Recaps

Lin En received Psychic Perception from a standard draw and Warp Anchor from his ten-million-kill achievement draw. He kept both traits, considering how Warp Anchor might someday let the Emperor confront one of the Four Gods in their own domain.

• Lin En’s Golden Light Screen reminded him that fifteen days had passed and played an unexpectedly upbeat pop tune.
• Lin En drew the green trait Psychic Perception, which let him detect psychic fluctuations within a hundred meters.
• Lin En noticed his kill count had passed sixteen million after the Ultramarines and Imperial Navy destroyed the Tyranid fleet.
• Lin En used his guaranteed gold draw and obtained Warp Anchor, a trait that could create a permanent passage to a location in the Warp.
• Lin En decided to keep Warp Anchor for a possible future attack on whichever Chaos God threatened humanity first.

After the Ultramarines celebrated annihilating the Tyranid fleet and began returning to Macragge, an Aeldari Reaper Host cruiser emerged from the Webway. The fleet recognized the Reaper Host as a faction they owed a debt to, leaving the encounter poised to begin.

• The Ultramarines celebrated their victory over the Tyranids while Admiral Rass led the Imperial Navy fleet away.
• The Ultramarines salvaged large Tyranid wrecks for later destruction, and Lin En hoped to return to Macragge and rest.
• Macragge's Honour and the Ultramarines' fleet turned toward their homeworld.
• A silver-white Webway passage opened ahead of the fleet, and an Aeldari cruiser emerged.
• Calgar identified the vessel as belonging to the Aeldari Reaper Host, whose leader, Yvraine, had helped awaken the Lord Regent.

An Aeldari cruiser warned Marneus Calgar that Kabanha and a Chaos fleet were about to invade Ultramar, prompting Lin En to prepare for a long-awaited fight against the daemon. The Ultramarines and Yvraine’s Reaper Host began pre-battle negotiations aboard the Macragge's Honour.

• The Macragge fleet lowered its guns as the Reaper Host’s cruiser approached, and the Aeldari ship shut down its weapons.
• Yvraine’s cruiser warned Calgar that Kabanha and a Chaos fleet had entered Ultramar through a Warp rift.
• Lin En eagerly prepared to fight Kabanha and reviewed his anti-daemon traits, planning to support Guilliman with his abilities.
• Calgar and the Ultramarine officers met Yvraine and three Reaper Host commanders aboard the Macragge's Honour to discuss the coming battle.

Calgar and Yvraine agreed to a secret alliance against Kabanha’s invasion, and the Ultramarines prepared for battle. Lin En rested until Castor woke him as the daemons and Chaos Fleet attacked.

• Yvraine offered the Ultramarines intelligence and psychic support in exchange for cooperation with the Reaper Host, and Calgar accepted the secret terms.
• Calgar ordered the officers to prepare for Kabanha, whose forces were expected within three hours.
• Captain Fabian organized the Third Company’s ammunition and psychic defenses, then told Lin En to rest rather than help carry supplies.
• Lin En fell asleep in a chair, and Castor woke him when the daemons and Chaos Fleet began their attack.

The Ultramarines prepared Prandium for a ground battle against Kabanha’s daemon army, and Lin En sensed danger as the Chaos fleet emerged from the Warp. The chapter ended with a colossal Chaos vessel crashing into the planet, triggering a devastating shockwave.

• Calgar and the Ultramarines learned that Kabanha’s fleet was nearing Ultramar and prepared to fight it on Prandium.
• The Ultramarines deployed across Prandium and built fortifications, with the First, Second, and Third Companies holding the front and the Fourth and Fifth Companies forming the rear line.
• A vast Warp rift opened above Prandium, and a Chaos vessel larger than Macragge's Honour emerged with the daemon fleet.
• Lin En sensed the approaching threat, warned Third Company to take cover, and the Ultramarines trusted his warning.
• The colossal Chaos vessel slammed into Prandium, gouging out a crater and sending a massive shockwave across the planet.

Kabanha crashed his daemon ship onto Prandium, opening a crater that unleashed a vast Khorne army against the Ultramarines and the Reaper Host. Lin En spread a battlefield-wide healing aura, allowing the allied forces to advance with almost no casualties as they drove the daemons back toward the crater.

• Kabanha slammed his ship into Prandium, creating a vast crater and a new gateway from which Khorne Daemons poured out.
• Calgar rallied the Ultramarines with the cry of “Courage! And! Honour!” and led them in a direct assault against the daemon army.
• The Ultramarines and the Reaper Host fought together while maintaining separate command structures and watching one another cautiously.
• Lin En used Tactical Rehearsal to spread his Mass Healing Aura across the battlefield, healing Ultramarines and Aeldari alike.
• With their wounds rapidly healing, the Ultramarines pushed through the daemon ranks and drove the army back toward the crater with almost no casualties.

Lin En blessed the First and Third Companies with battlefield-wide healing and powerful enhancements, turning their weapons into glowing holy arms that devastated the daemon horde. The battle’s tide turned, while warriors in other companies watched enviously as the blessings passed them by.

• Lin En expanded Healing Aura across the battlefield and cast Emperor's Gaze and Weapon Enchantment on warriors near him.
• Castor and the First and Third Company warriors saw their weapons ignite with Holy Light and charged into the daemon horde.
• Lin En's enchanted missiles and the warriors' glowing weapons obliterated Khorne's daemons, including a Skull Vanguard.
• The First Company Captain asked the Third Company Captain if Lin En could become their priest, but the Third Company Captain refused.
• Calgar and warriors from the other companies watched the First and Third Companies rout the daemons and lamented that they had received no blessings.

Lin En blessed the Ultramarines with the Emperor’s power, allowing them to drive the daemons back with enchanted weapons that erased them permanently. Kabanha watched his army collapse and considered entering the battle himself before it was destroyed.

• Lin En dismissed concerns about revealing his abilities and spread Golden Light over Prandium to bless the fighting companies.
• The Ultramarines advanced in formation, led by the Emperor’s Champions of the First and Third Companies, and routed the daemon forces.
• Daemons struck by Holy Light weapons vanished into ash and realized they were not returning to the Warp.
• Kabanha watched the battle from the shipwreck crater and initially dismissed the blessings as temporary tricks.
• Kabanha grew restless as his army was slaughtered and considered leaving the crater to aid it.

Kabanha emerged from the crater while Lin En and the Ultramarines prepared to face the Greater Daemon without Guilliman. Guilliman arrived alone in a Primarch-sized drop pod and stepped onto the battlefield, where he was struck by the golden light covering it.

• Kabanha left the crater after his daemons suffered heavy losses and advanced toward the Ultramarines.
• Lin En sensed Kabanha rising and considered revealing Thirty Days to protect the Ultramarines.
• Calgar and the Ultramarines stood their ground and aimed their weapons at Kabanha.
• Guilliman's battleship arrived in orbit, and he announced that the Ultramarines should prepare to receive him.
• Guilliman descended alone in a drop pod, emerged holding the Emperor's Sword, and stared at the golden light covering the battlefield.

Guilliman arrived on Prandium and found the Ultramarines protected by Lin En’s extraordinary healing aura and weapons infused with the Emperor’s power. After learning that Lin En’s abilities had already become routine for the Chapter, Guilliman wondered why the Emperor was helping his soldiers instead of bringing back his brothers.

• Guilliman stepped onto the battlefield and saw golden light covering the ground while every Ultramarine remained unharmed.
• Guilliman noticed that more than two hundred Ultramarines carried weapons glowing with energy he recognized from the Emperor’s Sword.
• Guilliman found Lin En behind the Third Company’s lines, radiating the golden energy across the battlefield.
• Lin En saw Guilliman and cast Emperor’s Gaze on Calgar, causing the Chapter Master’s power to surge.
• Calgar told Guilliman that Lin En’s blessings had helped the Chapter through two battles and had become familiar to its warriors.
• Guilliman accepted that Lin En’s abilities came from the Emperor and silently wished the Emperor would revive his brothers instead.

Kabanha challenged Guilliman to a duel on Prandium while Lin En monitored the battle and helped the Ultramarines defeat the daemon army. As Guilliman’s Chaos Toxin worsened under the strain, Kabanha gained the advantage, leaving Lin En concerned that the Imperial Regent would be beaten.

• Kabanha emerged from the ship graveyard, taunted Guilliman, and challenged him to battle.
• Guilliman and Kabanha charged and began a fierce duel with The Emperor’s Sword and the Butcher’s Blade.
• Lin En used Tactical Rehearsal to help the Ultramarines clear the daemon hordes while tracking the duel.
• Lin En recognized that Guilliman’s Chaos Toxin was worsening as he fought, slowing his attacks and weakening his defenses.
• Kabanha noticed Guilliman’s decline, taunted him, and pressed his advantage while Lin En realized he could not safely strengthen Guilliman.

Lin En used Purification Aura to strip Slaanesh’s corruption from the Chaos Toxin afflicting Guilliman, allowing his armor to clear the remaining poison. With his body restored and Emperor’s Gaze doubling his abilities, Guilliman prepared to fight Kabanha at full strength.

• Lin En realized Purification Aura could remove the Chaos corruption from the toxin, leaving Guilliman’s armor to process the ordinary poison.
• Lin En replaced Group Healing with Purification Aura and remotely cast it on Guilliman using Tactical Rehearsal.
• Purification Aura destroyed Slaanesh’s corruption in the Chaos Toxin, and Guilliman’s Armor of Fate cleared the remaining poison.
• Guilliman discovered that the toxin and its lingering effects were gone, restoring him to his uninjured state.
• Lin En cast Emperor’s Gaze on Guilliman, doubling his attributes as he faced Kabanha.

Kabanha taunted Guilliman about his past and his weakness, believing the wounded Primarch was near defeat. Guilliman’s strength suddenly surged, and he drove Kabanha back as the fight turned in his favor.

• Kabanha mocked Guilliman’s injuries and recalled his defeat by his traitorous brother, but Guilliman charged at the daemon without answering.
• Kabanha repeatedly struck at Guilliman and taunted him about failing the Imperium, his father, and his sons.
• Guilliman asked whether Kabanha had finished speaking, then suddenly knocked aside the Butcher’s Blade and counterattacked with renewed speed and strength.
• Kabanha recognized golden flames burning along The Emperor’s Sword and realized Guilliman’s power had risen beyond what it remembered.
• Guilliman pressed Kabanha back with a series of blows and met the daemon’s renewed charge, telling it to die.

Guilliman, purged of Chaos poison and empowered by Lin En, overwhelmed Kabanha in their duel. Kabanha lost his weapon and both wings before collapsing, defeated on the battlefield.

• Guilliman continued driving Kabanha back as Lin En regretted that Weapon Enchantment was still on cooldown.
• Guilliman battered Kabanha with The Emperor's Sword, burning him and breaking Butcher's Blade.
• Kabanha tried to create distance with a wing strike, but Guilliman severed his left wing.
• Guilliman severed Kabanha's right wing, leaving him unable to keep his balance.
• Kabanha fell to the ground, unable to rise, and was defeated by Guilliman.

Guilliman killed Kabanha with The Emperor's Sword, which Lin En secretly empowered to erase the daemon permanently from existence. As the battlefield began to recover, a Lord of Change emerged from a spatial rift and struck Lin En while Guilliman was unable to stop it.

• Guilliman defeated Kabanha, whose plea for the Blood God's support went unanswered.
• Lin En enchanted The Emperor's Sword with enhanced anti-daemon power as Guilliman struck Kabanha down.
• The golden flames annihilated Kabanha's body and soul, erasing it from both the mortal realm and the Warp.
• Kabanha's death collapsed the daemon portal, and the Ultramarines wiped out the stranded daemons.
• A Lord of Change burst through shattered space and landed a full-powered attack on Lin En as Guilliman rushed to intervene but failed.

A Tzeentch Greater Daemon ambushed Lin En with a psychic attack, and Guilliman rushed to defend him. Lin En survived but was overwhelmed by the psychic energy and fell unconscious as the Ultramarines moved to protect him.

• The Lord of Change struck Lin En from behind, piercing his armor and sending him crashing to the ground.
• Guilliman charged the Lord of Change and attacked it with The Emperor's Sword, forcing it to turn its assault toward him.
• Thirty Days healed Lin En's wound while Psychic Absorption flooded his body with part of the daemon's overwhelming psychic power.
• Lin En lost consciousness as his body began adapting to the psychic energy, after vowing to kill Tzeentch's entire family.
• Calgar called for the Ultramarines to protect Reverend Lin En as he and the Apothecaries and Chaplains rushed to him.

Calgar’s forces treated Lin En after a psychic blast left him unconscious, while Guilliman drove the Lord of Change to the brink. The daemon unleashed its last-resort attack, striking Guilliman in the chest as he prepared to finish it.

• The apothecary found Lin En’s physical wounds already healed but suspected a soul injury, so Calgar ordered the full Warp-Speed Toxin treatment and sent Honor Guard to retrieve a Vacuum Stasis Pod.
• Guilliman battered the Lord of Change with The Emperor’s Sword, destroying much of its psychic power and forcing it to retreat behind a shield.
• The Lord of Change decided it could not win and used its remaining strength to activate a rune on the last surviving page of its spellbook.
• The Lord of Change fired a concentrated purple ray at Guilliman, who took the hit on his breastplate while raising his sword.

Guilliman watched the Lord of Change escape, then found Lin En alive but unconscious and rushed him back to Macragge. The chapter ended with Guilliman carrying Lin En into the Librarium’s sanctuary for treatment.

• The Lord of Change trapped Guilliman in Warp energy and escaped through a closing rift.
• Guilliman scanned Lin En, confirmed he was alive, and placed him in a Vacuum Stasis Pod.
• Guilliman ordered his forces to return to Macragge at full speed with Lin En aboard.
• The Chief Librarian and Chief Apothecary met Guilliman at Hera Fortress and directed him to the Librarium’s sanctuary.
• Guilliman carried Lin En into the sanctuary as Calgar and the others followed.

Lin En woke in the Librarium recovery ward on Macragge after surviving the Lord of Change’s psychic attack, and learned that the battle on Prandium had ended in victory. He confirmed that Kabanha had been permanently erased and laughed at Khorne’s fury.

• Lin En regained consciousness in the Librarium recovery ward on Macragge and remembered being struck by the Lord of Change’s Psychic Blast.
• The system explained that Thirty Days had kept Lin En alive and Psychic Absorption had improved his physical abilities to roughly one percent of an Astartes’s.
• The system told Lin En that Ultramarines Apothecaries and psychic healers had treated him, with Tigurius watching over him.
• Lin En learned that the Battle of Prandium had ended in victory, with Kabanha erased, the daemon army annihilated, and the Tyranid threat eliminated.
• The system confirmed that Kabanha’s soul had been annihilated and could not return, then told Lin En that Khorne was raging in the Warp.

Lin En rested in the Librarium Healing Ward on Macragge after the battle, learned that the Lord of Change had escaped and that the Chaos Gods might target him, and resolved to keep fighting for humanity. As he recovered, he heard how the Ultramarines valued him and looked ahead to helping Baal and the Blood Angels.

• Lin En asked the system about the escaped Lord of Change and decided there would be another chance to confront it.
• The system told Lin En that he had been unconscious for seventeen hours, that Guilliman had returned to Terra, and that his injuries were healing, though Tigurius and others were preparing treatment for soul damage.
• Lin En learned that the Chaos Gods might all become hostile toward him and vowed never to submit to them.
• The system reported that the Ultramarines had returned to Macragge, that other companies wanted Lin En's support, and that Calgar had classified him as a special-grade strategic asset.
• Lin En resolved to recover and continue fighting so he could help Baal, the Blood Angels, and humanity across the Imperium.

After recovering from his soul shock, Lin En discovered that absorbing the Lord of Change’s psychic attack had raised his psychic energy to an Alpha-level rank. He celebrated the boost and imagined absorbing even more power before the system warned that another psychic blast could damage his sanity.

• Lin En woke in the Librarium Healing Ward feeling much better, though his soul and coordination had not fully recovered.
• Lin En checked his Psychic Storage and found a new module that displayed his psychic energy in real time.
• Lin En saw that the Lord of Change’s attack had raised his psychic energy to 32, beyond the Imperium’s Alpha-level threshold.
• Lin En celebrated his new power and imagined absorbing energy from Primarchs, Daemon Princes, or the Emperor.
• The system warned Lin En that psychic blasts could tear apart his soul or damage his sanity, dampening his excitement.

Lin En reflected on why he could trust neither the Imperium’s loyalists nor its rebels, and decided to keep working toward his goals. He used his guaranteed gold draw and obtained Eye of True Sight, a trait that could detect disguises and corruption without an upper limit on level.

• Lin En weighed the risks of revealing his plans and concluded that even loyalists might sacrifice him for the Imperium.
• Lin En decided to rest for two days, then continue drawing traits and working on Macragge before going to Baal.
• Lin En asked the system to use his guaranteed gold draw, which he had earned after meeting the Primarchs.
• Lin En drew the gold trait Eye of True Sight, which could see through disguises, psychic illusions, Chaos Corruption, and Warp possession without an upper limit on level.

After drawing the Eye of True Sight, Lin En considered how it could expose traitors, corruption, and illusions before testing that it was active. He learned that the Third Company had tried to visit him while he was unconscious, then found a prayer book left by a priest at his bedside.

• Lin En recognized the Eye of True Sight as a permanent enhancement that could reveal disguised traitors, Chaos corruption, and illusions.
• Lin En asked the system whether the trait's warning referred to a specific future threat, but the system refused to provide precognitive information.
• Lin En saw faint golden light in his pupils and confirmed that the Eye of True Sight was active.
• The system reported that the Prandium campaign had eliminated more than four million daemon units and set a one-hundred-million-kill milestone for a guaranteed golden draw.
• Lin En learned that the Third Company captain and combat chaplain had repeatedly requested to visit him, but Tigurius had refused while he was unconscious.
• Lin En found a scripture book with herbs and dried flowers tucked inside and learned that a priest had left it after praying for him.

Lin En woke in the Librarium Healing Ward after surviving a Greater Daemon’s attack, and his unexpectedly clean recovery alarmed the apothecary and drew in Tigurius and the others. After they found no Chaos contamination or major injuries, they prepared psychic treatment and advised Lin En to rest until it began.

• Lin En greeted the apothecary during a routine check, startling him into dropping his data-slate and running to alert the chief Librarian.
• The Astartes guards confirmed Lin En had awakened, and word spread through the Librarium as he checked his outdated consciousness reading on the data-slate.
• Tigurius arrived with Librarians and Chaplains, and they examined Lin En’s mind, soul, and body, finding only clean, mild-to-moderate soul tearing and no Chaos contamination.
• Tigurius and the others prepared psychic treatment for half a day later, while a Librarian warned Lin En that cleansing would feel like bone-setting at the soul level.
• The apothecary confirmed Lin En’s recovery was going well and advised him to rest or go outside for sunlight rather than overtax his thoughts.

Lin En left his ward to enjoy the sunlight despite his lingering soul injury making it difficult to walk. With guard captain Kaeles supporting him, he reached the courtyard and saw its peaceful greenery.

• After struggling to stand, Lin En decided to go outside and bask in the sun.
• Lin En shuffled to the ward door, where the Astartes guards noticed his difficulty moving.
• The guard captain offered to help Lin En reach the courtyard, and Lin En accepted his support.
• As they walked, Lin En learned the guard captain's name was Kaeles and thanked him for helping.
• Lin En and Kaeles reached the courtyard, where Lin En admired the trees, lawn, and birds.