Recaps

Chu Kuangren arrived at the White Lotus Sect’s battle with the Three-Headed Hound and confronted the King of the Five Officials, who had been extracting the beast’s soul power. As the King burned that power to strengthen himself, Chu Kuangren waited for his next attack.

• Chu Kuangren purified the demonic qi as he approached, then identified the black-robed man as the King of the Five Officials of the Netherworld.
• The White Lotus Sect’s Saint told Chu Kuangren that the King of the Five Officials was absorbing the Three-Headed Hound’s soul power through the Soul-Devouring Dagger.
• Chu Kuangren struck the King of the Five Officials and seized him by the neck, overpowering the Supreme Supreme with his Battle King Domain.
• The King of the Five Officials burned soul power from the Three-Headed Hound, causing his own strength to rise and the beast to cry out in pain.
• Chu Kuangren realized the Soul-Devouring Dagger was fueling the King, but left it in place rather than help the Three-Headed Hound.
• The King of the Five Officials burned more soul power and attacked Chu Kuangren, determined to kill him in one blow.

Chu Kuangren let the King of the Five Officials absorb the Three-Headed Hound’s soul power, then trapped him in the Four Seasons Sword Formation and killed him. When the Three-Headed Hound began burning his soul to destroy the White Lotus barrier and threaten the Southern Countries, Chu Kuangren used the Soul-Hooking Cord to pull his soul from its body.

• The King of the Five Officials used the Three-Headed Hound’s soul power to strengthen his Absolute Yin Finger, but Chu Kuangren easily withstood his attacks.
• Chu Kuangren drove the Soul-Devouring Dagger deeper into the Three-Headed Hound, feeding the King of the Five Officials more soul power and boosting his strength.
• Chu Kuangren trapped the King of the Five Officials in the Four Seasons Sword Formation, adding eight swords to strengthen it as the King attacked.
• The Three-Headed Hound began burning his soul power to break the White Lotus barrier and take Chu Kuangren and the Southern Countries down with him.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the formation’s seasonal sword strike and blasted the King of the Five Officials into a cloud of blood mist.
• Chu Kuangren used the Soul-Hooking Cord to pull the Three-Headed Hound’s burning soul from its body, leaving it unable to use its soul power to amplify its demonic qi.

Chu Kuangren helped the White Lotus Sect defeat the Three-Headed Hound, then used the beast’s essence to form a supreme Venerable foundation. His breakthrough culminated in a Nine-Stroke Dao Seal, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned.

• Chu Kuangren bound and destroyed the Three-Headed Hound’s soul with the Soul-Hooking Cord.
• The White Lotus Sect’s Saint thanked Chu Kuangren and gave him the beast’s corpse, which he stored in his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• Chu Kuangren used the Spring Wind Transforming Rain Technique to heal the wounded and restore the people affected by the disaster.
• Chu Kuangren secluded himself for ten days, refined the Three-Headed Hound, and formed a supreme Venerable foundation.
• Nine golden runes appeared above Chu Kuangren and joined into a Nine-Stroke Dao Seal.

After forming a supreme venerable foundation, Chu Kuangren learned that Murong Xuan had pleaded for the Mystic Heaven Sect’s help and set out to confront the Murong Family. During the journey, he drew the Imitation Mirage Tower, a colossal Immortal Boat, and took command of it.

• Chu Kuangren completed his supreme venerable foundation, astonishing the White Lotus Sect cultivators and greatly increasing his strength.
• Elder Ruyan told Chu Kuangren that Murong Xuan had asked the Mystic Heaven Sect for help but could no longer be reached, suggesting the Murong Family had confined him.
• Chu Kuangren decided to visit the Murong Family in person and warned Elder Ruyan that he would make them answer for mistreating Murong Xuan.
• While traveling toward the Murong Family, Chu Kuangren drew the Star Radiance-level Imitation Mirage Tower from the Wheel.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu boarded the enormous Mirage Tower, and Chu Kuangren took control of it as it sped across the sea of clouds.

Murong Xuan was imprisoned and crippled while Murong Hai and the others tormented him over his mother’s planned reburial. At the Murong Family’s Ancestral Worship Ceremony, her coffin fell and exposed her skeleton, and Murong Yu pinned Murong Xuan to the ground as the sky suddenly went dark.

• Murong Hai and the others mocked Murong Xuan in the woodshed and threatened to move his mother’s grave to a mass grave.
• Murong Feng visited Murong Xuan, admitted he had underestimated Murong Hai and his allies, and promised to ask the family head to spare him.
• The Murong Family held its Ancestral Worship Ceremony, and the matriarch ordered Ning Shi’s coffin removed from the Clan Mausoleum.
• Murong Hai secretly struck a disciple carrying the coffin, causing it to fall open and expose Ning Shi’s skeleton.
• Murong Xuan broke free and ran toward the coffin, but Murong Yu used his domain to pin him down.
• Murong Yu rebuked Murong Xuan as Murong Feng prepared to intervene, and the sky suddenly went dark.

Chu Kuangren arrived at the Murong Family estate and found that Murong Xuan’s mother had been mistreated after her death. Enraged, he destroyed the family’s Clan Mausoleum and declared war on the Murong Family.

• Chu Kuangren reached the Murong Family’s city aboard the Mirage Tower and sensed what was happening inside the estate.
• Chu Kuangren struck down a Murong elder, and Murong Feng identified him as the Mystic Heaven Sect Leader.
• Murong Xuan mourned over his mother’s skeletal remains, and Chu Kuangren promised that he was no longer alone.
• Chu Kuangren blasted away the Murong Family Head and repelled the elders who tried to stop him.
• Chu Kuangren’s sword strike destroyed the Murong Family’s Clan Mausoleum and scattered its coffins.
• Chu Kuangren declared war after the Murong Family Head demanded to know whether he wanted war.

Chu Kuangren attacked the Murong Family after learning how Murong Xuan had been mistreated, killing Murong Hai and his father before confronting the Murong Family’s Saint. He wounded Murong Fourth Ancestor and helped Lan Yu get Murong Xuan to safety, then faced the Saint’s intent to kill him.

• Chu Kuangren rejected Murong Hai’s claim that Murong Xuan was a cripple, seized him, and killed him.
• Murong Hai’s father attacked Chu Kuangren, who killed the elder with a single palm strike.
• Murong Fourth Ancestor emerged and attacked Chu Kuangren, but Chu Kuangren wounded him with One Emperor Suppressing Ten Thousand Laws.
• Chu Kuangren sent Lan Yu to carry Murong Xuan to the Mirage Tower while his Sword Qi Clones blocked the Murong Family elders.
• Murong Fourth Ancestor decided to kill Chu Kuangren, who declared that they would see whether a Saint could kill him.

Chu Kuangren fought Murong Fourth Ancestor as the Murong Family’s Clan Mausoleum was further destroyed, then faced both Fourth Ancestor and Second Ancestor. He drew hundreds of swords from the Murong Family’s Sword Repository and transformed the Four Seasons Sword Formation into its ultimate form, the Three Hundred Sixty-Five Day Sword Formation.

• Chu Kuangren countered Murong Fourth Ancestor’s attacks with his Primordial Divine Mountain and Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Art, while their clash pulverized the Murong Family’s ancestral remains.
• Murong Second Ancestor attacked the Mirage Tower, but its barrier held, and Chu Kuangren used the Soul-Hooking Cord to drive him out of the estate.
• Murong Fourth Ancestor urged Murong Second Ancestor to kill Chu Kuangren, and Second Ancestor agreed despite his hesitation.
• Chu Kuangren unleashed the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword Formation against both Saints.
• Chu Kuangren’s Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Heart drew swords from the Murong Family’s Sword Repository, and he added the best 341 to the formation to create the Three Hundred Sixty-Five Day Sword Formation.

Chu Kuangren trapped the Murong Family’s two Saints in the Four Seasons Sword Formation and fought off the Murong and Lin families with Sword Qi Clones. After replenishing his Spiritual Power with the Taotie Technique, he rejected the Murong Second Ancestor’s attempt to negotiate and insisted the Murong Family would pay for what it did to Murong Xuan.

• Chu Kuangren used the Four Seasons Sword Formation to trap Murong Fourth Ancestor and Murong Second Ancestor as the Murong Family’s elders attacked him.
• Chu Kuangren summoned four powerful Sword Qi Clones, which repelled the attackers and badly injured Murong Yu.
• The Murong Family Head summoned the Lin Family Head, and the two families joined forces against Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren filled the battlefield with more Sword Qi Clones and used the Taotie Technique to absorb energy from corpses and replenish his Spiritual Power.
• Murong Second Ancestor offered to negotiate, but Chu Kuangren refused, saying the Murong Family had to pay for crippling and humiliating Murong Xuan.

Chu Kuangren killed Murong Fourth Ancestor after surviving his fatal sword strike with his third-stage Undying Body, then forced Murong Second Ancestor to reveal that Lin Shi had arranged the attack on Murong Xuan. The chapter left Chu Kuangren questioning whether Murong Yu had also been involved.

• Murong Fourth Ancestor broke through Chu Kuangren's Sword Formation and pierced his chest, but Chu Kuangren survived and used the Soul-Hooking Cord to capture him.
• Chu Kuangren absorbed Murong Fourth Ancestor's body, destroyed his soul, and shocked the Murong and Lin Family cultivators by killing a Saint.
• Murong Second Ancestor tried to surrender and blamed Black Feather Tower for Murong Xuan's injury, but Chu Kuangren demanded to know who had arranged the attack.
• Murong Second Ancestor named Lin Shi as the mastermind, and Chu Kuangren killed her with a streak of sword light.
• Chu Kuangren asked whether Murong Yu had known about the plot or had hired the assassins himself.

Chu Kuangren killed Murong Yu and joined forces with the Second Ancestor of the Mystic Heaven Sect to slay Murong Second Ancestor, leaving the Murong Family without its Saints. Murong Xuan asked them to spare the survivors, saying the family had already paid enough.

• Chu Kuangren killed Murong Yu with his sword qi clones and took his Xuanhuang Emperor Qi.
• The Second Ancestor of the Mystic Heaven Sect arrived and found Chu Kuangren fighting Murong Second Ancestor, while Murong Fourth Ancestor was already dead.
• Chu Kuangren told the Second Ancestor that he had killed Murong Fourth Ancestor, and the two joined forces against Murong Second Ancestor.
• Chu Kuangren and the Second Ancestor killed Murong Second Ancestor; Chu Kuangren captured and destroyed his saint spirit and refined his body.
• Murong Xuan asked Chu Kuangren and the Second Ancestor to spare the remaining Murong Family members.

After saving Murong Xuan from the Murong Family, Chu Kuangren promised to find a way to heal his damaged Spirit Ruins. He then ordered the Murong Family to gather information on Black Feather Tower, making clear that it too would pay for harming a member of the Mystic Heaven Sect.

• Chu Kuangren took 341 of the Murong Family's precious swords and kept the Mirage Tower hovering over their residence.
• Chu Kuangren told Murong Xuan he could heal his Spirit Ruins, then privately vowed to research a cure himself.
• Chu Kuangren sent Lan Yu to deliver a message to the Murong Family.
• Lan Yu ordered the Murong Family to gather detailed information on Black Feather Tower by the following morning.
• Murong Feng realized Chu Kuangren intended to pursue Black Feather Tower as well.

Chu Kuangren obtained the Heavenly Derivation Pill Canon and learned a formula that could repair Murong Xuan’s Spirit Ruins, then went to confront the Black Feather Tower over its role in Murong Xuan’s injury. The Black Feather Tower Master panicked upon realizing Chu Kuangren was coming, just as Ghost Street’s barrier began to collapse.

• Chu Kuangren drew the Heavenly Derivation Pill Canon, whose artifact spirit, Little Tian, gave him the Spirit-Replenishing Pill formula for repairing a Spirit Ruins.
• Chu Kuangren learned that the formula required a rare Seven-Colored Nebula Flower and committed the recipe to memory.
• After Lan Yu delivered the Murong Family’s information on the Black Feather Tower, Chu Kuangren set out with her to deal with the tower.
• A Black Feather Tower cultivator reported Chu Kuangren’s approach to the Tower Master, who realized the tower had crippled Chu Kuangren’s junior brother, Murong Xuan, and ordered an immediate escape.
• Ghost Street’s barrier cracked apart, flooding the street with sunlight as its sky collapsed.

Chu Kuangren destroyed Ghost Street’s barrier and wiped out Black Feather Tower after its people crippled his junior brother’s cultivation. He left with Lan Yu as news of his attack spread, making him an enemy of the Black Tortoise Domain’s demonic path and drawing the Netherworld’s attention.

• Chu Kuangren shattered Ghost Street’s invisible barrier, then killed a Demon Cultivator who challenged him.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu approached Black Feather Tower, and he sealed the area with his nine heavens sword prison phenomenon.
• Chu Kuangren struck down the tower master and summoned sword qi clones to kill Black Feather Tower’s fleeing assassins.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu watched the fighting, plundered the ruined tower, and left Ghost Street.
• The surviving Demon Cultivators discussed Chu Kuangren’s attack as news of his recent killings and the destruction of Black Feather Tower spread across Firmament Star.

After Chu Kuangren killed two Murong Family Saints to defend Murong Xuan, the powers of the Azure Dragon Domain and the demonic path feared provoking him. On the journey home, Chu Kuangren found a Seven-Colored Nebula Flower with the Treasure-Seeking Art and redirected the Mirage Tower to obtain medicine for Murong Xuan, claiming he had already figured out how to heal him.

• The Saintly Dao Traditions of the Azure Dragon Domain learned why Chu Kuangren killed the Murong Family Saints and ordered their people to avoid conflict with the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• The demonic organizations learned that Chu Kuangren had destroyed Ghost Street's barrier and wiped out the Black Feather Tower, while the Netherworld's silence convinced them it feared him too.
• Aboard the Mirage Tower, Chu Kuangren cultivated to mid-stage Venerable after refining the two Saints' Bodies and considered how to repair Murong Xuan's Spirit Ruins.
• Chu Kuangren used the Treasure-Seeking Art and found a Saint-grade Seven-Colored Nebula Flower among other medicines about thirty thousand kilometers to the south.
• Chu Kuangren changed the Mirage Tower's course and told the Second Ancestor of the Mystic Heaven Sect that he had figured out how to treat Murong Xuan.

The Second Ancestor of the Mystic Heaven Sect was astonished that Chu Kuangren had devised a way to heal Spirit Ruins in just two days. Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu attended Saint Qingshuang’s gathering to study the Iron Pill Tome, where its pill formulas and promised Alchemy Grandmaster legacy drew the attention of many alchemists.

• The Second Ancestor of the Mystic Heaven Sect marveled at how quickly Chu Kuangren had researched a treatment for Spirit Ruins injuries.
• Saint Qingshuang invited alchemists to her valley to decipher the Iron Pill Tome’s eighty-eight incomplete pill formulas, with the legacy going to whoever completed the most.
• Grandmaster Li and Gu Jiang exchanged barbed remarks over their long-standing rivalry after Gu Jiang arrived from the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu concealed their faces and entered the valley, where Chu Kuangren sensed that the seven-colored nebula flower was deep within Saint Qingshuang’s residence.
• Saint Qingshuang welcomed the alchemists and explained that she had studied the Iron Pill Tome for a thousand years but had completed only a dozen formulas.

Chu Kuangren used Little Tian to complete all the incomplete formulas in the Iron Pill Tome, then surprised Saint Qingshuang and the gathered alchemists by claiming he could finish them all. Gu Jiang failed to recognize his Sect Leader and dismissed the claim, leaving Chu Kuangren privately irritated with him.

• Saint Qingshuang invited Grandmaster Li and Gu Jiang to discuss the Iron Pill Tome, and Gu Jiang impressed her with insights that left Grandmaster Li resentful.
• Gu Jiang credited Chu Kuangren with guiding his alchemy, but Grandmaster Li doubted him and insulted Chu Kuangren.
• Chu Kuangren decided he could not spend ten days to half a month completing the formulas, so he asked Little Tian to finish them with the Heavenly Derivation Pill Canon.
• Little Tian completed every incomplete formula in moments, and Chu Kuangren approached Saint Qingshuang to announce that he could complete them all.
• Gu Jiang failed to recognize Chu Kuangren and told him to study for a thousand years, while Chu Kuangren privately resolved to dock his pay.

Chu Kuangren completed every formula on the pill scroll and claimed the Alchemy Grandmaster's legacy, then exchanged it with Saint Qingshuang for the Seven-Colored Nebula Flower. After Grandmaster Li tried to seize the legacy and was knocked away, he left with resentment and a new resolve.

• Chu Kuangren agreed to complete the pill formulas in exchange for Saint Qingshuang's Seven-Colored Nebula Flower.
• Chu Kuangren filled in every formula on the pill scroll, causing it to reveal the Alchemy Grandmaster's legacy.
• Chu Kuangren found the legacy's alchemy insights of little use to him and prepared to trade the book to Saint Qingshuang for the flower.
• Grandmaster Li tried to grab the book, but Chu Kuangren sent him flying and rebuked him for attempting to take it.
• Saint Qingshuang led Chu Kuangren away to fulfill their bargain, while Grandmaster Li left after deciding on a course of action.
• Saint Qingshuang allowed the visiting Pill Masters to explore the valley for three days.

Chu Kuangren revealed his identity to Saint Qingshuang, obtained the Seven-Colored Nebula Flower, and planned to refine a Spirit-Replenishing Pill to repair Murong Xuan's Spirit Ruins. Outside the valley, Grandmaster Li began scheming with the Overlord Body Sacred Clan to seize Saint Qingshuang's alchemy legacy.

• Saint Qingshuang showed Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu the precious herbs growing in her valley and asked to see their true appearances.
• Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu revealed themselves, and Saint Qingshuang was stunned by Chu Kuangren's beauty before recognizing him as the Mystic Heaven Sect's leader.
• Saint Qingshuang gave Chu Kuangren the Seven-Colored Nebula Flower, which he needed for Murong Xuan's Spirit Ruins.
• Chu Kuangren asked to use the valley's herbs to refine a Spirit-Replenishing Pill, and Saint Qingshuang eagerly agreed to let him try.
• Grandmaster Li asked an Overlord Body Sacred Clan expert to contact the clan leader about taking Saint Qingshuang's alchemy legacy so he could become a Grandmaster Alchemist.

Saint Cangwen attacked Saint Qingshuang to seize the Alchemy Grandmaster's inheritance for the Overlord Body Sacred Clan. When he moved to kill Gu Jiang, Saint Qingshuang stopped him by revealing that Gu Jiang belonged to Chu Kuangren's Mystic Heaven Sect.

• Chu Kuangren refined a Saint-grade Spirit-Replenishing Pill in Saint Qingshuang's chamber while Saint Qingshuang watched in admiration.
• Saint Cangwen arrived at Qingshuang Valley with Grandmaster Li and demanded Saint Qingshuang hand over the Alchemy Grandmaster's inheritance.
• Saint Qingshuang rejected Saint Cangwen's offer, and he declared that the Overlord Body Sacred Clan would take the inheritance by force.
• Saint Cangwen struck Saint Qingshuang with the Resplendent Heaven-Shaking Fist and drove her back, exposing the gap between their cultivation.
• Gu Jiang spoke up for Saint Qingshuang, so Saint Cangwen forced him to his knees and prepared to kill him.
• Saint Qingshuang shouted that Gu Jiang belonged to the Mystic Heaven Sect, and Saint Cangwen recognized his connection to Chu Kuangren.

Chu Kuangren emerged after refining a Ninth-Grade Saint-Rank Treasure Pill and found Saint Cangwen attacking Saint Qingshuang over the Alchemy Grandmaster’s legacy. After Gu Jiang explained what had happened, Chu Kuangren coldly asked who had hurt him.

• Saint Cangwen struck Gu Jiang, leaving him badly injured, and demanded that Saint Qingshuang surrender the Alchemy Grandmaster’s legacy.
• A vast pill cloud appeared over Qingshuang Valley, then multiplied into nine clouds as an unprecedented Ninth-Grade Saint-Rank Treasure Pill was completed.
• Saint Cangwen attacked Saint Qingshuang again, but a purple sword light from the valley blocked his punch and forced him back.
• Chu Kuangren emerged from the valley with a woman, and Grandmaster Li recognized him as the person who had completed the Pill Scroll’s incomplete formulas.
• Gu Jiang told Chu Kuangren that Saint Cangwen had injured him and was trying to seize Saint Qingshuang’s legacy, and Chu Kuangren asked who had hurt him.

Chu Kuangren confronted Saint Cangwen over his attack on Gu Jiang and demanded that he pay for injuring a member of the Mystic Heaven Sect. Saint Cangwen fought Chu Kuangren’s Sword Formation, then severed his own arm to secure permission to leave Qingshuang Valley.

• The crowd learned that the Grandmaster who refined the ninth-grade saint-level Treasure Pill was Chu Kuangren, and he asked Saint Cangwen to answer for Gu Jiang’s injuries.
• Chu Kuangren gave three reasons for intervening: his role in Saint Qingshuang’s inheritance, his debt to her, and Saint Cangwen’s attack on someone from the Mystic Heaven Sect.
• Saint Cangwen tried to leave with Grandmaster Li, but Chu Kuangren demanded that he sever his own arm before going.
• Saint Cangwen attacked Chu Kuangren, who trapped him in a Sword Formation and wounded him with sword qi.
• Unable to escape the formation, Saint Cangwen severed his left arm, and Chu Kuangren let him leave with Grandmaster Li.

Chu Kuangren healed Gu Jiang, revealed the Saint-Level Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills he had refined, and invited Saint Qingshuang to join the Mystic Heaven Sect for protection. Back aboard the Mirage Tower, the Second Ancestor promised Chu Kuangren the sect’s unconditional support, while Chu explained why he had spared Saint Cangwen.

• Chu Kuangren healed Gu Jiang with the Spring Wind Transforming Rain Technique and showed everyone the three Saint-Level Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills he had refined.
• Chu Kuangren invited Saint Qingshuang to join the Mystic Heaven Sect, and she agreed so she could safely tend spirit medicines and study alchemy.
• Chu Kuangren, Lan Yu, Gu Jiang, Saint Qingshuang, and one of her disciples returned to the Mirage Tower, where the Second Ancestor welcomed Saint Qingshuang into the sect.
• The Second Ancestor told Chu Kuangren that the Mystic Heaven Sect would support his decisions unconditionally.
• Chu Kuangren explained that he had spared Saint Cangwen to deter the Overlord Body Sacred Clan without provoking the factions into uniting against the Mystic Heaven Sect.

Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect after restoring Murong Xuan’s Spirit Ruins with a Sage Pill and bringing Saint Qingshuang into the sect. He urged the elders to curb the sect’s growing ambition and tighten discipline, while Venerable Xuanqi unexpectedly sneezed in his cottage.

• Chu Kuangren gave Murong Xuan the Spirit-Replenishing Pill, and Murong Xuan later recovered as a burst of Sword Qi rose from the Mirage Tower.
• Chu Kuangren returned to the Mystic Heaven Sect aboard the Mirage Tower, where the elders mistook it for an enemy before he stored it inside his Heaven and Earth Ring.
• The Divine Phoenix, Lil Red, welcomed Chu Kuangren, and Chu Kuangren introduced Saint Qingshuang as a new member of the sect.
• Chu Kuangren heard the elders discuss the sect’s rising prestige and warned them against rash expansion, ordering stricter discipline for disciples and subordinate forces.
• Venerable Xuanqi sneezed in his cottage and wondered whether a Quasi-Saint could catch a cold.

Chu Kuangren established the Gravity Trial Ground at the Mystic Heaven Sect, giving its disciples a new way to train. The disciples’ cultivation advanced rapidly over the following year as the sect flourished under his leadership.

• Chu Kuangren drew the Gravity Domain formation and had Elder Ruyan build a palace to house it.
• Chu Kuangren demonstrated the formation’s five difficulty levels and named the palace the Gravity Trial Ground, while Elder Ruyan arranged its promotion.
• Junyi and Nangong Huang chose hell difficulty, were pinned down for two hours, and left leaning on the wall.
• Murong Xuan chose nightmare difficulty and was immediately slammed to the ground, realizing Nangong Huang had misled him.
• The sect’s disciples trained in the Gravity Trial Ground alongside the Sword Tower, and the Mystic Heaven Sect grew stronger over the next year.