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Before him was a garden.

Strangely enough, the final destination leading to Khorne's Skull Palace is a garden, a place completely out of place with Khorne's style.

Unlike the twisted and chaotic fortress, the fields and picnic areas here are neat and orderly, yet still terrifying.

Endless rows of bloody corpses are tied to huge, grotesque legumes.

Black flowers brimming with blood grow from the corpse.

This plant, known as the Fear Flower, is incredibly delicate.

A blood-red lily is wrapped in black tendrils, and a terrifying human face grows from the stamen.

The pungent, intoxicating fragrance of the flowers mingled with the bloody, coppery stench of the fortress, exuding an aura that stirred murderous intent in everyone present.

The servants tending this garden are the powerful demon princes of Khorne—these creatures who painstakingly ascended from the mortal realm to serve the flowers of Khorne.

Every moment of planting and nurturing flowers on each corpse was cherished with tenderness and care...

Such heartwarming scenes occur every moment in this eerie garden.

Under a burning, blood-red sky, the entire garden, resembling a slaughterhouse, was filled with foul-smelling black flowers and strangely fragrant fruits.

It's incredible that something like a garden would appear in Khorne's domain.

How could a powerful being immersed in bloodshed, slaughter, and destruction actually build a garden?

Bai Wujie pondered for a moment, then burst out laughing...

"You actually have such a perverse sense of humor."

Yes, this entire Khorne Garden probably originated from Khorne's own twisted sense of humor... or rather, from his mockery and torment of these demon princes who submitted to him.

Ak'cogu'thiou'euak, Uraka Az'baramael, Blood Prince, Omphalos Daemonium, Slaughterwing...

Angron

These souls, once infamous to the outside world and responsible for countless horrific and bloody massacres, are here doing the work that Khorne despises most, like lowly servants.

The demon princes had their souls taken by the evil god the moment they ascended to demonhood... and their physical bodies, which were active outside, were more like bodies filled with a large amount of warp energy than their true selves.

Ascension to the demonic path does not actually signify great liberation; it is merely another deception promised by Chaos, or rather, a mocking joke.

Ascension to the Demonic Realm simply means that your soul is completely controlled by the evil god, while your body may still be controlled by your will... but your soul has already fallen into the evil god's manipulation.

Khorne, of the four gods, was undoubtedly the one who most despised these demon princes who submitted to him.

He accepted these blood sacrifices, but the demon prince's "submission" was the act Khorne despised most.

He represents survival of the fittest and endless struggle, so how could such a god be happy because of the submission of others?

No, the more you resist, the more you fight against Khorne, the more Khorne will appreciate and like you... and this pleasure will continue until the moment it destroys you.

But before that, your submission will only make Khorne think you are a lowly weakling.

He will still make you ascend to demonhood, but your body will no longer be controlled by your soul. Instead, the soul of the weak will be sent by him to his garden to do these lowly tasks.

Only when fighting for the Blood God can these subjugated souls travel to the physical universe to bury their tormented pain with slaughter...

But it is precisely Khwarazm's contempt for their submission that prevents them from truly enjoying such happiness.

Perhaps only those who truly venture here can satisfy the demon princes' insatiable thirst for battle and give them a chance for "atonement." But alas, since the beginning of time, only one person has ever truly stepped into this garden.

The moment Bai Wujie, wielding this enlightenment and wielding the mad shark, stepped into the Garden of Khorne...

The demon princes who were still bowing their heads to serve the countless flowers of fear all raised their heads.

In that one instant, Khorne restored the freedom of their souls to them.

Using the Great Demon to deal with the White Boundless Realm is no longer an effective method... Khorne has no intention of engaging in the act of splitting himself into pieces and sending them away one by one.

But the demon princes are different. They are not fragments of Khorne, and when Khorne returns their ownership to them, they become individual entities.

The Blood God gave no orders, but there was no need for any... These demon princes, clinging to their pain because of their momentary cowardice, howled and began to slaughter!

They turned on Bai Wujie? No, they turned on each other!

The bloodlust that has been suppressed for countless years must be released!

Enemies? Everything in sight is an enemy! Now free, they only crave to tear everyone's souls apart!!

And this slaughter will not stop until only one person remains in the arena!

25. The Demon Prince

The fate of the demon princes fully demonstrates how illusory and fickle the favor of evil gods can be.

Perhaps among the four gods, only Khorne is such a twisted and conflicted being. The desire for glory should not lead to submission, for submission is tantamount to abandoning battle and glory... Therefore, Khorne tempts those who submit, yet he disdains the souls that truly submit.

Even if Saint Gilles had submitted to Khorne, he would likely have maintained this attitude; the very foundation of Khorne's existence is unchangeable.

Glory! Victory! Battle! Slaughter! Survival of the fittest!

These elements that constitute all of Khorne are terrifying and pure... but conversely, this makes Khorne's act of subjugation seem very contradictory.

Fighting in the name of the Blood God and Khorne is acceptable, but anything that requires submission to Khorne and acceptance of Khorne's blessing to fight is something Khorne despises.

Perhaps this is why Khorne favored Karn over his Primarch Angron.

Even if the latter did not become the demon prince by his own will, the fact that he submitted and knelt down displeased Khorne.

After becoming a demon prince, the original body itself lost its greatest value to the evil god.

Now, with Khorne's challengers stepping into his garden, the demon princes imprisoned there have been freed!

Their souls have been loosened by terror.

They gained freedom of movement, and they were relieved of the punishment of terror!

They regained the ability to kill as warriors!

Kill each other, or kill the invading enemy, and get a chance, a chance to start over!

Go and challenge Khwarazm, instead of bowing down to him, to gain your soul and your freedom!

As for running away, these demon princes' souls would never do such a thing.

They were a group of war-loving madmen in life, and this will not change even after being imprisoned and tortured by the Blood God.

After gaining their freedom, they did not choose to escape, but to pursue the thirst of their souls!

kill!

Fill the void in their souls with slaughter, and prove with the skulls of their enemies that they are brave warriors, not lowly and cowardly gardeners!

Roaring and howling, the demon princes slaughtered each other with their own souls and the forms they had taken in life!

The enormous wings of slaughter spread their wings and soared through the sky. He was once a mortal who was obsessed with flying, and in his mortal life...

This madman has mastered mechanical flight technology and kills his opponents in the name of Khorne every time.

He alone brought terror to the entire civilization—the terror of not daring to be under the open sky.

Khorne thus bestowed upon him the "blessing" of becoming a demon!

Now, this mortal soul, waving its mechanical wings, roared and pounced on an Astartes.

His opponent is named Ekrak, a Chaos Lord who was promoted to Demon Prince by the Blood God in M34 for leading the Blackstar Crusade to victory over the Empire. Now, he is fighting for himself!

"Tear it to pieces!!"

Howling, Erac grabbed Killer Wing's mechanical arms...

As his chest cavity was completely ripped open, the mechanical wings that connected his nerves were torn off!

Amidst the opponent's frantic screams and roars, he cleaved him in two at the waist with his battle axe.

But the next moment, Erac's chest was torn apart by a pair of even stronger and more powerful arms!

The one who killed him was one of the most infamous of the demon princes—Angron, the Primarch of Khorne!

Maintaining the same posture he had before ascending to demonhood, the Butcher's Sting continued to torment Angron's will and emotions. He roared like a beast, or rather, he was a pathetic beast!

But it wasn't that Butcher's Nail rose into the warp with him... it's just that Angron's soul had never truly escaped it.

The constant agony of the Butcher's Nail, and the humiliation that the Oathbreaker had inflicted on Angron, had etched this mark upon his soul—

So when he ascended to demonhood, the Butcher's Nail clung to Angron's soul like a malignant tumor.

The crazed Angron is frantically slaughtering his former colleagues, this pitiful servant who has been imprisoned all his life, is seizing this only chance to seek pleasure and escape his suffering!

kill!kill!kill!

Meanwhile, on the other side, the remaining Khorne demon princes were also slaughtered by another being.

A strange demon prince who wasn't even here in the first place.

It was a figure wielding a "Hara-Sulu-Din" cast in brass. He had an Asian appearance, wore a white robe and felt hat, and seemed more like a brave leader than a warrior.

But his actions were incredibly cruel and swift; even the Demon Prince, a former Space Marine, was no match for him!

Dancing, rising, killing—the magnificent yet deadly martial arts are unmatched even by Space Marines.

But it was less a magnificent battle dance and more a deadly and swift attack that caused waves of blood to surge with every thrust.

This is very abnormal for a mortal.

Power; his attacks carried the power of terror and slaughter.

Even though he was stripped of Khorne's Ascension Blessing, he still possessed some of Khorne's power.

Bai Wujie recognized him; this was Khorne's first demon prince, his first servant.

His real name has long been forgotten, but he once ravaged the nations of Terra as a powerful warrior and conqueror in the 1K era, and he is responsible for multiple large-scale genocides and murders.

Such wanton slaughter did not escape the watchful eye of Khorne. When the Blood God was relatively young, he bestowed upon this warrior a demonic reward that surpassed all others.

He shouldn't be here, because he is so special... Even though he succumbed to Khorne, he was never locked in the garden and punished by Khorne, which means that he truly gained Khorne's favor, or even shared some of Khorne's power.

After slaughtering half of the demon princes, the monster revealed his demonic form.

Burning crimson skin, shrouded in thick black smoke of vengeful spirits. A canine-like, terrifying face, the Suludin spear in his hand bearing the cruel mark of Khorne, and a thousand Space Marine heads hanging from the wings on his back!

Doombreed

This is his name: Khorne's first demon prince, a conqueror, and the only ascended being to have enjoyed Khorne's power instead of having his body hollowed out by Khorne's power!

As a demon prince, he was independent and even free. Khorne shared power with him instead of taking his soul and enslaving his body!

“You are a challenger to my Lord.”

The Seed of Destruction stared at the White Boundless Realm before it, whispering in a voice as sharp as a blade scraping against glass...

"So? You're here to protect your master?" Bai Wujie sneered.

"No..." The Seed of Destruction sneered.

"I have come for the souls of these kneeling people! You vile and lowly creatures, they will assist me in carrying out the greatest blood sacrifice that my Lord desires!!"

At this point, Seed of Destruction looked disdainfully at Angron, who was nearly wiped out and going berserk in the distance.

It seems that in the eyes of this killer and conqueror, these demon princes are all lowly slaves.

No, that is the truth. Compared to the Seeds of Destruction, who never believed in the Blood God and knew nothing of Khorne... yet gained Khorne's favor through actual killing and conquest, these beings who ultimately ascended to demonic possession for power and other purposes are all slaves!

"No massacre in the mortal world can compare to the carnage I have created," Bai Wujie roared with laughter.

"You're running away, Khan! You're trying to escape from me!!"

"Perhaps, but I am simply following the rules set by my Lord."

The Seed of Destruction was so calm that it didn't seem like a demon prince like Khorne. Without hesitation, he took off with the souls of half of the demon princes and headed towards the other side of the boundless warp!

Khorne didn't stop him, which meant it was indeed Khorne's order. So what could be more important than the carnage and game that Bai Wujie was currently creating?

Perhaps that happened in the past, or perhaps it never happened. In this eternally uncertain subspace, time is never a fixed vector.

Bai Wujie didn't know, nor did he care. He grinned maliciously as he awaited the birth of his opponent, the appearance of the demon prince who would ultimately stand in his way.

There's actually no need to wait, because the outcome was predetermined from the start.

"Roar!"

The final victor, wielding his terrifying Black Blade, roared as he severed the head of the last demon prince!

"The ultimate winner is also the greatest slave." Bai Wujie looked at the terrifying and cruel original body and smiled mockingly...