Liu Zhipeng

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Liu Zhipeng (刘志鹏)
Alias(es)	Brother Peng; Alexander; Tooth Puller; Overlord Lio; Castor Alpha / Magos Casto; Big Boss; the Saint; Lord of Miracles and Destruction 8 18 47 85 113 243 428 466
Species/Race	Originally human; an reincarnating soul that has inhabited Nurgling, human, Ork, Necron, Aeldari, Gretchin, C'tan-shard, and other forms 3 47 83 194 242 401 469
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Various incarnational factions; later leads Gretchin forces and works for humanity's long-term future 248 469 471
Occupation/Role	Reincarnator, political and military leader, strategist, engineer, and protector of humanity
Status	Active; returned to his original twenty-first-century life while retaining his powers 469
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Cult High Priest	13	Deposes Vaughn with the Patriarch's recognition and reorganizes the cult into military, logistics, intelligence, and propaganda branches.
Ork Warboss	53	Defeats and kills Warboss Gorglum in single combat, uniting the Orks under his rule.
Necron Overlord	83	His consciousness enters a living-metal Overlord body with immense physical power and access to Necron technology.
Khaine's Young King	194	Resists the sacrificial will of Khaine rather than being consumed by it, overpowering the god-shard within his soul.
Reforged War God	230	Absorbs Khaine shards, compresses the resulting power under his control, and leads an Aeldari coalition.
Golden Judgment wielder	242 282	Gains the ability to erase enemies with strikes; its Reality Correction effect stacks without limit through contact.
Divine Kingdom bearer	296	His apparent death draws trillions of loyal Gretchin souls into his soul-world, forming a golden divine kingdom and seizing faith otherwise meant for Gork and Mork.
C'tan shard	401	Awakens as C'tan shard C-7749 and demonstrates molecular-level destructive power.
C'tan-enhanced form	405 409	Absorbs seven high-ranking C'tan shards from Solemnace and later drains a Void Dragon fragment to strengthen his Primordial Fetal Movement.
Lord of Miracles and Destruction	466	His fully matured Primordial Fetal Movement breaks its temporary shell; he is reborn in a body of light, laws, and cosmic elements.
Final passive forms	469	Gains immunity to temporal manipulation, Warp-corruption purification, and existence-erasure through a single attack.
Dharma form	565	Absorbs Gork and Mork's power, completing another life evolution and overwhelming Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch.

Appearance

Liu Zhipeng's appearance changes radically with each reincarnation, though his human soul, golden spiritual flame, and irreverent manner remain consistent.

Form	Description
Original human	An ordinary twenty-first-century office worker in a cheap suit, carrying a briefcase and wearing a digital watch. 469
Viridia Prime miner	A tall, lean, sturdy young man known among the cult as Brother Peng. 8
Ork Warboss	Grows from an Ork Boy into a warrior nearly three meters tall, then later more than six meters tall; he wears pelts and vital-area iron plating. 50 65
Necron Overlord	An elegant but deadly living-metal body with green optical sensors and power sufficient to “tear apart stars.” 83
Horus clone H-02	A powerful, physically perfect Astartes-like body grown in Fabius Bile's laboratory. 127
Aeldari Young King / war-god vessel	Slender, pale, nearly hairless, and marked with red runic paint before absorbing Khaine's power. 194
Gretchin leader	A small greenskin body that nevertheless becomes the center of a growing Gretchin military state. 242 248
C'tan shard	A reality-warping cosmic entity whose defensive shockwaves reduce enemies to molecular pulp. 401 402
Lord of Miracles and Destruction	A reborn body woven from pure light, cosmic laws, and fundamental elements. 466

Background and History

Origin and early reincarnations

Liu Zhipeng begins as a twenty-first-century office worker and Warhammer fan. After recognizing the Emperor and blurting out the nickname “huge yellow rat,” he loses consciousness and enters the cycle of reincarnation. 1

His early lives establish his instinct to build communities rather than merely survive. As a Nurgling, he shares food with weaker Nurglings instead of hoarding it. As Brother Peng on Viridia Prime, he turns miners' passive faith into a doctrine of active “nurturing,” outmaneuvering High Priest Vaughn and eventually replacing him as High Priest. 3 9 13

In his third life, he is born as Alexander, son of Baron von Lawrence. At Loyalty Academy, he gives his peers a sense of family and teaches them to use pain and hatred as resolve in service to the Imperium. 17 18

Ork ascendancy

Reborn as an Ork Boy with a human mind, Liu treats Ork violence as an economic system: fighting earns experience and teef, teef buy equipment, and better equipment enables stronger victories. This approach earns him the name Tooth Puller. 47 51

He builds the Big Tooth Gang through calculated, casualty-free takeovers, then defeats Gorglum to become Warboss. Bonecrusher recognizes his strategic value, entrusting him with an expedition and ordering him to become the ship's second-strongest fighter before reaching Octarius. 50 51 53

As Warboss, he faces opponents including Abaddon, Khârn, and Lucius without retreating, using their disunity and his own aggression to turn a three-way melee in his favor. 80

Necron infiltration and the Horus Heresy

After entering a Necron Overlord body, Liu adapts quickly to living metal, body theft, and Dynasty command systems. He impersonates Tech-Priest Castor Alpha, infiltrates the Iron Hands flagship Fist of Iron, and uses his knowledge of history to navigate the coming betrayal at Isstvan V. 83 85 86 88

During the massacre, he kills Erebus and spurs Loyalist prisoners to reclaim their weapons and escape. The survivors later preserve his legend as the Red Sage, Soul of Steel, or Trench Butcher. 95

In the Maynarkh Dynasty, he adopts the identity Overlord Lio. Unlike the Flayer-Curse victims around him, he remains sane; he uses phase shifting, false signals, and his remaining authority to evade capture and reach the Dolmen Gate. 110 113 114 117

He later awakens as H-02, a defective Horus clone discarded by Fabius Bile. Rather than reject the body, he decides to use it as an opportunity to correct Horus's legacy. 127

Aeldari, Gretchin, and divine ascent

On Biel-Tan, Liu is selected as the Young King meant to awaken the Avatar of Khaine. His soul withstands Khaine's will, allowing him to seize rather than become fuel for the war god's power. 194

He fights Tyranids, Chaos forces, and Abaddon while wielding golden flame and the greatsword End of Lament. His power becomes a source of hope to Aeldari and Imperial forces alike. 197 201 202 216

Reborn among the Gretchin, he destroys his Ork oppressors, appoints Gazi as his first Tech Boss and Fang as a key subordinate, and founds the Embers Company. His victory over Guluk begins a Gretchin uprising that grows into a society and military force of its own. 242 243 248

When the Ork god-king's incarnation Salaka attacks the City of Hope, Liu's apparent death causes the souls of his Gretchin followers to fuse into his soul-world. Their faith creates a divine kingdom beyond the control of Gork and Mork. 290 296

C'tan power, the reset, and the new era

As a C'tan shard, Liu gathers and consumes other shards from Trazyn's Solemnace collection, then absorbs the Void Dragon fragment beneath Mars. These acts feed his Primordial Fetal Movement and broaden his reality-warping power. 404 405 408 409

He later uses the Abyss Darknet—an interlinked network of flesh-and-Blackstone obelisks—to divert Warp energy from the Chaos Gods into his own growth. 455

With the Emperor's aid, Liu withstands the Four Chaos Gods' combined attack and is reborn as the Lord of Miracles and Destruction. The Emperor reveals that Liu was created as an independent being embodying the Emperor's humanity and asks him to restart history before the Horus Heresy. 466 467

Liu accepts the burden despite knowing the existing timeline and everyone within it will be erased. He creates a golden spear that halts time, activates the Restart protocol, and returns to his original life with his powers intact. 468 469

In the new era, he leads humanity's deep-space colonization efforts, establishes safeguards against AI self-awareness, and preserves technology for humanity's recovery after the coming Iron Men Rebellion. 471 472

Personality

Liu Zhipeng combines a modern office worker's sarcasm with an exceptional ability to read power structures. He is willing to lie, infiltrate, exploit bureaucracy, and use underhanded tactics when direct force would be inefficient. His Ork economic doctrine, cult reforms, and Necron false-signal escape all reflect this practical mindset. 13 51 88 114

Despite his cynical language, he repeatedly organizes the powerless into communities: sharing food with Nurglings, giving miners purpose, building a family at Loyalty Academy, liberating Gretchin, and protecting Imperial soldiers. 3 9 18 248 428

He is fearless to the point of provocation when facing supposedly untouchable enemies. He taunts Khaine, confronts Chaos champions head-on, and treats cosmic entities as problems to be solved or resources to be acquired. 80 194 404 479

His greatest burden is his long-term responsibility toward humanity. He is capable of allowing short-term suffering to preserve humanity's future, but does not treat such decisions lightly. 468 472 475

Abilities & Skills

Leadership and ideological reform

Liu repeatedly converts fear, despair, and exploitation into loyalty and collective action.

• Rewrites the Viridia cult's doctrine and restructures it into specialized military, logistics, intelligence, and propaganda departments. 9 13
• Builds the Big Tooth Gang and later unifies Orks through victory, wealth, and equipment-based advancement. 47 53
• Creates the Embers Company and inspires Gretchin from other tribes to flee oppression and join his forces. 248
• Gives battlefield morale support to Imperial soldiers and Space Marines simply through his presence. 421 428

Strategic planning, deception, and engineering

His knowledge of Warhammer history and systems lets him survive environments where brute force alone would fail.

• Uses foreknowledge of the Horus Heresy to plan for survival at Isstvan V. 86
• Impersonates Magos Casto and manipulates Mechanicus procedure to access the Fist of Iron's strategic data core. 85 88
• Uses fabricated phase-jump signals to redirect Maynarkh pursuers. 114 116
• Teaches Gretchin to modify Ork technology, creating projects such as Mini Power Armor and a growing industrial base. 244 251
• Designs long-term systems including the Four Pillars Plan, the Abyss Darknet, and AI limiters. 230 455 472

Golden Judgment

A golden combat ability that erases targets and escalates in strength through Reality Correction.

• Disintegrates Orks with punches and kicks, and destroys part of a Gorkanaut. 242
• Begins stacking on contact without a stated limit, causing Liu's strength to rise exponentially. 282
• Burns through Salaka's divine power, including conceptual attacks such as “end.” 291 296
• Enables him to damage and humiliate Khaine directly. 479

Temporal Wraith and phase shifting

A temporal and dimensional defensive ability used for infiltration, evasion, and countering stasis.

• Passes through walls and floors while infiltrating Necron facilities. 117
• Ignores a Stasis Field Generator that should freeze him in space-time. 247
• Deflects Solemnace's temporal weapons platforms and other high-level defenses. 405
• Ultimately evolves into full immunity to temporal manipulation. 469

Primordial Flame and soul power

Liu's golden flame is tied to his soul, hope, and the faith of those who follow him.

• His soul manifests as a domineering golden flame capable of resisting Khaine's godly will. 194
• Heals Celestine's shattered wing with Primordial Flame. 216
• Supports and empowers heroic spirits and living allies in battle. 197 428
• Forms a golden divine kingdom from the faith and souls of trillions of Gretchin. 296

C'tan and reality-warping power

After becoming a C'tan shard and absorbing additional fragments, Liu gains abilities beyond psychic power.

• Releases shockwaves that break Tyranids down at the molecular level. 402
• Absorbs seven C'tan shards while resisting their corrupting influence. 405
• Uses physical-dimensional manipulation to bypass Blackstone anti-psionic suppression. 429
• Final abilities include purifying Warp corruption and erasing existence with a single attack. 469

Primordial Fetal Movement

A growth ability fueled by absorbed divine, Warp, and C'tan energy.

• Is strengthened by C'tan shards, motivating Liu's raid on Solemnace. 404 405
• Receives Warp energy from the Abyss Darknet's Blackstone-obelisk network. 455
• Fully matures after absorbing the energy released by the Four Gods' attack, leading to Liu's rebirth as the Lord of Miracles and Destruction. 466

Equipment

• Heavy Ork armor, massive cleaver, and shoota — Purchased from Big Wrench using harvested teef. 47
• Power Axe — Forged from a Bio-Titan's spinal bones and the Red Comet's engine exhaust pipes. 65
• Warscythe — Used during his initial Necron Overlord incarnation. 83
• End of Lament — A greatsword wielded with golden flame against Tyranids and Chaos forces. 201 203
• Golden spear — A weapon of light, laws, hope, and Liu's accumulated past and future strength; used to reverse time and space. 468 469

Relationships

• The Emperor — First encounters him at the beginning of the reincarnation cycle. The Emperor later reveals that Liu is an independent being created from his humanity and entrusts him with restarting history. 1 467 468
• Gazi — Liu appoints him as his first Tech Boss after recognizing his mechanical aptitude. Gazi becomes a crucial engineer for the Gretchin forces and later assists with Blackstone-related projects. 243 286 454
• Fang — A scarred Gretchin subordinate who becomes a trusted commander and organizer of Liu's military and construction forces. 243 256 455
• Bonecrusher — Ork warlord who recognizes Liu's intelligence, gives him a major mission, and later provides three modified Kill-class cruisers for an expedition. 51 75
• Trazyn the Infinite — A recurring adversary whose museum Liu infiltrates and plunders for C'tan shards. 404 405 409
• Jian Ya — Liu's chief commander in the new era; Liu values his refusal to abandon comrades in desperate situations. 471 472
• Biti — A cunning subordinate entrusted with acquiring scientists, engineers, and technological blueprints for humanity's future. 470 472
• Xun'bakyr — Maynarkh Phaeron who recognizes Liu's living soul as an anomaly and seeks to claim him as a Dynasty relic. 112 113
• Khaine — Initially attempts to consume Liu as a Young King; Liu instead takes Khaine's power and later defeats the war god directly. 194 230 479

Notable Quotes

“Pick up your weapons. We're getting the hell out of here.”
— Rallying Loyalist prisoners during the Isstvan V escape 95

“I'm your grandpa.”
— To Khaine's will after resisting the Young King sacrifice 194

“In my world, nothing is impossible.”
— During his battle with Salaka 291

“By my name, time and space shall reverse.”
— Activating the reset of the old timeline 469