The dense forest belonging to Lion El'Jonson was being torn apart by twisted tentacles as the Hive Mind screamed and roared, unleashing its power.
The genetic sequence used to shape this body was unimaginably powerful. Its genetic material itself was a form the Hive Mind had never encountered before. Even before it had fully been born, it could already bear most of the Hive Mind's power.
The Hive Mind could feel the body's molecular structure snapping apart bit by bit, its molecular bonds vanishing, its material form blurring. Everything was dissolving, becoming part of something larger and more unimaginable.
Like a molting, becoming some even more transcendent existence.
From the knowledge contained within those genes, the Hive Mind understood the changes taking place within this body.
Ascension, elevation, transformation—or, to use a less accurate description, it was like a Primarch awakening to its Warp Essence.
The Hive Mind was that body's Warp Essence. Its continuous infusion into the body was like a Primarch awakening to its Warp Essence.
A god not born in the Warp descended into reality first, then in turn became a god of the Warp.
Just like the Dark King, just like The Emperor, the Hive Mind could also feel the knowledge of the Warp being born within its will.
It could feel that it had a place within the Warp. It could hear its own name.
Lord of Greedy Dissolution, Eternal Dragon.
It was hunger itself, greed that covered all things. Just as the Eternal Dragon fed upon its own tail, its hunger was destined to spread to itself as well. After devouring everything among the stars and still remaining unsatisfied, it would inevitably continue devouring itself until nothing remained.
This was the destined fate of the Warp. Every divinity possessed twin tendencies toward destruction and