[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-180":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1510979,1962,"Chapter 180: The Third Layer of the Thelema Mind State","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-180",180,"\u003Cp>Tierney manipulated the data panel embedded in his arm, projecting a holographic image of the moon in front of Nareth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth noticed a specific area that had been highlighted. Tierney began to explain:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, one of my squad members discovered that in the Aristotle-Beta dome, the locals sleep an average of one hour longer than residents of other domes on Luna.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone experiences nightmares when they sleep. Even the two team members we sent to investigate reported the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More importantly, at regular intervals, someone falls into a deep sleep… and never wakes up again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Longer sleep, nightmares, never waking again… If it's truly the influence of a beyonder power, then it likely falls under the 'Darkness' pathway. Very likely, it's the Eight-Legged Black Wolf.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that in mind, he spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've done well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then confirmed, by both questioning and reading Tierney's aura, that Tierney had digested the \"Marauder\" potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth continued, \"Your performance has satisfied me. I will enhance your capabilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go wait in the receiving room. Your gyrinx and ranger-class las rifle are there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Return in five minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Tierney, having advanced to Sequence 8, 'Power Binder', whispered softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swindler.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right. Terra has many ancient families. I trust you'll find the right targets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyone of note among the treasure-hunting squad?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, there are thirteen capable individuals. All of them retrieved valuable items. I've brought them to the palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth gave a slight nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Summon them to serve at my side. I will assess their capabilities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, as Terra celebrated the triumphant return of Leman Russ with grand festivities, Nareth boarded a transport ship bound for Luna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orbital defense platforms, informed of the Primarch's arrival, quickly and accurately completed the identity handshake with the transport ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon communicating with Nareth's attendants, the Selenite Gene Cult learned that the Primarch's target wasn't a gene-lab, but an ordinary dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black gunship detached from the transport ship. Nareth gazed through the observation window at the Aristotle-Beta dome below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of Luna's domes still remained, their locally unique silver surfaces glistening under the sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth didn't immediately extend his Spirit Vision to scan, doing so would alert the mythical creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ship landed at the Aristotle-Beta dome about thirty minutes before sunset, just as he had planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very moment sunlight disappeared from the dome, Nareth sharply perceived a tide-like surge of pure darkness engulfing the entire area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Aristotle-Beta had been dragged into a domain of darkness. The dome's residents were exhaling visible breath and slipping into dazed states.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were lying on beds, others slumped over desks, soon all of them drifted into sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the treasure-hunting squad members, thrilled to be following the Primarch, began to feel the effects. It was as though gentle moonlight was brushing over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyelids grew heavy; yawns became uncontrollable, as if they might fall asleep standing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They struggled to stay awake, but three of them succumbed to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth judged their willpower to be lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His black eyes flashed, and his awareness expanded outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, his consciousness blanketed the entire dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't sense any obvious powerful entity, and this didn't surprise him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had judged that the creature lurking within Aristotle-Beta was the Eight-Legged Black Wolf, a creature of the \"Darkness\" path, renowned for its secrecy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such creatures on that path could erase all traces of themselves and mislead any attempts at divination or detection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth spread his consciousness into the minds of every resident. If his guess was correct, the Eight-Legged Black Wolf fed on human dreams, especially nightmares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human mind always revealed its true state. Even those entities would leave some trace if they fed on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless, of course, the Black Wolf was a Sequence 2 or higher creature, capable of leaving behind no trace at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, it hadn't reached that level. It had been discovered by Malcador, and had even been seen crossing the moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's consciousness melted into the darkness like moonlight, seeping into the minds of the dome's inhabitants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his superhuman brain, he quickly scanned each individual's dreamscape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he found something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dream of a beautiful noblewoman in silver silk sleepwear, he saw her running through a forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her chased a massive jet-black wolf, toying with her like prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sprinted through a seemingly endless dark forest, crying out in terror, but the forest was dead silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she stumbled and nearly got caught, the black wolf would deliberately miss, allowing her to keep running, sobbing in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the black wolf was toying with the noblewoman, feeding on her nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth quickly pinpointed the silver tower where the girl lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He linked his awareness with the treasure-hunting squad, the honor guard, and the \"Hunters,\" establishing one-way psychic links in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Sanchez resisted. His will was far stronger than that of ordinary men, even the Primarch could not instantly intrude into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth sent a mental pulse to the Lord Reaper:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Open your mind to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sanchez didn't hesitate. He immediately complied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once connected to the Gene-Father, Sánchez, like the other Shadows of Order, felt as if he were basking in warm sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Nareth hadn't opened his own mind to them, the most sensitive among the Shadows of Order were overwhelmed by the experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They felt as if a giant fatherly hand had stroked their minds, an intoxicating sensation… abruptly broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A multidimensional, hyper-realistic mental map of the Aristotle-Beta dome unfolded in their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They \"saw\" every building's height, width, and depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They \"saw\" every household, every sleeping resident drowning in nightmares, and the fear and despair radiating from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, each person understood their role from the psychic pulse transmitted to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They dispersed through the dome like a net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treasure-hunting squad spread to the edges, and Sánchez's objective lay between the Silver Tower and the dome perimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nareth was faster than all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ran at full speed, air exploded around him. In a flash of black lightning, he reached the Silver Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, a voice began to recite a poem:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A lullaby gently stirs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies curled in velvet unfurl,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stars fall into silver chimes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humming cradle songs of peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time tiptoes on dewdrops,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing to disturb the cocooned sleeper,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the creased folds of eternal night,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All things fall silent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The poem was calm and peaceful, soothing to the point of sedation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth sharply sensed his own soul being influenced by a mysterious force, slowed, as though lulled into a serene dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Nightmare ability: Dream Invasion. No, this was a qualitatively transformed high-sequence power.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth, who had used Sequence-1-level powers via the \"Hand of Order,\" immediately detected a similar energy within the \"Lullaby.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this power was far more complete than the one he had simulated with spirituality and authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His black pupils instantly dilated, filling his entire eyes, he entered the Third Layer of Thelema Mindscape: Law of Will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thelema's core philosophy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your will is the only law. Whatever your will desires, it shall be. All things submit to your will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In accordance with his will, Nareth's psychic power condensed into a scythe in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Scythe of Will struck down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1232,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","63dd6b7ef5fa0eb2739aafdb335d5f3a10cf58f659a1d293434416820a3a6967","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-181","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-179",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]