Recaps

Jiang Ping An reported himself to the Black Water Alliance as a source on the killer An Ping and extorted two hundred bottles of Refined Coral Juice from Wu Qianfeng. After revealing An Ping’s location, Jiang Ping An stayed behind while Wu Qianfeng led his men to capture him.

• Jiang Ping An identified himself as someone with information about the killer and threw tea in Wu Qianfeng’s face when Wu threatened him.
• Jiang Ping An demanded one hundred and fifty bottles of Refined Coral Juice, warning that he would retaliate against the Black Water Alliance if they killed his Avatar.
• A disciple reported that the Number Three Mining Area had been attacked again and its ore stolen, while the miners were released.
• Jiang Ping An showed Wu Qianfeng a recording of An Ping and offered to reveal his location, but refused to accompany the Alliance’s men.
• Jiang Ping An raised the price to two hundred bottles, and Wu Qianfeng paid him before leading his men to capture An Ping.

Jiang Ping An tricked the Black Water Alliance into paying him for information about his Avatar, An Ping, then negotiated another reward after An Ping escaped Wu Qianfeng's ambush. He agreed to stay in the Alliance's Cultivation Room for three months, where he accelerated time to cultivate.

• Jiang Ping An collected two hundred bottles of Refined Coral Juice and waited while an Avatar comprehended the Extreme Sun Divine Dao Laws.
• Wu Qianfeng returned after An Ping escaped using a spatial teleportation artifact and Teleportation Talismans.
• Jiang Ping An berated Wu Qianfeng for letting An Ping escape and warned that An Ping would seek revenge.
• Jiang Ping An told Wu Qianfeng that An Ping might contact him in three months at the Blood Coral Battlefield region, and demanded five hundred more bottles of Refined Coral Juice.
• Wu Qianfeng gave Jiang Ping An the extra reward and required him to stay in the Black Water Alliance for three months.
• Jiang Ping An entered a Cultivation Room and pushed the Time Array to make time pass thirty times faster inside.

Jiang Ping An used the three months in his Time Array to cultivate while keeping the Black Water Alliance focused on finding An Ping. He lured Wu Qianfeng into accompanying him to a staged meeting near Taiyi Palace, where he left the story preparing to travel with his supposed contact to the Blood Coral Battlefield.

• Wu Qianfeng refused to shut down Jiang Ping An's Time Array and delayed seeking Spirit Guiding Insects while ordering merchant ships to watch for An Ping.
• Jiang Ping An spent three months cultivating and occasionally attacked a Black Water Alliance merchant ship through an avatar.
• Jiang Ping An, disguised as Jia RenDe, played Wu Qianfeng a prepared recording in which An Ping agreed to meet through an avatar before going to the Blood Coral Battlefield.
• Wu Qianfeng rejected Jia RenDe's offer to report the final meeting place and decided to accompany him using a high-grade Invisibility Talisman.
• Jiang Ping An and Wu Qianfeng traveled to a rocky island near Taiyi Palace, where Jiang Ping An appeared as An Ping and accused Jia RenDe of betraying him.
• Jia RenDe and An Ping discussed going to the Blood Coral Battlefield as the Wildsea Royal Clan prepared to invade.

Jiang Ping An tricked Wu Qianfeng into teleporting alone into the Toothed Shark Race’s restricted zone, then headed to rob the Black Water Alliance again. Before he could act, the Wildsea Royal Clan invaded Blue Sea, forcing Jiang Ping An and the region’s factions to seek shelter as the battle devastated the seas.

• Jiang Ping An used Time Power to send Wu Qianfeng alone to the Toothed Shark Race’s restricted zone while he and Jia RenDe remained behind.
• Wu Qianfeng fought a Toothed Shark Race elder after the elder attacked him for entering the restricted zone.
• Jiang Ping An merged his incarnations and flew toward the Black Water Alliance’s mining area, intending to seize more resources.
• The Wildsea Royal Clan’s forces arrived and clashed with the Lan Clan, with the shockwaves destroying islands and killing countless beings.
• Jiang Ping An burrowed beneath the seabed to escape the war, while Wu Qianfeng and the elder fled and the Seven Killings Sect activated its Sect Protecting Array.
• Yuan Zheng stayed at the Seven Killings Sect as Blue Sea’s factions raised their defenses against the invasion.

Jiang Ping An hid underground during the war between the Lan Clan and the Wildsea Royal Clan, using the years of fighting to strengthen his techniques. When Wind Shadow Sword King's blood suddenly reacted, he discovered that the King's descendant was nearby and sensed a battle above him.

• The Wildsea Royal Clan launched an early attack, and the Lan Clan counterattacked as Jiang Ping An chose to shelter underground with Tuanzi rather than join the battle alone.
• During the war, Jiang Ping An's clone reinforced his divine artifacts and used the Crystal Ball to restore the first two levels of the Shadow Kill Technique, which he mastered over three years.
• Jiang Ping An continued cultivating underground as the front line advanced through Blue Sea, but he remained unable to master the Primordial Dao Domain.
• Five years later, Wind Shadow Sword King's blood grew hot and bright, alerting Jiang Ping An that the King's descendant was nearby.
• Jiang Ping An sensed a fight above and saw a Wildsea Royal Clan deity suppressing three God Enlightenment Realm deities, whose blue-robed companion urged Senior Brother Zhao and Junior Sister Yan to sacrifice their lives so he could escape.

Jiang Ping An saved Zhao LengHao, Yan Qiuyue, and Xiong Quan from a Wildsea Royal Clan expert, then discovered that Yan Qiuyue descended from the Wind Shadow Sword King. He used the Sword King's blood to awaken her bloodline and improve her talent.

• The Wildsea Royal Clan expert overwhelmed Zhao LengHao, Yan Qiuyue, and Xiong Quan, but Jiang Ping An appeared and absorbed it into Devouring Space.
• Jiang Ping An learned that Yan Qiuyue's family came from a Beast Taming Sect and recognized her as the descendant he had been seeking.
• Jiang Ping An brought Yan Qiuyue into an independent space and tested her connection to the Wind Shadow Sword King's blood.
• The blood entered Yan Qiuyue and activated her bloodline, transforming her appearance and nourishing her body for several hours.
• Jiang Ping An told Yan Qiuyue that her ancestor had asked him to help her and explained that the blood would enhance her talent.

Jiang Ping An gave Yan Qiuyue resources to fulfill his promise to the Wind Shadow Sword King, then sent her back to Zhao LengHao and Xiong Quan. Five Wildsea Royal Clan experts arrived to attack him, and Xiong Quan chose to betray Taiyi Palace to save himself.

• Jiang Ping An gave Yan Qiuyue a Storage Ring of cultivation resources and told her that her ancestor was the Wind Shadow Sword King.
• Jiang Ping An sent Yan Qiuyue out of the separate space, where Zhao LengHao and Xiong Quan were stunned by her changed appearance.
• Five God Core Realm Early Stage experts from the Wildsea Royal Clan arrived after their divine artifact detected Jiang Ping An's presence.
• Yan Qiuyue explained how the enemy's divine artifact had summoned reinforcements, while Zhao LengHao urged Jiang Ping An to flee.
• Xiong Quan flew toward the five enemies and offered to serve the Wildsea Royal Clan, angering Yan Qiuyue and Zhao LengHao.

Jiang Ping An effortlessly killed or swallowed five Wildsea Royal Clan experts who had attacked him and Zhao LengHao and Yan Qiuyue. The two survivors wondered who Jiang Ping An was as Lan Alliance reinforcements arrived, unaware that the fight had already ended.

• Xiong Quan surrendered to the Wildsea Royal Clan experts, but one swallowed him, while Zhao LengHao and Yan Qiuyue feared they would be next.
• The five experts attacked Jiang Ping An, but their strikes failed to injure him, and he revealed that he was still at the God Core Realm Early Stage.
• Jiang Ping An killed or swallowed the five experts using Shadow Dodge, Bone Spikes, Heavenly Star Trueflame, and his soul power, then retrieved the fleeing expert’s corpse for Tuanzi to comprehend the Wind Divine Dao laws.
• Zhao LengHao tried to dispel the battle as illusion art, while Yan Qiuyue recognized Jiang Ping An but kept his identity secret.
• Five Lan Alliance experts arrived and wondered where the five Wildsea Royal Clan experts had gone.

Jiang Ping An joined the Lan Alliance after learning that its Command Token tracked contributions and delivered battlefield information without monitoring his battles. He accepted a lucrative mission to exterminate the Toothed Shark Race, which had pledged allegiance to the Wildsea Royal Clan.

• Lan Wencheng offered Jiang Ping An a Lan Alliance Command Token and explained the alliance's Contribution Point rewards and privacy protections.
• Jiang Ping An imprinted his soul mark on the token, reviewed the rewards, and joined the Lan Alliance.
• Jiang Ping An learned that killing enemies earned few points unless done during missions, while completing orders could bring much larger rewards.
• The Command Tokens announced a mission to exterminate the Toothed Shark Race and offered rewards for joining, killing same-realm enemies, and occupying its territory.
• Lan Wencheng and the other reinforcements accepted the mission, and Jiang Ping An accepted it after checking the rewards.

Jiang Ping An joined a Lan Alliance mission against the Sawtooth Shark Race and learned that Zhuo Shan had destroyed his Immortal Realm while seeking treasure. The Lan Alliance force was lured into a trap, its members’ realms were suppressed, and the Sawtooth Shark Race attacked.

• Yan Qiuyue resolved to grow stronger so she could repay Jiang Ping An, while she and Zhao LengHao set out to guard the outskirts of the Sawtooth Shark territory.
• Lan Wencheng told Jiang Ping An that the war had reached a stalemate and that Zhuo Shan’s main body was rumored to be away in the Immortal Realm Forest.
• Jiang Ping An realized Zhuo Shan had actually gone to Outer Space to search for the Fifth Main God’s treasures and had destroyed Jiang Ping An’s Immortal Realm, killing his loved ones.
• Jiang Ping An and the other five Lan Alliance members met a force led by two God Tribulation Realm experts, received contribution points, and teleported to the Sawtooth Shark Race’s Core Region.
• The Sawtooth Shark Race’s Clan Leader revealed that he had deliberately leaked news of their rebellion to lure the Lan Alliance into a trap, then used a barrier to lower everyone’s realm.
• The Clan Leader declared that the Lan Alliance members’ lives were the Sawtooth Shark Race’s pledge of allegiance to the Sea King Royal Clan and ordered his clansmen to attack.

The Lan Alliance was trapped in a formation that suppressed their cultivation, leaving them outmatched by the Toothed Shark Race. Jiang Ping An’s unrestricted physique let him destroy the Sawtooth Sharks’ assault and gave Lan Wencheng hope of surviving.

• The Toothed Shark Race Clan Leader revealed that the formation core was in a palace outside the barrier, while the Lan Alliance struggled to hold off the enemy.
• Lan Wencheng used his bloodline talent to restore his God Core Realm Early Stage strength, but three Sawtooth Sharks surrounded him and forced him to consider overdrawing his talent.
• Jiang Ping An killed two Sawtooth Sharks with his physical strength, then trapped their reformed bodies in bone cages and began devouring their divine power.
• A Sawtooth Shark struck Jiang Ping An’s shoulder with a saber, but failed to injure him, and Lan Wencheng stopped preparing to overdraw his talent.
• Lan Wencheng proposed that he and Jiang Ping An cooperate, with Lan Wencheng attacking while Jiang Ping An defended.

Jiang Ping An killed a third God Core Realm Early Stage Sawtooth Shark and evaded the Sawtooth Shark Clan Leader’s attack, causing it to kill two of its own mid-stage God Core Realm clansmen. The enraged Clan Leader vowed to tear Jiang Ping An apart.

• Jiang Ping An resisted the formation’s suppression, killed a Sawtooth Shark with his Bone Blade, and trapped two others in Devouring Space.
• The wounded Sawtooth Shark tried to use a high-grade attack talisman against Jiang Ping An, but he stunned it and made the talisman destroy its own body.
• The watching gods were shocked by Jiang Ping An’s strength, and Lan Wencheng realized he had underestimated him.
• The Sawtooth Shark Clan Leader launched a fifth-tier attack at Jiang Ping An, who used Shadow Dodge to escape and redirect it into two mid-stage God Core Realm Sawtooth Sharks.
• After Jiang Ping An mocked the Clan Leader, it flew into a rage and vowed to tear him apart.

Jiang Ping An and Tuanzi dismantled the array imprisoning the Lan Alliance, turning the battle against the Sawtooth Shark Race. The Sawtooth Shark Clan Leader escaped, the mission ended, and Jiang Ping An received a large Contribution Points reward.

• Jiang Ping An revealed that the barrier was about to fall, and his clone emerged from the palace holding the Array Compass after he and Tuanzi dismantled the array.
• The barrier shattered, restoring the Lan Alliance members’ cultivation and allowing them to counterattack the Sawtooth Shark Race.
• Two God Tribulation Realm powerhouses protected Jiang Ping An when the Sawtooth Shark Clan Leader attacked, and the Clan Leader fled with a teleportation scroll after threatening him.
• The Lan Alliance members thanked Jiang Ping An, and the mission notification awarded everyone compensation and Contribution Points for completing the mission.
• Jiang Ping An received additional rewards for killing four gods of his realm, scheming two stronger gods to death, and dismantling the array, bringing his total to ninety thousand two hundred Contribution Points.

After earning enough Contribution Points to become a Team Leader, Jiang Ping An planned to save for a Calamity Transformation Pill and learned more about Lan Shi'er’s isolation within the royal clan. Lan Wencheng then invited him to join a dangerous assassination mission targeting a powerful Wildsea Royal Clan prodigy.

• Jiang Ping An earned a large number of Contribution Points for the Sawtooth Shark mission, became a Team Leader, and planned to save for a Calamity Transformation Pill.
• Jiang Ping An and Lan Wencheng searched the Sawtooth Shark territory, found that its valuables had been removed, and Jiang Ping An kept a special Array Compass.
• Jiang Ping An used the name An Ping while speaking with Lan Wencheng and asked about Lan Shi'er, who had reached the God King Realm after her talent awakened.
• Lan Wencheng explained that royal factions isolated Lan Shi'er and warned Jiang Ping An that approaching her could make him a target.
• Lan Wencheng offered Jiang Ping An a bounty mission to assassinate a Wildsea Royal Clan prodigy whose past attackers had all failed to return.

Jiang Ping An joined Lan Wencheng’s mission to assassinate a Wildsea Royal Clan prodigy and traveled with him to a Lan Alliance camp in Taiyi Palace. He settled in to cultivate the Primordial Dao Domain while preparing Tuanzi for another breakthrough.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to help Lan Wencheng assassinate a powerful Wildsea Royal Clan prodigy for a reward of at least ten thousand Contribution Points.
• Lan Wencheng took Jiang Ping An and his companions through a Teleportation Stone Platform to a Lan Alliance camp inside Taiyi Palace, where they shared a meal.
• Jiang Ping An rented a Cultivation Room and activated its thirtyfold Time Array, charging the cost to his account alongside Tuanzi’s.
• Tuanzi asked Jiang Ping An for Refined Coral Juice so it could break through to the Divine Power Realm Late-stage, and Jiang Ping An gave it resources and a Sawtooth Shark to roast.
• Jiang Ping An erased the Sawtooth Shark Clan Leader’s Divine Soul Imprint from the gray compass, replaced it with his own, and began cultivating the Primordial Dao Domain.

Jiang Ping An emerged from seclusion after mastering the Primordial Dao Domain and joined Lan Wencheng's assassination mission during the Wildsea Royal Clan's renewed assault. The group reached the battlefield and concealed themselves near Zhuo Bufan, their target.

• After five months of outside time spent cultivating for more than ten years in the Time Array, Jiang Ping An mastered the Fourth Floor of the Primordial True Martial Scripture.
• Lan Wencheng and five other God Core Realm Early Stage deities waited for Jiang Ping An, then set out with him to assassinate Zhuo Bufan.
• Lan Wencheng explained that he would trap Zhuo Bufan with an array while Jiang Ping An attacked, and Jiang Ping An agreed to the plan.
• The seven reached the battlefield and saw Zhuo Bufan fighting more than a dozen opponents while wielding a flaming greatsword.
• Lan Wencheng used a Black Array Flag to hide Jiang Ping An and the others near Zhuo Bufan.

Zhuo Bufan fought off an assassination attempt inside a black barrier, overwhelming Lan Wencheng and Jiang Ping An with his strength. After Jiang Ping An revealed his Purple Demon Bones and pushed Zhuo Bufan back, Lan Wencheng prepared a powerful art to kill him.

• The besiegers outside the barrier guarded it, hoping the assassins inside would kill Zhuo Bufan.
• Lan Wencheng and Jiang Ping An raised their cultivation to the God Core Realm Middle Stage and attacked Zhuo Bufan while five others maintained the formation.
• Zhuo Bufan broke Lan Wencheng's arm and dismissed him as unworthy, then focused on Jiang Ping An's unusually powerful fists.
• Jiang Ping An summoned fourth-tier top-grade Purple Demon Bones to armor himself, and kicked Zhuo Bufan away after his bones withstood the great sword.
• Lan Wencheng told Jiang Ping An to hold Zhuo Bufan back while he prepared an art, determined to prove himself by killing Zhuo Bufan.

Lan Wencheng unleashed the Lan Clan Royal Family’s Annihilation Dao Light at Zhuo Bufan, who transformed and fought Jiang Ping An in an effort to stop the attack. Lan Wencheng’s beam engulfed both fighters, leaving their fate unknown.

• Lan Wencheng formed the Annihilation Dao Light array, and Zhuo Bufan recognized the danger of the Lan Clan secret art.
• Zhuo Bufan awakened his bloodline and transformed into a powerful beast form before swinging at Jiang Ping An to reach Lan Wencheng.
• Jiang Ping An blocked Zhuo Bufan’s sword with the Undying Demon Bone and resisted his Blazing Ash Palm with Extreme Yang flames.
• Lan Wencheng completed the array and fired its beam at both Zhuo Bufan and Jiang Ping An.
• The beam engulfed the two fighters and struck the barrier, forcing its five maintainers to spend divine power to hold it.

Jiang Ping An survived Lan Wencheng’s attack, forcing Lan Wencheng to flee, while Zhuo Bufan used a powerful talisman to pursue Jiang Ping An into his Devouring Space. The two faced off inside the strange space, where Zhuo Bufan charged to kill him.

• Lan Wencheng’s Annihilation Dao Light failed to kill Zhuo Bufan, who survived using a fifth-level divine artifact bracelet, while Jiang Ping An endured the attack with his defenses.
• Jiang Ping An glared at Lan Wencheng, who sensed a deadly threat and fled using a God King-level Teleportation Talisman; the barrier keepers escaped after him.
• Zhuo Bufan enhanced his Crimson Great Sword with a special talisman and charged at Jiang Ping An, who entered his Devouring Space instead of fleeing.
• Zhuo Bufan followed Jiang Ping An into the Devouring Space, found it strangely devoid of Devouring Power or Rule Power, and attacked him with the Crimson Great Sword.

Jiang Ping An trapped Zhuo Bufan in his Primordial Dao Domain and killed him after nullifying his laws and defeating his attempt to seize Jiang Ping An’s body. The domain consumed most of Jiang Ping An’s divine power and Primordial Qi, and his alliance token confirmed the mission was complete.

• Jiang Ping An used the Primordial Dao Domain to suppress Zhuo Bufan’s Rule Power and cut his body into pieces with the God Burning Blade Art.
• Zhuo Bufan threatened Jiang Ping An with the Wildsea Royal Clan, but Jiang Ping An attacked even harder after learning Zhuo Bufan was Zhuo Shan’s descendant.
• Zhuo Bufan sent his soul into Jiang Ping An to seize his body, but the World Eye pierced and drained his Soul Force.
• Jiang Ping An threw Zhuo Bufan’s body into the Devouring Space and dispelled the Primordial Dao Domain.
• Jiang Ping An received an alliance-token notification confirming that Zhuo Bufan’s death completed the mission.

Jiang Ping An received a large Contribution Points reward for killing Zhuo Bufan, advanced to Great Captain, and examined the valuable treasures he had seized. He discovered that Zhuo Bufan's mysterious Black Pearl had entered his divine soul, while Lan Wencheng learned that the assassination had succeeded and could not believe An Ping had done it himself.

• Jiang Ping An received 50,000 Contribution Points for killing Zhuo Bufan, bringing his total to 140,000 and raising his rank to Great Captain.
• Jiang Ping An restored his divine power and reflected on the immense cost and strength of his Primordial Dao Domain.
• Jiang Ping An inspected Zhuo Bufan's rich collection of treasures and found a mysterious Black Pearl that rejected his attempt to imprint it.
• Jiang Ping An read Zhuo Bufan's memories, learned how the Black Pearl protected its owner's divine soul, and placed it between his eyebrows so it entered his own divine soul.
• Lan Wencheng received a notice that Zhuo Bufan had been killed and that he would receive no reward for fleeing the battle.
• Lan Wencheng concluded that An Ping must have used a powerful treasure to kill Zhuo Bufan, refusing to believe An Ping had won through his own strength.

After Lan Wencheng fled the battlefield and blamed Jiang Ping An for his disgrace, Jiang Ping An returned from the Devouring Space and led the alliance’s counterattack against the Wildsea Royal Clan. He killed ten enemies, reached the five-million Contribution Points limit, and became a Deputy Commander, while his identity remained unknown to the others.

• Lan Wencheng received a penalty for leaving the battlefield and blamed Jiang Ping An for his humiliation.
• Jiang Ping An emerged from the Devouring Space without Zhuo Bufan, causing the fighters to believe Zhuo Bufan had died.
• Jiang Ping An attacked the Wildsea Royal Clan and led the alliance’s fighters in a counterattack.
• The enemy’s physical and mental attacks failed to stop Jiang Ping An, and he killed his opponents with help from the Kun fish and Devouring Space.
• Jiang Ping An reached the limit of five million Contribution Points by killing ten enemies and was promoted to Deputy Commander.
• The battlefield fighters wondered who Jiang Ping An was as they saw his Contribution Point total.

Jiang Ping An helped the Lan Alliance force the Wildsea Royal Clan to retreat, but Zhuo Bufan was resurrected and resolved to grow stronger before seeking revenge. Back at Taiyi Palace's Military Camp, Jiang Ping An received a Deputy Commander rank, a new residence, and a Golden Command Token holding his Contribution Points.

• Jiang Ping An survived assassination attempts and inflicted heavy losses on the Wildsea Royal Clan during several months of fighting before the clan retreated.
• Zhuo Bufan revived at a resurrection altar, learned that his father Zhuo Xiao believed an array had nullified his laws and treasures, and received resources to cultivate.
• Zhuo Bufan decided to become stronger before confronting Jiang Ping An again.
• Jiang Ping An returned to Taiyi Palace's Military Camp with five million Contribution Points and the rank of Deputy Commander.
• A logistics officer gave Jiang Ping An a Golden Command Token, and he imprinted it with his Divine Soul Imprint, transferring his Contribution Points into it.

Jiang Ping An spent most of his Contribution Points on preparations for advancing to the God Tribulation Realm, divine materials, and the Taiji Yin Yang Art. He then fed captured divine souls to his mysterious Soul Pearl, which grew stronger but remained unexplained.

• Jiang Ping An activated his residence's barrier and reviewed the treasures available through his Golden Token.
• Jiang Ping An spent 4.23 million Contribution Points on a Calamity Transformation Pill, Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang rule books, divine materials, and the Taiji Yin Yang Art, leaving five hundred thousand points to maintain his array.
• Jiang Ping An decided not to worry about others learning that he possessed a Yin Yang Dao Body, since it would eventually be revealed on the battlefield.
• Jiang Ping An fed a captured divine soul to the Soul Pearl and confirmed that it grew slightly stronger.
• Jiang Ping An fed the Soul Pearl all the gods' souls he had captured, then resolved to test it with higher-level gods' souls once he became stronger.

Jiang Ping An received his purchased resources and studied the Taiji Yin Yang Art, using his Yin Yang Dao Body to deepen his understanding. After the fifth war, the Lan Alliance returned exhausted and troubled by the Wildsea Royal Clan’s ability to resurrect its dead.

• Jiang Ping An opened the delivered box with his Golden Token and inspected the Calamity Transformation Pill, Taiji Yin Yang Art, Divine Dao Law books, and other resources.
• Jiang Ping An gave the artifact materials to his Undying Demon Bone avatar and gave Tuanzi a Storage Bracelet full of food.
• Jiang Ping An studied the Taiji Yin Yang Art and used his Yin Yang Power to test the book’s teachings.
• Jiang Ping An fought in several clashes with the Wildsea Royal Clan and easily defeated opponents on the God Core Realm Early Stage battlefield.
• After the fifth war, the Lan Alliance returned on a divine ship as its members discussed how the Wildsea Royal Clan revived slain fighters and wore down the alliance.