The gale howled.
Lin Qiye stood atop the mountain, gazing up at the void overhead as he slowly raised the black-gold long blade in his hand.
A terrifying aura emanated from the blade.
This Magatsu Blade, which ignored differences in realm, could allow Yurina Takishiro to slaughter the Corpse God—and it could also grant Lin Qiye, who was only at the "Limitless" realm, the power to cleave open Takama-ga-hara's Gate of Reception.
As the blade rose, a mysterious aura was drawn forth from the void, like an invisible thread linking itself to the edge of the blade...
At that moment, Lin Qiye, gripping the hilt, sensed a mysterious coordinate.
It was the coordinate of the Gate of Reception.
The Gate of Reception hid within the void. Unless one was a native god of Takama-ga-hara, it could not be drawn down. Yet the Magatsu Blade in his hand, forged with countless resources from the Earthly Gods, had been created precisely to locate the Gate of Reception and cleave it open.
Locating the Gate of Reception and deceiving it into descending was this blade's most basic ability.
Boom—!!
Above the ruins of the city, the outline of an enormous gate condensed from the mist, its vast and ancient aura enveloping heaven and earth.
One corner of the gate landed upon the ground, instantly crushing the entire city into dust. Thunderous tremors echoed across the sky as billowing clouds of dust rose up, swallowing the figures in the three cloaks atop the mountain.
The Gate of Reception had descended.
Lin Qiye's brilliant golden eyes burned fiercely through the dust like twin blazing suns.
He raised the black-gold blade in his hand and aimed its edge at the center of the ancient gate. Dazzling black-gold radiance blossomed from his palm, instantly spreading hundreds of