then raced to the southern outpost after receiving Jaina’s message that the main force had arrived.
• Arthas and Tichondrius approached Tirisfal aboard their remaining warship, planning to land and raise an undead army from the local humans.
• Tichondrius flew into the night to open a rift to the Twisting Nether and summon a demonic vanguard.
• Jiang Jie met Uther and the other leaders at the watchtower, reported his raid on Arthas’s fleet, and warned them to scatter when the sky began tearing open.
• Tichondrius’s attack sent at least fifty Infernals raining down on the gathered forces, prompting the commanders to order everyone to disperse and the mages to strike the demons in the air.

Meteors and Infernals disrupted the defenders as Arthas’s warship approached Whispering Shore. After Arthas revealed that he had turned Korth'azz into a Death Knight, Tichondrius and Ner'zhul forced the confrontation into an all-out battle.

• Meteors devastated the defenders and released Infernals from their craters, but Jiang Jie killed one and urged Uther to lead the troops toward the shore.
• Uther and his forces reached Whispering Shore and confronted Arthas as his warship ran aground.
• Arthas revealed that Korth'azz had been killed and transformed into a Death Knight, while Uther and Jaina refused to leave.
• Tichondrius appeared and ordered Arthas to attack, while Ner'zhul’s command through Frostmourne overcame Arthas’s hesitation.
• Arthas led his undead army into battle as Tichondrius and the necrolytes and Banshees raised a Shroud of Darkness.

Uther and Arthas began a legendary duel with the Silver Hand and Frostmourne while Jiang Jie took command of the allied forces fighting the Undead. Jaina’s powerful frost magic disrupted the Scourge’s advance as the battle spread across the battlefield.

• Uther charged Arthas, and their artifact weapons clashed, unleashing destructive waves of Holy Light and death energy.
• Jiang Jie ordered the allied paladins, dwarves, riflemen, mages, Fenna, and Jaina to engage specific Undead forces and avoid the chaos around Uther and Arthas.
• Jaina summoned seven water elementals and cast a modified Blizzard that damaged, froze, and slowed the Undead, disrupting their charge.
• Ghouls reached the allied front line while abominations absorbed attacks, and crypt fiends ambushed warriors from underground.

Jiang Jie used his scanning ability and speed to protect the soldiers from Crypt Fiends during the battle. The fight left him facing Master Onias, an undead master rogue, and the two began a deadly duel.

• Jiang Jie scanned the ground and killed Crypt Fiends that threatened soldiers, rescuing several from certain death.
• Jiang Jie spotted an invisible attacker approaching and recognized her as Onias, resurrected by Arthas as an undead master rogue.
• Onias attacked Jiang Jie with her poisoned epic daggers, the Lobotomizer and Shadowblade, and nearly struck a fatal blow.
• Jiang Jie chose to fight Onias as a rogue, drew Widowmaker and Gut Ripper, and charged her with Sinister Strike.
• Jiang Jie and Onias traded parries before Jiang Jie used Vanish and launched Mutilate.

Jiang Jie defeated Onias after exploiting a brief opening, then intervened when Lord Korth'azz threatened a Paladin. He survived their clash of swords, but Lord Korth'azz remained in the fight.

• Jiang Jie endured Onias's rapid attacks until her energy waned, then wounded her repeatedly and pierced her throat.
• Onias briefly broke free of the Lich King's control and begged Jiang Jie to release her, so he shattered her bones and took her daggers.
• Jiang Jie watched Lord Korth'azz kill soldiers from the sky while Jaina and the mages focused on Tichondrius.
• Jiang Jie launched himself into the air, crushed Lord Korth'azz's skeletal gryphon, and knocked him from the sky.
• Lord Korth'azz blocked Jiang Jie's attack with an Anti-Magic Shell and struck with his greatsword, sending Jiang Jie flying and numbing his legs.

Jiang Jie killed Lord Korth'azz and rushed to protect Fenna when Tichondrius attacked her. The Elemental Necklace unleashed a four-element barrier and shattered, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Jiang Jie used Strom'kar to destroy Lord Korth'azz completely.
• Jiang Jie assessed the battle as Uther overwhelmed Arthas, Fenna fought off the undead, and Tichondrius threatened the mages.
• Tichondrius targeted Fenna, hoping to kill her and corrupt Ashbringer by raising her as a Death Knight.
• Fenna prepared to meet Tichondrius's attack, and Ashbringer responded to her resolve with greater power.
• Jiang Jie rushed in front of Fenna, and the Elemental Necklace shattered as it unleashed a four-element barrier against Tichondrius.
• Prince Kael'thas sensed the necklace's destruction in Dalaran.

Kael'thas sensed Jaina's danger and teleported toward Whispering Shore as Jiang Jie and Fenna wounded Tichondrius with Strom'kar and Ashbringer. Tichondrius fled toward Lordaeron but was intercepted by Kael'thas, who prepared to kill him.

• Kael'thas detected the shattered Elemental Necklace and Jaina's danger, then teleported toward Whispering Shore despite the chaotic energy fluctuations.
• Jiang Jie and Fenna attacked Tichondrius through the Four-Element Barrier with Strom'kar and Ashbringer, badly damaging both of his wings.
• Tichondrius retreated into the sky rather than risk another strike from the two divine swords, and decided to pursue his schemes elsewhere.
• Tichondrius flew southeast toward Lordaeron, planning to infiltrate and overthrow the kingdom by impersonating a Grand Knight.
• Kael'thas confronted Tichondrius near Solliden Farmstead, recognized him as Jaina's attacker, and declared that he would kill him.

After Tichondrius departed, Uther and the Alliance pressed Arthas until Naxxramas appeared to reinforce him. The undead fortress unleashed elite forces, and Arthas escaped beside Anub'Rekhan as the battle turned against his enemies.

• Tichondrius left, allowing Uther to suppress Arthas while Jaina, Jiang Jie, Fenna, and the soldiers prepared to win.
• The Lich King reassured Arthas through Frostmourne and revealed that Naxxramas had arrived as reinforcements.
• Jiang Jie recognized Naxxramas as Kel'Thuzad's flying fortress, which opened portals and sent gargoyles and Crypt Fiends into battle.
• Anub'Rekhan emerged with the undead army, while Grand Widow Faerlina, Noth the Plaguebringer, and Heigan the Unclean stood among Naxxramas's commanders.
• Uther faltered at Anub'Rekhan's presence, allowing Arthas to retreat through the undead and take shelter beside the Crypt Lord.

Jiang Jie used Invincible’s remains to stop Arthas from attacking, forcing him to weigh his attachment to the horse against his army’s advantage. The chapter ended with Jiang Jie warning that allies and a powerful figure were on their way and threatening to destroy the remains if Arthas struck.

• As the group faced Arthas, Anub'Rekhan, and a host of undead, Fenna and the others doubted they could win.
• Jiang Jie broke open the Silver Hand’s coffin and lifted out the skeletal remains of Arthas’s horse, Invincible.
• Arthas recognized Invincible and relived memories of the horse’s death and the people who had once warned him he was wrong.
• Arthas moved toward Jiang Jie, but Fenna stepped between them with the Ashbringer.
• Jiang Jie crushed some of Invincible’s fragile bones and challenged Arthas to decide whether to attack.
• Arthas threatened to kill Jiang Jie’s people, while Jiang Jie pointed to approaching allies and warned that Fenna would purify Invincible’s remains if he attacked.

Jiang Jie used Invincible’s remains to force Arthas to withdraw from Tirisfal Glades, while warning him that Frostmourne had already cost him his humanity. Arthas left with the undead and Naxxramas, but vowed to kill Jiang Jie when they met again.

• Jiang Jie demanded that Arthas leave the lands, threatening to destroy Invincible’s remains if he refused.
• After a mysterious soul advised Arthas to accept, Arthas demanded Invincible, and Jiang Jie had Jaina teleport the coffin away over the ocean.
• Arthas ordered the undead to search the northern waters, then withdrew his forces and Naxxramas from Tirisfal Glades.
• Arthas threatened to kill Jiang Jie and raise him as a Death Knight, and Jiang Jie demonstrated Strom’kar’s power by killing three hidden Crypt Fiends.
• Jiang Jie told Arthas that drawing Frostmourne had made him no longer human.