Chapter Summaries

Qin Yun let the players believe the Warp’s revelations were game lore while continuing reforms that strengthened his public support. Brother Zhong’s squad identified a mischievous daemon mirror, then joined a military briefing where they met Xenos Inquisitor Rostov and representatives of the Third Expeditionary Fleet.

• Qin Yun read the players’ chat, decided their fourth-wall theories could help them fight daemons, and returned to governing as his approval rose among the common people.
• Brother Zhong and the players found a Bronze Ancient Mirror, paid a steep appraisal fee after Xi Ling revoked their Emperor discount, and learned it housed the daemon Mors, who offered dubious answers for souls.
• The players tested the Mors Mirror with absurd questions, discovered it could mostly trick the ignorant, and beat the daemon when it demanded payment.
• Brother Zhong’s squad returned to the Noble Precept and learned that the Saint Astor Battle Group and Xenos Inquisitor Rostov had arrived at the Hydra-Fur Fortress World with a report about Chaos using Blackstone to expand the Great Rift.
• Brother Zhong attended Cassandra’s military meeting as a God Chosen, while Rostov activated a shielding field and the players surveyed the assembled forces, including a Chikkanti alien.

White Wolf and Don't Eat Beef agreed to help Chirk and the Chikkanti reclaim their homeworld in exchange for access to an ancient library that might hold clues about the Old Ones. Qin Yun approved their request after receiving a mission from the Emperor, while the Third Expeditionary Fleet prepared to intercept the Slaughter Crusade.

• Chirk told White Wolf and Don't Eat Beef that the Old Ones created the Chikkanti and that an ancient library on their lost homeworld might contain records about them.
• White Wolf and Don't Eat Beef consulted the Demon Hunter Warband, whose members agreed to help the Chikkanti reclaim their homeworld despite the unknown cost of the campaign.
• Qin Yun inspected the nearly completed Space City Terra-01, where grateful residents cheered him, and told Trajan to expand the Adeptus Custodes as war with Chaos intensified.
• Xi Ling showed Qin Yun the warband's application, and a mission from the Emperor urged him to approve the search for Old Ones ruins in exchange for Faith Points and an invincibility skill.
• Qin Yun approved the application and promised support, after which White Wolf and Don't Eat Beef struck a deal with Chirk.
• Cassandra announced that the Third Expeditionary Fleet would set out to intercept the Slaughter Crusade and recover lost territory.

Brother Zhong’s Demon Hunter Warband learned that Abaddon planned to use a Blackstone Device to open the Crimson Path toward Terra, and joined the effort to stop it. Navigator Skolos died locating the device, while the Saint Aster Battle Group’s attack failed against its Warp protection and Cassandra recruited Rostov into the God-Chosen Mission System.

• Brother Zhong explained Abaddon’s plan to use Blackstone Devices to expand the Great Rift and create a route from the Eye of Terror to Terra, and the Demon Hunter Warband agreed to help stop the device near Hydrafral.
• Cassandra divided the Third Expeditionary Fleet into battle groups, while Inquisitor Rostov arranged for Navigator Skolos Everhavard to use a Blackstone instrument to locate the enemy device.
• Skolos found the device aboard a space hulk and asteroid, then died as the Saint Aster Battle Group translated into realspace with the target locked.
• Ashagay ordered the fleet to attack, but its torpedoes and lances failed to damage the Warp-protected targets, and daemons emerged from the asteroid.
• Rostov asked Ashagay to take an elite force to destroy the device, and Cassandra invited him to recruit the God-Chosen through a mission system, with rewards drawn from his possessions.

Inquisitor Rostov issued a dangerous mission to destroy Abaddon's Blackstone Device, and God Chosen eagerly volunteered to join the assault. The strike force reached the Dark Temple and fought its way to the defenders, where Brother Zhong's challenge drew out the Blood God's warriors—until Skarbrand appeared.

• Rostov created and published a mission to destroy the Blackstone Device, and God Chosen flocked to accept it, astonishing him with their apparent devotion to the Emperor.
• Brother Zhong and the other players joined Rostov's strike force alongside Messinius and his Primaris Marines, then flew through the daemon-filled Void toward the asteroid.
• The strike force landed, destroyed equipment sustaining the Warp Field, and advanced through Cultist defenses toward the Dark Temple.
• Brother Zhong challenged the Chaos Space Marines to single combat, killed eight berserkers, and taunted the remaining followers of Khorne.
• Skarbrand emerged from the temple, and the players called for the Living Saint of Terra.

The Imperial forces and God Chosen fought Skarbrand and the daemon hordes on the asteroid while Rostov tried to reach the Dark Temple and destroy its Blackstone Device. As the defenders faced annihilation, Qin Yun arrived in radiant golden armor and confronted Skarbrand, declaring that there were no gods in the universe.

• Brother Zhong taunted Skarbrand, drawing the Berserkers from their trenches, while Messinius and the White Consuls attacked the charging traitors.
• Rostov sent forces toward the Dark Temple to destroy the Blackstone Device, while Brother Zhong, White Wolf, and the other God Chosen tried to hold Skarbrand back.
• Skarbrand cut Brother Zhong in half and overwhelmed the forces near the temple, killing Don't Eat Beef and trapping Rostov's group among the daemons.
• On Terra, Qin Yun learned that Skarbrand was attacking the players and chose to go to the asteroid himself.
• As Skarbrand threatened Rostov, Qin Yun appeared in a blaze of light, drove back the daemons, and challenged Skarbrand while declaring that there were no gods in the universe.

Qin Yun, empowered as the Emperor’s Living Saint, held off Skarbrand while the Imperium forces destroyed and repurposed the Blackstone Device. The battle ended with Skarbrand banished, the Hellship destroyed, and Qin Yun leveling up as Khorne vowed to claim him.

• Qin Yun’s golden radiance healed the Imperium forces and drove back daemons, while Brother Zhong ordered the players to attack the Dark Temple and Ashagay directed the fleet to fire on the Hellship.
• Skarbrand summoned Khorne’s legions and fought Qin Yun, who stalled him while the Imperium forces pushed toward the Dark Temple.
• Brother Zhong, Messinius, and Inquisitor Rostov killed the Dark Apostles, and Rostov used a Necron device to reshape the Blackstone Device and strengthen reality.
• The repurposed device weakened the daemons and Skarbrand, allowing Qin Yun to defeat him and banish him back to the Warp; the Imperium fleet destroyed the Hellship and the rift closed.
• Khorne watched Qin Yun and resolved to claim him, while Qin Yun noticed that he had leveled up and gained two skills.

After the Third Fleet defeated the Slaughter Crusade, Qin Yun considered controls to protect the Imperium’s growing internet from Chaos corruption. Brother Zhong returned the fallen Navigator Skolos to his homeworld, honored his memory, and helped Effie, while players in the Calixis Sector successfully developed the first-generation Bio-Brain.

• Qin Yun reached level 19, gained Combat Precognition and Summon Dead, and learned from Chirk that the Old Ones had special means of controlling the Warp.
• Cassandra ordered the Third Fleet to attack after the Blackstone Device strengthened the veil, and the Imperium destroyed the Slaughter Crusade and reclaimed the fallen planets.
• Qin Yun called for real-name internet accounts and controls against Chaos propaganda, then had Xi Ling help draft network-management legislation.
• Brother Zhong brought Skolos’s remains and belongings to Okmel, confronted House Everhaver for its abuse of Skolos, and demanded a statue honoring him.
• Brother Zhong found Effie, freed her from slavery, and gave her Skolos’s inheritance before departing.
• MC Mythology, MC Legend, and the other players at the MC Dynasty Research Headquarters announced that their first-generation Bio-Brain had succeeded.

MC Dynasty successfully tested Zero, a Bio-Brain capable of simulating the Calixis Sector’s celestial evolution across five million years, and Qin Yun ordered its technology scaled up for the Imperium. Dante reported Baal’s recovery, the search for Sanguinius’s soul fragments, and the growing Tyranid threat in Imperium Nihilus.

• MC Mythology and the Biologis Magi tested Zero and confirmed it could simulate the Calixis Sector’s celestial history and future across five million years.
• MC Mythology publicized Zero in the World Chat Channel, drawing astonished reactions from players and delighting him with MC Dynasty’s achievement.
• Qin Yun ordered Xi Ling to reward MC Mythology and arrange authorization, then directed Laski to use Mars’s resources to manufacture Cogitators with Bio-Brain technology.
• Dante told Qin Yun that Baal had been rebuilt, the Blood Angels had replenished their ranks, and they planned to search the Signus System for a fragment of Sanguinius’s soul.
• Dante reported that Tyranids threatened more than a dozen systems beyond the Scarlet Scar, and Qin Yun agreed that the threat remained severe.

Dante assessed the Imperium Nihilus’s crises and convened a council to decide where the Blood Angels would intervene. He promised aid to the Rontien System after its governor agreed to surrender hereditary rule, then announced a full-scale reconquest crusade.

• After ending his transmission with the Living Saint, Dante reflected on the threats facing the Imperium and inspected Baal’s recovery.
• A member of the Sanguinary Guard told Dante that the High Priest had gathered the relevant personnel in the Crimson Council Hall.
• At the Blood Council Hall, Gimni Sigari pleaded for help against Genestealers threatening the Rontien System.
• Dante asked Gimni whether he would support reform and surrender hereditary rule, and Gimni agreed to save his people.
• Dante promised that the Blood Angels would defend the Rontien System and said its enemies would pay.
• Dante declared that the Blood Angels would begin a full-scale reconquest crusade across the Imperium Nihilus.

Dante launched the Dark Imperium Crusade and secured Calixis Sector's logistical support, then visited the failing Mephiston as his Primaris transformation continued. Trapped in an illusion, Mephiston resisted its visions and was led to a throne where he encountered Sanguinius.

• Dante ordered the Blood Angels to begin the Dark Imperium Crusade and negotiated with Von for supplies and help reforming reclaimed worlds.
• Dante visited the Librarius Sanctum, where Lacerus reported that Mephiston's life was fading after he crossed the Primaris threshold.
• Lacerus released his soul to call out to Mephiston, who found himself trapped in an illusion on Baal Secundus.
• Mephiston resisted visions of his mother and other enemies, then followed a strange man who claimed he would show him a choice affecting his fate and his Chapter.
• The man kicked Mephiston into a cave of blood-red crystals, where Mephiston found the Golden Angel, the Black Angel, and Sanguinius seated on a throne.

Mephiston returned from his vision of Sanguinius having accepted the burden of controlling the Dark Angel, and he crossed the Primaris Threshold. Meanwhile, Dora Workshop won the Blood Angels’ equipment contract with its winged Angel Power Armor, leaving Forge World Las stunned by the competition.

• Sanguinius told Mephiston to merge with the Dark Angel and restrain its power to protect Baal and the Blood Angels, but Mephiston begged to be taken away before the vision ended.
• Lacerus’s call and the Biologis Magos’s treatment brought Mephiston back to reality, where he unleashed a surge of psychic power and crossed the Primaris Threshold.
• Dora and White Wolf demonstrated Angel Power Armor to Dante and Koubro, and Koubro tested its fast servo system and controllable metal wings.
• Dante signed a contract making Dora Workshop the Blood Angels’ weapons and equipment supplier, and the Chapter received its first hundred Angel Power Armor sets.
• The Blood Angels’ winged armor excited players on Baal, while Magos Morio learned that the Chapter had chosen Dora Workshop over Forge World Las and protested the commercial competition.

Magos Morio rallied Conservative Magi against the God Chosen’s military contracts, but Qin Yun instead used their complaint to launch sweeping market reforms for the Adeptus Mechanicus. As the reforms rocked Mars, Qin Yun agreed to join Guilliman on Fenris to persuade the Space Wolves to accept Primaris enhancement.

• Magos Morio urged Forge World leaders to petition Mars and Terra to restrict the God Chosen, prompting a debate between Conservatives and Reformists on the Gear Forum.
• Fabricator General Laski brought the joint report to Qin Yun, who announced plans to open the market, put Forge factories under individual contracts, and improve workers’ treatment.
• Qin Yun secured Laski’s support for deep reforms, and Guilliman approved the market-based approach during their conversation.
• Guilliman asked Qin Yun to accompany him to Fenris and help persuade the Space Wolves to accept Primaris enhancement, and Qin Yun agreed.
• Magos Morio learned that Mars and Terra were planning sweeping manufacturing reforms, then found his inbox filled with Magi cursing him for backing restrictions.

The Adeptus Mechanicus reform began despite opposition, while Imperial forces launched a final assault on Trazyn’s last Pyramid. The players freed Little Fulgrim, who immediately joined the battle against the Necrons.

• Laski and Mars backed Qin Yun’s reforms, and Magos Hina established Hina Industrial Group, inspiring other Reformists to form companies.
• The Imperium’s forces battered Trazyn’s last Pyramid as he decided to evacuate his troops and preserve Little Fulgrim.
• Warmaster’s squad found Little Fulgrim in a Stasis Field, and Trazyn arrived as the players fought to protect the collectible.
• Qin Yun received a mission to bring Little Fulgrim to Terra and ordered Xi Ling to reward the players for rescuing him.
• Twisted Man destroyed the Stasis Field, and Little Fulgrim awakened, hurled a Skorpekh Destroyer aside, and began killing Necrons.

The Warmaster and the players rescued Little Fulgrim and captured Trazyn, then returned to Terra to a hero’s welcome. Trajan’s quest to recover fallen Custodes’ relics excited the players, who promptly knocked him off his feet as they rushed to sign up.

• Little Fulgrim overwhelmed the Necrons, defeated their Lord, and attacked Trazyn while the Warmaster and the players helped capture him.
• The players used Xi Ling’s spacetime field to resist Trazyn’s Dimensional Cube, then restrained him with a collar that stopped his consciousness from escaping.
• The Warmaster and the players teleported away with Little Fulgrim and Trazyn, while Sannet reassured Necron officials that Trazyn could revive on Solemnace.
• The crusade fleet returned to Terra to a grand welcome, while Little Fulgrim, Mathanor, and the Luna Wolves were secretly taken away to avoid public controversy.
• Trajan asked Qin Yun to recover the relics of fallen Adeptus Custodes, and Qin Yun created a quest offering players a chance to experience Custodes duties and enter the Imperial Palace.
• Players rushed to accept the quest and collided with Trajan, sending the Captain-General sliding across the floor.

Trajan assigned the God Chosen a Webway corpse-recovery mission that drew support from Imperial forces, the Inquisition, and the Adeptus Mechanicus. Meanwhile, Qin Yun brought Little Fulgrim before the Emperor for purification, where Rylanor appeared to guide him, and then visited the imprisoned Trazyn with Xi Ling.

• Trajan recovered from being knocked aside and gave the God Chosen a mission to retrieve the fallen heroes of the Webway War, with Second Empire Warmaster among the first to volunteer.
• The players organized the recovery effort and recruited Imperial forces, Inquisitors, Stormtroopers, and Adeptus Mechanicus support.
• Qin Yun told Mathanor and the former Luna Wolves to abandon their old Legion name, and promised to help them pursue Erebus and Abaddon after they chose to keep fighting.
• Qin Yun explained Little Fulgrim's origins and intended purification to Guilliman, then brought him to the Golden Throne, where the Emperor enveloped him in golden light.
• Little Fulgrim met Rylanor in a vision of ancient Terra, and Rylanor offered to guide him toward redemption.
• After Little Fulgrim remained away for most of the day, Qin Yun visited the imprisoned Trazyn, who was shocked to see Xi Ling.

Qin Yun persuaded Trazyn to become his adviser by promising him a chance to build a museum spanning the universe, while Little Fulgrim regained his humanity and became Qin Yun’s guard captain. Meanwhile, a human expedition traveled through the Webway to the City of Miracles, where it was attacked just after making camp.

• Qin Yun brought Xi Ling to Trazyn’s cell, where Trazyn panicked at the sight of the C’tan and then resisted Qin Yun’s offer to serve as his adviser.
• Qin Yun argued that humanity could challenge the Necron dynasties and promised Trazyn a chance to collect treasures across the universe, persuading him to leave his cell as Qin Yun’s partner.
• Rylanor guided Little Fulgrim as he restored his humanity and soul, after which Little Fulgrim swore to kill the traitors and became Qin Yun’s guard captain.
• Fulgrim sensed that his connection to the Emperor had been severed and resolved to unite his traitorous brothers against Guilliman and the Living Saint.
• Players and forces from several Imperial organizations entered the Webway through a newly built portal on Luna and traveled toward the City of Miracles with Xi Ling’s guidance.
• The expedition reached the City of Miracles, but attackers struck as the force prepared to camp.

Dark Eldar ambushed the Imperial camp in the City of Miracles, but the God Chosen joined the battle and turned the fight against them. The Warmaster sent Vlask crashing into a Wraithbone building as the Imperials cheered and the battle continued.

• Flask Malidrach’s Dark Eldar attacked Magos Adoli’s camp, killing Servitors and clashing with the Imperial defenders.
• Inquisitor Gallen and the Tempestus Scions fought off the attackers until the Warmaster arrived and killed a Dark Eldar warrior who had threatened Gallen.
• Ten-Timer used Warp power to kill Dark Eldar, while the Warmaster charged into the fighting and Damo and Three Hundred shot down enemies.
• Vlask ambushed Damo and Three Hundred, but they killed his wounded lover before Vlask struck back and attacked other players.
• The Warmaster challenged Vlask, blocked his sword with an Adamantium shield, and hurled him into a Wraithbone building.

The Warmaster and the players defeated Vlask’s Kabal, chased its survivors through the Webway, and left a challenge to Commorragh. After Asdrubael Vect vowed retaliation, Qin Yun ordered Little Fulgrim to lead a force into the Webway and stop any Dark Eldar who attacked humanity.

• The Warmaster taunted Vlask into overcommitting, wounded him, and killed him while the players fought off the Kabal’s warriors.
• The players pursued the fleeing Dark Eldar for days, while a Night Lord hunted down the surviving Blood Wing warrior Dick.
• The Warmaster and the players caught Guerrero near Commorragh, killed him, and left his head and Vlask’s on spears with a threatening message.
• Asdrubael Vect learned of the humans’ challenge and vowed that they would regret provoking Commorragh.
• Qin Yun accepted that war with the Dark Eldar might follow and ordered Little Fulgrim to lead a force into the Webway.

Qin Yun began planning to repair key Webway routes, hoping to improve Imperial travel and eventually free the Emperor from the Golden Throne. As the Imperium prepared its technical and Aeldari support, the Warmaster’s players set an ambush for a Dark Eldar fleet moving through the City of Dawn.

• Qin Yun assigned Little Fulgrim to lead troops into the Webway and defended his decision to trust him against Trajan’s objections.
• Qin Yun explained that repairing the Webway could ease the Emperor’s burden on the Golden Throne, and he gathered Trazyn, Kasareth, and Xi Ling to plan the work.
• Kasareth agreed to relay Qin Yun’s request for Ulthwé’s support, while Qin Yun assigned Trazyn, Kasareth, Xi Ling, and the Adeptus Mechanicus roles in repairing key routes.
• Kasareth told Mandred and the other Warlocks about the plan, then argued that a repaired Webway could benefit the Aeldari if humanity and the Necrons eventually fell.
• Vect mobilized Commorragh’s Kabals to retaliate against humanity, and their fleet headed toward the City of Dawn.
• The Warmaster organized the players into an ambush, ordering them to attack the Dark Eldar fleet when it entered a spacetime trap.

The Imperium ambushed the Dark Eldar fleet and routed it with warp-capable mechs, teleporting players, and overwhelming reinforcements. As Melissa was captured, the Chaos Gods each sent Erebus an oracle to claim promising players and other figures for themselves.

• Kruellagh Vilex outlined the Dark Eldar plan to bypass a human outpost, seize the City of Miracles, and advance toward Luna, but Chronos Warheads trapped the fleet in a slowing vortex.
• Little Fatty led the Hammer and Sickle Warband’s Viking mechs in a warp assault, while players teleported aboard the Dark Eldar ships and slaughtered their crews.
• Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh, and Nurgle each sent Erebus a divine oracle, seeking to recruit particular players and other figures from the Cursed One’s control.
• Imperial reinforcements arrived in overwhelming numbers, forcing the Dark Eldar representatives to flee as their forces were routed.
• Melissa survived her gunship’s destruction, was forced to surrender to a human soldier, and watched the Dark Eldar defeat turn into a retreat.