With Rhodes's suspicions laid to rest, the two goddesses relaxed. Playing one person together was exhausting.

The good news: both goddesses now had suitable bodies and just needed training to master their power.

With both cosmic beast and giant power, the goddesses were formidable.

That night, Rhodes personally tested the true strength of a goddess's body.

They engaged in a fierce physical contest—even fighting in giant form. The female giant's body could handle all of Rhodes's attacks and counterattack.

…

Eldar-human cooperation continued, trading enchanted weapons, knowledge, and machinery. Humanity's biggest demand: Dark Eldar and Corsairs must stop attacking Imperial worlds and civilian ships. The other Eldar factions also pressured the Dark Eldar.

Rhodes occasionally sent Slaanesh assassins to raid Commorragh and slaughter Dark Eldar—Aisha didn't mind, and it earned him system coins.

A few days later, with the goddess's help, Rhodes impregnated both Yvraine and Lelith.

"Happy now?" Rhodes asked.

"I just wanted Lelith's child to have a playmate—after all, the god-child won't be born for over a century," Yvraine said.

Originally it was just to give Lelith a child, but once Yvraine found out super life forms could reproduce with human help, she begged the goddess to let her be a mother too.

Rhodes wouldn't let any other male touch her, and as a super life form, no Eldar could impregnate her.

"Whatever makes you happy," Rhodes smiled.

"Will our kids upset the Emperor? He was mad about the god-child," Yvraine asked.

"Don't worry. Only super life forms can have children with each other—ordinary mortals cannot," Rhodes said.

Still, just in case, Rhodes had Isha tweak the children so they could only reproduce with humans, not Eldar—preventing a new hybrid species.

The god-child could only breed with gods; these two could only breed with humans.

Super life forms can't have offspring with ordinary mortals, even among their own kind—just like Primarchs and regular humans. But with the Fruit of Evolution in this universe, you never know, so precautions were needed.

Aisha was a bit upset about the Emperor's attitude toward Eldar, but at least with these hybrids, the Eldar could survive—even as a subordinate race.

"For now, stay in the palace and keep a low profile," Rhodes said.

During the pregnancies, Rhodes and the goddess shielded the palace with psychic power, so the Emperor didn't know.

"Should we go traveling?" Yvraine suggested.

The super life form pregnancy cycle is long, but only a few years are needed.

The longer they wait, the stronger Rhodes becomes.

"Good idea! I haven't met my people since regaining my body—I want to tour the Eldar lands," Aisha said.

Death is aggressively developing her faith, and Aisha can't afford to fall behind, or someone might usurp her power in a few generations.

"No way. I'm about to launch a crusade—no time for travel," Rhodes said.

Originally, the Indomitus Crusade began early in M42, but Rhodes's appearance and the return of more Primarchs delayed it by several years.

With upgrades to the Golden Throne and Eldar webway tech, the Imperium's losses were less severe than the original timeline.

Officially, Rhodes would lead the crusade, with most Primarchs as deputies, commanding their own fleets.

"Remember your promise to me? About that Necron Overlord—Trazyn the Infinite. You said the Ynnari would help you attack him if I got a battleship. Now, with your gene-sons alone, you could wipe him out. Why not use this as a pretext to go solo?" Yvraine suggested.

Rhodes considered. He'd originally planned to muster 100,000 troops—now, thanks to various developments, he had over 800,000 gene-sons and more in reserve.

His territories had 300–400,000 Space Marines alone. With enough system coins and materials, new Astartes could be mass-produced, not limited like the originals.

Now was the perfect time to take on Trazyn the Infinite. When he first crossed over, Rhodes was broke—he needed the Imperium's help to win. But now, with his own superpowered troops, cosmic beasts, and support, he was confident.

If needed, he could call in any of the Primarchs he'd rescued.

"Don't involve others. With your current power, you can take Trazyn alone," Aisha said.

As a chaos goddess, she knew Trazyn's collection was unmatched in the galaxy. If others helped, he'd have to share the loot.

Better to keep it all for himself—and it would be good training for his elite troops.

Rhodes nodded. "All right. I'll take 300,000 troops and my monsters—time to bring down Trazyn the Infinite."

No outside help, not even the Ynnari.

Solo assault.

"Good! With me and your golden troops, there's nothing in the galaxy we can't handle—not even a Chaos God," Aisha said.

…

A few days later, Rhodes told the Emperor, then set off with a giant battleship and 300,000 gene-sons.

His goal: rob the galaxy's greatest collector, the Necron Overlord, Trazyn the Infinite.