Chapter 238: Let's Go Stab Guilliman to Death!

A silence came from within the door, and the two men's discussion briefly stalled.

Dante deliberately made a sound,

both to express his shock at what he had heard, and to remind Zhou Yun and Sanguinius — could they possibly keep these earth-shattering topics to themselves a little when discussing them??

He was just an ordinary security guard, rehired after retirement, wanting to write "About How the Son of a Salt Seller, Guided by Sanguinor, Ultimately Became Chapter Master of the Blood Angels and Led the Chapter for a Thousand Years."

"Before I went to the Elysum, you said you'd talk to me about Guilliman when you got back." After a brief pause, a voice sounded from inside the door.

Dante outside the door let out a slight breath of relief,

he remembered Morfeuston saying that the Ultramarines' primarch Luo Bote Guilliman was also about to be revived,

it was only reasonable for Sanguinius and Lord Zhou Yun to discuss this matter, and it probably wouldn't involve anything Dante wasn't allowed to hear.

"I'm considering how to drag Luo Bote Guilliman into this." Sanguinius's voice sounded from inside the door.

Though "drag into this" wasn't a pleasant phrase, what Sanguinius surely meant was re-establishing contact with Luo Bote Guilliman — as the only two primarchs to have returned to the Empire, this was obviously necessary.

Dante nodded to himself.

"Otramar is almost the wealthiest and most war-potential-rich region in the entire galaxy; I saw that for myself back during the Second Empire."

"If it had been Guilliman who was corrupted back then instead of Horus, the Great Heresy would very likely have been even more devastating."

Sanguinius said with feeling.

Hearing the words "Second Empire" and "Guilliman's heresy," Dante's expression twitched slightly.

When he was still a recruit, he had once seen Sanguinius's memories inside the Blood Coffin and learned of the Second Empire, so he was somewhat mentally prepared for this.

"No, if Guilliman had been waiting for you and Hua Di Huang aboard the Macragge's Honour, you probably wouldn't have even had the chance to be born with a Warp-nature." Zhou Yun's voice, tinged with amusement, came through.

"Don't put it like that — if he'd caused the Great Heresy, he'd at least be blessed by the Four Powers, wouldn't he?"

Sanguinius hesitated, then said:

"But Hua Di Huang probably wouldn't have made it onto the Golden Throne."

A moment later, a burst of cheerful laughter suddenly rang out inside the Crimson Great Hall.

"But you know Guilliman's administrative ability too — although the Greater Otramar has been dissolved for ten thousand years, as long as Guilliman is willing, he could probably effortlessly rebuild the five hundred worlds of old."

"And Baal Primus is far too barren to develop enough strength to oppose Hua Di Huang."

Listening to Sanguinius's words, Dante outside the door couldn't help nodding again and again,

Baal Primus really was far too barren — if one wanted to oppose Hua— wait? Oppose Hua Di Huang?

Dante froze on the spot.

"Only after my resurrection did I further perceive the problem with Hua Di Huang."

Sanguinius's voice rose slowly:

"He is bound together with the entirety of the human species — humanity and Hua Di Huang, from existence to soul, are tightly intertwined."

"Humanity cannot detach from Hua Di Huang, and Hua Di Huang cannot shake off humanity either. He has already become the collective will of an entire civilization and race — an Alaya, the King of All Enduring Ages... this bond runs deeper than that between the Dark Prince and the Aeldari."

"Ten thousand years, a million worlds — the spirits of all humanity have fused into Hua Di Huang. Even he — even my father — may not be able to keep his reason."

"And I have to say, in the 40th Millennium, humanity's collective emotions are saturated with a self-destructive tendency. This tendency will affect Hua Di Huang, and Hua Di Huang happens to possess the ability to drag everyone into self-destruction with him."

Dante held his breath and focused, unable to believe what he was hearing,

but the discussion inside the room did not stop on his account.

"The King of Darkness." Zhou Yun's voice sounded: "When Hua Di Huang was still young, he was destined to become the King of Darkness."

"When his uncle was killed by him, he once whispered to him: 'The King of Darkness awaits you, Your Majesty.'"

"He must have assumed the King of Darkness was the great enemy he would encounter in the future, but in truth, he himself was that fated King of Darkness."

"How is his condition?" A slight ripple stirred in Sanguinius's voice: "My father."

Zhou Yun seemed to think for a moment,

"The last time I saw him, honestly, it wasn't good at all — it was practically like senile dementia."

". I hope he can hold on a little longer."

Sanguinius sighed softly:

"We must obtain Otramar and Guilliman — I already have an idea."

"Oh?" A hint of curiosity rose in Zhou Yun's voice: "What's your plan?"

Dante outside the door was already drenched in sweat,

Hua Di Huang, the King of All Enduring Ages, humanity's self-destructive emotions, the King of Darkness — these things made Dante's head swell,

someone once said that Dante, who had ruled the Blood Angels Chapter for a thousand years, was almost the most powerful man in the entire Empire,

but now, Dante felt like a clueless recruit, forced to absorb knowledge he had never wanted to know.

But now, at last, those terrifying, dangerous, dark topics should finally be finished—

"The plan is very simple."

"We go to Otramar."

Sanguinius said in a clear voice:

"And then you stab Guilliman to death."

"Huh?" Dante couldn't help exclaiming,

the confusion in his eyes growing more and more,

he felt that coming to serve in the Sanguinary Guard might have been a mistake.

Standing at the door, listening to one primarch talk about assassinating another primarch.

Zhou Yun inside the room also raised his eyebrows slightly, then immediately understood what Sanguinius meant.

In the past, Fulgrim had nearly killed Guilliman — the wounds he inflicted carried the chaotic venom of the Warp, a virtually incurable, inevitably fatal poison.

And the stasis field had trapped Guilliman on the boundary between life and death,

The Great Belisarius Cawl forged the Machine of Fate Armor to cure Ji Li Man,

but to truly resurrect Ji Li Man, he must first be truly killed, and the Chaos poison upon him must be cleansed.

In the original history, this was done by Yvraine, the Chosen of the Eldar God of Death,

who killed Ji Li Man with the Eldar relic, the Sword of the Old Woman, and guided the cycle of life and death enacted by the Eldar God of Death, Iyanden, allowing Ji Li Man to be resurrected with the aid of the Fate Armor.

But now, Zhou Yun can also do this.

The Hua Di Huang split the authority of the Human God of Death and cast it to Zhou Yun.

After partially awakening the Warp essence, Zhou Yun can actually act on behalf of the Human God of Death's authority.

Having him kill Ji Li Man would produce a similar effect.

Moreover, in this process, Zhou Yun can take the opportunity to corrupt Ji Li Man through death.

Hmm, he hopes that for the Ultramarines, having a human kill Ji Li Man will be more acceptable than that alien witch, Yvraine.

"But before we go to Octaria to kill Ji Li Man, we still have one problem to solve."

Sanguinius spoke softly:

"What if the other three Gods, besides Khorne, realize my resurrection and set their sights on us?"

"..." Zhou Yun blinked in some confusion: "Don't they know?"

"They actually don't know???"

(End of this chapter)