Chapter Summaries

The Primarchs channeled their Warp essences into the Emperor, and Guilliman’s buried fury amplified their power. The Emperor, the God-Emperor, and the Void Dragon joined forces against Horus, but Horus unleashed a new power drawn from the past.

• The Primarchs poured their Warp essences into the Emperor, while Guilliman denied having any until his brothers provoked his rage and revealed his power.
• The Emperor used Guilliman’s fury to strengthen the gathered essences, then flew to the God-Emperor and blocked Horus’s attack.
• The Void Dragon returned to battle and joined Isha in binding Mork, while mortals prayed to the three gods fighting Horus.
• The Emperor, the God-Emperor, and the Void Dragon attacked Horus together, disrupting his twisted essence and weakening the swarm shadows with the Void Dragon’s control over metal.
• The three gods wounded Horus and appeared close to victory, but Horus blasted them away and declared, “Witness the power of the past!”

The Emperor, the God-Emperor, the Void Dragon, and the Silent King combined their powers to restrain Horus after the six True Words awakened the Fundamental God within him. Their attacks trapped Horus in a spacetime paradox, but the wall separating the pure white void from the Milky Way shattered, letting the void flood into the galaxy.

• The six True Words branded into Horus converged, causing the Fundamental God to emerge through his body.
• The God-Emperor summoned sacrifices from Ecclesiarchy worlds and used their power to bind the Golden Throne to Horus, but the throne's attack could not defeat him.
• The Emperor chained Horus with his Warp power, while the Void Dragon added metal and explosives to help restrain him.
• The Silent King and Necrontyr sorcerers used time reversal and advance to tear at Horus and create a spacetime paradox.
• The violent struggle shattered Tzeentch's wall, and the pure white void surged into the Milky Way.

Lin Fan revealed that he had prepared a force drawn from the bonds among the Milky Way’s people, turning the battle against Tzeentch toward an unlikely source of strength. As that power reached the battlefield, even the God-Emperor invoked their bonds against Horus.

• Lin Fan explained that he had tried to change Warhammer’s grim course by easing divisions among its factions, but said the story’s unity could not last without his intervention.
• Lin Fan told Tzeentch that heroes in clichéd stories united their allies and drew strength from their bonds, then unleashed a current of thought across the Milky Way.
• Commissar Cain, Delia, Yilafren, and many others raised their hands as motes of light rose from the battlefield.
• The God-Emperor, The Emperor, Void Dragon, and Silent King felt the power flow into them as they fought Horus.
• The God-Emperor shouted at Horus not to underestimate their bonds.

Lin Fan defeated Horus and the Chaos Gods, halted the encroaching pure white void, and later opened a portal to a world he had created through written settings. The chapter ended with Leman Russ and Magnus meeting Amiya in another Terra.

• The God-Emperor, The Emperor, and the Void Dragon joined forces to destroy Horus, while Lin Fan used narrative rules to ensure their survival.
• Lin Fan and Oedmeir used the modified Ascension Throne to seal Tzeentch, and Lin Fan swallowed The Deceiver as the Silent King shielded the others from Horus's explosion.
• Lin Fan swallowed the destruction threatening the Milky Way and stopped the pure white void, then promised Orikan he would create a world in his own way.
• The God-Emperor announced victory, and Lin Fan left with Orikan to prepare his experiment while the survivors began recovering.
• Several years later, Lin Fan opened a portal to another Terra, and Leman Russ and Magnus entered to explore it.
• Leman Russ drew his axe when he and Magnus encountered Amiya and her companions, while Magnus introduced them as traveling knights named Russ and Mag.

In the peaceful Milky Way, the God-Emperor visited Isha and met the weakened Khorne and Nurgle, whom Isha hoped to raise into harmless children. When Lin Fan invited Isha to travel, she left the two gods with the God-Emperor, who was quickly forced to discipline Khorne.

• The Milky Way began converting wartime factories to peaceful production, while Ynnead faded after the Aeldari regained hope of survival.
• The God-Emperor rested on the Golden Throne and occasionally beat the immobile Tzeentch at the Ascension Throne.
• The God-Emperor visited Isha, who was caring for the reduced Khorne and Nurgle after Lin Fan had weakened them.
• Khorne toddled toward the God-Emperor, who repeatedly pushed him away, and she objected to Isha's plan to raise the two gods.
• Lin Fan invited Isha to travel, and she vanished after leaving Khorne and Nurgle in the God-Emperor's arms.
• Khorne grabbed the God-Emperor's hair and struck her face, so she pulled him off and spanked him.

Lin Fan reunited with Isha in a peaceful mountain meadow, where he spent time with her, Delia, and Yilafren. Delia acted on her long-suppressed feelings for Lin Fan, then invited Yilafren to approach him.

• Isha traveled through the Webway and found Lin Fan writing in a meadow with Delia and Yilafren.
• Lin Fan embraced Isha, and the women gathered around him while Isha watched them affectionately.
• Lin Fan drew Delia onto his lap, and she responded to his affection by taking the lead.
• Delia outmaneuvered Lin Fan in their intimate encounter while Yilafren watched anxiously from nearby.
• Delia withdrew and opened the way for Yilafren, who moved closer but did not make a move.

Lin Fan and Delia overwhelmed the inexperienced Yilafren with affection while Isha watched. On Krieg, Erika tried to guide her people toward peaceful life before Isha teleported her into Lin Fan’s arms, intending to bring their long-buried feelings together.

• Yilafren hesitated before Lin Fan, then Delia and Lin Fan pinned her between them and left her exhausted.
• Delia laid Yilafren on the grass to recover while Isha asked Lin Fan what else he wanted.
• Erika addressed Krieg’s commanders about helping their people build a peaceful future after the God-Emperor absolved them.
• Erika lost her balance after the meeting, and Isha teleported her into Lin Fan’s arms.
• Lin Fan realized Erika had long admired and longed for him, and Isha intended to draw the two closer.

Lin Fan and Isha discussed the Aeldari's future and the Space Marines' peaceful lives after the war, while Jaghatai returned to Chogoris and began secretly writing about the final battle. The chapter left the Aeldari's proposed changes to their lifespan and reproduction undecided, and Jaghatai's coded manuscripts growing on his desk.

• Lin Fan's forces infiltrated Erika's Krieg defenses, and Isha helped coordinate the battle until it ended.
• Lin Fan told Isha he was recording worldviews that would open portals to other worlds, and they agreed to leave Mork and the swarm under Necrontyr supervision.
• Isha described the Aeldari's small population and limited integration with humans, while Lin Fan suggested they interact with the long-lived Space Marines.
• Isha explained that the Space Marines were settling into civilian roles and might later choose whether to return to ordinary human lives or follow the Primarchs through the galaxy's central gate.
• Isha proposed shortening the Aeldari lifespan to about five hundred years and increasing their fertility, and Lin Fan told her to proceed with her idea.
• Jaghatai returned to Chogoris, shut himself away, and filled his desk with coded manuscripts inspired by the final battle and the newly revealed Siege of Terra events.

Jaghatai secretly wrote books that Celes and the Blood Ravens discovered during their covert mission on Chogoris. As Guilliman and Sanguinius shared tea with Jaghatai, the Blood Ravens prepared to bring copies of the books to them.

• Jaghatai finished writing and shelving his books before learning Guilliman and Sanguinius had come to visit.
• Guilliman and Sanguinius discussed their suspicions about Jaghatai as they traveled to meet him.
• Corax escorted Celes and the Blood Ravens toward Jaghatai's quarters, where they secretly infiltrated the tent.
• Celes found Jaghatai's hidden, untitled books and became absorbed in their contents, then ordered the Blood Ravens to copy them for Guilliman and Sanguinius.
• Jaghatai served Chogoris white tea to Guilliman and Sanguinius, and Sanguinius lamented that Baal's harsh conditions would not support it.

Sanguinius and Guilliman left Chogoris after sensing the Blood Ravens had uncovered Jaghatai’s secret, and Guilliman found Jaghatai’s scandalous book portraying Sanguinius as the only female Primarch. The story ended with Horus throwing Curze aside and confronting Sanguinius.

• Sanguinius sensed the Blood Ravens had succeeded and left Chogoris with Guilliman, while Jaghatai returned to his writing.
• Guilliman, Sanguinius, and Corax met the Blood Ravens, and Guilliman opened one of Jaghatai’s books.
• Guilliman read Jaghatai’s story, which depicted Sanguinius as a female Primarch admired by her brothers and Horus as consumed by jealousy and desire.
• Horus shoved Abaddon aside, grabbed Curze, and hurled him against a marble pillar.
• Sanguinius confronted Horus and demanded to know what he was doing.

Horus’s drunken assault on Sanguinius was interrupted by Perturabo’s shot and a Chaos invasion, after which Horus turned against his brothers and claimed her as his own. Sanguinius fought him after he killed Angron, but Horus tore her wings apart.

• Horus embraced and kissed Sanguinius until Perturabo shot him, allowing her to escape.
• Chaos forces poured through rifts as Horus joined the Dark Gods’ Greater Daemons and attacked the Primarchs.
• Horus and the daemons killed or wounded the Primarchs; Fulgrim died protecting Ferrus Manus, and Vulkan was captured and mutilated.
• Sanguinius urged her brothers to flee, then confronted Horus after he defeated Angron and tore out the Butcher’s Nails, killing him.
• Sanguinius vowed to kill Horus and fought him, but Horus seized her wings and tore them apart.

Guilliman, Corax, and Sanguinius read Jaghatai’s disturbing story and reacted to its alternate account of Horus’s fall. Guilliman hid a book about himself and Yvraine, while Jaghatai sensed an unexplained threat as he struggled to write.

• Guilliman and Corax were shaken by Jaghatai’s story of Horus torturing Sanguinius and plunging the Imperium into disaster.
• Sanguinius praised the story, and Guilliman recalled the grim aftermath of the battle aboard the Vengeful Spirit.
• Guilliman opened a book about himself and Yvraine, then quickly concealed it when Sanguinius asked to read it.
• Celes avoided explaining the book’s contents after Guilliman gave him a threatening look, and Sanguinius chose another book to read.
• Guilliman hid the book inside his armor, while Celes planned to secretly give Sanguinius his privately copied set.
• Jaghatai felt uneasy in his study, paced around, and searched the room with pale Warp lightning.

Jaghatai discovered that Roboute Guilliman and Sanguinius had secretly copied his private books and pursued them through a minor Webway branch. Meanwhile, Sanguinius learned that one book described Guilliman marrying Yvraine and having mixed-blood children, and decided to find out whether the Emperor approved.

• Jaghatai realized the Blood Ravens had copied books from his secret bookshelf and summoned Kor'sarro to help pursue Guilliman and Sanguinius.
• Jaghatai ordered a warship into the Webway, explaining that he knew its routes from his time among the Aeldari.
• The warship navigated the dangerous minor Webway branches and drew closer to Guilliman and Sanguinius's fleet.
• Celes told Sanguinius that Jaghatai's book described Guilliman and Yvraine marrying and having mixed-blood children.
• Sanguinius considered the implications of the marriage, planned to learn the Emperor's attitude, and saw a chance to embarrass Guilliman among their brothers.

Cegorach stole Jaghatai’s books from Roboute Guilliman’s room and replaced them with obvious fakes, while Sanguinius let him go and hoped the books would embarrass Guilliman. Weeks later, Jaghatai confronted Guilliman and Sanguinius and demanded the stolen texts and the erasure of everyone’s memories.

• Sanguinius caught Cegorach sneaking through the ship, but let him leave after hearing his case for Guilliman and Yvraine’s marriage.
• Cegorach found Jaghatai’s books in Guilliman’s room, stole them, and left fake books in their place.
• Guilliman spent weeks reading Jaghatai’s story about himself and Yvraine and wondered aloud whether he should ask Magnus for help changing his physique.
• A soldier told Guilliman that Jaghatai’s ship had blocked the fleet and demanded to speak with him and Sanguinius.
• Jaghatai accused Guilliman and Sanguinius of stealing secrets from Chogoris and demanded the return of the texts and the erasure of related memories.
• Sanguinius blamed Guilliman for persuading him to join the theft, while Guilliman apologized and insisted he had never intended to reveal the books’ contents.

Guilliman admitted to Jaghatai that his Warp awakening was tied to his despair over Yvraine, and the two bonded over their secret fears of exposure. They discovered Cegorach had taken Jaghatai’s books and was heading to Terra, forcing them to race there before their secrets were revealed at the civilization summit.

• Guilliman told Jaghatai that imagining Jaghatai exposing his relationship with Yvraine had been his moment of despair, and Jaghatai sympathized because he feared exposure of his private books.
• Guilliman, Jaghatai, and Sanguinius opened the sealed crate and found empty books marked with Cegorach’s Joker smile.
• Sanguinius used his prophetic abilities and revealed that Cegorach had taken the books to Terra.
• Guilliman and Jaghatai realized Cegorach could expose their secrets at Terra’s civilization summit, where Yvraine and T'au leaders were present.
• Guilliman and Jaghatai resolved to go to Terra and stop Cegorach, while Sanguinius urged them not to despair.

Jaghatai, Sanguinius, and Guilliman raced toward Terra to confront a crisis, while Corax followed after them. On Terra, The Emperor and the Silent King discussed where to settle the Orks and Tyranids as Dorn, Trazyn, Yvraine, and Shadowsun competed at mahjong, ending with Yvraine winning a rare hand.

• Jaghatai took control of his fastest warship and raced with Sanguinius and Guilliman through the Webway toward Terra, leaving the Ultramarines and Blood Angels behind with orders to follow.
• Corax emerged from a hidden room, learned from Celes that his brothers had gone to Terra, and decided to follow them.
• On Terra, The Emperor's forces celebrated the threat's containment while priests and nuns helped the Adeptus Custodes and Sisters of Silence clear the ancient sewers.
• The Emperor and the Silent King discussed settling the Orks and Tyranids in the Ghoul Stars under the dynasty's supervision.
• Dorn, Trazyn, Yvraine, and Shadowsun played mahjong as Oedmeir and others watched, and Yvraine won with a self-drawn Big Three Dragons.

Shadowsun, Trazyn, Yvraine, and Perturabo escalated their cheating as the mahjong game drained their chips. Trazyn believed he had blocked Perturabo’s attempt to win with Thirteen Orphans, but the chapter ended just after Perturabo drew a Six Bamboo.

• Shadowsun mistakenly discarded a White Dragon disguised as a Two Dots, and Trazyn claimed it for his quads.
• Perturabo took Dorn’s seat and used his modified mechanical hand to identify and select tiles.
• Yvraine won with Big Three Dragons, leaving Perturabo close to losing his chips.
• Trazyn unleashed his computational power and disrupted Yvraine’s psychic predictions while winning a powerful hand from Perturabo.
• Perturabo filled the Throne Room with surveillance drones as Trazyn activated high-definition recording, and Farsight persuaded Shadowsun to keep playing.
• Trazyn concluded that Perturabo was waiting on Thirteen Orphans and that all the White Dragons were in his hand, then watched Perturabo draw a Six Bamboo.

Perturabo used a counterfeit tile to win the mahjong round, but Tzeentch then took over Shadowsun and challenged the Emperor to a game. Tzeentch dominated through repeated impossible wins, and Trazyn ended the chapter trapped in a game where even losing once counted as losing four times.

• Perturabo turned a Six Bamboo tile into a White Dragon and won with Thirteen Orphans Thirteen-Sided Wait, giving the Imperium of Man a large lead.
• Tzeentch took control of Shadowsun and challenged the Emperor, who joined the game as Trazyn and Yvraine were forced to stay at the table.
• The Void Dragon and the God-Emperor forged new tiles, and Tzeentch repeatedly won from the first discard by manipulating the game's outcomes.
• The Emperor self-drew All Honors and struck Tzeentch's phantom with golden light, prompting Tzeentch to continue the contest.
• Tzeentch won after Trazyn discarded a Sparrow tile and explained that the same tile had completed four winning hands at once, leaving Trazyn furious and helpless.

The Emperor and Tzeentch fought a supernatural mahjong match, escalating their cheating and psychic attacks until The Emperor completed an impossible hand and defeated Tzeentch. The Emperor returned to the cheering Imperials, where Rogal Dorn asked whether his body was all right.

• Tzeentch took control of Trazyn and attacked The Emperor with an All Green hand, but The Emperor scraped a Five Bamboo tile into the winning tile and sent the jungle attack back at him.
• The Emperor and Tzeentch traded powerful mahjong hands, and The Emperor created fourteen White Dragon tiles for his unprecedented Creation of Heaven and Earth hand.
• Tzeentch used his foresight to find a favorable opening hand and drew all four Nine Bamboo tiles, leaving The Emperor seemingly unable to complete Thirteen-Sided Thirteen Orphans.
• Tzeentch declared victory by robbing his own quad, but The Emperor altered tiles with his fingers, chaos, and blood until he completed his hand.
• The Emperor's Thirteen-Sided Thirteen Orphans struck Tzeentch's phantom and sent him back into the Astronomican as the Primarchs and Adeptus Custodes celebrated humanity's victory.
• Rogal Dorn asked The Emperor whether his body was all right.

The Emperor and Magnus sensed Jaghatai approaching Terra, so the Emperor summoned the Primarchs to hear what he had to report. Before Jaghatai arrived, Cegorach appeared and distributed books from Chogoris, prompting Magnus to begin reading one about Leman Russ.

• The Emperor joked with Dorn and Oedmeir about cheating at mahjong and suggested holding more games.
• Magnus detected Jaghatai's ship racing toward Terra, and the Emperor summoned the Primarchs.
• Several weeks later, the Primarchs gathered in Terra's Throne Room, while Angron remained away farming and several others were also absent.
• Cegorach appeared in Jaghatai's seat, summoned Yvraine, and gave everyone books from Chogoris to read.
• Magnus opened The Wolf and the Book and read about Leman Russ's intelligence and role as the Emperor's executioner.