Recaps

Ling Yi made Xiao Li and Shuang'er members of his permanent team, then received Yan Wuqie and Hong Yunying, who sought to ally with him. He declared that he intended to rule Blue Star and make its people answer to him alone.

• Ling Yi decided to investigate the Church of Truth’s branch strongholds and used a Tesseract to make Xiao Li a Chosen One, then formed a permanent team with her and Shuang'er.
• Yan Wuqie and Hong Yunying discussed Ling Yi’s power and the danger that powerful organizations and ambitious officials would target him, then decided to visit him.
• When Yan Cheng’s guards demanded that Yan Wuqie and Hong Yunying go to the chairman immediately, Yan Wuqie killed both guards with lightning.
• Yan Wuqie and Hong Yunying met Ling Yi, and Hong Yunying apologized for Li Fei’s harassment.
• Ling Yi told Yan Wuqie that he intended to become the king of Blue Star and ensure that only his voice ruled it.

Ling Yi entered his third Mission World as Li Xue, a low-ranking Shengyun Sect disciple, and learned he had to qualify for the Ten Thousand Immortals Championship without exposing his identity. The chapter left him registering for the sect’s selection despite being far below the required cultivation level.

• Ling Yi recruited Hong Yunying while Yan Wuqie refused to join, then publicly hunted high-level Weirds and invading monsters across the Ancient Country.
• Before the fifty-third Mission World login, Shuang'er explained that story missions could assign party members randomized identities and locations.
• Ling Yi replaced Dress with Clone and Bad Luck Aura with Summon, keeping his other skills.
• Ling Yi arrived in a technologically advanced cultivation world as Li Xue, a medicinal-garden menial disciple of the Shengyun Sect, and received a mission to clear the first round of the Ten Thousand Immortals Championship without revealing his identity.
• Ling Yi learned he needed a place on the Shengyun Sect’s team of 100 contestants and registered as a 22-year-old early Foundation Establishment disciple.

Ling Yi used his registration to challenge No. 39, Chi Hu, and entered the arena under the identity Li Xue. When Chi Hu threatened to expose him, Ling Yi summoned hundreds of clones and defeated him in seconds.

• Ling Yi received approval for the Ten Thousand Immortals Championship, but learned he had to challenge one of the hundred qualified contestants to earn a spot.
• Ling Li, Fan Shuang'er, and Hong Yunying revealed their identities and contestant numbers in team chat, while Ling Li explained that her status as the sect master's daughter had helped Ling Yi's registration pass.
• Hong Yunying exposed Chi Hu as a Church of Truth member in regional chat and coaxed him into revealing he was No. 39.
• Ling Yi chose No. 39 as his challenge target and was transported to an arena, where he appeared as Li Xue.
• Chi Hu tried to uncover Ling Yi's identity and threatened to expose him, but Ling Yi summoned hundreds of clones that overwhelmed and defeated Chi Hu.

Ling Yi tested his clone ability, became Luan Wudi’s direct disciple, and used thousands of clones to cultivate until he reached the middle Golden Core Stage. The Ten Thousand Immortals Championship then began, transporting him to a crowded valley where everyone’s spirit devices sounded an alert.

• Ling Yi discovered that his clones could summon more clones and cultivate, though successive generations grew less capable and weaker.
• Luan Wudi, sect master of the Shengyun Sect, made Ling Yi his direct disciple and confirmed that his Divine Ability exempted him from the championship’s cultivation requirements.
• Ling Yi had thousands of clones practice the Qi Guiding Art, rapidly advancing from Qi Refining to the middle Golden Core Stage before stopping to preserve his eligibility.
• Ling Yi followed the championship officials’ instructions, poured Spiritual Power into his spirit device, and was transported to a crowded valley.

Ling Yi entered the championship’s first-round cave abode scramble and learned that contestants had to race for cultivation caves while fighting was allowed before entry. At the countdown, he used Infinite Clone to block the other contestants and sent four figures toward cave abode No. 1.

• Ling Yi downloaded the championship app, saw his livestream audience grow, and learned he was ranked 5,700th with unknown cultivation and the Divine Ability Clone.
• Host Xue Ying announced that the provincial championships would lead to regional finals, then explained that the first round was a scramble for nine cave abodes with different Spiritual Qi concentrations and capacities.
• Ling Yi learned that contestants could attack one another before entering a cave abode, but fighting inside was forbidden, and he told Ling Li, Fan Shuang'er, and Hong Yunying to raise their right hands and run toward cave abode No. 1.
• When the countdown ended, Ling Yi used Infinite Clone to fill the open ground and block the other contestants, while four figures raised their right hands and charged toward the caves.
• The trapped contestants attacked the clones and protested that Ling Yi’s human wall was unfair.

Ling Yi used his limitless clones to block the other contestants while he and his companions advanced, and his identity and abilities stunned the host and viewers. Yan Wuqie arranged for the contestants to use cave abodes Nos. 6 through 9, while Li Fei was exposed as a Church of Truth member and left the Mission World.

• Ling Yi's invincible clones trapped the contestants at the starting point as he sped ahead with Shuang'er, Xiao Li, and Hong Yunying.
• Host Xue Ying discovered that Li Xue had recently been a servant disciple guarding Shengyun Sect's herb garden and marveled at his powerful clones.
• Ling Yi told his companions that his clones could be summoned endlessly, persist indefinitely, and cultivate to boost his strength.
• Yan Wuqie recognized Ling Yi and relayed that the other contestants could use only cave abodes Nos. 6 through 9.
• A chubby contestant overheard Li Fei's threats and plans, identified him as a Church of Truth member, and exposed his location in Regional Chat.
• After the contestants learned Li Fei had inherited a divine ability, Li Fei left the Mission World.

Ling Yi advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage during the first round, then entered the Crystal Tower Defense Battle and discovered he could still control his clones across secret realms. Host Xue Ying offered him the Body Explosion Art and cultivation resources in exchange for help killing Xiang Tianming, who had murdered her parents; Ling Yi agreed as Xue Ying revealed she had only three months before Xiang Tianming could act against her.

• Yan Wuqie announced the Ancient Country passwords, and Ling Yi's clones eliminated more than eight hundred foreign Chosen Ones before the contestants entered the cave abodes.
• Ling Yi and the others cultivated for ten days, and Ling Yi broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage before the second round began.
• Ling Yi entered the canyon alone for the Crystal Tower Defense Battle and realized he could communicate with and control his clones in the first-round secret realm.
• Xue Ying questioned Ling Yi's clone about the Infinite Clone Divine Ability and offered him a spell and cultivation resources in exchange for help.
• Xue Ying revealed that Xiang Tianming had killed her parents over an Immortal Grade spirit herb secret realm, and said she had only three months before he could target her.
• Ling Yi agreed to learn the Body Explosion Art and help Xue Ying kill Xiang Tianming.

Ling Yi sent clones with Xue Ying to infiltrate a Huayang Sect cultivation secret realm, where they learned the Body Explosion Art and prepared to exploit its synergy with Infinite Clone. Meanwhile, Ling Yi’s team began the championship’s second round, recruiting over a thousand Chosen Ones as his clones swept through the canyon; the chapter ended with a million clones charging into the secret realm and a Huayang Sect elder mistaking Ling Yi for Li Xue.

• Xue Ying transported Ling Yi’s clones to a guarded Huayang Sect secret realm with unusually dense Spiritual Qi and taught them the Body Explosion Art.
• The second round of the Ten Thousand Immortals Championship began, and Ling Yi told his teammates to defend their bases while his clones hunted monsters for points.
• Ling Yi offered to carry other Chosen Ones through the round in exchange for their points and a Skill Advancement Point, and more than 1,200 joined his team.
• Ling Li turned the tables on five would-be robbers from TTZ, while Ling Yi muted the team chat as members argued about his identity and the Chosen Ones.
• Ling Yi’s clones learned the Body Explosion Art and created a million secondary clones, which charged down the snowy peak and caused thunderous explosions.
• A Huayang Sect elder saw the attack and wondered why Li Xue had appeared at the secret realm while competing in the championship.

Ling Yi used his million clones to seize the Huayang Sect’s cultivation secret realm, while the sect elder confronted Xue Ying over her plot against Ling Yi and Xiang Tianming. After learning more about the world and the championship, Ling Yi planned to protect Feng Xue while limiting how far he advanced, and prepared for the next competition stage.

• After Ling Yi’s clones threatened the Huayang Sect with self-detonations, the Huayang Sect elder withdrew his disciples and confronted Xue Ying, who still insisted Xiang Tianming must die.
• The elder considered reporting Xue Ying to the Immortal Alliance but decided to wait because Ling Yi might help the Cangnan Region in the championship.
• Ling Yi’s clones searched their spirit devices for information, discovered Xiang Tianming’s good reputation, and vanished, leaving Feng Xue alone in the secret realm.
• Ling Yi’s cultivation surged to the Mahayana Stage, but he stopped advancing so he could stay in the Ten Thousand Immortals Championship and earn at least an A rating.
• Ling Yi planned to protect Feng Xue with clones and limit his championship progress; after the second stage, most Chosen Ones left his team, while Ling Yi and his three companions aimed to secure places in the Cloud Province top ten.

Ling Yi helped the Chosen Ones advance through the Cloud Province competition and met with Luan Wudi, who warned him about the dangers of the Immortal Realm and the championship. After they agreed to become fellow Daoists, Ling Yi took Xiao Li, Shuang'er, and Hong Yunying to a cultivation secret realm and began using clones to study the Shengyun Sect’s techniques.

• Ling Yi used his clones to help the Chosen Ones find secret realms and advance through the Cloud Province arena matches.
• Luan Wudi told Ling Yi that the Immortal Alliance had taken Feng Xue and warned him that the Immortal Realm and the Five Domains championship were dangerous.
• Ling Yi decided to pursue first place and visit the Immortal Realm, while telling Luan Wudi that his original body would not compete.
• Luan Wudi raised Ling Yi’s spirit-device access and shared secret-realm coordinates, then the two agreed to address each other as fellow Daoists.
• Ling Yi took Xiao Li, Shuang'er, and Hong Yunying to a Shengyun Sect cultivation secret realm and urged them to cultivate.
• Ling Yi created five hundred thousand clones, which began studying cultivation methods and spells from the sect’s manual hall.

Ling Yi took his team to the Ten Thousand Immortals Championship and used his overwhelming Spiritual Power and a formation to keep them safe while they cultivated through the first stage. On the seventh day, Team No. 7 became the pursuers, and Ling Yi released ten thousand clones to hunt down the remaining teams.

• Ling Yi learned the Shengyun Sect’s techniques and chose the Holy Yuan Art before Luan Wudi took him and the others to Central Province for the championship.
• Ling Yi rejected Xu Hong’s invitation to cooperate, and Yan Wuqie warned the team that the other provinces’ seeded competitors had powerful Divine Abilities.
• The ninety competitors entered the secret realm for a cat-and-mouse contest, and Ling Yi led his team toward the summit despite Yan Wuqie’s concerns.
• Xu Hong attacked Ling Yi with a net of smoke, but Ling Yi shattered it with Spiritual Power and continued to the summit.
• Ling Yi set up a powerful formation around the summit, where his team cultivated for six days while other competitors failed to break through the barrier.
• When Team No. 7 became the pursuers on the seventh day, Ling Yi summoned ten thousand clones and sent them in search of prey.

After Ling Yi swiftly secured the provincial championship, he decided to pursue the highest rating despite concerns about destabilizing Blue Star. When Luan Wudi revealed that an Immortal Realm observer would be watching the domain-level competition, Ling Yi prepared to compete and sent clones to clear Divine Ability Secret Realms.

• Ling Yi used his clones and Transport skill to finish the provincial competition’s second round in one day, while Xiao Li and the others surrendered in the third round.
• Luan Wudi warned Ling Yi he might be targeted in the Central Domain and explained the benefits and dangers of the upcoming rounds.
• Fan Shuang'er urged Ling Yi to prioritize stability, but Hong Yunying and Ling Li argued he should aim for the top score; Ling Yi agreed that he could handle anyone who caused trouble.
• Ling Yi spent nearly twenty days practicing cultivation techniques and spells, raising his combat power above fifty million without advancing his realm.
• Luan Wudi told Ling Yi that he had drawn first place in the Central Domain competition and that an Immortal Realm figure would be observing; Ling Yi welcomed the chance to visit the Immortal Realm.
• Ling Yi sent clones with Luan Wudi to clear the sect’s Divine Ability Secret Realms so he could gain their abilities, then checked his system panel.

After the other Chosen Ones left the Mission World, Ling Yi gathered resources and people in his Grid Space, then went to the Sacred City for the upcoming competition. At the Sacred Sect headquarters, the Sacred Lord revealed that Ling Yi’s clone ability was not a Divine Ability and ordered his clones to beat a captive named Ye Chen.

• Ling Yi gained twelve spirit inheritances that strengthened his Clone skill, then placed Xiao Li, Shuang'er, Hong Yunying, and thousands of mortals in his Grid Space.
• Ling Yi collected cultivation resources and moved mountains, lakes, palaces, and three cultivators into the Grid Space to test its limits.
• Ling Yi arrived in the Sacred City, where Luan Wudi gave him money and told him to wait for the first round of the competition.
• Luan Wudi brought Ling Yi to the Sacred Sect headquarters, where the Sacred Lord asked to see his clones and explained that no spells or Divine Abilities worked in his secret realm.
• The Sacred Lord said Ling Yi might survive by winning the Ten Thousand Immortals Championship, kept his clones, and ordered them to beat the captive Ye Chen.

Ling Yi completed the tournament in Ye Chen’s small world, but the Chosen One Brand detected escaped data and forcibly removed him just after he entered the Immortal Realm. Back in the real world, he collected his settlement rewards and discussed the updated Points Store with his companions.

• Ling Yi killed Gao Ming after learning the Immortal Realm inspector planned to block his ascension, then rushed through the tournament procedures and earned an SSS-rank mission rating.
• Ye Chen opened Ling Yi’s box and received the Chosen One Brand, which revealed information about Chosen Ones and future Mission Worlds.
• Ling Yi arrived in the Immortal Realm’s tournament arena, where the Chosen One Brand warned him about escaped data and forced him out of the Mission World.
• Ling Yi received 256,000 points, selected Clone and Summon to retain, gained agreement rewards and two World Marks, and returned to his living room.
• Ling Yi learned that Shuang’er, Hong Yunying, and Xiao Li had received their mission rewards, then sent Xiao Li into the Grid Space while his companions tried their new abilities.

Ling Yi upgraded his skills, expanded his surveillance across Blue Star, and wiped out the Church of Truth while gathering its members’ Brand Tesseracts. He left the chapter confronting the Church’s leader at its underground headquarters as he considered whether his clones could enter Mission Worlds.

• Ling Yi advanced his skills to SSS rank where possible and discovered that his clones could swap coordinates with him.
• Fan Shuang'er tracked the Church of Truth and warned Ling Yi that its members and other factions were targeting him, so he arranged an auction for the method of turning ordinary people into Chosen Ones.
• Ling Yi summoned Spirits of the Five Elements to patrol Blue Star, then sent clones to eliminate the Church of Truth’s worldwide membership.
• Ling Yi plundered more than three hundred thousand Brand Tesseracts and gave them to his clones, hoping they could be recognized as Chosen Ones and enter Mission Worlds.
• Ling Yi confronted the middle-aged leader of the Church of Truth at its underground headquarters, where the man accused him of upsetting the balance between Chosen One Worlds.

Ling Yi uncovered the origins of Song Yu’s Chosen One World, imposed his rule over Blue Star, and used ten million clones to multiply his strength. After unsealing himself, he met Gu Youyou again and sent her beyond the plot world, then began a new transmigration.

• Ling Yi seized Song Yu’s Brand Tesseract and learned that Gu Youyou had created Chosen Ones in a world of Weirds, while its people manipulated the Ten Realms Contest to weaken other worlds.
• Ling Yi isolated Song Yu in the Grid Space, then declared his rules for Blue Star and stripped more than ten million rule-breaking Chosen Ones of their Brand Tesseracts, giving them to his clones.
• After the clones entered the Mission Worlds, Ling Yi found that their rewards fed back to him and his growing strength fed back to them, causing his power to soar.
• Ling Yi used Words Become Law to summon Gu Youyou, who revealed that she was the consciousness of the world’s plot rules and wanted to escape the plot world through Boundary Breaking.
• Ling Yi unsealed himself and sent Gu Youyou into the Ling Realm beside Yin Wanqing, then left a clone behind and began a new transmigration.

Ten years after transmigrating, Ling Yi endured a world where everyone believed in imaginary classes and awakening, while he secretly relied on his Low-Profile System. On the eve of awakening day, he planned to investigate the disappearance of his parents, unaware that his classmate Lin Shu was another transmigrator who knew the truth.

• Homeroom teacher Luo Yuhai scolded the sleeping Lin Shu, while Bai Yue admired his supposed magical power and Ling Yi silently recognized the delusion.
• Luo Yuhai dismissed the class before awakening day, and Bai Yue told Ling Yi she was still deciding which class to choose.
• Ling Yi reflected on the world's false class system, his Low-Profile System, and his plan to avoid trouble after graduation.
• After Ling Yi and Bai Yue left, Lin Shu revealed that he was also a transmigrator who knew the class system was imaginary, then stomped on his textbooks and left.
• Ling Yi passed teachers Gao Hu and Zi Yunleng in their makeshift warrior and priest outfits, then decided to investigate his missing parents after awakening day.

Ling Yi’s attempt to get home quietly turned into a rescue when he caught a girl who had fallen from the city wall during a mock martial-arts fight. He carried her home instead of contacting the Awakening Bureau, while the girl’s identity and the consequences of the fight remained unresolved.

• Two members of the Heaven-Exploding Sect mistook Ling Yi’s presence for the aura of a level-one-hundred big shot, surrendered, and fled after he crushed their toy weapons.
• Ling Yi spotted two women fighting on a city wall, and the shorter woman fell after the taller one struck her with a staff.
• Ling Yi caught the unconscious girl and heard her plead that he not report the incident to the Awakening Bureau.
• The taller woman fled when she sensed Ling Yi approaching, and Ling Yi carried the girl and her rolling pins toward home.
• Ling Yi recalled that he had once killed two rabid dogs and crippled a third with stones, causing the Awakening Bureau to regard him as a hidden big shot.

After Little Potato woke with amnesia, Ling Yi left her at the hotel and raced to school for the annual awakening ceremony. He arrived just as his class was called into the awakening room, where Director Li was overseeing the students.

• Ling Yi covered the unconscious Little Potato, made dinner, and worried that her head injury might have lasting effects.
• Little Potato woke the next morning with a headache and no memory of her name or past, though she remembered being a fifth-grade, level 52 archer who had changed class to assassin.
• Ling Yi realized it was awakening day and rushed out, while Little Potato recovered fragments of her memories by wielding her God-Slaying Daggers and practicing her skills.
• Ling Yi bicycled twenty-five kilometers to Dafeng City No. 3 Middle School and arrived at eight o'clock, then joined Class Three for its awakening.
• Director Li greeted the students in the awakening room and instructed them to step forward in student-number order, giving Ling Yi a gentle look.

Ling Yi watched his classmates awaken their talents and choose classes, while he and Lin Shu recognized that the supposed Awakening Stone was only a shot put. After Lin Shu awakened with ninth-grade talent as an archer, Ling Yi stepped up to awaken, with Director Li secretly aware of his immense power and intent on helping him keep a low profile.

• Ling Yi overheard Lin Shu complain about the Awakening Stone and discuss choosing a class, and he considered becoming a priest because he already knew a real Healing Technique.
• Students awakened one by one, and Director Li announced their talent grades and classes as the Awakening Bureau recorded them.
• White Moon awakened with second-grade talent and chose mage, earning praise from Luo Yuhai and Director Li.
• Gao Yan awakened with third-grade talent and chose mage, then stood beside Luo Yuhai while glaring jealously at White Moon.
• Lin Shu awakened with ninth-grade talent and chose archer, leaving Ling Yi as the last student to go.
• Director Li recognized Ling Yi as the powerful figure who had once defeated Hell Demon Hounds, and Ling Yi placed his hand on the Awakening Stone.

Ling Yi awakened with transcendent-grade talent as a priest, making his attempt to keep a low profile impossible. After rethinking what keeping a low profile meant, he agreed to hunt monsters with White Moon and rejected Song Yan’s attempt to join them.

• Ling Yi’s awakening triggered golden light and immense pressure, and Director Li recorded his talent as transcendent-grade while Luo Yuhai protested his choice of priest.
• Director Li argued that priest class could protect Ling Yi from enemies such as the Church of Darkness, then urged Luo Yuhai to leave Ling Yi alone and keep his talent secret.
• Back in class, Ling Yi reasoned that only a powerful person could truly keep a low profile and decided to embrace his conspicuous talent instead.
• Luo Yuhai explained the requirements for professional schools, and Ling Yi agreed to hunt monsters with White Moon the next day after trying to learn Healing Technique.
• Song Yan asked to join Ling Yi and White Moon, but Ling Yi refused, and Song Yan left.

Ling Yi visited the Professionals' Guild and accepted several lucrative quests based on his unusual view that the monsters and herbs were ordinary animals and plants. Back home, he discussed Little Potato’s missing memories and plans to level up, but White Moon’s message left him without a party for the next day.

• Ling Yi rejected Song Yan, then agreed to meet White Moon at Garden Station to grind monsters the next morning.
• Ling Yi visited the Professionals' Guild, learned how to browse quests, and accepted four collection quests for the western outskirts wasteland.
• Ling Yi returned home and found that Little Potato had eaten the leftovers and washed the dishes.
• Little Potato said she still could not remember her name and offered to take Ling Yi outside the city, while warning that someone might be searching for her.
• White Moon texted Ling Yi that her family had arranged a professional grinding team for her, leaving Ling Yi without a party.
• Little Potato asked Ling Yi if he had been dumped.

Ling Yi bought four skills and went to Garden Station, where Shared Vision revealed the elaborate game-like world others perceived beneath ordinary reality. After Song Yan exposed his transcendent-grade talent to Zhao Ming and the crowd, Ling Yi realized she might have made him a target for hostile forces.

• Ling Yi refused to take Little Potato monster hunting and bought Healing Technique, Shared Vision, Mental Contract, and Holy Light Technique.
• Ling Yi arrived at Garden Station and saw Song Yan gathering a team with Professionals' Guild protection.
• Song Yan mocked Ling Yi and displayed equipment that looked like makeshift household items to him.
• Ling Yi used Shared Vision on bystanders and saw their consistent special-effects view of armor, names, levels, and transformed city buildings.
• Ling Yi told Song Yan to shut up, then drove off Zhao Ming when he threatened him.
• Song Yan revealed Ling Yi's transcendent-grade talent to Zhao Ming, and Ling Yi feared the disclosure could draw assassination attempts.

After Song Yan exposed Ling Yi’s transcendent-grade talent, the crowd and a guild priest distanced themselves from her, while Ling Yi left the city to investigate the world’s strange special effects. He contracted three hundred Short-Beaked Wind Eagles and confirmed that his Holy Light Technique caused real damage, then prepared to test it on another monster.

• Song Yan blurted out that Ling Yi had a transcendent-grade talent, and Zhao Ming realized it was likely true before leaving to warn his parents.
• Zhao Ming and the crowd withdrew, and the Professionals’ Guild priest canceled the newbie protection mission and left Song Yan behind.
• Ling Yi boarded the bus to the monster-grinding area and wondered whether professionals’ special-effect skills could cause real damage.
• Ling Yi used Mental Contract on three hundred Short-Beaked Wind Eagles and discovered through synchronized vision that animals and the landscape also appeared as enormous, fantastical versions of themselves.
• Ling Yi killed a Giant-Pincer Army Ant with Holy Light Technique and saw the scorched ground after turning off synchronized vision, then aimed the skill at a Curled-Horn Beast.

Ling Yi discovered that Professionals’ skills appeared to be visual effects, but their damage was real and scaled with talent grade. After returning home, he learned that Ziying was a level 52 Hunter from the Church of Darkness, though neither she nor Director Li knew that her amnesia was genuine; the chapter ended with Ziying staying beside Ling Yi as the Church’s threat loomed.

• Ling Yi tested the world’s game-like effects and found that skill damage was real, with higher talent grades dealing greater damage.
• Ling Yi sold the day’s monster spoils for over a hundred thousand and returned home to find Director Li and three Awakeners confronting Little Potato.
• Director Li identified Little Potato as Ziying, alias Shadow, a level 52 Archer who had advanced into an Assassin and was suspected of being a Church of Darkness Hunter.
• Director Li warned that the Church of Darkness would target Ling Yi and urged him to stay at the Awakening Bureau, but Ling Yi refused and asked Director Li to investigate the Church’s origins.
• Director Li left without telling Ling Yi that Ziying was an Awakening Bureau undercover agent, and he mistakenly believed she was pretending to have amnesia.