After the victory, Melira argued that Ajani and Nissa could be restored while something of themselves remained and Norn's signal was silent. Teferi held a time bubble while Karn drew out their sparks and invoked the remnant of Venser's gift; Melira cleansed their infected bodies, with Kaya helping at the critical moment. Ajani awakened with his spark, but Nissa's was disintegrating. Her life was saved without restoring her ability to planeswalk. The effort cost Melira her life and left Karn without the spark he had inherited from Venser. Koth mourned Melira while the survivors began building a home on Zhalfir.
The losses spread further than the battlefield. In the weeks after the invasion, planeswalkers across the Multiverse discovered that their sparks had vanished. Some retained theirs, many did not, and no simple moral rule explained the division. People whose identities had been built around limitless departure now had to live with place, distance and consequence.
At the same time, Realmbreaker's damage left Omenpaths between planes. These passages could be stable or temporary, safe or treacherous, and they allowed non-planeswalkers to cross the boundaries the Mending had closed. March of the Machine therefore ends two orders at once: Phyrexia's attempt at enforced unity and the long monopoly of planeswalkers over travel between worlds.
The ritual's aftermath is not a uniform return to the lives that preceded compleation. Teferi witnesses both grief and reunion: Ajani wakes, Chandra stays beside Nissa, and Melira dies after giving her last strength. The spark that Venser once passed to Karn has been spent. Koth is left to mourn even as others celebrate the people who survived.