Godless Sunday (Type-Moon Arc Finale)

Every phenomenon had an ultimate cause. As both the beginning and the end of the universe, the Root was its origin. The Swirl of the Root was the point from which all things began.

It was zero, the beginning of beginnings, the cause of all causes.

In some worlds, it had other names: the Akashic Records and the Book of Life.

More plainly, it was "ethereal" energy, the universe's primordial energy.

The legendary database of all life's information in the universe was a universal archive recording every thought, word, and deed at every moment—a collection of mysterious knowledge stored in the ethereal.

"True. The instant a human soul touches it, it either returns to its original form or gets swallowed by the Root."

As someone who struggled to learn, Su Lin finally understood what it meant to have knowledge chasing him down. The sensation of gradually understanding everything was almost unbearably exhilarating.

As for the Counter Force's attempts to interfere...

Those no longer worked on Su Lin. The Counter Force itself did not dare appear before him. Its traps could, at most, lure humans down the wrong path or muddle their sense of self to speed up their assimilation.

It could contain every color or none at all. It transcended a living being's ordinary physical senses and mental experience. It was like... like Omniscience.

"That said, everything in this universe has limits. Without the finite, the concept of infinity would disappear."

Time meant nothing here. Merely standing on the path outside it, Su Lin seemed to see everything in the past, present, and future.

"That Zhang Chulan kid plays it even safer than Brother Li. He's hidden his strength pretty deep."

Su Lin stopped to watch the scenes unfolding across the universe with interest. The moment he looked in, he