The situation in The Galaxy / Milky Way had once again returned to its expected state at this point in time.
The Tyranid Swarm at the Galactic Rim was, in any case, inexhaustible; whether it was the Orks or anyone else, if they wanted to fight, they could always go to the Galactic Rim to wage war.
Zeke and The Emperor, in any case, rarely did any work, so their disappearance did not have any short-term impact on humanity's forces.
At least for humans, even if The Emperor hadn't shown up for 10 years, they wouldn't think The Emperor was missing.
As long as Zeke could return within a century, that would be fine.
However, neither Szarekh nor Guilliman had any doubt about whether Zeke could return within a century.
They also knew that Zeke's civilization would only need a century to reach this universe, and with the powerful Terran Dominion as an ally, how could they not find the two Emperors?
As for the Imperium of Man and the Necrons, what would become of them then?
The answer was already clear, wasn't it?
How was the Infinite Empire not like the Imperium of Man now?
The fusion between the two stellar empires had already begun.
And with Zeke's endorsement, the integration of the Necrons into the Terran Dominion was almost a certainty.
The Necrons' souls were bestowed by humans, meaning their souls were equivalent to human souls, and replacing the Necrons' bodies would be too simple for the Terran Dominion.
This meant that as long as they could endure for a century, regardless of the outcome, and regardless of whether Zeke and the others returned, humanity would head towards glory, and their true peak would beckon to them. The Imperium of Man could easily accept the help of a more powerful human civilization and wander among the stars with them.
Of course, before that, Guilliman still had to get the Imperium of Man in order, lest the Terran Dominion arrive only to find a huge mess to deal with.
Guilliman could guess Zeke's intentions even with his toes.
You probably want him to take over the position of the Governor named Grey Wind and deal with a ton of administrative affairs. Although Guilliman felt that continuing to work was very bad, this was precisely where his value lay.
The massive amount of administrative work made Guilliman feel tired, but if he could clear away all those messy and complicated affairs, leaving only the essentials, Guilliman would only feel that it was a joyous occasion.
In his hands, the Ultramar 500 Worlds became the most brilliant star of the Imperium of Man.
He also had a certain confidence that after the Terran Dominion arrived, he would be able to make the star system he governed the most prosperous and brilliant.
His fear of dealing with administrative affairs was overwhelmed by the Terran Dominion's top-tier technology. Guilliman was very eager to know what that civilization with brilliant technology was like.
The Imperium of Man continued to develop in an orderly manner, while at this moment, Zeke and The Emperor were once again teleported into a void through a channel.
Looking at the scene of the cosmic void around him, Zeke couldn't help but scratch his head.
"The Emperor, it seems we've been teleported a bit too far. I can't even find The Galaxy / Milky Way now."
The moment he was teleported out, Zeke immediately used his powerful psychic abilities to determine the direction of The Galaxy / Milky Way, but it was clear he couldn't find it at all.
As someone who had already transmigrated once, Zeke couldn't help but wonder if he had transmigrated again at this moment.
Hearing this, The Emperor also quickly sensed his surroundings, but since even Zeke couldn't confirm his location or find The Galaxy / Milky Way, how could The Emperor sense it?
Zeke's power was already stronger than his.
After a round of confirmation, The Emperor also dejectedly withdrew his psychic power.
"This void is very strange."
"The Emperor felt an aura identical to his own in this void, and also felt an aura that was his own, but that aura was seated upon the Golden Throne."
Of course, these were not the most important things. The most important thing was that he felt the aura of the Primarchs, which was completely different from the Primarchs The Emperor had reconciled with at this time; it seemed to be the opposite.
"Zeke, why don't you sense it? I can feel the aura of Primarchs in this void, and also my own aura, but my own aura seems a bit weak, and he doesn't have the feeling of the Dark King on him."
"We have probably arrived in a very unique galaxy. I can feel that The Emperor now is my last part; I just need him to merge with me, and then everything will be complete."
The Emperor's origin was driving him; he was about to become complete, and this galaxy was the opportunity for his completion.
The Emperor had now ascended to godhood as the Dark King.
If The Emperor, as the Dark King, could appear complete, then The Circle God would have someone to deal with.
This world did not need the end of two worlds; if The Emperor was complete and aided by Zeke, then The Circle God's authority and status would be completely stripped by The Emperor.
As the true wielder of the mysterious button of the fourth great catastrophe, Zeke naturally transcended every Void Realm deity, but his power was far from recovered.
Wars with the Overlords in the Void Realm and those of the Revival Empire were inevitable. For this, Zeke needed to strengthen his forces; every powerful force meant an advantage on the battlefield.
"Then let's explore this galaxy, but without an army, conquering this galaxy won't be easy."
Zeke thought for a moment and made a decision, but this time it was different from before when there was a channel.
They had no channel to mobilize troops from their own galaxy, which meant that conquering this Imperium of Man could be very troublesome.
The moment he finished speaking, a very troublesome Real Space blockade swept towards the two of them.
Warp deities cannot appear in the Real Space at will—
The Real Space's blockade enveloped The Emperor, forcibly sending him back into the Warp, where he stood in the Immaterium overlooking this galaxy, while Zeke remained standing in place.
The repulsion from the galaxy's Real Space had no effect on Zeke, shattering into pieces.
The Emperor was a Warp deity, but Zeke was not; he merely could beat up Warp deities. As the fourth great catastrophe, no rules could restrict him.
"So troublesome. I don't want to handle this alone. The Emperor should at least do some work."
Zeke raised his hand and drew a symbol in the cosmic void.
A massive symbol appeared in the Galactic Void. Immediately afterward, Zeke reached out and hauled The Emperor, who had just been sent back into the Warp, right back out.
This was a power far beyond what this galaxy could resist. If it were merely the Chaos Gods, the power of Real Space could indeed confine them, but The Emperor was different; he possessed his own physical body.
The Emperor was once again pulled out by Zeke, and the strength Zeke displayed this time genuinely astonished The Emperor.
Zeke's power had grown stronger yet again, but every time Zeke acted personally, he felt a sense of powerlessness afterward, and this time was no exception.
After yanking The Emperor out, Zeke immediately started gasping heavily on the ground.
Here, the eternal throne could not provide him with a continuous supply of energy. This meant that the action he just performed was done by Zeke himself, resulting in a massive consumption of his energy. The energy of fourth great catastrophe is very difficult to restore without the help of the eternal throne.
"I'm numb. Why did I get an epic-level nerf right after arriving? Old Huang, for whatever happens next, if there's trouble, you handle it; if there's no trouble, you still handle it. I'm hiding behind you to recover first."
Zeke said this to The Emperor while panting, and The Emperor naturally agreed readily.
After all, this was a consequence of pulling him out of the Warp, so The Emperor felt it necessary to take responsibility.
"You can rest assured and leave this matter to me! There will absolutely be no problem!"
The Emperor declared, patting his chest, but after he finished speaking, the two fell silent once more. They were currently on an asteroid in the void.
Forget about protection; the more important thing was whether they should find something to take them to a world with civilization first.
Zeke and The Emperor glanced at the barren asteroid surrounding them, then at the scene of the Galactic Void, feeling somewhat overwhelmed.
Neither of them had a battleship. Replenishing energy in this unfamiliar galaxy was extremely complicated. Without the eternal throne, Zeke found energy replenishment to be very troublesome.
As for The Emperor... the essence of the Warp was still repelling him, and the laws of Real Space were still confining him. If Zeke hadn't acted to pull him out, he would already be back inside the Immaterium.
Recovering energy in this galaxy was truly very difficult.
"What do you say? Do we have a way to find a civilized world first and figure out the situation in this galaxy?"
Zeke focused his gaze on The Emperor, hoping his companion could devise a solution so that he wouldn't have to open the control panel again.
Zeke glanced at the layer of energy still stored within his body, reluctant to use it again.
He suddenly missed his eternal throne so much!!
Facing Zeke's hopeful gaze, The Emperor shook his head, feeling somewhat ashamed.
"I have no way. This galaxy is repelling me, and after entering the Warp, I can feel the Warp repelling me too. I cannot deploy my perspective within the Warp to explore this galaxy."
"It looks like we can only rely on you, Zeke!"
The Emperor looked at Zeke with a hopeful expression, while Zeke watched The Emperor's demeanor and helplessly rubbed his forehead.
"We can't rely entirely on me, either. You go into the Warp first and see what the nearest planet is. I don't have much energy right now, and if I keep squandering it like this, I won't be able to help you when trouble arises."
Hearing this, The Emperor's figure vanished from the spot. Although he couldn't achieve his goal using the Warp, the Dark King's ability was still present.
If The Emperor merely wanted to see if there were any civilized worlds nearby, he could still see them.
The majestic Emperor appeared within the Warp. His gaze explored the surrounding planets, and soon, a very conspicuous planet appeared before him.
Macragge, the star of Ultramar 500 Worlds... For some unknown reason, upon seeing the Ultramar 500 Worlds before him, The Emperor fell into deep silence. How could he sense an unparalleled aura of Chaos on Ultramar 500 Worlds and their dazzling star, Macragge??
And his most reliable son, The 13th Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, now seemed to be falling into the hands of Chaos. It looked like he was reaching some kind of agreement with Chaos?
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Just in that instant within the Warp, The Emperor found it incomprehensible. How could this be possible?
How could his greatest son, The 13th Primarch, Roboute Guilliman—the Regent of the Imperium of Man and the next Governor-General of the Terran Dominion—possibly cooperate with the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods?
This was utter nonsense.
Furthermore, how could Ultramar 500 Worlds have such an intense aura of Chaos? It was completely impossible. Everyone knew about Guilliman's administrative capabilities; they were simply heaven-defying.
But no matter what The Emperor told himself internally, he still saw the Chaos Gods seemingly tempting Guilliman, and Guilliman appeared to be successfully tempted.
At this moment, The Emperor panicked.
He tried to intervene in the Warp to disrupt everything, but since Zeke had pulled him back into Real Space, his ability to act within the Warp was not as fluid.
This galaxy was truly strange.
A wave of the Dark King's power was unleashed, but it was blocked by the Warp's natural instinct. Extremely chaotic Warp energy interfered with everything The Emperor attempted.
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How did Zeke pull The Emperor back into Real Space?
He used the great power of fourth great catastrophe to define The Emperor as a creature of Real Space, which is why he encountered some hindrance within the Warp.
After the attack failed, The Emperor watched helplessly as his son communicated with the Chaos Gods, his heart burning with anxiety.
Since he couldn't communicate with his son through the Warp, he would go to Ultramar 500 Worlds! He would go there and communicate with Guilliman!
This thought arose in The Emperor's mind.
After confirming that Ultramar was not too far away, he immediately stepped out of the Warp and found Zeke.
"Zeke, this is terrible! I saw Guilliman discussing things with the Four Chaos Gods. It looks like they are trying to tempt Guilliman to fall to Chaos!"
The Emperor's tone was extremely urgent. As an Emperor full of humanity, he was genuinely worried about his son's situation.
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Hearing this, a large number of question marks appeared above Zeke's head.
"Are you kidding me?
How could Guilliman possibly be tempted by the Chaos Gods?
Hasn't he always believed in the Imperial Truth?
He even elbowed his own Warp essence and forcefully sealed away his Psychic Talent. Who could possibly tempt a person like that?"
Zeke stared blankly at The Emperor, unable to believe what he had just said.
This was Guilliman, who had fiercely elbowed and defeated his own Warp Talent. How could he be tempted by the Chaos Gods?
Many Hammer-fans read the Warhammer Official History, but as for the Warhammer Apocrypha... Zeke was just a Thunder Hammer; how could he possibly know the contents of the Apocrypha?
In his mind, Guilliman was still the one from the Official History.
The Emperor's words undoubtedly left him utterly bewildered.
Guilliman is making a deal with the Chaos Gods and is currently being corrupted?
How absurd is this!
Even though Zeke fundamentally did not believe this matter.
But since The Emperor said so, what else could be done?
Surely the Four Chaos Gods didn't know about their arrival and were putting on a show to deceive him?
How could that be? Although their arrival caused resistance from the rules of Real Space and the Warp.
But Zeke was not someone to be trifled with; if the Four Chaos Gods knew, that would be truly strange.
Since even the The Golden Imperium might appear, then a world where Guilliman fell into the hands of the Four Chaos Gods doesn't seem so hard to accept?
Zeke convinced himself of this internally, but the next second, he broke down.
Not hard my foot!
What kind of mess is this?
If even Guilliman would fall to Chaos, isn't that ridiculous?
"Let's go, let's go, Old Huang. Let's go take a look right now. I'll pave the way for us immediately!"
Zeke once again drew a symbol in the void, and this time, he was serious.
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A string of letters was input into the console, and Zeke's energy was rapidly depleting. When this code string was finished, a Blade-class frigate appeared.
Zeke's energy was greatly consumed by creating the warship out of nothing. This method was not something the current Zeke could easily endure; he was still in recovery, and he was currently less than one ten-thousandth of his peak strength.
When the Blade-class frigate appeared, Zeke was so weak that he nearly collapsed onto the asteroid. Fortunately, The Emperor was quick and supported Zeke immediately.
The Emperor looked at the Blade-class frigate that had appeared before him, uttering incomprehensible sounds.
"Woah, woah, woah—that's powerful."
"Creating a warship out of nothing, directly conjuring it! Amazing, amazing, Zeke! You're literally rubbing the laws of physics and the laws of the universe into the dirt!"
In this Warhammer universe and the galaxy, the most terrifying thing is creation out of nothing. Neither the Chaos Gods nor anyone else can achieve it; only Zeke has done so.
The Blade-class frigate's combat strength is not actually strong; its total length is only over 800 meters, equivalent to a standard T2-level frigate.
It is equipped with a medium-level energy shield, armor, some defense, and torpedoes, but its most important feature is faster-than-light travel.
Perhaps it lacks firepower, but it is worth noting that a frigate of this class is perfectly capable of handling transportation and logistical needs.
"Stop talking, stop talking. Let me recover for a bit, then we'll board the warship and prepare to head to the Ultramar 500 Worlds. But we need to be careful; the Guilliman here is not the Guilliman we know. Let's figure out the situation first."
Zeke glanced at The Emperor supporting him and spoke irritably.
The Emperor also fully understood Zeke's situation at the moment, but the fact that his son was being corrupted by the Chaos Gods made him anxious.
Unable to wait any longer, he immediately scooped up Zeke and carried him onto the Blade-class frigate.
"Stop being so girly; man up!
I'm carrying you onto the warship, and we'll depart right now!"
"That's my son! I feel like he might turn out just like Horus. I need to go see, at least to check if there's any way to save him."
While holding Zeke, The Emperor used Psychic Energy to protect Zeke's safety and brought him into the frigate.
This maneuver left Zeke dumbfounded. He hadn't expected Old Huang to just pick him up. Two big men... well, this wasn't the time to worry about minor details. It's nothing, it's nothing.
The warship generated by Zeke's fourth great catastrophe did not mean it was merely an intelligent warship; it had a crew inside.
Since the Blade-class frigate was only over 800 meters in size, the crew count was small; the total personnel on the warship amounted to only 460 people.
After Zeke was carried onto the warship by The Emperor, his condition had already improved considerably.
Zeke, having just boarded, immediately jumped down from The Emperor's embrace. No one looked at this scene; after all, it was best not to witness the awkwardness of their own Emperor.
The surrounding crew members continued to perform their duties.
Zeke jumped down and recovered some energy. The crew did not look in the direction of Zeke and The Emperor, but The Emperor alone stared dumbfounded at everything inside the warship.
Creating a warship out of nothing—this was an existence that violated the fundamental laws of the universe.
Creation out of nothing was already absurd enough, but what did he see now? He saw that there were actual, living people inside the warship!!!
Although he had always felt that Zeke was unbelievably powerful, only by witnessing this scene did The Emperor truly understand what Zeke represented.
His previous judgment of Zeke had been flawed; it wasn't grand enough.
Even if you tied all the Chaos Gods together and added himself, they still couldn't conjure life in Real Space out of thin air, let alone create things out of nothing.
"Stop staring foolishly. Didn't you want to go find Guilliman and check on his situation? Shall we depart?"
That was Guilliman!
If he could extract the essence of this Guilliman and merge it with their own Guilliman, how powerful would their Guilliman become?
At this moment, Zeke didn't feel that the galaxy he was currently in was any different from the previous Warhammer galaxies he had encountered.
He was still focused on strengthening Guilliman.
They were both Primarchs; surely their essences were interchangeable?
This was Zeke's thought process, and The Emperor was also brought back to his senses by Zeke's words.
He quickly stepped forward, found the ship's Captain, and handed him the coordinates he had observed.
After confirming the direction with The Emperor's help, the warship began to move: first accelerating to 10 times the speed of light, then 100 times, then 1,000 times, until it reached 1,800 times the speed of light before stopping further acceleration and heading toward the Ultramar 500 Worlds.
Even though he had seen the warships under Zeke's command travel so quickly countless times, The Emperor was still deeply moved upon seeing it again.
If he had possessed such fast warships during the Great Crusade, would the Webway War never have happened?
Would the ten thousand years of suffering and all the tragedies never have occurred?
Every time he saw such a fast warship, The Emperor felt deep emotion, and this time was no exception.
While The Emperor was reminiscing, Zeke sat cross-legged, recovering the energy within his body as much as possible.
At this moment, he had no civilization behind him, and no the eternal throne beneath him.
Zeke, who had always felt secure, once again lost that sense of security at this moment, even though The Emperor was right beside him and he himself possessed immense combat power.
No matter how powerful individual strength is, there will always be a moment when it is completely exhausted.
Having no civilization or army as a backing made Zeke extremely uneasy.
With their warships capable of faster-than-light travel,
the Emperor and Zeke quickly found the first planet in the Ultramar 500 Worlds a few days later.
It was upon reaching this first planet that their warship stopped advancing.
As beings who frequently dealt with the Chaos Gods, Zeke and the Emperor were more than familiar with them.
How could the Ultramar 500 Worlds have such a strong aura of Chaos?
As the brightest jewel of the Imperium of Man, for the Ultramar 500 Worlds to have so much Chaos aura, one could only imagine what Macragge, at its very center, must look like.
A very bad premonition arose in Zeke's heart, and the Emperor felt the same.
As their warship drew closer to Macragge, the aura of Chaos energy became increasingly terrifying and oppressive.
The Emperor and Zeke exchanged glances, both seeing an unsettling feeling in the other's eyes.
"Perhaps we should stop advancing for now. If Ultramar has completely fallen, then continuing to approach will only trap us."
Zeke's energy was limited; without the eternal throne, he couldn't quickly replenish his energy, and he would eventually deplete his strength.
Although The Emperor had been forcibly pulled into Real Space by Zeke for the time being, once he engaged in a major battle, he would also be repelled by Real Space and pulled back into the Warp, which was definitely not a good thing.
There was a very powerful force between this galaxy and the universe that was targeting the two of them, and Zeke and the Emperor also felt some differences in the power of the Chaos Gods.
Don't let the fact that their four cowards were scared to death fool you; that was mainly because the four of them combined could only fight Zeke, and with the Emperor added, the outcome would be uncertain.
Moreover, Zeke's side also had Gork and Mork, plus Szarekh. Zeke's side had far more people than the Chaos Gods, and their combat power also far exceeded the Chaos Gods, which naturally kept those four guys very quiet.
But here... because there was also an The Emperor here, and he seemed to have abandoned the rank of Dark King, the Dark King was not an insurmountable existence here.
Zeke was limited by his inability to quickly restore his energy, and civilization had not yet arrived, so he couldn't directly engage in a major battle.
Here, it was the two of them, and two in an incomplete state, against four on the other side.
They could certainly win, but if the other side waged a war of attrition, it would be uncertain.
Considering this, Zeke and the Emperor did not continue to advance. They prepared to find a world in the Ultramar 500 Worlds to stop and first figure out the current situation.
During the warship's scan, Zeke and the others quickly locked onto a planet.
Calth—
Calth was an extremely rich planet in the Ultramar 500 Worlds, but it suffered a devastating blow after the Great Heresy. Yet, at this time, the planet was still rich.
However, the warship's scan detected a large number of Legion fleets gathering at Calth.
Among them were a small number of Ultramarines, Word Bearers, and World Eaters.
They seemed to have just arrived at Calth. Did this mean it was during the time of the Great Heresy?
This thought simultaneously appeared in the minds of the Emperor and Zeke, and the next moment, they both almost simultaneously ordered the warship:
"Go to Calth, go to Calth at the fastest speed, enter extreme mode, go there as fast as possible."
The Battle of Calth was a battle where the Word Bearers ambushed the Ultramarines. If the two of them could appear in time and prevent this, they could undoubtedly gain Guilliman's support.
With Guilliman's support, Zeke could then find a way to create a stargate and bring the Imperium of Man's army here, and then everything would have hope.
More importantly, the construction of the stargate network.
It would also allow the eternal throne to come to Zeke's side to provide him with energy, which would make victory in the war even more assured.
Zeke's plan was very simple.
And the Emperor's thoughts were actually very simple; he simply wanted to prevent his sons and brothers from killing each other.
The Emperor, now with abundant humanity, did not want to see this scene unfold.
The two of them quickly ordered their warship to speed up to support the Battle of Calth.
But everything was destined to go against their expectations.
Just as Zeke and the Emperor's warship barely arrived at Calth at high speed, the fleets of the Word Bearers and World Eaters also just arrived at Calth.
Just as Lorgar of the Word Bearers, Angron of the World Eaters, and Zeke and the Emperor had just arrived at Calth, Guilliman's long-planned scheme reached its conclusion.
To the bewilderment of Zeke and the Emperor, and the incomprehension of Lorgar and Angron, an unimaginably massive Warp storm engulfed the 500 Worlds.
As the most prosperous of the Imperium of Man's 500 Worlds, the number of human citizens residing here was almost countless, and a Chaos ritual performed with such a vast number of sacrifices had a power that even surpassed the Chaos Gods themselves.
Every world under Guilliman's control, under the influence of this Warp storm, was transformed into a Daemon World.
The appearance of the Warp storm completely stunned both Zeke and the Emperor.
The two looked at each other.
"Zeke, if I act and get sent back into the Warp, can you still pull me back?"
The Emperor looked at Zeke with some concern, sensing that Zeke hadn't recovered much energy yet.
"Yes, but it would consume even more of my energy," Zeke thought for a moment and replied to the Emperor.
"Then should I act to stop all this, to block the Warp storm?" the Emperor asked cautiously.
He was a bit bewildered by the appearance of the Warp storm.
But from his perspective, he saw a terrifying Warp storm attacking the fleets of the Word Bearers and World Eaters.
Honestly, the Emperor didn't understand why the Warp storm would target the two Legion fleets of the World Eaters and Word Bearers.
But as the Dark King after his ascension, he could feel the destructive power contained within these Warp storms, and the World Eaters and Word Bearers fleets did not have the power of the Chaos Gods blessing them.
This meant that if the Warp storm directly attacked the World Eaters and Word Bearers fleets, it could truly cause some losses to Angron and Lorgar.
Although they weren't his two sons now, there was actually no difference, and the Emperor still wanted to help them.
"Go ahead and stop it. I always feel like something is strange here."
"Contact Lorgar and Angron to understand what exactly happened." Even if Zeke and the Emperor were still bewildered, they finally reacted.
The trajectory of this galaxy seems completely different from their galaxy?