True Longinus

Cao Cao wielding the True Longinus

* Summons the **Seven Treasures**, 7 orbs which have seven unique abilities (Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin)

### Wielder(s)

St. Longinus (Original Wielder)
Cao Cao (Current Wielder)

The **True Longinus**, also known as the **Holy Spear of the Setting Sun**, the **Spear of Destiny** and the **Spear/Lance of Longinus**, is the first and most powerful Longinus and the same spear which St. Longinus used to stab Jesus Christ. It is wielded by Cao Cao, former leader of the Hero Faction.

## Appearance

The True Longinus is an ornate spear with a dark blue rod, and is more extensive than regular spears. It features golden metal decorations, in the shapes of arrow tips, that spiral around in a double helix pattern. The decorations finish at the top of the rod of the spear which features a white circle, which is completely empty, and has a cross that fills in the circle, but not completely. There is a small silver stump which features four protrusions, two on the left and the other two on the right. The tip of the spear is silver, and similar to the rod of the spear is longer than other types of spears.

## Summary

The True Longinus is one of the Holy Relics known as the **Holy Lance** alongside the True Cross, Holy Chalice, Holy Nails, and the Shroud of Turin. A spear that was said to have pierced the side of Christ as he lay on the cross, wielded by a Centurion named Longinus, according to legend, who gave the weapon his name. The spear is one of the holiest objects in existence, having been blessed by the blood of Christ and making it an extremely powerful and effective weapon against Devils and beings related to darkness. The True Longinus is a Sacred Gear, and gave its name to all Sacred Gears capable of slaying Gods.

One of the thirteen Longinus created by the God from the Bible, True Longinus is considered to be one of the biggest "bugs" in the Sacred Gear system, having world-class powers that could destroy the world when used in the wrong hands.

It was wielded by Cao Cao until Volume 12 when Indra confiscated it and sent Cao Cao to the Realm of the Dead before escaping with it. By the end of Volume 16, Indra returned the True Longinus to Cao Cao after he came back from the Realm of the Dead.

## Abilities

   The True Longinus is a bladed spear that is capable of killing Gods and Buddhas having been initially used by St. Longinus used to pierce Jesus Christ, which blessed the spear making it one of the most holiest relics in existence. Aside from gods, it is able to be used to kill Satan-Class Devil, Vampires, and other creatures of darkness as a result of its holy abilities as a spear.

The True Longinus can also create blades made up of holy power, which is powerful enough to vaporize both High-Class and even Ultimate-Class Devils with relative ease. In addition to this, it can release torrents of pure light from a distance causing massive destruction on impact.

   Aside from its just holy abilities, it can extend and retract according to the wielder's will seemingly without limit. It can shield its wielder against fatal attacks from Power Types such as Issei Hyoudou and Sairaorg Bael, as well as split powerful aura blasts using a single slash.

Befitting both a High-Tier Longinus and the Strongest Longinus, it has the potential to destroy the world.

## Forms

### ​True Longinus Götterdämmerung

**True Longinus Götterdämmerung** (真冥白夜の聖槍トウルー・ロンギヌス・ゲッターデメルング, *Tōrū Ronginusu Gettādemerungu*), also known as the **Holy Spear of the Pure White Night**, is the original Balance Breaker of the True Longinus. It has yet to be shown in the series.

### Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin

**Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin** (極夜なる天輪聖王の輝廻槍ポーラーナイト・ロンギヌス・チャクラヴァルティン, *Pōrā Naito Ronginusu Chakuravarutin*), also known as the **Heavenly Ring Holy King’s Spear Enveloped in Brightness Which Brings the Polar Night**, is Cao Cao's subspecies Balance Breaker of the True Longinus which creates seven orbs called the **Seven Treasures** (七宝 *Shippo*), each having a different ability. The seven orbs each have the same appearance, making it hard for the opponent to differentiate between which ability is going to be used by the wielder. The seven abilities are as follows:

* **Chatsuka Ratana** (輪宝チャツカラタナ, *Chatsuka Ratana*): Also known as the **Wheel Treasure**, has the ability to destroy weapons.
* **Itsutei Ratana** (女宝イツテイラタナ, *Itsutei Ratana*): Also known as the **Female Treasure**, completely stops the special ability of women for a short time.
* **Atsusa Ratana** (馬宝アツサラタナ, *Atsusa Ratana*): Also known as the **Horse Treasure**, has the ability to teleport a person the orb touches. It can also be used on Cao Cao himself, allowing him to teleport to the place of his choice.
* **Mala Ratana** (珠宝マラニタナ, *Mara Ratana*): Also known as the **Pearl Treasure**, has the ability to send an attack sent towards the user to another direction.
* **Hatsutei Ratana** (象宝ハツテイラタナ, *Hatsutei Ratana*): Also known as the **Elephant Treasure**, grants the wielder the ability to lift up what the orb touches.
* **Kahabatei Ratana** (居士宝ガハパテイラタナ, *Kahabatei Ratana*): Also known as the **Householder Treasure**, creates warrior-like existences and acts in the same way as Blade Blacksmith's Balance Breaker: Blade Knight Mass.
* **Balinayaka Ratana** (将軍宝バリナーヤカラタナ, *Barināyaka Ratana*): Also known as the **General Treasure**, a strong attack with high destructive powers. The strongest ability of the seven. It seems to have some sort of restriction on how often it can be used. It was speculated that it needs some sort of requirement for activation.

The first four abilities were shown in Volume 11, while the last three abilities were shown in Cao Cao's fight against Issei in Volume 12. According to Cao Cao, the *Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin* is still incomplete. In True Volume 3, Cao Cao stated that he managed to complete the tuning of *Balinayaka Ratana*, thus completing his Balance Breaker.

### Truth Idea

The **Truth Idea** (覇輝トゥルース・イデア, *Turūsu Idea*), also known as the **Brightness of Supremacy**, is a forbidden form exclusive to the True Longinus which is similar to the Juggernaut Drive. Azazel calls it **"The Dying Will of the God of the Bible"**.

Also, like Juggernaut Drive, it requires a chant to activate it. The chant goes as follows:

**O Spear. The true Holy Spear which pierces through God.**

**Suck the ambition of the King of Domination sleeping within me and pierce through the gap of blessing and destruction.**

**You. Announce the will, and turn into a glow.**
According to Cao Cao's explanation, Truth Idea's effects depend on God's will in the Holy Spear and absorbs the wielder's ambition of this spear, and by responding to how strong the opponent is, it will create many effects and miracles which will be different depending on what the will chooses such as granting an absolute power to destroy the opponent or a blessing to the opponent to capture their hearts. In Volume 21, it can repel a great number of mass produced Evil Dragon and cause immense pain to Apophis an immensely powerful Evil Dragon.

## Trivia

* *Götterdämmerung* means "Twilight of the Gods", and is the German Translation of "Ragnarök".
* *Ratana* means "jewel" in the Pali language.
* In Volume 9, Siegfried calls the Truth Idea the Balance Breaker for the True Longinus but in Volume 11, Azazel claims that it is the "Will of the God from the Bible" and is different from the Balance Breaker.
* Cao Cao stated that he thought Balinayaka Ratana's power was too similar to the weapon-destroying power of Chatsuka Ratana, so he was considering trying to give it a different power.
* Being in a form of a spear, the other name of this Longinus was claimed to be the legendary **Gungnir** (揺れる者ガングニール, *Gangunīru*, lit. *The Swaying One*), a spear of the Norse god Odin that never misses. The belief of their connection between these two is that, however, the Original Longinus could "never miss when thrown" was strong enough to actually give it this ability.