After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

In layman's terms, that means that with a single breath, the sun god could obliterate all other gods who depend on planets for survival, leaving not a trace.

But in reality, the difference between the sun god and the other gods wasn't that great...

Although it has a slight advantage, it is only a close contest.

If their strength were not similar and mutually restraining, the Sun God would never have allowed the churches of other gods to share the faith of this world with him.

Even less likely...

The teacher of the legendary bone demon—

The last master of the White Tower was severely injured, his divine body was destroyed...

Based on the analysis results from Xia Er's mental ocean over the past few days, a general judgment can be made—

In this world, the so-called authority of the sun god—

In essence, it is nothing more than a small portion of the energy from the sun's rays that is projected onto this planet.

Although this power is still strong enough to allow the sun god to ascend to the throne of the true god.

But the sunlight that falls on this planet is like Mount Tai compared to a feather, utterly incomparable to all the light and heat emitted by the sun itself.

"With my current abilities, I truly cannot create a real star—"

"but--"

"The world doesn't really need such a large scale."

In Charles's hand, strands of pale red magic converged into lines, outlining a crimson sphere.

Renata's gaze was instantly drawn to the magnificent and splendid sphere, radiating light and heat.

"This crimson sphere."

"That is, the so-called complete view of the sun."

"Every second, within the core of the sun, under ultra-high pressure, countless complex fusion reactions are taking place, with more than 600 million tons of hydrogen being converted into helium."

"In this process, nearly four million tons of matter are converted into pure energy, namely light and heat."

"I truly cannot reconstruct the full picture of all this, for this wondrous world was created through countless coincidences and the combined power of the entire plane..."

"but--"

"If we were to break down the principle that allows matter to be converted into energy, and then replicate it using magical formulas—"

"To create a long-lasting, stable structure that is similar to the principle of the sun and can be controlled by my mental power."

"So the light and heat it releases, although less than one ten-millionth of the real sun—"

"But, it's used to illuminate this dark world..."

"Actually, that's enough."

.......

Charles's voice slowly rang out.

Meanwhile, Renata, who was standing in front of him, listened quietly to Ciel's explanation.

During the time when that legendary necromancer was training her to be a blasphemous weapon, he taught Renata a great deal about wizardry.

In addition, after her death, she left Renata the world's last great library containing arcane knowledge...

Over the years, all Renata could do, secluded within this cage, was read the ancient books left behind in the great library.

After two hundred years of reading and accumulation...

Although Renata is not a wizard in the traditional sense, having wielded divine authority, she is now virtually omnipotent without the need for magic.

However, when it comes to understanding arcane and magical arts—

Renata, who carries the legacy of this world and the last of the once glorious wizarding civilization, is actually no less powerful than any legendary mage.

This is precisely why, even though Charles's explanations are not very easy to understand and have a highly disjointed style, most people would probably find them incomprehensible after only a few sentences...

However, Renata was able to easily keep up with Ciel's train of thought thanks to her accumulated knowledge.

And this black-haired, golden-eyed twilight witch was indeed a good listener, listening quietly the whole time.

Only after Charles paused his explanation did she obediently raise her notebook.

"The technique you created... this one that replicates the principles of the sun's internal reactions..."

"What's its name?"

"It has many names, such as 'controlled nuclear fusion,' 'solar furnace,' 'fusion reactor,' 'planetary engine,' and so on..."

"However, if such a technique were to be applied to this world, in the endless night, to light a new sun."

"Then I'd prefer to call it—"

Charles paused slightly.

"Pseudo-stars"

.......

"To be frank, this forbidden spell is the most difficult one I have ever created among the dozens of forbidden spells. Even the two forbidden spells used against myths before are far from comparable to it."

"Furthermore, even now, despite the surgical procedure itself having undergone countless refinements and verifications..."

"However, in practice, there are still considerable difficulties, and it's unlikely to succeed on the first try..."

Charles looked into Renata's eyes and spoke, word by word.

This was the first time he had used such a cautious tone to describe a forbidden spell or magic.

Even the previous "Divine Punishment: Sword of Damocles," or the nuclear explosion magic that annihilated the fallen sun god in one blow...

Although the release caused quite a stir, Ciel didn't really care much about it.

Those were forbidden spells that had undergone countless field experiments and were as mature as could be.

During the release of the forbidden spell, all variables were fully understood by the caster, Sharl, leaving no possibility of error whatsoever.

It's like the Gungnir, a divine spear from ancient mythology made from the branches of the World Tree, capable of reversing cause and effect, and guaranteed to pierce the heart of its target with a single throw.

The moment the forbidden spell was cast, the fate of the second prince and the fallen sun god was already sealed.

but--

Compared to space-based kinetic energy weapons or nuclear explosions, controlled nuclear fusion is a completely different story.

The principle of space-based kinetic energy weapons is not complicated; the difficulty lies only in how to transport the launcher to low Earth orbit, the selection of the arrow, and the precise calculation of the fall trajectory.

The word "nuclear explosion" is derived from the hydrogen bomb.

Although it shares similar principles with Shire's current goal—a fusion reactor.

However, as a purely destructive forbidden spell, once the chain of collapse is triggered, it need not be ignored. Simply wait for the internal magic crystals to be exhausted, and the chain of magic collapse will end.

Creation is always much harder than destruction.

To give an imperfect analogy, it's the difference between killing an ancient dragon and taming it, making it as obedient as a pet cat—the difficulty increases by several orders of magnitude.

"Simply making this technique work correctly, outputting light and heat for a few seconds... or even tens of seconds, isn't actually that difficult."

"Let alone this world where gods, the extraordinary, and magic exist—"

"Even in that world abandoned by the gods and devoid of supernatural beings, it is possible to succeed briefly."

"but......"

Charles's words were calm, yet carried a heavy weight.

"What civilization in this world truly needs is not a few seconds or even tens of seconds of light..."

"But——"

"Like a real star, it burns steadily for decades, centuries, or even millennia—"

"To bring true hope and dawn to this world that has been silent in darkness for two hundred years."

.......

"This procedure will be very difficult to complete... and the process may also be very long."

"Take the triggering conditions for fusion reactions as an example. The pressure inside a star is millions of times greater than that of a real atmosphere, which allows the reaction to occur at relatively low temperatures—"

"However, we cannot reproduce such a high-pressure environment in reality, so we can only continue to increase the temperature—"

"The breath of a pure-blooded red dragon is already the most intensely hot thing most people have ever encountered—"

"However, only by raising the temperature inside the simulated star to hundreds of times that of the Red Dragon's hottest breath can the reaction possibly take place in a non-high-pressure environment."

"At such high temperatures, matter enters a difficult-to-control plasma state... If it needs to be confined within a certain area, then the only way is to use a magical magnetic field to bind it..."

"However, the amount of magic required to create such a magnetic field is enormous and cannot be maintained for long periods of time, so efficiency must be improved."

"However, if we want to improve efficiency, then it is necessary to make magic be transmitted in the medium in a superconducting form with zero loss... This requires reducing the temperature of the outer constraint device to an absolute ultra-low temperature."

"Extreme high temperatures and extreme low temperatures need to coexist stably and reliably within the same model, which is incredibly difficult."

"And all of the above is merely the tip of the iceberg that has allowed this technique to exist stably for so long..."

"To perfectly execute the entire technique, not even the slightest error can be allowed in any detail."