The Demon, the Devil and the Mysterious Planet X

A muscular yet handsome with Demonic features gazed at the open skies of Planet 'X' as he lay on a resting Pod as disfigured woman of varying Cultivation Stages were serving him in a manner of very profane means.

Tendrils of powerful purple flesh around his robust musculature could be seen, his body a mix of Human, Demon and an Unknown Illithid DNA.

The whole world around him would actually just be normal if not for the strange plants emitting musky substances and various mutated beings prowling about like mindless slaves.

Right next to his Pod was a lake filled with some strange thick yellow substance instead of water, if one looked deeply into it- a fleeting shadow of a Massive Unknown Eldritch Beast could be barely seen and then it disappears, sinking into the depths.

"Mmmmm- Very good my pets, your vigourous and voluptuous essences are such a joy - ahhh what slick mouths you have, I will reward you all with a swim in the Morphic lake next-"

Just then a half decaying, sagging pinkish body of a human Tentacle thing rushed towards the pod- dragging 'his' own body in a comedic fashion as the excess flesh thrashed around.

"Conraaaad", The human Tentacle thing slurred with despair at the Demonic man in the pod.

The man opened his Ruby eyes and waived the women away, as he exited the pod to meet with the human Tentacle thing.

"Vide Desia - what brings you here to disturb my resting period- Oh", he asks briefly but then sees the rapid mutation and understands why he nad come running to him.

" I see you've run out of reagents again, Your Illithid flesh is showing as your enhanced genes rapidly mutate and 'decay' - you are a curious case"

"- your Transformed Mythic human- Fallen Angel genes just don't gel well with the superior Illithid genes, I told you to cast off your Fallen Angel Genes but you are so hell bent on it- It can't be helped", Conrad shakes his head and then takes an injector with an unknown translucent pink fluid filled with Extremey tiny worms that swirling about in.

*Snikk

He jabs the injector onto Vide Desia's throat and injects the contents within.

Vide Desia falls limp and thrashes on the ground repeatedly as the mutations begin to rot and he is slowly restored to his semi human form again.

Conrad watched the progress of the reversal and noted down his observations, and then spoke," Hmmm- not as effective anymore, just like I predicted - your body is developing resistance even to my more potent stabilizing serums"

" At this rate your mutations will be inevitable, it won't be long before reversal will no longer be possible Vide Desia"

"Not that I care though - I would be most interested to watch how it all plays out" Conrad smiled ruthlessly at his spineless slave partner.

*Gasp

Vide Desia sucked in a mouthful of cold air and then spoke," My Transformation was caused by Cultivation Backlash - I just received troubling news"

"Oh?"

"The Entire Sector, except for the Imperium Federation are sending their strongest forces to this planet, Rathiel's Chief and strongest Powerhouse Sam Manek had ratted us out- he's revealed a lot about the so called Flowery Immortal Ice Elixirs and What not Archeotech-"

" and guess wha? Everyone is so psyched up about it that even neighbouring star sectors have decided to send expedition fleets for this Planet!", Vide Desia yelled with a belly full of fury against Conrad.

If they were to find out what they had done here- if even one molecule of his planet was identified for it's true nature, The Gith would be unleashed upon this entire Sector -This Sector would be Excommunicatus for a 100 Years as all life forms originating from here would be purged in entirety!

Upon hearing that Conrad laughed out loud, " Hahahahaha! Oh man, I was starting to get bored here- why do you think I am not worried?"

"You- don't tell me, you want to abandon this Planet?But what about Bronze Mirror of Future?What about me?The Invincible Army You Promised!-YOU!", Vide Desia yelled out in a Frantic tone - his Latent Illithid Psychic Power thrashing around due to his unstable emotions.

* Thwack

Conrad's eyes slightly glowed and Vide Desia's Eyes let out a horrifying molten purple glow with a resounding crisp sound- his mind had been blown to smithereens by Conrad's Gaze.

No wonder his eyes burnt out and he fell down, a shattered mind, a burnt soul- ripe for slavery.

Conrad rubbed his Temples and sighed.

He then threw him into the Morphic Lake and watched him sink to the depths, the creature would have swallowed him now and it was probably awaiting his command.

" I need you to run the Thrall Experiment again - the same one we ran on those little spies from Rathiel Republic - like that Jiu Ming character but devour his genegonads- he will have role to play in this after all", Conrad spoke to the thing within the lake.

He then summoned a semi cracked bronze mirror, from his space ring as he muttered," Jia Ling is not a viable option, so tell me who's worth the effort - tell me who must I devour to surpass these shackles!", He roared the last sentence out.

And the mirror replied back," kill Aavesh Adhi and remember to feed his blood to me! His blood contains a horrifying secret, his Meridians follow a unique pattern that hides a terrible secret! So many secrets! My lord if you wish to fix me and evolve - kill Aavesh Adhi!"

"Ah- interesting ", Conrad chuckled for a bit suddenly.

"The one Variable who never came in your divinations, the one who messed up everything- was but a child, are you truly an Ancient Eldritch Being?"

He then chuckled dangerously," No- Because you are weaker than me now, I have sensed it"

*Shatter

Suddenly, he smashed the bronze mirror to smithereens and absorbed the soul within along Unique Mythic Essence of the Eldritch Mirror.

"You are broken beyond repair, you have to absorb my Cultivation and that boy's flesh and blood to restore yourself, I know this- courtesy to Lady Slaanesh of course"

As he said this , he could feel the terror and the despair of the soul struggling within him.

"Too bad I wanted to weaken you even more- for I knew you were an Eldritch Parasite attracted by the immortality I have recieved"

" You wanted to emulate that damned Master Mirror by absorbing the Unique Eldritch Knowledge and Power he gave me, so you could rebuild your Eldritch essence, lost in the primal wars, you sealed in a tomb- me finding and freeing you, to gain your assistance only to be your sacrificial pig in the end"

"It was the defining reason of our partnership- you followed me in all of my travels hoping that one day you might touch my Demonic Eldritch Mythic Powers "

"You were quite a good tool- you brought me to that damaged Archeotech Ship and that's where our story began - I saw the skeletal remains of a human killing a drukhari haemonculus along with an army of dead , dusted Illithid - with so much Xeno Technology and Archeotech of an Evolved branch of humans that had left Earth long before the age of Myth!"

" Mind Breakers"

"But I didn't find true use for them yet- instead I collected the inheritance of the Drukhari Haemonculus, the Haemonculus left his true inheritance - The "Black Crystal of Genecraft" behind before dying to the Mind Breaker's brutall attack- atleast that's what I theorised"

"but you were surprised, because you never predicted this fortune - you never guessed how I never needed Jia Ling, I only wanted to kill you by making you weak by forcibly straining your powers by my nigh impossible queries of increasing my strength after you forcibly swallowed this bizzare outcome"

"The first sign of true weakness I saw in you- the chink in your Armor, was when Viktor Manek arrived and stole Legacies of the Mind Breaker, you didn't warn me of it as you usually did and then I knew - Slaanesh was right, your former injuries never healed"

"Even then I still kept this charade up- I gave you a chance, I told you so many times to sign a contract with me, you were to simply be my servant and I would assist you with my own Eldritch Demonic Mythic Powers "

"Too bad you chose not to "

"You were still arrogant, Prideful! You thought yourself infallible "

"But..."

"Who knew- All it took was one boy who disrupted the Flow of Time and Fate - You knew how dangerous it had become but you chose - You chose so arrogantly to view peer into that Boy's Future while not even touching the apex of this world and you- Your essence was almost ripped apart- almost shattered from reality- You truly became afraid then "

"Of that boy, the boy who would come to destroy you, you were almost sure of it"

"So you wanted me, begged me and hoped that I could deal with it for you"

"To be honest I would've done it before because you - despite your parasitic nature- you were useful "

" But now you are useless- you can't predict the future anymore- but your Mythic Essence is of Temporal Nature, I will gladly use it to enhance my Illithid Aspect and grow an army that this Universe will fear- So thanks for dying", with that Conrad collected the Temporal Mythic Essence in his palm.

He then flew into the Atmosphere and spoke out in a devout manner," Lady Slaanesh, I have upheld my end of the bargain - the Eldritch Mirror's soul is yours"

*Ssssss

An incredibly seductive voice spoke in his mind, " So you have... But this time is different - An anomaly that threatens our interests is coming your way, I want you to Eliminate him, But not just I- Demon Goddess Gahadria and Lord Yog Sototh's Servant the crooked clocksmith shall also help you this time"

" Sacrifice the Souls and Mythic Essences to us three and you will get what you desire and more...", Her Tempting voice sank into Conrad's heart.

" If you win, I will invite you to my Palace, You will then realise your Ultimate Dream - My Champion", Such words provoked extreme desire within Conrad's loins as his mouth drooled at such thoughts.

But he snapped out of it and quickly followed Slaanesh's order .

He released his arms forward in a posture similar to Ancient sacrificial scriptures and began to chant the dark ritual which Slaanesh had just bequeathed to him.

A Black flame lit up, three symbols formed above it- A grey Broken Clock Dial, a Blood Red Scorpivae and a Purple sphere attached to opposing Crescent Moons.

The struggling soul of the Eldritch Mirror Entity flowed out of his body and into the Black Flames, unable to let out a single sound.

He then added in the souls of his lovers, children, slaves and enemies that he had collected over the years- make no mistake, he had long killed everyone who bore some kind of semblance of love for him and he did not spare his progeny either in pursuit of power.

He only kept the useful ones alive and enslaved to him, but he would kill them later- no matter how blindly and loyally they love him.

So he had learnt the arts of Soul Imprisonment and kept on collecting these souls if he managed to find a way to use them in exchange for power later in the future.

He paused, reminiscing about how his entanglement with this Fateful Planet had begun.

It all began when he encountered the most dreadful opponent who had come to fight him due to his status, who defeated him multiple times in battle.

But this opponent, a Devil - who he had never expected, decided to help him find the way forward in Cultivation.

This curious Devil gave him the Tome of Excess and told him if he desired more - he could sign a pact and use the Tome of Excess to go to the unknown planet to learn more.

But the Devil was not unknown to Conrad.

In fact Conrad knew this Devil quite well, one could say both of them were fellows who suffered under the shackles of Master Mirror.

But he never - ever trusted him for a second.

He was only curious about such an interesting item that even the Devil wanted to give away.

Besides it was cheap.

The contents of the pact was quite simple -

A thousand Souls in exchange for the Time.

Pretty Straightforward Right.

But Conrad was a bit cautious at first but the more he gazed at the Time, the more it seemed to beckon him- like an indescribable connection.

Conrad wasn't a fool but the allure of the Tome... It was exceptionally strong, it stirred primal emotions that he hadn't felt in years.

He had long become jaded to the touch of woman and mortal sensory pleasures, he just did his carnal activities like a beast eating meat to fill hunger.

But the Tome made him feel exhilarated, like he could one day savor and enjoy the pleasures of flesh again like the first time!

He may have become a Mythic Demon but he was still a man- he longed for that high! For that Climax- how he had wished to taste it again!

It was like a heart demon that Dreadful Master Mirror had given him a long with his supposed powers and immortality!

But power within this Time seemed alleviate his condition!

It was a sublime feeling!

It would lead him to Slaanesh- the Eldritch Goddess of Excess and Pleasure - he finally shed of his Atheistic Convictions and became her devout believer.

She led him across the Outer Rings from the Kho Min Sector to the Ho Jax Sector, to Desia- to Planet X.

This is where it all began.

What he couldn't only fathom was why the Tome of Excess was with that Devil.

Especially since Slaanesh wanted to kill that Devil as well for witholding the Time for a Thousand Years! She was never going to forgive that Devil for this.

Slaanesh showed him truth - the Primordial Truth - He was so enclosed, blind by the limits of power that Master Mirror bequeathed to him.

He now wanted to escape those shackles be strong - strong enough, that even if that Devil came back calling he would be able to eviscerate him, not really bothered by their shared patron.

He didn't care about so called favours and promises - he was a demon through and through, he never hesitated to enslave Vide Desia the moment he sensed possible betrayal.

He then snapped out of his reverie and conducted ritual and watched the Souls getting devoured by the Symbols!

*Crackle

*Ssssssssssssssssss

At that very moment a smoke raised far above him and reached the Outer Atmosphere of the Planet- and expanded violently.

He could feel it- The smoke was a mass of Spatio-Temporal Storm Clouds that seemed to spread across the entire planet.

It would give him what most desired!

Time.

He gazed at his few hundred Million Test Subjects currently roaming across the planet and licked his lips.

He was going to prepare a surprise - A Surprise so vile it would even attract the Secretive Drukhari Race.

"Such a Gift is most appreciated"

He grinned and dove back into the Storm Engulfed Planet.

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It didn't take much time for the Elite Armies of the Ho Jax Sector to start pouring into the Border System 78E between Desia and Rathiel where the Fabled Planet X was located.

Fleets from several different factions except the Imperium Federation had entered the System Space, not immediately going to Planet X yet.

The so called mercenary armies in Rathiel Repuy had temporarily stopped their assault and focused on this system, as per their higher ups request.

Soon the whole system was filled with Battleship Fleets, yet a war had not broken so far.

In a Vid conference room aboard Spec Ops Flagship of Rathiel Republic, Sam Manek faced 7 other individuals.