Chapter Summaries

The Night Haunter told Otani about his father, Han Mingxuan, and presented the Evernight Code as his father’s greatest work. He taught Sevatar the Code and its legal principles, then pardoned him and offered him a chance to start over.

• Otani asked the Night Haunter about his father, and he described Han Mingxuan as a learned teacher who had saved his soul.
• The Night Haunter showed Otani the Evernight Code and recalled how Han Mingxuan had recognized and answered his letter.
• The Night Haunter ordered Sevatar to transcribe and memorize the Code, teaching him its articles through examples from judged cases.
• Sevatar studied the Code for several days, and its lessons helped ease the Prophecy that had tormented him.
• After testing Sevatar on cases for a month, the Night Haunter declared that he had passed and pardoned his crimes, giving him a chance to start over.
• Sevatar knelt before the Night Haunter and praised his mercy and wisdom.

Han Mingxuan attended Dante’s meeting to reorganize the Ninth Legion’s successor Chapters, where the Chapter Masters mistook Dante’s changed appearance for their Gene-Father and sought his guidance. The reforms passed unanimously, but the meeting ended in conflict when the Chapter Masters tried to draw Dante away from the Blood Angels for years.

• Han Mingxuan and the Night Haunter set out for the Eye of Terror with Sevatar to find the Tattoo-faced Earl and use the Evernight Code against Chaos.
• Han Mingxuan arrived in the Baal System and agreed to attend Dante’s meeting to reorganize the Ninth Legion’s successor Chapters.
• The Chapter Masters mistook Dante for the Great Angel because of his appearance, and Dante told them he had changed after waking from a coma.
• Dante’s reorganization proposals passed unanimously as the Chapter Masters pledged their support to him.
• The Flesh Tearers’ Chapter Master and others asked Dante to visit their Chapters for years, and Mephiston denounced their attempt to keep him away from the Blood Angels.

Dante agreed to oversee the Blood Angels’ reorganization and asked Han Mingxuan to accompany him on visits to the Chapters. Han Mingxuan questioned Yor about the Knights of Blood’s gene-seed and the circulation of his books, leaving Dante to admit there had been discrepancies.

• Dante presented reorganization regulations and said he would visit the Chapters with Han Mingxuan after their first stage of work was complete.
• Han Mingxuan agreed to accompany Dante, then introduced himself as a teacher when Chapter Master Yor asked who he was.
• Han Mingxuan asked Yor about the Knights of Blood’s genetic flaws and gene-seed, but Yor insisted the Chapter had no difficulties and a stable supply.
• Han Mingxuan said the Evernight Code would soon change their gene-seed, surprising the Chapter Masters who had not been told of the books’ effects.
• Dante confessed that there had been discrepancies in how the two books had been circulated, and Han Mingxuan realized he was hinting at something.

Han Mingxuan confronted Dante about how widely the Blood Angels had shared two books, then traveled with Mephiston to the Lamenters' recruitment world. There, he discovered that Trazyn's promised support had arrived, including immense military resources and thousands of powerful Staffs.

• Han Mingxuan questioned Dante about whether every Blood Angels successor Chapter knew the Evernight Code and the Literary Pivot of Splendid Chapters, and Dante admitted the material had only reached senior officers and some of the Blood Angels.
• Han Mingxuan agreed to give Dante time to spread the books and left for the Lamenters' recruitment world with Mephiston, while Dante sent Mephiston to accompany him.
• At Dolores, Han Mingxuan learned Chapter Master Malakim was away purging threats in the surrounding sectors.
• Mephiston noticed a Blackstone ring on Han Mingxuan's hand, and Han Mingxuan entered it to speak with Trazyn.
• Trazyn revealed that the ring contained weapons, Titans, Legion production lines, Gene-seed, dormant Necrontyr worlds, a Gloriana-class Battleship, World Engines, and tens of thousands of Staffs.
• Han Mingxuan woke from the exchange with a pitch-black Staff in place of the wooden one he had been carrying.

Han Mingxuan arranged for the Necrontyr to prepare bodies for ten thousand of their people and personally taught the Lamenters the Evernight Code. After the first Necrontyr fleet arrived at Dolores, this world's Silent King noticed its use of Necron technology and ordered an investigation.

• Han Mingxuan met Necron Phaeron Setekh Krate in the linked dimensional spaces and told him to prepare ten thousand bodies for revival.
• Han Mingxuan read letters and watched a recording from the Legions, then met Malakim on Dolores and offered to teach the entire Lamenters Chapter the Evernight Code.
• Han Mingxuan taught the Lamenters and Mephiston the Evernight Code over the following month and a half.
• Han Mingxuan asked Mephiston to contact Dante about the Blood Angels' preparations and told Malakim to admit an arriving fleet of his people.
• Sinleech sent the necessary Imperial documents through the Warp, and the first revived Necrontyr arrived outside Dolores aboard their fleet.
• The Silent King detected the use of Necron technology and ordered an investigation.

Han Mingxuan settled ten thousand resurrected Necrontyr aboard the Father of the Evernight and learned that he needed to change major events in the 40K timeline to recover more of his soul. The Silent King arrived to investigate a duplicate command message, and Krete claimed that he and his people were Necrontyr while Szarekh was a Necron.

• Han Mingxuan and Krete kept the resurrected Necrontyr hidden in their Dimensional Space and assigned fifty Phaerons to remain with Han Mingxuan.
• Han Mingxuan entrusted the Father of the Evernight to Krete and asked him to enhance Gene-seed, while deciding to recruit people for the Eighth Legion himself.
• Han Mingxuan discovered that his soul's excavation had stopped and concluded that he needed to change important events in the 40K timeline to make further progress.
• The Silent King arrived aboard the Father of the Evernight and demanded that Krete identify his dynasty and awakening time.
• Krete told Szarekh that his people were Necrontyr and Szarekh was a Necron, then changed into traditional Necrontyr clothing to prove his claim.

Krete introduced the Silent King to Han Mingxuan, who gave him a wisp of soul that restored sensations and buried memories. The Silent King left in confusion and began behaving erratically aboard the Father of the Evernight.

• Krete revealed that he had been resurrected and told the Silent King to find Han Mingxuan on the planet for answers.
• The Silent King went to Han Mingxuan's room at night, where Han agreed to speak with him after they shook hands.
• Han Mingxuan placed a faint wisp of soul into the Silent King's forehead, stirring old memories and sensory confusion.
• The Silent King experienced the cold of space and the feel of the ship's deck, then repeatedly marched and bounced in place.
• Krete and another observer concluded that the Silent King's Logic Unit might burn out despite Living Metal's ability to repair itself.

The Silent King calmed down after learning that intense emotions might damage Han Mingxuan’s soul seed, then planned his resurrection and moved to prepare the Necrons for war. Unaware of the Silent King’s actions, Han Mingxuan began secretly recruiting for the Eighth Legion as he anticipated the Battle of Cadia.

• Krete warned the Silent King that his emotional turmoil could damage the soul seed, and the Silent King agreed to operate at minimum power while preparing a flesh body.
• The Silent King learned that Han Mingxuan had resurrected around ten thousand people, though only fifty had come out so far, and urged Krete to protect Han.
• Han Mingxuan told Krete to implant the enhanced Gene-seed only in candidates for the Eighth Legion.
• The Silent King summoned the Necron leaders and proposed putting the Celestial Orrery on standby, but Imotekh refused and left; the Silent King set a vote for one month later.
• Han Mingxuan began secretly recruiting for the Eighth Legion, expecting to support the Imperium in the coming Battle of Cadia.

Han Mingxuan oversaw the Eighth Legion’s rapid recruitment and waited for the Silent King while the Night Haunter entered the Eye of Terror to hunt Warp creatures with the Evernight Code. After attracting the attention of the Warp, the Night Haunter confronted his brother Corvus Corax.

• Han Mingxuan learned that ten thousand recruits had received enhanced Gene-seed and would be ready for battle within six months.
• The Night Haunter took Sevatar and Otani into the Eye of Terror and used his Psychic Power to lure Warp creatures to them.
• Sevatar’s Evernight Code destroyed a Greater Daemon, and the Night Haunter and his companions spent nearly a month hunting Warp creatures across the Warp.
• The Night Haunter’s killings drew the attention of the Warp because the Greater Daemons destroyed by the Code did not resurrect.
• The Night Haunter sensed someone nearby and called out to his brother, Corvus Corax.

The Night Haunter found Corvus in the Warp and defeated him with Han Mingxuan’s disciplinary ruler. He brought the unconscious Lord of Ravens aboard his ship, where Corvus woke but pretended to remain unconscious.

• The Night Haunter called for Corvus and offered to help him rebuild the Raven Guard, but Corvus appeared and denounced him as a traitor and mortal enemy.
• The Night Haunter drew Han Mingxuan’s disciplinary ruler and told Sevatar to stay back before striking Corvus repeatedly.
• The Night Haunter knocked Corvus unconscious, carried him into his ship, and told Sevatar that Corvus was the specialist they needed to find.
• Otani prepared hot water while Sevatar studied the Code, and the Night Haunter watched Corvus, who had secretly awakened and was waiting for a chance to attack.

The Night Haunter defeated Corvus and persuaded him to cooperate by offering to help rebuild the Raven Guard. After the Emperor healed Corvus and explained the Night Haunter’s changes, Corvus agreed to help locate the Chaos faction, though the Night Haunter first ordered him to rest.

• The Night Haunter and Corvus traded accusations and blows until the Night Haunter knocked Corvus down and offered to rebuild his legion in exchange for his help.
• The Night Haunter warned Corvus not to call his father a thief, then the Emperor’s golden light entered Corvus and healed him while speaking with the Night Haunter.
• Corvus recovered, learned from the Emperor about the Night Haunter’s changes, and agreed to cooperate.
• The Night Haunter told Corvus to bathe, change into standard-issue Power Armour, and rest before helping find members of the Chaos faction.

The Night Haunter made Corvus rest and study books to stabilize his damaged soul before they pursued the Chaos factions. After Corvus mapped their gathering places, the Night Haunter prepared the Nine Laws of the Night Bat and the Chaos Purge Decree, intending to use them to see through the Warp.

• The Night Haunter gave Corvus a book and had Sevatar teach him, explaining that his soul needed to be repaired before they hunted traitors.
• The Night Haunter reviewed the Chaos Pollution Prevention and Purification Regulations, including the Chaos Purge Decree, which he planned to use against the Eighth Legion.
• Corvus finished reading the first book, but the Night Haunter made him continue resting and then study the Evernight Code and the Nine Laws of the Night Bat.
• After Corvus's soul stabilized, the Night Haunter asked him to locate Chaos strongholds, and Corvus began marking the places he had observed, including Eighth Legion activity.
• The Night Haunter wrote the Nine Laws of the Night Bat and the Chaos Purge Decree onto parchment with water, saying he wanted to turn on x-ray vision.

The Night Haunter and Corvus hunted the Tattoo-faced Earl through the Warp, using fear to force Daemons to reveal what they knew. Their return drew Khârn the Betrayer and Lucius the Eternal to confront them, and the chapter left Khârn paralyzed by the Night Haunter’s presence.

• The Night Haunter used the Chaos Purge Decree and his fear-inducing power to track targets and compel Daemons to answer him truthfully.
• The Night Haunter and Corvus attacked Daemon strongholds, sparing lesser Daemons to spread word that he had returned and was coming for Jando.
• Khârn the Betrayer and Lucius the Eternal appeared, and Lucius was overcome with fear when he faced the Night Haunter.
• The Night Haunter killed Lucius and burned away his resurrection curse, but a Warp Storm swept Lucius away before he could be finished off.
• The Night Haunter confronted Khârn, who found himself unable to move and saw a radiant, fearless version of himself before him.

The Night Haunter showed Corvus and Sevatar Khârn’s inner fear, then explained that the four Chaos powers were waiting for fate to strengthen them before making their move over Cadia. After sharing an account of his rebirth with Corvus, the Night Haunter found the Nightfall and ordered his crew to board and purge it.

• The Night Haunter revealed Khârn’s fear of his former World Eaters self, then left him alive because only Father could kill the master behind him.
• Khorne took Khârn away and, with the other three powers, resolved to scheme for the coming struggle over Cadia while they waited for fate’s power.
• Corvus asked the Night Haunter about his rebirth, and the Night Haunter recounted decades spent by his father’s side while concealing who had lived them.
• Sevatar reported that they had reached the Nightfall, and the Night Haunter ordered the ship rammed and its occupants purged.
• Jando Sclavoc dismissed reports that the Night Haunter had returned and declared that the Night Lords belonged to him.

The Tattoo-faced Earl planned to use the Nightfall to claim the Eighth Legion and sought the Crown of Night from Zoe Sahar, while the reborn Night Haunter and Sevatar secretly boarded his ship. The Night Haunter dismissed the crown as irrelevant and began gathering evidence against Jando, discovering that the Legion’s hall of honors had become a Warp-corrupted gallery.

• The Tattoo-faced Earl planned to kill Zoe Sahar and reclaim the Crown of Night to establish himself as the Eighth Legion’s rightful master.
• The Night Haunter, Sevatar, and Corvus secretly boarded the Nightfall after debris struck the ship.
• The Night Haunter destroyed the stone throne and told Sevatar that the reborn Eighth Legion no longer needed a throne or crown.
• The Night Haunter and Sevatar searched the ship for evidence against Jando, while Corvus watched from the shadows.
• The Night Haunter and Sevatar found the hall of honors transformed into a living, Warp-corrupted gallery, and Corvus urged them to inspect its next level.

The Night Haunter and his allies prepared to confront the Tattoo-faced Earl, who believed the Nightfall had confirmed his claim to lead the Eighth Legion. On the Hive World, Zoe Sahar and his brothers learned the Nightfall was approaching, but a psychic storm struck before they could escape.

• The Night Haunter found tortured living creatures in the Tattoo-faced Earl’s exhibition hall, granted them death, and returned to the Nightfall with Sevatar and Corvus.
• The Tattoo-faced Earl took the Nightfall’s response as proof that he was the Eighth Legion’s heir, and Jando killed a possessed Night Lord before the crew acclaimed him as their lord.
• Corvus mocked the Chaos-corrupted Scions while the Night Haunter expected the Tattoo-faced Earl to die that night.
• Zoe Sahar lived in the Underhive with Valier and Decimus, who said he had seen the Nightfall and the Tattoo-faced Earl in a vision.
• Sahar decided they had to flee with the Crown of Night, but Decimus knocked him down as a psychic storm shook the Hive City.
• Sahar and his brothers emerged to find a crimson sky and realized someone was attacking the Hive City.

Jando led his Chaos forces to seize the Crown of Night while the Night Haunter and Corvus fought to reclaim the Nightfall. As Jando confronted Sahar on the planet, Sahar recognized the returning Night Haunter, leaving Jando’s claim to the title in doubt.

• Thousand Sons Sorcerers and Death Guard attacked Sahar’s group on the planet, while Jando fought Drukhari aboard the Nightfall.
• Jando left his followers to hold the Drukhari back and landed on the planet to find Sahar.
• The Night Haunter and Corvus fought through the Nightfall, purged its Chaos traitors, and prepared to pursue Jando.
• Jando confronted Sahar and demanded the Crown of Night, claiming to be the new Night Haunter and offering Sahar a place in his warband.
• Sahar called out “Night Haunter,” and the true Night Haunter greeted him from nearby.

The Night Haunter appeared before Jando and Sahar, and Jando refused to believe his Gene-Father had returned. After defeating the Chaos forces and restoring Jando’s reason with a ruler, the Night Haunter prepared to take control of his legion and judge it.

• Jando mistook the Night Haunter, the Lord of Ravens, and Sevatar for an illusion and declared that everyone from Nostramo was a criminal.
• The Night Haunter confronted Jando, shattered his weapon with psychic power, and defeated the Chaos forces while Sevatar imprisoned the Eighth Legion Chaos Space Marines.
• Jando insisted that he was the master of the legion and had nearly claimed the Crown of Night, so the Night Haunter struck him with a ruler to make him face reality.
• Sahar believed he was seeing the Night Haunter as he died, then gave him the Crown of Night and confessed that Jando might take it after his death.

Sahar reunited with the Night Haunter, who ended his ten-thousand-year mission and began rebuilding the Night Lords under the Evernight Code. Meanwhile, Han Mingxuan met the Silent King aboard the Father of the Evernight, where the Necron ruler pleaded for help restoring his people.

• The Night Haunter reassured Sahar that his mission was over, and Sahar wept before rejoining the Night Lords.
• The Night Haunter welcomed Decimus and Valier, then declared that the Legion would serve law and justice rather than the Imperium.
• The Night Haunter led the group aboard the Nightfall, where they cleaned the ship and discussed recalling former Legion members under the Evernight Code.
• Han Mingxuan met the Silent King, who apologized for his earlier offense and thanked him for giving the Necrontyr a chance to be reborn.
• The Silent King asked Han Mingxuan to save him and his people, and Han Mingxuan promised to help through their mutually beneficial cooperation.

The Silent King told Han Mingxuan how his people were decaying and was resurrected in a flesh body in return for terraforming a star system. He recruited the Necron leaders and Crypteks for the task, then agreed to take Imotekh to meet Han Mingxuan after the Stormlord admitted he regretted his actions.

• The Silent King explained to Han Mingxuan that the Necrontyr were losing the ability to awaken their kin and that their consciousnesses were fading away.
• Han Mingxuan resurrected the Silent King in a flesh body, and the Silent King promised to terraform a star system for him within five days.
• The Silent King summoned the Necron Overlords, proved his identity, and ordered them to prepare the Celestial Orrery and gather the awakened Crypteks.
• The Silent King told the Necron leaders that Han Mingxuan had resurrected ten thousand Necrontyr and that their revival depended on cooperating with him.
• Imotekh demanded to meet Han Mingxuan, then admitted he regretted his earlier actions, and the Silent King agreed to take him after he prepared a flesh body.