[{"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-430":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},1510729,1962,"Chapter 430 - 429: Shai-Tan Possesses Atharva","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-430",430,"\u003Cp>While Ahzek Ahriman searched Zharrukin's ruins, Hathor Maat and Atharva also arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niko Ashkali served as the Thousand Sons' guide. He was Morningstar's senior cultural conservator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terran-born, he now fully embraced Morningstar's culture, mentally transformed into a local.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashkali's iron-grey hair was bound by a patterned headscarf. His voice came through a respirator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I led excavation work at the Zharrukin site. But this is the first I've known about an ancient colony ship hidden here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His emerald eyes, deeply set, stared in astonishment at the leviathan revealed in swirling dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor gripped his staff tightly, sending Atharva a thought-pulse:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Approaching the magnetic storm zone. We should report our progress to the Primarch.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva nodded. He gazed eastward at the mountains, where dazzling radiance of a massive magnetic storm swept over peaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morningstar's unpredictable weather systems made the storm's path completely unpredictable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twisted light shone upon Atharva. Pale ivory adorned his left pauldron the Thousand Sons Legion's serpentine, star-shaped emblem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the emblem, an observing eye was embedded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the Athanaeans Cult symbol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva first sent a thought-pulse to their gene-father, then a brief report via comms channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust and debris stirred by lightning formed furious pillars, roaring hundreds of meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thousand Sons' contingent carefully skirted the pillars, heading toward the colony ship Shai-Tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning-laden pillars collided. A fireball mushroom cloud erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another followed. Rubble rode swirling air currents and twisting magnetic fields, soaring high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva's lieutenant, Raptora Cult's Phosis T'kar, abruptly raised a hand. Telekinetic force surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! ROAR!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuous severe tremors collided and erupted within the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>T'kar's kinetic shield flickered. After a long while, the roar gradually subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A biting wind surged from the mountains, scraping against Thousand Sons' armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magnetic storm vortexes, carrying dark clouds, pressed upon the contingent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Torrential rain hammered down, lashing power armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>T'kar didn't maintain the kinetic shield. Compared to earlier explosions, heavy rain posed lesser threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rain washed dust from power armor, refreshing Hathor and his Pavoni.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred meters from the Shai-Tan, Atharva suddenly halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you hear it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Ashkali and T'kar asked simultaneously. They looked around. Besides distant sounds of the magnetic storm, they heard nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor warily watched Atharva. His Lord told him Shai-Tan, as a Warp entity, often used possession to act in the material realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Psykers were suitable hosts. Thousand Sons with potent psychic power and physique were even more suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva hearing more voices made him the most likely target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Storm's voice.\" Atharva's tone subdued, drowned by crackling thunder. Ashkali didn't hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>T'kar's superhuman hearing filtered thunder, hearing Atharva's words. He sighed with relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magnetic storm's voice. I hear it constantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hathor grew more vigilant. He seemingly casually stepped aside, as if searching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva spoke no more. Amidst storm sounds, he walked toward the Shai-Tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contingent in an instant reached the Shai-Tan. Atharva bluntly said to Ashkali:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Open the hatch!\" Ashkali felt the Thousand Son's tone completely different, unlike their cultivated scholar image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The senior conservator approached the hatch, masking a flicker of anger in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The runes on the hatch differ entirely from earlier. I need time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Ashkali finished, Atharva's angry roar interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have no time. Move!\" At that moment, T'kar also realized Atharva's abnormality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively, he raised his staff defensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord!\" Atharva seemed to not hear. His fingers rapidly tapped runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashkali stared in astonishment as runes lit one by one. With hydraulic sounds, the hatch opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva immediately tried to charge in. Suddenly, lightning struck him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor prepared. He allowed Atharva to open the Shai-Tan, then launched a charged strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currents coursed within Atharva. His body numbed, crashing heavily into the metal chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"None shall stop me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva dazedly turned his head, emitting a piercing psychic shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Thousand Sons were perplexed by two Captains clashing. This was the first internal conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their guards gripped staffs and boltguns tightly, warily eyeing each other. None attacked first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atharva's psychic shriek swept five members from both guard squads indiscriminately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screeching echoed in their minds. A Third Fellowship member who'd just mastered the first layer of Enumeration, weaker willed, bled from nostrils, collapsed in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third Fellowship guards immediately attacked Second Fellowship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chain lightning danced among Second Fellowship, numbing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their other hands clenched, as if squeezing hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second Fellowship's blood boiled, as if every cell burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They endured discomfort, psychically linking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They shouted in unison, causing the Pavoni thoughts to halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cease!\" Hathor commanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said to T'kar: \"Atharva is controlled. You are the commander now, have your Cult stop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>T'kar hesitated no more. His telekinesis surged, pressing upon guard members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intangible shackles bound guard members. They couldn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After restraining guards, T'kar looked toward Atharva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Restrain him. Withdraw from magnetic storm zone. Await Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Agreed.\" T'kar raised a hand, coordinating with Hathor to control Atharva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Atharva opened his mouth, roaring words Thousand Sons never heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magnetic reversal!\" Ashkali saw glaring readings, screaming in terror, warning Thousand Sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the sound of electromagnetic roars, screech of electromagnetic static surged through all audio systems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook violently. Cracks opened. Several Thousand Sons screamed, falling into fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>T'kar raised a hand, using telekinesis to lift several Thousand Sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shai-Tan wave with the ground, trembling violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor using Pavoni arts, maintained balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Atharva seized the chance to break free. His body repeatedly struck chamber walls, vanishing from Hathor's senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor shouted the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousand Sons were about to flee, feeling tremors intensifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seismic activity along Morningstar's crust spreading along branching faults, tearing the ground apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morningstar's largest hive city cluster straddled a geothermal rift. As groaning tectonic plates fractured, it sank into the fiery chasm that once powered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, three coastal cities were submerged by tsunami waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor saw a figure emerge from the Shai-Tan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure walked leisurely amidst the magnetic storm-induced earthquake. Terrifying storms circled his red armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hathor's eyes widened. He thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Atharva has been possessed by Shai-Tan.'\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>",1007,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.771Z",1,"novelbin.me","f7314984620c05780e6539011ad7e01ec3cc01c02aff64be864cc82bd3ea9d74","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-431","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-429",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]