All the World’s Evil, Give It All to Me!

The golden Holy Grail appeared before Bai Cangshu. The flesh on his chest had almost completely healed.

With sufficient vitality, he could regenerate something like a heart countless times!

Using one heart to end the Holy Grail War was an incredibly worthwhile trade.

That violent force of penetration, capable of tearing apart the soul, was enough to completely shred an ordinary person’s soul and kill a normal human outright.

But Bai Cangshu had long grown accustomed to this level of pain. Even that tearing sensation barely affected him.

He had not only endured the tearing caused by multiple souls fighting to seize his body, but had once shared a body with several souls fused together, including God Hand: Roland, Satoru Gojo, and Uchiha Madara.

When the Sage had used the demigod ability of the Audience Sequence to tear apart the Star Spirit Body, his Consciousness Sea had suffered severe damage as well.

The holes left by those Heroic Spirits leaving his body could not affect him at all. The Throne of the Heart still hung high above.

Within the consciousness world, Satoru Gojo, Uchiha Madara, Black Face, Millennium Worm, and the others still stood guard beneath the Throne of the Heart. To some extent, they were now a community of shared interests.

Moreover, they were more familiar with this place than those powerful souls known as Heroic Spirits. They understood clearly that the Throne of the Heart was the only true core of this world.

As long as the Throne of the Heart was not occupied, tearing open the outer wall of the Consciousness Sea would be of little use.

What had happened when that massive number of Yin Spirits escaped last time?

Once the host activated his ability, hundreds of thousands of Yin Spirits had been sucked back in with their tails between their legs…

The enormous white spirit body formed by White Face resembled a long snake. Maintaining that peculiar spiritual nature, she could not only change shape freely, but also possessed an intense ability to fuse with and devour things.

Saber’s spirit body was entangled by her and could not break free for the moment. Saber was actually unable to return to the Throne of Heroes.

But as White Face watched the pitch-black giant suddenly appear in the sky, the giant was absorbed directly by red magical energy before it even landed. As it flew out of the Consciousness Sea, it blasted a massive gap into its outer wall.

"No… No!"

White Face’s voice was hysterical, nearly killing all the surrounding Yin Spirits outright. Rings of AT Fields spread around her body. Having completely cut off Saber’s escape, she locked herself firmly within the Yellow Springs.

She had realized that Mercenary Tao’s scheme had been fully realized. White Face madly cursed Heracles for being useless.

With her senses, Mercenary Tao’s state when he physically tore apart her Human Instrumentality Project had definitely been abnormal.

If Mercenary Tao possessed combat strength of that level in his normal state, he could never have entered this world so easily.

That was already the combat performance of a top-tier Reincarnator at this stage. In the camp of Eternal Destiny’s Lord, where she had once belonged, aside from the Lord, perhaps only one or two people could achieve such a feat.

Therefore, Mercenary Tao’s state could not last long. It was most likely some sort of coincidence. Combined with Root Shiki’s appearance, perhaps the Counter Force had played some role as well.

She was certain that if Heracles had fought with all his strength, even if Mercenary Tao could win, he could not have ended the battle in such a short time.

Yet Heracles had entered this world so quickly and helped Mercenary Tao complete the ritual. It drove her almost crazily distorted.

Saber’s expression remained calm. Intense magical energy cloaked her body. Even without the scabbard known as the Type-Moon World’s strongest defensive Noble Phantasm, White Face would find it difficult to truly devour her.

Furthermore, Saber calmly accepted her defeat and death without becoming twisted.

"That giant radiated a gentle yet resolute will…"

She could tell that Heracles had not fallen in battle.

The world before Bai Cangshu suddenly changed. Even with his Mental Power and sensory abilities, he could not detect when he had been pulled into an illusion.

He found nothing but blankness before him, as though this were his own spiritual world. Only this time, the millions of Yin Spirits were nowhere to be seen.

The spirit bodies of Satoru Gojo, Uchiha Madara, and the others had vanished completely as well.

Only the Throne of the Heart hung high within that empty white space.

With a thought, Bai Cangshu arrived before the throne. But before he could sit down, a silver-haired, red-eyed woman had already appeared upon it.

Irisviel, Illya’s mother, the Einzbern homunculus, the Lesser Grail that existed for the Holy Grail War.

This sorrowful woman had been raised in a castle her entire life. Not only was she destined to be sacrificed as the Lesser Grail, but her family had also exploited her remaining value by marrying her off to Kiritsugu Emiya, a mage skilled in assassination.

She had fallen in love with Kiritsugu Emiya and borne him a daughter, but in the end, she had still walked into her destined fate during the Fourth Holy Grail War.

The woman wore a gentle smile as she sat upon the Throne of the Heart.

"Bai Cangshu, you desire power, and you do not mind paying any price to obtain it…"

Bai Cangshu lowered his eyelids, then sneered.

This illusion was clearly the Holy Grail’s doing. But by all reason, the one pulled into the illusion should have been his Master, Illya.

His current identity was the Servant contracted to Illya.

Yet this Greater Grail had pulled him here. This meant that the level represented by the Greater Grail was higher than he had imagined.

At the very least, the Greater Grail—or rather, the thing behind this ritual—knew his true identity and origins. It could peer into the fact that although he had likewise been given the vessel known as a Class…

In essence, he was not a Heroic Spirit. He was… a living being!

From that perspective, it was not surprising that the other side could see his true name, even his nature.

He suddenly reached out, grabbed Irisviel by the chin, and stroked it twice.

"Heh, I never expected fabricated skin to be this smooth. Is this the mystery of the Third Magic, or are you trying to stir up some strange Evil Intent within me?"

Bai Cangshu leaned down, his face drawing extremely close to "Irisviel" on the throne. The ruby-like eyes curved in the next instant, then curved more and more deeply.

In the next moment, they twisted completely. Her fair skin instantly darkened, transforming entirely into a tiny black figure.

"You desire power. Even knowing that the Holy Grail before you is filled with All the World’s Evil, you will not hesitate. Even if that power pours down and burns Fuyuki City—even all of Japan—to ashes, you do not care…"

"Then she will die too. Do you not care…"

The Black Mud swiftly changed. The person seated upon the Throne of the Heart soon became the petite Illya.

The girl sat on the throne, her eyes blank and innocent as she looked around and timidly asked,

"Assassin, where… is this?"

Her demeanor, appearance, even her emotions were imitated so perfectly that there was no visible difference.

Bai Cangshu understood the Greater Grail’s intent. The other side could not possibly fail to sense that he had never cared too deeply about any life.

But the Greater Grail had also sensed that he coveted the special bond formed between Illya and Heracles—the power of the heart!

It was forcing him to cast it aside.

Bai Cangshu lowered his head, but the corners of his mouth rose higher and higher.

"Since you can see into my thoughts, then you should see them more clearly."

"My desire and greed for power cannot be satisfied by the gift of such a tiny amount of magical energy… I desire all power!"

"Give me everything you have!"

Bai Cangshu raised his head, his voice growing louder and louder until it became a roar.

His voice echoed around the Throne of the Heart.

Illya instantly turned into Black Mud. Bai Cangshu sat directly upon the Throne of the Heart, allowing the Black Mud to wrap around him.

In the real world, the blood moon in the sky seemed to have been pierced through. The golden Holy Grail before Bai Cangshu began to tilt.

BOOM!

Black Mud, accompanied by crimson flames, poured down with a thunderous crash and engulfed Bai Cangshu completely.

Bai Cangshu moved, seized the Holy Grail, and leaped hundreds of meters away. But in the next moment, the terrifying corrosion robbed him of his ability to move.

You have suffered Corrosion: All the World's Evil. Bodily functions have drastically declined.

Regeneration ability has been weakened.

Immortality has been weakened.

Soul check in progress...

Check successful. You have been exempted from this damage.

Soul check in progress...

Bodily functions are drastically declining...