Chapter Summaries

Qin Yun and the allied forces routed Chaos attackers on Macragge and reached Hera Fortress, where Cawl and Celestine asked Calgar to take them to Roboute Guilliman. After Tigurius and Greyfax vouched for them, Calgar agreed to let them enter the temple but demanded to know who Qin Yun was.

• Qin Yun destroyed enemy aircraft while Eldrad Ulthran and Yvraine discussed how humanity's growing strength could help them claim the final Crone Sword.
• The Warmaster, Little Fatty, Cawl, and the allied forces joined the counterattack, forcing the Chaos army to retreat.
• Qin Yun, Celestine, Amalrich, and the others reached Hera Fortress, where Calgar questioned why they had arrived with xenos.
• Cawl and Celestine asked to see Roboute Guilliman, but Calgar initially refused and offered them the choice to defend Macragge or leave.
• Tigurius recounted his prophetic dream of Chaos invading Macragge, and Greyfax vouched for Cawl, persuading Calgar to let the group enter the temple.
• Calgar warned the visitors not to harbor ill intentions and asked Qin Yun to identify himself.

Cawl revealed that Guilliman had ordered him to create the Armor of Fate, while Yvraine explained that Guilliman had to die before Ynnead could restore him. Chaos forces attacked the Primarch Sanctuary during the resurrection, and Guilliman awoke as the Loyalists faced defeat, just as a Khorne Berserker charged him.

• Qin Yun introduced himself to Calgar as the Guide, and Calgar escorted him, Cawl, and their companions to Guilliman's sanctuary with Voldus accompanying them.
• Cawl explained Guilliman's orders to create stronger Astartes and forge the Armor of Fate, and Yvraine said she needed to let Guilliman die before using Ynnead's power to revive him.
• Calgar rejected the plan, but a Chaos assault broke into the sanctuary, and the Masque of Slaanesh's dance enthralled most of the players.
• Qin Yun fought the Masque while Celestine, Amalrich, Voldus, and the others battled the attackers, and Cawl's allies protected the reliquary as it encased Guilliman.
• Yvraine cut the Stasis Field cables and invoked Ynnead, while Chaos forces overwhelmed the Loyalists and the reliquary completed Guilliman's resurrection.
• Guilliman awoke, took up the Emperor's Sword, and faced a Khorne Berserker charging toward him.

Guilliman returned to battle and, aided by Qin Yun’s blessing, led the Imperial forces in a powerful counterattack against Chaos. As the Imperium regained ground, Warsmith Honsou arrived and challenged Guilliman, declaring the age of the Primarchs over.

• Guilliman cut down a charging Khorne Berserker, then Chaos forces attacked him while sorcerers used a blood sacrifice to tear open a Warp rift.
• Qin Yun forced The Masque back and blessed the Imperial loyalists with golden light, restoring their strength and empowering their weapons.
• Guilliman charged into the Chaos ranks, slaughtering traitors as Calgar, Celestine, Greyfax, Voldus, the Grey Knights, and other loyalists fought alongside him.
• Qin Yun and the Aeldari continued fighting The Masque while Voldus directed the Grey Knights to eliminate the sorcerers anchoring the daemons.
• Warsmith Honsou arrived with Heldrakes and war machines, then challenged Guilliman and declared that the age of the Primarchs had ended.

Honsou and M'kar the Reborn joined the assault on Macragge, but Guilliman overwhelmed their forces. Honsou fled after Guilliman destroyed his war robots, while M'kar was burned to ashes, and Guilliman turned toward the Masque of Slaanesh.

• Honsou declared that the age of the Primarchs had ended, and the chapter recounted his rise among the Iron Warriors and his past conflicts with the Ultramarines.
• M'kar the Reborn appeared and vowed revenge on Calgar, while the players mocked him over their comms.
• Heldrakes, Chaos Space Marines, and daemons surrounded the temple, and Guilliman charged into the enemy ranks with the Emperor's Sword.
• Honsou attacked Guilliman alongside five war robots, but Guilliman destroyed the robots and kicked Honsou through several marble colonnades.
• Honsou contacted his warship to teleport him away, while Guilliman pierced M'kar with the Emperor's Sword and burned him to ashes.
• Guilliman surveyed the battlefield and fixed his gaze on the Masque of Slaanesh.

Qin Yun and the Imperium forces defeated the Chaos attackers on Macragge, while Guilliman’s return drew the attention of the galaxy’s powers. After GW issued an official response about Warhammer Online, Calgar summoned Qin Yun to meet Guilliman.

• Guilliman killed the final Chaos Sorcerer, the Warp rift closed, and the Imperium Loyalists and players wiped out the Chaos forces at Hera Fortress.
• Qin Yun reached level 14 and learned Machine Spirit Blessing and War Aura as the Chaos fleet retreated from Macragge after the Imperial reinforcements arrived.
• Xia Atat’s ship, the Imperial Glory, destroyed numerous Chaos vessels, and the Battle of Ultramar ended with the Loyalists victorious.
• Guilliman’s resurrection drew the attention of Chaos leaders, while Abaddon sent more forces to try to stop the Primarch’s return.
• Qin Yun shared battle footage online, and Pinocchio vs Snow White reported GW’s announcement that Warhammer Online was authorized and that its staff were away gathering material.
• Calgar told Qin Yun that Guilliman had summoned him, and Qin Yun set out to meet the Primarch.

Qin Yun met with Guilliman, who confided his grief over the Imperium’s decay and his failures. At a Shrine, Guilliman prayed to the Emperor, who answered through a Cherub and addressed him as his son and tool.

• Guilliman welcomed Qin Yun and explained that he had wanted time to speak with him privately.
• Guilliman told Qin Yun about waking ten thousand years after the Battle of Thessala and blamed himself for the Imperium’s ruin and for arriving too late at the Siege of Terra.
• Qin Yun reassured Guilliman that people were still fighting to rebuild, and explained that he was developing the Calixis Sector while avoiding the Imperium’s religious and political authorities.
• Qin Yun shared a joke mocking the Ecclesiarchy, easing Guilliman’s grief and prompting the two to laugh together.
• Guilliman asked to speak with the Emperor, so Qin Yun took him to a Shrine after receiving a weapon in a metal case.
• After Guilliman prayed, a Cherub radiated golden light and spoke to him as the Emperor, saying, “Guilliman, my son, my tool.”

Celestine helped refugees in Hera Fortress before sensing the Emperor’s overwhelming will and rushing to Guilliman. Guilliman witnessed the Imperium’s suffering through the Emperor’s vision, while the Emperor’s power faded before he could fully communicate with his son.

• Celestine distributed food and water to refugees and comforted Darak, who asked her to deliver a message to his dead parents.
• Celestine sensed the Emperor’s presence at Hera Fortress and flew toward the spires as the Sisters of Battle followed.
• Voldus and Tigurius sensed the Emperor’s will, and Tigurius urged Calgar to reach Guilliman immediately.
• Eldrad Ulthran convinced Yvraine, Thousand Faces, and the other Aeldari to cooperate with humanity to reclaim the Crone Sword and preserve their race.
• The Emperor’s will reached Guilliman through Qin Yun, showing him the galaxy’s suffering and leading him to realize that the Emperor could no longer control His power.
• Celestine entered the Emperor’s Shrine as the Cherub crumbled to ashes and the Emperor’s power receded; Eleanor asked what revelation He had given.

Qin Yun advised Guilliman to travel to Terra and begin reforming the Imperium, while revealing that he could reach the Primarch through the God Chosen. As Guilliman’s pilgrimage and a celebration on Macragge were prepared, Qin Yun opened his mission reward and reviewed the eighth batch of players, while Fulgrim secretly plotted to corrupt Guilliman.

• Celestine and the arriving Imperial leaders asked Qin Yun about the Emperor’s message, and Guilliman explained that the Emperor had shown them the galaxy’s perilous state.
• Qin Yun urged Guilliman to return to Terra, and Guilliman agreed after learning that Abaddon’s plans threatened the Sol System and the Emperor.
• Qin Yun revealed that he could travel instantly to any God Chosen and promised to send one to accompany Guilliman’s pilgrimage force.
• Guilliman agreed to hold a grand celebration before departing, and Qin Yun opened his mission reward to find the Rod of Retribution.
• Xi Ling presented the list of 8,866 players in the eighth batch, and Qin Yun approved it despite joking about their Paradox-style names.
• Guilliman announced his journey to Terra, drawing forces from across the Imperium to Macragge as Fulgrim secretly plotted to corrupt him.

Lucius was reborn through Tobias and escaped Crixus, vowing revenge on the person who had defeated him. During Macragge’s celebration, Qin Yun and Guilliman exposed Fulgrim’s disguised avatar and banished him, provoking Fulgrim to leave the Palace of Pleasure and pursue them in person.

• Tobias read a brief account of Lucius’s defeat, then suffered recurring nightmares until Lucius was reborn from his body and slaughtered the enforcers who tried to stop him.
• Lucius escaped Crixus aboard a food transport ship and vowed to make the person who had defeated him suffer.
• At Macragge’s military parade, Qin Yun stopped Guilliman from accepting a laurel crown and exposed the Planetary Governor of Konor as Fulgrim’s avatar.
• Qin Yun and Guilliman mocked Fulgrim by comparing his looks and popularity unfavorably with Sanguinius.
• Qin Yun struck Fulgrim’s avatar with his sword and banished it to the Warp before Fulgrim could finish speaking.
• Enraged, Fulgrim abandoned the Soul Feast and set out to confront Qin Yun and Guilliman in person.

After Guilliman’s celebration, Qin Yun received a mission to retrieve an ancient navigation beacon from Sotha, while Voldus investigated Lucius’s strange resurrection on Crixus. The eighth batch of players arrived on Planet Automata as the Colin Family’s rebellion continued to threaten the Calixis Sector.

• Qin Yun banished Fulgrim’s avatar, and the celebration ended with renewed hope and a surge in Faith Points.
• After players complained about missing the ceremony, Qin Yun discovered a mission to obtain Planet Sotha’s beacon, which could enable teleportation and long-distance communication.
• Voldus and the Grey Knights investigated Lucius’s revival on Planet Crixus and suspected that the God Chosen could block Chaos’s corruption.
• The eighth batch of players entered the game on Planet Automata, where Chapters recruited them and local leaders assigned them tasks.
• Von warned that the Colin Family had seized over half the Calixis Sector, while Loyalist forces continued to lose ground.

Qin Yun told Guilliman he planned to investigate Sotha and reactivate the Pharos Beacon, then discussed the Primaris Marines and arrangements for the God Chosen. After returning to the Imperial Glory, Qin Yun recruited players for the journey to Sotha while the Warmaster won a duel in Hera Fortress’s Arena.

• Qin Yun reassured Guilliman about the Second Imperium and explained that he intended to use Sotha’s Pharos Beacon to guide travel through Imperium Nihilus.
• Qin Yun revealed that the Pharos Beacon was Necron technology and that the Imperial Glory’s C’tan Machine Spirit could reverse-engineer it.
• Guilliman discussed Cawl’s Primaris Marines with Qin Yun, and they also agreed on exchange rules and equipment access for the God Chosen.
• Qin Yun received a mission to escort Cawl safely to Terra, returned to the Imperial Glory, and ordered Xi Ling to recruit players for a trip to Sotha.
• The Warmaster defeated an Aeldari warrior in the Arena, and Ten-Timer and the other players announced Qin Yun’s new mission to investigate Sotha.

The Warmaster challenged Yvraine in the Arena but lost, prompting Amalrich to offer Relic vault rewards to players who could defeat her. Qin Yun then traveled with Cawl to Sotha, where Theresian and the thirteen surviving Scythes of the Emperor greeted him, burdened by their Chapter’s hidden shame.

• Yvraine defeated the Warmaster in a brief duel and explained how he could improve his reaction and counterattack.
• Amalrich promised Relic vault prizes to the first ten players to defeat Yvraine, drawing a crowd of players eager to take up the challenge.
• The Warmaster and the other players discussed the mission to Sotha, while the Warmaster chose to train against Lucius and Ten-Timer planned to gain favor with the Guide.
• Cawl joined Qin Yun’s journey to Sotha and arranged an Adeptus Mechanicus fleet to provide support.
• Qin Yun arrived at the lifeless world of Sotha and met Theresian and the thirteen remaining Scythes of the Emperor.
• Theresian welcomed Qin Yun as the Living Saint, while privately grieving that the Chapter’s shame kept them from meeting their genetic father.

Qin Yun joined Theresian and the Scythes of the Emperor on Sotha to reclaim the Pharos Beacon, learning the Chapter’s hidden curse as Tyranids ambushed them in their ruined fortress. Qin Yun’s holy power freed the Chapter’s warriors from the Tyranid will, and Theresian finally shot the Genestealer Patriarch.

• Theresian showed Qin Yun the ruined Sotha and explained that only thirteen Scythes of the Emperor remained to guard the Pharos Beacon and its relics.
• Qin Yun ordered Theresian’s warriors to accept new Power Armour, then led them, Cawl, Xi Ling, and the players toward the Fortress-Monastery on Sotha.
• The group fought off Tyranids outside the fortress, but a Genestealer Patriarch and a horde of Genestealers trapped them inside.
• Theresian and his warriors revealed that Tyranid contamination in their blood prevented them from firing on the Patriarch, despite their hatred of him.
• Qin Yun’s holy power freed the Scythes of the Emperor from the Tyranid will, allowing Theresian to shoot the Patriarch and order his warriors to kill him.

Theresian and the Scythes of the Emperor killed the Genestealer Patriarch and revealed how Sotha’s corruption had brought their Chapter to ruin. In the Necron labyrinth, Theresian died fighting, while Qin Yun and the others found Xi Ling beside the imprisoned Overlord Zahurash, who erupted in fury at her loyalty to her master.

• Qin Yun’s Blessing of Purification freed Theresian and the Scythes of the Emperor from the Hive Mind’s influence, allowing them to kill the Genestealer Patriarch and avenge their dead.
• Theresian told Qin Yun that Genestealer corruption had caused Sotha’s fall and contaminated the Chapter’s Gene-Seed, leading the Scythes to withdraw from Imperial support and recruitment.
• A quake collapsed the Fortress-Monastery and trapped Qin Yun, Cawl, and the others in the ruins, where they entered a Necron labyrinth and found dead players, Mechanicus members, and Scythes warriors.
• Theresian died after fighting Necron Constructs, and Qin Yun reassured him that he had never failed the Emperor before the Chapter Master passed away.
• Qin Yun and the survivors reached the labyrinth’s core, where they found Xi Ling beside the imprisoned Overlord Zahurash; Xi Ling defended Qin Yun as Zahurash vowed to break free and kill him.

Zahurash broke free of the damaged matrix and fought Qin Yun while Xi Ling and Cawl took control of the Pharos Beacon. The battle moved outside as Xi Ling completed her takeover, leaving Zahurash and Qin Yun still fighting.

• Zahurash escaped the Dimensional Cube after the damaged Pharos Beacon and the Tyranid invasion weakened his restraints.
• Qin Yun sent Xi Ling with Cawl to seize the Pharos Core while he stayed behind to confront Zahurash.
• Xi Ling connected to Pharos as Cawl, the Adeptus Ministorum, and the players guarded the core chamber.
• Zahurash shattered the matrix, revealed his true form, and attacked Qin Yun as Necron Constructs swarmed the containment hall.
• Zahurash pierced the mountain with a spear of starlight and charged Qin Yun outside, with the Necron Constructs following them.
• Xi Ling cracked Pharos's defenses and obtained control of the Pharos Beacon.

Xi Ling took control of the Pharos Beacon, helped Qin Yun defeat Zahurash, and restored the Beacon before Qin Yun converted it into a source of the Emperor’s light. The activation stirred reactions across the galaxy, while Qin Yun announced Warhammer Online Version 2.0 and its new systems.

• Xi Ling halted the Necron Constructs’ attack, obtained the Pharos Beacon’s core data, and ordered the Constructs to repair the Beacon with their own bodies.
• Xi Ling joined Qin Yun’s fight against Zahurash and nearly destroyed him, allowing Qin Yun to seal the C’tan fragment in a crystal.
• Qin Yun channeled the Emperor’s power into the restored Beacon, converting its Necron code and light into a human structure radiating golden light.
• Guilliman welcomed the Beacon’s activation, Eldrad Ulthran questioned its strange psychic power, and Abaddon and Angron vowed to oppose the new light.
• Qin Yun had Xi Ling announce Warhammer Online Version 2.0, introducing new financial, communication, teleportation, merit, campaign, ship-purchasing, loot, and punishment systems.

Qian Donglai posted an analysis of Warhammer Online’s version 2.0 update, while Qin Yun and Xi Ling completed the Imperial Glory’s upgrades and activated return-to-city teleportation. The chapter left players receiving a Data Slate notification that the new function was available, with destinations at the Imperial Glory and Sotha.

• Qian Donglai published a detailed breakdown of the update, including loans, Contribution Points, and the upcoming return-to-city function.
• Qin Yun welcomed Sotha’s displaced citizens home, honored the Scythes of the Emperor with a black Tombstone, and ordered the planet’s restoration.
• Xi Ling used Necron Constructs to upgrade the Imperial Glory with stronger weapons and self-repairing Active Metal armor.
• Xi Ling built a Beacon aboard the Imperial Glory that resonated with the Pharos Beacon, extending their reach across Ultramar and enabling instant player communication.
• Qin Yun ordered Xi Ling to announce that players could return to the Imperial Glory or Sotha, and players received notifications to update their Data Slates.

The Warmaster tested the new teleportation function while Qin Yun used the Pharos Beacon to contact distant worlds and discuss its risks and potential with Guilliman. Qin Yun decided to return to the Calixis Sector to suppress the growing rebellion and test the beacon technology there.

• The Warmaster spent 1,025 Faith Points to teleport from Macragge to the Imperial Glory, and other players followed while realizing they would need to travel back by ship.
• Qin Yun and Xi Ling calibrated the Imperial Glory's Pharos Beacon, allowing Qin Yun to view a hazy image of Von, Hydrak, and Casca in the Calixis Sector.
• Von briefly thought he heard Qin Yun's voice, but Hydrak and Casca dismissed the possibility of communication.
• Qin Yun explained the Pharos Beacon's technology and risks to Guilliman, who urged caution before humanity replicated it widely.
• Qin Yun declined to help Guilliman reclaim Ultramar and said he would return to the Calixis Sector to address the Colin Family's rebellion and test Pharos communications.

Qin Yun returned toward the Calixis Sector after arranging player resurrection and communications through the Beacons, while Guilliman authorized him to govern the Calixis Sector and Koronus Expanse. Meanwhile, Automata completed its first player-built light cruiser, the Nature Selection, and began its maiden voyage test.

• Qin Yun designated the chapel aboard Macragge's Honour as a player resurrection point and received Guilliman's authorization to administer the Calixis Sector and Koronus Expanse, along with reinforcements.
• Qin Yun declined Guilliman's offer to make him Warmaster and told him the missing Primarchs could still return.
• Eldrad Ulthran agreed to send Aeldari psychic instructors to the Calixis Sector before leaving to address the Aeldari's crises.
• Qin Yun and several players departed for Calixis, while refugees and industrial support helped Automata expand its shipbuilding operations.
• MC Mythology led the Nature Selection's maiden voyage test, joking with MC Legend before ordering the light cruiser to ignite its engines and depart.

The players successfully tested the Nature Selection, their first player-built starship, and Dora Workshop planned to mass-produce light cruisers. Meanwhile, the Colin Family captured Watch Star, killed Marius Hax, and learned that his family had escaped as the war against the Loyalists continued.

• MC Mythology led the Nature Selection through a successful Warp voyage and weapons test, then returned it to Lycade Station.
• MC Mythology rallied the players to build wonders, while Dora proposed producing ten thousand light cruisers for Dora Workshop.
• Ursus Colin's Rebels captured Watch Star and brought the wounded Marius Hax before him.
• Marius Hax learned that his wife and children had escaped aboard cargo ships, and Ursus Colin ordered the orbital routes sealed.
• Ursus Colin killed Marius Hax with a warhammer after Marius vowed that his children would return with the Imperium's army.