Recaps

Ye Xiao and Ye Xing searched the Silent Mountains for Ye Chen, who had gone looking for clues about his missing parents, but found no trace of him. They encountered the Teng Snake expert Si Yi, who admitted his clan was connected to the disappearance of human experts before escaping Ye Xiao’s attack, and Ye Xiao returned to Guzhi Pass with Ye Xing.

• Ye Xing told Ye Xiao that Ye Chen had gone outside the pass alone and had not answered messages for half a month, so Ye Xiao set out with him to find Ye Chen.
• Ye Xiao and Ye Xing searched the Silent Mountains, where Ye Chen’s parents had vanished while investigating a suspected inheritance, but Ye Xiao found no traces of spiritual power.
• Ye Xiao sensed Si Yi hiding in a cloud and attacked him after identifying him as a member of the Teng Snake clan.
• Si Yi admitted the Teng Snake clan was connected to the disappearance of human experts, then used his mist divine ability to evade Ye Xiao’s lightning attacks and escape.
• Ye Xiao took Ye Xing back to Guzhi Pass and explained that he had driven Si Yi away because protecting Ye Xing mattered more than pursuing him.

Ye Xiao reported that the Teng Snake Clan was linked to the disappearance of human experts, prompting Guzhi Pass’s leaders to prepare for war while weighing the danger of confronting three imperial clans. Ye Xing struggled with his lack of talent as Lin Yi consumed more cultivation resources, and Chu Lianxi was told to prepare for evacuation.

• Ye Xiao brought Ye Xing to Guzhi Pass and told General Qian Xiao that he had fought Si Yi of the Teng Snake Clan, linking the clan to the missing human experts.
• Qian Xiao convened a meeting with the faction leaders, where Gu Che and Ye Xiao urged an attack while Nangong Su warned that the Taotie and Xiangliu clans might join the conflict.
• The leaders agreed to summon the other factions, prepare for war, and watch the three clans before deciding whether to attack.
• Ye Xing returned to Miaochen Pavilion, thought of asking Lin Yi for help, then waited outside Lin Yi’s room because he was in secluded cultivation.
• Wan Ci told Chu Lianxi that Lin Yi had exhausted two batches of resources, and the Ninth Elder ordered higher-grade resources for him and preparations for war.
• The Ninth Elder told Chu Lianxi that she would have to evacuate when war broke out because her cultivation was too low to take part.

Lin Yi told Ye Xing two possible ways to grow stronger and sent him to study array formations while he resumed cultivation. Ye Xing then encountered Qian Hao, who had come looking for Lin Yi and demanded another fight.

• After exhausting his resources and completing his recultivation, Lin Yi found Ye Xing waiting outside his door and asked what had happened.
• Ye Xing asked Lin Yi how he could become stronger, and Lin Yi explained using aperture points to form an array and devouring the origins of the Myriad Races.
• Lin Yi told Ye Xing to learn the basics of array formations, then accepted more resources from Wan Ci and returned to cultivation.
• Ye Xing bought a Jade Token about array formation basics at Qianheng Pavilion, where Qian Hao recognized him and demanded to know where Lin Yi was.
• Ye Xing refused to reveal Lin Yi's whereabouts because Lin Yi was in seclusion, and a guard reminded Qian Hao to visit General Qian Xiao's residence.

Qian Hao arrived at Guzhi Pass and learned that Lin Yi was staying at Miaochen Pavilion, so he went there hoping to challenge him again. Lin Yi was in secluded cultivation, and Qian Hao fled after discovering the pavilion required guests to be accompanied by one of its ladies, leaving him plotting to use Lin Yi’s reputation to recruit him.

• Qian Hao declined to take charge of the missing human experts and learned that Lin Yi was staying in Guzhi Pass.
• Qian Hao told Qian Xiao he intended to defeat Lin Yi and bring him under his command, while Qian Xiao ordered the Shadow Guard to investigate Lin Yi.
• Qian Hao hurried to Miaochen Pavilion, where the women crowded around him until he declared that he was the Daqian Dynasty’s crown prince and was looking for Lin Yi.
• Wan Ci told Qian Hao that Lin Yi was in secluded cultivation and would likely emerge in about three days.
• Qian Hao refused to stay at the pavilion under its companion requirement and left, while the women joked that he was still a virgin.
• Qian Hao flew away thinking Lin Yi was a libertine and deciding he could use that impression to bring him under his command.

Si Yi persuaded the Teng Snake Clan elders to prepare a direct assault on Guzhi Pass, while Lin Yi cultivated and studied a powerful healing art. After three days, Lin Yi emerged from seclusion and met Qian Hao at the Miaochen Pavilion.

• Si Yi convinced five Teng Snake Clan experts to contact the Taotie and Xiangliu clans and attack Guzhi Pass for blood essence to fuel their ancestor's breakthrough.
• Lin Yi used the Bagua Balance Dao Formation to boost his cultivation and studied the Withering and Flourishing Return-to-Origin Scripture, a potent healing art.
• Three days later, Qian Hao arrived at the Miaochen Pavilion and asked Wan Ci whether Lin Yi had ended his seclusion.
• Wan Ci led Qian Hao upstairs, where Lin Yi had just emerged and recognized him.

Lin Yi defeated Qian Hao in a one-move spar before an alarm announced that the Teng Snake, Taotie, and Xiangliu clans were attacking Guzhi Pass. He joined the defenders on the walls, where five Imperial Dao Realm experts faced nine leaders of the invading horde.

• Qian Hao challenged Lin Yi to a fight, and Lin Yi caught his punch with his bare hand before slamming him into a crater.
• Lin Yi collected the next batch of resources from Wan Ci just as the city’s bells rang to warn of an attack.
• The Ninth Elder told Lin Yi that the Teng Snake, Taotie, and Xiangliu clans were attacking, then brought him to the walls of Guzhi Pass.
• Lin Yi saw a vast beast tide led by nine Imperial Dao Realm figures as Daqian’s soldiers prepared for battle and the defensive Grand Array rose.
• Qian Xiao, Ye Xiao, Gu Che, Nangong Su, and the Ninth Elder assembled on the walls, leaving Lin Yi to note that Guzhi Pass had only five Imperial Dao Realm defenders against nine attackers.

Si Yi’s beast army attacked Guzhi Pass, using a signal to drive beasts into self-destruction and weaken the defensive grand array. Lin Yi discovered a blood-red gourd beneath the battlefield absorbing the beasts’ blood essence, but a tremendous explosion then erupted inside the city.

• Qian Xiao ordered the defenders to fire on the charging beasts while Lin Yi recorded their divine markings.
• Si Yi had a black Nine-Tailed Fox signal the beasts below Nirvana Realm, driving them to self-destruct against the barrier.
• Qian Hao and Lin Yi blasted openings through the horde with their attacks as the defensive grand array began to falter.
• Lin Yi spotted the blood-red gourd beneath the battlefield absorbing the beasts’ blood essence and alerted Qian Xiao, the Ninth Elder, and the others.
• Ye Xiao suspected the gourd was connected to the Teng Snake clan and the other clans, and Nangong Su questioned the war’s purpose.
• A tremendous explosion sounded from inside the city.

Nirvana Realm Teng Snakes infiltrated the city and destroyed its Teleportation Arrays, cutting off reinforcements as the beast siege intensified. After a breach opened in the defensive formation, Lin Yi, Qian Hao, and the Black Armor Squads drove the beasts back, but an Imperial Dao Realm expert from the Xiangliu Clan then shouted that he could no longer stand by.

• Nirvana Realm Teng Snakes detonated themselves at the major factions’ Teleportation Arrays, destroying them and badly damaging Miaochen Pavilion.
• Qian Xiao confirmed that every Teleportation Array had been destroyed, leaving Guzhi Pass without reinforcements for at least five days.
• An Emperor Realm savage bear detonated itself and blasted a breach through the defensive formation, prompting Si Yi to order the beasts to charge.
• Lin Yi, Qian Hao, and the Black Armor Squads fought the beasts and drove them back outside the breach, which began to close.
• An Imperial Dao Realm expert from the Xiangliu Clan shouted that he could no longer stand by as the barrier mended.

Gu Che and the defenders fought to protect Guzhi Pass as Jiu Li forced the breach in its barrier wider. With the enemy leaders drawn into the starry heavens, Jiu Li continued breaking through while Qian Hao rallied the soldiers to face the swelling beast tide.

• Gu Che struck Jiu Li away from the barrier, but Si Yi ordered Jiu Li to keep widening the breach while the others attacked Gu Che.
• Nangong Su and the Ninth Elder joined Gu Che at the breach, and Qian Xiao gave Nangong Su a token that let him bind Jiu Li with the grand array.
• Ye Xiao and the defenders left the barrier to battle Si Yi's group, while Nangong Su held Jiu Li in place and Jiu Li strained to widen the breach.
• Si Yi's group drew the battle into the starry heavens, leaving Jiu Li to stretch the breach until more ferocious beasts flooded into Guzhi Pass.
• Qian Hao rallied the defenders to slaughter the beasts and promised promotions and resources for those who earned great merit.

Lin Yi fought in the beast tide, comprehended slaughter intent, and drew the attention of an Emperor Realm taotie. He traded blows with the beast and managed to wound it, but remained badly outmatched.

• Qian Hao rallied the rogue cultivators with a promise of cultivation resources, then charged into the beast tide as Lin Yi joined the fight and studied the beasts’ divine markings.
• Lin Yi’s slaughter during the battle awakened a pure slaughter intent, which Qian Hao recognized.
• An Emperor Realm taotie marked Lin Yi as prey and tried to devour him, but Lin Yi detonated over a thousand Explosive Talismans before they could be swallowed.
• Lin Yi infused his spear with four intents and struck the taotie’s head, driving it into the ground before it burst free and attacked him.
• Lin Yi dodged the taotie’s claws and used Great Wilderness Divine-Pattern Record to pierce its defenses, but the wounded beast kept pressing its advantage.

Lin Yi used the Bagua Balance Dao Formation to reach the early Venerable Realm and killed the Emperor Realm Taotie with his spear, sword phantoms, and Spirit Eyes Divine Light. After Qian Hao joined him, Lin Yi saw that the Great Qian soldiers were being overwhelmed as more ferocious beasts poured through the breach.

• Lin Yi activated the Bagua Balance Dao Formation and raised his cultivation to the early Venerable Realm while resisting the Emperor Realm Taotie's attacks and devouring power.
• Lin Yi fought the Emperor Realm Taotie with his spear and sword phantoms, wounding it and blinding the eyes beneath its armpits.
• Lin Yi struck the Taotie with Slaughter intent, Dragon-Slaying Calamity, then used Spirit Eyes Divine Light and his spear to destroy its divine soul and store its corpse.
• Qian Hao emerged from the beast horde and joined Lin Yi as more ferocious beasts poured through the breach and the Great Qian soldiers retreated under attack.

Lin Yi unleashed his Phenomenon, Matchless Elegance, and used its ice swords to devastate the beast tide and severely wound the Nirvana Realm Xiangliu. His power gave out before he could finish the Xiangliu, and he fell from the sky as Qian Hao ordered Yuanhai to catch him.

• Qian Hao swallowed a pill that raised his cultivation to the early Venerable Realm and charged into the beasts, while Lin Yi and Yuanhai fought beside him.
• As the pill's effects faded, Yuanhai carried the weakened Qian Hao onto the city wall, and Lin Yi followed.
• Lin Yi rose into the air and spread his ice-and-snow Phenomenon across the battlefield.
• Lin Yi's ice swords killed the beasts below the Emperor Realm and injured the stronger ones, turning the battle in the defenders' favor.
• Lin Yi formed a colossal ice sword and struck down the Nirvana Realm Xiangliu, leaving it gravely wounded but alive.
• The Phenomenon vanished, and Lin Yi collapsed from exhaustion as Qian Hao shouted for Yuanhai to catch him.

After Lin Yi’s sword strike helped clear the battlefield, the battle among the stars turned desperate as Gu Che sacrificed himself to kill three Imperial Dao Realm enemies. His sacrifice freed Qian Xiao to fight back, but the outcome of the battle remained uncertain.

• Qian Hao ordered Great Qian’s soldiers to clear the battlefield and drive back the Ferocious Beasts while Nangong Su suppressed Jiu Li’s attack on the defensive formation.
• Gu Che, badly wounded and outnumbered by a Teng Snake and a Taotie, unleashed Sword Apex-Ten Thousand Tribulations Return to One, gravely injuring both enemies.
• As the Teng Snake and Taotie charged at him, Gu Che burned his body, soul, and will to unleash Sword Apex-Dao Burial, erasing both foes and a third Imperial Dao Realm nonhuman facing Qian Xiao.
• Gu Che’s final words urged Qian Xiao to take over, and Qian Xiao charged the remaining enemy with Horned Dragon, abandoning defense to fight for his life.
• Si Yi realized Gu Che’s sacrifice had reversed the battle’s momentum and declared that he had been forced to act.

Si Yi used the Teng Snake Clan’s Quasi-Emperor Weapon, the Nether Snake Spear, to badly wound Ye Xiao and Qian Xiao and kill four nonhuman experts who refused to continue the battle. The Ninth Elder brought the wounded fighters to Guzhi Pass, where Nangong Su learned that Gu Che had perished with three Imperial Dao Realm nonhumans.

• Si Yi summoned the Nether Snake Spear, unleashing its Quasi-Emperor aura despite the rule forbidding Great Emperor-level power in the war.
• The Nether Snake phantom attacked Ye Xiao, and Qian Xiao helped him withstand the strike with five shield Sacred Artifacts, but both were gravely wounded.
• The Ninth Elder burned her Spiritual Power foundation, rescued Ye Xiao and Qian Xiao, and fled toward Guzhi Pass.
• Jiu Ze and three other nonhuman experts rebuked Si Yi and refused to continue fighting, so Si Yi killed all four with the Nether Snake Spear and collected their blood essence.
• The Ninth Elder reached Guzhi Pass with Ye Xiao and Qian Xiao, and Nangong Su learned that Si Yi had broken the rules and that Gu Che had died with three Imperial Dao Realm experts.

Lin Yi lent the Dao-Evolving Tome to Nangong Su as Si Yi slaughtered Jiu Li and the beast horde and destroyed Guzhi Pass’s defenses. Nangong Su unleashed the Ultimate Dao Emperor Weapon’s power to erase Si Yi’s Teng Snake attack, leaving Si Yi terrified.

• The Ninth Elder asked Lin Yi to let Nangong Su activate the Dao-Evolving Tome, and Nangong Su swore to keep Lin Yi’s Ultimate Dao Emperor Weapon secret.
• Si Yi returned with the Nether Snake Spear, cleaved Jiu Li in two, and wiped out the Xiangliu Clan and the rest of the beast horde.
• Si Yi’s attack destroyed Guzhi Pass’s protective barrier and killed Great Qian soldiers, while his blood-red gourd absorbed the battlefield’s blood essence.
• Si Yi sent a Teng Snake phantom toward Guzhi Pass, and Lin Yi handed the Dao-Evolving Tome to Nangong Su.
• Nangong Su poured his Spiritual Power into the Dao-Evolving Tome, whose Ultimate Dao imperial might erased the Teng Snake phantom and left Si Yi trembling in fear.

Nangong Su used the Dao-Evolving Tome to erase Si Yi, and Lin Yi received the Heaven-Refining Gourd and collected battlefield spoils. The chapter ended with Yuan Xi proposing that the human factions unite to exterminate the Teng Snake Clan.

• The Dao-Evolving Tome’s Ultimate Dao might reached across the universe, and Emperor Qian recognized it as Emperor Dao Yan’s weapon as he hurried toward the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield.
• Nangong Su activated the Dao-Evolving Tome and erased Si Yi completely, leaving behind the Nether Snake Spear and a blood-colored gourd.
• Nangong Su returned the Dao-Evolving Tome to Lin Yi, gave him the Heaven-Refining Gourd, and kept the Nether Snake Spear as evidence against the Teng Snake Clan.
• The Ninth Elder gave Lin Yi the promised thousand jin of Spirit Crystals, while Lin Yi and Qian Hao led the cleanup of the battlefield.
• Yuan Xi arrived at Guzhi Pass, heard Nangong Su’s account, and said he would propose that the major human factions unite to exterminate the Teng Snake Clan.

After the battle, Nangong Su invited Lin Yi to join Supreme Unity Academy, and Lin Yi agreed to visit in three days. Lin Yi then went to the General's Residence to collect the cultivation resources Qian Hao owed him and arrived as Qian Hao berated Yuanhai.

• Yuan Xi said he would consult the other races about retaliating against the Teng Snake Clan, while Nangong Su claimed the mysterious powerhouse who killed Si Yi had escaped with an Emperor Weapon.
• Nangong Su invited Lin Yi to study at Supreme Unity Academy and offered to teach him personally; Lin Yi agreed to depart with him in three days.
• Nangong Su explained that the leaders would attack the Teng Snake Clan's ancestral grounds with Emperor Weapons, without requiring Lin Yi or Nangong Su to join the strike.
• Lin Yi remembered that Qian Hao owed him cultivation resources and flew to the General's Residence, where the guards welcomed him.
• Lin Yi entered Qian Hao's courtyard and heard Qian Hao angrily scolding Yuanhai for carrying him back after the battle.

Lin Yi settled his debt with Qian Hao and learned that Qian Hao had no desire to be crown prince, then prepared to leave for Supreme Unity Academy. After comforting Ye Xing and giving him a Jade Token of his array-marking insights, Lin Yi checked into Cloudrest Lodge and began cultivating with the Heaven-Refining Gourd.

• Qian Hao offered Lin Yi ordinary cultivator resources for reaching the Nirvana Realm and owed him a favor, and Lin Yi accepted.
• Qian Hao told Lin Yi he had never wanted to be crown prince and hinted that Lin Yi would have an interesting time at Supreme Unity Academy.
• Lin Yi learned that Ye Xing's grandfather was gravely injured and could remain asleep for decades, then comforted Ye Xing.
• Lin Yi gave Ye Xing a Jade Token containing his insights into engraving array markings within the body and invited him to join him at Supreme Unity Academy.
• Lin Yi went to Cloudrest Lodge, entered a guest room, and used the Heaven-Refining Gourd to absorb origin power and strengthen his own origin.

Lin Yi incorporated thousands of Ferocious Beast divine markings into the Great Wilderness Divine-Pattern Record and created a new cultivation technique, Origin Devouring, that refined flesh into origin. After leaving Cloudrest Lodge, he met Nangong Su, who told him the human race had decided to wipe out the Teng Snake Clan.

• Lin Yi integrated over ten thousand Ferocious Beast divine-marking diagrams into the Great Wilderness Divine-Pattern Record, greatly increasing its power.
• Lin Yi discovered he could understand divine markings at a glance and used that insight to study the Heaven-Refining Gourd’s innate abilities.
• Lin Yi combined Taotie’s devouring power with the gourd’s refining ability to create Origin Devouring, which let him absorb origin from Ferocious Beast flesh.
• Lin Yi found that Origin Devouring worked well on Emperor Realm flesh but was far less effective on Nirvana Realm flesh because the technique lacked a profound scripture.
• A maid told Lin Yi that his three days at Cloudrest Lodge had ended, and he left the guest room.
• Nangong Su met Lin Yi and said the eight top powers had agreed to wipe out the Teng Snake Clan as eight auras of Ultimate Dao imperial might spread across the Starry Sky.

Humanity’s eight Sages used their Ultimate Dao Emperor Weapons to erase the Teng Snake Clan’s star domain after the clan broke the rules by deploying a Quasi-Emperor Weapon. Back at the General’s Residence, Lin Yi met Director Yuan Xi and asked him to wait while he said goodbye to a friend.

• The Teng Snake Grand Ancestor awakened, learned that the clan had angered humanity, and killed the clan leader before pleading for peace.
• Emperor Qian and the other Sages combined the power of eight Ultimate Dao Emperor Weapons and destroyed the Teng Snake Clan’s star domain, containing the blast’s aftershocks.
• Nangong Su asked Lin Yi what he thought of the attack, and Lin Yi marveled at the power of humanity’s Emperor Weapons.
• Nangong Su brought Lin Yi to the General’s Residence, where the eight Sages praised Lin Yi and Yuan Xi introduced himself as the head director of Supreme Unity Academy.
• As Yuan Xi prepared to leave with the other Sages, Lin Yi asked him to wait so he could say goodbye to a friend.

Lin Yi gave Ye Xing the unfinished Origin Devouring technique and left with Yuan Xi and Nangong Su for Supreme Unity Academy. After arriving at the vast academy, Lin Yi went with Nangong Su to the Medicinal Pill Institute, where he was met by its fragrant, energy-rich grounds.

• Lin Yi visited Ye Xing and handed him the unfinished Origin Devouring technique, urging him to perfect it himself.
• Lin Yi returned to Yuan Xi and Nangong Su, and Yuan Xi carried them across the starry sky toward Supreme Unity Academy.
• Yuan Xi asked which supplementary disciplines Lin Yi wanted to pursue, and Lin Yi said he wanted to choose all of them.
• Yuan Xi brought Lin Yi to Supreme Unity Academy and left Nangong Su to arrange his introduction to the academy.
• Nangong Su took Lin Yi through a Teleportation Array to the Medicinal Pill Institute, where Lin Yi explored its main star and felt the pill fragrance enliven his Spiritual Power.

Lin Yi joined the Medicinal Pill Institute as a legacy disciple after Nangong Su offered him academy resources and urged him to keep Emperor Dao Yan’s Emperor Weapon secret. Meng Tingting led him to collect his resources, where the teacher reacted with shock to Lin Yi’s legacy disciple token.

• Nangong Su offered Lin Yi access to the Medicinal Pill Institute’s resources and pill formulas, and Lin Yi agreed to join as a legacy disciple.
• Nangong Su gave Lin Yi a token with access to most of Supreme Unity Academy and warned him not to reveal Emperor Dao Yan’s Emperor Weapon.
• Lin Yi went to the Medicinal Pill Institute’s hall, where Meng Tingting introduced herself and offered to take him to collect his resources.
• Lin Yi followed Meng Tingting to the second floor and handed his identity token to the teacher on duty.
• The teacher examined Lin Yi’s token, recognized it as a legacy disciple token, and exclaimed in disbelief.

Lin Yi received the resources for his True Inheritance Disciple rank and traveled with Meng Tingting to his new home on Pill Jade Star. There, Meng Xuan arrived and introduced himself as Meng Tingting’s older brother.

• The old man verified Lin Yi’s Jade Token, gave him a Storage Ring containing his True Inheritance Disciple resources, and asked about his connection to Director Nangong; Lin Yi denied having one.
• Meng Tingting guided Lin Yi through a Teleportation Array to Pill Jade Star, where they saw the Pure Pill Mountain Range and its abundant medicinal herbs.
• Meng Tingting explained that Lin Yi had the entire Pure Pill Mountain Range as his cultivation abode and that only five True Inheritance Disciples lived on the star, though attendants could also be recruited.
• Meng Xuan descended from the sky, greeted Meng Tingting, and introduced himself to Lin Yi as her older brother.

Lin Yi settled into the Pure Pill Mountain Range, prepared a cave for secluded cultivation, and learned of an alchemy exchange gathering. Meanwhile, Nangong Su told Xing Zhan that Lin Yi was an extraordinary prodigy he had recruited into the Medicinal Pill Institute.

• Lin Yi greeted Meng Xuan and Meng Tingting, then entered the Pure Pill Mountain Range and chose its central peak as his home.
• Lin Yi carved a cave into the spirit-rich mountain and inscribed spirit-gathering and Devouring Formations for secluded cultivation.
• Miao Qingyi visited Lin Yi and invited him to the Medicinal Pill Institute's alchemy exchange gathering the next day.
• Nangong Su visited Xing Zhan and claimed that Lin Yi had comprehended a Phenomenon in his twenties despite not reaching the One Dao Realm.
• Xing Zhan doubted Nangong Su's claim, but Nangong Su said he had already brought Lin Yi into the Medicinal Pill Institute.

Lin Yi went with his fellow True Inheritance Disciples to the Medicinal Pill Institute, where Li Yi challenged his status and provoked a confrontation. Director Nangong Su intervened and ordered Lin Yi and Li Yi to sign a Life-and-Death Contract and fight to the death.

• Nangong Su teased Xing Zhan about taking Lin Yi as his student, then flew off to boast about his new student at other institutes.
• Lin Yi cultivated with the Heaven-Refining Gourd until Miao Qingyi called him to leave for the Medicinal Pill Institute.
• Lin Yi arrived at the Alchemy Field with Meng Xuan, Meng Tingting, and Miao Qingyi, drawing attention from the students gathered there.
• Li Yi called Lin Yi a back-door recruit and unleashed his Venerable Realm aura, but Lin Yi retorted and showed no fear.
• Instructor Zhang Long suppressed the field and tried to stop the dispute, but Nangong Su broke his pressure and ordered Lin Yi and Li Yi to fight to the death under a Life-and-Death Contract.