Chapter Summaries

Ghazghkull defeated Urrak Ugg and used concentrated Krork spores to awaken his dormant genetic potential, transforming him into a rational, powerful Krork. Urrak pledged himself to Ghazghkull, who appointed him commander of the Ork First Legion and revealed that a Tyranid Swarm Catastrophe was approaching.

• Urrak Ugg launched a final attack, but Ghazghkull crushed his Power Claw and knocked him down.
• Ghazghkull pinned Urrak and blasted him with concentrated Krork primeval spores.
• Urrak endured a painful transformation as his body strengthened and his mind regained ancient Krork knowledge.
• Urrak rose transformed, thanked Ghazghkull, and pledged his body and soul to him.
• Ghazghkull warned Urrak about the approaching Tyranid Swarm Catastrophe and appointed him Ork First Legion Commander.

Gork and Mork fought the Chaos gods in a brutal brawl in the Warp until both Ork gods suddenly felt their power weakening. The Chaos gods noticed their vulnerability and prepared to take advantage of it.

• Khorne hurled his Brass Throne at Gork, who caught it and swung it into Nurgle, bursting the Plague Father's belly.
• Tzeentch fashioned a whip from Nurgle's plague broth and struck at Mork, but Mork dodged and kicked half of Tzeentch's face into fragments.
• Khorne attacked Gork with an axe while Nurgle threw a potent plague at the Ork gods.
• Mork and Gork felt unexpectedly weak, and Gork realized their power was diminishing.
• The Chaos gods noticed Gork and Mork's weakness and taunted them as they considered their next attacks.

Gork and Mork discovered that Ghazghkull was transforming Orks across the galaxy into disciplined, scientifically minded Krork who had severed their connection to the Warp. As Ghazghkull’s forces spread this transformation, the gods’ supply of faith dwindled and their existence came under threat.

• Gork and Mork sent their perceptions into the material universe and found Ork worlds eerily silent, with their inhabitants no longer fighting.
• Gork and Mork saw Orks working in precise factories and attending disciplined lectures on science and engineering.
• Gork and Mork traced the transformation to Ghazghkull and witnessed him forcibly awakening Orks with primordial Krork spores.
• The newly awakened Krork cut off their faith conduits to Gork and Mork and turned to science, physical laws, and their own weapons.
• Ghazghkull’s black fleet spread across the galaxy as more Orks awakened and severed their faith, leaving Gork and Mork’s power rapidly declining.

Gork and Mork tore open a rift to the material universe to attack the thief who had stolen their boyz and faith, but Liu Zhipeng seized the moment to drain their essences. The Three Gods of Chaos rushed to claim the power as Gork and Mork were being erased.

• Gork and Mork tore open a rift from the Warp to the black Krork fleet’s star region and charged through to find the thief.
• Liu Zhipeng matched the WAAAGH! energy and sent golden arms from the Golden Star through Gork and Mork’s bodies.
• Liu Zhipeng drained Gork and Mork’s divine essences and began burning away their consciousnesses.
• Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch attacked Liu Zhipeng and the two gods to seize their power.

Liu Zhipeng absorbed Gork and Mork, gained overwhelming power, and drove Nurgle to flee while Tzeentch found no way to defeat him. Tzeentch began a desperate move to keep Liu Zhipeng from seizing his essence.

• Liu Zhipeng devoured Gork and Mork, then unleashed golden divine fire that destroyed Khorne's attack, burned Nurgle's entrail, and wrecked Tzeentch's Crystal Labyrinth.
• Liu Zhipeng emerged in a colossal golden form and taunted the three Chaos Gods.
• Nurgle fled to Nurgle's Garden, sealed its gates with locks and nails, and vowed not to leave.
• Tzeentch calculated countless battle outcomes and concluded that every path led to Liu Zhipeng defeating him.
• Tzeentch declared that Liu Zhipeng would never seize his essence and began radiating destructive light.

Liu Zhipeng defeated the Chaos Gods in the Warp, leaving Slaanesh and Khorne mindless, Nurgle in hiding, and Tzeentch scattered into fragments. The elven gods watched in terror as Asuryan realized their age of pride had ended.

• Tzeentch shattered his consciousness into fragments to escape permanent destruction and scattered them throughout the Warp.
• Khorne charged Liu Zhipeng, who shattered his greatsword and erased Khorne's independent consciousness with Golden Judgment.
• Liu Zhipeng stood victorious after the Four Gods' struggle for supremacy ended, with Slaanesh and Khorne mindless, Nurgle sealed away, and Tzeentch dispersed.
• Khaine, Isha, Cegorach, and Asuryan watched Liu Zhipeng's victory from a hidden dimension and trembled in fear.
• Asuryan recognized that the elven gods' age of pride had come to an end.

Silent King Szarekh returned to the Milky Way expecting to find it consumed by the Great Devourer, but discovered a powerful alliance holding the Tyranids back. He secretly investigated humanity and found a seemingly flawless, highly advanced society.

• Szarekh brought his Royal Guard fleet back from exile and saw a vast defensive line fighting the Tyranids at the galaxy's edge.
• He recognized the disciplined black-armored giants as Krork and saw Aeldari Craftworlds fighting beside them.
• Szarekh discovered that humans commanded golden warships and coordinated the allied forces, despite having been primitive apes when he left the galaxy.
• Wary that the alliance could destroy the Necrons, Szarekh concealed his fleet and entered the galaxy alone using phase-cloaking technology.
• Szarekh spent months observing an Imperium of Man fringe world and found that human society lacked religion and its people appeared genetically optimized, healthy, and long-lived.

Szarekh discovered that the Necrons had been devastated by humanity and corrupted by madness, and he considered destroying every Tomb World rather than let his people suffer. Before he could act, a young human casually entered the tomb and effortlessly neutralized Szarekh’s weapons.

• Szarekh intercepted humanity’s broadcasts and learned that the Grand Unification Alliance planned to invade the Tyranids’ realm beyond the galaxy.
• Szarekh surveyed Necron Tomb Worlds and found many destroyed by humanity and the Krork, while surviving Necrons had succumbed to the Flayer Curse and Destroyer madness.
• In a ruined Throne Room, Szarekh considered activating the Necrons’ ultimate self-destruct program.
• A young human man strolled into the forbidden tomb, and Szarekh attacked him with C’tan energy whips and a tachyon arrow.
• The young man casually waved away the attack; the energy whips vanished, the C’tan Shards cowered, and the arrow dropped harmlessly to the floor.

Liu Zhipeng offered Szarekh a cure for the Necrons’ madness and the chance to regain flesh and blood in exchange for joining the alliance against the Tyranids. Szarekh accepted, and after Liu healed the afflicted Necrons across the galaxy, he ordered a realm-wide awakening.

• Liu Zhipeng immobilized Szarekh and explained that the C'tan could not grant the Silent King's wish for redemption.
• Liu offered to cure the Necrons and grant Szarekh rebirth after the war if the Necrons joined the alliance against the Tyranids.
• Szarekh accepted Liu's proposal on behalf of the Necron race.
• Liu sent golden power through the Necron quantum network, curing the Flayed Ones and those afflicted by Destroyer madness.
• Szarekh activated the realm-wide awakening protocol and commanded the Necrons to crush the Tyranid Swarm.

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.