Morgana's Arrival

Raven ate fries while listening to the Emperor plan the next phase.

He knew the Big Corn Cob had dug a pit for those Mechanicus Cultists on Mars years ago.

To talk about this pit, one must first understand the Star Gods.

The history of the Star Gods is ancient, dating back to the primordial era before the galaxy had even taken shape.

They are beings of pure matter, completely rejecting the Warp, and their power comes entirely from the material universe.

They are arguably the most powerful non-psionic entities in the cosmos, truly gods of the material realm.

The Star Gods subsist by consuming stars. They remained neutral in the conflicts of the various races in the universe, or rather, they simply didn't care about the conflicts of the material universe.

Until the precursors to the Voidlings, the Fearful Ones, provoked the Ancient Sages out of jealousy for their long lifespans, sparking the War of Heaven.

The Fearful Ones were beaten to a pulp by the Ancient Sages, losing all their conquered territories and retreating to their home star.

By chance, they discovered the Star Gods, who fed on stars.

To defeat the Ancient Sages, they chose to cooperate with them.

As gods of the material realm, the Star Gods possessed knowledge and power unimaginable to other races.

However, they had no physical form, only a mass of energy.

The Fearful Ones helped the Star Gods create bodies and also made them realize that souls and flesh were more delicious than the energy released by stars, and offered greater assistance.

With the help of the Star Gods, the Ancient Sages could no longer suppress the Fearful Ones, and the second War of Heaven erupted.

This time, the Ancient Sages were routed, utterly defeated, and became mere snacks for the Star Gods.

However, the short lifespan of the Fearful Ones remained the greatest obstacle to their expansion and victory.

To overcome this drawback, under the Star Gods' temptation, the Fearful Ones abandoned their flesh and souls.

They uploaded their consciousness into metallic bodies, becoming the Voidlings, terrifying in combat power and capable of infinite resurrection.

Unable to withstand the terrifying Voidlings and Star Gods, and with the Warp giving birth to all sorts of ravenous daemons due to the War of Heaven, the Ancient Sages were ultimately defeated.

After defeating the Ancient Sages, the Voidlings seized the opportunity of the Star Gods' infighting to rebel.

They used superweapons to blast all the Star Gods into fragments.

They trapped the fragments in a hypercube labyrinth, using them as energy batteries.

Fragments of the Void Dragon, capable of controlling all machinery, somehow ended up on Earth.

In the 11th-12th centuries, fragments of the Void Dragon inexplicably fell near Cyrene in Libya on Earth.

The Emperor, then working as a knight, engaged in a great battle with the Void Dragon.

Human history thus gained the legend of George Slaying the Dragon.

In reality, the Emperor did not kill the Void Dragon.

Instead, he trapped it in a dimensional labyrinth beneath Mars, guarded by the eternally immortal guardians.

The Void Dragon's influence allowed humanity to grasp the mysteries of machine creation, thus accelerating their civilization's progress.

When the Eternal Night Crisis broke out and human civilization entered a period of decline, the Emperor transformed into Moravec and made a trip to Mars.

There, he researched how to strengthen machinery with Warp power, as well as techniques unconstrained by the laws of reality, and forbidden knowledge such as soul encoding.

He also created the precursor to the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Singularity Brotherhood, and left behind Moravec's Cellar, which contained much black technology.

When he left, he left behind the prophecy that the Omnissiah would surely descend upon Mars.

With these arrangements, taking Mars would be easier for the Emperor than taking Luna.

"Big Corn Cob, this ketchup is good this time,"

He said in a low voice to Waldo.

Raven's voice was not loud, but all three possessed keen senses and naturally heard him clearly.

All three wore expressions of helplessness.

At such an important meeting, this guy only cared about his ketchup.

"Thank you,"

Waldo said with a helpless expression, "You need to be mindful of the occasion. We're discussing how to take Mars and lay the foundation for the Great Crusade."

"Such a matter is but a trifle for the venerable Big Corn Cob, the Omnissiah."

Raven flapped his wings and landed on the Emperor's shoulder.

"Mars has now risen with a faith that worships technology. Since those Mechanicus Cultists want a god, we'll give them one."

The Emperor showed a look of surprise.

Raven had actually voiced the plans he had been contemplating for years.

"Give those guys who play with machines a god?" Malcador mused, "That proposal is indeed good."

Raven said, "Let's show those Mechanicus Cultists a miracle. I heard it hasn't rained on Mars for a long time. Let's transport the lunar weather control devices over there."

"Once the big guy shows up, we'll activate the weather control devices and combine it with your psychic powers, old man, to make it rain on Mars for three days and three nights. Those Mechanicus cultists will surrender without a fight."

Malcador rolled his eyes at Raven referring to him as "old man."

He called the ruler of the Imperium "the big guy," the commander of the Adeptus Custodes "Big Corn Cob," himself "old man," and the other a "raven."

What a crew, the four pillars of the Imperium can't even get one person right.

"What if those Mechanicus cultists, or rather, those Martian natives, still refuse to submit?"

"That's simple, we'll just make it rain for three months straight and drown them. Those Mechanicus cultists all have cybernetic implants, they're heavy as hell, they definitely won't be able to swim, they'll all sink."

"You've said enough, you don't need to say any more."

Waldo reached out and patted Raven's head, then nudged him aside.

"How dare you treat me like this, Big Corn Cob! Big guy, make this guy go guard the water!"

Before Raven could finish speaking, Waldo grabbed a bag of fries and new tomato sauce from the side.

"The Adeptus Custodes' loyalty to the Imperium is as clear as Terra and Luna, Big Guy. When I'm strong enough, we'll definitely take Big Corn Cob to see the world."

The three of them looked helplessly at Raven, who was burying his head in the fries, shook their heads, and continued discussing the conquest of Mars.

The meeting quickly finalized the action plan for Mars and decided to establish a War Committee.

The committee's responsibility would be to consolidate the Imperium's current resources, rebuild orbital stations and spaceports, construct various warships, and prepare for the conquest of Mars.

"Oh, and by the way, start the tomato planting project and grow as many flavors as possible."

The Emperor added at the end of the meeting.

"Damn, Big Guy, you're amazing! This decision is definitely the most correct thing you've done in this meeting."

Raven excitedly flapped his wings.

After handling the Imperium's affairs, the Emperor proposed to Raven that they go to the Super God Universe to continue learning about Gene Engine technology.

Raven said, "Because of our last transmigration, the Super God Universe and this universe have already established initial contact. This time, when we travel to the Super God Universe, the time anchoring might not be for just one day."

"How long will it take here if a day passes there?" the Emperor asked.

"The time flow rate might reach 5:1. Five days there will be one day here. As the number of traversals and the contact time between the two universes increase, time will gradually synchronize."

"What about traveling to other universes?"

"Traveling to new universes will be different. Since the two universes have never had contact, we can still anchor it to one day."

Hearing Raven's explanation, the Emperor turned to look at Malcador and Waldo. "I'll leave the Imperium in your hands, you two. Proceed according to the established plan. I'll try to return by the time the army is ready."

The Emperor placed his hand on Malcador's shoulder. "Take good care of Number Twenty. Don't let anyone know about his existence."

Malcador nodded.

"I understand."

After finishing his instructions, the Emperor said to Raven, "Let's go, Mr. Raven."

Raven transformed into light, forming a vortex.

This time, the Emperor didn't wait for the vortex to consume him; he stepped into it proactively.

The familiar sense of distortion reappeared.

When everything returned to normal, he was back in the Super God Universe.

Wandering in the void, the gods who were constantly absorbing the universe sensed something.

But they still couldn't see the Emperor and Raven who had traversed.

The Emperor returned to the Super Academy, and Ge Xiaolun was the first to see him.

"Boss, where did you go? I didn't see you all day yesterday. The teachers were all looking for you."

"Was my greatsword yesterday awesome or what?"

Ge Xiaolun, wearing black armor, greeted the Emperor excitedly.

"Very good."

"Boss, can't your praise be more sincere? Alright, I'm used to you being like this. Teacher Ryze said if he saw you, he wanted you to go find him."

Ge Xiaolun rubbed his forehead.

"I know."

The Emperor nodded, and after understanding the situation from yesterday with Ge Xiaolun, he went to find Teacher Ryze.

Ryze didn't have anything major to discuss.

It was just that the Emperor had performed exceptionally well in the previous day's battle, and he was called over to be praised.

The Emperor didn't waste this opportunity. He used his words and psychic powers to guide Ryze into giving him a tangible reward.

"This is data and knowledge related to the Divine River Civilization. I really don't understand why you're so interested in studying these things!"

"Many people would consider themselves lucky if they could understand the Gene Engine implanted in their bodies, but you're trying to reverse-engineer the God-Making Project."

Ryze handed over all the knowledge related to the Divine River Civilization and the God-Making Project to the Emperor.

The Emperor showed a rare, genuine smile.

This reward was incredibly precious.

It would become the key to humanity's revival and rise.

One day, he would lead humanity to conquer the Heavens and rule all realms.

For the next few days, the Emperor immersed himself in study as usual.

Meanwhile, many things happened in the outside world.

The two most impactful events were, firstly, Karl, who called himself the Death God, openly appearing and inciting all of humanity to join the Dark World, and secondly, Morgana, the so-called King of Demons, descending upon Earth.

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