Chapter Summaries

Jiang Jie and Old Chen wore down and defeated Ironaya, then planned to hide her remains behind a sealed door before continuing deeper into Uldaman. Brann remained absorbed in researching the ruins, while Jiang Jie warned that they had little time.

• Ironaya reattached her severed arm and covered herself in powerful rune-inscribed stone armor, but Anveena told Jiang Jie that each spell drained her limited power.
• Jiang Jie and Old Chen used Widow’s Fury and their weapons to keep attacking Ironaya while Li Li and the others held back the Rockjaw Troggs.
• After an hour, Jiang Jie and Old Chen depleted Ironaya’s Titan-derived power, dismantled her limbs, removed her head, and pierced her heart.
• Brann ignored the battle to study the Titan ruins and Ironaya’s remains, then asked the others to reassemble her body for further research.
• Jiang Jie told the group to hide Ironaya in her room and seal the door with the Prehistoric Staff before they ran out of time.

Jiang Jie and his companions raced deeper into Uldaman to find the Disc of Norgannon while Rockjaw Troggs and awakened Obsidian Sentinels pursued them. They reached the Seat of Khaz'goroth and discovered a hall filled with sleeping Earthen.

• Jiang Jie and his companions left Ironaya's body behind as hundreds of Rockjaw Troggs entered the area and seven Obsidian Sentinels awakened to hunt them.
• Jiang Jie collapsed the tunnel behind the group to block their pursuers, then led them onward toward the Disc of Norgannon.
• Jiang Jie dug through a thin clay barrier to bypass a tunnel full of Rockjaw Troggs and reached the Seat of Khaz'goroth.
• Brann opened the palace doors and entered a temple hall guarded by stone custodians, where he found sleeping Earthen and excitedly explained their origins and abilities.

Jiang Jie and Brann activated the Altar of the Keepers, which exposed traces of Old God influence and triggered the temple’s defenses. Brann’s clearance scan identified him as an Earthen mutant, prompting the Stone Keepers to attack, and their fight began to awaken the Earthen.

• Jiang Jie warned Brann that the Earthen were weaker than the Vrykul and Tol’vir, though still formidable fighters.
• Brann activated the altar despite Jiang Jie’s warning, and Shadow energy surrounded him before Jiang Jie pulled him away.
• The altar opened the second door and began awakening the Earthen and Stone Giants; Brann read the altar’s records and used it to scan his clearance.
• The altar identified Brann as an Earthen mutant affected by the Curse of Flesh, ordered the Stone Keepers activated, and sent four of them to attack Jiang Jie and Old Chen.
• As Jiang Jie and Old Chen fought the Stone Keepers, the altar raised the threat level and ordered the Earthen awakened.

Jiang Jie discovered that the altar rejected dwarves, Pandaren, and humans, but recognized Anveena as a Lesser Keeper because she embodied Azeroth’s blood. Anveena’s command stopped the Stone Keepers and Earthen, leaving the group safe and giving her a path to gain higher clearance.

• Brann failed to persuade the altar that he had sufficient clearance, and it ordered him expelled.
• Li Li touched the altar, but it identified her as a bear-like creature and ordered her expelled.
• Jiang Jie touched the altar, which detected his ties to the Old Gods and ordered him eliminated before recognizing Anveena’s Titan blood and granting her Lesser Keeper clearance.
• Jiang Jie’s command to stop the attack did nothing until Anveena repeated it, and the Stone Keepers and Earthen halted and returned to their posts.
• Jiang Jie concluded that Anveena could raise her clearance by absorbing more Titan blood and seeking recognition from other Titan Keepers.

After Anveena became a Lesser Keeper, she learned she could command some of the Earthen and stone giants, though Archaedas retained control over those he had already awakened. Jiang Jie decided to use the giants under Anveena’s authority to clear the Rockjaw Troggs from the underground palace.

• Anveena told Jiang Jie that she had become a Lesser Keeper and received information about the Titan Keepers’ ranks.
• After digesting the information, Anveena explained that she could command the Earthen and stone giants to attack the Rockjaw Troggs but could not override Archaedas’s orders to guard the underground palace.
• Anveena said that giants already awakened would obey Archaedas, while those awakened and ordered first by another Keeper would obey that Keeper.
• Jiang Jie asked Anveena to awaken any dormant giants, but she explained that none were there and that the unawakened ones were in the deepest part of the Seat of Khaz'goroth.
• Jiang Jie told Anveena to move the giants under her control elsewhere and have them clear the Rockjaw Troggs from the underground palace.

Jiang Jie led Anveena and the awakened Titan-forged through the Seat of Khaz'goroth, where they found the sleeping Archaedas guarding the way to the Disc of Norgannon. Unable to open the final door without waking him, Jiang Jie ordered Anveena to awaken the remaining guardians and attack Archaedas.

• Anveena awakened more than a hundred Earthen and a dozen stone giants and led them out to fight the Rockjaw Troggs.
• Jiang Jie and his companions descended into the Seat of Khaz'goroth and waited until the Titan-forged troops had marched far away.
• They entered the inner hall and found Archaedas asleep among several hundred Earthen and four stone giants, with the Altar of Archaedas before him.
• Anveena explained that only Archaedas could open the door to his workshop, where the Disc of Norgannon lay, and that forcing it would wake him.
• Jiang Jie told Anveena to awaken the guardians in the hall and attack Archaedas, and Anveena asked Brann to give her the Keeper's Staff.

Jiang Jie persuaded Brann to surrender the Prehistoric Staff, which Anveena transformed and used to awaken the Earthen and Stone Giants. As the giants pledged allegiance to her, Brann activated the Altar of the Keepers, awakening Archaedas.

• Jiang Jie pressured Brann to choose between keeping the Prehistoric Staff and claiming the Disc of Norgannon, and Brann handed over the staff.
• Anveena bound the Prehistoric Staff to herself, transforming it into a Titan-powered earth-manipulating weapon and donning stone armor.
• Anveena commanded the Earthen and Stone Giants to awaken, and they knelt and pledged allegiance to her.
• Brann touched the Altar of the Keepers, which sent shadow energy into Archaedas and awakened the Titan Keeper.

Jiang Jie and his allies fought Archaedas after Brann awakened him, wounding the Titan Keeper before he recovered and attacked. Anveena ordered the Earthen and Stone Giants to keep fighting, draining Archaedas’s power, until he threatened to reveal his true strength.

• Brann activated the altar, awakening Archaedas before the group was prepared, and Jiang Jie ordered everyone into battle.
• Old Chen struck Archaedas’s head with his giant Chi sword, and Jiang Jie wounded his legs with a flaming sword.
• Archaedas awakened fully, shook the Seat of Khaz'goroth, and rapidly healed his wounds.
• Anveena ordered the Earthen and Stone Giants to attack, while Archaedas destroyed several of them with Shattering Strike.
• Anveena told Jiang Jie that Shattering Strike drained Archaedas’s power, so the group continued attacking until he warned them he would show his true power.

Jiang Jie and his allies overwhelmed Archaedas by pinning him beneath the Earthen and striking the Titan tablet at the center of his chest. Archaedas’s body shattered, but his soul rose and declared that he had finally regained his freedom.

• Archaedas armored himself with stone and ravaged the Titan-forged army, while Jiang Jie ordered the defenders to bring him down.
• Anveena used the Prehistoric Staff to empower four Stone Giants, and the Earthen piled onto Archaedas until they pinned him beneath their combined weight.
• Anveena revealed that the stone tablet at the center of Archaedas’s chest was his core and source of Titan power.
• Old Chen poured his remaining Chi and elemental power into Jiang Jie, and Anveena merged with him as Jiang Jie drove Strom’kar into the tablet.
• The damaged tablet released its power, causing Archaedas’s body to crumble into rocks.
• Archaedas’s soul rose from his shattered body and said he had finally regained his freedom.

Jiang Jie and Anveena heard Archaedas explain how the Old Gods had corrupted the Titan Keepers and urge Anveena to gain or seize their recognition. After Archaedas died, Anveena gained control of Uldaman, and Jiang Jie prepared to open the inner door and claim its rewards.

• Archaedas thanked Anveena for freeing him from madness and revealed that the Titans’ fallen souls had entered the Keepers, leaving them vulnerable to the Old Gods.
• Archaedas urged Anveena to seek recognition from the other Titan Keepers or destroy them, while Jiang Jie insisted that Azeroth’s hope belonged to everyone.
• Archaedas’s soul dissipated, and Jiang Jie took the Stone of Archaedas from his body.
• Brann began studying the Titan Runes on Archaedas, and Jiang Jie agreed to let him copy them while keeping the body for himself.
• Anveena gained the highest authority over Uldaman, and Jiang Jie told the group to open the inner door.

Jiang Jie and his companions discovered a vast hoard of gold and the Disc of Norgannon in the Hall of the Crafters. While Brann celebrated the Titan records, Jiang Jie found a broken Titan artifact that Anveena identified as the Staff of Origination.

• Jiang Jie and his companions entered the Hall of the Crafters and found tens of tons of gold.
• Brann ignored the gold, rushed to the Disc of Norgannon, and wept with joy over finding the Titan records.
• Jiang Jie searched the hall while Old Chen healed and the other Pandaren stayed by his side.
• Jiang Jie opened a stone chest and found part of a huge, powerless staff covered in intricate Titan runes.
• Anveena identified the broken artifact as the Staff of Origination, a Keeper-rank Titan artifact, and said she wanted to repair it.

Jiang Jie persuaded Brann to let Anveena copy the information from the Disc of Norgannon, then returned the copy to him. He decided to rebuild Uldaman’s underground palace after wiping out the Rockjaw Troggs.

• Jiang Jie secretly pocketed a fragment of the Staff of Origination while Brann examined the Disc of Norgannon.
• Jiang Jie warned Brann that taking the Disc of Norgannon to Ironforge could draw Loken and his army to the city, and offered to extract its information instead.
• Anveena used miniature discs to back up the Disc of Norgannon’s information, explaining that only Titan Keepers could access it.
• After half an hour, Jiang Jie gave the copied discs to Brann, who examined them excitedly.
• Jiang Jie told Anveena to gather the Earthen and Stone Giants so they could rebuild Uldaman’s underground palace after defeating the Rockjaw Troggs.

Anveena revived Archaedas and Ironaya as obedient guardians, and she and Jiang Jie discovered that Uldaman could be rebuilt from Khaz'goroth’s blueprint. Jiang Jie left Brannock Blackheart to drive out the Rockjaw Troggs and restore the complex, while Brann prepared to return to Ironforge with the Discs of Norgannon.

• Anveena restored Archaedas’s body and ordered him to eliminate the Rockjaw Troggs and guard Uldaman.
• Anveena and Jiang Jie revived Ironaya, then examined the surviving Map Chamber and its blueprint of Uldaman.
• Anveena explained that Khaz'goroth’s blueprint would let the Earthen and Stone Giants rebuild Uldaman, and Brannock Blackheart estimated it would take three months.
• Jiang Jie tasked Brannock Blackheart with clearing out the Rockjaw Troggs, rebuilding Uldaman, and guarding its treasures.
• Jiang Jie granted Brann permission to copy Titan runes but forbade him from taking anything else from Uldaman.
• Brann chose to return to Ironforge with the Discs of Norgannon, while Jiang Jie sent Old Chen with him and stayed behind.

Jiang Jie recovered from his severe injuries by cultivating the Nine Yang Life Generation Finger while the Earthen rebuilt Uldaman. Brannock Blackheart then reported a passage leading to the Dun Morogh Mountains, where Gnomeregan and Ironforge stood, and the chapter ended with news that something had happened to Gnomeregan.

• Brann left Uldaman without finding the Staff of Origination fragments, and Old Chen and the other Pandaren departed as well.
• Brannock Blackheart and the Earthen drove out most of the Rockjaw Troggs and began rebuilding Uldaman.
• Jiang Jie cultivated the Nine Yang Life Generation Finger and healed his injuries within a week.
• Brannock Blackheart reported to Anveena that the Earthen had found a long Rockjaw Trogg passage leading to the Dun Morogh Mountains.
• Jiang Jie recalled the history connecting the dwarves and gnomes, then learned that something had happened to Gnomeregan.

Jiang Jie learned that Rockjaw Troggs had invaded Gnomeregan through underground tunnels and set out with Earthen and Obsidian Sentinels to help the gnomes. Meanwhile, Brann returned to Ironforge and was ordered by King Magni to lead troops in retaking Gol'Bolar Quarry from the troggs.

• Jiang Jie recalled how the gnomes' failed attempt to poison the Rockjaw Troggs would eventually turn many survivors into leper gnomes, and decided to intervene before Gnomeregan fell.
• Brannock Blackheart confirmed the troggs had reached Dun Morogh through underground tunnels, so Jiang Jie left Archaedas, Ironaya, and some Earthen to guard Uldaman and set out with seven Obsidian Sentinels and three hundred Earthen.
• Brann traveled to Ironforge with four Pandaren, secured the Disc of Norgannon at the Explorers' League headquarters, and went to see King Magni.
• Magni told Brann that Rockjaw Troggs had occupied Gol'Bolar Quarry and trapped three hundred miners there, then ordered him to retake it with five hundred riflemen and five hundred shield guards.

Jiang Jie and the Earthen rescued dwarf miners at Gol'Bolar Quarry from Rockjaw Troggs fleeing Uldaman. The dwarves learned of their ties to the Earthen and welcomed Jiang Jie’s group with plans to celebrate in town.

• Jiang Jie recognized the cavern as Gol'Bolar Quarry and realized the Rockjaw Troggs had fled there after he cleared Uldaman.
• Anveena sensed dwarf miners trapped behind a barricade while Rockjaw Troggs tried to break through.
• Jiang Jie ordered Brannock Blackheart and the Earthen to attack, and they drove off the Rockjaw Troggs and freed the miners.
• Brannock Blackheart’s squad leaders told the dwarves about their ancestral connection to the Earthen, prompting the miners to recognize names from their family histories.
• The miners recognized Jiang Jie by his name and weapons, then spread rumors about his romance with Fina Goldensword and supposed children.
• Jiang Jie urged the dwarves to celebrate, and they enthusiastically proposed taking their rescuers to a tavern for ale.

Jiang Jie joined the dwarven miners in Gol'Bolar Town after the Earthen helped retake Gol'Bolar Quarry, where he fought off a crowd of drunken dwarves. The battle pushed him into the Xiantian Seventh Layer, and he opened his eyes to find a dwarf standing before him.

• Jiang Jie left injured miners and a small guard behind at Gol'Bolar Quarry, trusting the Earthen to protect it, while he led the others to Gol'Bolar Town.
• Brann arrived at the quarry with a thousand Ironforge soldiers and found the Rockjaw Troggs dead, the Earthen assembled, and only a few miners remaining.
• The dwarves celebrated Jiang Jie in town, exaggerated the story of the quarry battle, and gathered outside the tavern to drink with him.
• After the liquor ran out, the drunken dwarves started brawling, and Jiang Jie fought nearly two hundred of them with Taijiquan and defensive techniques.
• Jiang Jie fought until the dwarves were exhausted and discovered that the battle had opened more acupoints and advanced him to the Xiantian Seventh Layer.
• Jiang Jie opened his eyes after examining his breakthrough and saw a dwarf standing before him.

After rescuing the miners and helping clear Gol'Bolar Quarry, Jiang Jie traveled with Brann and the Earthen to Ironforge. King Magni welcomed him and began forging ties with the Earthen, while Jiang Jie requested a private meeting in the Hall of Explorers.

• Brann found the dwarves in Gol'Bolar Town asleep after drinking and fighting, and Jiang Jie explained that he had helped them relax after their ordeal.
• Brann thanked Jiang Jie for saving the miners and invited him to Ironforge, where Jiang Jie agreed to meet King Magni.
• Jiang Jie and Brann spent a day clearing Rockjaw Troggs from Gol'Bolar Quarry and confirming it was safe before departing with the Ironforge guards and three hundred Earthen.
• Brann led the procession to Ironforge, where King Magni welcomed Jiang Jie and praised his aid to the dwarves.
• Brannock Blackheart introduced the Earthen to Magni, and the two leaders affirmed their peoples' friendship.
• Jiang Jie declined Magni's invitation to the throne room and asked to speak in the Hall of Explorers instead.

Brann showed Jiang Jie the Hall of Explorers and its restricted library, where dwarves studied the Discs of Norgannon. Jiang Jie agreed to become the Explorers' League's fifth vice president, and Brann then asked what serious matter he had wanted to discuss.

• Brann led Jiang Jie and the others through the Hall of Explorers, showing them its exhibits and Tyranastrasz's skull.
• Brann took the group into the League's restricted library, where members studied the Discs of Norgannon's projection of Azeroth.
• Jiang Jie insisted that the real Disc of Norgannon remain in Uldaman so it could continue recording Azeroth's history.
• Brann offered Jiang Jie the position of fifth vice president of the Explorers' League and listed the group's benefits.
• Jiang Jie accepted the position, and Brann asked him what serious matter he had wanted to discuss.

Jiang Jie persuaded King Magni to send troops to aid Gnomeregan and led a force through the damaged tram tunnel. Near the city, he heard a frightened woman calling for help and rushed ahead to investigate.

• Jiang Jie warned King Magni that the Rockjaw Troggs threatened Gnomeregan, and Magni agreed to send troops.
• Jiang Jie, Brann, Brannock Blackheart, three hundred Earthen, and five hundred dwarves entered the tram tunnel toward Gnomeregan.
• The group found extensive Rockjaw Trogg tunnels and damage, and dwarves stayed behind to seal passages until only Brann continued with Jiang Jie.
• Jiang Jie heard a woman threatening approaching creatures with bombs and rushed ahead, telling Brann to rest and Brannock to bring the Earthen forward.