Oll Persson

"I'm going to the Solar System."

Lorgar knelt before the idol once more.

The order to sail had been given long before Qin Xa arrived. At this moment, every ship lowered armored shutters over their portholes, cutting off the people's view of the outside.

"Your Geller Fields aren't running," Qin Xa said. "I had the Red Robe Order repair them for you."

"No need." Lorgar clasped his hands together.

The primarch's head, engraved with passages from the Sacred Word Record, slowly lowered beneath the resplendent chandelier in the prayer chamber.

Qin Xa looked at the top of Lorgar's head. He narrowed his eyes, then was startled. Why was this guy's head glowing?

The runes painted upon the primarch's skull lit up with golden radiance.

"By the Emperor's will, the torchlight pierces and destroys all fiends."

Lorgar slowly opened his eyes, golden light glowing within his pupils.

"Those firm in faith fear no storm."

The ship began to roar and shudder.

The Warp Engines activated. As the entire fleet rushed toward the Mandeville Point, it opened a Rift leading into the Immaterium.

Chanting echoed throughout the fleet and across the void.

Golden light surged from the Rift in the Immaterium, encompassing the entire fleet like claws reaching into reality.

Qin Xa sensed that it truly was the Emperor's psychic power.

When he had once been taken away by the Grey Knights and drafted into their ranks, he had traveled from Titan to Terra and formed a spiritual connection with the Emperor within the Throne room.

He had sensed the Emperor's psychic power then.

But the Emperor's psychic power at that time was different from that of the Emperor in 30K.

The God-Emperor's psychic power... was scorching like fire, frigid like ice, filled with rage, unwillingness, and a vigorous sense of striving