Recaps

Liu Zhipeng stole C’tan Shards, drew the Necron forces to Khalifa, and helped the Imperials escape while Ghazghk raided the Crownworld. As Liu absorbed the stolen shards and entered a radiant cocoon, Szarekh and Imotekh joined forces to confront the entity being born.

• Liu Zhipeng infiltrated Mandragora, absorbed the Deceiver shard, and devoured the C’tan Shards in Imotekh’s power chamber before escaping and leaving Trazyn trapped.
• Liu Zhipeng joined the Calixis Battle Group as Ember, helped the Imperials destroy Necron obelisks, and gave Marcus-018 the design for Short-Jump Engines.
• Liu Zhipeng led the fleet to Khalifa, defeated Zerath’s forces, and persuaded the Imperial commanders to hold the system as a diversion while Ghazghk raided the Necron Crownworld.
• The Calixis Battle Group fought Szarekh’s fleet at Khalifa as Liu Zhipeng rescued ships from boarding attacks and then held off the Necron death fleet so the Imperials could escape.
• Ghazghk and the Gretchin stole the Crownworld’s Tesseract Labyrinths and C’tan Shards, while Liu Zhipeng absorbed thirty-seven shards and became enclosed in a sun-bright cocoon.
• Imotekh’s Sautekh fleet clashed with Szarekh’s forces, but Trazyn revealed that the Crownworld’s shards had been stolen and urged the rival rulers to stop fighting.
• Szarekh and Imotekh formed the Three Kings Alliance and brought their combined fleets to the barren planet, where Szarekh identified Liu Zhipeng’s cocoon as a god being born and prohibited reality-destroying weapons.

Liu Zhipeng emerged as a C’tan and destroyed the Necron forces, but [Primordial Quickening] then killed him and remade him in the Eye of Terror, where he devoured daemons to feed his soul. With Ghazghk and Sharpfang, he built a network of Warp-draining obelisks, leaving Angron trapped in one as Khorne watched.

• Ghazghk’s asteroid fortresses ambushed the Necron fleet, while Sharpfang’s Gretchin defended the planet and fought Imotekh with the Big Boss’s Fist.
• Sharpfang’s Squig Bombs badly wounded Imotekh, but Szarekh’s forces broke through the Gretchin defenses as Trazyn approached the golden cocoon.
• Liu Zhipeng emerged as a C’tan, killed Trazyn, Imotekh, and Szarekh, and destroyed the Necron fleet, but [Primordial Quickening] overwhelmed him and he died in a supernova.
• Liu Zhipeng awoke on a daemon world, devoured daemons and Chaos forces, and discovered that his soul still craved Warp energy.
• Liu Zhipeng devised a plan to reverse blackstone’s polarity, and Ghazghk and Sharpfang organized Gretchin crews to build a Warp-energy network while Liu cleared Daemon Worlds.
• Ghazghk and Sharpfang expanded and upgraded the Flesh Blackstone Obelisks into the Abyssal Darkweb, prompting Tzeentch and Khorne to attack the network.
• As Angron and Khorne’s daemons assaulted the Gretchin defenses, Liu Zhipeng overloaded all twelve thousand MK-II Obelisks.
• The obelisks sucked Khorne’s daemons into their surfaces, trapping Angron against one as Khorne’s laughter stopped.

Liu Zhipeng remade the universe, then secretly guided humanity through its early trials while preparing it to face threats beyond the galaxy. He prevented Slaanesh’s rise to power and helped Angron escape enslavement, then sent another glimmer toward Olympia.

• Khorne and Slaanesh failed to corrupt or destroy Liu Zhipeng, and the Chaos Gods joined forces against him until the Emperor shielded him and his Primordial Quickening matured.
• After learning the Emperor had made him an independent person and entrusted him with humanity’s future, Liu Zhipeng reversed causality, remade the universe, and returned to his original life with his power intact.
• Liu Zhipeng prepared Jian Ya’s self-sufficient colony with restricted AI and secretly transferred scientists and technology, while allowing the Men of Iron Rebellion to unfold on Earth.
• Jian Ya’s colony survived an Ork assault and the Warp Storms, while the Emperor used Liu Zhipeng’s USB drive to create stable Astartes and begin the Great Crusade.
• Liu Zhipeng stopped Slaanesh from opening the Eye of Terror, allied the Aeldari with humanity against the Tyranids, and kept Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch trapped in the Warp.
• Liu Zhipeng’s glimmer helped Angron resist the Butcher’s Nails, escape the High Lords’ forces, and discover that victory came from protecting and fighting alongside others.
• Angron led hundreds of thousands of freed slaves against the Crown of the Firmament as Liu Zhipeng’s next glimmer descended onto Olympia.

Liu Zhipeng raised Perturabo, Lorgar, and Konrad to use their gifts in service of others, helping each transform a brutal world. After Warren died, Liu Zhipeng’s next glimmer awakened on Barbarus in the body of an old doctor.

• Liu Zhipeng found infant Perturabo and raised him, teaching him to create and use his abilities to help others.
• Perturabo defended Creek Valley Village from Damekos, then liberated Olympia and transformed it into a prosperous society.
• Liu Zhipeng died after reminding Perturabo to remain a person, and his consciousness returned to the golden star.
• Enoch guided Lorgar to reject the Holy Covenant Church’s lies, and Lorgar led the Word Bearers to overthrow its rule and build a secular Colchis.
• Warren rescued Konrad from the Underhive and taught him that law and justice could change the future without relying on fear.
• Warren exposed Nostramo’s rulers and sacrificed himself to draw the guards away, while Konrad chose due process over vengeance.
• Konrad led Nostramo’s revolt, established a People’s Court and a new legal system, and became its Lord of Law.
• Warren died peacefully beside Konrad, and Liu Zhipeng’s next glimmer awakened in an old doctor’s body on Barbarus.