Ch. 26Bloodline Transformation

Two years later, Yun Ying transformed her bloodline while the Kunpeng Nest neared its opening. She arrived with Yun Xi at the gathered forces, where the Sea God's descendant blocked their path.

  • Yun Xi found Yun Ying awakening a mysterious mark created by her bloodline's transformation through a secret art.
  • Yun Ying reassured Yun Xi that they would always be sisters, and Yun Xi styled her hair into twin ponytails.
  • Yun Ying and Yun Xi headed toward the Kunpeng Nest as the Primordial Sacred Mountain's forces gathered to enter it.
  • The gathered creatures feared Yun Ying's strength, and Yin Xue, Lian'er, and the Divine Servants welcomed her arrival.
  • The Sea God's descendant jumped down from the War Platform and confronted Yun Ying as members of the Sea God lineage followed.

Ch. 27Sword Like Frost

Yun Ying faced a coalition of powerful sea races determined to force her out, while the Primordial Sacred Mountain’s fighters were blocked from helping. She unleashed Instant Ice Blossom, freezing the sea and most of the coalition’s forces, then raised an Ice Sword as sword qi descended on the surviving leaders.

  • The Sea God's descendant Mo Shang, the Flamefish Tribe's leader, Han Tian, and other sea powers surrounded Yun Ying and demanded she withdraw.
  • Allied figures prevented the Primordial Sacred Mountain from aiding Yun Ying and threatened them with violence if they intervened.
  • Yun Ying refused to retreat and invoked “My sword is like frost-Instant Ice Blossom,” freezing the sea for dozens of li and trapping the coalition’s weaker fighters in ice.
  • Yun Ying formed an Ice Sword, commanded it to fall, and sent a deluge of icy sword qi toward Mo Shang and the other surviving leaders.

Ch. 28An Overwhelming Show of Power

Yun Ying crushed the sea race’s assault and forced the gathered heroes to abandon their attempt to stop the Primordial Sacred Mountains. After rejoining her allies, she learned that Qing Yun had been killed and eaten by Bear Child, while Qing Ming appeared to be seeking revenge.

  • Yun Ying destroyed the frozen battlefield and scattered the attacking forces, leaving the assembled heroes unwilling to challenge her again.
  • The Sea Demon Clan Venerable ended his cooperation with Mo Shang and the others, who returned to the reef to regroup before entering the Kunpeng Nest.
  • Yun Ying and Yun Xi joined the forces of the Primordial Sacred Mountains, where Yun Ying said she would pursue the Kun Peng Precious Technique but did not care whether she obtained it.
  • Qing Ming greeted Yun Ying, and Yin Xue and Lian'er teased him about his admiration for her.
  • Yun Ying asked where Qing Yun was, and Yun Xi told her that Bear Child had killed and eaten him after Qing Yun provoked him.
  • Qing Ming had come to avenge Qing Yun and settle accounts with Bear Child.

Ch. 29Bear Child Showed His Might

Bear Child arrived at the rocky island and defeated an Azure Sky Sacred Mountain servant and Qing Ming, establishing his strength as the Kunpeng Nest neared its opening. After provoking Qing Ming and noticing Yun Ying, Bear Child headed toward the people of Heavenly God Mountain.

  • As the Kunpeng Nest's cracks grew brighter, Yun Xi defended Yun Ying's right to ignore Qing Ming, and the group waited for the nest to open.
  • Bear Child emerged from the seabed, and Qing Ming and an Azure Sky Sacred Mountain servant confronted him over Qing Yun's death.
  • Bear Child badly wounded the servant with his Kun Peng Precious Technique, then defeated Qing Ming and severed one of his wings before rescuers intervened.
  • Bear Child learned that the sea-race group had lost people, then eyed Yun Ying and remarked that she was harder to catch than Yun Xi.
  • Bear Child taunted the injured Qing Ming, who turned away rather than respond, and then walked toward the people of Heavenly God Mountain.

Ch. 30The nest splits

Yun Ying led the rush into the opened Kunpeng Nest and reached its deepest altar, where she found a rune-covered golden bone. The broken Heavenly Desolation gave no response as she approached, and the chapter ended with Yun Ying facing the bone on the central platform.

  • Bear Child approached the Heavenly God Mountain group, teased Yun Xi, and asked Yun Ying about her hairstyle and bare feet.
  • The Kunpeng Nest opened, and Yun Ying entered the Dao Arena ahead of the other cultivators.
  • Yun Ying plunged into the golden divine sea and hurried through the Kun Peng Cave Abode while others fought over its treasures.
  • Yun Ying reached the Ancient Altar, recognized Kun Peng's broken weapon Heavenly Desolation, and respectfully sought the ancient master's approval.
  • Yun Ying climbed the altar without obstruction and found a golden, black-striped bone covered in runes on its central stone platform.

Ch. 31Kun Peng's Talisman Bone

Yun Ying comprehended the incomplete legacy on Kun Peng's Original Talisman Bone while the other experts rushed to stop her and seize the treasures on the altar. She learned that the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique was hidden elsewhere as part of the trial, then left the talisman bone behind.

  • Kun Peng's Original Talisman Bone manifested a vision, and Yun Ying held off its overwhelming pressure before reaching for it.
  • Yun Ying broke through the bone's golden barrier and absorbed its runes as the Primordial Sacred Mountain experts and other cultivators arrived at the altar.
  • The assembled experts tried to rush Yun Ying, but Heavenly Desolation and the other weapons on the altar blasted many of them apart.
  • Yun Ying discovered that the talisman bone held less than a third of the legacy and that the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique had to be found elsewhere.
  • Yun Ying withdrew her hand and walked away from Kun Peng's talisman bone.

Ch. 32Incomplete

Yun Ying finished comprehending the remaining portion of Kun Peng's incomplete inheritance and promised the Heavenly Desolation that she would protect its master's future inheritor when needed. She left the rune bone behind for the assembled cultivators, who immediately fought over it, while Qing Ming and others continued pressing her about the complete technique.

  • The Heavenly Desolation praised Yun Ying and asked her to protect whoever inherited Kun Peng's legacy, and Yun Ying promised to help when necessary.
  • Yun Ying told the cultivators that less than a third of Kun Peng's inheritance remained and invited them to examine the rune bone themselves.
  • Yun Ying urged everyone to lay down their weapons and share the incomplete technique, then left the rune bone behind and walked away.
  • The cultivators rushed to seize Kun Peng's rune bone, and a battle broke out over it.
  • Yun Ying told Yun Xi and the Divine Servants of Heavenly God Mountain that she had already mastered the remaining inheritance and warned them about Kun Peng's karmic burden.
  • Qing Ming and other sacred-mountain experts questioned Yun Ying about whether the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique remained.

Ch. 33The struggle

Yun Ying gave up pursuing the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique and shared the runes she had learned with Heavenly God Mountain, while warning her servants that the other factions would fail to unite their talisman fragments. After the factions divided the Kun Peng Talisman Bone, Yun Xi finished memorizing Yun Ying’s runes and asked why she had abandoned the complete technique.

  • Yun Ying told the gathered factions that the final trial would reveal the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique, then left with Yun Xi and the people from Heavenly God Mountain.
  • On the reef, Yun Ying demonstrated the Kun Peng runes so Heavenly God Mountain could study them, and Yun Xi and the servants gained what insight they could.
  • Yun Ying told the Divine Servants to report to her grandfather and prepare, warning that the factions inside would not obtain the complete technique; she refused an escort, saying no one there could harm her.
  • The factions fought for several days and divided the cracked Kun Peng Talisman Bone into fragments, with each of the six major factions taking one.
  • After several days, Yun Xi memorized all the runes and asked Yun Ying why she had given up on obtaining the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique.

Ch. 34Breakthrough

Yun Ying and Yun Xi left the Kun Peng restricted zone as Venerables fought over the scattered pieces of the Kun Peng Talisman Bone, while Yun Canghai prepared to protect his granddaughters. Aboard the treasure ship, Yun Ying began breaking through to the Inscription Realm, and a mysterious purple-gold radiance appeared on her back.

  • Yun Ying and Yun Xi left the underground cavern after groups carrying pieces of the Kun Peng Talisman Bone fled past them.
  • Venerables fought above the North Sea over the talisman pieces, and Yun Canghai’s servants escorted Yun Ying and Yun Xi out of the restricted zone.
  • Yun Canghai learned that Yun Ying had obtained nearly a third of the Kun Peng inheritance and brought out a Heavenly God artifact armguard to protect her and Yun Xi.
  • Yun Ying boarded the treasure ship and began her breakthrough after leaving the restricted zone.
  • Yun Ying’s divine power and sword aura surged as runes transformed her body, and a purple-gold radiance appeared on her back.

Ch. 35Return

Yun Ying awakened and began evolving the Celestial Clan’s bloodline mark before successfully breaking through to the middle stage of the Inscription Realm. The battle for the Kun Peng Talisman Bone ended with heavy losses and the Primordial Sacred Mountains claiming the greatest gains, while Yun Ying returned to Heavenly God Mountain.

  • A heavenly mark appeared on Yun Ying’s back and forced everyone nearby to their knees, and Yun Xi warned the servants to keep the Celestial Clan’s bloodline power secret.
  • After two days, Yun Ying completed her breakthrough, leaping to the middle stage of the Inscription Realm, and learned that Venerables had fallen in the battle outside.
  • Qing Ming, Yin Xue, and the others returned with heavy casualties, and Yin Xue told Yun Xi that Lian'er had died in the Venerables’ clash.
  • The sacred mountain alliance withdrew from the North Sea, and the Golden-Winged Roc bought the Kun Peng Talisman Bone from the other sacred mountains in exchange for heavenly treasures.
  • Yun Ying returned to Heavenly God Mountain as news spread across the Desolate Region that the Primordial Sacred Mountains had won the largest share of the Kun Peng Precious Technique.

Ch. 36Soul-Attracting Lotus

Yun Ying and Yun Xi discussed marriage proposals and whether Bear Child had survived the Demon Transformation Cave, then Yun Ying played the zither for her sister. The chapter ended with Yun Ying meditating beside Heavenly God Mountain’s Sacred Medicine, the Soul-Attracting Lotus.

  • People praised Yun Ying’s power in the North Sea and spread rumors that Bear Child had died in the Demon Transformation Cave.
  • Yun Xi visited Yun Ying and complained that several families had come to propose marriage.
  • Yun Ying said she was unlikely to fall for anyone, while Yun Xi denied having feelings for Bear Child despite believing he had survived.
  • Yun Ying played the Purple Bamboo Zither for Yun Xi, filling the forest with pear blossoms and a life-renewing atmosphere.
  • Yun Ying sat meditating beside the Soul-Attracting Lotus in Heavenly God Mountain’s innermost grounds.

Ch. 37Stone Kingdom

Yun Ying completed her sword soul refinement and traveled with Yun Xi and other sacred-mountain youths to the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital for the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet. There, she heard about Shi Hao’s upheavals in the capital but remained detached, saying she could not judge his experiences.

  • Yun Ying endured the Great Dao symbols branding her sword soul until it gained a purple, metallic form, and her injuries healed as her aura settled into harmony with heaven and earth.
  • Yun Xi told Yun Ying that Heavenly God Mountain had been invited to the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, and Yun Ying agreed to accompany her.
  • Yun Ying, Yun Xi, Yin Xue, and other young people from the sacred mountains traveled by war chariot to the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital, where an imperial-clan member welcomed them.
  • Yun Ying and her companions heard that the Great Demon God had defeated the Martial King and Rain King, while Bear Child was revealed to be Shi Hao, the Great Demon God’s grandson whose Supreme Bone had been stolen.
  • Yin Xue told Yun Ying about the recent events, and Yun Ying said she had no particular opinion of Bear Child because she could not truly understand what he had experienced.

Ch. 38The birthday banquet

Yun Ying attended the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet with Yun Xi and Yin Xue, drawing awe from the gathered cultivators with her beauty and mysterious state of unity between heaven and man. While she waited alone at the banquet, Shi Hao arrived and greeted her, leaving onlookers stunned by their familiarity and her smile.

  • Yin Xue teased Yun Ying about the attention she would attract at the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, but Yun Ying showed little reaction.
  • Yun Ying and the other guests from the Primordial Sacred Mountain entered the imperial palace, where cultivators noticed that she seemed to remain in the state of unity between heaven and man.
  • At the Central Heavenly Palace, Yun Ying’s presence captivated the banquet guests, while Yun Xi and Yin Xue went to greet acquaintances and left her by a jade table.
  • Shi Hao arrived with a winged gray wolf cub on his shoulder, greeted Yun Ying familiarly, and sat beside her.
  • Yun Ying recognized him as Shi Hao, and her smile left him and nearby onlookers momentarily overwhelmed.

Ch. 39Driven Back with a Word

Shi Hao reunited with Yun Ying at the banquet and learned that her cultivation and bloodline had advanced remarkably. Yun Ying defended him from the Primordial Sacred Mountain youths, and the chapter ended with Shi Hao eating noisily beside Yun Ying and Yun Xi at the birthday banquet.

  • The Wolf Pup jumped into Yun Ying's arms, and Shi Hao asked about her cultivation, sensing that she had reached the king marquis level and gained an aura of unity with heaven.
  • Little Tower told Shi Hao that Yun Ying's bloodline had undergone ancestral reversion and teased him about marrying her, but Shi Hao dismissed the idea.
  • Youths from the Primordial Sacred Mountain confronted Shi Hao for sitting with Yun Ying, but she ordered them to stop and drove them away despite Venerable Qingtian's command.
  • The birthday banquet began, and Yun Xi and the others returned to find Shi Hao at Yun Ying's table.
  • Shi Hao helped himself to the food, while Yun Xi scolded him for eating noisily and embarrassing everyone at the table.

Ch. 40Demon Spirit Lake

At the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, Shi Hao defeated a golden spider from Demon Spirit Lake and roasted its legs, provoking the spider’s Venerable. The Stone Emperor intervened and ordered any fight to take place at the Military Drill Ground.

  • Shi Hao ate through most of the banquet’s food, and Huo Ling’er noticed that the little wolf cub carried a woman’s fragrance.
  • A Golden-Haired Youth from Demon Spirit Lake accused Shi Hao of imprisoning his younger clansman, a Primordial Demon Spider, and challenged him.
  • Shi Hao mocked the Golden-Haired Youth and followed him to the Martial Arts Arena to fight.
  • Shi Hao subdued the golden spider despite his lower cultivation, then roasted its legs before the gathered guests.
  • The Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake attacked Shi Hao, but the arena’s formation blocked the strike.
  • Shi Hao asked the Stone Emperor for permission to fight the Venerable, and the Stone Emperor ordered them to settle the dispute at the Military Drill Ground.

Ch. 41Beyond One's Control

At the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, Shi Hao summoned a terrifying red-haired whirlwind that killed the Venerables from Demon Spirit Lake and Azure Sky Sacred Mountain, earning him the title Wild Heaven Heavenly Marquis. As Yun Ying warned him that power and ambition could be beyond his control, she revealed a strange vision formed from wine.

  • Shi Hao entered the Military Drill Ground and challenged the Venerables from Demon Spirit Lake and Azure Sky Sacred Mountain to attack together.
  • Shi Hao summoned battle souls, and a red-haired whirlwind swept up the two Venerables and made them vanish.
  • The whirlwind dispersed, leaving Shi Hao alone, and the crowd realized he had killed both Venerables.
  • The Stone Emperor bestowed wine and named Shi Hao the Wild Heaven Heavenly Marquis.
  • Shi Hao told Huo Ling'er that the Ancient Heroic Spirit seniors of his Supreme Hall had helped him, while Yun Ying warned him that events could lie beyond his control.
  • Yun Ying lifted wine into the air, formed a vision of mountains, rivers, and a sword-dancing figure, then let it shatter into crystalline petals.

Ch. 42Turning Her Body into a Sword

After Yun Ying revealed that she had comprehended her own Dao, Shi Hao learned she was already in the late stage of the Inscription Realm. Months later, Yun Ying transformed her entire body and spirit into a divine sword, astonishing Yun Canghai with her power.

  • Yun Ying asked Shi Hao about his Dao, then left the banquet while manifesting sword blossoms that contained different powers of heaven and earth.
  • Little Tower praised Yun Ying for comprehending her own Dao and told Shi Hao she had reached the late stage of the Inscription Realm.
  • Yun Ying returned to Heavenly God Mountain and devoted herself to cultivation for several months.
  • Yun Ying's flesh, bones, organs, and spirit transformed into a divine sword, unleashing sword energy that shattered the surrounding void.
  • Yun Canghai arrived and realized Yun Ying had reached the Array Formation Realm and become powerful enough to threaten even a Venerable.

Ch. 43Array Formation

Yun Ying reached the Array Formation Realm and displayed a profound understanding of Sword Dao before agreeing to watch Shi Hao and Shi Yi’s decisive battle. At the crowded Sky Battlefield, the girls’ arrival drew attention, while the leaders of Roc Sacred Mountain and Taotie Sacred Mountain tried to arrange introductions with their grandsons; Yun Canghai left the choice to Yun Ying and Yun Xi.

  • Yun Canghai visited Yun Ying after her breakthrough and learned that her transformation into a sword had come from her Sword Dao attainment.
  • Yun Canghai told Yun Ying that Shi Hao and Shi Yi would fight on the Sky Battlefield in the Void God Realm in two days, and she agreed to observe.
  • Yun Ying and Yun Xi arrived at the crowded Void God Realm surrounded by phantom Sword Blossoms that revealed Yun Ying’s growing mastery of Sword Dao.
  • Jin Luantian and the Taotie Clan chief suggested that their grandsons meet Yun Ying and Yun Xi, but Yun Canghai said the girls should decide for themselves.

Ch. 44Ordained by Heaven

Shi Hao and Shi Yi fought on the Sky Battlefield, where Shi Hao won after Shi Yi’s attack awakened the Supreme Bone within him. Gravely wounded afterward, Shi Hao faced a crowd coveting the Bronze Book Fragments awarded to him.

  • Shi Yi arrived with Demon Spirit Lake, and Yun Xi wondered whether Shi Hao could defeat him.
  • Shi Hao appeared through a passage of his own, and the Domain Envoy brought both young men to the Sky Battlefield.
  • Shi Hao and Shi Yi fought a fierce duel, which ended when Shi Yi’s attack awakened Shi Hao’s reborn Supreme Bone and led to Shi Yi’s defeat and death.
  • Demon Spirit Lake tried to interfere, but the Domain Envoy killed many of its people with a palm strike.
  • Three Bronze Book Fragments fell before the gravely injured Shi Hao, drawing the crowd’s attention and leaving him vulnerable.

Ch. 45Peerless sword intent

Jinbe arrived on the Sky Battlefield and tried to recruit Shi Hao before attacking Yun Ying with six precious techniques. Yun Ying cut them apart with her peerless sword intent, setting a record equal to the ancient gods and leaving Jinbe wary.

  • Jinbe descended to the Sky Battlefield and offered Shi Hao a place as his battle general, hoping to obtain his Kun Peng Precious Technique and Bronze Book Fragment.
  • Jinbe noticed Yun Ying and Yun Xi, declared his interest in Yun Ying, and attacked her with six linked precious techniques as she turned to leave.
  • Yun Ying raised her sword fingers and shattered all six techniques, opening a vast fissure in the void.
  • Record Steles across the Void God Realm announced that Yun Ying's peerless sword intent was equal to the ancient gods.
  • Jinbe laughed at Yun Ying's sword intent, though he grew wary, while the spectators struggled to recover from its terrifying edge.

Ch. 46A favor

Yun Ying inscribed her name on the Record Stele and gave Shi Hao a Bronze Book Fragment, bringing him one fragment away from completing the set. After Yun Ying left, a displeased young man summoned Yue Chan and the gathered experts discussed Yun Ying’s extraordinary strength.

  • Yun Ying inscribed the character for “Yun” on the Record Stele and received a Bronze Book Fragment.
  • Yun Ying sent the fragment to Shi Hao, who realized it was his ninth, and told him not to die because he owed her a favor.
  • Shi Hao teased Yun Ying about liking him, drawing a warning from Yun Xi and ridicule from the crowd.
  • A young man confronted Shi Hao before calling Yue Chan to appear.
  • The Demoness and a middle-aged man in white discussed how Yun Ying had transformed through her own power and might become a young supreme.

Ch. 47A Great Calamity Loomed

Yun Ying and Yun Xi discussed the approaching calamity and the mystery surrounding the peacock as upheaval spread through the Desolate Region. A year later, they learned Shi Hao had appeared in the Fire Kingdom and set out to find him and ask him to return the peacock.

  • Yun Ying told Yun Xi that a great calamity threatened the Desolate Region and that Heavenly God Mountain's incomplete formation offered their only hope.
  • Yun Xi explained her original purpose in visiting the Hundred Broken Mountains, and Yun Ying warned her not to trust the accusations against the peacock without hearing the truth from Yun Canghai.
  • In the Void God Realm, the mysterious young man destroyed the Domain Envoy with an incomplete Chaos Artifact, seized divine spirit imprints, and fled when a Domain Lord descended to punish him.
  • After Shi Yi's death, factions fought over his body until a mysterious Gray-Clad Woman carried it away from Demon Spirit Lake.
  • A year later, Yun Xi told Yun Ying that Shi Hao had appeared in the Fire Kingdom, and the sisters left to find him and claim the peacock.

Ch. 48The Fire Kingdom

Yun Ying and Yun Xi traveled from Heavenly God Mountain to the Fire Kingdom to seek rare formation materials and attend Huo Ling'er's gathering, where they hoped to learn whether Shi Hao had appeared. They arrived at the Royal Villa and began seeking trades, but had not yet found Shi Hao or the materials they needed.

  • Yun Canghai told Yun Ying and Yun Xi to bring precious medicines to the Fire Kingdom and trade for formation materials, explaining that they would learn about the peacock when they met him.
  • Yun Ying and Yun Xi arrived in the Fire Kingdom after the Princess announced a banquet for powerful figures from beyond the region, and Yun Xi believed Huo Ling'er had organized it because Shi Hao might be nearby.
  • Yun Ying, Yun Xi, and their companions entered the Royal Villa through its Minor Teleportation Formation, drawing attention from local cultivators and visitors from beyond the region.
  • Yun Xi searched the gathering for Shi Hao, but Yun Ying said he would likely be in disguise and teased Yun Xi about her feelings for him.
  • Yun Xi told the assembled Pureblood Creatures and foreign experts that Heavenly God Mountain wanted to exchange precious medicines for valuable artifact-forging materials.

Ch. 49Returning to the unadorned truth

Yun Ying appeared at a confrontation involving Shi Hao and the outside-region experts, recognizing him beneath his disguised appearance. Her mastery of the Sword Dao intimidated the Array Formation Realm kings and halted their pressure on him.

  • Yun Xi traded for high-grade artifact-refining materials as a rune-lit arena appeared and the Nine-Headed Lion and a crow killed their outside-region opponents.
  • News spread that Little Stone had arrived, and Yun Xi and Yun Ying went to the courtyard where experts confronted a young man.
  • Yun Xi suspected the young man was Shi Hao, and Yun Ying recognized his origin despite his disguised appearance.
  • Little Tower praised Yun Ying's attainment of returning to the unadorned truth and explained her profound dedication to the Sword Dao.
  • Yun Ying asked Huo Ling'er what had happened, then called the confrontation a mere war of words, warning the kings that further attacks would make it serious.

Ch. 50Immortal Mountain

Shi Hao faced the Flame Python Clan, Black Cloud Clan, Fire Bull Clan, and Immortal Mountain after they came seeking revenge, but Yun Ying declined to protect him. Shi Hao killed the Fire Bull Clan king with one punch, and Qin Shoucheng brought out the Five Elements Ring to subdue him before Yun Ying revealed her own five-elements sword power.

  • Qin Chao arrived with Immortal Mountain's cultivators and demanded that Elder Shoucheng kill Shi Hao, while Yun Ying left Shi Hao to face the clans himself.
  • The Fire Bull Clan king attacked Shi Hao, who blew him apart with a single punch and revealed that he was a king.
  • Shi Hao challenged the Flame Python Clan and Black Cloud Clan kings, then rejected Qin Shoucheng's demand to apologize and return to Immortal Mountain.
  • Qin Shoucheng summoned the Five Elements Ring, sealing the courtyard and immobilizing everyone inside.
  • Yun Ying raised her hand and manifested five sword-like fingers with five-elements power, astonishing Qin Shoucheng.
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