Recaps

The Orks and their allies fought across the Blind Obedience system while Boss Slick clashed with Vashtorr and the Drukhari struggled to contain a Daemonic invasion of the Webway. Vashtorr ascended as Forgefiend, triggering upheaval across the galaxy, and Guilliman and Jaghatai drove Ghazghkull Thraka into retreat.

• The Duke of Shadow Blades sent Little Slick to fight the Orks, but Little Slick battled Boss Copperhead and their forces while Kairos manipulated events.
• Luo Wen brought Mork's Grin into the Blind Obedience Star System, and the Orks attacked the Chaos and Loyalist fleets as Lion El'Jonson fought Angron.
• Vashtorr seized the three Sacred Relics and prepared to destroy Evil Dragon Forest, but Luo Wen's attack shattered the planet's core and outer ring.
• Little Slick discovered that he had fought his own Orks under the Duke's illusion, then killed the Duke before Boss Copperhead struck him down.
• Kairos's spell sent Boss Slick into a realm of ascension, where he fought Vashtorr as the Orks advanced through the Webway toward Commorragh.
• Ovisus persuaded Lady Malys to use the Spear of Isha against the Slaaneshi invasion, but the weapon opened a breach that unleashed Daemon Calamity and Black Death.
• Boss Slick defeated Vashtorr's avatars and forced him to grant the Key of Truth in a pact, allowing Vashtorr to ascend as Forgefiend.
• Forgefiend's birth disrupted Imperial and T'au forces, while Guilliman, Jaghatai, and the Custodes fought Ghazghkull Thraka and forced him to retreat.

Boss Slick led the fight that killed Slaanesh and enabled Ynnead’s ascension, then resisted being pulled into the Chaos Star. He chose Preservation as his divine authority and built a fortress that began draining Tzeentch’s power over hope, but Tzeentch and Ynnead attacked it.

• Ghazghkull escaped the battle by teleporting away, and Trazyn began rebuilding his ruined body into a stronger Krork form.
• The Silent King revealed the fifth Warp god and the threat to the universe, then united the Phaerons behind a plan to use the Celestial Orrery against the Great Rift.
• Boss Slick sent Big Blade and Boss Copperhead to Commorragh, where Orks and Aeldari battled the Chaos forces as Hols helped construct a Webway Gate.
• Lucius’s plot led corrupted Aeldari to wound Hols, and Slaanesh’s champion captured and sacrificed him, prompting Boss Slick to seek vengeance.
• Ynnead empowered Boss Slick with Aeldari souls and the Crone Swords, and Boss Slick faced Slaanesh alone while Nurgle and Vashtorr joined the conflict.
• Boss Slick defeated Slaanesh with the Crone Swords and made the death of gods a law, allowing Ynnead to emerge and consume Slaanesh.
• Tzeentch explained that Boss Slick’s accumulated powers were pulling him toward godhood, but Boss Slick chose Preservation and built a divine fortress instead of accepting the Chaos Star.
• Boss Slick completed the ascension ritual, and his fortress began draining Tzeentch’s authority over hope as Tzeentch and Ynnead attacked its walls.

Hops’s birth, the return of Boss Slick, and the rise of Calamity Devourer reshaped the galaxy as the Necrons, Chaos forces, Orks, and Tyranids converged on Terra. The arc left the Second Siege of Terra underway, with Boss Slick transformed into Gorkamorka.

• Boss Slick sacrificed himself to make Hops a god, taking Slaanesh’s place on the Chaos Star while Gork and Mork preserved his scattered soul.
• The T'au survived the Machine Empire’s attack, the Necrons advanced toward the Solar System, and Guilliman began gathering Imperial reinforcements as Abaddon and Rottooth approached Terra.
• Rottooth brought his fleet through the Webway and joined Rambo in preparing the Orks for a Waaagh toward Segmentum Solar, while Veronica led Yellow Turban Army volunteers toward Terra to seek Zhang Jiao.
• Cheng Mingrui defeated Khaine in Khorne’s arena and became a demigod, while Cegorach told Boss Slick that higher-dimensional beings had manipulated the universe and that Tzeentch threatened Blue Star.
• Tzeentch released the Emperor’s imprint inside Boss Slick, whose reunited soul set out for Terra, while Boss Copperhead and Little Slick prepared to lead Orks through the Webway.
• The Great Devourer’s experiment produced Calamity Devourer, which broke free of the Tyranid swarm and turned toward Terra as Boss Copperhead’s forces entered the Webway beneath the Mariana Trench.
• As Calamity Devourer lunged for Terra, Khorne and the Emperor created a separate battlefield, where Boss Copperhead fought Abaddon and Rottooth and Rambo faced Perturabo and Guilliman.
• Calamity Devourer swallowed Boss Slick, but Boss Slick burst out with the combined power of the Orks and became Gorkamorka.