# 717
Chapter 718: Crossing Calamity
"What's this?"
Lin Qiye saw Amemiya Haruki walking over with a purple long blade and asked curiously.
"One of the Nine Magatsu Blades, [Crossing Calamity]." Amemiya Haruki handed the blade to Lin Qiye. "It was the first Magatsu Blade forged by the Katsuragi Gods, known as the beginning of disaster and misfortune. When the wielder of this blade was exploring this ruin, they didn't know not to use Magatsu Blades here, and the blade simply flew away and vanished. Sure enough, it's here..."
Lin Qiye took the Magatsu Blade, his eyes slightly brightening. "So this blade currently has no master?"
"Yeah, take it and use it. No one else can anyway."
Lin Qiye didn't客气 at all and hung the [Crossing Calamity] at his waist, alongside the [Black Rope].
"They say that once this blade is unsheathed and the blade body is exposed to air, it will trigger a series of terrifying disasters or extremely dangerous events, and it's indiscriminate, so you have to be very careful when using it." Amemiya Haruki seriously reminded him.
"Also, once this blade cuts someone, the victim will be branded with a mark of calamity. From then on, whatever they do will result in misfortune. The specific degree of bad luck is related to the size of the wound you cut—the bigger the wound, the more unlucky they become. It's even possible that after you cut someone, they might get hit by a car the very next day just as they walk out the door. It's basically misfortune killing... Remember not to cut yourself. This blade doesn't distinguish between friend and foe."
After hearing Amemiya Haruki's introduction, Lin Qiye looked down at [Crossing Calamity] with a somewhat odd expression.
A blade that kills through misfortune? This was his first time seeing one.
"I understand." Lin Qiye nodded.
He walked to the side and picked up a white bag from the ground—it was Baili Pangpang's [Easeful Space], which had scattered across the ground along with this section of the Forbidden Ruins sea.
He carried the bag and helped Baili Pangpang collect all the forbidden items around him. This place was too strange to linger. Since they'd already saved Baili Pangpang, it was better to quickly pack up and leave.
As he packed, Lin Qiye's mind raced.
He had repeatedly inspected this palace, and there was no one else inside besides Baili Pangpang. The deity he had anticipated had not appeared, which meant that the "end of the Aurora River" in the prophecy had only ever contained Baili Pangpang from start to finish.
So, could the "supreme existence existing in the past and future" in the prophecy refer to Baili Pangpang?
Lin Qiye glanced at the slightly chubby figure lying unconscious on the ground beside him, his brow slightly furrowed.
No, that couldn't be right... How could this possibly look like a "supreme existence"?
And why did it say existing only in the past and future? Wasn't he right here in the present?
All kinds of doubts surged through Lin Qiye's mind, leaving him completely puzzled. Perhaps... Lady Wu's second prophecy was inherently flawed?
All of this might have to wait until Baili Pangpang woke up for answers.
Just as Lin Qiye finished collecting the surrounding forbidden items, the palace gate that he had pushed halfway open suddenly swung open on its own. Lin Qiye and the other two quickly turned to look. Outside the palace, a golden streak of light came whistling through the air!
It was a golden spear.
Wei Dong and Amemiya Haruki's expressions changed simultaneously, thinking it was an enemy attack, and both prepared for battle.
Only Lin Qiye, the moment he used his spiritual感知 to clearly see that spear, had his pupils suddenly contract.
[Celestial Gate]!
That was Jialan's spear!
After [Celestial Gate] flew into the palace, it didn't float in mid-air like the previous Forbidden Ruins sea had. Instead, having lost the gravitational pull, it relied on momentum to stab directly into a nearby wall, the spear tip sinking deep into the wall, with dense cracks spreading across the surface.
After Baili Pangpang was rescued by Lin Qiye from the prayer mat, the universal disarmament covering this entire ruin seemed to have stalled. This spear had lost the disarmament's gravitational pull halfway through, so it could only rely on momentum to fly here.
Lin Qiye's figure flickered, quickly moving to that wall. He reached out and gripped the body of [Celestial Gate], pulling it free with force!
After examining it carefully in his hand, Lin Qiye confirmed—this was indeed Jialan's spear.
But... why was her spear here?
Had she entered this ruin too?
Lin Qiye's eyes first brightened, then his expression grew heavy.
If Jialan had indeed entered this ruin and had already used [Celestial Gate] to battle someone, that meant her situation wasn't good. Additionally, since Pangpang had disarmed the [Celestial Gate] spear, she might have become even more passive in battle...
She was in danger!
Lin Qiye's heart sank. He rushed out of the palace gate and looked around at the edges of the azure clouds. Apart from the gray sky, he could see nothing, and even within the range of his spiritual perception, there was nothing...
He knew Jialan was in this ruin and knew she was in trouble, but he simply couldn't find her location.
Lin Qiye grew anxious.
His mind raced, trying to find a way to determine Jialan's location. He turned around, his peripheral vision suddenly catching the white prayer mat floating in the center of the palace, with the Aurora River flowing through it.
A doubt suddenly surfaced in his mind.
This ruin was so vast—how had Baili Pangpang managed to extend his universal disarmament across the entire ruin?
Lin Qiye remembered that when Baili Pangpang had released his Forbidden Ruins before, the black-and-white taiji diagram covering a few hundred meters was already the limit. But here, his universal disarmament had affected at least tens of kilometers, covering the entire city ruins and even the demon shrine. If he had really done all that on his own, he would have likely already reached the Human Apex or even deity status.
But Lin Qiye was certain Baili Pangpang hadn't reached that level yet.
Which meant... he had relied on external force?
Lin Qiye's gaze locked onto that prayer mat, and a thought flashed through his mind.
Perhaps that prayer mat with the Aurora River flowing through it had the effect of amplifying Forbidden Ruins? Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain everything that had happened before.
Since this prayer mat could amplify Baili Pangpang's universal disarmament, could it also amplify his [Mortal Divine Realm], spreading his spiritual perception across the entire ruin?
The moment this idea surfaced in Lin Qiye's mind, he decisively walked toward that prayer mat.
Based on Baili Pangpang's condition, this prayer mat wouldn't pose a life threat to people. So what was there to hesitate about if he just sat on it to try?
"Amemiya, I'm going to sit on that prayer mat." Lin Qiye passed by Amemiya Haruki and spoke to him. "If after two minutes I haven't gotten off it on my own, pull me down."
Although Amemiya Haruki didn't understand why Lin Qiye wanted to do this, he still nodded. "No problem."
Lin Qiye pushed hard against the ground with both feet, his body shooting upward, and landed steadily on the prayer mat. He crossed his legs and slowly sat down...