Recaps

Han Mingxuan took Mortarion to Nuceria to confront Angron’s suffering and help both Primarchs resist the Chaos Gods. After the battle, he returned to Terra and pressed the Emperor to take responsibility for building relationships with his sons.

• Curze welcomed the successful candidates into the Justiciar Legion, while Han Mingxuan hosted the Primarchs for dinner and assigned them kitchen duties.
• Han Mingxuan gave gifts to several Primarchs, then sent Curze to take command of his Legion, join the Adeptus Arbites, and target Kor Phaeron and Erebus.
• Han Mingxuan brought Mortarion, Sevatar, and the Sisters of Silence to Nostramo, where Jia’s body was completed and Mortarion rested in Light-Bathed Square.
• Han Mingxuan, Jia, Mortarion, and Sevatar traveled to Nuceria, where Han explained the Warp Gods and the Primarchs’ origins before Mortarion went to contact Angron.
• Han Mingxuan entered the gladiatorial contest undercover and confronted the Chaos Gods, while Mortarion and Angron prepared to fight and the nobles plotted to implant Angron with the Butcher’s Nails.
• Han Mingxuan sabotaged the nobles’ plans and summoned help as Mortarion defeated Nurgle’s avatar and Sevatar faced Khorne’s trials over justice.
• Mortarion joined Angron in Khorne’s arena, and Han Mingxuan beat his war drums as Lorgar, Imotekh, and their forces helped defeat the daemons.
• Han Mingxuan arranged for Nuceria’s rebuilding, informed the Emperor that Curze had renamed his Legion the Midnight Reapers, and later urged the Emperor to find Corax and speak properly with Angron.

Han Mingxuan reorganized the Eighth Legion as a supply escort, and Curze led it through several battles while drawing other Legions into Imperial administration. The story left Han on New Nostramo, where Oll Persson revealed the Perpetuals’ support and gave him an Obsidian Bracelet containing Enuncia.

• Sevatar told Curze that Mortarion had improved on Nuceria but attacked their father, so Curze lured him to a staged Octagon inspection and challenged him to spar.
• Han Mingxuan took in Nobira and Renato Gulsartu, then offered Curze a transfer to the Department of General Affairs as a Special Transport Corps, retaining thirteen percent of the Eighth Legion’s judicial authority.
• Han assigned Perturabo and the IV Legion to build defenses on conquered worlds, while the Eighth Legion mobilized to escort supply convoys and bring Imperial law to them.
• Sandamel turned the Nightfall and its escorts into a high-speed fleet, and Curze led the Eighth Legion to aid the Dark Angels and Salamanders against Xenos forces.
• Curze delivered supplies to Sanguinius and led the Eighth Legion against rebels, using the Evernight Network, Agrid’s bombardment, and Sevatar’s charge to destroy the enemy in under half an hour.
• Curze and Sanguinius arranged for their Legion officers to serve in the Administratum, while Han Mingxuan left with Malcador for Nostramo and planned a later visit to Solemnace.
• On New Nostramo, Oll Persson revealed that many of the oldest Perpetuals had gathered there and pledged to protect Han Mingxuan.
• Oll Persson told Han Mingxuan about his split with Neoth over Enuncia and gave him an Obsidian Bracelet containing it.

Han Mingxuan restored the Necrontyr, then helped the Primarchs and their Legions navigate new alliances before turning his attention to corruption on Terra. The arc ended with him escalating the campaign against the nobility and ordering severe punishments as Curze recalled the Eighth Legion.

• Han Mingxuan restored the Necrontyr on Solemnace, and Trazyn organized their gradual awakening while Imotekh offered them a new home among the stars.
• Han Mingxuan helped Malcador recruit Nostramo reservists to fight corruption, and Slazov led them as the Evernight Reserve under the Evernight Code and the Red-Black Ledger.
• Curze and the Primarchs gathered on Nostramo, where they negotiated an exchange of Legion members and watched the Evernight warriors spar.
• Angron helped Han Mingxuan recognize that the future had become uncertain, and Han decided to shape events himself by joining Malcador's anti-corruption campaign.
• Han Mingxuan arranged for Roboute Guilliman to assist the campaign on Terra, then led Slazov's forces to arrest Malcador and recruited two Primarchs to investigate the nobles.
• When the nobles united against him, Han Mingxuan ordered Alpharius to deploy the Evernight Judges Legion, sought support from Corax and other Legions, and gained the Emperor's approval to replace nearly all the old nobility.
• Han Mingxuan ordered Slazov to execute everyone on the first seventy percent of his list of suspected criminals, while Curze recalled the Eighth Legion from the front lines.

Han Mingxuan led a sweeping anti-corruption campaign on Terra, then traveled to confront dangers and help troubled Primarchs. After facing Slaanesh and Tzeentch on Prospero, he headed to Russ’s fleet to investigate the Word Bearers.

• Han Mingxuan and Curze began the Scouring of Terra, executing corrupt nobles while Roboute Guilliman and the Emperor secured support for the purge.
• After an assassin targeted Han Mingxuan, he ordered Lion El'Jonson to eliminate the assassin’s family and other traitors, and the Dark Angels carried out the purge.
• Near Prospero, Slaanesh transported Han Mingxuan’s ship to a daemon planet, warned him of dangers within the Imperium, and gave him several gifts.
• Han Mingxuan forced Magnus out of seclusion, trained him to face the Soul-Devouring Bees, and helped cure the Thousand Sons afflicted by Flesh Change.
• Han Mingxuan arranged further covert action against Terra’s nobles and confronted Tzeentch, refusing to bargain or let the Chaos God exploit his family.
• Han Mingxuan gave Slaanesh the gem she wanted and traveled with Sevatar and Lao Xin to Russ’s fleet, where Russ revealed that Lorgar and the Word Bearers were present.