To resurrect Yellow Old Man, the problem of the Webway must first be resolved.
Magnus's foolishness led to Yellow Old Man being severely beaten by the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods while performing Webway operations.
Innumerable demons poured into the Webway, defeating the forces composed of Human Custodians and Sisters of Silences.
The Adeptus Mechanicus even backstabbed them, abandoning the retreating forces to search for a path to Mars, only to be completely annihilated and cause the retreating forces to lose flank protection and be surrounded.
Yellow Old Man, utilizing the sacrifice of a thousand Psyker, was able to rise from the Golden Throne, enter the Webway, and confront the Imperium's end, only to be severely wounded.
Ultimately, at the cost of sacrificing 'Ra', he brought the Imperium's end out of the Webway, saving the surviving Custodians and Sisters.
However, under the interference of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods, the Webway could not be completely closed, and the Emperor could only block it himself.
To resurrect Yellow Old Man, the Webway problem must first be resolved, and the power of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods must be blocked, only then can he rise from the Golden Throne.
"For Yellow Old Man to be resurrected, he must first retrieve his humanity fragments," Alex muttered to himself.
After the Horus Heresy erupted, Yellow Old Man had been purging his humanity to combat the Warp, preventing himself from becoming weak due to emotions or memories.
Before his final battle with Horus, he even abandoned all his humanity; kindness, emotions, etc., were all stripped away, and he needed to retrieve his personality fragments first.
"While solving the Webway problem, I'll collect the fragments and prepare for the resurrection," Alex planned.
This matter was too significant, and he decided to carry it out secretly, keeping it from everyone.
Even Guilliman, Lion El'Jonson, and other Primarchs should not be informed yet.
After all, the authority held by the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods is beyond imagination; once they learn of the plan, they will surely do everything in their power to stop it.
If the Emperor were to return, Abaddon wouldn't even be safe running back to the Eye of Terror.
Given the Great Crusade's nature, the eggs in the Eye of Terror would be scrambled, and mutated earthworms would be split vertically.
Even the Emperor couldn't withstand facing all four Chaos Gods / The Four Gods simultaneously.
Therefore, this matter must be kept secret, with as few people knowing as possible.
"The Primarchs can be kept in the dark for now, but Titan cannot."
Alex thought of some important matters.
He asked Cortana to activate the Lighthouse teleportation to travel to the Grey Knights' homeworld, Titan.
"Alright, Master, Cortana will take care of it immediately."
Cortana nodded and immediately followed Alex's instructions, activating the Lighthouse teleportation and setting the destination to Titan.
As the Lighthouse device hummed, the space around Alex distorted.
When everything returned to normal, he had already traversed countless light-years, arriving in the near-orbit of Titan.
This was the advantage of Lighthouse teleportation; in the blink of an eye, one could reach any planet with a Lighthouse.
After an announcement was made, Grand Master Woldaes of the Grey Knights, who was not on a mission, personally came to greet him.
Led by him and several other Grand Masters, Alex entered Titan.
Titan was home only to the Grey Knights and servants of the Battle Group, so its population was extremely sparse, making it appear desolate and quiet.
Many buildings were empty, with only blessed servitors patrolling.
This mysterious planet was once sent into a mysterious dimension by Malcador, where it remained for over two millennia before returning to the Imperium of Man.
At that time, the High Lord entered Titan and, upon seeing what was inside, acknowledged their status and placed them under the command of the Inquisition.
The Grey Knights received the best equipment, traveling in exclusive high-speed strike cruisers across the Imperium, ruthlessly carrying out exorcism missions.
Though they were Psyker, to this day, no Grey Knight has ever been resurrected, and no one knows where their incredible resistance comes from.
When Alex arrived on the surface of Titan, he felt a powerful psychic force and the aura of demonic presence.
Some demons that were difficult to completely destroy were imprisoned here, and of course, some were used as training tools.
"I need to examine your Final Mandate," Alex stated after a brief exchange of pleasantries.
This made the Grey Knight Grand Masters, led by Woldaes, look at each other in dismay, never having expected a Saint to make such a request, nor knowing why the Saint would know of the Final Mandate's existence.
It was known that only Grand Masters knew of its existence, and only the Supreme Grand Master could open and view it.
Since the previous Grand Master, Kaldor Draigo, also known as Handsome guy, was pulled into the Warp, they had not elected a new Supreme Grand Master.
Recently, they had been considering it, as Kaldor Draigo was confirmed to have become a Warp entity and could no longer return to lead the Grey Knights.
Now, demons were rampant across the galaxy, and so they planned to elect another.
Seeing the distressed expressions of the Grey Knight Grand Masters,
Alex directly activated Heroic Spirit Summoning, pulling Handsome guy, who was battling on a Warp demon battlefield, into Reality.
"Demon, take this great sword!"
Handsome guy, wielding his Titan sword, felt the scene before him twist, then return to normal, immediately seeing the Imperial Saint and several Grey Knight Masters, his face showing surprise.
"How did I suddenly get here?"
"I summoned you, Kaldor Draigo. You are still the Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights, and I need you to make some decisions," Alex said.
"Saint, please command," Handsome guy put away his Titan sword and saluted Alex.
"I need to examine the Grey Knights' Final Mandate," Alex said.
Handsome guy's face showed hesitation.
When he took over, the previous Grand Master had repeatedly warned him that only he could view it, and that it was a rule that all Grand Masters had to obey since the Grey Knights' creation.
Just as he was about to refuse, Handsome guy remembered that the situation the previous Grand Master faced wasn't as complex as the current one.
They didn't have a Saint or God Chosen who were high-dimensional beings back then.
After a moment of hesitation, he made a decision that went against tradition.
"If you wish to examine it, please follow me."
Handsome guy agreed, and the other Grey Knight Grand Masters no longer spoke.
The influence of the Imperial Saint had surpassed that of the Emperor on some planets.
After all, the Emperor would not give them bread and milk,
but the Saint truly guaranteed them refrigerators filled with milk and bread.
Many people tacitly assumed the Imperial Saint was the second Emperor of the Imperium; even the returning Primarchs held this view.
Entering the Grey Knights' highest security chamber,
under the watchful eyes of several Grand Masters, Alex opened the wooden box, which contained a parchment bearing the Emperor's seal.
It recorded the highest directives left by the Lord of Mankind for the Grey Knights before his final battle.
"The Lord of Mankind shall never leave the Golden Throne—whether by resurrection, reincarnation through another's body, or ascension into some Warp entity."
"Should he do so, the Grey Knights must use all means to bring him back and ensure he continues to fulfill that terrible duty."
The content on the parchment was not extensive; Alex scanned it and finished reading.
"The Grey Knights' Final Mandate."
The parchment's content was neither a weapon nor a magical formula; it was merely a command.
But Alex knew the Grey Knights would surely do so.
They themselves were a weapon, and to fulfill their ultimate mission, they would not hesitate to even oppose the entire Imperium.
Alex came because he feared that the Grey Knights, upon detecting clues, would choose to sabotage Yellow Old Man's resurrection.
After all, a awakened Emperor was not something the Grey Knights could handle.
The best way to keep him on the Golden Throne was to keep him in his current state.
Alex activated a faith barrier, completely shielding the eyes of the Four Chaos Gods, and then revealed his plan to resurrect Yellow Old Man.
Undoubtedly, it was met with severe skepticism and opposition from the Grey Knight Grand Masters.
"The End War will begin soon, and we need a powerful combat force to counter the Four Chaos Gods," Alex tried to persuade them.
"I'm afraid the Warp will gain another combat force."
One Grand Master's words made others look at him, as such words could be considered blasphemous.
But they didn't mind; when discussing such matters, one couldn't shy away from anything, and the most serious consequences had to be stated.
"Then let's first collect the Emperor's personality fragments, allowing his humanity to suppress his increasingly growing divinity. Otherwise, if he continues to absorb faith, he will soon be unable to suppress it, leading to a forced ascension."
"At that time, the probability of him becoming a Warp Chaos God will be greater, and the crisis humanity faces will be even more terrifying."
"..."
A fierce argument ensued, and eventually, Woldaes and the other Grey Knight Grand Masters relented, agreeing to first collect the personality fragments to help the Emperor regain his humanity.
After gaining the Grey Knights' consent, Alex left Titan and headed to Ghomorra to select Players to undertake this mission.
After several major battles, Alex's level had risen to LV30.
The Players' levels also rose to LV30, and many Players, by hunting demons or killing alien gods, obtained divinity fragments, becoming increasingly powerful and capable of secondary ascension.
Players who had not absorbed divinity fragments could undergo Custodian reinforcement, gaining stronger combat power.
Therefore, sending them to collect the Emperor's fragments was not a difficult task.
When Alex assigned the task to the selected Players, he began the preparations for Yellow Old Man's resurrection.
Sanguinius, who had been waiting for a long time, was also preparing for his formal resurrection. The Eldar Avatar of the Laughing God, the Avatar of the Laughing God, Yvraine from Guilliman's household, and Arch-Prophet Eldrad all went to the Imperial Glory.
This battleship had undergone several upgrades, becoming larger than an ordinary planet, and was now the most powerful battleship in the Imperium.
However, Alex now mostly used Lighthouse instant teleportation to travel around the galaxy, rarely taking a ship.
Therefore, the Blood Angels had been using it, much to the displeasure of other Battle Groups.
Dante directly slapped the table with a picture of the The Great Angel and a photo of the Imperial Saint.
"See? Same armor, same wings. The Saint is the Blood Angels' gene-Primarch. What's wrong with us using our own ship?"
When someone questioned how a Legion could have two Primarchs,
"Don't worry about it. If you have the guts, go ask the Emperor."
Dante's retort left the opposition speechless.
Apart from the Imperial Saint, who could casually communicate with the Emperor's will?
And the Imperial Saint appeared to be letting things be.
Everyone gathered on the Imperial Glory, and the resurrection of Sanguinius began.
The process of Sanguinius's resurrection was not complicated: first, Alex, using the Emperor's power, stitched Sanguinius's soul back together, then sent the soul into his repaired body.
Next, the Avatar of the Laughing God released the power of death and rebirth onto Sanguinius.
After all this was done, golden flames burned fiercely, reducing Sanguinius to ashes.
Moments later, countless lights converged into a glowing orb.
Within the orb, a holy figure with wings appeared. When the radiance dissipated, Sanguinius, brimming with vitality, returned from the realm of death.
The Four Chaos Gods noticed this scene and tried to intervene.
However, facing the Imperial Glory, now the strongest battleship in the galaxy, their pawns were somewhat outmatched.
Just as the demons attempted to enter Reality through the torn rift to besiege the Imperial Glory,
they barely poked their heads through before being hit by several annihilation beams, five or six kilometers in diameter. Their newly acquired physical forms instantly turned to ash in the void, banished back to the Warp.
When they tried to use the Warp's advantage to board, they found the Imperial Glory saturated with unimaginable faith power.
They were burned to ashes as soon as they entered.
When the Chaos Gods realized how troublesome the Imperial Glory was and tried to tear open a rift to descend personally,
Sanguinius had already completed his resurrection, leaving them no choice but to give up.
Watching the will of the Chaos Gods depart and the Warp rifts close, Alex knew that next time, the Chaos Gods would no longer send their pawns, but would descend directly.
Guilliman, Lion El'Jonson, Corax, Jaghatai Khan, Sanguinius—more and more loyal Primarchs were returning.
The balance of power between the two sides began to shift.
Abaddon couldn't even handle one Primarch, let alone five.
The Chaos Gods would either have their Greater Daemons or Daemon Primarchs directly intervene, or they would descend themselves.
Otherwise, facing five Primarchs and a transformed Imperium of Man, the forces of Chaos would be utterly thrashed.
After resurrecting Sanguinius, Alex gave him a mission: to go to the Webway and cooperate with the young Fulgrim to purge demons, preparing for the Emperor's resurrection.
At the same time, he also issued a series of missions related to Sanguinius, offering generous rewards to ensure that Players were with Sanguinius twenty-four hours a day.
Sanguinius's soul was incomplete, and for this reason, Alex did not want Sanguinius to leave his sight, to prevent him from being corrupted by the Warp fragments that had fallen into the hands of the Chaos Gods.
As long as Players were by his side, the high-dimensional power they carried could help him resist Warp corruption and allow Alex to instantly reach his side to provide support.
Sanguinius did not object to this arrangement but accepted it gladly.
The excited and thrilled Angel cubs also cheered and followed the The Great Angel into the Webway.
Alex expressed his gratitude to the Eldar and promised to repay them by returning some sparsely populated planets that originally belonged to the Eldar, and also by implementing preferential laws to allocate resources to them, assisting them in rebuilding their homes.