Chapter Summaries

Jiang Jie killed Patriarch Alexei with the Thirty-Six Dragon-Subduing Palms, helping Fenna overwhelm the undead. Alexei’s spirit then offered him the Barov Family’s hidden wealth and the chance to become its next patriarch if he killed Darkmaster Gandling, freed Illucia, and purified the family graveyard.

• Jiang Jie used Sprint to leap over the undead and struck Alexei with Flying Dragon in the Sky, killing him while exhausting most of his internal energy.
• With Alexei’s Unholy Aura gone and the necromancers slain, Fenna attacked the undead with the Ashbringer’s holy flames.
• Jiang Jie picked up Alexei’s Barov Family Longsword and considered its symbolic importance to the fallen family.
• Alexei’s spirit appeared to Jiang Jie, recognized him as Nicholas, and asked him to kill Darkmaster Gandling, free Illucia, and purify the Barov graveyard.
• Alexei promised to reveal the Barov Family’s hidden wealth and help Jiang Jie restore the family as its next patriarch.

Jiang Jie, Jaina, and Fenna defeated the undead in Scholomance, where the Ashbringer awakened its Wake of Ashes trait and Fenna destroyed Darkmaster Gandling. After dividing the loot, Fenna wondered whether Jiang Jie had seriously proposed marriage.

• Jaina blasted the undead sorceress Illucia Barov with Frost Bomb, and Jiang Jie severed her head with the Barov Family Longsword.
• Fenna's Ashbringer awakened Wake of Ashes and incinerated the undead gathered before her.
• Jiang Jie put Alexei's soul-bearing longsword aside, and Fenna, Jaina, and Jiang Jie confronted Darkmaster Gandling.
• Jaina blocked Gandling's escape, and Fenna drove the Ashbringer through him, burning his body and soul to ash.
• Jiang Jie and Jaina divided the purple loot, while Fenna reflected on her feelings for Jiang Jie and his marriage proposal.

After the assault on Caer Darrow, Jiang Jie learned that Alexei had revealed the Barov Family’s hidden wealth and asked Xiao Feng how to grow stronger quickly. Xiao Feng recommended electroshock therapy using the gaming pod, and the next morning Jiang Jie went with Fenna and Jaina to meet Princess Calia in Lordaeron.

• Jiang Jie learned from Alexei that the Barov Family had hidden assets and connections scattered across several kingdoms, which now belonged to him.
• Jiang Jie recalled that he, Fenna, and Jaina had led most of Chillwind Camp’s soldiers to destroy the undead on Caer Darrow Island and escort the refugees back.
• Jiang Jie asked Xiao Feng for a quick way to improve his strength, and Xiao Feng described several risky or unavailable methods before recommending electroshock therapy.
• Xiao Feng explained that the gaming pod could provide electroshock therapy, but it required a tremendous amount of energy.
• Jiang Jie decided to buy mana potions for the treatment, slept well, and teleported to Lordaeron with Fenna and Jaina the next morning to meet Princess Calia.

Jiang Jie and Fenna arrived in martial-law-bound Lordaeron to report that they had destroyed Scholomance and defeated its leaders. Jiang Jie publicly praised Fenna’s courage and achievements, winning Harak’s admiration and leaving the Silver Hand with a new view of her.

• Jiang Jie reached Lordaeron and saw the city preparing its defenses under martial law.
• Harak the Lifebringer greeted Fenna but treated her coolly because many Silver Hand members believed she had wronged Highlord Mograine by claiming Ashbringer.
• Jiang Jie announced that Fenna, Jaina, and he had destroyed Scholomance and that Fenna had slain Ras Frostwhisper and Darkmaster Gandling.
• Jiang Jie described Fenna leading the assault on Caer Darrow and purifying over a thousand undead, prompting Harak to feel admiration and shame.
• Jiang Jie held Fenna’s hand and praised her before the gathered Silver Hand, urging its young members to follow her example.

Jiang Jie turned Paladin opinion in Fenna’s favor, then brought her to Princess Calia and Uther, where he praised her role in destroying Scholomance. He pressed the leaders to decide how to shelter the refugees stranded at Chillwind Camp, leaving the question unresolved.

• Jiang Jie persuaded Harak and the other Paladins that Fenna’s achievements and potential made her worthy of the Ashbringer.
• With Princess Calia’s permission, Jiang Jie, Fenna, and their companion entered the royal palace and met Calia and Uther.
• Jiang Jie credited Fenna with leading the attack that destroyed Scholomance, and Calia and Uther praised her and the Ashbringer’s recognition of her.
• Jiang Jie told Calia that more than a thousand Scholomance refugees and several hundred Andorhal refugees were stranded at Chillwind Camp without enough food or a safe destination.
• Calia questioned whether the refugees could be sent to Lordaeron, and Jiang Jie asked what she had decided about the matter he had raised earlier.

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.