Shattered Hope

075. M32,

Parliamentary restructuring:

Although the Beast Wars ended in chaos, the affected areas were mainly concentrated in the Sol Sector. After a thousand years of rapid development, the Empire had accumulated a huge amount of resources.

With Second Company disappearing one after another, and Malcador, the most crucial Arch-Magos, falling into a deep sleep, Guilliman began to gradually decentralize power and establish more parliamentary seats in order to ensure the smooth operation of the Empire's administration.

100. M32,

Lord Regent Robert Guilliman chose to take a vacation, secretly visiting Belisarius Cawl during his journey, and then recuperating in Macragge for two and a half years.

During this time, Guilliman refused all work to take care of the elderly Lady Yuton, and sent Kaul to perform Euten's final life-extending surgery.

123. M32,

The Second Black Crusade: Abaddon's Black Legion begins the Second Black Crusade, and some peripheral worlds around the Eye of Terror choose to betray the Empire's rule and join the Black Legion.

To ensure the stability of the empire's rule, Warmaster Ferrus personally led the campaign, with 32 Chapter joining the battle to defend the Misty Sector.

The Black Legion was reduced to a mere tenth; Abaddon fled from the Eye of Terror, leaving behind the words, "I will return!"

The Black Legion has officially entered the Empire's purview.

199. M32,

With the Warp Activation, the 1200-year-long period of stability in the Sea of Souls completely disappeared, and the Warp returned to its former state of a cesspool.

Meanwhile, the probability of Psyker being born among the newborns of the Empire has increased dramatically, and numerous Chaos invasions have occurred frequently.

Under the unspoken understanding, many Legions began recruiting new Psyker to cultivate their own Chapter Psyker Librarian.

However, due to the reduction in large-scale wars, the size of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica was reduced, resulting in its decreasing influence in the High Lords Council.

After discovering that the Chapter were also starting to develop their own Psychic Power units, the Adeptus Astra Telepathica, a relatively insignificant faction within the council, began to cooperate with the Navis Nobilite and gradually became affiliated with the various Chapter.

Most of them joined the small Thousand Sons faction, which numbered less than 10,000.

211. M32,

The storm rises again: the emerald lightning storm deep within the Maelstrom grows increasingly ferocious, and many Psyker hear a strange roar emanating from the Twisted Void.

But then a sudden Warp storm swept in, washing away the increasingly ferocious strange phenomenon, as if the entire Warp was resisting the arrival of some kind of monster.

With the occurrence of this Warp storm, the Space Squats located at the Galactic Core began to experience Chaos corruption, and a large number of Ancestral Core underwent anomalies.

However, after the storm's core dissipated, a strange emerald-green crystal remained, which was then fiercely contested by various forces.

This year also marked a pivotal year in the large-scale emergence of the Chaos Invasion. Abaddon, the leader of the Black Legion who had launched two Black Crusade, even proclaimed himself the Chaos Warmaster!

This led to the launch of the Third Black Crusade, which was then defeated by the Iron Hands led by Ferrus.

211. M32,

As the empire gradually developed green crystal, people discovered its extremely strong polluting properties, and through this, they discovered another magical effect.

The discovery that it could dissolve Warp Entity and even the souls of living beings directly attracted the attention of the Imperial Daemon Inquisition and even the Grey Knights.

And this is just the beginning. With further research, people have discovered that crystals can do more than that; they can also enchant matter by absorbing energy.

One researcher even came up with a brilliant idea: to create a life-extending agent using crystals and orange juice.

What's rather strange is that the production of this substance, which Imperial scholars have named Chaos Energy Crystal, is extremely unstable. However, it is certain that its appearance is due to the abnormal spatial phenomena within the Maelstrom.

Moreover, it is only produced in the vicinity of the Serenity Sector.

234. M32,

Through persistent and continuous research on Chaos Energy Crystal, the Empire discovered Chaos Energy Crystal spatial distortion properties.

For example, before entering Warp Voyage, having the navigator and Psyker inside the Gellar Field consume a large amount of Chaos Energy Crystal in a short period of time can effectively stabilize the Gellar Field.

With the blessing of the Chaos Energy Crystal Pair, an energy bubble forms on the outer edge of the Gellar Field, effectively preventing Warp Energy radiation and even dispelling some Warp Demon.

In response, Lord Regent Guilliman declared that the Serenity Sector, as an area under the control of the Imperial Army, would be guarded by the Blood Ravens, and anyone who stole crystals would be punished, with the sentence starting at burning at the stake.

Meanwhile, Chaos Energy Crystal have been classified as Imperial Alpha-class military controlled resources.

The decree immediately drew discontent from countless human nobles, but Guilliman overruled the objections and strictly enforced the decree.

In the same year, the Webway Project was restarted, and the task was assigned to Dorn and Ahriman, who had extensive Psychic Power and was then the Chapter Master of the Thousand Sons Chapter.

As the Webway Gate reopened, the Empire discovered that the once-broken Webway were gradually recovering, and the native Webway species known as the Lizardmen had begun to thrive.

Therefore, after Dorn had amicably discussed the matter with Lizardmen Commander Reckoner, the reward, which was more than 1,000 years overdue, finally arrived: the Lizardmen officially joined the Imperium of Man and became its official, legitimate pets.

A large number of Chaos Energy Crystal were secretly introduced into the human Webway.

333. M32,

The Webway Operational: After countless years of construction, the shattered Webway wreckage Things within the Empire have finally been repaired and connected with the Old Ones Webway.

However, just nine years after the Webway operation, a sudden Warp storm struck, instantly shattering the supposedly sturdy and reliable Webway.

Countless Chaos Daemons poured into the Webway, their leader being Primarch Magnus had vanished a thousand years ago.

No one knows why the Webway broke down, but according to rumors, the root cause lies with the Thousand Sons Legion that built the Webway.

The day before the incident, the Thousand Sons Space Marine, led by Chapter Master Ahriman, were conducting an experimental ritual in the Webway in order to find their missing Gene-Father.

However, as the experiment proceeded, the powerful energy contained in its summoning ritual instantly reduced the Thousand Sons Legion to ashes and pierced through the Webway.

When Magnus's figure was summoned, the former Crimson King could only let out a painful Roared before being forced to become a demon during the filial son's summoning ritual.

In order to shut down the Webway, Imperial Warmaster Ferrus led the Iron Hands and the Adeptus Custodes into the Webway to stop the Daemon.

During the First Webway War, the Empire was able to sustain itself only by repeatedly wearing down its endless Lizardmen. But this time, with the Webway breach, the Lizardmen who were recuperating within it were also swept into the Warp storm.

Even with the entry of the Adeptus Custodes, their forces were far from sufficient to sustain the attack, and the Chaos Daemons even managed to reach the Webway Gate.

To prevent Holy Terra from becoming a second Eye of Terror, Ferrus ordered the destruction of the Webway entrance, choosing to perish together with the Chaos Daemons.

With a deafening explosion, the creation that had been humanity's hope was utterly shattered, leaving only a short section connected to the base of the Golden Throne.

When Guilliman gathered his troops to provide support, Ferrus, who had once survived even with only his head remaining, could not escape the cruelty of fate this time.

The energy generated by its violent explosion instantly melted through the energy shield of Ferrus's collar, causing his flesh and tissue to evaporate directly, leaving not even a trace of his brain, only Ferrus's Skull.

334. M32,

The death of the Imperial Warmaster has drawn nationwide mourning; he is the third Primarch to be confirmed as Killed in Action warrior since the Great Angel.

With Ferrus's passing, Guilliman was left to shoulder the burden of the Empire alone, and in order to alleviate the pressure of governance, the High Lords Council gradually gained more power.

Guilliman, who trusted mortals, failed to notice that, as time passed, the number of people who once revered them as demigods began to decrease, and the Primarch's influence was rapidly diminishing.

However, in order to stabilize the Imperium of Man, Guilliman could only work overtime. At the same time, unrest within the empire was increasing, Dorn and Corvus Corax had to lead their fleets on numerous expeditions.

388. M32,

Divine Punishment Descends: Dissatisfied with the Blood Ravens' control over the precious resource of Chaos Energy Crystal, some human noble Rogue Trader began to target the Dog-men lived in the same Serenity as the Blood Ravens.

Without Guilliman's knowledge, the High Lords Council unilaterally amended the Abhuman Act, stripping the Dog-men of their Abhumans status, and secretly assembled a fleet to head to the Serenity Sector.

Just as the fleet arrived at Serenity, preparing to launch a shameless sneak attack on Blood Ravens, a giant sword cleaved through the void and shredded the fleet into pieces.

399. M32,

Twisted Void: As the lightning storm deep within the Maelstrom intensified, the space within the Maelstrom began to twist rapidly, and countless debris spewed out from the inside of the Maelstrom.

These wrecks are diverse, including not only celestial fragments but also various types of spaceship debris. Through excavation and comparison, people discovered that these wrecks actually came from warship wreckage from the Great Crusade.

In order to discover these treasures, large numbers of humans came to colonize the vast Serenity Sub-sector, and settled down in the only two worlds in the entire galaxy Serene World.

As for the other world, Catachan, after discovering that colonizing this hellish place required competing with trees for air, the colonists abandoned the idea of developing this Death World.

On the contrary, the native inhabitants who adapted to the environment of Catachan attracted the attention of the Astra Militarum, which began recruiting soldiers in this world.

Meanwhile, as a large amount of debris was spewed out by the Maelstrom, its corresponding Warp location was also spewing various fragments into the Sea of Souls.

From then on, just like the human Scavengers, a large number of Daemon began to gather in the Warp region around Serenity. However, contrary to the expectations of the Daemon Inquisition, these Daemons were quite well-behaved.

Although these Daemon come in all shapes and sizes, they all share one common feature: they have four arms and a long, menacing tail.

666. M32,

After nearly 2,000 years of extreme stress, Guilliman's health deteriorated to an extremely dangerous level.

To alleviate the pressure and to better manage the empire, Guilliman had no choice but to gradually delegate power and expand the size of the High Lords Council.

However, after the parliament was expanded, Guilliman found that as time went on, the backlog of government affairs on his hands did not decrease, but rather increased.

Perhaps sensing his own limitations, Guilliman decided to take a break as usual. But just as he announced to Parliament that he would recall Corvus Corax to replace him as president,

A despicable assassination attempt, born solely from the desire for more power, has occurred.

667. M32,

Large-scale Rebellion broke out in Macragge, Lady Yuton was assassinated.