Chapter Summaries

Lin En gathered the surviving forces and continued evacuating civilians before leading the Lamenters to Sanctuary Cathedral. He reached Sister Danica and freed her from the Pariah Nexus’s influence, leaving her resolute and ready to fight again.

• Lin En assembled the surviving Astra Militarum, Battle Sisters, and Space Marines while the wounded and civilians were evacuated to orbit.
• Phoros told Lin En that Sister Danica was the last Battle Sister guarding Sanctuary Cathedral, and Lin En led the group there.
• Danica received word that Lin En and the Lamenters had arrived, and she went to welcome the Emperor’s envoy.
• Lin En greeted Danica with Will Enhancement, dispelling the illusion of Audela and revealing that Danica had been affected by the Pariah Nexus.
• Danica prayed among the cathedral’s ruins, then stood with renewed resolve and took up her Bolter.

Lin En rescued Sergeant Agrippa and his surviving Ultramarines while the Tyranids swept through Paradis III. He also ordered a Tyranid Parasite Mothership to catch a falling Salamanders Thunderhawk, saving all ten members of Varlock Squad as the search for the Necrons Tomb Complex continued.

• Lin En found Sergeant Agrippa and seven or eight surviving Ultramarines under fire from Necron warriors, and Agrippa recognized him and led his men to safety.
• Lin En sent Agrippa's squad to join Chapter Master Phoros while the Tyranids and human warriors searched for the Tomb Complex and evacuated survivors.
• Phoros reported that a Salamanders Thunderhawk was falling toward Paradis III, and Lin En ordered a nearby Tyranid Parasite Mothership to catch it.
• The Parasite Mothership caught the damaged Thunderhawk and set it down beside the square, saving all ten Salamanders of Varlock Squad.
• The Salamanders recognized Lin En, and he teased them about being brutal, cold, and ruthless as the others laughed.

Lin En used Indomitable Will on the Astra Militarum and Krieg soldiers whose minds had been broken by the Pariah Nexus, revealing their desperate last stand in a frozen battlefield hallucination. He called for them to return as golden light enveloped them.

• A Lamenter told Lin En that there was no more room for the many maddened Astra Militarum and Krieg soldiers, so Lin En went to see them.
• Lin En tried Purification on the soldiers, but it failed because the Pariah Nexus had physically stripped away their senses and will.
• Lin En used Indomitable Will across the area, stabilizing the soldiers’ minds and revealing their shared hallucination of a frozen battlefield.
• Lin En saw the soldiers still fighting fiercely against an unseen enemy and praying for forgiveness as their lines collapsed.
• Lin En spread golden light over the soldiers and urged them all to come back and not die there.

Lin En led the humans and Tyranids in a counterattack that destroyed the Blackstone Array and drove the Necrons back to Zeras's tomb. After the swarm found the entrance beneath the Sanctuary Cathedral, Lin En broke through its force field and charged into the tomb.

• Lin En gave the assembled forces Thirty Days and led them in clearing Necrons and destroying Blackstone Obelisks across the planet.
• The Necrons failed to stop the advancing humans and Tyranids, who devoured fallen living metal before it could return to the tomb.
• Zeras ordered his forces to hold the tomb entrance after learning the Blackstone Array had been destroyed.
• The swarm found the tomb entrance beneath the Sanctuary Cathedral, and Lin En recalled the scattered warriors and led the army there.
• Lin En shattered the entrance's Blackstone frame and force field, then cut through the tomb's corridors and defenses with Dimensional Slash.

Lin En led an overwhelming swarm through the Necron defenses and reached the doors to the central tomb. With Zeras watching from inside, Lin En called for him to come out, and the Necrons opened fire.

• The Necrons' third defensive line fired on the bug swarm, but the bugs regenerated and overwhelmed the Warriors.
• Lin En appeared with Power Armored supersoldiers and destroyed the third line with a wave of silvery-white light.
• Lin En widened the passage and urged his swarm onward as the Necrons retreated into a rout.
• The remaining Necrons gathered at the central tomb doors while Zeras watched through the skull relief's surveillance link.
• Lin En told Phoros to take the doors as trophies, then called for Zeras to come out and talk.
• The Necrons opened fire on Lin En from both sides of the passage.

Lin En and his allies stormed Zeras’s tomb, where the Tyranid swarm overwhelmed the Necron guards and left Zeras crippled. Lin En killed him and threatened to destroy his memories with repeated deaths, so Zeras hid in his coffin and chose to sleep rather than resurrect.

• Lin En broke off negotiations and led the soldiers, Space Marines, and Tyranid swarm through the Necron defenses and into the tomb.
• The swarm overwhelmed Zeras’s guards and tore off Zeras’s limbs, leaving his torso and head intact.
• Lin En struck Zeras with his Bolter, then warned that he would kill him every time he resurrected until his Memory Engram was worn away.
• Lin En emptied a magazine into Zeras’s eye socket, extinguishing the green light in his eyes.
• Zeras hid inside his coffin and fell into slumber rather than resurrect.

Lin En had the Tyranids destroy the Necrons’ Memory Engrams and ordered the tomb sealed, leaving the Necrons to resurrect without their memories. He then confronted commenters who criticized his approach, defending the hope and heroism in Warhammer before blocking the comments again.

• Lin En used the system’s markings to locate the Necrons’ Memory Engrams, including Zeras’s engram in the ceiling.
• Lin En ordered the Tyranids to dig up and eat every engram, destroying the Necrons’ stored memories.
• Lin En told Phoros to have the tomb entrance sealed with reinforced barriers and vibration-triggered explosives.
• Lin En read the comments and challenged viewers who complained that his actions removed Warhammer’s darkness and despair.
• Lin En defended Warhammer’s moments of hope and threatened to pull the critics into its universe, silencing them before he blocked the comments again.

Lin En led the swarm and human forces in an assault on Mesmoke, the Nihilakh Dynasty's largest Blackstone node. The defenders and their Obelisks were overwhelmed, and the attack left the force advancing on the psychic spire.

• Lin En's fleet descended on Mesmoke, where the Tyranid swarm landed first and spread across the planet.
• The swarm ambushed the Nihilakh defenders near the tower and rapidly swept through their positions.
• Lin En ordered Phoros and the Space Marines to eliminate the surviving Necrons while human soldiers followed.
• Lin En supported the advancing forces with Dimensional Slash as they fought through the ruins toward the psychic spire.
• The swarm climbed the spire and attacked its upper defenders through the vents.
• Humans and Tyranids shattered Blackstone Obelisks one by one.

Lin En led the assault on Mesmoke’s Necron defenses and discovered the Nihilakh Dynasty’s underground tomb. He reached the largest coffin in the resurrection chamber and prepared to find out who was inside.

• Lin En’s forces destroyed Mesmoke’s Obelisks and Blackstone Arrays, weakening the Pariah Nexus, while Phoros reported that they had found the tomb entrance.
• Lin En ordered the troops to invade the tomb through a 2,300-meter shaft protected by Necron defenses.
• Lin En and the swarm descended into the underground plaza, where the creatures and Space Marines split up to clear the burial passages.
• Lin En followed the main passage to a vast resurrection chamber filled with coffins and found the largest one beneath the Nihilakh Dynasty’s crest.
• Lin En told Phoros to wait before sealing the coffins and examined the largest coffin to see who was inside.

Lin En’s swarm destroyed the Necron forces on Mesmoke and the two remaining Necron nodes in the Napheli Sector, weakening the Pariah Nexus until the Imperial Navy could enter without psychic protection. Trazyn the Infinite then discovered that his army and commander at Mesmoke could no longer be contacted.

• Lin En ordered the bugs to consume the Necrons’ engrams, leaving the Necron Overlord and the other tomb inhabitants unable to reassemble.
• Lin En had the tomb entrances sealed with steel, concrete, sound-absorbing material, molten iron, and explosives before leaving Mesmoke with Phoros and the others.
• Lin En learned that two Necron nodes remained in the Napheli Sector and ordered the fleet to destroy them as well.
• Lin En’s swarm destroyed both remaining nodes, causing the Napheli Sector’s Blackstone network to collapse and greatly weakening the Pariah Nexus.
• Trazyn the Infinite tried repeatedly to contact his army and commander at Mesmoke, then saw the star chart report that communications had been lost.

After losing contact with Mesmoke, Trazyn the Infinite concluded that his army and trusted commander had likely been destroyed and blamed the Aeldari Farseer and the Silent King. He withdrew the Nihilakh Dynasty from the Silent King's project and ordered it to turn inward, warning the other Phaerons about Lin En.

• A Cryptek reported that Mesmoke's defenses and Blackstone Node were destroyed and that no one in the garrison or orbital patrol could be reached.
• Trazyn the Infinite concluded that his army and commander were probably gone, then smashed a table and berated the Aeldari Farseer's head for its failed predictions.
• The other Phaerons contacted Trazyn for an explanation, and Phaeron Amenhotep identified Lin En as the human Emperor's Envoy who could control Tyranids.
• Trazyn the Infinite vowed to kill Aeldari found in Nihilakh territory and demanded that the Silent King answer for the disaster.
• Trazyn the Infinite ended Nihilakh's participation in the Blackstone project, declared a defensive posture, and warned the other Phaerons that Lin En could threaten them next.

The Silent King learned that four Blackstone Network nodes in the Napheli Sector had gone dark and wondered how humans and Tyranids had defeated the Necrons. Lin En’s forces reached Kapinos and Abydos, but the Necron armies escaped through the Webway, leaving Lin En furious and ready to confront every dynasty.

• The Phaerons failed to reach Trazyn, Zeras, or the Silent King, who studied the damaged Blackstone Network and considered the Necron defeats.
• The Silent King recalled that he had built the Pariah Nexus to suppress the Warp, protect the galaxy from Tyranids, and support research into reversing biotransference.
• Lin En split his fleet, taking the larger force to Kapinos while Phoros led the smaller force toward Abydos.
• At Kapinos, Lin En saw the Necrons evacuating through a green Webway portal as Tyranids attacked the Blackstone installations.
• Phoros reported that the Necrons on Abydos had also escaped through the Webway, and Lin En’s swarms could not follow them.
• Lin En used the system to send a video of himself directly to the Phaerons of every Necron Dynasty.

Lin En hijacked the Necron communication network to warn the Phaerons that he would destroy any dynasty that attacked humanity. Most dynasties withdrew from the Human Extermination Plan, while the Silent King realized Lin En knew every Phaeron’s identity and details.

• Lin En broadcast a threat to the Necron Phaerons and challenged them to attack humanity if they dared.
• Lin En erased the Necrons’ communications and left the message, “Try it and die.”
• The Phaerons considered Lin En’s power and the risks of fighting him, then many withdrew from the Human Extermination Plan and sealed their tombs.
• The Silent King watched Lin En’s recording as the Cryptek reported that thirteen dynasties had formally withdrawn and the other Phaerons could no longer be commanded.
• The Silent King told the Technician that Lin En’s breach meant he knew the number and particulars of every Necron Phaeron.

The Necron dynasties abandoned the Pariah Nexus as Lin En’s forces restored Imperial control over the Napheli Sector. Lin En shut off his livestream and sent two confiscated Necron doors to Guilliman on Terra as a gift.

• The Silent King ordered an investigation into Lin En and allowed the remaining dynasties to withdraw after Zeras’s death ended the Pariah Nexus project’s purpose.
• Over three days, the minor dynasties dismantled their Blackstone Arrays and Obelisks and returned to dormancy as Lin En’s fleet watched them.
• The Imperial Navy entered the Napheli Sector, established outposts, and received Lin En’s warnings about buried Necrons.
• Guilliman heard the news on Terra and continued approving documents, reassured that hope remained.
• Lin En read his viewers’ comments, shut off the livestream, and thought about returning home after killing four enemies.
• Lin En ordered Phoros to deliver Zeras’s skull-adorned iron doors to Guilliman for the entrance to his office.

Lin En and his forces cleared hostile factions across the galaxy, leaving most of the Milky Way quiet. With the galaxy nearly pacified, Lin En decided to launch a Great Crusade into the Warp.

• Lin En cleared the remaining Blackstone Network, then led his forces in attacking hostile races across the galaxy and showed no mercy to the Drukhari.
• Lin En drew the [Guardian] card and reflected on how he could have saved Tyrennius in the past, before Phoros delivered Guilliman's message and Lin En declined more Adeptus Custodes.
• Lin En led the swarm in exterminating the remaining Tyranid splinters, while the Necrons, Drukhari, Greenskins, Aeldari, and Chaos became less active.
• Lin En found that the T'au had evacuated their colony worlds, had their abandoned defenses dismantled, and wondered whether they would encounter the Great Devourer beyond the galaxy.
• Lin En decided to take his forces into the Great Rift on a Great Crusade once the Milky Way was mostly cleared.

Lin En learned that Chaos had united for an all-out assault on Terra while Ulthwé assembled the Necrons, T'au, and Orks to exploit the conflict. He ordered Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor to prepare a fleet to reinforce Terra, leaving the Aeldari alliance for later.

• The system warned Lin En that Chaos was preparing its final invasion of Terra and that Ulthwé had united several Xenos factions to attack humanity and Chaos alike.
• Lin En summoned Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor to Bolomite's command center and explained the threats.
• Phoros offered to attack Ulthwé, but Lin En said defending Terra was more urgent because the Four Gods and Chaos Primarchs were launching an all-out assault.
• Lin En ordered Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor to assemble the fleet and prepare to reinforce Terra.

Lin En received Guilliman’s order to reinforce Terra and departed Bolomite with three Chapters, warning Dante and Calgar about the Aeldari alliance. He rendezvoused with Dante’s Blood Angels near the Solar System, while Calgar’s Ultramarines were expected in three days as Chaos approached.

• A messenger delivered Guilliman’s Golden Throne decree ordering Lin En to assemble his forces and defend Terra against Chaos.
• Lin En coordinated with Dante and Calgar; Dante and Lin En planned to meet near the Solar System, and Lin En warned them about the Aeldari-led alliance with the Necrons, T'au, and Greenskins.
• Lin En departed Bolomite with three Chapters after Cecilia saw them off, reassuring Phoros that they would win.
• On the fleet’s fourth night, Lin En’s forces emerged from the Warp near the Solar System and detected Dante’s Blood Angels fleet.
• Dante told Lin En that six Blood Angels Successor Chapters had arrived and Calgar’s Ultramarines would arrive in three days, asking them to hold out until then.

Lin En reviewed Terra’s defenses and his combined forces with Dante as they prepared for Abaddon’s assault. Confident in their strength, he led the joint fleet toward the Solar Fleet’s rendezvous point and ordered it to advance.

• Lin En assessed Terra’s layered defenses and considered how Abaddon might divide his attacks among multiple translation points.
• Lin En and Dante counted their forces: roughly six thousand Space Marines, more than fifty warships, and Lin En’s twelve Tyranid motherships.
• Lin En decided to build up the Purple Carapace Chapter’s forces rather than retrieve those lost in battle.
• Lin En and Dante led their combined fleet toward the Solar Fleet’s rendezvous point inside the Solar System.
• Lin En assured Dante that their side would win, then ordered the fleet to advance toward the Solar System’s perimeter defenses.

Lin En reviewed the enormous coalition gathering against them as his fleet reached the Solar System’s starport. He met Admiral Aurelian, learned that the reinforcements would be organized and supplied before deployment, and waited for orders to the outer defense line.

• Lin En viewed the battlefield map and saw Chaos, Dark Mechanicum, Aeldari, Necrons, T'au, and Ork forces encircling the Solar System in overwhelming numbers.
• Lin En resolved to face the coming battle with his available forces and reached the starport with the Blood Angels fleet.
• Lin En disembarked with Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor, then met Dante, who had arrived in ceremonial armor and a red cloak.
• Admiral Aurelian welcomed Lin En and Dante and provided Dante with a detailed supply allocation list for the fleet’s resupply and repairs.
• Admiral Aurelian told Lin En that all reinforcing fleets would be organized and supplied at the starport before assignment to the Solar System’s outer defense line.

Lin En and Dante reviewed the Solar System’s defenses as Abaddon’s larger Chaos fleet approached, then received Guilliman’s order appointing Lin En supreme commander of the eastern outer defenses. Lin En accepted command and called the allied captains and Chapter Masters to a tactical meeting.

• Admiral Aurelian briefed Lin En and Dante on the layered defenses around the Solar System and reported that Abaddon was approaching with three hundred warships, including two Glorianas.
• Lin En promised Aurelian the defenders’ full support, though Abaddon’s fleet and its Gloriana battleships concerned him.
• A communications officer relayed Guilliman’s order appointing Lin En supreme commander of the eastern outer defenses, with Aurelian and Dante as deputies.
• Lin En accepted the appointment and ordered all captains and Chapter Masters to attend a tactical meeting in twenty minutes.