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{{Article Quote|I will prepare a book, which is a map to a weapon. And my vanquisher will read that book ''[...]'' and then they will take up my weapon, and they will use it, ''[...]'' and armed thus with my past, and my future, and my present ''[...]'' they will become me ''[...].'' Thus I will live forever.}}

The Worms are pleased with Savathûn's use of the Worm larvae in the creation of mighty knights and plentiful warriors, pointing out that Taox’s retreat to the Hydrogen Fountain proves her superior strength. They then inform her that reclaiming Fundament would not be enough and the technology to build ships would come from one of the five hundred and eleven species living on the gas giant.

The Worms address Xi Ro, now Xivu Arath after taking the knight morph. They acknowledge her love to conquer, and reveal that they enjoy to see her at work, stating that nearly two percent of Fundament’s surface is now under their dominion and are pleased that her species embraces the Worm's larvae. They go on to assure her that the Syzygy has passed and warn that the God-Wave will occur in less than two years.  

The Worms tell Xivu Arath that Taox's surviving Refusalists flee towards Kaharn Atoll in the hopes of rallying the rest of Fundament's population against her and that the Leviathan’s agents are destroying all of the planet's ships and engines, trapping the Hive and their Worms on Fundament. They order Xivu Arath to overwhelm the Kaharn bastion and to slaughter everyone there. From those acts they would obtain the power that they require to cut space open and migrate to orbit above Fundament.  

They note that at times sadness is present in him. They reassure him by saying that that he enacts a sacred and majestic task and a divine work, declaring that existence is the struggle to exist—only by playing that game to its final, unconditional victory can they complete the universe. They then announce that they are free from Fundament’s core, and Savathûn’s spaceships called 'cutters' are ready to fly. With Xivu Arath victorious, the Worms had opened a wormhole at Kaharn—a wormhole leading to geostationary orbit above Fundament. The Worms point out that they are faithful to their covenant with Auryx and his sisters.

Lastly, they inform Auryx that they have detected a fifty-third moon in orbit of Fundament—the Traveler. They assert the Traveler's presence is what arranged the Syzygy. The Verse ends with the Worms chiding the siblings with a final command: "''Do not hesitate. You’re fighting the hypocritical puppets of a cosmic parasite. Avenge your ancestors''".

The Worms angrily speak to Auryx and his sisters, noting that their armies have been forced to retreat from the Ammonites as a result of Auryx's weakness. They order Savathûn to wake Auryx out of his "''catatonia''" and to convince him that there is no possible way to live in peace with the enemy and that the notion of peace is nothing more than a bait-star of the Sky, the very thing they wage war against. The Worms describe war as an effective way of achieving peace and equality—"''War is the natural rectification of inequality. The universe’s way of pursuing equilibrium''".  

Savathûn, meanwhile, already had a new focus. She and Xivu Arath conspired to attack Oryx’s still vulnerable throne world by striking when he least expected. Oryx was one step ahead of his sisters however, and had already made plans to move his throne world into the material plane and embed it within a gigantic Dreadnaught.

Using the remains of Akka and tools stolen from his sisters, Oryx crafted his Dreadnaught. Using the Tablets of Ruin and the combined might of his Court he pushed his throne world inside out, bringing it into the material world, and fusing it with his ship. Oryx’s brood since then have held a holiday called Eversion Day, where they turn things inside out to commemorate it.  

A short Verse, showing Quria’s attempts to observe, analyze, simulate, and mimic Oryx. Finding Oryx to be beyond its ability to comprehend, Quria realizes it cannot stand against the Taken King's divine might, and attempts to retreat.  

Quria at last accepts it cannot properly understand the Dreadnaught and Oryx even on religious grounds. As the King cut his way through Quria’s sub-minds, the Axis Mind attempts one final simulation. A version of Oryx it knows is wrong, missing his morph, Worm, and powers; a version that is all it is able to construct. As Oryx moves in to finish it, Quria, out of options, uses its weapon against Oryx in a last minute gamble.  

The voice of Aurash comes from the Vex’s body, speaking to Oryx. Oryx stops his attack and engages the simulation, intrigued by what the Axis Mind had done. Aurash questions Oryx as to what they have become, and Oryx tells his younger self all they have done, from the bargain with the Worms, to his Taking of his powers, and finally their children. Quria feeds the simulation information about Xi Ro and Sathona, from captured information retrieved from the fallen Ecumene, trying to learn and probe for more. With the last of its power the Vex sends the information of its simulation to the rest of the Axis Minds, knowing that in another time and place the Vex will be able to put this information to good use. This likely refers to the creation of the Vault of Glass.