Arc 19Chapters 453–477

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Ch. 453Chapter 460

Lu Chen and Emperor Zun fought a life-and-death battle at the peak of the Red Dust Immortal realm, unleashing their strongest Dao arts and risking their lives. Lu Chen ultimately shattered the Immortal Cauldron and destroyed Emperor Zun’s body and spirit.

  • Lu Chen’s Forbidden Immortal Art let him gradually suppress Emperor Zun despite both suffering grievous wounds.
  • Emperor Zun burned his origin and formed a universe domain to unleash his strongest attack against Lu Chen.
  • Lu Chen manifested his Dharma body and fused his Divine Abilities and Secret Techniques into a decisive strike.
  • Their collision shook the River of Time and manifested creation, destruction, and reincarnation.
  • Lu Chen cried, “Suppress!” and shattered the Immortal Cauldron, grinding away Emperor Zun’s protected body and spirit.

Ch. 454Merging the Two Worlds

Lu Chen defeated Emperor Zun and began merging the Strange World with the Human World while preserving the Human World’s structure. The passage between the worlds was stabilized, and Lu Chen and several others returned to the Human World.

  • Lu Chen destroyed Emperor Zun’s remaining primordial spirit with the Ninefold Immortal Pagoda and returned from the chaos sea gravely injured.
  • Lu Chen told Wushi, Ye Fan, and Chuan Ying that Emperor Zun would never appear again, bringing peace to the Strange World.
  • After recovering, Lu Chen used Emperor Zun’s runes and spacetime power to merge the Strange World into the Human World without disrupting its existing structure.
  • Lu Chen formed and stabilized a passage between the worlds with a Forbidden Technique, leaving the Tongtian Nether Treasure and the Desolate Pagoda to anchor it.
  • Lu Chen and several figures emerged into the Human World, where Purple Mansion Immortal Court guards greeted him as the Heavenly Emperor.

Ch. 455Three Realms

Lu Chen explored the Chaos Sea, discovered Great Red Heaven, and used the Void Immortal Gold Stele to temper himself in deadly battles against his own reflection. After twelve thousand years of fighting toward the Immortal King realm, he nearly died, forcing the Ninefold Immortal Pagoda to drain Great Red Heaven’s essence to save him.

  • Lu Chen joined the Human World, Strange World, and Thirty-Three Heavens into the Three Realms, then asked Ruthless Great Emperor to help open the Immortal Domain Gate, but she refused so she could wait for her elder brother’s return.
  • Twenty thousand years later, Lu Chen entered the Chaos Sea and found Great Red Heaven, a universe that had once been part of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
  • Lu Chen discovered the Void Immortal Gold Stele and prepared an immortal formation before using the stele to fight a reflection of himself.
  • After repeated battles lasting over ten thousand years, Lu Chen pushed his body close to the Immortal King realm, but his reflected opponent grew stronger alongside him.
  • In the twelve-thousandth year, Lu Chen’s body shattered and his primordial spirit went dark, leaving only a faintly glowing trace of his true spirit.
  • The Ninefold Immortal Pagoda gathered Great Red Heaven’s fundamental essence and used its longevity substance to nourish Lu Chen, while the universe’s cultivators panicked as their world’s power was drained.

Ch. 456Chapter 463

After ten thousand years of slumber, Lu Chen awakened with an Immortal King-level physical body, restored Great Red Heaven’s depleted essence, and returned to the Human World. Three thousand years later, he broke through the Immortal Domain Barrier and opened a gateway into the Immortal Domain.

  • Lu Chen awakened from his ten-thousand-year slumber after tempering his body with the Void Immortal Gold Stele, reaching the Immortal King Domain physically.
  • Lu Chen restored Great Red Heaven’s origin essence, ushering in a Golden Age, then left for the Chaos Sea.
  • Lu Chen endured a heavenly tribulation in the Chaos Sea and used its insights to refine his Immortal Scripture before returning to the Human World.
  • Lu Chen reunited with Ye Fan, Wushi, the Azure Emperor, Chuan Ying, and others, while the Purple Mansion Immortal Court remained dominant across the Three Realms.
  • Three thousand years later, Lu Chen entered the Strange World and broke through the Immortal Domain Barrier, opening a gateway that alarmed its inhabitants.

Ch. 457Chapter 464

Lu Chen entered the Immortal Domain with a select group, took control of its gate, and established the Purple Mansion Immortal Court as the strongest lineage. While exploring, he discovered a mysterious ancient cave that seemed connected to a place from the Chaotic Ancient Era, and its power began drawing him inside.

  • Lu Chen and his companions entered the Immortal Domain, where Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor and Annihilation Heavenly Venerable recognized him as Heavenly Emperor Chen.
  • Lu Chen surveyed the diminished Immortal Domain as Ye Fan, Great Emperor Wushi, and others split up to explore different regions.
  • Lu Chen claimed the former dwelling of an Immortal King, reconnected the road between the mortal world and the Immortal Domain, and took control of the Immortal Domain Gate.
  • Lu Chen established rules for passage between the two realms and made the Purple Mansion Immortal Court the strongest lineage in both.
  • Lu Chen entered a star domain of chaotic space-time laws and used his Immortal King blood essence to reach a deathly silent star.
  • Lu Chen followed an ancient road to a mysterious cave, where strange origin substances flowed and an inexplicable force began drawing him in.

Ch. 458Descending into the Chaotic Ancient Era

Lu Chen traveled through the River of Time to the Chaotic Ancient Era and found Stone Village, where he met Willow God and the young Shi Hao. After earning Willow God’s gratitude with a drop of Immortal King blood, he was welcomed into the village and praised Little Dot’s future.

  • Lu Chen entered the mysterious stone chamber and was swept upstream through the River of Time into the Eight Lower Realms of the Chaotic Ancient Era.
  • Lu Chen discovered Stone Village and recognized Willow God and the sleeping Little Dot, Shi Hao.
  • Lu Chen gave Willow God a drop of Immortal King blood, restoring several of her willow branches.
  • Willow God spoke to the villagers and identified Lu Chen as her friend, prompting Shi Yunfeng to invite him into Stone Village.
  • Lu Chen met Little Shi Hao and praised his extraordinary future.

Ch. 459Supreme Bone

Lu Chen restored little Shi Hao’s Supreme Bone in Stone Village, awakening its divine power and innate art. The chapter left the villagers stunned as Shi Hao displayed extraordinary strength and a beam from his chest shook the surrounding Great Wilderness.

  • Lu Chen examined little Shi Hao beneath the willow and infused him with power, causing his body to shine.
  • A Supreme Bone began forming in Shi Hao’s chest, and Lu Chen explained that he had restored the bone Shi Hao had lost.
  • Shi Yunfeng and the villagers realized the little one’s Supreme Bone had returned, while Lu Chen reassured them that the change was beneficial.
  • Shi Hao hurled a massive black-gold cauldron a hundred meters, astonishing the villagers with his strength.
  • A beam of divine light burst from Shi Hao’s chest, splitting the ground and drawing the attention of powerful creatures across the Great Wilderness.

Ch. 460The Art of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor

Several years after Lu Chen helped Shi Hao awaken his Supreme Bone, Shi Hao became Stone Village’s strongest fighter and made its hunts far safer. When Chief Shi Yunfeng brought Lu Chen a rune-covered bone for Shi Hao’s instruction, Lu Chen recognized it as the Divine Guidance Chapter of the Original True Solution and began studying its path toward the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.

  • Lu Chen reassured Stone Village that Shi Hao’s Supreme Bone had regenerated, and the villagers thanked him for restoring the boy’s talent.
  • Lu Chen lifted and teased the embarrassed Shi Hao, while the villagers laughed at his reaction.
  • Several years passed as Shi Hao grew into Stone Village’s strongest fighter and led its hunting party to return with abundant prey and no injuries.
  • Chief Shi Yunfeng asked Lu Chen to guide Shi Hao and presented him with a carved bone he had obtained decades earlier.
  • Willow God identified the bone as the Original True Solution, and Lu Chen recognized it as the Divine Guidance Chapter, the first of its three parts.
  • Lu Chen studied and memorized the runes, realizing that finding the remaining chapters could help him explore the path beyond the Immortal King Realm.

Ch. 461Cultivating the Chaotic Ancient Method

Lu Chen guided Shi Hao in cultivating the Original True Solution while using an incarnation to explore the Chaotic Ancient Method and merge it with the Shrouding Method. Years later, the Mountain Treasure appeared in the Primeval Mountains, and as four supreme creatures fought over it, Lu Chen prepared to protect Stone Village and claim the treasure.

  • Lu Chen studied the bone fragment and agreed to guide Shi Hao in cultivating its methods.
  • Lu Chen forged an incarnation from Immortal King blood essence, cultivated the Chaotic Ancient Method, and opened ten grotto-heavens.
  • The incarnation’s cultivation nourished Stone Village, healing the villagers and strengthening their bodies as Lu Chen’s two cultivation systems began to resonate.
  • Several years later, the Mountain Treasure appeared in the Primeval Mountains, where Qiongqi and Zhu Yan fought over it.
  • The Sky-Swallowing Sparrow and a little red bird also battled, and Qiongqi joined the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow against the wounded bird.
  • When Shi Yunfeng feared the fighting would destroy Stone Village, Lu Chen assured him he could suppress the supreme creatures.

Ch. 462The Middle Chapter

Lu Chen intervened in the Mountain Treasure battle, saved the Vermilion Bird, seized the treasure, and killed Qiongqi and the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow. Back in Stone Village, he uncovered the Original True Solution’s Transcendence Chapter and studied its profound Dao.

  • The wounded Vermilion Bird fled to Stone Village, where Lu Chen healed it after little Shi Hao pleaded for help.
  • Lu Chen reached the battlefield, seized the Mountain Treasure, subdued Qiongqi and the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow, and let the concealed Swan escape.
  • Lu Chen returned to Stone Village, killed Qiongqi and the Sky-Swallowing Sparrow, and Willow God drained the life essence from their corpses.
  • Lu Chen opened the Mountain Treasure and discovered the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Technique, the Grass-Character Sword Art, and other inherited techniques.
  • Lu Chen joined the Mountain Treasure with the village’s bone cauldron to reveal the Original True Solution’s Transcendence Chapter, then studied its runes.

Ch. 463True Phoenix Treasure Art

Lu Chen restored the Great Wilderness and strengthened Stone Village while his avatar cultivated the Chaotic Ancient Method. He entered the deepest part of the Void God Realm to study the True Phoenix Treasure Art, where its imprisoned guardians attacked him.

  • Lu Chen remade the Great Wilderness, and his avatar reached the Venerable Realm after years of cultivation and battles across the Eight Lower Realms.
  • Lu Chen's avatar brought ferocious beast corpses to Stone Village, providing Willow God with life essence and villagers with powerful food.
  • Stone Village grew stronger through cultivation, while Little Shi Hao reached the limit of Blood-Moving and left the village to seek his parents.
  • Lu Chen entered the Void God Realm with a willow leaf token and followed Bird Grandpa and Essence Wall Grandpa to its deepest prison.
  • Bird Grandpa and Essence Wall Grandpa warned Lu Chen about the uncanny Bone Books recording the True Phoenix Treasure Art and the dangerous beings imprisoned nearby.
  • When Lu Chen approached the Ancient Hall, the chained stone statues attacked him.

Ch. 464Chapter 471

Lu Chen obtained the True Phoenix Treasure Art, spent years cultivating alongside Shi Hao in the Chaotic Ancient Era, then left Stone Village and brought his incarnation to the upper realm. After reaching the Supreme Domain, Lu Chen entered the Border Wasteland's Uninhabited Zone with his incarnation to seek a breakthrough.

  • Lu Chen defeated the stone statues and blocked the attacks of the beings in the jars, taking the True Phoenix Treasure Art.
  • Lu Chen stayed in Stone Village for years, studying his methods and tempering himself in the Virtual God Realm while Shi Hao opened a unique grotto-heaven and obtained the Kunpeng Treasure Art.
  • Lu Chen left Stone Village after more than ten years, leaving behind the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Technique, the Grass-Character Sword Art, and other methods.
  • Lu Chen brought his incarnation to the Three Thousand Provinces, where it advanced to the Supreme Domain in thirty years before hitting a bottleneck.
  • Lu Chen entered the Border Wasteland's Uninhabited Zone, found traces of a fallen Immortal King, and began cultivating there with his incarnation.
  • Shi Hao reached the Three Thousand Provinces after trials in the Eight Lower Realms as new geniuses emerged across the upper realm.

Ch. 465A dire predicament

After Shi Hao emerged from the Immortal Ancient Era Secret Realm, hostile sect masters attacked him to seize his treasures, forcing Qi Daolin and Kunpeng Zi to intervene. As they were overwhelmed by the surrounding powers, Lu Chen sent his Supreme Avatar to the scene.

  • Shi Hao and other geniuses were forced out of the Immortal Ancient Era Secret Realm, where sect masters blocked their way and seized treasures from those without strong protection.
  • Several sect masters surrounded Shi Hao and attacked him, leaving him gravely wounded despite the Myriad Spirits Diagram shielding him from some of their blows.
  • Qi Daolin arrived to protect Shi Hao, and Kunpeng Zi soon joined him, but numerous sect masters still chose to attack them.
  • Lu Chen sensed the fighting from his secluded cultivation and sent his Supreme Avatar toward the battlefield.
  • Golden willow leaves fell outside the secret realm as a white-robed figure appeared.

Ch. 466Descent

Willow God’s branch fought off the sect masters attacking Shi Hao, but an imperial edict and an Ancient Battle Axe forced her to consider stopping. Before she could yield, Lu Chen arrived as a true Supreme and confronted the attackers.

  • Willow God’s branch slaughtered several sect masters and drove back the Immortal Palace’s old sect master and the Master of the Immortal Bell.
  • An imperial edict and an Ancient Battle Axe appeared, demanding that Willow God spare the sect masters, and she held back to protect Shi Hao after her imprint faded.
  • Lu Chen emerged from the Uninhabited Zone with the overwhelming presence of a true Supreme.
  • Shi Hao recognized Lu Chen as Brother Lu, and the sect masters who had attacked him realized they faced a deadly threat.
  • Lu Chen declared that he could slaughter those who had tried to kill Shi Hao.

Ch. 467Chapter 474

Lu Chen appeared to protect Huang and unleashed his fury on the Three Thousand Provinces’ sect masters, killing several leaders and destroying their immortal dao artifacts. As Remnant Immortals awakened in response, Lu Chen vowed to hunt them down and continued slaughtering the sect masters who had targeted Shi Hao.

  • Lu Chen appeared as a genuine Supreme and warned the Three Thousand Provinces’ sect masters that he would clean up their rotten sects.
  • Lu Chen killed the Old Sect Master of the Immortal Palace Dao Lineage with a palm strike, and Kunpeng Zi celebrated the death of one of his mother’s ambushers.
  • Lu Chen killed the wielder of the Incomplete Immortal Bell and shattered the ancient battle axe despite warnings from the immortal dao creatures behind the artifacts.
  • Lu Chen seized the ancient imperial edict and burned it to ashes, provoking the Immortality Person behind the Immortal Palace and another powerful presence to erupt with rage.
  • Lu Chen declared that he would sweep away those responsible for the world’s decline, then killed the sect masters of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Netherworld, and the Western Sect with Sword Light.

Ch. 468Defying the Divide to Slay an Immortal

Lu Chen attacked the Immortal Palace and fought its Remnant Immortal, using his supreme avatar and Immortal Pagoda to withstand the True Immortal’s power. When three more True Immortals joined the battle, Lu Chen killed the Immortal Palace’s Remnant Immortal with the True Phoenix Treasure Art, leaving the others shocked.

  • Lu Chen crossed from the Border Wasteland to the Immortal Palace and destroyed its bronze buildings with a single strike.
  • The Immortal Palace’s Remnant Immortal attacked Lu Chen, but Lu Chen blocked the blow with the Ninefold Immortal Pagoda.
  • Lu Chen fought the Remnant Immortal beyond the world and cleaved him in two with the Grass-Character Sword Art.
  • The wounded Remnant Immortal called for help, and the other three True Immortals who had ambushed Kunpeng joined the battle.
  • Lu Chen unleashed the True Phoenix Treasure Art and killed the Immortal Palace’s Remnant Immortal, astonishing the three surviving True Immortals.

Ch. 469Immeasurable Heaven

Lu Chen killed the three remaining True Immortals who had ambushed Kunpeng, ending the war in the Three Thousand Provinces and reshaping its major factions. He then traveled to Immeasurable Heaven to seek the Indestructible Scripture and advance his body’s evolution.

  • Lu Chen fought the three half-crippled True Immortals and killed one after the others’ attacks failed to defeat him.
  • Two True Immortals fled, but Lu Chen pursued and killed them, leaving all four immortals who had ambushed Kunpeng dead.
  • Lu Chen gathered Immortal Dao scriptures from the fallen immortals’ lineages to study while developing his own cultivation system.
  • The great war ended, the Three Thousand Provinces’ factions reshuffled, and older-generation experts stopped targeting Shi Hao because Lu Chen stood behind him.
  • Lu Chen traveled to the Northern Sea Stone Forest in Immeasurable Heaven to seek the Indestructible Scripture and guide his body toward true indestructibility.

Ch. 470Indestructible Scripture

Lu Chen's avatar crossed the Northern Sea Stone Forest and entered its Ultimate Trial Ground, where the battlefield of the Immortal Ancient Era appeared to unfold around him. After avoiding the Immortal Refining Pot, he encountered a young Extreme Dao supreme being who regarded him with killing intent.

  • Lu Chen traveled by Netherworld Ship through the Northern Sea and reached the Northern Sea Stone Forest, passing Transcendent Peaks watched by ghost immortals.
  • Lu Chen broke through the chains of order barring the Ultimate Trial Ground and entered its ancient battlefield, strewn with the corpses of powerful beings.
  • Lu Chen saw the Immortal Refining Pot consume the battlefield's blood essence and cautiously avoided the terrifying artifact.
  • Lu Chen ventured deeper into the battlefield and encountered a young Extreme Dao supreme being who stared at him with killing intent.

Ch. 471Scripture Key

Lu Chen defeated a peerless Other Domain Supreme in the Divine Peak’s trial, only to find the Indestructible Scripture’s scrolls were gone. He learned the scripture was carved into the mountain but required a Scripture Key, so he prepared to take it by force.

  • Lu Chen fought the Other Domain Supreme, who challenged him as a surviving Supreme of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
  • Lu Chen and the Other Domain Supreme exchanged more than a thousand fierce blows, and Lu Chen ultimately killed him.
  • Lu Chen approached the Divine Peak, but the battlefield and the Ancient Beast-Skin Scrolls vanished.
  • A black crow Heroic Spirit Battle Soul told Lu Chen that someone had taken the Indestructible Scripture at the end of the Immortal Ancient Era.
  • The black crow explained that the scripture was carved into the mountain and needed a Scripture Key, but Lu Chen had none and decided to seize it by force.

Ch. 472The Forbidden Zone Where Immortal Kings Lay Dormant

Lu Chen obtained and memorized the first half of the Indestructible Scripture, then traveled to Immortal-Falling Ridge in search of its latter half. He told the True Immortal guarding the forbidden zone that he had come to borrow the scripture.

  • Lu Chen used his Ninefold Immortal Pagoda and combat power to break Indestructible Peak and recover the four texts of the Indestructible Scripture.
  • Lu Chen memorized the texts, and his avatar returned to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces with them for his original body to study.
  • After two years of studying the scripture, Lu Chen strengthened his Immortal King-level body and set out for Great Red Heaven to seek the latter half.
  • Lu Chen entered Immortal-Falling Ridge, where a True Immortal recognized his connection to the avatar that had slain four Remnant Immortals.
  • Lu Chen told the True Immortal that he had come to borrow the Indestructible Scripture.

Ch. 473Chapter 480

Lu Chen forced his way into Immortal Fall Ridge to seek the lower half of the Indestructible Scripture, but offered Divine Guidance, the first chapter of the Original True Solution, in exchange. The Immortal King accepted, and Lu Chen was led to the scripture inscribed on a stone wall.

  • The True Immortal of Immortal Fall Ridge refused Lu Chen’s request to study the Indestructible Scripture.
  • Lu Chen overwhelmed the True Immortal with his aura, blasted him into the mountains, and advanced into Immortal Fall Ridge.
  • The Immortal King of Immortal Fall Ridge confronted Lu Chen, then recognized that his strength was close to the Immortal King domain.
  • Lu Chen offered the complete Divine Guidance Chapter in exchange for studying the lower half of the Indestructible Scripture.
  • The Immortal King agreed to the exchange, and the True Immortal led Lu Chen to the scripture carved on a stone wall.

Ch. 474Chapter 481

Lu Chen obtained the complete Indestructible Scripture and sent his Supreme Avatar to the Nine Heavens, where he exchanged for the Nine Nether Ao Treasure Art and studied ancient methods. As he gathered scriptures and faced growing suspicion from the Immortality Families, he entered the Gu Race Ancestral Land and secured the Gu Race Treasure Art.

  • Lu Chen memorized the complete Indestructible Scripture and returned to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces to comprehend it with his true body.
  • Lu Chen's Supreme Avatar visited the Immortal Academy and exchanged the True Phoenix Treasure Art for the Nine Nether Ao Treasure Art.
  • Lu Chen studied Immortal Ancient scriptures at the Immortal Academy while its elders prepared young disciples for the Border Wasteland.
  • Lu Chen visited the Nine Heavens' Immortality Families, exchanged knowledge and sparred with Supremes, prompting some families to investigate his unknown origins.
  • Lu Chen learned of the Gu Race Ancestral Land, entered its dangerous time-and-space distortions, and obtained the Gu Race Treasure Art.

Ch. 475Border Wasteland Imperial City

Lu Chen crossed the Border Wasteland seeking a route into the Other Domain, where his supreme avatar could complete its breakthrough to immortality. He entered the Imperial City and recognized the remains of Willow God, who had survived her legendary final battle.

  • Lu Chen entered the dangerous Border Wasteland and explained that his supreme avatar needed a realm with complete Great Dao laws to become an immortal.
  • Lu Chen passed ominous remnants of ancient wars, including a drifting sheet of divine skin and a blood-soaked marsh.
  • Lu Chen reached the vast Border Wasteland Imperial City and entered despite the probing divine senses and the city's restrictions.
  • Lu Chen traveled into the Imperial Pass's inner city and saw the enormous stump said to be the remains of an Immortal King.
  • Lu Chen recognized the stump as Willow God's body and recalled her legendary battles against the Other Domain.

Ch. 476Chapter 483

Lu Chen watched the armies of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands leave the Imperial City for the Blood Battlefield, then studied the Heavenly Abyss and its role in keeping Other Domain immortals at bay. He saw the Other Domain’s forces building a formation to breach the barrier but chose not to intervene, knowing the war’s balance could not yet be changed.

  • Lu Chen saw the assembled armies depart through a teleportation formation to fight beyond the Imperial City.
  • Lu Chen examined the Blood Battlefield and the immense Heavenly Abyss, learning how it drew in and destroyed immortals who crossed from the Other Domain.
  • Lu Chen observed Other Domain forces constructing a grand formation to breach the Heavenly Abyss while warriors from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands attacked them.
  • Lu Chen recalled why the Forbidden Zone Immortal Kings no longer intervened and chose not to join the battle, since his actions could prompt the Other Domain to send Supreme-level experts.

Ch. 477Human Nature

Lu Chen watched Shi Hao retrieve the mysterious Rotten Wooden Box and return to the Imperial City, provoking an attack by the Other Domain’s Immortal King. When Jin Tai Jun agreed to surrender Shi Hao for a brief truce, an unknown white-robed figure appeared and slapped her.

  • Lu Chen observed Shi Hao enter the Divine Medicine Mountain Range, where Meng Tianzheng fought the Other Domain’s Supremes and Shi Hao emerged from the Burial Region with the Rotten Wooden Box.
  • The Other Domain’s Immortal King attacked the Heavenly Abyss, and its army demanded that the Imperial Pass hand over Shi Hao and the box.
  • Jin Tai Jun negotiated with the Other Domain and agreed to surrender Shi Hao in exchange for five hundred years of peace, despite protests from Cao Yusheng, Shi Yi, and the Lunar Jade Rabbit.
  • Jin Tai Jun threatened Shi Hao’s friends, but a white-robed figure appeared before them and slapped her across the face.
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