Chapter Summaries

Qin Yun received a pair of white wings from Malcador, and the sudden power drew the attention of forces across the galaxy. As Qin Yun returned to the Imperial Glory, the Astral Knights found a brief route out of the Warp.

• Qin Yun met Malcador in the colossal city, entered a hall, and absorbed a pair of pure white wings offered as his reward.
• Mephiston and Ka'bandha sensed the newly born winged being during the Zerg invasion of Baal, while Eldrad Ulthran, Magnus, and Erebus also noticed the disturbance in the Warp.
• Malcador warned Qin Yun that hostile forces had noticed him, and Qin Yun returned to the Chapel of Prayers aboard the Imperial Glory.
• The players crowded around Qin Yun to examine his wings, and Xi Ling told him that new players would log in in two days.
• The Astral Knights' Battle Barge suffered repeated daemon attacks in the Warp until the Navigator found a fleeting route to reality, and Chapter Master Sard ordered the ship to escape.

After Planet Automata began rebuilding, Qin Yun welcomed a new wave of players and considered ways to help them contribute to the Imperium. Xi Ling then reported that an Imperial warship belonging to the Astral Knights had contacted them, and Qin Yun requested a connection.

• Hive Cities on Planet Automata began reconstruction, while Qin Yun expanded production and accelerated Astartes cultivation using players’ Gene-Seed.
• Fifteen hundred new players entered the Chapel of Prayers, where Xi Ling welcomed them and Warbands rushed to recruit them.
• Qin Yun rewarded Warbands for guiding newcomers and considered ranking them to encourage recruitment and innovation.
• Xi Ling told Qin Yun that an Imperial warship claiming to be from the Astral Knights had sent a transmission.
• Qin Yun recalled the Astral Knights’ sacrifice at the World Engine and their surviving recruits’ suicide crusade, then ordered Xi Ling to connect him to the ship.

Qin Yun welcomed the battered Astral Knights to Lycade Station and arranged repairs in exchange for their help training the God Chosen. After inspecting the station and finding no signs of Chaos or xenos, Lothar agreed to bring the Sword of the Knights in for repairs, and Qin Yun considered announcing the Astral Knights’ arrival to attract players.

• Lothar contacted Qin Yun, who identified himself as the Emperor’s messenger and offered repairs at Lycade Station.
• Sard advised Lothar to send a Thunderhawk to assess the station before bringing in the Sword of the Knights.
• Qin Yun met Lothar at the station and secured an agreement for repairs in exchange for the Astral Knights training the God Chosen.
• Lothar and his companions inspected Lycade Station, heard how Qin Yun’s forces reclaimed Planet Automata, and found no traces of Chaos corruption or xenos.
• The Sword of the Knights entered the station for maintenance, and Lothar and Sard received instructions to charge God Chosen Contribution Points for training.
• Qin Yun began considering how to announce the Astral Knights’ arrival to the players.

Qin Yun’s update introduced new systems and the “Knights Die” expansion, where Astral Knights trained players on Planet Automata. Meanwhile, the Navy’s Punishment Fleet set out for Automata, and Sonas planned to use it to destroy the Valancius Family and seize its Imperial warrant.

• Qin Yun published an optimization notice introducing Warfare Scores, research assistance from Xi Ling, expanded management and financial systems, and the “Knights Die” expansion featuring the Astral Knights.
• Players discussed the update in the chat group and on the forum, while Qin Yun privately recognized that the changes had no grand design behind them.
• Warmaster challenged Lothar in the Duelling Arena and lost immediately, then gained combat skill levels from Lothar’s guidance.
• Players flocked to train with the Astral Knights, spending their Contribution Points to improve their combat skills.
• The Navy assembled a Punishment Fleet above Scintilla to punish Planet Automata for refusing taxation.
• Sonas watched the fleet depart and planned for his family’s agents to destroy the Valancius Family and claim its warrant bearing the Blood of the Emperor.

The Warmaster defeated four Astral Knights in a row before losing the fifth duel, earning a captured Necron Gauss Rifle as a consolation prize. Xi Ling borrowed it for a reverse-engineering project, and after the rifle entered the scanner, she reported a new discovery to Qin Yun.

• The Warmaster defeated an Astral Knight in the duelling cage, impressing Lothar and the watching players with his rapid progress.
• Lothar challenged the Warmaster to defeat five Astral Knights in succession for a chance to choose equipment aboard the Sword of the Knights; the Warmaster accepted.
• The Warmaster defeated four veterans but was knocked out by the fifth, and Lothar awarded him a captured Necron Gauss Rifle as a consolation prize.
• Lothar announced a Company Champion challenge and rewards, while Qin Yun added a Duel Leaderboard and limited the challenge quest to its top ten players.
• Xi Ling asked the Warmaster to lend her the Gauss Rifle for reverse-engineering, and he placed it in the scanning device before leaving.
• Xi Ling later told Qin Yun that she had made a new discovery.

Qin Yun learned how Xi Ling could grow stronger and began planning to develop her abilities, while Magos Casca agreed to mass-produce Gauss Rifles. The Punishment Fleet arrived at its destination, where Anjedo intended to ensure the Valancius Family was wiped out.

• Xi Ling presented Qin Yun with her analysis of a Gauss Rifle, and two days later gave him its complete blueprints.
• Qin Yun learned that Xi Ling could grow through his own strength, upgrades to the Imperial Glory, and analysis of unfamiliar technology, so he planned to gather resources and alien inventions for her.
• Qin Yun showed the Gauss Rifle blueprints to Magos Casca and ordered him to organize production, which Casca agreed to do.
• The Punishment Fleet endured a Warp storm and emerged at the Mandeville Point before sailing toward its destination.
• Anjedo studied the fleet's star map and resolved to help destroy the Valancius Family because of his ties to the Colin Family.

Commodore Xia Atat halted the Punishment Fleet’s attack on Automata after Qin Yun appeared as the Emperor’s Messenger, but Anjedo plotted to kill her and destroy the planet before the Valancius Family could expose the Colin Family. Xi Ling intercepted Anjedo’s orders as a bomb-carrying spy prepared to strike during the meeting.

• Xia ordered the fleet to contact Automata and hear its explanation, then overruled Anjedo when he objected.
• Qin Yun told Xia that Automata could not pay the Imperial Tithe because of a rebellion, and his Emperor’s Light convinced fleet personnel that he was the God-Emperor’s messenger.
• Xia agreed to stand down temporarily and traveled to Lycade Station to meet Qin Yun, Sard, Lothar, and Von.
• Qin Yun revealed the truth about the past expedition and asked Xia to clear the Valancius Family’s name, while Anjedo learned of their discussion through a spy.
• Anjedo persuaded Deputy Commander Raider to prepare an Exterminatus order and instructed a spy to kill everyone at the meeting by detonating a bomb.
• Xi Ling monitored the Punishment Fleet and displayed Anjedo’s intercepted message to Qin Yun.

Qin Yun exposed a conspiracy by Anjedo’s agents to kill Xia Atat and frame the Valancius Family, then organized a player-led assault to seize the Punishment Fleet’s ships. As Lothar’s boarding teams began their mission, Anjedo and Raider moved to declare Xia dead and attack Planet Automata.

• Xi Ling identified nine infiltrators among Xia’s guards, and Qin Yun and Lothar quickly subdued them after Qin Yun exposed their intercepted messages.
• Qin Yun warned Xia that the conspirators could destroy her gunship and use her death to justify an Exterminatus, while Lothar proposed seizing the fleet’s ships.
• Qin Yun published a timed boarding mission and added a Relic reward, drawing eager God Chosen to Lothar.
• Lothar selected fifty capable players and split them into five squads to board Punishment Fleet ships with the Astral Knights’ help.
• On the Brass Sword, Anjedo and Raider decided to declare Xia dead, kill potential obstacles, and attack Planet Automata with an Exterminatus.

Xi Ling guided the players as they retook the communications center, restored Xia Atat’s contact with the fleet, and captured Raider and Anjedo after their mutiny collapsed. On the lower decks, cultists opened a gateway to summon a Tzeentch daemon, but Brother Zhong, Little Alpaca, and the other players arrived and attacked before it could manifest.

• Scalp silently knocked out the crewmen in the players’ path, and Lothar praised his Night Lord abilities.
• With Xi Ling’s guidance, the players retook the communications center and disabled the communications blockade.
• Anjedo killed two officers who opposed the mutiny, and Raider ordered the fleet to attack Planet Automata.
• Xia Atat announced Raider and Anjedo’s treason, and the players stormed the bridge and captured the mutineers.
• Anjedo’s cultists sacrificed eighty-one slaves and opened a gateway for a Tzeentch daemon.
• Brother Zhong, Little Alpaca, and the other players fired on the cultists before the daemon could manifest.

Brother Zhong sacrificed himself to stop Tzeentch’s ritual, while Qin Yun gained new summoning abilities and uncovered the Colin Family’s Chaos allegiance. The Colin Family’s uprising plunged Scintilla and the Calixis Sector into war, and Kairos discovered the players’ bizarre true names and sensed the Thousand Sons.

• Brother Zhong suppressed the Psykers, charged through the Warp rift, and died detonating his explosives to destroy the daemons and close the portal.
• Qin Yun leveled up and gained Divine Summoning and Divine Descent, skills that let him summon players or descend to their locations.
• Qin Yun used Psychic Touch to learn that the Colin Family led a Tzeentch-worshipping cult, and Xia reported the family to Scintilla’s authorities.
• The Colin Family exposed the report, launched an armed uprising, and blamed the Navy and Valancius Family, escalating the conflict into sector-wide war.
• Kairos examined the players’ fate threads, recoiled at their strange true names, and sensed the scent of the Thousand Sons.

Kairos informed Ahriman that pure, unmutated Thousand Sons were in the Calixis Sector, prompting Ahriman to plan a visit after pursuing his existing goals. Meanwhile, players celebrated Brother Zhong’s charge into Tzeentch’s domain, while Qin Yun struggled to manage the Calixis Sector’s rebellion and fell asleep after meditating.

• Kairos recognized several unmutated Thousand Sons among the Corpse Emperor’s forces and sent Ahriman a letter urging him toward the Calixis Sector.
• Ahriman accepted the letter despite his hatred of Kairos, considered the pure Gene-Seed a chance to rebuild the Thousand Sons, and decided to visit the sector only after his planned investigations and search for a Necron Time Reversal Device.
• Players watched footage of Brother Zhong fighting his way into Tzeentch’s domain and praised his courage on the official forum.
• Zhang Wei responded to the players’ praise by boasting that his charge through the daemons had been routine.
• Qin Yun expanded Automata’s military production and discussed the Calixis Sector rebellion with his officers before meditating and falling into a nightmare about Guilliman and Lion El'Jonson.

After a prescient nightmare showed Guilliman’s death and the Imperium’s collapse, Qin Yun decided to reinforce Macragge and help ensure the Primarch’s revival. He convinced the meeting attendees to support his plan and opened a mission for players to join the expedition.

• Qin Yun dreamed that Chaos killed Guilliman, shattered the Imperium, and eventually destroyed Qin Yun and his forces.
• Qin Yun woke in fear and resolved to travel to Macragge to witness Guilliman’s revival.
• At a meeting, Xia urged Qin Yun to stay and protect Calixis from the Colin Family’s rebellion, but he explained that Guilliman’s return could give the Imperium hope.
• Qin Yun promised Captain Lothar would remain in Calixis and that he would return after the battle for Macragge.
• Qin Yun persuaded the meeting attendees to prepare reinforcements and issued a mission inviting qualified players to escort Belisarius Cawl and help revive Roboute Guilliman.

Qin Yun prepared the Macragge reinforcement mission for qualified players while new players arrived and joined warbands. The old players began gathering supplies and equipment for the journey, which would take them into a major battle against the Black Legion.

• Qin Yun limited the Macragge mission to players at LV10 or above because the fleet needed its carrying capacity for military supplies and troops.
• The seventh batch of Emperor's Cattle logged in at Tyreen Hive City's cathedral, where Xi Ling welcomed them and players recruited newcomers into their warbands.
• The Macragge mission appeared, prompting eligible players to sign up while the new players vowed to level up for future storylines.
• Brother Zhong collected a thousand-year-old set of Power Armor from the Astral Knights Chapter as his mission reward, drawing envy from other players.
• Little Fatty visited Dora Workshop to discuss stronger mechs for the Hammer and Sickle Warband's Macragge mission and asked whether the Zaku II could be used.

Dora Workshop released the Enhanced Zaku-01 while Qin Yun expanded the Imperial Glory and led a fleet toward Macragge. The fleet reached the Webway and found Belisarius Cawl’s group fighting Chaos forces, including Lucius the Eternal.

• Dora said the Zaku II was not ready, so he upgraded Little Fatty’s Zaku-01s into Enhanced Zaku-01s, boosting their firepower, mobility, and shields.
• Qin Yun oversaw the Imperial Glory’s growth into an eight-kilometer heavy cruiser and prepared supplies and two thousand newly awakened Astartes for the journey to Macragge.
• Qin Yun led the fleet from Planet Automata into the Warp, where the Emperor guided him through storms toward Belisarius Cawl’s location.
• At Vollus, Xi Ling used the power of the C’tan to open a Webway entrance, and Qin Yun guided the fleet through it toward Macragge.
• Qin Yun’s fleet found Belisarius Cawl and his group under attack by Chaos warlords and Daemons, including Lucius the Eternal.

Qin Yun and his forces rescued Belisarius Cawl’s trapped allies in Twilight City, turning the battle against the Chaos pursuers. As the enemy was driven back, Eldrad Ulthran, Celestine, and the Black Templars reacted with astonishment to Qin Yun and his unfamiliar warriors.

• Qin Yun ordered Xi Ling to bombard the Chaos forces surrounding Cawl’s group and issued the players a rescue mission.
• The Imperial Glory’s barrage struck the enemy, and Qin Yun deployed the players, the Automata Regiment, and Astartes recruits to the battlefield.
• Qin Yun joined the fighting, using his wings and Brain Burst to devastate nearby Chaos warriors and daemons.
• Eldrad Ulthran recognized Qin Yun as an Emperor-blessed being beyond fate, while Celestine accepted him as an ally.
• Sard and the Astral Knights fought alongside the Black Templars, and Sard promised Amalrich an explanation after the enemy had been driven back.

Amalrich, Celestine, Qin Yun, and their allies fought back against Chaos reinforcements as Qin Yun and Thousand Faces engaged Skarbrand. Lucius pursued Belisarius Cawl until the Warmaster provoked him into turning aside to fight.

• Amalrich led the Black Templars into battle, while Celestine, the Battle Sisters, the Cadians, and the Automata Regiment joined the assault.
• Qin Yun confronted Skarbrand, and Thousand Faces wounded the daemon prince with the Silent Screaming Sword as Qin Yun held him back.
• The Chaos forces targeted Belisarius Cawl, and Lucius cut down defenders while closing in on him.
• The Warmaster taunted Lucius by praising Tavitz and calling Lucius a coward, prompting Lucius to charge at him.

The Warmaster sacrificed himself to destroy Lucius, while Ten-Timer received psychic instruction from Eldrad and Qin Yun struggled to hold off Skarbrand. Little Fatty rammed Skarbrand with his mech and self-destructed, just as Imperial warships and Aeldari psykers prepared to attack the daemon.

• The Warmaster provoked Lucius with insults about Tavitz, wounded him, then grabbed him and detonated his armor’s self-destruct sequence, killing them both in the blast.
• Ten-Timer fought beside Eldrad, who taught him Warp techniques that increased his skills’ power and reduced their cost.
• Qin Yun and Thousand Faces struggled to contain Skarbrand, and Qin Yun called for the Lances to charge when he began losing ground.
• Skarbrand broke one of Qin Yun’s wings and prepared to execute him, but Little Fatty charged in with the Zaku-01 Enhanced Version and knocked the daemon away.
• Little Fatty blasted half of Skarbrand’s head with the mech’s Laser Cannon, but Skarbrand regenerated and damaged the mech, so Little Fatty initiated its self-destruct sequence.
• Imperial warships fired their Lances at Skarbrand as Yvraine, Eldrad Ulthran, and several Aeldari Farseers prepared to join forces to banish him.

After the Chaos forces were defeated, Qin Yun healed the Imperial survivors and introduced himself as the Emperor’s messenger to Celestine and the other leaders. Greyfax remained suspicious of him, while the group prepared to travel to Macragge after Eldrad warned that Chaos had attacked it.

• Skarbrand was destroyed and Lucius was slain, causing the remaining Chaos forces to flee into the Webway while Imperial troops cleared the battlefield.
• Qin Yun used Faith Points to heal himself, then cast Blessing: Emperor's Light on the wounded soldiers.
• Celestine, the Twin Sisters, Amalrich, Greyfax, and Cawl approached Qin Yun, and Sard explained how the Astral Knights had reached the Calixis Sector with Qin Yun's help.
• Greyfax doubted Qin Yun and Celestine's apparent miracles but kept her suspicions to herself.
• Qin Yun gave Cawl, Amalrich, and Celestine Data Slates that let them issue missions to the Chosen, who accepted a mission to clear the battlefield.
• Eldrad Ulthran warned the group that the Chaos army might already have attacked Macragge and urged them to hurry there.

Qin Yun’s fleet reached Macragge after calming a confrontation between the Aeldari and Xi Ling and preparing the God Chosen for training. As Chaos forces besieged the planet, Qin Yun ordered his ships into battle, and Calgar learned that Imperial reinforcements had arrived.

• The Aeldari threatened Xi Ling because she carried the aura of a C’tan, but Qin Yun defended her, and Eldrad Ulthran persuaded the others to lower their weapons.
• Qin Yun announced new Aeldari content, NPCs, and a favorability system, prompting players to seek training and rewards from the Imperial heroes.
• Amalrich trained the players and took command of the Astartes recruits, while Cawl and Qin Yun helped Greyfax remove Trazyn’s Mindshackle Scarabs.
• The fleet reached Macragge, where Chaos warships fought the Imperial garrison, and Qin Yun ordered his forces to attack as Xia led them into battle.
• At Hera Fortress, Calgar learned that the approaching fleet carried the Astral Knights and Black Templars and had requested permission to enter the harbor.

Qin Yun and the Imperial Glory fought through Chaos forces to reach Macragge, then deployed toward Hera Fortress to help revive Guilliman. Qin Yun tore apart several Hell-Drakes in the sky, leaving Calgar stunned by his resemblance to Sanguinius.

• Xia led the Imperial Glory into the void battle, where its weapons destroyed two Slaughter-class Cruisers.
• Seluve told Xia that Calgar had approved their landing and would leave a secure corridor open, so Qin Yun and his allies chose to head directly for the surface.
• Qin Yun, Cawl, Amalrich, and the others descended toward Macragge as Chaos aircraft attacked their transports.
• Qin Yun leapt from a gunship and used Cawl's Power Spear to kill several Hell-Drakes.
• Calgar watched the white-winged Qin Yun slaughter Hell-Drakes and wondered if he was Sanguinius.