Chapter Summaries

Jian Xing went home after a history lesson and found his great-grandfather, Jian Ya, treating an ordinary-looking young man with extraordinary deference. The identity of the visitor remained unexplained as he criticized Jian Ya’s cooking and Terra’s traffic over dinner.

• Jian Xing sat through a history lesson about the Emperor’s Great Crusade and the founding of the Grand Unified Alliance.
• Jian Xing returned to his family’s old house and found Jian Ya serving braised pork to a young man playing a racing game.
• Jian Xing was stunned when Jian Ya treated the visitor with unusual respect and the visitor greeted Jian Xing as if they had met before.
• At dinner, the young man complained about Jian Ya’s cooking and Terra’s traffic, and Jian Ya promised to address the traffic plans.

Liu Zhipeng visited Jian Ya and Jian Xing, then returned to the Warp to stop Slaanesh from awakening. He resumed his solitary work guarding the universe while Jian Xing learned that Liu was someone history did not need to record.

• Jian Ya told Liu Zhipeng that the Necrontyr and Krork were holding the line against the bugs and that the Emperor was still working constantly.
• Jian Xing asked whether Liu Zhipeng was his great-grandfather’s old comrade, and Liu said history only needed to remember the Emperor.
• Liu Zhipeng opened a golden rift and stepped into the Warp as Jian Xing watched in shock.
• Jian Ya told Jian Xing that he would never need to memorize Liu Zhipeng’s name but should always thank him silently.
• Slaanesh began to awaken in the Warp, but Liu Zhipeng slapped its core and forced it back into dormancy.
• Liu Zhipeng walked deeper into the Warp to continue guarding the universe.