The fleets that had carried out the Golden Crusade gathered together and sailed through the now completely sealed Eye of Terror, stopping to resupply and press onward in every star system where the Talon engineering fleets had built massive military starports.
And so the cycle continued.
This route came to be known as Victory Triumph Road.
For countless years thereafter, so long as humanity endured, and so long as the occupied Eye of Terror and its surrounding regions remained under human control, pilgrims and visitors would stream endlessly toward Victory Triumph Road.
Every star system along this route would share in the glory of the crusade.
The victory of the entire Golden Crusade would also be remembered forever, for this was the first time that living beings of the Real Universe had reclaimed their rightful domain from the Warp.
The crusade fleet gradually reached the Cadia system and docked at the colossal starport built there by the engineering fleet.
Aboard the flagship Glorious Humanity, in the grandest council chamber on the warship, Qin Mo stood by the observation window and looked out at the many worlds of the Cadia system.
"The Lord Commander has returned to the Throne."
The new Cadia Castellan stood on the bridge. He was the representative sent by all of Cadia to welcome the crusade fleet home in triumph.
However, his title was not Lord Commander, but Second Castellan.
The Second Castellan had already met with Guilliman and the others. Now, while the Tyran Sector's senior officials were discussing matters in the council chamber, he had come specifically to speak with them about the Lord Commander's death.
"May he rest in peace." Qin Mo closed his eyes and lowered his head in silent mourning for Creed.
As he closed his eyes, the Custodians, the senior Talon