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Instead, the already heavily injured Sanguinius attacked Horus with all his might, displaying ferocious combat ability. Horus was still held back by his true power, engaging in a purely martial battle with Sanguinius in hopes of breaking him down so he may accept the powers of the Warp. However, Sanguinius fought so stubbornly and viciously that Horus grew frustrated and even took several wounds.{{Fn|29c}} In the end, Horus was forced to change his plans when he detected that the Emperor was incoming towards his location. Horus finally decided to kill Sanguinius and unleashed his full power, reaching into the 8th dimension to grab Sanguinius and slam him to the ground mid-flight. Horus proceeded to batter his brother with ''[[Worldbreaker]]'' and impaled him several times with his [[Talon of Horus|Talon]] before the skull of Ferrus Manus. Horus let out a disappointed sigh as his brother died and his body was strung up by Daemons.{{Fn|29d}}
Others state that the only damage Sanguinius did was create a small dent in Horus' armour. Some say, however, that it was through this chink in Horus's armour that the Emperor was able to deliver the fatal blow. Thus the belief is that Sanguinius did not die in vain; but by dying, allowed Horus to be slain and the Heresy destroyed.{{Cite ThisFn|1}}
Sanguinius's body was discovered shortly after by the Emperor as he arrived in [[Lupercal's Court]]. The Emperor ordered Sanguinius' body be taken down from its crucifix, which [[Leetu]] carried out. His body was later taken from the ''Vengeful Spirit'' by Dorn, Valdor, and other surviving Imperials following Horus' defeat.{{Fn|30a}} Shortly after the Imperial victory in the Siege of Terra, a funeral service for Sanguinius was subsequently held on the Throneworld by [[Raldoron]], [[Azkaellon]], and 500 surviving Blood Angels.{{Fn|30b}} His body was then borne away to his home planet Baal, where he was laid to rest in the [[Golden Sarcophagus]], deep within a vast tomb whose doors were topped with massive Angel effigies in honour of the fallen Primarch. {{Fn|5}}