Traveling through the Warhammer world, but I didn’t cry

"Hope still exists." Guilliman's hand touched the crystal glass. It was wiped clean and he could clearly see the victory parade outside.

After experiencing the horrors of the Tyranid War, the survivors on the planet really needed a celebration to release their fears.

While he was horrified and disgusted by the ignorant religion his other brothers told him, the people of Macragge were clearly more rational and open-minded.

"At least it's normal here."

The congratulations from the parade made Guilliman's frown relax. In his speech just now, he promulgated many laws with the enthusiasm of the crowd.

The most important of these is to restore the Ultramarines' direct control over the Ultramar sector. They need more power to rebuild their great ideals.

"Sigh." He sighed and went to another place to hold a secret meeting. He needed to solve the remaining issues such as the Holy Scriptures.

The circular table was filled with people, and four huge chairs specially cast for the original body became the center.

For some strange reason, Ifreni sat opposite Guilliman. As long as she raised her head, their eyes would meet.

On Guilliman's left are his brothers, and on his right are his heirs, divided according to the positions of the Chapter.

Hope and Helbrecht isolated the Ultramarines from direct contact with the alien generals to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Guilliman's voice became a symbol of the opening of the meeting, saying, "The Codex Astartes was a grave mistake."

What? !

The Ultramarines felt as if they were struck by lightning. Chapter Master Calgar's eyes widened in surprise. He trembled his lips and wanted to say something, but felt that he did not have the right to raise questions in front of the original body.

With just a brief glance, Guilliman could tell what was on his heir's mind.

He did not let the meeting enter the discussion stage, but continued to express his conception of the Codex Astartes.

The Codex Astartes was promulgated in response to the problems discovered during the Heresy, where Legions loyal to their Primarch rather than loyal to the Emperor had brought too much disaster to the Imperium.

Even if the Emperor were as ruthless as the Traitor Primarch claimed, he would at least not have dedicated an entire planet to a bloody slaughterhouse of corpses.

The Emperor's evil is a helplessness to achieve the goal, while the Chaos' evil is purely for fun.

Guilliman was acutely aware of the uncontrollability of the Legions Astartes coming together, and he made it clear that the Space Marines were no longer a tribe ruled by a warlord, but thousands of Legions that could support each other.

The Chapter he envisioned would be directly loyal to the Emperor himself, and the Primarch's status in the Chapter would be greatly reduced.

Guilliman's consideration was well-founded. The most prestigious people in the entire empire were killed and wounded in the great rebellion.

Without the Emperor's suppression, even the Loyalist Primarchs had serious political differences.

Jaghatai and Russ are staunch purge factions. They believe that only when the traitors in the Eye of Terror are dead, can the empire have a chance to breathe.

Dorn was in a bad mental state after helping the Emperor to the throne. Everything he did was to seek death to gain relief.

Guilliman firmly believes that the Empire needs to be repaired, and the Codex Astartes is a harmless statement released by the Space Marines to the citizens of the Empire.

There are also conflicts among space warriors. Soldiers recruited from different planets have different ideas. Some of them are fanatical, some are calm, some are gloomy, and some are passionate.

The Imperial Fists had the most opponents, and even Dorn could not ignore their cries, especially since Dorn also agreed with his son's views.

The remaining Primarchs once again took sides, and legions that supported the Codex and those that did not came to the brink of civil war.

Eventually Dorn gave in and took his most stubborn heirs to die in the slaughterhouses of Perturabo.

Naturally, this dark history cannot be explained at the meeting. After Guilliman talked about the current situation of the empire after the Great Rebellion, the differences between the original bodies, and then started talking about the defects of the gene seeds.

The first goal of the Holy Code is to identify and clean up the weaknesses of the gene seeds, and to obtain more determined soldiers with a level of training that is far stronger than during the legion period.

The Legion's demand for recruits during the Great Crusade was so great that some Legions omitted many necessary steps in their gene-seed screening practices and recruitment options.

The Primarchs deeply agree with this point of view. The legions they once led had this problem to a greater or lesser extent. The recruited soldiers were physically deficient and had fatal mental flaws.

The refined selection of sacred scriptures, the decline in surgical success rates, and the half-military, half-religious training model.

These make today's Chapter far more pure than the Legions of the past, and also make the scale of Space Marine rebellions much smaller.

It sounds pretty good, at least from Guilliman's explanation, the three primarchs nodded more in agreement.

So what's the real problem?

Fulgrim hung his head guiltily, his face full of remorse.

He slashed Guilliman and killed many of Guilliman's trusted heirs. If Guilliman is okay, if his descendants can live a little longer, they will definitely leave more political legacy to the Ultramarines and the Empire.

But without if, today's Codex Astartes has broken away from Guilliman's vision and has become a stumbling block that limits the chapter's development and tactics.

However, Guilliman would not criticize Fulgrim's behavior harshly. He would just glance at his heir with rather sad eyes.

As his eyes moved, one after another the Ultramarines lowered their heads in guilt.

Once they became Space Marines, the Codex was promoted again and again as a sacred book that could not be questioned.

They will be annoyed when other Chapters do not abide by the requirements of the Codex, and will be satisfied when other Chapters adhere to the Codex's behavior.

In the dead of night, they will also grow a little pride from their hearts.

Behold our great Primarch Father, whose great writings serve as an unyielding standard for all Space Marines in the Imperium.

Now Guilliman has spoken out the true nature of the Codex, tearing away all the veils of mystery and holiness that have shrouded it.

It is just a book, a teaching book. Why have you not made any progress in these ten thousand years, but instead violently attacked those brothers who tried to adopt new tactics?

Guilliman did not say this explicitly, but the Ultramarines sensed it in their father's mood and tone.

thump!

Calgar and the other Ultramarines got off their stools and knelt on the ground, tears streaming down their faces.

Guilliman helped them up one after another, encouraging them to do well over the years.

The fate of the Codex is now decided by Guilliman, who is pondering whether to abolish the Codex or make changes.