"That's even more impossible. I don't believe a Dark Eldar Lady could make first-generation Gene-seed from scratch with her bare hands!"
Although Astartes Gene-seed had become something of a dime a dozen by now, the process of creating it from nothing was essentially impossible to reproduce.
The first Gene-seed the God-Emperor had made using DNA extracted from the Gene-Primarchs contained a portion of the power of warp essence.
All subsequent Gene-seed was copied from these first-generation Gene-seeds. That was easy; all it took was a grasp of cloning technology.
But creating a Gene-seed from nothing was essentially impossible to replicate. It involved alchemy known only to the God-Emperor, as well as warp essence obtained through bargains with the Chaos Gods.
No matter how incredible Dark Eldar biotechnology was, at most, they could decipher the God-Emperor's alchemy. They had no way of obtaining warp essence.
Father Anthony spread his hands.
"Then I don't know. Whatever the origins of this third brother of yours, there's nothing ordinary about his identity.
"And his neural reaction speed and muscle density are better than those of ordinary Astartes. It's as though he was born stronger than an Astartes!"
Those words put an absurd thought into Li Qinwu's head. Could Swift Shadow be a clone of the Gene-Primarch Fulgrim?
As a Gene-Primarch, Fulgrim had fought countless battles throughout his life. The Dark Eldar Lady would have had far more opportunities to obtain his blood than first-generation Gene-seed.
As for the Gene-Primarch Fulgrim, he was someone who gave Warhammer players plenty to sigh over.
He was the most handsome of the Gene-Primarchs and pursued perfection to the absolute extreme. Perhaps when the God-Emperor created Fulgrim, the template for the essence power he used had come from Slaanesh!
So, from a fatalistic perspective, the Gene-Primarch Fulgrim had been