# 959
Chapter 960: The New Spirit
"Nine Magatsu Blades, the ninth blade, 【Divine Concealment】."
The paper crane dropped the eighth Magatsu Blade, and Yuzuri Nana swiftly plunged it into the pool of blood.
The eight Magatsu Blades intertwined into a ring, standing silently in the blood pool. Various subtle lights surged beneath Yuzuri Nana's feet, like a splendid ocean of light and shadow.
Yuzuri Nana's small face was somewhat pale from blood loss. She lowered her head and carefully unclasped the paper knife from her waist, clutching it in her palm.
"Grandma Crane... Little Yuzuri has grown up. Did you see?"
She gently stroked the blade sheath, her eyes filled with reluctance and longing. She smiled and softly said, "In the future, when I'm not by your side, you must take good care of yourself... If there's an afterlife, I still want to be your granddaughter."
In the blood pool before her, an elderly figure appeared out of thin air. Silver-white hair fluttered in the wind. Grandma Crane stood in the center of the paper cranes, reaching out to touch Yuzuri Nana's head.
Her face was full of kindness:
"Rest assured, Little Yuzuri. Grandma will always be behind you..."
Her form transformed into a paper crane, circling around Yuzuri Nana. Yuzuri Nana took a deep breath, tightly gripping the paper knife in her hand, and deeply pierced it into the final corner of the ring.
"Nine Magatsu Blades, the third blade, 【Thousand Cranes】."
White light flowed from the blade's body, connecting with the auras of the other eight Magatsu Blades. In an instant, a blinding pillar of light erupted from the blood pool, shooting straight into the sky!
At the summit of Mount Fuji, in the midst of battle with the Corpse God, Yuzuri Takishiro seemed to sense something, suddenly turning to look behind him. His pupils slightly dilated.
"Sister?!"
At the foot of the mountain, the paper crane sealing Amemiya Haruki suddenly dissipated into nothing.
He stumbled to the ground, looking up at the towering pillar of light, his eyes full of bitterness.
"Yuzuri Nana..."
As the blinding pillar of light gradually expanded in radius, Hoshimi Shota and Furuhara Yoshiki exchanged glances, quickly retreating with Amemiya Haruki. The light rapidly devoured the surrounding land, annihilating everything.
This pillar of light pierced through the clouds, rapidly ascending upward. After ascending who knows how high, there was a deafening roar as it struck some invisible barrier. Grim void cracks shattered in the endless heights!
It had reached the limit of the Yata Mirror.
Boom—!!
The void shattered. The azure blue sky was literally pierced by the pillar of light, creating a circular hole, like a mirror with one corner punched through. Along this hole, it rapidly crumbled and shattered!
Behind the hole was a dim world full of mist.
A blade body outline with flowing light was slowly being traced at the end of the pillar.
Tidal waves of killing intent swept from the blade's edge. A terrifying divine power fluctuation rapidly spread from the illusory blade body throughout the entire "Human Enclosure" and the misty world. Black and gold rings of light wildly expanded across the heavens.
A divine artifact was about to be born.
Within the pillar of light.
Yuzuri Nana opened her eyes in bewilderment.
The moment the pillar of light rose, her physical body had been crushed to dust. Her semi-transparent soul slowly fell as the pillar rose, as if about to dissipate in the light.
At that moment, shadows flew up from below. An old hand gently pressed against the back of the descending Yuzuri Nana.
Yuzuri Nana turned her head, only to see Grandma Crane standing on countless paper cranes, smiling beneath her. A warm energy was flowing from her palm into Yuzuri Nana's body. Her soul rapidly solidified!
"After the Nine Blades unite as one, all of us original blade spirits will leave the Magatsu Blade." Furuhara Yoshiki's form appeared beside Yuzuri Nana, smiling as he spoke, "Therefore, this brand-new divine Magatsu Blade requires a new blade spirit...
From now on, soul and blade live together, immortal and undying. Though we won't have the same freedom as before, this at least preserves your soul, allowing you to continue existing in this world.
Little girl, what do you say?"
Yuzuri Nana was stunned for a long while. Hope flickered in her eyes. Without hesitation, she nodded, "Alright!"
If one could survive, who would choose death?
"Your soul is too weak and cannot yet bear the power of this new Magatsu Blade. Before we depart, we will lend you our strength." A white-robed, white-haired figure emerged from the water's reflection, also extending a hand to press against Yuzuri Nana's back.
Torrential power was being crazily poured into her body.
Yuzuri Nana blinked her eyes, about to express her gratitude, when two more figures walked side by side from the pillar of light ahead.
One was a host in a yellow floral print浴衣 (yukata), and the other was an enchanting fox woman draped in vermillion red haori.
Little Jin clutched a black stone statue in his left hand, walking over with a smile. Beside him, Lady Wu had one hand gripping a frantically struggling red bird and the other clutching a purple mink, her charming eyes filled with domineering aura.
"Little Yuzuri." Little Jin spoke gently, "Today, we help you... step into the divine realm."
The spirits of the Nine Magatsu Blades, whether voluntarily or forcibly, each poured part of their power into Yuzuri Nana's body. Within the ascending pillar of light, Yuzuri Nana's aura rapidly skyrocketed, forming some mysterious connection with the divine artifact silhouette being traced in the sky.
Ding—!!
A crisp blade cry echoed across the heavens. Divine power surged into Yuzuri Nana's body like a tide. Her eyes grew increasingly brilliant!
She had become the spirit of this divine artifact.
To become a spirit meant having no physical body, relying purely on the artifact's power to ascend to godhood. At this moment, just like the Yata Mirror's spirit Thunder Beast, she had become a pseudo-god-realm existence without the power of laws.
Yuzuri Nana's figure rose rapidly along the ascending pillar of light, eventually crashing into the gradually forming blade body within.
A blinding flash of white streaked across the sky of the "Human Enclosure."
...
The black-gold blade body extended infinitely, clearly reflecting the azure blue sky, like a dark lake. A gentle breeze brushed past without a single ripple rising.
A figure gently landed on this black-gold lake.
Her洁白 (snow-white) feet touched lightly; she danced nimbly atop like a butterfly. Her black-based cherry blossom pattern kimono was spotless. Her long black hair was gathered with a cherry blossom hairpin, shimmering with a faint glow in the sunlight.
Yuzuri Nana stood atop the black-gold lake, slightly bowing her head. Those eyes gazed down at the "Human Enclosure" world beneath the heavens.
Some strands of hair fluttered in the wind. She raised her hand, pointing toward the world below.
A silver bell-like voice echoed across the black-gold lake:
"Creating the world..."