Warhammer: Become a Saint Starting with the Banner of Souls

[Received. Organizing relevant information for the host.]

The Imperial Inquisition—the highest secret institution of the Human Empire, nominally subordinate to the Emperor's will, and not subject to the jurisdiction or constraint of any imperial administrative body. Its core function is to protect the human race from the erosion of three major threats: heresy, demons, and aliens.

The Inquisition has three main branches: the Inquisition of Heretics—responsible for hunting down heretics and apostates; the Inquisition of Demons—responsible for combating warp demons and their followers; and the Inquisition of Aliens—responsible for monitoring and eliminating extraterrestrial threats.

[Judges are the executors of the court. Each judge holds the "Seal of the Court," which represents the absolute power granted by the Emperor himself.]

The Inquisitors, who hold the Seal of Authority, theoretically have orders second only to the Emperor himself. They have the authority to mobilize any Imperial military force, arrest any Imperial citizen (including Space Marines and planetary governors), and interrogate and execute any individual deemed a "heretic," without any approval process.

[Extinction Order: The highest level of strategic authority held by the Imperial Inquisition. When a planet is deemed "beyond saving," the Inquisitor has the power to issue an Extinction Order, ordering the complete purification of the planet.]

The extermination order can be carried out in various ways: Virus bombs (releasing a super virus that kills all carbon-based life on the planet's surface within hours).

Cyclone torpedo (a large-scale orbital bombardment carrying fission warheads that turns the surface of a planet into scorched earth).

Two-stage extinction (first, an incendiary bomb is dropped to ignite the atmosphere, then a viral bomb is dropped to wipe out any remaining life)

It's important to note that most methods of enforcing extermination orders only eliminate life on the planet's surface and do not actually destroy the planet itself.

[Planetary extinction orders typically leave the planet largely intact, its surface reduced to a desolate wasteland. Only a very few of the highest-level extinction orders can fundamentally damage a planet's structure.]

Qin Mo frowned slightly after reading this information.

"An extermination order can wipe out all life on a planet..." Qin Mo silently calculated in his mind, "Converted to the standards of the cultivation world, wouldn't that be equivalent to the strength of the Great Ascension stage?"

In the cultivation system of the Xuanhuang Realm, cultivators at the Mahayana stage have already reached the pinnacle of the mortal realm, and destroying an ordinary planet is no big deal for them. However, very few people would actually do such a thing, as the karmic consequences involved are too great.

If the court can issue attack orders of this level so easily, then this organization is indeed not to be underestimated.

The system seemed to have guessed Qin Mo's thoughts and proactively added:

[Host need not worry. While the extermination order is terrifyingly powerful, it is essentially a coordinated attack utilizing vast military resources, not the power unleashed by a single individual.]

Although large in scale, its execution requires a significant amount of time for deployment and relies entirely on orbital superiority. Without air supremacy and orbital control, the extermination order simply cannot be carried out.

More importantly, extermination orders are a method of widespread killing, and their effectiveness in precisely targeting specific individuals is extremely low.

[With the host's current strength, even if the Inquisition orders an extermination of the host's planet, the host is fully capable of leaving the planet's surface before the bombardment arrives, and even destroying the fleet carrying out the extermination order directly in orbit.]

Qin Mo thought for a moment and felt that the system was right.

The extermination order is essentially a large-scale massacre created by a group of mortals using technological means. Although its destructive power is astonishing, it is ultimately at the level of "tools" rather than "the Way".

Qin Mo turned to Broad, his expression indifferent.

"It's alright."

"You've already said that an individual Inquisitor can't defeat me. As for the Extermination Order, that requires a fleet in orbit to execute it; they can't use it until their fleet is in place."

"If they intend to harm me, I will not give them the chance to use this so-called extermination order."

Broad's brow furrowed even more.

"Brother Qin Mo, that's not how it works."

Old Wolf's tone became more earnest.

"Being targeted by those lunatics in the Inquisition is not just a matter of whether you can win a fight. What makes them so terrifying is never direct combat."

"They will monitor you, investigate you, gather all the intelligence about you, and then trip you up at the most unexpected time and in the most unexpected way."

Broad's voice was deep and solemn.

"They will target the people around you, those who have worked with you, those who have helped you, and those who trust you. They will interrogate and interrogate these people."

"If these people refuse to cooperate, they might even be executed. Not because these people are guilty, but simply because they are connected to you."

Old Wolf's words made Qin Mo's brows twitch slightly.

"We Space Wolves aren't afraid of them," Brod continued.

"The Fenris wolves never bow to anyone, not even the Inquisition. But—"

He sighed.

"When it's necessary to put on a show, you still have to. It's not that I'm afraid of them, it's just to avoid trouble."

"The most important lesson I've learned in the last twelve hundred years is this: some enemies you can defeat head-on; but some enemies you're better off not having in the first place. The Inquisition is the latter."

Qin Mo remained silent for a few seconds.

He had to admit that Broad was right.

Just as Qin Mo was deep in thought, the system's voice rang in his mind.

[Host, Brod's suggestion is absolutely correct.]

The Inquisition's threat lies not in force, but in its power of discourse. Within the Imperial system, the Inquisition holds the power to define heresy.

This means that if they call you a heretic, then you are a heretic, which makes it difficult for the host to accumulate merit.

Therefore, the system suggests that the host engage in appropriate disguise. This doesn't mean concealing one's true strength, but rather altering the outward appearance of that strength.

Qin Mo seemed thoughtful: "What specific plan do you have?"

For example, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls could be disguised as the Emperor's Banner.

Qin Mo almost lost his composure.

"Do you want to listen to what you're saying?"

"This is the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls! A supreme treasure of evil cultivators! Its surface is refined with tens of thousands of vengeful spirits of the dead! You're telling me to disguise the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls as the Emperor's Banner?"

The image flashed through Qin Mo's mind: the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was wrapped in a layer of gold cloth, with a double-headed eagle emblem affixed to it, and it was pretended to be the emperor's sacred artifact.

absurd.

It's absolutely absurd.

It's like a heretical monk carrying a basket of human heads and telling others, "These are watermelons I just bought from the market."

Who believes?

The system's tone was neither hurried nor slow:

[In the past, this certainly wouldn't have worked. The Yin energy of the Myriad Souls Banner was too concentrated; no disguise could conceal its true nature. But now, doesn't the host have this system?]

[Host, please look.]