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While the Ultramarines mustered their forces at [[Calth]], in [[Ultramar]], they were attacked by the [[Word Bearers]] and the Legion took heavy losses. However, the Word Bearers had overlooked two major points: the unbreakable fighting spirit of the Ultramarines, and the brilliance of Guilliman's command. An attempt by Lorgar to assassinate Guilliman with a [[Daemon]] who attacked the bridge of his flagship, forcing Guilliman to be sucked into space and fight several Word Bearers without a helmet. Guilliman was eventually able to reboard his ship, and promised to hunt down and kill Lorgar for the betrayal. At the climax of the battle Guilliman ripped out one of the two hearts of [[Kor Phaeron]], the Word Bearers commander at Calth, after he had tried to tempt Guilliman to join the Forces of Chaos.{{Fn|8}}
Meanwhile [[Angron]] of the [[World Eaters]] and [[Lorgar]] of the [[Word Bearers]] had launched the [[Shadow Crusade]] on isolated worlds in Ultramar. Their plan was to destroy as much of Ultramar as they could while the Ultramarines were occupied on Calth.{{Fn|9}} After the victory at Calth, Guilliman, presumably under the guidance of his newly reinstated [[Librarians]], traveled to an isolated [[Warp]] jump point on the outer fringes of Ultramar. There he encountered [[Sanguinius]] of the [[Blood Angels]] who has just recently finished his war in the [[Signus]] cluster. The [[Navigators]] of the Blood Angels had been ordered to find the closest stable Warp zone, which many assumed would be [[Terra]]. Instead fate brought them to Ultramar. With the addition of the Blood Angels to his forces, Guilliman pronounced they could finally begin countering the Shadow Crusade.{{Fn|10}} After Calth, Guilliman pursued Lorgar, who had since allied with Angron, to the world of [[Nuceria]]. There, the Ultramarines engaged both the [[World Eaters]] and [[Word Bearers]] while Guilliman himself battled Lorgar, finding the once-weaker Word Bearers Primarch to be surprisingly capable in combat. The situation for Guilliman got worse when Angron arrived, battering Guilliman with a furious assault and eventually defeating the Lord of Macragge. {{Fn|11a}} However as Angron was about to land the final blow, Ultramarines were able to arrive and safely retrieve their Primarch.{{Fn|1111b}}
As a result of being cut off by the [[Ruinstorm]] created by the traitorous Word Bearers, Guilliman feared the Imperium lost and created a second empire, [[Imperium Secundus]], as a contingency. Many loyalist brothers were brought to Macragge thanks to the activation of the [[xenos]] device known as the [[Pharos (Device)|Pharos]]. Not wanting to appear vain and power-hungry like his brother [[Horus]], Guilliman refused to declare himself Emperor of Imperium Secundus, instead initially trying to convince [[Lion El'Jonson]] to take the position despite being distrustful of the [[Dark Angels]] Primarch's motives. While organizing the creation of Imperium Secundus Guilliman survived an assassin attempt by an [[Alpha Legion]] squad disguised as [[Aeonid Thiel]] and other [[Ultramarines]]. Later when [[Konrad Curze]] was let loose upon Macragge, Guilliman and the Lion battled the [[Night Lords]] Primarch together but were led into a trap. Instead of being cornered, Curze detonated charges and brought the entire structure down upon their heads. Guilliman and the Lion survived thanks to [[Barabas Dantioch]] activating the Pharos, which teleported the duo to [[Sotha]]. The Lion and Guilliman then made their way back to Macragge, where the [[Blood Angels]] had now arrived. Guilliman decided to name the reluctant [[Sanguinius]] the Regent of Imperium Secundus.{{Fn|12}}
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Butcher's Nails (Audio Book)]]
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Fear to Tread]] by [[James Swallow]]: Part 3, Chapter 20
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Betrayer (Novel)]], :**{{Cite Thisendn|11a}}, pgs: ch. 21**{{endn|11b}}: ch. 310–32222
*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Unremembered Empire (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|13}}: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/roboute-guilliman-primarch-of-the-ultramarines ''(last accessed 13 January 2016)''
