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Chapter 236 The Third Law

Through the extension of the [Moon Spirit Essence Fluid], Kenneth began to record this magic circuit.

This place was originally the magic circuit of the Winter Saintess, and after hundreds of years of expansion, it has reached a rather terrifying scale.

Every inch of extension was accompanied by a massive torrent of information impacting his consciousness.

The sheer volume of information is enough to cause any ordinary magician to suffer a mental breakdown and become a cripple in an instant.

But for Kenneth, it was quite easy, because of his own special circumstances; he had experienced similar things many times before.

"The Winter Saintess, Justessa Rislesi von Einzbern... the one who realized the Third Spell, 'Heaven's Cup'..."

"What we are touching is a realm that a magician could never reach in his entire life; it is the core of miracles."

El-Melloi II's voice sounded behind him, carrying an undisguised sense of awe and solemnity.

For any magician, magic is a realm they pursue throughout their lives but can never truly reach.

"A miracle?"

Kenneth remained noncommittal, suggesting that in the early, nascent stages of human civilization, all magic could perhaps be called magic.

Flying through the sky and escaping into the earth, summoning wind and rain—in the understanding of the ancients, these were undoubtedly powers belonging to gods and immortals, miracles that mortals could not comprehend.

However, with the progress of civilization and the improvement of human beings' understanding of the world, the realm of magic has been continuously compressed.

When the first airplane soared into the sky, the so-called "flight" fell from the halls of magic and became a technology that anyone who could afford a ticket could experience.

When meteorology can accurately predict the formation of storms, the legend of summoning wind and rain loses its mysterious veil.

This is one of the most fundamental laws of this world: when a mysterious phenomenon can be analyzed, reproduced, and mass-produced by the wisdom of primates, it is no longer "magic" but is downgraded to "sleight of hand".

However, the five great magics are exceptions that completely transcend this law.

They are true miracles, realms that this planet's and this era's civilization can never reach.

Like fish living in the deep sea, they can never understand what "air" is, let alone imagine what it would be like to breathe with "lungs".

The five great magics are to humans what "air" and "lungs" are to fish in the sea.

They are laws from beyond this world, truths from a higher dimension.

Of all the methods, the one that Kenneth was most interested in and thought was the easiest to obtain was undoubtedly the third one right in front of him – “Heaven’s Cup”.

The materialization of the soul.

This is the definition of the Third Law in the setting book of another world.

A concept that sounds simple, yet contains infinite possibilities.

According to Kenneth's initial conjecture, the principle of this magic might be similar to the "Yang Shen" realm in the Taoist cultivation system that he had encountered in some Eastern world.

The so-called Yang Shen refers to the highly condensed spirit and soul of a cultivator, transcending the constraints of the physical body and reaching the realm of "dispersing into Qi and gathering into form".

They are higher-dimensional beings who transcend the Three Realms and are not bound by the Five Elements...

When one's own existence is transformed into a pure energy form, one can easily mobilize external energy to construct one's own body, thereby obtaining an almost infinite source of magic power.

This conjecture seems to perfectly explain the most well-known effect of the third method.

However, as the Holy Grail War progressed, and after his "disassembly" study of Irisviel von Einzbern—the Irisviel who was a replica of the Winter Saint—Kenneth keenly perceived many contradictions in this conjecture.

The first point of contention is the Greater Grail system itself.

If the essence of the Third Law is truly just to transform the soul into an energy body, thereby gaining infinite magic power.

Therefore, the "Heaven's Cup," constructed with Justeza, the Winter Saintess who had completed part of the Third Law, as the core offering, should itself be an inexhaustible and vast source of magical power.

If that's the case, why would the Einzbern, Tohsaka, and Machiri families go to such lengths to set up the entire ceremony in Fuyuki City, a place where spiritual veins converge?
Why let it remain dormant here, spending sixty years drawing magic from the earth's veins to prepare for the next ritual?

This is totally illogical.

A system that truly possesses "unlimited" energy does not require external energy sources at all.

The only explanation is that the "infinite magic generated after the soul is materialized" is not the essence of the Third Law, but merely one of the many applications that are displayed after the completion of the Third Law, or even just a relatively superficial application.

This is similar to the relationship between the mass-energy equivalence law and hydrogen bombs and nuclear reactors.

The law is a fundamental principle, while hydrogen bombs and reactors are merely applications of this law at different levels and in different directions.

Treating an application as a law is putting the cart before the horse.

The second point of contention is the unique nature of the existence of "Followers".

The Servant system is undoubtedly a miracle achieved through the Third Law.

It can summon heroes from the past and even the future to the present as spirits. But the key is that it doesn't just summon figures who actually existed in history.

Moreover, even real people can be influenced by legends. For example, the Grand Duke in Faker was just an ordinary person in life, but he gained the ability to become a vampire because of the legend.

what does this mean?
This means that after the "Heaven's Feel" downloads data from the "Throne of Heroes" database, it can give a "concept" a material form, turning fiction into reality.

The last, and most crucial, clue is the Holy Grail's supposedly "omnipotent" wish-granting function.

This wasn't a lie fabricated by the three starter families to attract participants; it was the Holy Grail...

Or rather, the true abilities possessed by the Winter Saintess who inherited the Third Law...

Kenneth's eyes shone with an unprecedented light, and at that moment all the clues were completely connected by an invisible thread.

The essence of the Third Law is not merely the "materialization of the soul".

That's just the appearance, the means, the process!
Its true core is breaking down the barrier between "soul" and "matter"!

It has built a bridge that allows the "subjective" to interfere with the "objective"!

What is the essence of the soul? It is thought, will, cognition, and the collection of all non-material, subjective concepts in the human mind.

Matter, on the other hand, is cold, objectively existing, and governed by physical laws.

Under normal circumstances, the two are clearly distinct.

No matter how strong a person's will is, they cannot make a stone fly out of thin air.

He must use his own body, following the laws of physics, to "pick up" and "throw" the stone.

The third method is a way to allow human consciousness to directly rewrite the objective material world!

This is the real principle behind the "omnipotent wish-granting machine"!

"Servant Summoning" is the forced materialization of the grand subjective concept of "heroes"—the collective unconscious of humanity—into the material world!
As for "infinite magic," that's a natural byproduct! When you can directly apply the concept of "having" to yourself, what difficulty is there in creating endless energy out of thin air?
Kenneth closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

This feeling is far more intoxicating than gaining any great power.

Just then, the sensation from the [Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid] beneath his feet suddenly changed.

The surrounding environment began to distort and dissolve.

The dark, damp underground cavern, the scarlet magic circuits, the faint sounds of battle coming from afar... everything faded and vanished as quickly as paint thrown into water.

Instead, there was a space that defies description, filled with holiness and light.

The next moment, a cup made of pure gold slowly appeared in front of him.

It emits a soft and warm light, as if it contains all the beauty and hope in the world.

An irresistible allure emanates from the cup, silently proclaiming that as long as you reach out and touch it, you can have everything.

To reach the source, to fulfill all desires, to become an existence beyond all...

It was calling out to Kenneth's deepest desires, enticing him to approach and possess it.

Faced with this ultimate temptation that would drive any magician, no, any intelligent life form, mad, Kenneth simply stood quietly, his face expressionless.

A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes. There was no greed or fanaticism in his eyes, only an extremely cold rationality and a trace of undisguised... mockery.

"Stop with your ridiculous tricks."

His voice echoed in this sacred space, sounding particularly abrupt and jarring.

"Such probing is meaningless to me."

Kenneth looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through the magnificent outer shell of the golden Holy Grail.

"The Holy Grail... or rather, I should call you..."

"Angola Mainyu yo~"

The moment the words left his mouth, the whole world trembled violently.

The sacred golden light vanished instantly, and the golden chalice was stained by layer upon layer of thick, seemingly living darkness, quickly turning pitch black.

"Click..."

A crisp cracking sound rang out, and the surface of the jet-black Holy Grail was covered with cracks. The next second, endless black mud, exuding all the evil in the world, gushed out from the cracks like a flood bursting its banks!

With venomous roars and curses powerful enough to corrupt any soul, they transformed into towering waves, crashing towards the man who dared to reveal his true name...

(End of this chapter)