Chapter Summaries

Shino helped the survivors receive food and learned from Magras that supplies would become far more plentiful once Milzhi Planet stabilized. While searching the fortress for threats, Kus found a wall that returned no radar readings and heard a buzzing sound behind it.

• Defense Force soldiers, Shino, and others organized the survivors into lines and distributed food and water.
• Magras gave Shino food, and Shino thanked him before eating it eagerly.
• Magras told Shino that food would become a hundred times more abundant once Milzhi Planet was back on track.
• Kus investigated the fortress with his combat squad and found an ordinary-looking wall that gave no radar feedback.
• Kus examined the smooth wall and tried to find a weak point with his dagger, but could not damage it.
• A low buzzing sound came from behind the wall, and Kus jumped back in alarm.

Kus discovered a hidden chamber in the fortress, and Magras sent combat robots inside to investigate its mist-filled corridor. The robots found a door labeled “Weapons Research Institute,” but Veer could not open it.

• Kus saw a concealed wall rise to reveal a mist-filled chamber and reported it to Magras.
• Magras and the Space Marines gathered at the entrance, where Shino said he had never found the hidden chamber before.
• Magras summoned Veer and a hundred combat robots, then ordered one robot to scout the chamber.
• The combat robot passed through the mist and found a sealed door bearing the words “Weapons Research Institute.”
• Veer tried to open the door with the robot, but it would not budge.

Magras and the Space Marines blasted through a sealed door and discovered an ancient technological hall containing advanced devices and a massive tank. Magras left the tank untouched and contacted Dorak, who told him to reach the Technical Department specialists directly.

• Magras ordered Veer to blast open the sealed door, and a combat robot attached Meltabombs before retreating.
• The explosion tore a hole through the steel door, and Magras led the Space Marines into the hall.
• Magras and the others used a flare to reveal rust-covered advanced machinery and a huge tank.
• Kus asked to inspect the tank, but Magras refused to risk damaging it and decided to call the Technical Department.
• Magras contacted Dorak, who was preparing to duel an Ork boss, and Dorak told him to contact the specialists using details he had already sent.

Magras led Shizalak and the technicians to an ancient underground hall, where they restored power and began copying the machines’ data. Shizalak accessed the main console and found a log about a successful improvement to the anti-gravity tank.

• Magras guided the technical team through the hall after they arrived, and the technicians marveled at its machinery and enormous tank.
• Shizalak and the technicians searched for the power room, then used their lighting equipment to supply electricity after finding the damaged energy reactor.
• Shizalak activated the power supply, and the technicians began copying data from the ancient machines.
• Shizalak hacked the main control console and found a log stating that researchers had improved the anti-gravity tank after more than a year of work.

Shizalak and Magras examined a damaged historical log describing humanity’s war with rebellious Iron Men and intelligent robots. With most records irretrievably lost, they could only hope to find clues in other ruins or documents.

• Shizalak discovered that much of the recovered log was missing and called Magras over.
• Magras reviewed the surviving entries, which described robots rebelling against humanity, Iron Men directing the uprising, and humanity retreating to an underground fortress.
• Magras asked Shizalak whether the missing information could be restored, but Shizalak explained that the console had deteriorated beyond repair.
• Shizalak suggested searching ancient ruins or documents for further clues, and Magras agreed.

Shizalak copied the weapons facility’s surviving records and sent its Amizi-pattern Anti-gravity Tank back to the fleet for study. As Magras prepared to return to the battle, he refused Shino’s request to fight alongside the Space Marines but encouraged him to join the military and grow stronger.

• Shizalak reviewed and saved the surviving records about the Amizi-pattern Anti-gravity Tank and an advanced spacesuit.
• After technicians finished copying the data, Shizalak ordered them to take the tank, and they teleported it back to the fleet’s weapons research facility.
• Magras told Shino that the Space Marines were leaving to continue clearing Orks and xenos creatures from Milzhi Planet.
• Shino asked to join Magras in battle, but Magras refused because Shino was too weak to keep pace with the Space Marines.
• Magras encouraged Shino to join the military to become stronger, then led the Space Marines away by teleportation.
• Veer comforted Shino and led him deeper into the fortress to continue maintaining order.

As the Star Army conquered nearby galaxies, Art Student sensed that a Void Dragon fragment had escaped the Necron Dynasty and entered the real universe. He prepared to pursue it aboard the battle star housing Gaia, leaving to confront the Necrons over the fragment.

• The Star Army conquered nearby galaxies while logistics teams began making their planets habitable.
• Art Student sensed a Void Dragon fragment in the real universe and realized it had escaped the Necron Dynasty's confinement.
• Art Student decided to seize the fragment, expecting the Necrons to be his greatest obstacle.
• Art Student entered the Void Dragon's exclusive dimension and boarded the battle star where Gaia's main body resided.
• Art Student told Gaia to act, then ordered it to set off with him to pursue the fragment.

Art Student traversed the galaxy for half a month to reach Dark Nebula, where he found the Void Dragon fragment battling a Necron dynasty. The fragment sensed Art Student approaching and intensified its attack on the Necrons as the Phaeron blocked its green energy with a phase shield.

• Art Student used dimensional traversal to pursue the Void Dragon fragment, distinguishing the ability from technology-based dimensional jumping.
• After half a month, Art Student reached the war-torn Halo Stars and continued following the fragment's presence.
• Art Student arrived at Dark Nebula and sensed the Void Dragon fragment slaughtering Necrons in a nearby battle.
• The Void Dragon fragment sensed Art Student approaching and turned its attention from the Necron Phaeron to eliminating the Necrons quickly.
• The Phaeron mocked the fragment and used his phase shield to divert its torrent of green energy into other spaces.

The Void Dragon Shard annihilated the Necron Dynasty army and defeated its Phaeron, while Art Student sealed the Dark Nebula Galaxy in a Dimensional Prison to trap the shard. After the two exchanged attacks, both neutralized the other's powers, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The Void Dragon Shard destroyed the Necron Dynasty army, broke through the Phaeron's phase shields, and erased the dynasty from the real universe.
• Art Student entered the Dark Nebula Galaxy and activated a Dimensional Prison that sealed the galaxy against entry and escape.
• Art Student confronted the Void Dragon Shard, which recognized that he had devoured its primordial power and threatened to reclaim it.
• Art Student redirected the shard's green energy attack into an ownerless dimension and retaliated with giant light spears.
• The Void Dragon Shard swallowed the light spears in a black vortex and mocked Art Student for relying on external objects.

Art Student fought a mad Void Dragon fragment, countering its attacks with gravity and battle stars. Their clash destroyed the planet, but the fragment remained hostile as they continued fighting in space.

• The Void Dragon fragment summoned colossal weaponized robots, but Art Student crushed them with his gravity field.
• Art Student and the Void Dragon fragment exchanged taunts before the fragment mistook him for a Necron and attacked in a frenzy.
• Art Student used battle stars from his dimensional space to bombard the fragment, while its green energy blocked his attacks.
• Their battle shattered the planet and blasted both combatants into space.
• The Void Dragon fragment remained trapped in madness and vowed to kill Art Student.

Art Student and the Void Dragon fragment fought across a planet and then in space, with Art Student using the War Star to keep the fragment under pressure. He held back the Star God Annihilation Cannon while waiting for the right moment to destroy and claim the fragment, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Art Student attacked the Void Dragon fragment with the War Star, but the fragment rewound time by a few minutes and launched a counterattack with Dimensional Lightning.
• Art Student and the Void Dragon fragment exchanged attacks that devastated the planet, while the fragment struggled against Art Student’s firepower and anti-magic domain.
• Art Student withheld the Star God Annihilation Cannon, planning to use its immense power in a single decisive strike when the opportunity arose.
• The Void Dragon fragment abandoned restoring the planet and fought Art Student in space, where both gathered stellar energy into massive beams that collided.
• Art Student used the War Star and his control of the fragment’s abilities to suppress it and force it back step by step.

Art Student battled the Void Dragon fragment and stopped it from reaching a star to restore its energy. The Void Dragon fragment released Nyadra'zatha the Burning One, then began draining its energy while the Burning One attacked Art Student.

• The Void Dragon fragment tried to defeat Art Student in close combat, but Art Student kept retreating while war stars attacked it.
• When the Void Dragon fragment fled toward the galaxy's central star to replenish its energy, Art Student expanded space and kept it from reaching the star.
• The enraged Void Dragon fragment pulled Nyadra'zatha the Burning One from dimensional space and unleashed the flaming mechanical giant.
• Art Student blocked the Burning One's flames with a dimensional barrier and moved to seize the new C'tan fragment.
• The Void Dragon fragment grabbed the Burning One and drained its energy to recover, while the Burning One continued roaring and attacking.

The Art Student, Void Dragon Shard, and Burning One Shard fought a three-way battle across the sealed galaxy. The Burning One Shard escaped captivity but, weakened and unwilling to ally with the Void Dragon Shard, remained trapped in the melee.

• The Art Student redirected the Void Dragon Shard's fire dragon through a dimensional passage, then battered its energy barrier with the War Star and Dimensional Ripple Cannon.
• The Dimensional Ripple Cannon struck the Void Dragon Shard and Burning One Shard, forcing the Void Dragon Shard to release its captive.
• The Burning One Shard attacked both opponents and fled from the pursuing Void Dragon Shard while the Art Student's Spatial Shock Cannon kept it moving.
• The Void Dragon Shard proposed joining forces with the Burning One Shard against the Art Student, but the Burning One Shard ignored it.
• The sealed galaxy became a chaotic three-way melee as all three continued attacking one another.

Art Student wore down the Void Dragon and The Burning One fragments before trapping the shattered Void Dragon fragments inside the Dimensional Cube. The Burning One remained stranded at the edge of the galaxy, unable to escape, as Art Student turned his attention to it.

• Art Student used his anti-magic domain and Gaia's support to drain the energy of the Void Dragon and The Burning One fragments while waiting for an opening.
• Art Student struck the Void Dragon fragment with the Star God Annihilation Cannon and used dimensional power to keep it from escaping.
• Art Student captured the shattered Void Dragon fragments inside the Dimensional Cube, where the pieces argued over which of them was the real Void Dragon.
• The Burning One fragment fled to the galaxy's edge after seeing the Dimensional Cube, but Art Student retrieved the cube and then faced it.
• The Burning One fragment tried to leave the galaxy using dimensional traversal, but each attempt brought it back inside.

The Art Student defeated the Burning One Shard with relentless spatial attacks and the Star God Annihilation Cannon, then imprisoned it in the Dimensional Cube. To hide evidence of the battle and the Void Dragon fragments, he erased the star system’s timeline with a mysterious cube, leaving its location unknown.

• The Art Student used spatial manipulation to redirect attacks and repeatedly batter the Burning One Shard whenever it teleported.
• After Gaia reported that the Star God Annihilation Cannon had finished charging, the Art Student trapped the Burning One Shard in place and struck it with the cannon.
• The Art Student imprisoned the crumbling Burning One Shard in the Dimensional Cube and left the destroyed star system.
• Fearing the Necron dynasties would trace the star system and discover him, the Art Student used a mysterious cube to erase its timeline and send the cube into a chaotic dimension.

Art Student returned to the Star Sea Galaxy after erasing the galaxy where he had found the Void Dragon fragments. Back in his laboratory, he successfully devoured one fragment and gained more energy and authority over machinery.

• Art Student confirmed that Spacetime Annihilation had erased the galaxy, then used Dimensional Transit to return to the Star Sea Galaxy.
• After traveling for more than half a month, Art Student arrived at his laboratory, where Gaia's avatar welcomed him.
• Art Student removed the Dimensional Cube and prepared to test how to devour the Void Dragon fragments.
• Art Student released a human-head-sized fragment, suppressed its attack, and touched its metallic body.
• The fragment weathered into metallic sand as its energy flowed into Art Student, greatly increasing his energy reserves and authority over machinery.

After devouring the remaining Void Dragon fragments, the Art Student reached twelve percent of the Void Dragon's peak power and tested whether he could also devour the Burning One. His attempt left his hand charred without triggering his ability, and he accepted that he might only be able to devour the Void Dragon.

• The Art Student devoured every remaining Void Dragon fragment and sensed that he had reached twelve percent of the Void Dragon's peak power.
• The Art Student considered whether his ability could consume C'tan other than the Void Dragon and chose the Burning One fragment to test it.
• The Art Student suppressed the Burning One fragment's flames with Greenskin energy and touched its metallic body.
• The Burning One's heat charred the Art Student's left hand, but his body showed no urge to devour the fragment.
• The Art Student concluded that he might only be able to devour the Void Dragon and accepted that ability as good fortune.

Art Student considered turning The Burning One shard into a weapon that could permanently kill daemons by devouring their souls, but he needed a way to expose the shard to its targets while containing it. He began preparing experiments and ordered more prisoners brought in as test subjects.

• Art Student rejected using The Burning One shard as a power source and considered modeling a daemon-killing weapon on the Emperor's Sword.
• Art Student reasoned that the shard would need to devour a daemon's soul at the moment of its death, or the daemon could return from the Warp.
• Art Student asked Gaia how many death-row prisoners remained, and she reported that 23,500 were available.
• Art Student ordered Gaia to have Gray and the others send back the prisoners they had captured.

After more than a year of research, the Art Student completed the Flame Sword, which used a fragment of The Burning One to devour the souls of slain enemies. He received a captured possessing demon as a test subject and prepared to test the sword on it.

• The Art Student learned that Mo Tuo had sent a demon for his experiment and took the newly forged Flame Sword from his workbench.
• Tina and four Judgement Custodes brought the battered demon to the laboratory inside an iron coffin.
• Tina explained that the demon had possessed a human who sacrificed people in the Kalas Galaxy before Space Marines captured it.
• The Art Student ordered Tina to deactivate the stasis field, and the awakened demon demanded that they release Lord Amostian.
• Tina punched the demon for insulting the Lord of the Stars, but the demon mocked them and claimed that only the God of War was a true deity.

Art Student gave Tina the Flame Sword, a weapon capable of permanently killing daemons, and ordered her to use it on Amostian. Tina destroyed Amostian’s body, and the sword consumed his soul, leaving the Judgement Custodes awed by the weapon.

• Amostian raged over his defeat and believed he would return to the Warp after dying.
• Tina tried to attack Amostian again, but Art Student stopped her and gave her the Flame Sword.
• Art Student explained that the Flame Sword could kill daemons permanently and told Tina to test it on Amostian.
• Tina activated the Flame Sword and heard Art Student’s explanation that it was a demigod artifact forged from a fragment of The Burning One.
• Tina ignored Amostian’s plea for a one-on-one fight and cleaved him into ash with the Flame Sword.
• The Flame Sword tore out Amostian’s soul and devoured it, while Tina and the four Judgement Custodes reacted with awe and fear.