Chapter Summaries

Be'lakor's Chaos Fleet was ambushed and destroyed by Demon Eater, leaving the Dark Master publicly humiliated but determined to defend Corvax. Ron's fleet found that bombardment risked unleashing a Warp Storm, so he prepared to lead a ground assault against the Blackstone machine before the rift opened.

• Be'lakor celebrated the destruction of the Demon Eater fleet until a Lord of Change pointed out that the Chaos ships were exploding instead.
• The Chaos Commander cursed Be'lakor for leading the fleet into an ambush, then died when Demon Eater's Plasma Cannon destroyed his Bridge.
• Demon Eater mocked Be'lakor over the planet's broadcast, and Be'lakor resolved to defend Corvax and defeat him.
• Ron ordered Kais to stop probing the Veil after the attacks triggered a dangerous Warp Storm and accelerated the rift's opening.
• Ron ordered the ground forces to advance on Corvax's Central Bastion and destroy the Blackstone machine, then armed himself with Holy Ash Bombs for the coming battle.

Ron’s forces launched their assault on Corvax, and Be'lakor’s hesitation let the Chaos Legion charge into a trap as the Savior’s Armed Forces arrived in overwhelming numbers. The Chaos forces were surrounded and routed on the plains, while Ari led the Freeblades toward a Chaos Titan.

• Be'lakor fortified the Central Bastion as the Dark Machine strained The Veil, while Ron watched his forces prepare to attack.
• Heavy fighters cleared Anti-Air Arrays, but Teleport Homers and most Drop Pods failed to reach the Central Bastion, forcing Ron to plan a ground assault.
• Be'lakor doubted the Chaos commander’s proposed attack and handed him battlefield command; the commander ordered the Chaos Legion to charge the assembling Imperium forces.
• Ari led the Redemption Mechs and Freeblade Knights in a countercharge as Ron’s larger main force arrived, surrounding the Chaos Legion and severing its communications.
• The Savior’s Armed Forces destroyed Chaos Titans and overwhelmed the Chaos Knights, while Ari charged a Chaos Titan and left the Freeblades stunned.

Ari destroyed a Calamity Lord-class Chaos Titan, while the Savior’s forces pushed toward the Central Bastion and Be’lakor revealed that The Veil would tear in one hour. With the breach opened, Ari set out alone on Cawl’s Rocket Bike to reach the Bastion’s core and confront the Dark Master.

• Ari charged a Calamity Lord-class Chaos Titan in his specially equipped Redemption Mech, planted a Melta Bomb inside its cockpit, and destroyed it; the surviving Warhound Titans fled before the Imperator-class Redemption Mechs destroyed them.
• The Savior’s Armed Forces encircled the Chaos Legion and advanced toward the Central Bastion, while Ron learned from Tako that The Veil would tear in one hour.
• Be’lakor taunted Ron on the Dreamer’s Bridge, but Ron called him a clown until the Dark Master lost his temper and cut off the connection.
• Ron asked Cawl whether his backup vehicle was ready, planning to send a warrior through the enemy defenses with a Teleport Homer; he chose Ari for the mission.
• Two General Cannons shattered the Central Bastion’s barrier and wall, and Ari climbed onto Cawl’s Rocket Bike and raced toward the breach to reach the core region.

Ari reached the Throne Core but was rescued from the Greater Daemons by Carter and the Thunder Custodes, while Carter was defeated after challenging Be'lakor. Ron confronted the Dark Master, appeared to be killed, and then revealed a new, more terrifying form that struck Be'lakor and destroyed his Throne.

• Ari raced through Central Bastion's defenses, reached the Throne Core, and was badly wounded when Be'lakor's chains destroyed his vehicle.
• Carter and a thousand Thunder Custodes teleported in, rescued Ari, and fought through Be'lakor's Daemon Bodyguards.
• Carter challenged Be'lakor on the Throne platform, landed a surprise punch, and was then beaten and sent away by the Dark Master.
• Ron confronted Be'lakor, but Blackstone weakened his powers and the Dark Master destroyed his launcher, bound him in chains, and cut his body apart.
• Be'lakor proclaimed that Demon Eater was dead and rallied the daemons, but Ron's voice called him a clown and a new, taller figure emerged from a teleportation passage.
• The new figure punched Be'lakor and shattered the Throne, leaving the daemons to realize that Demon Eater's strength did not depend only on his weapons.

Ron revealed his true Primarch body and used Little Sun’s Dark Side energy to empower himself, then defeated and killed Be'lakor with a Holy Ash Bomb. He restored the Daemons’ fear of Demon Eater and charged through the breach into The Veil, striking Ang'grath as the chapter ended.

• Ron entered the Throne Core region in his true body, but Be'lakor and the Daemons dismissed him as a fraud and mocked his reputation.
• Ang'grath concluded that Ka'bandha had deceived the Daemons by exaggerating Demon Eater’s power, while Ka'bandha stayed on an industrial world to avoid being summoned into the battle.
• Ron used Little Sun’s accumulated Dark Side energy to transform and overpower Be'lakor, then tore off his wings and killed him with a Holy Ash Bomb.
• The Daemons who witnessed Be'lakor’s death regained their fear of Demon Eater, while Ron challenged them to come through the breach.
• When Ang'grath protested Ron’s taunts, Ron charged through the breach into The Veil and punched him.

Ron, empowered as Demon Eater, defeated Ang'grath and turned the Chaos Daemon coalition against the Tzeentch Daemons, then used a volley of Holy Ash Bombs to break the invasion of Corvax. After the breach sealed and the daemons fled, Ron collapsed from exhaustion, while Ka'bandha returned to the Warp and was summoned before the furious Blood God.

• Ron overwhelmed Ang'grath, spared him, and declared that Demon Eater awaited a duel to the death with Ka'bandha.
• The Lords of Change provoked the Daemon host into attacking Ron, but Ron exposed their hiding place and redirected the battle against the Tzeentch Daemons.
• Ron fought through the chaotic free-for-all, beating Tzeentch Greater Daemons until his temporary Blessing began to fade.
• A Tzeentch Greater Daemon revealed Ron's weakness and blocked his escape, so Ron killed him with a Holy Ash Bomb that also devastated nearby daemons.
• Ron deployed the Tsar and fired a cluster of Holy Ash Bombs, killing vast numbers of daemons and driving the surviving Greater Daemons into retreat.
• Cawl and the Magos shut down the Dark Machine, sealing the breach; Ron collapsed after the victory, while Ka'bandha returned to the Brass Fortress and received a summons from the Blood God.

Ka'bandha gained Khorne's favor and a powerful blessing after the Demon Eater's reputation made the daemons believe he was the Demon Eater's destined rival, though Ka'bandha feared their eventual duel. Meanwhile, Ron claimed and began restoring the Charadon region, then woke to a Xenos invasion alert that turned out to concern the T'au Lord.

• Ka'bandha returned to the Brass Hall, where Ang'grath yielded to him and credited the Demon Eater with defeating him, while the other daemons revered Ka'bandha as the Demon Eater's worthy opponent.
• Khorne praised Ka'bandha and granted him a blessing that strengthened his Authority of Slaughter; afterward, Ka'bandha learned that the Demon Eater had promoted his reputation and resolved to keep exploiting it, while fearing their eventual duel.
• Ron surveyed the spoils on Corvax, salvaged Blackstone and other technology, approved the Ork Management Association's request for wreckage, and celebrated the Savior Fleet's victory before departing to claim Charadon.
• The relief fleet arrived after Ron had left, and Ron's message announced that Charadon had been reclaimed; the High Lords' attempt to resist his rule failed when the region's planets requested his protection.
• Ron secured Charadon's planets and began restoring them, while Cawl and other agents helped cleanse corrupted worlds; Ron then prepared to inspect the region and plan for threats from Necrons, Tyranids, and Orks.
• Ron received a high-level Xenos invasion alert and feared a major enemy species, but recognized the attached symbol and images as those of the T'au Lord and relaxed.

Ron reviewed the T'au Empire's history and ordered peaceful contact while his territory rebuilt the Charadon region. On Kalo, T'au diplomats failed to persuade the Governor to join the Greater Good, and as the planet prepared to resist an invasion, envoys of Lord Ron arrived offering aid.

• Ron reviewed the T'au Empire's history, judged it a potential rival, and instructed the Administratum to pursue contact and trade without starting a war unless the T'au invaded.
• Ron added a visit to Ormus to his schedule as a priority stop in the Charadon region's reconstruction plan.
• Yingliu and her delegation offered Kalo's Governor a chance to join the Greater Good, but the Governor rejected them and denounced their rule as Xenos conquest.
• Yingliu approved Laiswen's threat that Kalo would face T'au artillery, and the Governor issued a War Edict as the planet prepared to fight.
• The Governor learned that Redemption Envoys of the Great Savior, Lord Ron the Primarch, had arrived and were offering Kalo supplies or weapons.

Saint Fran persuaded Kalo’s Governor to follow Lord Ron, the Primarch Savior, and gave him access to the Redemption Marketplace. When the T’au invaded, Kalo’s defenses were reinforced by far more Imperial forces than expected, and the T’au commander’s fleet was surrounded in space.

• Fran arrived on Kalo, proved his identity, and invited the Governor to follow Lord Ron, the Primarch Savior.
• The Governor swore loyalty, received a relic slate, and discovered the Redemption Marketplace’s weapons and support options.
• The Governor and his advisers ordered extensive equipment and military aid, including Titans, while the Savior’s forces secretly prepared an ambush.
• The T’au fleet invaded Kalo, but its ground assault was overwhelmed by hidden Imperial artillery, Titans, mechs, and soldiers.
• The Ethereal Commander ordered his forces to retreat and prepared to bombard the planet, but enemy warships emerged from the Void and surrounded his fleet.

Fleet Commander Voladi’s Redemption Fleet destroyed the T’au force attacking Kalo and captured its Ethereal commander, but Voladi remained convinced that a hidden main fleet was preparing to invade the territory. The captured commander insisted his fleet was the entire force, so Voladi sent him for interrogation to uncover the main fleet’s supposed location.

• Voladi suspected the T’au fleet was a decoy and ordered the War Angels to capture its commander alive.
• The War Angels boarded the T’au flagship, fought through its defenders, and used a Stun Grenade to expose and destroy the Ethereal commander’s invisible guards.
• The War Angels captured the Ethereal commander and brought him back to the Redemption Fleet, which took control of the T’au warship.
• Voladi demanded to know where the T’au main fleet was hiding, but the Ethereal commander said he was the fleet’s supreme commander and no other force existed.
• Voladi dismissed the Ethereal commander’s claim and handed him over for harsh interrogation.

After the Redemption Third Fleet defeated the T'au force at Kalo, Voladi used the Ethereal Commander's verified coordinates to pursue General Shadowsun's fleet, unaware that the location was meant to lure him into a trap. Meanwhile, Ron reviewed the growing threat from the T'au Empire as his territory prepared for possible war.

• The War Angels defeated the T'au forces on Kalo, accepted the Governor's Emerald Melons, and withdrew with local gifts for Ron.
• The Ethereal Commander gave Voladi a false location for the main fleet, but a lie detector exposed the deception and the interrogation continued.
• Days later, the Ethereal Commander provided the location of General Shadowsun's fleet, and Voladi assembled the Third Fleet to investigate it.
• The Ethereal Commander realized the Third Fleet had grown far larger than he expected as additional warships arrived through spatial passages.
• Ron reviewed reports on Ormus Planet's reconstruction and learned that the T'au Empire had sent a fleet toward his territory, prompting the Departmento Munitorum to dispatch the Redemption Third Fleet.

Ron reviewed the territory’s growing threats and decided to pause expansion and focus on consolidating its lands and military. At T'au Prime, Yingliu resisted exposing a secret about the Fourth Sphere Expansion and was assigned to receive The Savior's delegation as the T'au Empire prepared to pressure Ron’s territory.

• Ron learned that the T'au Empire was probing the Charadon region and concluded that war was likely, while other threats—including Tyranids, Orks, Dark Eldar, and awakened Necrons—also endangered his territory.
• Ron decided to halt further expansion temporarily and strengthen infrastructure and military forces while the territory faced conflicts on multiple fronts.
• At the Elemental Council meeting, Yingliu recalled how the Fourth Sphere Expansion had fueled xenophobia and executions, and she began to doubt the Ethereals’ re-education practices.
• Yingliu nearly revealed General Shadowsun’s secret to an Ethereal Elder, but the Supreme Ethereal’s arrival interrupted her and she returned to her seat.
• The Supreme Ethereal announced that T'au fleets were preparing to attack the Charadon System if the Savior rejected the T'au Empire’s proposal.
• Yingliu chose to keep the secret and was assigned to receive The Savior's delegation, whose vessel began descending toward T'au Prime.

Aleman’s delegation met Yingliu’s team on T'au Prime and challenged the T'au Empire’s claims of material superiority by showing what ordinary workers in the Savior's Territory ate. Meanwhile, Xiyu’s visit to the Savior's Territory convinced her that the T'au Empire was outmatched, and she left determined to prevent a war.

• Aleman and Yingliu exchanged greetings as the Savior Delegation arrived on T'au Prime, where Laiswen tried to impress them with the T'au Empire’s food and living standards.
• Aleman gave Laiswen pastries and projected images of the varied food available to ordinary workers in the Savior's Territory, leaving him in disbelief.
• Xiyu’s delegation traveled to Ormus Planet and saw the Savior's Territory’s vast fleets, war factories, Titans, and a transformed Earth Planet, deepening her doubts about the Greater Good.
• Ron met Xiyu and explained that the approaching Titans were being used as engineering machines, terrifying her further.
• Xiyu asked permission to return to T'au Prime, determined to warn the T'au Empire against going to war with the Savior's Territory.

Ron approved the Departmento Munitorum’s plans to seize T'au Battlesuit technology as the T'au Empire prepared for total war against Savior's Territory. Yingliu and Xiyu failed to stop the Supreme Ethereal, who imprisoned them and delayed the Savior Delegation as a devastated T'au fleet faced an enormous warship.

• Ron read the Departmento Munitorum’s report on T'au Battlesuits and supported developing human combat armor based on the technology.
• Ron reviewed the plans for a counterattack against the T'au Empire and left the military strategy to the Departmento Munitorum.
• Aleman explained Savior's Territory’s society to Yingliu and the T'au delegation, shaking Yingliu’s confidence in the Greater Good.
• Xiyu returned with alarming information, and Yingliu agreed with her that the T'au Empire should avoid war with Savior's Territory.
• The Supreme Ethereal ordered total war, dismissed Yingliu and Xiyu’s warnings, and led the clan representatives to call for The Savior’s destruction.
• Ethereal guards imprisoned Yingliu and Xiyu and delayed the Savior Delegation while T'au fleets mobilized; a massive warship loomed near the wreckage of a devastated T'au fleet.

Shadowsun’s fleet escaped to Bork'an after the humans nearly destroyed it, but an Ethereal Elder’s orders scattered the T'au defenses and exposed their positions. Voladi used intelligence from the captive Va'an to strike Kel'shan and enter the Nem'yar Atoll Passage, leaving Shadowsun warning that the human fleet was approaching T'au Prime.

• Shadowsun blamed Ethereal interference for her fleet’s defeat and suspected a traitor had revealed its movements.
• An Ethereal Elder ordered nearby sept garrisons to assemble at Bork'an, overriding Shadowsun’s objections.
• Voladi recognized the apparent enemy rally point as a trap, questioned Va'an, and chose to attack Kel'shan through the Nem'yar Atoll Passage.
• Shadowsun reached Kel'shan too late to save its garrison and saw the human fleet enter the passage.
• Shadowsun alerted the homeland that the human fleet was about to reach T'au Prime.

Voladi’s fleet invaded the T’au Empire’s homeland, attacked the T’au delegation on T’au Prime, and struck the wormhole beside the capital, sending a spatial rift toward the planet. Meanwhile, Ron worried over the missing Sons of Humanity Chapter before receiving a report that the T’au Empire had surrendered unconditionally.

• Voladi led the Redemption Third Fleet through the Nem'yar Atoll Passage, coerced Va'an into becoming a human asset, and ordered the fleet toward T'au Prime.
• Shadowsun pursued Voladi’s fleet while Aleman and the Savior Delegation fought off an Ethereal Commander’s attack in Equatorial Capital; the Savior fleet arrived as the city’s armored forces closed in.
• Voladi spotted the wormhole beside T'au Prime, abandoned his plan to use Ork spores, and fired a torpedo into it, triggering a spatial rift that spread toward the planet.
• Ron worried that the Sons of Humanity Chapter, including Datong, had disappeared after encountering Tyranids and losing contact with him.
• Ron received a front-line report stating that the T'au Empire had surrendered unconditionally.

Ron accepted the T'au Empire's surrender, then chose to preserve it under human control as a buffer against threats in the eastern Galaxy. After rewarding Voladi and reviewing plans for the conquered empire, Ron received a report that the search team had found traces of the Sons of Humanity Chapter and strange phenomena involving Tyranids and the Savior's ruins.

• The Savior Fleet reached T'au Prime, where the Supreme Ethereal signed the surrender documents before Ron.
• Shadowsun killed the Ethereal Elder overseeing her guard fleet and defected toward the Farsight Enclaves.
• Ron decided to control and preserve the T'au Empire, installing Va'an as Supreme Ethereal and planning to train loyal Ethereal children.
• Ron reviewed the captured T'au technology and rewarded Voladi with a promotion and a fleet-wide vacation.
• A Munitorum search team reported finding traces of the Sons of Humanity Chapter and strange phenomena, leaving Ron puzzled by claims of a human world raising Tyranids and the Savior's ruins.

Ron discovered that Datong and the Sons of Humanity had been stranded on Danus a thousand years in the past, where they fought Tyranids and shaped a kingdom that worshipped the Savior. He arrived to reunite with them but learned they had departed through a temporal rift more than two hundred years earlier, and King Karen XVII invited him to watch the warriors’ Holy Trial.

• Ron reviewed Search Squad 55’s findings, which revealed ancient carvings of the Savior, the Sons of Humanity, and humans fighting Tyranids on Danus.
• Ron traveled to Danus and learned that its people had founded the kingdom of Kaelen, worshipped the Savior, and preserved Datong’s traditions of hunting and cooking Tyranids.
• Prince Salo prepared to face the Holy Trial and hoped to become a Tyranid Hunter as a vast vessel appeared above Savior Plaza.
• Ron landed before the kneeling believers, broadcast the Hymn of the Savior, and addressed the people of Danus.
• Ron learned that Datong and the Sons of Humanity had fought Tyranids on Danus for centuries before leaving through a strange rift more than two hundred years earlier.
• King Karen XVII invited Ron to stay and watch the Holy Trial.

Ron brought Dhanus under his command after witnessing its battle-hardened Tyranid Hunters, but left its governance largely unchanged until Datong returned. Meanwhile, a Rogue Trader arrived at a planet stripped of all life and was horrified by the devastation.

• Ron learned how Dhanusians had survived for centuries by hunting and eating Tyranids, then tasted roasted Hormagaunt and promised Salo a chance to become an angel if he proved himself.
• Ron watched the Trial Grounds battle as New Blood Warriors hunted Tyranids; Salo killed a Sand Python and escaped a swarm of Bone-Swift Bugs, while many other warriors died.
• After the trial, Ron entered the Monastery of the Sons of Humanity, found no supplies left by Datong, and formally brought Dhanus under his command while postponing major changes until Datong returned.
• Ron wondered when Datong would come back, unaware that he had overlooked something important.
• A Rogue Trader vessel escaped Chaos forces and reached a familiar planet, where the Rogue Trader discovered that its surface had been stripped bare and all life was gone.

Datong and the Sons of Humanity returned to the galaxy after centuries in the Warp, and Ron rewarded them with a new flagship, equipment, and a homeworld. After learning that Leviathan had destroyed the Vitoria System and was approaching the Underworld System, Ron declared total war and headed to Baal to meet Dante.

• A Rogue Trader's ship encountered the Tyranid Swarm in the Vitoria System, and the swarm tore the vessel apart after its crew fought back.
• Datong contacted Ron after the Sons of Humanity returned to the Underworld System, explaining that they had spent centuries on Dhanus and decades crossing the Warp.
• Ron assigned the Sons of Humanity a battleship, new equipment, and Centurion Armor, and Dhanus became their homeworld as the Xeno Hunters were established there.
• The Departmento Munitorum decoded Datong's data and warned Ron that Leviathan had destroyed the Vitoria System and was nearing the Underworld System.
• Ron declared total war, sent a warning to Holy Terra, and departed aboard the Dreamer to meet Dante on Baal.