Chapter Summaries

Hua Wei exposed Alexander Pierce as the mastermind behind the battlefield incident and restrained him, while attempts by Charles Xavier and Jean Grey to intervene led to devastating consequences. Jean’s Phoenix Force spiraled out of control, leaving the battlefield in danger.

• Hua Wei traced the incident to Alexander Pierce and teleported him from a S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse, holding him helplessly in midair.
• Nick Fury, Tony, and Charles Xavier urged Hua Wei to release Pierce, but Hua Wei ignored them.
• Charles failed to read Hua Wei’s mind, then suffered a catastrophic psychic backlash when he reached out to Neos.
• Scott discovered he could no longer use his power, while Jean Grey unleashed the Phoenix Force at Hua Wei.
• Pandora reflected Jean’s attack, destroying S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, soldiers, and part of the beach, and Jean’s Phoenix Force continued to surge out of control.

After Hua Wei's group overwhelmed Pierce's forces, Jean Grey lost control of the Phoenix Force, but Pandora slapped the Dark Phoenix back into Jean and frightened it into retreat. The Ancient One arrived and asked Hua Wei to spare the others, while Pandora invited her to fight.

• Alexander Pierce burst apart from the pain and terror, and Nick Fury pressed his pager to summon help and vowed revenge.
• Jean Grey's Phoenix Force erupted, seized control of her, and transformed her into Dark Phoenix as she charged Hua Wei's group.
• Hua Wei explained the Phoenix Force's nature, and Pandora slapped its phantom phoenix away with ease.
• The frightened Phoenix Force retreated into Jean Grey and surrendered control, leaving Jean exhausted and unable to summon it.
• The Ancient One arrived through a portal, stood between Pandora and Jean, and asked Hua Wei to spare them by accepting responsibility for their actions.
• Pandora challenged the Ancient One to try fighting her, tightening the standoff.

Ancient One stopped S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attacks on Hua Wei, Neos, and Pandora, then let them leave for Huaxia. She restored the ruined beach but could not bring back the dead, and departed exhausted.

• Hua Wei accepted Ancient One's plea and decided to leave with Neos and Pandora for Huaxia.
• Nick Fury launched missiles, fighter jets, and a satellite weapon against the three as they prepared to depart.
• Ancient One trapped the missiles in a Mirror Dimension, destroyed the satellite with magic, and reversed the fighters with the Time Stone.
• Hua Wei warned that Earth was fortunate the three had come, then vanished with Neos and Pandora.
• Ancient One struck Nick Fury down and warned the survivors not to provoke the three again.
• Ancient One reversed the beach's destruction but could not restore the dead, then left to seek a successor.

Hua Wei brought Neos and Pandora to Huaxia, where memories of his original home stirred before he led them to a street-food stall. Huaxia officials approached them and began a friendly discussion about cooperation, which Hua Wei sealed by saying they shared the same origin.

• Hua Wei, Neos, and Pandora arrived in a coastal city in Huaxia, and Hua Wei recalled that the place resembled his home in the original universe.
• Hua Wei took Neos and Pandora to a barbecue stall, where Neos admired Huaxia's stability and self-reliance.
• Huaxia officials approached the trio and invited themselves to join them after learning about the New York beach incident.
• Hua Wei told the officials he planned to establish a company and develop medicines and technologies to improve people's lives, and they began discussing cooperation.
• Hua Wei reassured the officials that they shared the same origin, prompting them to promise full cooperation.

The Primarchs arrived at the Life Sequence Research Institute on Omega for genetic optimization and met Researcher Li, who reviewed their flawed genetic blueprints and ordered comprehensive examinations. They followed her toward Examination Room One, apprehensive about what her research would involve.

• Guilliman, Lion, Perturabo, and the other Primarchs landed on Omega and were stared at by curious students as they crossed the vast academic city.
• Their guide took them through the Hilling Empire Academy of Sciences to the Life Sequence Research Institute, where researchers scrutinized them like specimens.
• The Primarchs found Researcher Li asleep in a cluttered office, and Guilliman explained that they had come for genetic optimization under Lady Gaia's orders.
• Researcher Li examined their records, noted flaws and instability in their genetic sequences, and read recommendations from Senator Liang Bing and Senator He Xi.
• Researcher Li set aside the recommendations and led the Primarchs to Examination Room One for comprehensive examinations.

Sanguinius, Horus, Angron, Szarekh, and the other Necron girls arrived at Azure Star, headquarters of the Valkyrie Legion, where Glory introduced the Legion and warned them about its powerful Primordial Valkyries. They reached the registration center, where a stern instructor began their identity checks and basic registration.

• Glory welcomed the newcomers to Azure Star and explained how Valkyrie squads relied on coordinated roles, including support members.
• Sanguinius and Horus considered the value of support while Angron said she planned to retire and grow flowers and read books after registration.
• A patrol verified Gaia’s order and the group entered the headquarters, where Glory showed them records of the Primordial Valkyries and warned them to avoid the loli hunter.
• Glory led the group to the registration center, where a graceful Valkyrie greeted her and a stern instructor ordered the newcomers to begin identity verification and basic registration.

Luke brought Iglanias, the Void Dragon, Sara Noga, Shalish, and Khorne to the Judgment Ring to undergo the Hilling Empire’s joining review. They passed the review and signed contracts binding them to the Imperium, gaining Imperial identities and access to the Hilling Network.

• Luke escorted the five gods to the Judgment Ring and handed them over to the Inquisitors and a clerk before departing.
• The Judgment Ring suppressed the gods’ powers as the Inquisitors’ system scanned and copied every aspect of their existence.
• The clerk approved their review and presented contracts warning that betrayal would erase them at the conceptual level.
• Iglanias, the Void Dragon, Sara Noga, Shalish, and Khorne each signed by placing a trace of essential power into a virtual panel.
• The contracts bound the five gods to the Hilling Empire and connected them to the Hilling Network, and the clerk welcomed them to the Imperium.

The Primarchs chose an experimental physical enhancement plan, and Guilliman volunteered to undergo the first procedure. The brutal operation ended with his body successfully reconstructed, leaving his brothers to face their own modifications.

• Researcher Li presented four modification plans, and the Primarchs rejected gender conversion and the prohibitively expensive divine-body restructuring.
• After discussing the risks and benefits, Guilliman chose the Research Institute’s experimental enhancement plan on behalf of the Primarchs.
• When none of the others volunteered to go first, Guilliman stepped forward and followed Researcher Li into the modification chamber.
• The Primarchs watched through an observation window as researchers disassembled and rebuilt Guilliman’s body in a bloody, precise operation.
• Researcher Li reported that Guilliman’s modification was complete, his vital signs were stable, and his fusion rate was 99.8%.

After Guilliman completed his enhancement, Lion tested his new abilities in combat, and the other Primarchs joined the fight. Impressed by Guilliman’s strength, his brothers agreed to undergo enhancement, while Guilliman became a citizen and enlisted warrior of the Hilling Empire and explored its network.

• Guilliman awoke from his enhancement feeling stronger and mentally clearer, and Researcher Leng approved a combat trial.
• Guilliman fought Lion in a training ground, adapted to his new body, and used predictive vision to gain the upper hand.
• The Primarchs attacked Guilliman together and eventually subdued him after his energy reserves ran low.
• Impressed by Guilliman’s transformation, the other Primarchs agreed to undergo enhancement.
• Guilliman received an intelligent-brain supercomputing unit, registered as a Hilling Empire citizen and enlisted warrior, and began exploring the Hilling Network.

Sanguinius, Horus, Angron, and Szarekh completed Valkyrie registration and chose their paths in the Legion. The chapter ended with Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron learning that each owed roughly one million Hilling Credits for their Mind Cubes.

• Sanguinius, Horus, Angron, Szarekh, and the other Necron girls passed their Valkyrie assessments and received Crystal Cross badges.
• Glory presented the Valkyrie Legion's options, and Szarekh's group chose to join Glory's legion.
• Sanguinius and Horus chose independent Valkyrie status so they could reunite with their brothers, and Angron agreed.
• Glory explained how to use the Hilling Network and told Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron that half their earnings would go toward repaying their Mind Cube loans of roughly one million Hilling Credits each.
• Glory led Szarekh and the other Necron girls away while Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron faced the financial burden of their new lives.

After becoming independent Valkyries, Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron learned that their brothers had received powerful enhancements and worried they had fallen behind. Angron realized Valkyries might have special abilities, and the three activated their Valkyrie Core authorization, revealing a broad system of equipment, skills, guides, and soul-linked abilities.

• Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron received 1,000 Hilling Credits from Glory and contacted Guilliman, who described his enhanced body and the modifications underway for their brothers.
• Sanguinius and Horus felt unsettled that Guilliman and the others seemed to have advanced beyond them, while their own future remained uncertain.
• Angron recalled the special abilities of Valkyries such as Joan of Arc and suggested they might possess unique powers too.
• Horus searched the Hilling Network and found the pending Valkyrie Core Authorization option, then activated it.
• Sanguinius and Angron activated their own authorizations and joined Horus in exploring the newly revealed Valkyrie Core interface.

Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron sought a sparring partner to learn how to use their newly activated Valkyrie powers, but Primordial Valkyrie Helena swiftly defeated them and exposed their lack of basic training. Her guidance led them to put combat practice aside and begin studying the fundamentals of Hilling equipment and Mind Cube energy.

• Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron entered a Valkyrie training ground and asked the lone blue-black-haired Valkyrie there to spar with them.
• Helena invited all three to attack together, effortlessly dodged their initial strikes, then stopped their strongest combined assault with a pale-blue energy barrier.
• Helena matched their power and defeated each of them in seconds while teaching them to use Mind Cube energy for acceleration, defense, and combat techniques.
• Sanguinius told Helena that Lady Glory had guided them, and Helena criticized their inadequate instruction before giving them training advice.
• Helena left for her Deep-Space Computation, and Angron recognized her as one of the Primordial Valkyries.
• Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron resolved to study Hilling fundamentals before pursuing further combat training.

The primarchs continued their training and enhancements, then gathered at the Arbitration Mechanism’s headquarters to begin exploring the Paths. Guided by Elysia, they entered a subsidiary universe where new Paths were awakening.

• Sanguinius, Horus, and Angron studied the Hilling Empire’s knowledge and learned to use Mind Cubes for shields, engines, and enhanced senses.
• Guilliman, Lion, and the other primarchs completed enhancement procedures, implanted personal intelligence cores, and received Crystal Cross badges.
• The primarchs reunited at the Arbitration Mechanism’s headquarters and asked where they could cultivate the Paths.
• Elysia introduced herself as an Executor and led the primarchs to a portal, explaining the subsidiary universe’s awakening Paths and advising them to follow the train.
• Guilliman and Sanguinius led the primarchs through the portal into the subsidiary universe.

The Hilling Empire consolidated its rule over the Milky Way as Gaia’s seal left the Warp devastated and the surviving Chaos gods weakened. Three lost loyalist Primarchs returned to Terra, where they confronted the imprisoned Lorgar and Magnus.

• Gaia sealed the Warp after Emperor Hua Wei sent the corrupted Abyss gods back, and the Ravens hunted down remaining demons and Chaos energy.
• The Laughing God released Jaghatai Khan after Isha warned him against provoking the Hilling Empire, and a Raven subdued Khan and transported him to Terra.
• Ravens found Rogal Dorn asleep on a barren planet and brought him back to Terra.
• Vulkan accepted the Hilling Empire’s rule after learning it had brought peace and prosperity, then returned to Terra.
• Khan, Dorn, and Vulkan met the imprisoned Lorgar and Magnus and attacked them in a fierce, weaponless brawl.

The primarchs arrived at the space station, rescued the Astral Express crew, and helped fight the Antimatter Legion and the Doomsday Beast. When Stelle absorbed the beast’s final Destruction attack and lost control, Welt Yang stabilized her, leaving the primarchs with a clearer sense of the Paths and their power.

• Guilliman and the primarchs rescued March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng from the Antimatter Legion and agreed to travel with them.
• March 7th led the group to rescue Arlan, and they reunited with Himeko and met Asta in the Master Control Zone.
• The primarchs and the Astral Express crew fought the Doomsday Beast, which redirected its final attack around Sanguinius’s shield and struck Stelle.
• Stelle absorbed the Destruction energy and began losing control, prompting Sanguinius and Horus to restrain her.
• Welt Yang used his power to calm Stelle’s rampaging energy and restore her to stability.

Stelle chose to travel with the Astral Express, while the Primarchs agreed to join Herta’s Simulated Universe experiment to learn about the Paths. After encounters with Qlipoth and Aha, the Primarchs boarded the train, which departed Herta Space Station.

• Himeko accepted the Primarchs as temporary passengers, and Stelle chose the Astral Express while agreeing to return to Herta for research.
• Herta invited the Primarchs to test the Simulated Universe, where Stelle was set as Akivili and the group encountered simulated enemies.
• Qlipoth appeared after the Primarchs defeated Fragmentum corruption, showed them the power of Preservation, and vanished after warning Akivili.
• Aha took control of the Simulated Universe, greeted Horus and Lion as old friends, and offered to make the Primarchs His Emanators.
• Guilliman politely refused Aha’s offer, and Aha disappeared, ending the data turbulence.
• Herta paid the Primarchs, who boarded the Astral Express and departed the space station after Angron patted Pom-Pom’s head.

The Primarchs and the Astral Express crew fought together on Amphoreus, preventing the Iron Curtain disaster and sparing Herta from her sacrifice. The Arbiter of Nous then ordered the Primarchs to return, and they said farewell to the Express crew before departing.

• Horus stepped onto the Path of Destruction on Jarilo, Lion found the Path of The Hunt on the Luofu, and the other Primarchs gradually discovered their own Paths.
• On Amphoreus, Cyrene sacrificed herself against the Iron Curtain, while Herta prepared to rewrite the future by connecting with the C'tan of Nous if the battle went badly.
• The Primarchs unleashed their power and overturned the failing battlefield, causing the Iron Curtain to collapse before Herta needed to act.
• The Arbiter of Nous contacted the Primarchs and ordered them to execute the return procedure.
• The Primarchs exchanged emotional farewells with the Express crew, activated their Crystal Cross badges, and vanished from the observation car.

The primarchs returned to the Arbitration Mechanism headquarters, where Elysia explained that the people they had met in the Astral universe were real versions of her and others whose memories synchronized with their original selves. They received a mission to protect a newborn universe’s human civilization and investigate signs of the Abyss, then departed for it.

• Sanguinius embraced Elysia, then apologized after realizing she was not the Cyrene who had sacrificed herself in another universe.
• Elysia explained that Cyrene, Lady Herta, and other counterparts had lived their original destinies before joining the Hilling Empire, and that their experiences synchronized with their original selves.
• Guilliman and the other primarchs reviewed a mission to observe a newborn universe, preserve its human civilization, and investigate abnormal energy and possible Abyss activity.
• Elysia led the primarchs to a teleportation node and wished them success as they set off for the mission universe.

Star Ring Technology transformed Huaxia with affordable medical breakthroughs while rumors spread of its military support. As Nick Fury built the Avengers Initiative and Magneto vowed revenge for Charles, their forces began searching for Hua Wei, Neos, and Pandora.

• Star Ring Technology rose rapidly in Huaxia, curing major diseases with affordable medicines and reportedly supporting the military with powered armor and Dragon Guard super soldiers.
• Nick Fury grew confident after Carol Danvers returned and Steve Rogers was thawed, while Scott and Ororo joined the Avengers Initiative after Charles Xavier was left mentally shattered by his failed attack on Neos.
• Tony Stark refused Fury's recruitment and accused S.H.I.E.L.D. of turning non-hostile visitors into enemies through arrogance and greed.
• Magneto visited Charles, grieved over his condition, and vowed to crush those who had harmed him.
• The Brotherhood of Mutants began searching worldwide for Hua Wei, Neos, and Pandora as Fury strengthened the Avengers Initiative and Star Ring Technology expanded its influence abroad.

Neos began analyzing the Space Stone at a S.H.I.E.L.D. base, prompting Nick Fury to summon the Avengers and confront him. Ancient One tried to stop the battle, but Fury ordered an attack, leaving Neos and Ancient One facing a barrage of forces.

• Hua Wei proposed that Neos study the Infinity Stones, and Neos chose to analyze the Tesseract at a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base.
• Thor arrived on Earth, became distracted by Jane Foster, and joined Nick Fury's Avengers after clashing with Captain Carol Danvers.
• Neos appeared at the base and began analyzing the Tesseract, so Fury summoned the Avengers to stop him.
• The Avengers confronted Neos, and Ancient One warned them that he posed no threat and urged them to leave.
• Thor defended the Avengers' claim to the Tesseract, and Fury ordered an attack despite Ancient One's warning.
• Captain Carol Danvers, Thor, Cyclops Scott Summers, and Storm Ororo Munroe launched attacks at Neos and Ancient One, beginning a battle inside the base.