Arc 17The Spirit Realm and the Invasion

Su Ye and Shi Hao entered the Upper Realm’s Spirit Realm, where they fought its prodigies and gods before escaping with the Kunpeng Method. Back in the Lower Realm, Willow Deity repelled an invasion, but a mysterious expert and Upper Realm giants attacked to seize Su Ye’s Spirit Root.

  • Su Ye and Shi Hao crossed the Bluestone Path into the Spirit Realm, where Shi Hao challenged its inhabitants and Su Ye fought Feng Wu.
  • Shi Hao defeated the Nine Nether Underworld Crow, while Su Ye overcame the Spirit Realm’s traps, ambushes, and prodigies.
  • Su Ye fought through the gathered gods and experts, while Shi Hao joined the battle and resisted their attacks.
  • Lei Yuanzi killed the Ink Qilin, and Su Ye faced Mo Bai and Tian Kui as Shi Hao fought Lei Yuanzi.
  • Su Ye killed Mo Bai and Tian Kui with the River of Time, then escaped with Shi Hao through the portal to the Lower Realm.
  • Su Ye stabilized a realm with five Divine Temples and an Innate Spirit Root, but an Upper Realm force opened a path into the Lower Realm with Yellow Springs and Underworld Earth.
  • Willow Deity repelled the invasion, destroyed the Chaos Corpse and the Yin-Yang Daoist, and returned Little Pagoda’s second section to it.
  • A mysterious expert attacked Willow Deity with the Great Bell, while Upper Realm giants joined him in trying to kill Su Ye and seize the Spirit Root.
Chapters 401–425 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 401The Calamity of the Void God Realm

Su Ye and Shi Hao visited the deserted Void God Realm and arranged a fight across several cultivation levels. Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi revealed that the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc had weakened the seal holding a dangerous fiend, leaving Su Ye worried about the calamity ahead.

  • Grandpa Jingbi praised Su Ye and Shi Hao’s rapid growth, while Shi Hao insisted he had earned his strength himself.
  • Shi Hao tried to trade Treasure Arts with Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi, but learned they already possessed the Kunpeng Method and True Phoenix Treasure Art.
  • Shi Hao asked for a battlefield where he and Su Ye could fight from the Blood-Moving Realm up to the Array Formation Realm, and Su Ye refused to pay the price Lord Bird proposed.
  • Lord Bird explained that the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc had seized part of the Void God Realm to establish an Underworld, loosening its seal.
  • Su Ye confirmed that a dangerous fiend was imprisoned behind the seal, and Shi Hao resolved to grow stronger so he could help Willow Deity.

Ch. 402The Heavenly Path

Su Ye and Shi Hao helped Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi regain strength by breaking records in the Void God Realm, then entered a Heavenly Path leading to the Upper Realm’s Spirit Realm. The old men revealed they hoped the pair would distract powerful opponents while they secretly borrowed some of the realm’s source.

  • Su Ye and Shi Hao agreed to break records so Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi could open a passage between the realms.
  • As the pair shattered records, mysterious power flowed into the two old men and their auras grew terrifying.
  • Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi opened the colossal Bronze Gates, revealing a suspended Bluestone Path to the Upper Realm’s Spirit Realm.
  • Lord Bird offered Shi Hao a Heaven-tier Divine Ability if he climbed the path and defeated every opponent to obtain the last two Bronze Blocks.
  • Su Ye and Shi Hao stepped onto the Bluestone Path, while Lord Bird and Grandpa Jingbi planned to borrow the Upper Realm’s source as the pair drew attention.

Ch. 403Feng Wu

Su Ye and Shi Hao reached the Bronze Sparrow Altar, where they encountered Feng Wu, a powerful Upper Realm prodigy. After Feng Wu subdued Shi Hao and mistook him for a Fierce Beast, Su Ye revealed his strength and drew her attention.

  • Su Ye and Shi Hao crossed the bronze altar’s barrier and discovered a realm within it, which Shi Hao suspected might be the Upper Realm’s Void God Realm.
  • Feng Wu appeared and challenged the newcomers, so Su Ye told Shi Hao to subdue her.
  • Shi Hao attacked Feng Wu with three bodies, but she defeated him and bound him, claiming the altar had revealed that he was a Venerable.
  • After Feng Wu slapped Shi Hao and threatened to make him her battle pet, Su Ye released his divine power and confronted her.
  • Feng Wu trapped Shi Hao in a birdcage, but he broke free and stepped aside to watch Su Ye fight her.

Ch. 404Mastery of Space

Su Ye and Feng Wu fought on the Bronze Sparrow Altar, and Feng Wu tried to recruit him as her battle pet. Su Ye revealed mastery of spatial power, leaving Feng Wu astonished as their confrontation continued.

  • Su Ye used rune chains against Feng Wu, but she dissolved them with immortal light and forced him toward the altar.
  • Su Ye broke free of Feng Wu’s golden suppression, caught her kick, and told her he was a pure-blooded human named Su Ye.
  • Feng Wu unleashed a storm of flames that swallowed Su Ye, then questioned Shi Hao about Su Ye’s race.
  • Su Ye reappeared beside Feng Wu and asked her to help him secure places at the Celestial Academy, while she claimed he could join as her battle pet.
  • Feng Wu attacked Su Ye repeatedly but found him appearing beside her, then recognized his Spatial Primal Runes and realized he had mastered space.

Ch. 405Divine Arrow Technique

Su Ye used his bizarre Spatial Treasure Art to humiliate Feng Wu and briefly separate her body, but she recovered and adapted by attacking him with the Divine Arrow Technique. Feng Wu continued pursuing Su Ye at close range, while Shi Hao watched with pity for her.

  • Feng Wu struck Su Ye from hiding and attacked him, but Su Ye used his Spatial Treasure Art to split her body and flee with her legs.
  • Su Ye slapped Feng Wu and later seized her heart, while Shi Hao used his Double Pupil to discern how Su Ye’s spatial field worked.
  • Feng Wu released her Ten Heavenly Passages, forcing Su Ye to let go as the disrupted space snapped back and restored her body.
  • Feng Wu renewed her attack with golden lotus petals and transformed herself into an arrow with the Divine Arrow Technique, tracking Su Ye through his space jumps.
  • Feng Wu vowed that Su Ye’s Treasure Art would not help him, while Shi Hao watched her charge at Su Ye with pity.

Ch. 406I'm on Top

Su Ye fought Feng Wu, whose Celestial Light made her body nearly indestructible, and revealed his Samsara Heavenly Eye and mastery of the Dao of Time. After Feng Wu trapped him with the Five-Colored Divine Deer’s power and declared she would make him her mount, Su Ye turned the tables by drawing her into his River of Time, where she became stuck repeating that she was on top.

  • Su Ye and Feng Wu fought evenly at close quarters, and Feng Wu explained that Celestial Light gave her an immortal body immune to all laws.
  • Feng Wu mistook Su Ye for Shi Yi, but Su Ye clarified that his Heaven’s Eye was the Samsara Heavenly Eye.
  • Su Ye used his elusive movement to take Feng Wu’s veil, startling her with his ability to appear behind her unnoticed.
  • Feng Wu summoned the Five-Colored Divine Deer and froze Su Ye, planning to use his spiritual consciousness to locate and bring his physical body to the Upper Realm.
  • Su Ye invoked the River of Time, washed away Feng Wu’s binding and trapped her inside it.
  • Feng Wu activated a forbidden art and repeatedly declared, “I’m on top,” as if caught in a loop.

Ch. 407Opening the Gate

Su Ye defeated Feng Wu and gave her a token to help him locate the Upper Realm before continuing with Shi Hao to the Spirit Realm’s golden gate. The chapter ended with Shi Hao knocking and calling for someone to open it, alarming the beings inside.

  • Feng Wu broke Su Ye’s cycle of reincarnation and attacked him with Five Elements Tribulation Lightning, but Su Ye and Shi Hao both endured it unharmed.
  • Su Ye declared Feng Wu defeated, gave her a locator token, and revealed that he suspected she had human ancestry and Phoenix blood.
  • Feng Wu left, promising to subdue Su Ye when he reached the Upper Realm.
  • Su Ye and Shi Hao reached the golden gate to the Spirit Realm, and Shi Hao knocked and called out for someone to open it.
  • The beings inside the Spirit Realm heard the disturbance and wondered whether a fiend from the Lower Realm was trying to enter.

Ch. 408Entering the Spirit Realm

Shi Hao and Su Ye entered the Upper Realm through the Golden Gate, where Shi Hao challenged the gathered cultivators and began provoking the experts to come fight him. After defeating a burly young man and taking his Wolf-Tooth Mace, Shi Hao planned to draw powerful figures to him without venturing deeper into the Spirit Realm.

  • Shi Hao repeatedly punched the Golden Gate until Su Ye told him it opened outward, and the people inside eventually opened it themselves.
  • Shi Hao pulled the gate wide and announced that he was Hao Tian from the Lower Realm and would claim the place as his territory.
  • Shi Hao intimidated the crowd, took a Feathered Race young man's fan, and demanded that the Upper Realm's Primogenitors appear.
  • A burly young man from the Mount Tai Clan attacked Shi Hao, but Shi Hao shrank his Wolf-Tooth Mace and used it to send him flying.
  • Shi Hao decided to make enough trouble to attract powerful experts while avoiding a deeper journey into the Spirit Realm.

Ch. 409Unmatched in Dominance

Su Ye cultivated in the Spirit Realm and discovered that its origin was draining through a portal, while Shi Hao challenged the Upper Realm’s prodigies and demanded stronger opponents. The arrival of a colossal Nine Nether Underworld Crow left the realm in terror.

  • Shi Hao battered a crowd of Upper Realm experts while Su Ye sensed the Spirit Realm and noticed its origin flowing through an enormous portal.
  • A golden-armored prodigy attacked Shi Hao with countless sword rays, but Shi Hao destroyed them and knocked him down when he tried to leave.
  • Shi Hao told the crowd to summon the Upper Realm’s prodigies so he could fight and advance toward the Venerable Realm.
  • Su Ye explored the Spirit Realm’s origin and found innate spiritual entities, including a plant whose rich Dao resonance had little spiritual nature.
  • Shi Hao fought more prodigies until a gigantic Nine Nether Underworld Crow arrived, frightening everyone with its aura.

Ch. 410One Punch

Shi Hao fought the Nine Nether Underworld Crow while Su Ye watched after advancing his Great Dream Lotus Technique. Shi Hao shattered the Crow’s Nether Eye with one punch, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

  • Shi Hao mocked the Nine Nether Underworld Crow and attacked it with the Golden Crow Precious Technique, but its black flames devoured his fire.
  • Su Ye advanced his Great Dream Lotus Technique and found Shi Hao battered by the Crow.
  • Su Ye challenged Shi Hao to defeat the Crow within three moves, and Shi Hao vowed to kill it in two.
  • The Nine Nether Underworld Crow unleashed its Nether Eye and tried to bind Shi Hao with Nether Soul Lock chains.
  • Shi Hao used the Kun Peng Precious Technique to grind the chains to dust, then shattered the Nether Abyss with one punch.

Ch. 411In the Blink of an Eye, Venerables Perished

Shi Hao challenged a Divine Fire expert after killing the Nine Nether Underworld Crow, while Su Ye walked into a misty ambush and effortlessly slaughtered the Venerables sent against him. Hidden Upper Realm prodigies identified Shi Hao and Su Ye as targets for their Kunpeng Method and prepared to test Su Ye with a Divine Fire expert.

  • Shi Hao killed the Nine Nether Underworld Crow with one punch, and Su Ye urged him to fight increasingly powerful opponents without holding back.
  • Shi Hao called for a Divine Fire expert to face him, and an old man who coveted his Treasure Art appeared.
  • Su Ye entered a strange mist and crushed hidden attackers as he advanced through traps and ambushes.
  • A group of Upper Realm prodigies watched Su Ye's progress through a Water Mirror and decided that only a Divine Fire expert could test him.
  • The prodigies recognized Shi Hao and Su Ye and revealed that they had set the Mist Array to seize their Kunpeng Method.

Ch. 412Slaying a God

Su Ye faced a Pseudo-God Flame Spirit Cat and defeated it after dispelling its Heavenly Fire with his physical strength. Onlookers in the mist recognized that his body had reached a level beyond even what a Heavenly Deity could attain.

  • The middle-aged Pseudo-God tried to seize Su Ye with the World in Palm, but Su Ye’s calm smile startled him into retreating.
  • The Pseudo-God transformed into a Flame Spirit Cat and used Burnout to ignite the magical power inside Su Ye.
  • Su Ye dispelled the flames and killed the Flame Spirit Cat with a single finger strike.
  • The observers in the mist discussed how Su Ye had overcome Burnout through pure physical strength.
  • A burly young man admitted that even his own body would need time to dispel Burnout, while the others regarded him with apprehension.

Ch. 413Testing

Su Ye fought through successive tests in the mist, defeating attackers who challenged his physical strength, Treasure Arts, and resistance to soul attacks. After killing the third challenger, he called on the hidden observers to attack him with their full strength before a stick of incense burned down, offering the Kunpeng Method if they could defeat him.

  • Su Ye survived a coordinated ambush, then overcame a man wielding the Soul-Burial Bell and destroyed the bell with a strike that killed him.
  • Su Ye resisted the Ghost Mist Race's Soul Devouring, found and erased the invisible attack with Chaos Radiance, and killed Ghost Nightmare.
  • A burly man from the Mount Tai Race tested Su Ye's physical strength, but broke his own arm against Su Ye's grip and was killed.
  • Su Ye addressed the beings hidden in the mist and gave them the time it took to burn a stick of incense to defeat him, promising the Kunpeng Method if they succeeded.

Ch. 414The Battle of the Spirit Realm (I)

Su Ye defeated a succession of powerful opponents in the Spirit Realm, culminating in killing Xing Yu with a sword strike that split the Star Sea. A purple-haired, armored young man then emerged from the Thunder Sea and challenged him, claiming to be invincible anywhere.

  • Su Ye killed a beautiful woman who attacked him through the void, then pursued and killed a spear-wielding young man who tried to flee.
  • Xing Yu appeared amid a vast Star River and confronted Su Ye, wielding stellar power and his innate ability to control the Star River.
  • Su Ye shattered Xing Yu's starry defenses and split the Star Sea with a full-power sword strike, killing him.
  • Thunder surged through the heavens, and a purple-haired young man in purple armor appeared with a battle halberd and declared that he was invincible anywhere.

Ch. 415The Battle of the Spirit Realm (2)

Su Ye defeated a Thunder Spirit Clan Primogenitor and, bored by the one-sided fights, charged the Upper Realm's young prodigies. A powerful scroll trapped him in a black-and-white painting, where he forgot who he was and wanted only to sleep.

  • Su Ye used spatial techniques to evade the purple-haired youth's heavenly thunder and discovered that his opponent belonged to the Thunder Spirit Clan.
  • The youth transformed and attacked Su Ye with the Divine Artifact Purple Gold Hammer, but Su Ye shattered it and killed him.
  • Su Ye tore apart the Mist Array and challenged the gathered Upper Realm prodigies, overwhelming them with the Kunpeng Method.
  • A young man unfurled a scroll that turned the world black and white, swallowed Su Ye into a painting, and made him forget everything.

Ch. 416Battle in the Spirit Realm

Su Ye escaped a sealing treasure and fought the Upper Realm prodigies, while Shi Hao defeated the Winged Demon Realm elder. The battle continued as Jin Wuji attacked Su Ye with golden thorns.

  • Su Ye used the Dao of Time to escape the black-and-white scroll, then killed its wielder and crushed another prodigy with power from his Heaven Domain.
  • The Upper Realm prodigies attacked Su Ye together, and he killed them as the dispersed Mist Array revealed the fight to the spectators.
  • Shi Hao broke the Winged Demon Realm elder’s hand, then killed him in one move and held up his severed head.
  • Su Ye shattered a divine spirit’s magic treasure and blocked a surprise sword strike with his golden vortex before killing the attacker.
  • Jin Wuji charged Su Ye, who punched through his metal body, but Jin Wuji retaliated with golden thorns that pierced Su Ye.

Ch. 417The Battle in the Spirit Realm (4)

Su Ye challenged the Upper Realm’s powerhouses to kill him for the Primal Rune of the Kun Peng Precious Technique, then effortlessly defeated several attacks. The Two-Headed Man and a time-wielding ally joined forces against him, and their battle continued.

  • Su Ye gave Shi Hao the metal ball and revealed the Primal Rune of the Kun Peng Precious Technique, daring beings below Heavenly Deity level to attack him for it.
  • The Light-Splitting Divine Butterfly attacked Su Ye, but he killed it with the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly’s power.
  • The Two-Headed Man bound the area with a Heaven-Tier Rule Talisman and attacked Su Ye, but Su Ye struck off one of his heads and prepared a Yin-Yang Grinding Disc.
  • The Two-Headed Man unleashed Chaos Divine Fire as a horned humanoid joined the fight and used time power to slow the world.

Ch. 418Battle in the Spirit Realm (5)

Su Ye faced a growing crowd of gods while racing against the arrival of a more powerful enemy, and Shi Hao challenged a True God to test his limits. The chapter ended with Su Ye killing another True God with one punch as the other experts gathered against him.

  • Su Ye killed two divine-fire experts, gave his enemies one incense stick to defeat him, and urged Shi Hao to wait by the gate.
  • Shi Hao refused to leave and attacked a True God, but the god pierced his arm with a spear before Shi Hao broke it and healed his wound.
  • Su Ye warned that time was running short as more True Gods and Pseudo-Gods appeared and agreed to cooperate to seize and study the Kunpeng Method.
  • Su Ye dismissed the gathered gods as makeshift tools, then punched through a True God and killed him.

Ch. 419The Battle in the Spirit Realm (6)

Su Ye and Shi Hao fought the gods in the Spirit Realm, with Su Ye facing an Ink Qilin from the Underworld Race. After the Ink Qilin wounded Su Ye with a Demon Race divine ability, Shi Hao joined the battle, and they set out to finish off the remaining gods within ten breaths.

  • A calligraphy-wielding god and the other powerful figures attacked Su Ye, but he killed Pseudo-Gods one after another.
  • Su Ye discovered that the black-robed god was an Ink Qilin corpse from the Underworld Race and charged at him.
  • The Ink Qilin crushed Su Ye beneath its hoof, but Su Ye broke free and challenged him.
  • The Ink Qilin unleashed a Demon Race axe divine ability, and Su Ye blocked it with a Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, suffering internal injuries.
  • Shi Hao offered to help and charged at the remaining gods while Su Ye prepared his One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords.

Ch. 420Pseudo-Gods Enter the Fray

Su Ye and Shi Hao faced two powerful Pseudo-Gods who had arrived to claim the Kunpeng Method, while a third hidden presence remained nearby. Su Ye battled Mo Bai of the Sky Talisman Sect, who attacked him after learning that Su Ye had killed Young Master Sky Talisman.

  • Lei Yuanzi arrived and killed the Ink Qilin with a single lightning attack.
  • Mo Bai appeared and declared his intention to claim the Kunpeng Method, while Su Ye sensed a third opponent waiting in the distance.
  • Shi Hao charged Lei Yuanzi and used the Kunpeng Method and other divine abilities to withstand his lightning assault.
  • Su Ye confronted Mo Bai and recognized his Sky Talisman Sect techniques and Heaven Rank talisman skills.
  • Mo Bai learned that Su Ye had killed Young Master Sky Talisman, attacked him with talismans, and appeared before him with a Heavenly Blade.

Ch. 421Immortal Palace's Pseudo-God

Su Ye fought Mo Bai, who unleashed a powerful Sky Talisman after his other attacks failed. As the talisman’s assault began, Tian Kui of the Immortal Palace appeared and revealed that he knew Su Ye’s abilities.

  • Su Ye countered Mo Bai’s attacks with the Kunpeng Method and destroyed the Golden Winged Peng summoned by Mo Bai’s true feather.
  • Mo Bai activated a Heavenly Rank Sky Talisman that manifested Yellow Springs Hell and unleashed a Heavenly Deity-level attack.
  • Su Ye tried to escape through the River of Time and Space, but a mysterious powerhouse struck him back into the present.
  • Su Ye said he had been waiting for the newcomer and challenged him as the Sky Talisman’s evil spirits attacked.
  • The newcomer identified himself as Tian Kui of the Immortal Palace and said he knew about Su Ye’s Kunpeng Method and Samsara Heavenly Eye.

Ch. 422Beheading the Deity

Su Ye rescued Shi Hao from Tian Kui and killed Tian Kui by using the River of Time after the Bronze Sparrow Altar suppressed him. The Immortal Palace curse had reached Su Ye’s heart, but he went with Shi Hao to the Void God Realm and joked with Lord Bird about collecting a reward before he died.

  • Su Ye used the River of Time to age Mo Bai to death and carried Shi Hao toward the portal while Tian Kui summoned the Immortal Palace’s Dao imprint.
  • Su Ye shattered Tian Kui’s laws sealing the portal, and the two escaped to the Lower Realm as Tian Kui pursued them.
  • The Bronze Sparrow Altar’s Order Divine Chains suppressed Tian Kui, allowing Su Ye to age him to death with the River of Time.
  • Su Ye revealed that the Immortal Palace curse had sunk into his origin and reached his heart, then traveled with Shi Hao to the Void God Realm.
  • Lord Bird noticed Su Ye’s green blood and joked about sealing him until he could be revived, while Su Ye demanded Heaven-Tier Treasure Arts as a reward.

Ch. 423Another Great Figure Descends to the Lower Realm

Su Ye built a Divine Realm around the Totem Pillar and Innate Spirit Root, then an Upper Realm force tried to break into the Lower Realm using Yellow Springs and Underworld Earth. Willow Deity repelled the invasion and confronted a Chaos Corpse wielding the Underworld Treasure Wheel.

  • Su Ye used five Divine Temples and the Totem Pillar to stabilize a realm, with Qingyi, the Witch, Huo Ling'er, the War Goddess, and Xia Youyu helping suppress it.
  • Su Ye placed a damaged Innate Spirit Root in the realm, filling it with spiritual energy and Divine Substance, then raised a temple containing his Golden Body Dharma Image.
  • After a month of calm, a vast Phenomenon appeared as an Upper Realm force opened a path into the Lower Realm with Yellow Springs and Underworld Earth.
  • The Witch recognized the invasion's threat to the Desolate Region, while Willow Deity swept away the Yellow Springs and sent its waters back to the Upper Realm.
  • A Chaos Corpse attacked with Underworld Earth and the bloodstained Underworld Treasure Wheel, but Willow Deity struck the wheel beyond the world's boundaries.

Ch. 424The Willow Deity Is Invincible

The Willow Deity fought off the Upper Realm’s powerful figures, overwhelming their attacks with her divine arts. She destroyed the Yin-Yang Daoist, while Little Pagoda remained unable to reclaim its missing tiers.

  • The Willow Deity pierced and shattered the Chaos Corpse, then repelled the Immortal Heavenly Venerable and annihilated several attacking Cult Masters with the Kunpeng Method.
  • Su Ye told the Witch that the Willow Deity had been even more powerful in her previous life, when she could slay True Immortals with a wave of her hand.
  • The Yin-Yang Daoist arrived with two tiers of Little Pagoda’s body and slapped Little Pagoda away when it charged him.
  • The Willow Deity confronted the Yin-Yang Daoist over his destruction of one of her divine kingdoms and attacked him with a seal that shattered his body.
  • The Yin-Yang Daoist’s primordial spirit tried to escape but broke apart under the seal’s lingering power, leaving him destroyed in body and spirit.

Ch. 425The Trouble Words Bring

Willow Deity rescued Little Pagoda’s two-layered body from the Great Bell and helped the sections begin to fuse. Su Ye provoked the bell by accusing it of betraying the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, prompting the Upper Realm’s giants to attack him.

  • Willow Deity battered the Great Bell with palm strikes, then used her divine tree to pull the two-layered pagoda body from its mouth.
  • Willow Deity returned the pagoda body to Little Pagoda, and the two sections began to fuse.
  • Su Ye recognized the bell as likely belonging to Immortal King Wuzhong and was nearly crushed by its pressure after speaking its name.
  • Su Ye accused the Great Bell of serving traitors and betraying Immortal King Wuzhong, while the mysterious expert denied the charge and attacked Willow Deity.
  • The mysterious expert urged the Upper Realm’s giants to kill Su Ye, and they joined the attack to seize the Lower Realm’s Spirit Root.
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