Chapter Summaries

Linia Abbendis and the Dawn Knights fought Balnazzar after discovering Dathrohan was a dreadlord, but the battle turned against them until Azathoth granted the knights fire protection. Balnazzar proposed an alliance, and Azathoth rejected it and demanded that he submit or die.

• Linia Abbendis empowered the Scarlet Crusade with Holy Spirit's Protection, and Herod led the Scarlet Elites in attacking Balnazzar.
• Balnazzar battered the Scarlet Elites and sent Abbendis flying, while she took up the Grand Crusader's Sword and used Titan's Grip to fight with two greatswords.
• Balnazzar unleashed Demon's Wrath, killing several knights, and Abbendis asked Azathoth for help after he demanded she beg.
• Azathoth applied Fire Zealot Enhancement to the Dawn Knights, granting them fire protection and other buffs.
• Balnazzar offered to cooperate with Azathoth and help him rule the world, but Azathoth demanded that Balnazzar submit or die.

Azathoth fought and killed the six-skull dreadlord Balnazzar in the Eastern Plaguelands, with Abbendis and the Scarlet Crusade holding off the infernals. Balnazzar’s attempted escape as bats failed, and the kill earned Azathoth 1,775 reputation.

• Azathoth froze most of the demons with Frost Barrier, while Balnazzar resisted the Freeze effect and struck him with Finger of Death.
• Azathoth took little damage from Finger of Death and countered with Blazing Sun Ray, then battered Balnazzar with wind, lightning, and a Fission Orb.
• Azathoth pinned Balnazzar down and continued burning him as the dreadlord’s curses and Soul Fire failed to turn the fight around.
• Azathoth’s Blazing Sun Ray triggered its execution effect, killing Balnazzar and forcing him to transform into bats.
• Azathoth froze the bats before they could escape, and the system recorded Balnazzar’s death and awarded Azathoth 1,775 reputation.

After killing Balnazzar, Xiao Yu watched the Scarlet Crusade defeat the remaining demons and learned that its commanders were struggling to choose a new leader. Linia Abbendis proposed Tirion Fordring, and the chapter left the Crusade considering his candidacy.

• Xiao Yu confirmed Balnazzar was dead, found the Orb of Darkness and Book of Evil Spirits among his remains, and stored the story items away.
• Brigitte Abbendis arrived with Scarlet reinforcements and ordered them to help Linia Abbendis eliminate the remaining demons.
• Linia told Brigitte and the Scarlet commanders that Dathrohan had long been dead and Balnazzar had impersonated him; Herod confirmed what he had witnessed.
• The Scarlet leaders realized their Grand Crusader was dead and debated how to choose a successor, but no one volunteered to lead.
• Linia proposed Tirion Fordring as the Crusade’s new leader, and his reputation and connection to Taelan Fordring won support from some commanders.

Linia Abbendis rallied the Scarlet Crusade to abandon its fanaticism, seek Tirion Fordring, and join the Alliance, while Xiao Yu publicized his solo victory over Balnazzar. The video reached the front page and alarmed Fulaimaosi, whose undead army was advancing toward the Eastern Plaguelands.

• Linia Abbendis proposed that the Scarlet Crusade join the Alliance and seek Tirion Fordring's leadership, while Scarlet Glory players rallied the soldiers to support her.
• Brigitte Abbendis agreed to find Tirion Fordring, and Xiao Yu realized Linia wanted to transform the Scarlet Crusade into a heroic faction.
• Abbendis thanked Azathoth and let him leave, planning to publicize her speech and promote her rise as a hero.
• Xiao Yu told his companion to post a narrated video of his victory over Balnazzar, and the video quickly reached the front page.
• Fulaimaosi learned from Bone Hyperplasia that Azathoth had killed the six-skull dreadlord Balnazzar and hurried to watch the video.

Fulaimaosi withdrew after learning Azathoth had killed Balnazzar, while the Scarlet Crusade joined the Alliance. At the Tower of Amalarui, Azathoth prepared to begin the Chaos Ritual with his unstable body nearing its limit.

• Fulaimaosi retreated to the Great Graveyard, and players spread a false story that he had been allied with Balnazzar and fled after the dreadlord’s death.
• Abbendis announced that the Scarlet Crusade would seek to join the Alliance under Tirion Fordring, prompting widespread discussion among players.
• Fulaimaosi told Zhurong and the other members of Elemental Will that Azathoth had killed Balnazzar and advanced to four-skull status, and they decided to seize his territory and lure him toward an Elemental King.
• Xiao Yu waited at the Tower of Amalarui for Fulaimaosi’s attack, then learned from the forums that the Great Lich had turned back.
• Amalarui confirmed that the Chaos Ritual was ready, and Azathoth ordered his forces to guard the valley before meeting Esmehalda in the transmutation hall.
• Amalarui urged Azathoth and Esmehalda to begin the ritual immediately because Azathoth risked exploding.

Xiao Yu completed the ritual that transformed him into a Chaos Elemental, gaining new skills and talents. After configuring a humanoid form, he regained movement and announced the experiment’s success.

• Amalarui directed Estero, Esmehalda, Leah Bloodmoon, and the priests through the ritual to separate and balance Xiao Yu’s elemental energies.
• The four spellcasters infused Azathoth with elemental power, and the alchemy array fused it into a sphere of chaos energy.
• The system changed Xiao Yu’s monster type to Chaos Elemental and granted him the title Source of Chaos, new skills, and new racial talents.
• Xiao Yu configured Chaos Shapeshifting and selected a humanoid form, allowing him to move again.
• Azathoth manifested as a black, human-shaped figure and told the gathered spellcasters that the experiment had succeeded.

After evolving into a Chaos Elemental, Azathoth learned of attacks on Hydra City and the Lost Island and set out to defend the island. On the journey, he chose three transformation forms and upgraded his skills in preparation for battle.

• Azathoth demonstrated his ability to control and transform elemental powers, impressing Amalarui.
• A subordinate reported that Hydra City had fallen and the Lost Island was surrounded by naga and Elemental Will forces, so Azathoth ordered the army to march there.
• Estero stayed behind to develop his base, while Esmehalda joined Azathoth to ask Amalarui about the Council of Sages.
• Azathoth selected human, Chaos Dragon, and Old God forms, then upgraded six boss skills and saved his final skill point for level 60.

Xiao Yu returned to Lost Island as the elemental forces and Azshara’s naga tightened their siege, then learned that the Moonlight Travel Group had completed his quest. He rewarded them with a legendary shield after they revealed that Medivh of Karazhan could open the Dark Portal.

• Xiao Yu summoned the Storm and tested his chaos dragon form during the journey back to Lost Island.
• Xiao Yu teleported to Lost Island with Leah Bloodmoon and Amalarui, leaving Big Water Cunt and Agnes with the troops.
• Wotkud told Xiao Yu that Hydra City had fallen and that Monari, an ice titan, wind elementals, and Azshara’s naga were besieging the island.
• The Moonlight Travel Group told Xiao Yu they had found an Eredar mage who could open the Dark Portal and named him as Medivh of Karazhan.
• Xiao Yu gave the group the Bulwark of Azzinoth, completing the quest, and Baoyue Liuguang handed the shield to their warrior.

Xiao Yu replaced the Bulwark of Azzinoth with a weaker knockoff, then chose to remain on the Lost Island while he assessed his chances against Azshara and the Elemental Will. While searching for Medivh, he discovered Merlin at a mysterious meeting and resolved to contact him.

• Xiao Yu spent 50,000 Adventurer's Remains Fragments to make a knockoff Bulwark of Azzinoth and gave it to the warrior in place of the original.
• Xiao Yu decided to stay on the Lost Island for now and investigate Medivh before making a move against the Elemental Throne.
• Xiao Yu used the Magic Mirror of True Knowledge to locate Medivh and saw him attending a meeting with Merlin and five other figures.
• Medivh detected the mirror's spying and damaged it, so Xiao Yu decided to contact Merlin for answers and a possible introduction.
• Xiao Yu asked Esmehalda about Medivh, and she said he was likely a member of the Council of Sages, leading Xiao Yu to suspect he had seen their meeting.

Xiao Yu gathered the Lost Island’s bosses to assess the forces surrounding them and bolster morale with a display of his new power. Outnumbered and losing adventurers as the island’s dungeons closed, he came up with a plan involving Lady Xiwadelin to keep them fighting for him.

• Xiao Yu summoned the Lost Island’s bosses to the Elemental Temple and showed them his evolved form, raising their morale.
• Wotkud reported that Xiao Yu’s side and its allies could muster about fifty thousand troops and ten thousand adventurers, while the enemy had roughly one hundred and fifty-five thousand troops, including Neptulon’s elite guard.
• Beautifully Freezing explained that the siege had closed key dungeons and made the island less attractive to adventurers.
• Xiao Yu realized Lady Xiwadelin might help keep adventurers on the island and sent for her to meet him that night.
• Xiao Yu continued the war council, planning to rely on adventurers in the coming battle and use quest rewards to compensate for their deaths.

Azathoth gathered the elemental, mermaid, and adventurer forces for a battle against Elemental Will and the naga on Lost Island’s beach. After both armies assembled and their leaders exchanged taunts, Faras Bloodfin arrived to announce that the naga queen had ordered the attack prepared.

• Azathoth announced the battle and invited adventurers to fight for reputation, while Xiao Yu and Qin Shiyue arranged for Ariel’s mermaid army to join him.
• Ariel brought forty thousand mermaids, and adventurer guild leaders discussed which enemy bosses they would target and how they would divide the loot.
• Elemental Will’s army and the naga army appeared offshore, keeping their forces separate despite their alliance.
• Azathoth confronted Monari and Gonggong, boasting that his stronger form could defeat their combined forces and dismissing Gonggong’s confidence in Elemental Will.
• Faras Bloodfin arrived and told Monari and Gonggong that the naga queen had ordered them to prepare for the attack.

The adventurers triggered the Second Lost Island War before Azathoth and Elemental Will could finish negotiating, and Azathoth devastated their forces with Netherstorm and Flame Storm. As the battle spread across the beach, Azathoth faced Gonggong and Monari, and Gonggong’s crushing blows buried him in the sand without breaking his Chaos Barrier.

• The Alliance and Horde adventurers abandoned the negotiations and started fighting Elemental Will, triggering the Second Lost Island War.
• Azathoth unleashed Netherstorm and killed hundreds of Elemental Will’s troops, then used Flame Storm to burn through hundreds more.
• Gonggong retaliated with Frost Storm, but the attack did little against water-elemental troops and killed only a few adventurers.
• Monari ordered the Naga and elementals to charge, while adventurers formed groups to meet the attack across the beach.
• Azathoth challenged Gonggong and Monari, and Gonggong charged at him with a crushing punch.
• Azathoth activated Chaos Barrier, which absorbed Gonggong’s repeated blows as they drove him into the sand.

Xiao Yu transformed into a giant Chaos Dragon and battled Gonggong, Monari, and the ambushing Tianwu, breaking through their defenses and trapping Tianwu in a black hole. Gonggong and Monari fled toward the sea, but Xiao Yu pursued Monari and tore through his wall of seawater.

• Xiao Yu transformed into a giant Chaos Dragon and blasted Gonggong, while Monari's ice attacks failed to penetrate the Chaos Barrier.
• Monari used Sea God's Grasp to seize Xiao Yu, and Gonggong shattered the Chaos Barrier with Iceberg Throw.
• Tianwu ambushed Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu's Black Hole Simulation swallowed the Wind Elemental Lord and left him restrained.
• Gonggong and Monari decided to retreat toward the sea, and Xiao Yu pursued them with repeated blasts of Chaos Dragon Breath.
• Xiao Yu targeted Monari and tore apart the Sea Elemental Lord's protective wall of seawater with a swipe of his claws.

Xiao Yu killed Sea Giant King Dukates, drove off Tianwu’s Sky Guards, and then faced Azshara’s targeted lightning storm. As the storm also struck the elemental and naga armies, Xiao Yu prepared to use a healing skill to survive it.

• Sea Giant King Dukates charged Azathoth to let Monari escape, but Azathoth killed him and crushed his head.
• Xiao Yu pursued Wind Elemental Lord Tianwu after he escaped the simulated black hole, but Tianwu’s Sky Guard Corps distracted Xiao Yu and helped him flee.
• Xiao Yu killed dozens of cyclone and hurricane elementals with Netherstorm and Chaos Dragon Breath before turning to attack enemies in the sea.
• Azshara began casting a powerful storm spell, and its lightning repeatedly struck Xiao Yu as he flew over the battlefield.
• Xiao Yu led the targeted lightning over the elemental and naga armies, causing heavy casualties, while Azshara ignored Faras Bloodfin’s warning about the crossfire.
• Xiao Yu decided to use a healing skill rather than let Azshara’s lightning kill him.

Xiao Yu used Elemental Siphon to restore his health during the Second Battle for Lost Island, and the defenders repelled the naga and Elemental Will forces. With the island still besieged, he prepared a plan to keep adventurers committed while Elemental Will discussed containing him.

• Xiao Yu drained elemental power from nearby creatures with Elemental Siphon, restored his health, and flew back toward Lost Island as Azshara redirected her attacks.
• Both armies fought until evening, then withdrew, and the system awarded Xiao Yu 436 reputation points for completing the Second Battle for Lost Island.
• Monari lamented Elemental Will's losses, while Gonggong promised compensation and the elemental lords agreed to blockade ships carrying adventurers to the island.
• Xiao Yu assessed his own losses and worried that adventurers would leave if the enemy maintained its siege without attacking.
• Lady Xiwadelin arrived at the Water Elemental Temple, and Xiao Yu instructed her to carry out a plan beginning the next day.

After Jing Wuming discovered a secret letter revealing the naga’s alliance with N’Zoth and the search for divine artifacts on the Lost Island, he brought it to War Soul King. War Soul King began recruiting allies to protect the island and secure the artifacts, but rival guilds also started sending people.

• Adventurers returned to the Lost Island and accepted new war-related story quests as the naga and Elemental Will armies kept their distance.
• Jing Wuming found and killed a Naga Messenger near the Naga Cavern, then looted a secret letter addressed to Queen Azshara.
• The letter revealed that Lady Xiwadelin had freed N’Zoth, that Azathoth had unearthed a divine artifact, and that more artifacts lay buried on the island; reading it triggered The Naga’s Conspiracy quest.
• Jing Wuming took the letter to War Soul King, who realized adventurers might obtain divine artifacts and decided to bring more people to the island while keeping the news quiet.
• War Soul King’s subordinates reported that several rival guilds were also organizing expeditions to the Lost Path, so he accepted that the secret had spread.

Adventurers flooded the Lost Island, helping Azathoth keep its enemies occupied while he prepared to leave. Xiao Yu met Merlin at Blissful Home and hired him to arrange for Medivh to open the Dark Portal to Draenor.

• Alliance and Horde adventurers reached the Lost Island despite attacks from the naga and the Elemental Will, and druids hunted enemies around the Lost Path.
• Azathoth observed the growing crowd and decided it was time to leave the island, while Xiao Yu worried about failing to become the Elemental King.
• Xiao Yu invited Merlin to Blissful Home and revealed that he knew Merlin was the Sage of Fate on the Council of Sages.
• Xiao Yu told Merlin he was Azathoth and asked him to arrange for Medivh to open the Dark Portal to Draenor.
• Merlin offered to handle the request for three hundred thousand, and Xiao Yu accepted the price.

Xiao Yu arranged for Medivh to open the Dark Portal so he could lead an expedition to Draenor and begin the Elemental King ritual. He assembled a large force with help from Qin Shiyue, Abbendis, and Mofeitosi, and planned to meet them at the Dark Portal within a week.

• Merlin told Xiao Yu that Medivh would open the Dark Portal for twenty-four hours once Xiao Yu arrived with his army.
• Xiao Yu appointed Wotkud to defend Lost Island and mobilized most of The Immortals' forces for the Draenor expedition.
• Xiao Yu asked Qin Shiyue for five thousand troops and a merfolk lord, and she agreed to send them while remaining behind to lead.
• Abbendis promised to send three thousand Scarlet Crusaders under Taelan Fordring to the Dark Portal within a week.
• Mofeitosi agreed to send twenty NPC dragons for free and thirty player dragons for a fee, and Xiao Yu told him to prevent his forces from mistaking the allied troops for enemies.

Xiao Yu assembled dragons, mercenaries, and thousands of adventurers for an expedition to Draenor, then led his army away from Lost Island and toward the Dark Portal. After the naga and elemental forces failed to take the island, Xiao Yu’s force reached the portal in the Blasted Lands.

• Xiao Yu recruited Mephisto’s dragons, Estero’s gargoyles, Madman’s troll bat riders, and dark shamans from the Furnace Council, spending heavily to strengthen his army.
• Xiao Yu issued an epic quest for trusted adventurers and gathered more than five thousand high-level players for the expedition.
• Xiao Yu hired the Bloodsail Buccaneers to transport the adventurers, then led his army out of Lost Island by breaking through the naga encirclement.
• Gonggong and Monari joined Azshara in a probing attack on Lost Island, but the island’s adventurers wiped out their twenty thousand troops.
• Xiao Yu’s army crossed the sea, traveled through the Blasted Lands, and arrived at the Dark Portal.

Xiao Yu brought his water elemental and murloc army to the Dark Portal and established a camp in the Blasted Lands. After discovering a nearby night elf force, he learned from Esmehalda that they were Watchers.

• Xiao Yu ordered Sairen to establish a guarded camp around the Dark Portal and scout the area.
• Sairen warned that the dry climate was weakening the army, so Xiao Yu ordered the dark shamans to summon rain.
• A robed man watched the camp from a mountain, then transformed into a raven and flew away.
• Agnes reported that two or three thousand night elf soldiers were camped nearby, and Xiao Yu flew there with Esmehalda.
• Esmehalda identified the night elf troops as Watchers, and Xiao Yu recalled Moonmark?Shadow Chaser's Watcher title.