Recaps

Li Qinwu tried to defeat the Nether Knight with Nuclear Grenades, but its Psychic Scream expelled his soul and awakened fossilized Eldar soldiers across the Armory. He returned to his body just as the newly risen corpses emerged.

• Li Qinwu used Gravity Control to dodge the Nether Knight’s attack, then chased it with a Nuclear Grenade.
• The grenade blasted the Nether Knight and melted part of its armor, but left its main body largely unharmed.
• The Nether Knight unleashed a Psychic Scream that forced Li Qinwu’s soul out of his body.
• Li Qinwu’s soul returned to his falling body, and he used Gravity Control to stop himself just before hitting the ground.
• The Psychic Scream awakened fossilized Eldar soldiers, who crawled out across the Armory floor.

Li Qinwu fought the revived Eldar Fossil Zombies in the Crone World Armory, but their endless regeneration and vehicle attacks overwhelmed him. He lost consciousness after being battered between Fossil Tanks and fossil aircraft, and the system declared that his evacuation had failed.

• Nearly a hundred thousand Fossil Zombies and several hundred Fossil Tanks charged Li Qinwu after the Nether Knight revived them with its Psychic Scream.
• Li Qinwu fought back with Psychic Blasts and his Power Maul, but he discovered that the shattered Fossil Zombies regenerated under the Nether Knight's screams.
• Bruce Crocodile's soul warned Li Qinwu just before a Fossil Tank struck him and launched him into the air.
• Fossil aircraft rammed Li Qinwu back toward the ground, where Fossil Tanks repeatedly struck him in a cycle of collisions.
• After five rounds of being battered between the vehicles, Li Qinwu's health ran out and the system reported that he had been run over to death.

Li Qinwu realized Luca’s Divine Knight could counter the Nether Knight and Fossil Zombies, so he summoned Luca into the Holy Mech. The Divine Knight awakened, leaving Li Qinwu ready to return to the Armory with it.

• Li Qinwu revived aboard the Fortune, mourned losing his Inquisitor’s Set, and considered returning to retrieve it.
• Li Qinwu concluded that the Nether Knight and Fossil Zombies made a conventional assault too dangerous because the Nether Knight’s psychic scream could scatter soldiers’ souls.
• Li Qinwu realized Luca’s Divine Knight could weaken evil entities with its golden Psychic Flame and decided to deploy it.
• Li Qinwu visited the shipboard church, where monks maintained and prayed around Luca’s Divine Knight.
• Li Qinwu lit incense and played Luca’s golden whistle, causing the shrine to be carried into the Mech’s cockpit.
• Luca’s soul awakened inside the Divine Knight, and its Electronic Eye began glowing red as Li Qinwu faced it.

Li Qinwu awakened Luca in the Divine Knight and asked him to capture an alien-made Nether Knight with as little damage as possible. Luca tested his new mechanical body, agreed to help, and prepared to choose a weapon.

• Li Qinwu summoned Luca back to the battlefield and asked how his new body felt.
• Luca tested his five-fingered mechanical arms and said they felt warm, comfortable, and as easy to control as his own body.
• Li Qinwu explained that he wanted Luca to subdue an alien-made Nether Knight intact so he could turn it into a mount for his gifted adopted son.
• Luca considered warning Li Qinwu against using alien technology but stayed silent, believing the living and powerful Count had the right to decide.
• Luca asked what weapons were available, and Li Qinwu pointed him toward the weapon scaffolding.

Luca inspected the new weapons made for his Divine Knight and became fascinated with a gigantic Power Sword, which he named the Giant Sword. After trying it out, he considered a more practical Energy Shield and Power Sword for fighting the Nether Knight.

• Luca examined the weapon wall and focused on a fifteen-meter Power Sword built for his mech.
• Li Qinwu explained that the sword was made largely from Adamantium and had been custom-made by Space Dwarves.
• Luca lifted the Giant Sword, activated its Disintegration Field, and swung it through sword forms in the church.
• Luca said the Giant Sword was too powerful to use against the Nether Knight without destroying it.
• Li Qinwu showed Luca an Energy Shield and a standard Power Sword, explaining how the shield's energy field protected a Knight Mech.

Li Qinwu restored an Eldar Scorpion Tank with the Master Bonesinger Flute and learned to pilot it, but discovered he needed a second crew member. He forced the still-hatching Bruce Crocodile into the tank to serve as its gunner.

• Luca practiced with an Adamantium shield and longsword while Li Qinwu prepared backup weapons for the plan to disarm the Nether Knight.
• Li Qinwu restored the Scorpion Tank's systems by playing the Master Bonesinger Flute for a day.
• Li Qinwu connected his mind to the Scorpion Tank, raised it with its Gravity Engine, and drove it around the armor deck.
• Li Qinwu realized the Scorpion Tank needed a gunner and rushed to Bruce Crocodile's egg.
• Li Qinwu smashed Bruce Crocodile's egg, carried the underdeveloped crocodile to the armor deck, and stuffed him into the tank's turret.

Li Qinwu summoned Luca in a Divine Knight to fight the Nether Knight, while Luca's psychic power purified the Fossil Zombies. When Fossil Tanks charged the Divine Knight, Li Qinwu brought a Scorpion Tank through the Portal to handle them so Luca could focus on the Nether Knight.

• Li Qinwu reappeared in the Armory, and the Nether Knight immediately leaped toward him with its Wraith Sword.
• Li Qinwu opened a Portal and summoned Luca in a golden Divine Knight to confront the Nether Knight.
• Luca and the Nether Knight exchanged sword and shield blows before the Nether Knight leaped back.
• Luca unleashed the God-Emperor's psychic power, purifying the Fossil Zombies and reducing them to stones.
• Fossil Tanks charged Luca, forcing him to brace for their impact.
• Li Qinwu brought a Scorpion Tank through the Portal and told Luca to leave the tanks to him and pursue the Nether Knight.

Li Qinwu and Bruce Crocodile used the Scorpion Tank to draw off and destroy the Fossil Tanks and fossilized aircraft, clearing the way for Luca to fight the Nether Knight. Luca knocked the Nether Knight down and broke its Wraith Sword, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Li Qinwu drove the Scorpion Tank ahead while Bruce Crocodile fired its Twin-linked Pulse Cannons, destroying Fossil Tanks and drawing the enemy horde away from Luca.
• Li Qinwu dodged falling fossilized aircraft and used the Flashing Lance to blast them from the sky as more enemies converged.
• Li Qinwu leaped the Scorpion Tank over ten Fossil Tanks charging head-on, then continued kiting the monsters.
• Luca caught up with the Nether Knight and fought it at close range, then slammed it down with the Divine Knight's Adamantium Shield.
• Luca pinned the Nether Knight's Wraith Sword beneath his foot and broke the blade, leaving his opponent with only its hilt.

Luca defeated the Nether Knight by destroying the Spirit Stone in its chest, ending the fossil army’s advance. Li Qinwu took the ruined Knight for study, and Luca returned to the Fortune's Shipboard Cathedral, where he hoped for a stronger opponent next time.

• Luca pinned the Nether Knight and tore its Spirit Stone from its chest despite its Psychic Scream.
• Luca crushed the Spirit Stone, shutting down the Nether Knight and causing the fossil tanks and aircraft to collapse into rubble.
• Li Qinwu opened a portal and took the Nether Knight and its scattered parts for study after the Armory’s exploration progress dropped to 0%.
• Luca returned the Divine Knight to the Fortune's Shipboard Cathedral, secured it in its scaffolding, and asked Li Qinwu to find a stronger enemy for a future battle.
• Luca’s soul returned to the Emperor Shrine as the cathedral personnel cleaned and maintained the Divine Knight.

Li Qinwu planned to rebuild the Nether Knight as a Psychic Knight for Troy, while the Iron Skull Archmagos warned him about the risks of collecting Xenos technology and helped disguise T'au environmental technology as his own work. After repairing the Nether Knight's pathways and sending it to the Vault, Li Qinwu prepared to explore the Eldar Hive City with Bruce Crocodile.

• Li Qinwu removed the dead Eldar pilot from the Nether Knight and planned to convert it into a single-pilot Psychic Knight for Troy.
• The Iron Skull Archmagos warned Li Qinwu that the Adeptus Mechanicus might punish him for his Xenos technology, then altered T'au environmental technology and claimed it as his own invention.
• Li Qinwu spent a week arranging the Nether Knight's internal pathways, sent it into the Vault to grow, and asked Tech-Priest Busi to repair his damaged Inquisitor's Set.
• Li Qinwu armed himself for an expedition and gave Bruce Crocodile a double-bladed Eldar Power Weapon.
• Li Qinwu and Bruce Crocodile prepared to explore the Eldar Hive City, the final map of the Crone World DLC.

Li Qinwu and Bruce Crocodile explored an overgrown Eldar Hive City, where ancient vegetation had fossilized much of the Wraithbone architecture. After Bruce killed an Ant-Cow that ambushed them, Li Qinwu recognized the creature as a dangerous but edible species once domesticated by the Imperium of Man.

• Li Qinwu arrived in the abandoned Eldar Hive City with Bruce Crocodile and found its skyscrapers engulfed by a thriving forest.
• Li Qinwu examined a Wraithbone skyscraper and found that roots and age had turned its walls to fossils.
• An Ant-Cow burst from the bushes and attacked Bruce Crocodile.
• Bruce Crocodile cut the Ant-Cow in half, but it remained alive and tried to attack them.
• Li Qinwu identified the creature as an Ant-Cow and recalled how the Imperium of Man had turned the once-feared species into livestock.

Li Qinwu discovered Slaanesh Warriors attacking an ancient statue while Ant-Cows swarmed them. From the canopy, he recognized their pheromone-releasing leader as Lucius the Eternal.

• Li Qinwu killed the Ant-Cow, collected its unhatched eggs, and stored them with the Vault supervisor for Father Anthony to study.
• Li Qinwu heard Boltgun fire and rode Bruce Crocodile through the canopy to investigate.
• Li Qinwu found six Slaanesh Warriors using Laser Drills against an ancient statue protected by an energy membrane.
• Li Qinwu noticed a ring gleaming on the statue’s raised finger as the Slaanesh Warriors fought off charging Ant-Cows.
• Bruce Crocodile identified pheromones from a warrior’s chemical tanks as the cause of the Ant-Cows’ attacks, and Li Qinwu recognized that warrior as Lucius the Eternal.

Lucius led his Slaanesh squad to steal Lilith's Wedding Ring from a protected Eldar statue, while Li Qinwu and Bruce Crocodile prepared to ambush them. After choosing a target among the six enemies, Li Qinwu fired at an ordinary Slaanesh Warrior.

• Lucius brought five Slaanesh Warriors to the Eldar Crone World to take Lilith's Wedding Ring and offer it to Slaanesh.
• Lucius released a drug that drove the Ant-Cows into a frenzy, and the six Slaanesh Warriors fought them for amusement.
• Li Qinwu gave Bruce Crocodile six Eldar Nuclear Grenades and sent him above the forest canopy to find a chance to attack.
• Li Qinwu recorded the enemies' thermal signatures and considered which of the six Slaanesh Warriors to shoot first.
• Li Qinwu aimed at an ordinary Slaanesh Warrior reloading his Boltgun and fired.

Lucius and his Slaanesh Warriors pursued Li Qinwu after he shot one of them, while Lucius's swordsman rival surpassed him in their Ant-Cow kill count. The chase continued with Lucius discovering that the swordsman had taken the lead.

• Lucius and another Slaanesh swordsman competed to kill Ant-Cows, with the swordsman staying close behind.
• A Terminator mocked Lucius's rival for coming close to the champion's tally, while his companion worried that Lucius would take offense.
• Li Qinwu shot a Slaanesh Warrior from a distant tree, then evaded the squad's sonic attack and fled into the forest city.
• Lucius ordered one Terminator to guard the Laser Drill and led the swordsman, another Terminator, and a Boltgun-wielding Slaanesh Warrior after Li Qinwu.
• The swordsman told Lucius he had killed 510 Ant-Cows, ten more than Lucius, after continuing to fight briefly while Lucius took cover and gave orders.

Li Qinwu used an Eldar Nuclear Grenade to erase the psychic trail Lucius had been following, then killed the Boltgun-carrying Astartes with a single shot. Lucius and the ambitious swordsman pursued him at drug-enhanced speed, leaving the chase unresolved as the swordsman caught up to Lucius.

• Li Qinwu outran the four pursuers, used an Eldar Nuclear Grenade to scramble Lucius's tracking traces, and hid in the forest.
• Lucius denied losing Li Qinwu's trail, but Li Qinwu circled around the squad and shot the Boltgun-carrying Astartes dead.
• Lucius laughed at the fallen Astartes and charged toward Li Qinwu's hiding place with the swordsman close behind.
• Lucius injected a lethal dose of combat stimulants to accelerate his pursuit of Li Qinwu.
• The rookie swordsman injected his own stimulant, transformed, and caught up to Lucius as they chased Li Qinwu.

Li Qinwu fought Lucius after Lucius used the swordsman as a shield and severed Li Qinwu’s arm. Li Qinwu threw three Eldar Nuclear Grenades at Lucius, and the distant Terminator slowed him with a Heavy Noise Gun as the grenades closed in.

• The swordsman injected a combat stimulant, but Lucius overtook him and explained that he knew more about drugs.
• Li Qinwu turned in midair and shot the swordsman with his Boltgun, then Lucius severed the swordsman’s limbs and used him as a shield.
• Lucius used the swordsman’s corpse to block Li Qinwu’s shots, then attacked Li Qinwu when his Boltgun ran out of ammunition.
• Lucius severed Li Qinwu’s right arm in their sword clash, and Li Qinwu held three Eldar Nuclear Grenades in the air with Gravity Control.
• Lucius kicked Li Qinwu away as Li Qinwu sent the grenades after him, but the Terminator fired a Heavy Noise Gun from the jungle and disrupted Lucius’s escape.

Li Qinwu survived Lucius’s attack, restored his hands, and prepared to fight again while considering how to repair his damaged armor. The Skin Terminator discovered that Lucius had survived the nuclear blast and found himself facing him at the blast site.

• Li Qinwu hid beneath fallen branches, used a Surgical Kit to restore his severed hands, and healed his injuries with a Green Needle, food, and injections.
• Li Qinwu reloaded his Boltgun and considered using Wraithbone plants to repair his missing gauntlets.
• The Skin Terminator approached the blast site to search for survivors, believing the nuclear grenades had killed Lucius.
• The Skin Terminator recalled how he had fired his Noise Gun to pin Lucius in place so the grenades could catch him.
• Lucius appeared behind the Skin Terminator, charred but alive, holding the Blade of Stings and a spiked whip.

Lucius killed the Skin Terminator after exposing the traitor’s allegiance and admitting he had planned to eliminate his warband. Li Qinwu attacked Lucius in revenge, but Lucius evaded his attacks and struck him in the chest.

• The Skin Terminator tried to explain his shot at Lucius, then raised his Noise Gun and fired at him.
• Lucius deflected the Noise Gun’s aim, charged the Skin Terminator, and wounded him with his sword.
• The Skin Terminator begged for his life, and Lucius revealed he had planned to kill the warband and that Bone Man had died for hiding an Eldar Sword.
• Lucius beheaded the Skin Terminator, and Li Qinwu emerged from hiding and fired his Boltgun at Lucius.
• Li Qinwu hurled three Nuclear Grenades and attacked with a Psychic Lightning Sword, but Lucius deflected the grenades and dodged the psychic strike.
• Lucius landed in front of Li Qinwu and slashed his chest.

Li Qinwu stalled Lucius by reciting a poem that confronted him with his fall from loyal warrior to Chaos monster. A sudden aerial attack disrupted Lucius’s execution, and Li Qinwu recognized the attacker as Bruce Crocodile.

• Lucius wounded Li Qinwu and prepared to behead him, but Li Qinwu asked him to listen to a poem.
• Li Qinwu’s poem recalled Lucius’s former glory and questioned whether he dared face his past self, filling Lucius with regret and rage.
• Lucius swung his sword at Li Qinwu, but scarlet lasers destroyed the stimulant canisters on his back and forced him to flee.
• Li Qinwu’s wound healed while he had been delaying Lucius; he grabbed a Boltgun and moved to safety.
• Bruce Crocodile flew overhead with two Astra Militarum Lasguns and fired at Lucius, prompting Li Qinwu to call out in shock.

Bruce Crocodile stole Lilith's Wedding Ring from the altar and fled to Li Qinwu, but the Bone Terminator and Lucius caught up with him. Lucius killed Li Qinwu and dismembered Bruce while retrieving the ring from his stomach.

• Bruce Crocodile destroyed the Force Field Generator with Nuclear Grenades, bit the Lilith Statue's hand off, swallowed Lilith's Wedding Ring, and flew into the forest.
• The Bone Terminator chased Bruce and told Lucius that the crocodile had swallowed the ring.
• Lucius lashed Bruce out of the air as Li Qinwu reloaded his Boltgun and fired at Lucius.
• The Bone Terminator hit Li Qinwu with his Noise Gun, and Lucius killed Li Qinwu by throwing his sword and severing his head.
• Lucius dragged Bruce close, chopped off his head, and tore open his belly.

Lucius searched Bruce Crocodile’s remains for Lilith’s Wedding Ring, then accused Bone Terminator of stealing it and attacked him. After torturing Bone Terminator and finding no ring, Lucius realized it was not on him either.

• Lucius searched Bruce Crocodile’s organs for Lilith’s Wedding Ring but found nothing.
• Lucius accused Bone Terminator of stealing the ring, and Bone Terminator denied having it.
• Bone Terminator and Lucius attacked each other after a tense standoff.
• Lucius used the Whip of Torment to restrain Bone Terminator, destroy his Noise Gun, and pierce his armour.
• Lucius searched inside Bone Terminator’s armour with the whip but found no sign of Lilith’s Wedding Ring.

Lucius killed Bone Terminator after learning he did not have the divine artifact, then prepared to finish the beheaded Li Qinwu. Li Qinwu and Bruce Crocodile used their friendship to launch a combined headbutt and blast Lucius with an explosion.

• Lucius destroyed Bone Terminator’s brain with the Whip of Torment, leaving himself the only survivor at the scene.
• Li Qinwu spoke to Lucius from his severed head, and Lucius stopped before killing him to listen.
• Li Qinwu taunted Lucius about his lack of trust and announced a Double Rocket Headbutt with Bruce Crocodile.
• Bruce Crocodile’s severed head rocketed into Lucius’s left thigh, followed by Li Qinwu’s head biting his right thigh.
• Li Qinwu and Bruce Crocodile combined their psychic power and exploded, blasting Lucius into a helpless state.

Li Qinwu returned to the Eldar Hive City to check whether Lucius had survived their battle and discovered the Thunderhawk Gunship used by Lucius’s squad. At the bombed altar, he came face to face with the badly wounded Lucius, who was stunned to see him alive.

• Li Qinwu found that the Eldar Hive City's exploration rate had reached 100% and prepared to reenter the instance.
• Li Qinwu scanned the area, located a Thunderhawk Gunship high in a tree, purified it with Holy Wine, and sent it through a Portal to the Vault.
• Li Qinwu jumped down from the tree and ran to the altar destroyed by Bruce Crocodile's Nuclear Grenade.
• Lucius swung through the jungle with the Whip of Torment, crashed onto the altar, and froze when he saw Li Qinwu alive.

Li Qinwu survived Lucius’s attack and revealed that the God-Emperor had resurrected him without consuming his soul. He disarmed and stripped the legless Lucius, then threatened to imprison him and test whether Slaanesh’s resurrection could save him.

• Lucius recovered from the blast, resisted killing himself to avoid losing more of his soul to Slaanesh, and tried to swing back to safety with his whip.
• Lucius found Li Qinwu alive at the altar and realized the God-Emperor had resurrected him.
• Li Qinwu used Gravity Control and his Power Sword to pin Lucius’s weapon and sever both of his arms.
• Li Qinwu removed Lucius’s power pack and armor, then warned that Lucius might be trapped forever in a Stasis Field.

Li Qinwu imprisoned the captured Lucius in a life-support tank, sealing him in darkness until he went mad and begged Slaanesh for help. He reported the capture to Terra and then prepared to sacrifice Lucius’s Whip of Torment at the Emperor Shrine.

• Tech-Priests placed Lucius in a nutrient tank after Li Qinwu chose life-support equipment over a Stasis Field.
• Li Qinwu wrote “Eternal” on the tank’s glass, then sealed Lucius behind layers of armor and defenses, leaving him in total darkness and silence.
• Lucius lost his sanity in the isolation and repeatedly begged Slaanesh to rescue him.
• Li Qinwu returned to the flagship Fortune, the Cambridge, and had an Astropath send Terra word that he had captured Lucius.
• Li Qinwu went to his bedroom with the Whip of Torment and prepared to make a sacrifice at the Emperor Shrine.