Recaps

Han Mingxuan cured Russ’s gene-seed mutation and helped expose the Emperor’s plans, then left Terra as Curze founded the Inquisition and enforced the law. On Nostramo, Han restored Necrons and advised Corax as he transformed Lycaeus, before Corax arrived to seek his help developing the world.

• Han Mingxuan cured Russ’s Canis Helix with Fenris water, triggering a controlled Wulfen transformation across the Space Wolves fleet, and later chose Sejanus and Garviel Loken for anti-corruption work.
• Han Mingxuan returned to Terra to face a petition from millions of nobles, but the Emperor pardoned them after Curze exposed their crimes, leaving Han and Konrad suspicious of the Emperor’s motives.
• Han Mingxuan gave the Primarchs political writings and left Terra for Nostramo, while Curze established the Inquisition and began enforcing the Evernight Code against nobles.
• Trazyn reunited with the Silent King, who met Han Mingxuan on Nostramo and learned that Han could restore Necron souls, and Han later visited the revived population at Solemnace.
• Han Mingxuan spent three years reviving Necrons and strengthening Nostramo, while Samir urged Corax to abandon his lenient rule and use the Evernight Code to transform Lycaeus.
• Corax crushed resistance on Lycaeus, destroyed Kiavahr’s industrial system, and completed the world’s transformation before visiting Nostramo with Samir.
• Han Mingxuan gave Corax Curze’s governance reports, promised help developing Lycaeus, and asked him to bring Nobira Gulsartu and Renato Gulsartu back to the Imperium.

Han Mingxuan returned to Terra as the anti-corruption campaign reached its final stage, then reunited with his sons and inspected the Legions while shaping their reforms and recruits. The arc left him on Lycaeus, where he discovered that Curze had secretly published the Evernight Epic and summoned the Council of the Long Night to face him.

• Corax kicked the Emperor at Han Mingxuan’s request, and the Primarchs witnessed the incident before agreeing to keep it secret.
• Perturabo and Corax built up Lycaeus, while Defensio returned to Nostramo and Dorn learned from Han Mingxuan that the Imperial Fists needed to become attackers as well as defenders.
• Curze brought Corax and the XIX Legion into the final Scouring, and Han Mingxuan revealed that the anti-corruption campaign would leave only one percent of the Imperium’s nobles.
• Renato and Nobilia led nobles to Nostramo, where Han Mingxuan pardoned them, then returned to Terra and ordered Urtana to finish the campaign under the Evernight Code.
• Han Mingxuan confronted Erda over abandoning the Primarchs, helped Sanguinius overcome the Red Thirst and awaken his power of Order, and warned the brothers that their grim visions could come to pass.
• Han Mingxuan inspected the Luna Wolves, gave Angron the Demon-Slaying Drum, encouraged Khârn to study, and gave Vulkan a powerful brush while settling Legion recruitment plans.
• Han Mingxuan reached Lycaeus and discovered that Corax had published the Evernight Epic in violation of the Evernight Code, prompting Curze to summon the Council of the Long Night.
• Han Mingxuan visited Corax’s home, where Eurydice welcomed him as the Father of Night.

Han Mingxuan confronted the Warp Gods, guided the Primarchs toward leadership and reform, and helped Lion El'Jonson and Perturabo make pivotal changes. The stretch ends as Han arrives among the Emperor’s Children for a banquet whose main entertainment is yet to come.

• Han Mingxuan punished Curze and the Council of the Long Night for writing the Evernight Epic, then challenged Erebus and took Lorgar and Perturabo to Commorragh to expose his corruption.
• Han Mingxuan faced the Warp Gods, rejected their proposed deals, and discussed coexistence with Khorne after Khorne returned his positive authority as a sword.
• Han Mingxuan warned Curze about his personality cult and urged the Primarchs to write works that honored humanity, prompting Curze to revise the Evernight Epic.
• Han Mingxuan gave Lion El'Jonson The Nonexistent Knight, and Lion rejected a rigid ideal of Chivalry before attempting to transform Aequus with his own stem cells.
• After Aequus’s transformation sparked a dispute, Lion returned to Terra and accepted appointment as Departmento Munitorum Minister.
• Perturabo apologized to Olympia and began rebuilding it with the people’s support, while Han Mingxuan brought Angrak to help Kellifani arrange cooperation with the Evolutionists.
• Han Mingxuan traveled to the Third Legion, met Fulgrim and his companions, and joined the Emperor’s Children’s welcoming banquet.

Han Mingxuan helped the Primarchs confront corruption and reform the Iron Hands while Slaanesh and Nurgle revealed their plans and warnings. The arc ended with Mortarion preparing to relocate Barbarus to the Peaceful Star System and Han promising to consult the Necrontyr.

• Han Mingxuan gave Fulgrim and Akurduana swords, watched them perform a sword dance, and asked the Silent King to keep Akurduana alive if Lucius became an Eternal.
• Slaanesh offered to help Fulgrim pass six days of trials in exchange for time alone with Han Mingxuan, while Han prepared Fulgrim with an eyepatch, power, and a spell against temptation.
• The Emperor and Malcador learned from Oll Persson that Klein had vanished after using Enuncia to create something capable of destroying the world, and the Emperor later found Klein’s hidden cane and confronted Tzeentch.
• Lion El'Jonson and his brothers investigated corruption in the Imperium, while Han Mingxuan and Trazyn pressured Kelbor-Hal over the Adeptus Mechanicus’s use of Necrontyr technology.
• Han Mingxuan proposed an Honor Expeditionary Force for repentant hereditary nobles, then helped Ferrus Manus address the Iron Hands’ culture by bringing Agrid to challenge their warriors and arranging for Ferrus’s Living Metal to be forged into gloves.
• Magnus and the Thousand Sons defeated the Iron Hands in training, and Han Mingxuan sent Ferrus Manus’s Scions to the Administratum, where Roboute Guilliman would receive them.
• Horus entered the civil service and took charge of the Departmento Munitorum, Administratum, and Department of Justice, allowing Lion El'Jonson, Curze, Sanguinius, and Roboute to leave for a vacation on Nostramo.
• Han Mingxuan exposed Typhon’s allegiance to Nurgle, then heard Nurgle’s prophecy of a future filled with despair and received Isha’s golden flower containing her authority over life.
• Han Mingxuan gave Nurgle a lycoris symbolizing death and reincarnation, then returned to the XIV Legion and told Szarekh to prepare the Necrons for another War in Heaven if despair consumed the world.
• Mortarion decided to deal with Typhon himself and asked Han Mingxuan to help relocate Barbarus to the Peaceful Star System, which Han agreed to discuss with the Necrontyr.