Chapter Summaries

Liu Zhipeng and his Tunnel Rat Boyz killed Tyranid Synapse Creatures underground, helping Face-Rippa Grakka crush the confused swarm on the surface. Their success led them to a silent underground volcano, where Liu sensed a trap and ordered an immediate retreat.

• Liu Zhipeng and his Tunnel Rat Boyz killed Synapse Creatures with traps, disrupting the Tyranid Swarm and throwing parts of the surface battle into confusion.
• Face-Rippa Grakka recognized the pattern and coordinated with Liu, attacking the swarm whenever the underground killings left it disorganized.
• The Hive Mind analyzed the Orks’ tactics while Liu and his Boyz grew bolder and targeted a powerful Tyrant in an underground volcano.
• Keen-Ear Git warned Liu that the approach to the volcano was unnaturally quiet, and the Boyz found slick walls and a dark cavern at its entrance.
• Liu kicked a caged Squig into the cavern, noticed its cries made no echo, and roared for the team to retreat.

Liu Zhipeng’s Ork squad was ambushed by Lictors in the volcanic ruins, and Gurlo sacrificed himself with a massive explosion to open an escape route. As the survivors charged through, the Tyrant emerged from the darkness and stopped them with its psychic presence.

• Lictors revealed themselves and launched a surprise attack on Liu Zhipeng’s squad, killing and maiming the Orks in a one-sided massacre.
• Liu Zhipeng ordered Big Bomb B Gurlo to blast a way out of the encirclement.
• Gurlo charged into the Lictors with his explosives and detonated them, tearing open a gap and triggering a cave-in.
• Liu Zhipeng carried Git “Keen-Ear” and led fewer than thirty surviving Orks toward the escape route.
• The Tyrant emerged from the darkness and its psychic pressure slowed the fleeing Orks.

Liu Zhipeng ordered the surviving Tunnel Rat Boyz to flee with the unconscious Git, then unleashed all his WAAAGH! energy to fight the Tyrant. Their final blows killed them both, leaving Liu Zhipeng dead beside the Tyrant’s corpse.

• Liu Zhipeng ordered the surviving Tunnel Rat Boyz to carry the unconscious Git to safety and leave him behind.
• Liu Zhipeng detonated his accumulated WAAAGH! energy and charged the Tyrant with his power axe.
• Liu Zhipeng and the Tyrant fought through the collapsing underground volcano, wounding each other as the battle destroyed the ruins and swept away the Lictors.
• Liu Zhipeng struck through the Tyrant’s cracked skull with his final blow, while the Tyrant’s bone blade sheared away nearly half of Liu Zhipeng’s head.
• Liu Zhipeng and the Tyrant died beside each other.

After Liu Zhipeng died stopping the Tyrant, Grotsnik rebuilt him with Tyranid nerves and Ork machinery. As Liu’s soul was pulled into the green realm of the Orks, he saw the immense figures of Gork and Mork wrestling.

• Big'un returned with Liu Zhipeng’s mangled corpse, while the Tyranids lost their connection to the Hive Mind and began to rout.
• Grakka and the Orks mourned Liu’s death, but Grotsnik discovered that a spark of WAAAGH! still remained in him and carried him to the operating room.
• Grotsnik grafted Tyranid nerve bundles onto Liu’s surviving brain and fitted him with a metal skullcap, a camera eye, and a Gargant thinking module.
• After three days of surgery, Liu’s consciousness left his broken body and waited in the void for the system to reincarnate him.
• A powerful WAAAGH! voice seized Liu’s soul and drew him into a green ocean, where he witnessed Gork and Mork wrestling.

Gork and Mork sent Liu Zhipeng to Cadia to provoke a spectacular fight, empowering his soul with WAAAGH! energy before he returned to his body. Grotsnik’s surgery transformed Toothy Big Chomper into a half-Ork, half-machine, part-Tyranid monstrosity, who rebooted with his consciousness intact.

• Gork and Mork called the battle at Octarius boring and showed Liu Zhipeng the standoff around Cadia.
• Gork and Mork ordered Liu Zhipeng to go to Cadia and start a fight so the gods and the Emperor would witness a proper WAAAGH!.
• Gork and Mork struck Liu Zhipeng with their fists and flooded his soul with WAAAGH! energy.
• Grotsnik finished operating on Toothy Big Chomper, replacing part of his head with machinery and adding Tyranid neural tissue.
• Toothy Big Chomper rebooted, sat up, and scanned the Orks with a cybernetic eye as his system reported that the upgrade was complete.

Liu Zhipeng recovered with a new half-flesh, half-steel head and received Bonecrusher's support for a crusade beyond the Octarius sector. He led three rebuilt cruisers toward Cadia and the Eye of Terror to fight Chaos and other foes.

• Liu Zhipeng rose from the operating table after Grotsnik replaced his head, feeling empowered by Gork and Mork's blessing.
• Liu Zhipeng met Bonecrusher, who praised his victory over the bugs and granted his request to take a WAAAGH! beyond the sector.
• Bonecrusher gave Liu Zhipeng three rebuilt Slaughter-class cruisers and permission to choose their crews.
• A week later, Liu Zhipeng and the Big Tooth Gang departed the Octarius sector aboard the three warships.
• Liu Zhipeng announced that their destination was Cadia and rallied the crew to fight the forces waiting there.

Liu Zhipeng guided his Ork fleet through the Warp toward Cadia, where the Black Legion was overrunning the planet and Abaddon prepared to kill Ursark E. Creed. The fleet emerged near Cadia as Abaddon raised his Talon of Horus over the wounded Creed.

• A three-armed Mekboy threatened the fleet’s Warp engine, and the ships plunged into the Warp.
• Liu Zhipeng navigated the fleet through Warp hazards while Big'un vomited from the journey.
• A Gretchin spotted a giant eye, and Liu Zhipeng ordered the fleet to prepare to leave the Warp.
• The Black Legion breached Cadia’s defenses as Cadian soldiers continued fighting across the planet.
• Abaddon taunted the wounded Creed and raised his Power Claw to kill him.

Ork ships attacked the Planet Killer, forcing Abaddon to abandon his confrontation with Creed and return to his flagship. As Abaddon prepared to teleport, Celestine reappeared and struck him from behind with the Blade of the Seraphim.

• Three Ork ships rammed the Planet Killer, and the largest bored into its hull with a Siege Drill.
• The Planet Killer's bridge commander told Abaddon that the Orks had drilled into the ship.
• Abaddon ordered his forces to teleport back to the Planet Killer and warned Creed that he would return to destroy Cadia.
• Celestine appeared behind Abaddon as he prepared to teleport and stabbed him through a weak junction in his Terminator Armour.

Living Saint Celestine wounded Abaddon, who escaped through a collapsing Warp Rift and emerged on the Ork-infested bridge of the Planet Killer. Liu Zhipeng mocked the fallen Warmaster as Abaddon ordered his Chaos Terminator bodyguards to attack.

• Living Saint Celestine struck Abaddon, but he held her sword in place and escaped through the Warp Rift with his bodyguards.
• Celestine remained among the ruins while Ursark E. Creed looked on with awe and gratitude.
• Liu Zhipeng and the Big Tooth Gang ransacked the Planet Killer’s bridge and turned it into an Ork scrapyard.
• Abaddon and his battered Chaos Terminators tumbled out of an unstable rift onto the bridge, where Abaddon saw Liu Zhipeng seated on his throne.
• Liu Zhipeng mocked Abaddon, who ordered his bodyguards to tear the Orks apart.

Liu Zhipeng and the Big Tooth Gang fought Abaddon and his Chaos Terminators aboard the Chaos flagship. Liu overwhelmed the wounded Abaddon with a kick, leaving him battered on the deck.

• Big'un and the Big Tooth Gang bodyguards charged the Chaos Terminators, with Big'un smashing the lead Terminator's head.
• The Orks used their strength and heavy armor to overpower the Chaos Terminators in a bloody melee.
• Liu Zhipeng cut through the Chaos forces and confronted Abaddon directly.
• Abaddon met Liu's Power Battle Axe with the Talon of Horus, but the impact drove him to one knee.
• Abaddon struck at Liu with Drach'nyen, but Liu dodged and kicked his wounded abdomen, hurling him into a ruined console.

Liu Zhipeng crushed Abaddon unconscious, then fought Khârn and Lucius after the Planet Killer’s intelligence teleported them onto the bridge. The battle was interrupted by an urgent warning that enemy forces had boarded his ship and surrounded it with more vessels.

• The Planet Killer’s emergency protocol teleported Khârn and Lucius onto the bridge as Liu Zhipeng was about to finish Abaddon.
• Khârn charged Liu Zhipeng while Lucius attacked him with his whip, and Liu Zhipeng stomped Abaddon unconscious before turning to face them.
• Liu Zhipeng blocked Khârn’s attack, then used a hidden mechanical tentacle to fling Lucius into Khârn and disrupt their assault.
• Liu Zhipeng fought both Chaos champions at once, using his strength and cunning to keep them off balance.
• An urgent message warned Liu Zhipeng that enemy forces had boarded his ship, his crew was struggling to hold them back, and more ships had surrounded them.

Liu Zhipeng ordered the Big Tooth Gang to prepare an explosive escape as Chaos forces closed in, but he and his bodyguards were trapped on the bridge. As Us the Desecrator reached the bridge doors, a strange emerald-green power erupted from beyond them.

• Chaos warships and Black Legion troops overwhelmed the Planet Killer while the Big Tooth Gang held the breach at the cost of many Ork lives.
• Liu Zhipeng broke away from Khârn and Lucius and ordered Big'un to pack their ships and drills with explosives.
• Liu Zhipeng told the Boyz to grab loot and prepare to flee, but Lucius, Khârn, and arriving Chaos Terminators surrounded him and his remaining bodyguards.
• Us the Desecrator led Black Legion elites through the last Ork defenses and charged toward the bridge to rescue Abaddon.
• A powerful emerald-green flame erupted beyond the bridge doors, freezing Us and his warriors with its unfamiliar presence.

Toothy Big Chomper and the Orks unleashed a soul-powered explosion aboard the Planet Killer that devastated the Black Legion and left Cadia’s defenders able to counterattack. Toothy’s fourth life ended, and he received a new ability before his fifth life began.

• The souls of the Ork Boyz who had followed Toothy Big Chomper joined the Primordial Fire, unleashing a vast soul shock wave from the Planet Killer’s bridge.
• The shock wave erased Uss and thousands of Black Legion warriors, tore apart Lucius’s soul, and began to crush Khârn’s resistance.
• Abaddon escaped through a teleportation passage with his last Terminator guards, then learned Khârn and Lucius were near death and the Black Legion had lost tens of thousands of warriors.
• Abaddon discovered that Celestine and Imperium reinforcements had stabilized Cadia’s front and begun counterattacks, then roared his hatred of the Orks.
• Toothy Big Chomper’s fourth life ended, and he gained the permanent passive ability Glory of Bloodshed as his fifth life was set to begin.

Liu Zhipeng awakened as a Necron Overlord in an Aeldari palace, killed the guards, and was destroyed when Slaanesh was born. Reanimation Protocols transferred him to a reserve body, which awoke surrounded by countless Orks.

• Liu Zhipeng emerged from his sarcophagus as a Necron Overlord in an Aeldari palace.
• Aeldari guards fired at Liu Zhipeng, but their shots bounced harmlessly off his body.
• Liu Zhipeng killed the Aeldari guards with his War Scythe.
• Slaanesh's birth tore apart the palace and star system, and the resulting Warp power destroyed Liu Zhipeng's body.
• Reanimation Protocols transferred Liu Zhipeng's consciousness to a reserve body.
• Liu Zhipeng's second sarcophagus was kicked open, revealing a crowd of Orks around him.

Liu Zhipeng awoke as a Necron Overlord in an Ork arena instead of a Tomb World and killed the warboss Gurlo 'Ironhead'. He fought off the Orks until their overwhelming numbers and a Gargant destroyed him.

• Liu Zhipeng woke in a sarcophagus surrounded by Orks roaring in an arena built from scrap and wreckage.
• Liu Zhipeng gave the Orks the middle finger, and they responded by roaring even louder.
• Gurlo 'Ironhead' challenged Liu Zhipeng for his armor and weapon, but Liu Zhipeng used Phase shift and killed him with his War Scythe.
• The Orks accepted Liu Zhipeng as their new strongest boss and charged him in a massive assault.
• Liu Zhipeng killed Orks until his body cracked and his energy core neared overload, then an Ork Gargant stomped him and the horde tore him apart.

Liu Zhipeng awakened in a workshop aboard a spacecraft, where he killed Tech-Sage Kastor Alpha and stole his identity. Disguised as Kastor, he planned to gather information and find his Tomb World.

• Liu Zhipeng discovered that his Tomb World network denied his connection and scanned the area outside his sarcophagus.
• He heard a Tech-Sage praising the Omnissiah and opened the sarcophagus, choosing to seize the initiative.
• Liu Zhipeng disabled Kastor Alpha, stole his memories and knowledge, and erased his backup from a database on Mars.
• He examined the spacecraft workshop and decided to use Kastor's appearance as a disguise.
• Liu Zhipeng reshaped his living metal to imitate Kastor Alpha's robes, machinery, scent, height, and posture.

Castor, formerly Liu Zhipeng, realized he was aboard an Iron Hands warship bound for the Isstvan V Dropsite Massacre. He decided to use his foreknowledge to survive and began weighing ways to avert disaster without exposing himself.

• Castor identified the mission details and recognized the coming betrayal at Isstvan V.
• He ruled out fleeing because the warship was crowded with Space Marines and Mechanicus personnel who would capture and study him if they discovered he was a Necron.
• He resolved to use his knowledge of history to find a chance of survival for himself and the loyal warriors.
• He rejected contacting Terra or Mars because warp storms made communication unreliable and the attempt could reveal him.
• He rejected warning Ferrus Manus directly, fearing the Primarch would treat him as a traitor and kill him.

Liu Zhipeng forged evidence of a traitorous conspiracy to persuade Vulkan and Corvus Corax that Ferrus Manus was walking into a trap. He hid the encrypted packet in his disguised body and waited for the Salamanders and Raven Guard fleets to arrive.

• Liu Zhipeng decided to approach Vulkan and Corvus Corax after concluding he could not convince Ferrus Manus directly.
• He entered the Iron Fist’s logic engine under Kastor Alpha’s identity and searched its communications records.
• Liu Zhipeng used genuine message fragments to forge an exchange between Horus and Lorgar that described the planned betrayal at Isstvan V.
• He stored the forged evidence in an isolated memory unit, erased the traces of his work, and left the logic engine.
• Liu Zhipeng waited for Vulkan and Corax’s fleets to arrive so he could present them with the evidence.

Liu Zhipeng studied Great Crusade knowledge aboard the Iron Fist and engineered a reason to enter its strategic command center. As the ship reached the Isstvan System, he gained access to the Heart of Iron, where Ferrus Manus, Vulkan, and Corax had gathered.

• Liu Zhipeng spent the voyage absorbing knowledge about Great Crusade technology, Space Marine tactics, the Mechanicum, and the Legions.
• The Iron Fist emerged from the Warp near Isstvan, where the Salamanders and Raven Guard fleets joined the Iron Hands.
• Liu Zhipeng told Tegma-1101 that his sensors had detected a dangerous, anomalous Warp signal and claimed he alone could safely extract its information.
• Tegma-1101 agreed to take Liu Zhipeng to the Heart of Iron so he could present his findings to the Primarchs.
• Liu Zhipeng entered the strategic command center, where Ferrus Manus, Vulkan, and Corax stood together.

Ferrus Manus, Vulkan, and Corax debated the dangers of attacking Horus on Isstvan V when Sage Kastor Alpha presented what he claimed was an intercepted directive implicating Lorgar and the Word Bearers in a betrayal. Ferrus Manus rejected the evidence as a lie, leaving the Primarchs facing a crisis of trust.

• Ferrus Manus vowed to attack Horus on Isstvan V, while Vulkan and Corax warned that the loyalists might be walking into a trap.
• Tigmus introduced Sage Kastor Alpha, who claimed to have recovered critical information from an encrypted rebel transmission.
• Kastor presented a supposed directive from Horus to Lorgar Aurelian that described a plan to betray the loyalists and establish a new Imperium.
• Ferrus Manus reacted with fury and disbelief, and Vulkan urged him to stay calm and verify the evidence.