Arc 56The Dying Star and the Dragon

Bai Yujun drew strength from the Primordial Land and countless worlds to stop the Dying Star, then sealed it within Sky Pillar Mountain at the cost of remaining trapped inside. While she slowly absorbed the sun’s power, she projected herself into a distant small world and traveled through its lands in search of clues and experience.

  • Qing Shao and the other three Dragon Kings vowed to protect the Four Seas, while Bai Yujun gathered earth-vein power to face the falling Dying Star.
  • Bai Yujun leapt into the sky and held the Dying Star back as the Snake Demon Army and other allies defended the Heavenly Court from the Great Sun’s flames.
  • After Bai Yujun fell into molten glass, her allies protected her from attackers while she chanted for power and received energy from the Myriad Worlds.
  • Bai Yujun compressed the Dying Star, swallowed it, and sealed it in ice and rock, forming Sky Pillar Mountain around herself.
  • Bai Yujun remained trapped as the mountain restored the land, while she slowly absorbed the sun’s flame and watched people living around the mountain.
  • Bai Yujun learned to project her consciousness into distant worlds, healed a pregnant palace woman, and gave the woman a cultivation manual to protect her daughter.
  • Bai Yujun searched the palace library for clues, then her memoryless clone set out across the wilderness to find a saber resembling her own.
  • Bai Yujun left the palace to investigate the countryside, helped expose a spy, encountered a Mountain God whose temple had been reclaimed, and continued downstream with the River God.
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Ch. 1378Shackles

Qing Shao realized that escaping the Dragon Suppressing Chains had not freed the four divine dragons from their deeper responsibilities, and he questioned what Bai Yujun would do amid the doomsday calamity. As Bai Yujun drew on the earth veins to confront the falling sun, Qing Shao resolved that he wanted to become a true Dragon King.

  • Qing Shao watched the dying sea and a giant whale fall from above while Little Whale followed it, then wondered whether he and the other dragons were truly free.
  • Qing Shao told the other three divine dragons that invisible shackles remained and recalled that Bai Yujun had left him an important, now-blurred warning about their future.
  • The West Sea Divine Dragon rebuked a brother for disrespecting Bai Yujun, and Qing Shao said she had inherited the Dragon Queen’s divine ability to gaze into the past and future.
  • The four dragons felt Bai Yujun mobilize earth-vein power across a vast distance and realized she was facing the falling sun, risking her life.
  • Though the other dragons protested that they wanted only to escape and roam freely, Qing Shao said they had to accept responsibility and declared that he wanted to become a true Dragon King.

Ch. 1379Oath

Qing Shao and the Dragon Kings swore to protect the four seas, gaining the Way of Heaven’s blessing as Bai Yujun drew on the earth’s power to resist the falling Dying Star. The immortal lords continued to doubt that she could save the Primordial Land as her strength gathered.

  • Qing Shao vowed to shelter the East Sea and its living beings, and the Dragon Kings of the South, West, and North Seas made matching oaths.
  • Four pillars of light descended on the Dragon Kings, purged their Black Qi, and brought wind, clouds, and lightning to the four seas.
  • Immortal Lord Cen He and the other immortal lords mocked the dragons’ efforts and doubted that Bai Yujun could stop the calamity.
  • Bai Yujun connected earth veins across the Vast Land and drew on earth and metal power to strengthen herself against the Dying Star.
  • Immortal Lord Cen He wondered whether Bai Yujun meant to imitate Empress Nuwa and mend the heavens, as her gathered power continued to grow.

Ch. 1380Thick and Heavy

Bai Yujun endured the crushing energies of earth and metal, tempering her cultivation as the Star Dou Great Formation and the worlds around it neared collapse. Mu ordered the Heavenly Court defended against the heavenly fire, while Mu Duo left her village and flew toward the fiery horizon.

  • Bai Yujun resisted the immense pressure of the fiery-red world and continued strengthening her body and cultivation.
  • Mu Duo dressed in her Jiuli ornaments, bid farewell to her villagers, and rode a giant colorful butterfly toward the fiery horizon.
  • Qing Ling and Iron Ball returned to the South Heavenly Gate, where Qiao Jin, the monkey, and Little Phoenix worried over the endangered Heavenly Court.
  • Mu declared the Heavenly Court sealed and ordered Qiao Jin to assemble the Snake Demon Army and form shield lines against the heavenly fire.
  • Qiao Jin mobilized the Snake Demon Army, whose soldiers, warships, and Metal Puppets formed successive golden shield walls around the Heavenly Court.
  • The monkey and Little Phoenix flew to the front of the formation to face the Great Sun heavenly fire.

Ch. 1381Conscription

Zhang Xiaoyuan was conscripted with the Imperial Academy students and sent through the unstable divine bridge to the prehistoric world, where the Snake Demon Army defended against the heavenly fire. After their instructor was lost during teleportation, her unit was ordered to hold the line as the Ninth Battalion of the Xu Division.

  • Mu announced that all cultivators in the Divine Dragon World were conscripted for wartime service, and Zhang Xiaoyuan found her name on the military register.
  • Zhang Xiaoyuan joined her academy unit, took up a shield, and traveled through the unstable divine bridge toward the Heavenly Court.
  • The Light Pillar threw soldiers from the bridge, and Zhang Xiaoyuan's instructor was diverted during their passage into the prehistoric world.
  • Zhang Xiaoyuan landed at the Altar of Heaven and saw the Snake Demon Army's shield walls facing the dark-red calamity beneath the Star Dou Great Formation.
  • A demon general named Zhang Xiaoyuan's eldest senior sister commander of the Ninth Battalion of the Xu Division and ordered the unit to fill any gap left by the Eighth Battalion and never retreat.

Ch. 1382Worry

As the world-ending disaster approached, immortals, mortals, and ancient beings prepared to act while Bai Yujun faced the task of mending the heavens. The Golden Figure and the Elegant and Noble Woman watched anxiously, hoping she would survive.

  • Yu Rong recalled Bai Yujun’s difficult path and trusted that her master would succeed in bearing the catastrophe.
  • At Bamboo Spring Temple, Old Hui Xian mended the clothes of Little Stone, the Snake Demon Boy, and the Long-faced Heavenly King, then climbed toward the summit to offer Bai Yujun what help he could.
  • Gan Wu descended Daoist Mountain with his sword and Righteous Aura surging, drawing the attention of sword immortals across the primordial continent.
  • Ancient Creatures awakened throughout Kunlun Ruins as the old turtle recognized the beginning of another calamity cycle.
  • The Golden Figure watched the approaching heavenly fire and told the unseen woman beside him that Bai Yujun’s safety mattered more to him than the Imperial Throne.

Ch. 1383Hot-Blooded

Bai Yujun absorbed the thick earth’s energy and gained temporary strength as she prepared to confront the falling Great Sun. As she ordered the Star Gods to release part of the Star Dou Great Formation, she launched herself into the sky, and all living beings on the Primordial Land witnessed her blazing ascent.

  • Bai Yujun completed her accumulation of energy, sending an Energy Tide across the Primordial Land that cleared the scorched clouds and glassed the wasteland.
  • Bai Yujun recognized that she had temporarily gained enough power to threaten an Immortal Lord, and her enemies and other powerful beings sensed her strength.
  • Bai Yujun looked upon the gods who disregarded ordinary lives and reaffirmed her resolve to protect living beings.
  • Bai Yujun ordered the Star Gods to release part of the Star Dou Great Formation and focus on delaying the Great Sun.
  • Bai Yujun launched herself toward the sky with a devastating leap, rising through a vast pillar of flames as creatures across the Primordial Land looked on.

Ch. 1384Mending the Heavens

Bai Yujun charged into the falling Dying Star and fought to hold it back as the heavens watched. After repeatedly lifting and resisting its descent, she was nearly exhausted when the star erupted in incandescent flames and swept over her.

  • Bai Yujun witnessed Nuwa repairing the heavens with Five-Colored Stone as she ascended toward the Heavenly Court.
  • The Dying Star broke free of the failing Star Dou Great Formation and poured a torrent of Solar True Fire down upon Bai Yujun.
  • Bai Yujun formed a Translucent Giant Dragon and thrust both foreclaws against the falling star, briefly stopping it and lifting it slightly.
  • Bai Yujun struggled to keep the star aloft as it repeatedly sank, bleeding and burning through her strength.
  • The Dying Star erupted in dazzling white flames, which swept over the nearly exhausted Bai Yujun.

Ch. 1385Golden Flame Waterfall

Bai Yujun survived the Great Sun Golden Flame’s fall but was left exhausted in a crater of molten glass, while allies bought her time and the Star Gods reaffirmed their support for her. As the Primordial Land’s earth veins were mobilized to aid her, Bai Yujun overcame her urge to give up and discovered she could eat the flames.

  • The Star Gods activated the Star Dou Great Formation again to restrain the Dark Red Great Sun and give Bai Yujun time to escape.
  • The Great Sun Golden Flame struck the Golden City Wall, killing thousands of Snake Demon Soldiers, and Zhang Xiaoyuan and the young students filled the gap under the senior squad leader’s command.
  • Bai Yujun fell into a crater of molten glass and emerged from the magma exhausted, unable even to float.
  • A golden figure in the Kunlun Ruins mobilized the Primordial Land’s earth veins, alarming immortals and experts across the land.
  • Bai Yujun considered giving up, then sat up, declared herself a Mythical True Dragon, and put a handful of Great Sun Golden Flame into her mouth.

Ch. 1386Four Directions

Bai Yujun drew on the revived dragon veins and prepared to continue her mission as old immortals and ancient gods attacked her. Her allies arrived from several directions to protect her, and the chapter ended with the attackers fleeing when Old Hui Xian appeared.

  • Bai Yujun sensed the dragon veins of the Primordial Land surge with energy and gathered the surrounding True Sun Flame, swallowing it with her Devouring Talent.
  • An Immortal Lord charged at the weakened Bai Yujun, but a monkey knocked him into the ground and promised to hold off the attackers.
  • Bai Yujun began chanting an ancient dragon-speech incantation as more old immortals and ancient gods rushed toward her.
  • Gan Wu arrived and blocked one approach, while the monkey fought off attackers from another direction.
  • Immortal Lord Cen He sent a Purple Ancient Fan toward Bai Yujun, but Mu Duo appeared and knocked it aside with flower petals and music.
  • Old Hui Xian appeared before Cen He and the other attackers, who recognized him and retreated in fear.

Ch. 1387Little Aunt

Bai Yujun gathered power from the Primordial Land’s dragon veins as the Zhou Tian Star Dou formation began to fail, then called for help from the Myriad Worlds. Countless worlds answered and sent her their energy, leaving the Golden Figure and the Elegant and Noble Woman convinced that mending the heavens could succeed.

  • The four guardians protected Bai Yujun as the great powers abandoned their siege, and a collapsing star briefly stabilized the damaged formation.
  • A phoenix shielded the Golden City Wall from the Solar True Fire, while Zhang Xiaoyuan and the trainees watched in awe.
  • Bai Yujun drew on the Primordial Land’s dragon veins and the Four Seas’ dragon veins, but sensed that their combined power was still insufficient.
  • Bai Yujun pleaded for help, and the Dragon Sleep Lesser World, the Minglan Great World, the Wenhuo Great World, and countless other worlds sent energy across space.
  • The Golden Figure and the Elegant and Noble Woman rejoiced as the Myriad Worlds acknowledged Bai Yujun, while Gods, Devils, immortals, and demons reacted in shock.

Ch. 1388Standing Tall Against Heaven and Earth

After absorbing the power of the Myriad Worlds, Bai Yujun retained her familiar personality and transformed into a colossal dragon to stop the Dying Star. She launched herself toward the star, reaching out with her foreclaws.

  • Bai Yujun gained the power of the Myriad Worlds, and Mu Duo feared she had become an emotionless god until Bai Yujun smiled reassuringly at her.
  • Bai Yujun tore open the Vast Sky Curtain, freeing the Scorching Sun and sending its flames toward Heaven’s Court.
  • As Little Phoenix prepared to face the fire, Bai Yujun’s Sea of Mist rose across the Glazed Plains and pushed the flames back.
  • Bai Yujun emerged from the mist as a gigantic half-dragon, half-human figure, then transformed into a dragon stretching ten thousand miles.
  • Bai Yujun kicked off the ground and lunged toward the Dying Star, reaching for it with her foreclaws.

Ch. 1389Holding Up the Heavens

Bai Yujun compressed the Dying Star and swallowed it when she could no longer keep shrinking it, only for it to become stuck in her mouth. She cooled the unstable sun with pure yin energy and encased it in ice and stone, leaving the crisis contained but still requiring her to hold it aloft.

  • Bai Yujun compressed the Dying Star and held it above the Primordial Land, while the resulting tremors shook the Three Realms and the underworld.
  • A tiny shoot sprouted from a fallen old tree in the netherworld, and the four newly appointed Orthodox God Dragon Kings bowed to Bai Yujun from the Four Seas.
  • With her strength failing, Bai Yujun swallowed the compressed sun, but it lodged between her teeth and began leaking Great Sun True Flame.
  • Bai Yujun poured pure yin energy into her mouth and cooled the sun until ice sealed its surface, bringing the Primordial Land's temperature back to normal.
  • Bai Yujun gathered the earth's energy to build layers of rock around the ice-covered sun, forming a mountain shell to secure it.

Ch. 1390Sky Pillar Mountain

Bai Yujun sealed the World-Destroying Sky Fire within herself and became the core of a new Sky Pillar Mountain, while a power from her parents awakened her inheritance and helped her compress the sun into a red pearl. As the catastrophe ended and the Saints watched the mountain shake, Bai Yujun’s fate remained uncertain.

  • Bai Yujun held up the Great Sun True Flame as earth and rock covered her, while the immortals, demons, and devils realized she was sealing herself with the sun.
  • Little Phoenix stopped Iron Ball and Qing Ling from rushing to the pillar, while Gan Wu and Mu Duo restrained the monkey from breaking the mountain apart.
  • Bai Yujun sensed power from the Kunlun Dragon Vein and received an awakened inheritance as the Elegant and Noble Woman and the golden male figure spoke across time and space.
  • Bai Yujun used her new understanding to compress the sun into a red pearl, and the fiery sky faded as rain clouds spread across the Primordial Land.
  • The sealed dragon became Sky Pillar Mountain, and several Saints gathered to behold it before the mountain suddenly rumbled and shook.

Ch. 1391Icebound

Bai Yujun discovered that the unstable Dying Star pearl kept her bound to Sky Pillar Mountain, so she maintained the mountain and was sealed inside it by the Saints. Her friends gathered outside, unable to reach her, while the land began to revive around the mountain.

  • Bai Yujun transformed into a half-dragon, half-human form and realized she had to remain the primary seal holding the Dying Star pearl in check.
  • As the Saints formed an array around Sky Pillar Mountain, Bai Yujun pierced the ice and rock with her saber and a dragon scale, sending both beyond the mountain before the ice sealed her in.
  • The Saints’ ancient formation sank into Sky Pillar Mountain, and the Saints withdrew while suspecting the vanished saber and scale might be crucial to breaking the seal.
  • Monkey, Mu Duo, Gan Wu, and Hui Xian gathered at the mountain; Mu Duo waited in the rain, while Monkey lamented that he could not help Bai Yujun.
  • Rain fell around Sky Pillar Mountain, new green shoots appeared across the drought-stricken land, and a fat rabbit emerged among the rocks of the dragon-shaped mountain.

Ch. 1392Calm Returns

After the rain restored the land around Sky Pillar Mountain, Immortals, Demons, and Monsters gathered at its foot, while rumors about treasures that could free Bai Yujun spread through the Primordial Immortal Realm. Years later, Xu Ling and the Pure Yang immortals mourned beside the mountain as Bai Yujun remained frozen inside its ice, until a spark of spiritual light appeared in her eyes.

  • Unceasing rain reshaped the barren land, and new rivers formed around Sky Pillar Mountain as vegetation and animals returned.
  • Immortals, Demons, and Monsters approached the divine mountain, but its righteous divine might drove away or killed those burdened with grievous sins.
  • Migratory birds and mortal servants reached the mountain without discomfort, showing that mortal creatures could live there.
  • Rumors claimed that a dragon scale and Divine Blade were keys to freeing Bai Yujun, prompting cultivators throughout the Primordial Immortal Realm to search for them.
  • Several years later, Old Hui Xian brewed tea on Sky Pillar Mountain while Xu Ling and Chu Zhe grieved for Bai Yujun, who remained frozen inside the mountain.
  • A spark of spiritual light flashed in Bai Yujun's pupils.

Ch. 1393Leisure

Bai Yujun remained sealed in Taiyin Ice while slowly absorbing the Great Sun Golden Flame and observing the world around Sky Pillar Mountain. She discovered a humble temple built in her honor and used it to watch the people living beneath the mountain.

  • Bai Yujun repeatedly tested ways to consume the star compressed into a pearl, refined the Chunyang Art, and slowly absorbed the Great Sun Golden Flame into her origin.
  • Bai Yujun awoke from her half-slumber but stayed motionless in the ice, waiting for the right time to break free.
  • Bai Yujun observed several old Daoist Immortals studying the formations and settling in rocky huts near the mountain.
  • Bai Yujun surveyed Sky Pillar Mountain and its foothills, finding mortals, demon beasts, and Immortals living peacefully in the surrounding settlements.
  • Bai Yujun discovered a small temple beneath a flowering tree, built by mortals to worship her, and was pleased to watch the world through it as drizzle began.

Ch. 1394Dream

Bai Yujun passed her long imprisonment by projecting into lives across the River of Time, seeking insight into her cultivation. She discovered she could also link to the present in a distant world, and the experience made her question whether her life on Earth had been a dream.

  • Bai Yujun projected into the past and watched the lives of a primitive girl, an ordinary flood-tamer, and an elderly soldier who could no longer return home.
  • Bai Yujun continued observing lives across the past, including humans, animals, and plants, searching for insight into her ability to Gaze into Past and Future.
  • Bai Yujun realized she could project her consciousness into the present and freely act in distant worlds, then linked herself to a pregnant palace woman in a remote small world.
  • Bai Yujun healed the palace woman after she fell down the stairs, while cultivators at the Imperial Observatory saw a dragon descend into the palace.
  • Bai Yujun recognized the sensation of Consciousness Travel and wondered whether her dragon soul had projected itself in similar ways before her life on Earth.

Ch. 1395Reading

Bai Yujun spent seven years in an overlooked palace corner, where she saved the princess’s life and quietly helped her mother begin cultivating. Now a child, Bai Yujun visited the palace library to read and discovered a report about an auspicious phoenix omen.

  • Bai Yujun’s connection with the Small World’s World Will brought healing and good fortune to the princess and her mother.
  • The palace welcomed a little Princess, and Bai Yujun’s luck kept schemes and dangers away from her secluded home.
  • Bai Yujun gave the princess’s mother a Spirit Root and cultivation manual, and the woman devoted herself to cultivation to protect her child.
  • Seven years later, Bai Yujun went to the palace library, where the Old Eunuch guarded the books and she settled in to read.
  • Bai Yujun found the Snake Demon Empire’s laws and dusty books on advanced knowledge, then picked up a local report about an auspicious phoenix omen.

Ch. 1396Scales and Blade

Bai Yujun investigated a suspicious book in the palace library and sensed that a scheme had gone slightly awry. Elsewhere, her amnesiac clone emerged from a hidden pool and began a journey to find her missing blade and learn who she was.

  • Bai Yujun suspected the phoenix clan might have taken the hidden coffin and continued searching for clues about the phoenix omen.
  • Bai Yujun noticed a strange scent on a scripture, and the Old Eunuch secretly removed it before she left the library.
  • Bai Yujun heard palace rumors about an evil spirit and a talented Imperial Prince, then sensed a distant scheme had encountered a slight error.
  • Bai Yujun's clone climbed out of a hidden pool with no memories except that she had possessed a blade, and she set out to find it.
  • The clone crossed the wilderness for months, reached a mortal village, traded a piece of Nugget Gold for clothes, and continued on dressed as a Jianghu Wandering Swordsman.

Ch. 1397On the Road

A girl traveled from the countryside toward the Jianghu, following a vague sense of direction while fragments of memories surfaced. She continued her journey through the mountains with her unusually swift horse and ended the chapter sheltering from a storm beside a campfire.

  • The girl beat away village dogs, fed a tabby cat, and spotted a reward notice for a saber that looked like her own; she angrily threatened anyone who tried to take it.
  • Two days later, the girl saw visions of a cold, ice-filled mountain cave while standing beneath the town’s old stone archways.
  • The girl exchanged gold for silver and coins, bought supplies and a skinny horse, and fed it Spirit Grass until it grew stronger.
  • The girl rode through the countryside, sharing food with her horse and fighting game and a lone wolf along the road.
  • Caught in a mountain storm, the girl sheltered beneath a large tree, lit a fire, and roasted meat as night fell.

Ch. 1398Travel

Bai Yujun left the imperial palace to find a guardian demonic beast for her mother and a mount for herself. After she covertly helped expose a spy at the palace bridgehead, she rode off on the spy’s horse toward the mountains.

  • Bai Yujun helped her mother enter a state of enlightenment, then left a note asking the Old Eunuch to protect her while she traveled.
  • Bai Yujun slipped through the palace gate unseen and decided to seek demonic beasts in the distant mountains.
  • Bai Yujun manipulated the fate of a caravan manager, causing an imperial spy to reveal himself when he answered a question about grain carts.
  • The eunuch and Imperial Guard captured the spy, and Bai Yujun mounted his horse and rode toward the mountains.

Ch. 1399The Journey

Bai Yujun traveled east from the Capital City, observing the hardship of ordinary people and the limits of the Snake Demon Empire’s efforts to improve the world. After finding a Mountain God Temple replaced by a new place of worship, she watched a skeptical martial artist leave and unknowingly receive a golden divine arts manual.

  • Bai Yujun rode along the muddy road and reflected on the poverty she saw and the slow work of the Snake Demon Empire.
  • Bai Yujun let soldiers hurry past, then continued toward a Mountain God Temple as evening approached.
  • Bai Yujun found that the Mountain God Temple had been demolished and replaced by a larger shrine filled with worshippers.
  • A young martial artist denounced the shrine’s worshippers and warned Bai Yujun to leave before riding away.
  • The young martial artist found a golden divine arts manual by the roadside, decided to wait for its owner, and unexpectedly broke through his bottleneck.

Ch. 1400Nightfall

Bai Yujun watched soldiers and constables fail to search a temple whose worshippers and disciples obstructed them, while she sensed something abnormal about its statue. She summoned the local Mountain God, who emerged in the form of a tiny furry creature and asked what she wanted.

  • Three people fleeing with Lightness Skill Movement entered the temple and changed their disguises, and Bai Yujun noticed the scent of blood.
  • Bai Yujun inspected the temple and its statue, sensing something wrong despite being unable to identify the cause.
  • Soldiers and constables arrived pursuing the fugitives, but a disciple refused to let them search the temple and worshippers berated and shoved them.
  • Bai Yujun called for the local Mountain God, who emerged from the earth and greeted her in an ancient language.
  • Bai Yujun understood the Mountain God's words, and it asked what she wanted.

Ch. 1401Mountain Stone

Bai Yujun agreed to help the tiny mountain god reclaim its temple, and a cliffside boulder demolished the temple and came to rest at its gates. The mountain god delighted in its new stone home while Bai Yujun left to find lodging, leaving the captured criminals to the authorities.

  • Bai Yujun asked what the mountain god wanted for a temple and promised to help it reclaim its home.
  • A nut fell from a pine tree and dislodged a boulder above the sinkhole, prompting the constable and soldiers to flee and the constable to draw worshippers away by stealing an idol ornament.
  • The boulder crushed the temple overseer and demolished the temple buildings before settling atop the old Mountain God Temple foundation stone.
  • The mountain god celebrated its new stone temple while Bai Yujun noticed something dissipate when the idol broke.
  • The crowd captured three criminals wanted for abducting children, and Bai Yujun left with her horse to find a place to stay.

Ch. 1402Taking a Boat

After a sleepless night, Bai Yujun reached the shabby Song Family Ferry and took passage on the local River God, a giant turtle, to travel downstream. As rain fell and the turtle carried her past boat trackers laboring in the mist, she reflected on the hardship of ordinary workers.

  • Bai Yujun left her campsite after dawn and followed her memorized map to the Song Family Ferry.
  • Two petty thieves watched Bai Yujun and planned to rob her, but they fled in terror when she boarded the giant turtle River God with her horse.
  • Bai Yujun told the River God to carry her a hundred li downstream and then another fifty li along a tributary without letting anyone disturb her.
  • The River God raised mist over the river and sped past a boat where men had been killed and thrown into the water.
  • Bai Yujun watched hundreds of trackers haul a large boat through the rain and considered the gap between their grueling labor and the promises of young idealists.
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