Chapter Summaries

After his failed assault on Silvermoon City, Xiao Yu planned to lure Liadrin’s blood elf fleet into an ambush so he could retaliate and seize the Seed of Elements. He feigned a powerful attack, then fled under fire, and Liadrin ordered the fleet to pursue him.

• Xiao Yu recognized that he had grown overconfident after his victories and decided not to fight the blood elf fleet near its harbor.
• Xiao Yu ordered his hidden forces to retreat and lie in wait offshore while the two battered elemental legions remained visible as bait.
• Xiao Yu spotted Liadrin commanding about fifty blood elf warships, including vessels armed with arcane weapons and Magic Shields.
• Liadrin attacked Xiao Yu with a ship-mounted arcane weapon, and repeated blasts destroyed several water elementals.
• Xiao Yu pretended to prepare a powerful attack, then turned and fled, fooling Liadrin into believing he had escaped her range.
• Liadrin realized Xiao Yu had tricked her and ordered every warship to pursue the water elementals.

Liadrin’s blood elf fleet pursued Azathoth into a sea ambush and was surrounded by his hidden forces. As the fleet tried to escape under relentless attacks, Liadrin survived a hydra barrage, but the battle remained dire.

• Liadrin ignored her mage’s warning and ordered the fleet to keep pursuing Azathoth.
• Azathoth summoned his concealed sea army, surrounding the fleet with sea beasts and blocking its retreat with thousands of water elementals.
• Azathoth’s forces attacked the fleet, sinking several smaller ships as Liadrin ordered her warships to turn and fight back.
• The blood elf fleet’s arcane towers and mages inflicted heavy losses, but hydras and charging sea beasts slowed and damaged the ships.
• A colossal beast lifted Liadrin’s flagship from below, but the chief shipboard mage used wind magic to stop it from capsizing.
• Nine hydra heads attacked Liadrin, who used Divine Shield to survive as their breath blasts shattered the deck beneath her.

Liadrin used the Holy Light to kill one of Sgelari’s nine heads, but the enraged hydra destroyed the warship and left her stranded in the sea. With her Holy Light exhausted, Agnes and the ice elementals captured Liadrin by freezing her inside a massive block of ice.

• Liadrin activated Holy Enrage, empowered herself with Holy Light, and flew at Sgelari’s shadow-attribute head.
• Liadrin pierced the head and injected Holy Light into it, triggering a slaying effect that killed it instantly.
• Sgelari crushed the warship, forcing Liadrin and the chief mage to jump into the sea.
• Liadrin fought off a shark and spotted water creatures dragging blood elf sailors underwater.
• Agnes ordered the ice elementals to capture Liadrin alive, and they froze her inside a massive block of ice until she lost consciousness.

Xiao Yu’s forces defeated the blood elf fleet at Sunstrider Isle, and he learned that Liadrin and the fleet’s chief mage had been captured. In an anti-magic prison, Liadrin discovered that the chief mage had once imprisoned the water elemental lord Azathoth in the very same cells.

• The blood elf fleet broke through the water elementals’ encirclement, but only a third of its ships escaped.
• Xiao Yu received notice that Azathoth had won the Battle of Sunstrider Isle and earned 345 reputation points.
• Wotkud reported that the water elementals had captured five blood elf heroes, including the fleet commander and chief mage.
• Liadrin awoke in an anti-magic cell and failed to break through its barrier with the Holy Light.
• The chief mage told Liadrin that she knew Azathoth and had once imprisoned him in the same cells.

Azathoth questioned the captured Leah Bloodmoon and learned she knew where to find the final Seed of Elements. Rather than ransom her, he persuaded her to swear allegiance, then ordered her to retrieve the Seed.

• Azathoth brought Leah Bloodmoon to the Water Elemental Temple and questioned her about becoming a Horde hero.
• Leah explained that she had spent her savings on Horde reputation and offered to help Azathoth find the Seed of Elements.
• Leah revealed that she had studied Alamarui's research and knew the history and locations of the Seeds of Elements.
• Azathoth refused to rely on Leah for the Seed, but offered to spare her if she swore allegiance and accepted a contract.
• Leah signed the agreement and swore allegiance to Azathoth, who accepted her oath and assigned her to retrieve the Seed of Elements.

After the blood elf fleet suffered heavy losses pursuing the water elementals, Leah Bloodmoon returned to Silvermoon City with Azathoth’s ransom demands. Lor'themar learned that the captured blood elves could be exchanged for a vial of water from the Sunwell and legendary treasures, but he balked at the scale of the demand.

• Lor'themar asked Sylvanas what Silvermoon City should do next, and she pointedly reminded him that he had rejected her earlier advice.
• A guard announced that Leah Bloodmoon had returned, and she told Lor'themar that she had sworn loyalty to Azathoth to protect the captured blood elves from his threats.
• Leah Bloodmoon claimed she had agreed to serve Azathoth for one year until negotiations concluded, earning Lor'themar’s gratitude and honored reputation in Silvermoon City.
• Leah Bloodmoon revealed that Azathoth wanted a vial of water from the Sunwell for Lady Liadrin and ten legendary items for the other captives and three heroes.
• Lor'themar read the list of requested treasures, including Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury and the Seed of Elements, and shouted that Silvermoon City could not afford to give up so many.

Lor'themar negotiated with Azathoth to exchange five legendary items and Sunwell water for the captured blood elves, securing a Soul Oath against using the items against Silvermoon City. The deal was set for three days later, and Xiao Yu watched a video of Azathoth's attack on Silvermoon City spreading through the player community.

• Lor'themar weighed the blood elves' losses against the need to rescue two thousand captives and bargained with Azathoth through Mirror Image.
• Lor'themar, Rodman, and Halduron selected five legendary items and a bottle of Sunwell water as the exchange.
• Lor'themar demanded a Soul Oath, and Azathoth swore he would not use the items to help the Alliance deal with the Horde or Silvermoon City, leaving himself a loophole.
• Lor'themar and Azathoth agreed to complete the exchange in three days and ended their communication.
• Xiao Yu watched an edited video of the flooding and invasion of Silvermoon City, which showed Azathoth killing players and drew attention across the game's forums.

Xiao Yu watched a video of Azathoth’s attack on Silvermoon City and saw viewers praise Sylvanas while mocking his retreat. He then discovered that forum users had exposed him as a player and found the Immortal Legion listed thirteenth in the Demon King Rankings, prompting him to plan a publicity push.

• Xiao Yu watched the battle video and read comments criticizing Azathoth for retreating from Sylvanas, though he thought his retreat had been necessary after exhausting his power.
• Xiao Yu browsed the forum and found a player’s post revealing that Azathoth was a player who led Hydra City and had recruited studio employees.
• Xiao Yu realized the person who exposed him was likely an applicant he had rejected, and he accepted that his identity had been revealed.
• Xiao Yu opened the Demon King Hall and reviewed new monster factions, including the Scarlet Crusade’s Scarlet Glory and the undead Nastke Grand Cemetery.
• Xiao Yu found the Immortal Legion ranked thirteenth and decided his studio’s publicity staff should improve its forum information before the competition.

Xiao Yu received the final Seed of Elements and faced a risky choice about which elemental power to generate. He chose earth, gambling that the unstable energies would transform him into a Chaos Elemental.

• Lor'themar exchanged five legendary items and water from the Sunwell for the blood elf prisoners, and Leah Bloodmoon returned to Silvermoon City with them.
• Xiao Yu prepared to absorb the Seed of Elements while Leah Bloodmoon watched in the water elemental temple.
• The system offered Xiao Yu four elemental choices, warning that generating earth power could cause an unpredictable mutation.
• Leah Bloodmoon estimated Xiao Yu had no more than a fifty percent chance of becoming a Chaos Elemental and said failure might turn him into an elemental hybrid.
• Xiao Yu chose to generate earth elemental power and took the gamble.

Xiao Yu’s attempt to gain earth energy turned him into an Annihilation Elemental Amalgamation, whose Annihilation status would steadily drain his health and trigger a massive explosion after seven days. He learned that reviving Amalarui and completing a Chaos Elemental ritual might save him, so he set out to retake the mage’s tower from the Scarlet Crusade.

• Xiao Yu’s new earth element destabilized his elemental powers, transforming him into an Annihilation Elemental Amalgamation with a deadly status that would build toward an explosion.
• Xiao Yu asked Leah Bloodmoon how to remove the status, and she explained that a Chaos Elemental ritual required powerful spellcasters, Amalarui’s knowledge, and a costly creation array.
• Xiao Yu contacted Estero, who said he could not resurrect Amalarui or help without first reclaiming the Tower of Amalarui from the Scarlet Crusade.
• Xiao Yu told Estero he would help defeat the Scarlet Crusade and set out to the Eastern Plaguelands with his forces.
• Xiao Yu’s bosses reacted with alarm and curiosity to his changed appearance, and he ordered them to gather for the march.

Azathoth led an elite elemental force into the Eastern Plaguelands to pursue his goal of becoming a Chaos Elemental, while the Elemental Will plotted against him. After joining forces with Estero, he prepared to reclaim the Tower of Amalarui from the Scarlet Crusade.

• Azathoth brought three thousand elite elemental troops into the Eastern Plaguelands, where Agnes reported that the lich’s forces were waiting in an abandoned village.
• A water elemental secretly logged off and reported Azathoth’s movements to the Elemental Will, whose lords decided to have Estero obstruct him and to attack Lost Island and Hydra City with the naga.
• Gonggong persuaded the Elemental Will to plan to betray the naga after Azathoth was killed and take their territory for themselves.
• Azathoth met Estero, who explained that the Scarlet Crusade had grown stronger after the Scarlet Glory Guild arrived and had seized the Tower of Amalarui.
• Azathoth urged Estero to set out immediately and take back the Tower of Amalarui.

Xiao Yu led his elemental army through the Eastern Plaguelands toward the Tower of Amalarui, where he intended to establish control. After demonstrating his overwhelming power against a Scarlet Crusade patrol, he reached the tower and found hundreds of adventurers gathered at its dungeon entrance.

• Estero explained how Scarlet Glory had built up the Dawn Knights and helped the Scarlet Crusade expand through the Eastern Plaguelands.
• Edward confronted Xiao Yu and demanded to know why he was traveling with undead, but Xiao Yu declared his intention to occupy the Tower of Amalarui and attacked.
• Xiao Yu's Fission Orb disintegrated Edward's soldiers, and the terrified paladin fled while Estero realized how powerful Xiao Yu had become.
• Xiao Yu's army continued toward the tower, with Agnes clearing away lesser Scarlet Crusade monsters as they went.
• Xiao Yu spotted adventurer parties in the valley and found hundreds of adventurers gathered outside the Tower of Alamarui's dungeon entrance.

Xiao Yu, as Azathoth, attacked the adventurers occupying the Tower of Alamarui and wiped them out despite their coordinated defenses. After recovering his health, he prepared to take the tower, while system announcements revealed that key Scarlet Crusade leaders had left and the instance’s raid size had shrunk.

• Xiao Yu realized the adventurers were allied with the Scarlet Crusade and declared that the Tower of Alamarui would become his territory.
• The adventurers ignored Azathoth’s warning, so he attacked with Fission Orb and killed several of them.
• The adventurers organized their forces and countered Azathoth’s Ice Barrier, but their attacks rapidly reduced his health.
• Azathoth used Furious Tornado and Deep Sea Maelstrom to destroy the adventurers, then restored his health with Elemental Absorption and healing spells.
• Xiao Yu turned toward the Tower of Alamarui as a system notice announced that Orland Fordring and Lilith the Holy had left, reducing the instance first to ten players and then to five.

Xiao Yu and Estero invaded the Tower of Amalarui, defeated its remaining Scarlet Crusade defenders, and reached the alchemy hall. Estero summoned Amalarui’s lost soul, which appeared before them.

• Xiao Yu ordered Big Water Cunt to guard the tower entrance while Agnes accompanied him and Estero inside.
• Xiao Yu and Estero fought through the tower’s Scarlet Crusade enemies as Estero resurrected fallen soldiers into undead servants.
• Xiao Yu killed Atak, the Scarlet Champion, and took his epic battle axe.
• Estero performed Soul Summoning in the alchemy hall, and the Soul of Amalarui appeared.

Azathoth offered Amalarui resurrection in exchange for loyalty, and Amalarui accepted. Estero used Sunwell water and Amalarui’s ashes to resurrect him, but the ritual returned him as a Reborn Flame Soul rather than a lich or necromancer.

• Amalarui recognized Azathoth, Estero, Agnes, and his former apprentice Leah Bloodmoon, then explained that his long isolation had made him eager to talk.
• Azathoth offered to resurrect Amalarui as an undead servant or let Estero capture and torture his soul, and Amalarui chose to swear loyalty.
• Xiao Yu accepted Amalarui’s oath, and Azathoth gave Estero the Sunwell water for the resurrection ritual.
• Estero used the Sunwell water and Amalarui’s ashes in a Raise Dead spell, transforming him into a level 60 Reborn Flame Soul.
• Amalarui explained that the fire and earth elements left in his body had merged with his soul, making him an elemental creature.

Azathoth arranged the preparations for Amalarui to refine him into a Chaos Elemental and guarded the tower while the magic array was rebuilt. On the second day, Linia Abbendis arrived as an envoy from Scarlet Glory and asked him to help defeat her boss.

• Amalarui listed the assistants, elemental materials, and spellcasters needed for the refinement ritual, and Esmehalda agreed to arrive the next day as the ice mage.
• Amalarui said he needed three days to rebuild the magic array and warned Azathoth that too much Power of Annihilation could make him explode.
• Azathoth had Agnes and his subordinates assist Amalarui, then sealed the valley entrance and stayed there to guard the tower.
• Azathoth's forces killed adventurers, undead, and Scarlet Crusade scouts who approached the valley.
• Big Water Cunt reported that a Scarlet Crusade envoy wanted to meet Azathoth, and Azathoth allowed the party to enter.
• Linia Abbendis introduced herself as Scarlet Glory's guild leader and asked Azathoth to help her take out their boss.

Xiao Yu learned that the Elemental Will had allied with the naga and an archlich to attack his faction, then heard Linia Abbendis’s proposal to kill Grand Crusader Dathrohan, secretly the dreadlord Balnazzar. He agreed to help the Scarlet Crusade in exchange for 500,000 coupons and a future military favor, with an ambush planned for the next morning.

• Linia told Xiao Yu that the Elemental Will had allied with the naga and was preparing attacks on Lost Island and Hydra City, while also recruiting Fulaimaosi’s forces against him.
• Linia revealed that Grand Crusader Dathrohan was actually Balnazzar, who had taken control of the Scarlet Crusade and intensified its purges.
• Linia explained that her guild could not confront Balnazzar because of its oath, the risk of internal retaliation, and the dreadlord’s overwhelming strength.
• Linia offered Xiao Yu 500,000 coupons, Dathrohan’s treasures and reputation, and a future force of 3,000 led by a skull-rank boss in exchange for his help.
• Xiao Yu accepted, and Linia arranged an ambush outside Tyr’s Hand the next morning while Dathrohan traveled toward Stratholme.

Xiao Yu chose Blazing Sun Ray and ambushed Dathrohan with Linia Abbendis’s help, intending to defeat him and gain the Scarlet Crusade’s allegiance. As Dathrohan mistook the betrayal for a power grab, Xiao Yu fired his new skill at him.

• Xiao Yu chose Blazing Sun Ray from four new skills, hoping its execution effect would help him defeat Balnazzar.
• Xiao Yu traveled to the Eastern Plaguelands with Leah Bloodmoon, Linia Abbendis, and his elemental forces while studio employees prepared to film the battle.
• Xiao Yu attacked Dathrohan’s marching party from a hillside, and Linia Abbendis pretended to betray Dathrohan for leadership of the Scarlet Crusade.
• Dathrohan urged Linia Abbendis to abandon her supposed coup, while Xiao Yu demanded that she honor their deal and pledge the Scarlet Crusade to him.
• Balnazzar realized he might need to reveal his true strength, but Xiao Yu fired Blazing Sun Ray at him.

Xiao Yu and Linia Abbendis ambushed Dathrohan, forcing him to reveal that he was the dreadlord Balnazzar. As Balnazzar prepared to kill them and manipulate the Scarlet Crusade, Abbendis summoned the Dawn Knights to surround him.

• Azathoth attacked Dathrohan while Doan teleported away to seek help, and Abbendis's planted Scarlet elites turned on their comrades.
• Azathoth used Deep Sea Maelstrom to trap Dathrohan in the current, then grabbed and burned him while Abbendis fought Herod.
• Balnazzar broke free of Azathoth's grasp and transformed into his giant dreadlord form, shocking Herod and the subdued Scarlet Crusaders.
• Linia Abbendis told Herod that Balnazzar had deceived the Scarlet Crusade, while Balnazzar vowed to kill his enemies and alter Herod's memories.
• Abbendis signaled for reinforcements, and the Dawn Knights charged in and surrounded Balnazzar.

Balnazzar summoned demons through the Gate of Hell and called down infernals with Rain of Chaos, turning Abbendis’s attempt to overwhelm him into a sprawling battle. Abbendis ordered her forces to split their targets and began using her own ultimate skill.

• Abbendis surrounded Balnazzar with the Dawn Knights, who struck him with a combined volley of Holy Light and dealt more than 400,000 damage.
• Balnazzar abandoned his plan to retake the Scarlet Crusade and opened the Gate of Hell, summoning a stream of demons.
• Balnazzar used Rain of Chaos to drop four meteors, each of which produced a level 60 infernal.
• Abbendis ordered her squads to fight the infernals, demons, and Gate of Hell while she kept Balnazzar occupied.
• Abbendis planted her sword, knelt, and began unleashing her ultimate skill.