The Imperial Chancellor Malcador, Half a Primarch

While traveling through the Warp, Emperor had already used his formidable psychic powers to communicate remotely with the Imperial Chancellor, briefly outlining the situation regarding Axis.

Malcador was also deeply curious about this extraordinary child. To be able to rival a Primarch while still in his infancy—what kind of concept was that?

Having participated in the creation of the Primarchs himself, he knew exactly how powerful those children created by Emperor truly were.

"This is the child. He surprised me several times on the spaceship. The combat prowess he displayed when we first met, and the special power he showed after being brought aboard—both left me astonished." Emperor recounted Axis's various monstrous feats to Malcador.

This old friend was the person he trusted most, even more than the Primarchs, and more than Erda, his wife in name.

"You're joking, right? A body that perfectly withstands 10G of gravity, and one that can engage an Adeptus Custodes in close-quarters combat and win without wearing power armor!"

Malcador felt like Emperor was playing with him. Although he had done so in the past, he had never played like this!

If you had said he could rival an Adeptus Custodes, that would be one thing, but to beat one into a state of withdrawal? That was simply too hard to believe!

"I am not lying to you. If you don't believe me, you can investigate the surveillance footage from the ship. It contains the battle between Axis and Caesar. Although Caesar wasn't wearing power armor, he was fighting with everything he had," Emperor said.

"Truly interesting. I will take a look. You say this special energy he calls 'Ki' can really enhance a biological organism's physical fitness?" Malcador asked.

"Yes. You can look at Caesar; his physical fitness has increased slightly since leaving Holy Terra. Furthermore, I have located Subject 6, and its physical fitness is also about ten percent stronger than projected," Emperor said.

Malcador nodded. The value of this boy was simply immeasurable!

This was, without a doubt, a combat force on the level of a Primarch—perhaps even exceeding one!

If cultivated properly, he would be vital to humanity, which currently lacked such top-tier combat assets.

"What do you intend to do? Do you plan to hand his Adeptus Custodes augmentation surgery over to those bio-sorcerers?" Malcador asked.

"I intend to take him to the underground laboratory beneath the Imperial Palace in the Himalayas to perform the augmentation myself, with you assisting me," Emperor said.

"??? That is the place where the Primarchs were created. You aren't joking, are you?" Malcador frowned as he spoke.

As Emperor's best friend, he had participated in the entire creation of the Primarchs and naturally understood how many secrets were hidden within that laboratory.

"I will talk to you in detail shortly. This time, I have brought back many good things. Among them, the most useful are a Bio-healing Pod and an FTL Engine," Emperor messaged his old friend via psychic power.

Emperor did not disclose the news of the FTL Engine through psychic means, because talking about certain things while in the Warp could very well be overheard by certain entities of Chaos. Therefore, he could not speak of it; even regarding Axis, he had been vague.

Malcador, who had been walking, suddenly paused. He looked at Emperor, trembling slightly, but under the latter's firm gaze, he gradually calmed his heart. He then entered the depths of the Imperial Palace with Emperor and ordered the Adeptus Custodes to settle Axis in the palace first.

Axis stood to the side and curled his lip. Those two were definitely communicating via psychic powers. What could Emperor have told old Mal?

The two entered a secret room within the Imperial Palace and used their powerful psychic abilities to isolate all outside surveillance, ensuring the safety of their upcoming conversation so that no third party could hear them.

"Very well, my old friend. Now, let us talk like old friends. Tell me about your gains this time," Malcador said, pouring a cup of tea for Emperor.

Emperor nodded and told Malcador about all the gains he had made this time, as well as his new plan for the restoration of humanity. It used to be the Webway, but now it was the Webway plus the FTL spaceship.

"Old friend! I truly never expected this! This is an FTL Engine! And an FTL engine capable of thousands of times the speed of light—we actually obtained it just like that!" Malcador muttered to himself.

"That is why, when I was in the Warp, I didn't dare use my psychic powers to tell you these things. Even regarding Axis, I only told you that he was a special child," Emperor said.

Saying too much would definitely attract the attention of Chaos.

"I understand, old friend! I will do my utmost to help you, just as I always have, and will always stand by your side," Malcador said.

"I intend to use all of my genetic enhancement technologies on him. Aside from lacking the Warp essence of a Primarch, his entire augmentation process will be modeled after the Primarchs," Emperor said.

"You intend to cultivate him into your Primarch! But that isn't realistic! You know what the Warp essence of a Primarch is! Without those soul fragments of the lesser gods of the Warp, it is impossible to give birth to a new Primarch. Furthermore, as long as one is a Primarch, there is a fifty-percent risk of falling into the Chaos of the Warp," Malcador said.

The key to the Primarchs was that a portion of them originated from the Warp; the human shell was merely a container that bound them, while their essence was that of lesser gods of the Warp.

All Primarchs were fragments of lesser deities. Emperor had captured them in the Warp alongside the four Chaos Gods and brought them out. As for how he brought them out, only Emperor knew. He then used the pinnacle of human technology, mixed with Erda's genes, to create bodies for them.

That was how the Primarchs were born.

"He does not need the soul fragments of the lesser gods of the Warp. It is merely the augmentation surgery for a Primarch's physical body," Emperor said.

"Half a Primarch plus an Adeptus Custodes, is that it?" Malcador asked.

"Correct. He will not possess the power of the Warp," Emperor said.

Without the power of the Warp, there would not be a fifty-percent chance of falling into Chaos and being corrupted. This child was far safer than a Primarch.

"That is a truly insane idea. If that is the case, why don't you just extract his genetic material and clone it to create a new Primarch in that way?" Malcador asked.

That would be much safer and more controllable.

"This child is very special. The special energy known as Ki is unique to him. It is not inherited through bloodlines; his descendants will not inherit Ki. He is one of a kind," Emperor said.