The Secret to Transforming an Immortal

"The Nation of Disorder", the Eighth Layer Space.

As soon as Nimrod set foot on this place, he immediately saw lines of Rule Line converging into different shapes.

Golden, majestic peaks, gray ribbons...

Every thing formed from the threads of rules can be associated with one of two words: majesty and submission.

The First Layer Space opened by the "Mentor of Disorder" is related to "majesty".

Nimrod was overjoyed. He was about to head to the Fifth Layer Space to bring Slau Da over.

Suddenly, black mist surged, and the Aeldari Autarch appeared before him.

[Um?]

Nimrod pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

[Further manifestations of elevated privileges.]

I'm becoming more and more like the master of a "Nation of Disorder," no longer needing to run around.

As Nimrod pondered, Slau Da's body trembled, as if something was pressing down on him.

The "Mentor of Disorder" unleashed a torrent of Spirituality, his "Willpower Suppression down on Slau Da.

Bang!

Slau Da crashed to the dark ground, blood seeping from his head.

Slau Da felt the Monkey in front of him stretch its body.

He grew ever more majestic, like a god in the Pantheon.

Slau Da seemed to have returned to his youth. He knelt before the statue of the Phoenician King Asuryan, praying for a way to save his people.

The Laughing God he encountered in the tunnel during his visit to the Black Library.

In the presence of the bishops of the various tribes, he entered the Temple of Khaine, gained their approval, and took up one of the Hundred Swords of Vaul forged by the Vaul the Smith God.

Tell me how you will transform John Grammaticus into Perpetual.

Slau Da closed his eyes, trying to enter a Mindset state, but found immense pressure not only in the world of rising black mist, but also in the realm of his mind.

He kept repeating to himself, "He is not Gods, he is just Monkey."

The Primarch's eyes flickered with light, and pure spiritual power shone brightly as a streak of light flew toward Slau Da's soul.

"You... are... Monkey... you... don't even think about it..."

Slaughter's mind was like a mirror under pressure, on the verge of shattering at any moment.

A flicker of surprise crossed Nimrod's eyes; Slau Da was actually able to resist.

Having just been promoted to "Mentor of Disorder," the effect of "Willpower Suppression" was still somewhat weak; even in the Eighth Layer Space, it couldn't overcome Slau Da's final resistance.

But I will not wait any longer for the potion to be digested and my power to increase.

Open your eyes.

"Mentor of Disorder" shouted, and at the same time, with a thought, the Flagpole of the Third Layer Space appeared in his right hand.

Slau Da kept his eyes tightly shut, but his mental resistance was not firm.

His eyes blinked six times between opening and closing before finally opening wide.

Tell me how you will transform John Grammaticus into Perpetual.

"Cradle of Serpents... Spring... Gem..." Slau Da stammered out three words before suddenly realizing what he had said.

"Monkey... you... don't even think about it..."

"I already know," Nimrod interrupted him coldly, having found the answer in Slau Da's heart.

The mind is more real than language, even more real than the brain.

Language can deceive, and it is not difficult to fabricate false memories in the brain, even for the Aeldari Autarch.

But consciousness is like a mirror; it will truthfully reflect everything.

The ritual to transform Perpetual is not difficult; I have already mastered the Runic Runes.

The difficulty lies in the materials: the spring water from the Cradle of Serpents and the gems.

It turns out the rumor about the Cradle of Serpents in the future wasn't entirely unfounded.

Nimrod knew that both the future Footfall and the Port Wander were rumored to be the Cradle of Serpents.

The spring water is sweet and can cure all diseases.

Gems, about the size of a palm, are everywhere.

[Originally thought to be a false bait, a rumor spread by Slaanesh to lure people in.]

So it wasn't fake after all.

However, of all those who went there, only Sebastian Winterscale survived.

Nimrod realized that it was unlikely that the Old Man in Yellow had ever been to that remote region of space.

The Aeldari's method of converting Perpetual seems to be different from that of the Old Man in Yellow.

The Old Man in Yellow couldn't possibly tell Erebus how to convert Perpetual, and his method for converting Shirene Valantien, a survivor of the Perfect City, was likely different as well.

Nimrod frowned slightly; obtaining materials from Perpetual was no easy feat.

The Cradle of Serpents is a dangerous place.

The Twin Stars of the Cradle of Serpents — Serpent Alpha and Serpent Beta —may very well harbor Slaaneshi Daemon waiting to prey on them.

The twelve planets surrounding the Twin Stars of the Serpent were all precious Crone Worlds of the Aeldari, but they were all abandoned.

[Perhaps this is why Slauda and the Cabal could only create a limited number of Perpetual.]

After Slaanesh seized the Twin Stars of the Serpents, they took only a limited amount of the spring water and gems with them.

Compared to the Cabal's goal of controlling the Galaxy situation, their number of Perpetual is still too small.

Slaanesh alone is not a major problem.

Nimrod leads the Beyonder of the "Sun" Pathway and the Librarian that wields the "Gryphon's Roar," capable of purging the Devil of the Cradle of Serpents.

Those with Beyonder through the "Sun" Pathway can also Purification the spring water from the Corrosion of Slaanesh, even more effectively than the Purification rituals of the future Ecclesiarchy.

More importantly, the territory of the Koronus Expanse.

From the perspective of the cosmic sky, the future Calixis Sector and the Koronus Expanse were originally one entity.

When the Rogue Trader Solomon Locke discovered it, he named it the Calixis Expansion.

However, until the Great Rift unfolded, the Imperium had barely established a real political power in the Koronus Expanse.

The decisive factor is that there is no stable Warp Route between the Calixis Sector and the Koronus Expanse.

It wasn't until 997. M40 that the Rogue Trader Priti Latimen discovered the only "safe" route—"The Great Maw"—along with the disappearance of dozens of Rogue Trader families.

Shortly after, on 999. M40, the Rose Scepter, owned by the Rogue Trader Juno Dachmann, became one of the first ships to cross the "Great Maw," but it also disappeared en route.

Nimrod knew that a powerful Warp Storm had long surrounded the "Great Maw".

There is no place for the fleet to dock in the "Great Maw," and even the "safe station" is more dangerous Warp Storm.

Even if my fleet can reach the Cradle of Serpents through the Carium Gate, it will have to pass through the "Great Maw" on its return journey.

Even if the "safe passage" is divined using the Dice of Prophecy, it is not truly safe.

After a few seconds of silence, Nimrod came up with a way to return safely.

Go get the Tuchulcha Engine beforehand.

The Tuchulcha Engine, created by the Old Ones, is a Warp artifact capable of efficient and precise Warp jumps.

Nimrod originally planned to retrieve it during the Great Birthday Celebration, because he knew that after Lion El'Jonson led the "Dark Angels" and Kalas Typhon led the "Death Guards " to reclaim the Pertitus System, they had not discovered the function of the Tuchulcha Engine.

After the war, the Tuchulcha Engine was placed on the Pertitus Prime for research by the newly established Forge World.

It wasn't until the "Saramas Crusade," after Lion faced Konrad Curze in Thagusa and was deceived by Perturabo, with his General Cannons being used against the Imperium, that he decided to change the passive situation.

Just then, he learned that the "Death Guard" had gone to Perturabo and realized that they were there for that strange creation.

He traveled to Perturabo, where he no longer trusted anyone, and seized the Tuchulcha Engine from the conflicting accounts of the "Death Guard" and the "Iron Hands."

Although the Tuchulcha Engine could not meet Lion's requirements to break through the Ruinstorm and head to Terra.

However, it still allows Lion to break through smaller Warp Storms and raid the Homeworlds of the various traitorous Primarch.

Because before the Great Birthday Celebration, the Tuchulcha Engine would be in Perturabo.

All he needs to do is go there before the Great Birthday Celebration, using his Primarch to get to Tuchulcha Engine; it'll save him a lot of trouble.

But in order to return safely, he had to go to Perturabo ahead of time to intercept Tuchulcha Engine.

In this way, even if the fleet encounters Warp Storm while passing through the "Great Maw" passage, it can return safely.

This is good, as it avoids the butterfly effect and prevents any changes from occurring.

And we can gain another world rich in resources.

The fact that Perturabo developed into a Forge World rather than a research station suggests that it possessed abundant mineral resources.

With this in mind, Nimrod devised his next plan:

He participated in the war against the Nephilim in 884, and then used the Dice of Prophecy to divine the Tuchulcha Engine in 885.

Afterwards, the star chart for the route to the Cradle of Serpents and the "Great Maw" is divined.

[Well, since we're going to Koronus Expanse, let the Fourth Legion occupy that world full of undead while we're at it, so it'll be convenient for the "Spirit Guide" to play the role.]

After deciding on his plan, Nimrod looked at Slau Da in front of him.

He knelt on the ground, his eyes flashing with hatred, sorrow, and a hint of admiration.

Nimrod asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, what's the situation with the Black Library?"

"Monkey... you... don't even think about it..." Slau Da said defiantly.

Nimrod's stream of consciousness seeped into the depths of Slau Da's mind, and he suddenly felt the surrounding mist rising.

He cautiously withdrew from Slau Da's mind, thinking to himself.

[His communication with the Laughing God is an even more important secret.]

"I will find out."

Slau Dae can't escape; he'll find out sooner or later.

Nimrod then had a thought and returned to the real world.