Ch. 205Herod Secret Realm

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe gained recognition of the Time, Wind, and Light Source Laws, then met Mo Ling, a descendant of Dark Lord whose Bai Ze avatar had revealed an opportunity inside the Silent Wind Belt. Mo Ling urged him to enter the deadly region, and he asked her to explain its treasures and history.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe received recognition of the Time, Wind, and Light Source Laws, increasing his ability to comprehend them.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe revealed his Immortal-level strength to Mo Ling and asked her about the Silent Wind Belt.
  • Mo Ling transformed into a human, identified herself as a disciple of Youmeng Sovereign and a descendant of Dark Lord, and verified her identity to Jiang Zhe.
  • Mo Ling revealed her Bai Ze avatar and explained that its Heaven's Revelation could communicate with the Primal Universe Willpower.
  • Mo Ling said the Silent Wind Belt held a powerful clan's legacy, treasures, and Beast God inheritances, and that the Primal Universe Willpower had identified Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe as the only Human Race member capable of entering it.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe asked Mo Ling to seek more specific instructions and explain the Silent Wind Belt's treasures and history.

Ch. 206Golden Veins? A Large Treasure?

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe learned about the Silent Wind Prison’s origins, dangers, and possible treasures before entering it to study the Silent Wind. In the Virtual Universe, he asked Dark Lord to guide him in creating a Venerable-level supreme technique, but Dark Lord questioned whether his law comprehension was sufficient.

  • Mo Ling explained that the Silent Wind Belt might have formed after Herod’s death and that the Silent Wind Prison was linked to a Venerable’s remains and Jiang Zhe’s Beast God Stone Tablets.
  • Mo Ling described how the Silent Wind Prison moved, how its token enabled entry and escape, and warned Jiang Zhe about its powerful prisoners and the danger of tempering his divine body with its Cosmic Energy.
  • Jiang Zhe entered the Silent Wind Prison, activated his token, and suspected it was a large treasure that he might someday control.
  • Jiang Zhe found that the Silent Wind had destroyed every living thing in his World Ring, then sat on a desolate planet to test its effects on his divine body.
  • Jiang Zhe asked Dark Lord for systematic guidance to create a Venerable-level supreme technique and said he would leave Chaos City for life-and-death tempering once he had established its foundation.
  • Dark Lord decided to arrange for Jiang Zhe to explore a Cosmic Mystic Realm outside Human Territory, then asked him to demonstrate his Thunder and Time Fusion Law comprehension.

Ch. 207Palm Thunder!

Jiang Zhe studied arcane techniques in Chaos City and tested how the Silent Wind affected his Divine Body, discovering that the Silent Wind Belt could not be adapted to like the prison. After a Time-Space Nightmare Beast attacked his Life Core, Jiang Zhe suppressed it with his Thunder Universe projection and prepared a Palm Thunder strike.

  • The Dark Lord showed Jiang Zhe the arcane technique library, explained how to assess his creations, and set Infinite Space opponents as a measure of their rank.
  • Jiang Zhe cultivated the Thunder and Time Fusion Laws in Chaos City while studying arcane techniques to create an ultimate technique.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe adapted his Divine Body to the Silent Wind inside Silent Wind Prison, then crossed into the Silent Wind Belt and found that its Strange Matter escaped during repeated collapses and reboots.
  • Jiang Zhe discovered that the original Silent Wind annihilated any Divine Body he reformed, so he retreated to Silent Wind Prison as a Life Core.
  • A Time-Space Nightmare Beast attacked Jiang Zhe's Life Core, but his Thunder Universe projection crushed its Law Domain and suppressed it.
  • Jiang Zhe reformed his Divine Body, summoned a lightning thunderball, and threatened the beast with a Palm Thunder strike.

Ch. 208Annihilation Lightning Chain and Petrification!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe fought the Time-Space Nightmare Beast with Thunder and Aegis, steadily destroying its Divine Body and trapping it with petrification. The beast detonated its armor and Divine Body, but Jiang Zhe survived and reflected that even enslaving it would be useless because it could never leave the Silent Wind Prison alive.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe struck the Time-Space Nightmare Beast with Palm Thunder, destroying its armor and more than 10% of its Divine Body with Annihilation Lightning Chains.
  • The Time-Space Nightmare Beast fled, but Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe caught up and used Void Collapse Style to swallow and grind down its body, reducing its combat power by half.
  • The Time-Space Nightmare Beast detonated its Flame Scales to break free, then offered a heavy treasure in exchange for peace, but Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe refused.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe used Aegis's Petrification to immobilize and erode the Time-Space Nightmare Beast, then attacked with Water Drop Style and Annihilation Lightning Chains.
  • The Time-Space Nightmare Beast detonated its armor and Divine Body, but Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe shielded himself with Aegis and survived.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe recalled Thunder and Aegis and concluded that the Time-Space Nightmare Beast could never leave the Silent Wind Prison alive.

Ch. 209Uncle Serpent, I Want to Kill!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe discovered that Golden Veins and Strange Matter formed the Silent Wind Prison’s hidden structure, then considered refining enough Strange Matter to sense and bind the Veins. He asked Mo Ling whether he could kill every living being in the prison to conduct an experiment, leaving her shocked.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe collected the Time-Space Nightmare Beast’s treasures, recovered the Flame Scale Armor, and bound its Golden Wings.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe used Reboot and burned his divine body repeatedly to study the Golden Particles and Golden Veins within the Silent Wind Prison.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe activated his token and saw its Golden Veins connect to the Prison’s Veins, briefly driving away Silent Wind.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe concluded that the Golden Veins and Golden Particles might form a powerful treasure and considered refining enough particles to sense the Veins.
  • Jiang Zhe asked Mo Ling whether he could kill every living being in the Silent Wind Prison for an experiment, and Mo Ling spilled her tea in shock.

Ch. 210Ten-Body Fruit! Hundred-Body Fruit! Thousand-Body Fruit!

Jiang Zhe revealed his plan to claim Silent Wind Prison and learned that Mo Ling sought its Thousand-Body Fruit to gain another clone. With the Human Race’s leaders’ approval and support, he prepared to clear the prison and test his growing arcane techniques, leaving his ultimate goal still beyond reach.

  • Jiang Zhe reviewed Silent Wind Prison’s rankings, confirmed that its Silent Wind Tempering would doom trapped explorers if the prison’s components were reclaimed, and learned that Mo Ling wanted the Thousand-Body Fruit for a clone.
  • Mo Ling agreed to report Jiang Zhe’s plan to her Patriarch, and Jiang Zhe asked her to keep his Silver-Clad Spirit clone secret except from the highest authorities.
  • Jiang Zhe met Great Axe Founder, Chaos City Lord, and Dark Lord, explained his theory for claiming Silent Wind Prison, and secured permission to try with the race’s backing.
  • Chaos City Lord promised restoration supplies, including Thunder Attribute materials, and arranged a Sealing Supreme Treasure to protect Human Race and Hong Alliance prisoners during Jiang Zhe’s attempt.
  • Jiang Zhe began training and tested his new techniques, with Palm Thunder defeating 822 opponents, Void Collapse Style defeating 1,362, and Water Drop Style defeating 1,513.

Ch. 211Ultimate Technique!

Jiang Zhe advanced his Water Drop Style from a Peak Arcane Technique to an Ultimate Arcane Technique, then used it to hunt the strongest prisoners in the Silent Wind Prison. After years of fighting and searching, Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe killed nearly every Immortal expert there and revealed his complete divine body as the Eternal Serpent.

  • Jiang Zhe defeated his 1,800th training-ground opponent, the White Radiance Cocoon, and the breakthrough strengthened his Water Drop Style and Thunder God Manifestation.
  • Jiang Zhe continued through the training-ground opponents, and Dark Lord arranged further challenges to help him refine the technique toward an Ultimate Arcane Technique.
  • Jiang Zhe defeated his 2,000th opponent, completing the Water Drop Style as an Ultimate Arcane Technique, while Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe demonstrated Time Stop in the Silent Wind Prison.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe began hunting the prison's strongest Immortals, using his World Projection, Time Stop, and Water Drop Style to defeat opponents including Puppet Evil King.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe spent more than seventy years searching the Silent Wind Prison and killing nearly every Immortal expert before unfurling his complete divine body as the Eternal Serpent.

Ch. 212Recognizing Starfall Tower as Master, Tempering

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe grew his Eternal Serpent body with thunder energy, then spent decades refining Golden Particles in Silent Wind Prison until he sensed and began recognizing the prison’s golden veins as master. As that process inflicted an illusion of consciousness collapse, he asked his main body for help; Jiang Zhe set out to temper his will and prepare for life-and-death training beyond Chaos City.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe used the Source arcane technique to absorb thunder energy, raising his divine body strength to ten million times Realm Lord Power and advancing the Thunder Universe into its evolution stage.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe spent years refining Golden Particles and gradually sensed the veins spanning Silent Wind Prison, eventually reaching them with his Divine Power and leaving his Spiritual Imprint.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe realized that the apparent collapse of his consciousness was an illusion meant to test his will, but he contacted Jiang Zhe’s main body for help while the recognition process continued.
  • Jiang Zhe tested his Palm Thunder technique, reflected on his Law of Time training, and decided to cultivate the Coiled Dragon Technique to strengthen his will.
  • Jiang Zhe told Dark Lord he was leaving Chaos City for life-and-death training, and Dark Lord agreed to provide a Soul Type treasure suited to amplifying soul enslavement.

Ch. 213Soul-Startling Lure!

Jiang Zhe left Chaos City, acquired treasures for his avatars, and reached the Virtual Universe Corporation headquarters, where his repeated Source Law recognitions exposed him to the peak clans. He prepared the Demon Avatar as the Soul Reaper King and fell asleep to strengthen his will while enemy forces began hunting for him.

  • Jiang Zhe exchanged all his Supreme Treasure Points for a spear and armor for the Silver-Clad Spirit, visited Kandri and Luo Feng, and arranged strict training and inheritance requirements for the Thunder Emperor Lineage.
  • At the Virtual Universe Corporation headquarters, Jiang Zhe’s arrival triggered successive recognitions of the Time, Wind, and Light Laws, astonishing Venerable Yulin and the distribution center staff.
  • A King Immortal delivered the High-Grade Soul Attack Treasure Soul-Startling Lure, which Jiang Zhe bound to his Demon Avatar and named the Hong Alliance King Level Soul Master, the Soul Reaper King.
  • Jiang Zhe sealed his estate and fell asleep to cultivate the Coiled Dragon Technique and temper his will while the Silver-Clad Spirit endured Consciousness Collapse.
  • After news spread that Jiang Zhe had received recognition from three fundamental laws in one day, the Demon Race, Mechanical Race, and Insect Race offered bounties for his death and began searching for his whereabouts.

Ch. 214Cosmic Lord-Level Willpower!

Jiang Zhe spent centuries cycling through dreams to temper his willpower, while the Silver-Clad Spirit struggled to claim the Golden Veins in Silent Wind Prison. Jiang Zhe's willpower finally reached the Cosmic Lord level, allowing the Silver-Clad Spirit to bind the Golden Veins and name the Domain Type Top-Grade Apex Treasure the Silk Nest.

  • Dark Lord told Shadow One to prioritize protecting the Silver-White Giant Serpent in Silent Wind Prison as rival races prepared to investigate.
  • Jiang Zhe woke from a dream in which he lived as a Huisuo Behemoth, gained memories of the Thunder Beast God's complete legacy, and began organizing his Law Comprehension.
  • Jiang Zhe undertook several more dream journeys, gaining experience from lives as a Mechanical Race member, a human gladiator, and a Soul-Enslaved Special Life Form, while Luo Feng's rise to fame drew attention to both disciples.
  • After repeated dream journeys left him visibly exhausted, Jiang Zhe went into genuine sleep, and his accumulated experience pushed his willpower through a shackle to Cosmic Lord level.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe used his transformed willpower to break the Golden Veins' influence, bind the treasure, and name it the Silk Nest.

Ch. 215Remove the "Pseudo"!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe claimed the Silk Nest, a Domain Type Apex Treasure, and ventured into the Silent Wind Belt to seek the Beast God Clan’s legacy. Meanwhile, Jiang Zhe awoke with Cosmic Lord Level Willpower Strength and prepared to cultivate the Absorption Technique, but Burning Angel warned him it could cause a major phenomenon.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe told Chaos City Lord he had recognized the Silk Nest and agreed to reclaim it in ten days, after the stranded Kings were prepared for its disappearance.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe absorbed the Silk Nest into his divine body, gaining domain control, physical attack reduction, and additional power amplification.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe adopted the identity of Zeus, found himself unable to leave the Silent Wind Belt, and set out by starship to retrieve the Beast God Clan’s legacy and Chaos City Lord’s lost Palace-Type Apex Treasure.
  • Jiang Zhe awoke after twenty-five months of sleep with Cosmic Lord Level Willpower Strength and learned of the Silver-Clad Spirit’s progress and the Silk Nest’s abilities.
  • Jiang Zhe summoned Burning Angel to begin cultivating the Absorption Technique, but she advised him to deepen his connection to original sin and asked whether he was prepared for a major phenomenon.

Ch. 216Absorption Technique!

Jiang Zhe transformed his soul with the Spirit-Seeding Technique, gaining the ability to stir original sin, then began cultivating the two-stage Absorption Technique. He completed the will trial in just over two hundred years, and the soul trial began as sinister black qi emerged from his body.

  • Jiang Zhe chose a remote, uninhabited starfield for secluded cultivation and separated his avatars so their Willpower Impacts would not interfere with one another.
  • He used the Spirit-Seeding Technique to graft Soul Talents from eight categories of demons and completed his transformation after more than two hundred years.
  • Jiang Zhe awakened with captivating eyes that could stir greed, pride, wrath, and other original sins in his targets.
  • Burning Angel explained that the Absorption Technique had a will-focused first stage and a soul-focused second stage, both of which could be fatal if he failed.
  • Jiang Zhe and his connected forms began cultivating the technique, unleashing powerful Willpower Impacts as the first stage rooted his will throughout his body.
  • Jiang Zhe completed the will trial in 225 years, and streams of black qi bearing his faces emerged as the second stage began.

Ch. 217Lost Clan?

Jiang Zhe completed the second stage of the Absorption Technique, inherited the Chapter of Sin, and discovered a new Soul Talent that let his mind amplify his physical power. While he prepared to begin life-and-death training near the Insect Race territory, Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe detected a living presence with Cosmic Venerable-level energy in the Silent Wind Belt.

  • Jiang Zhe endured nearly three hundred years of soul-squeezing cultivation and completed the second stage, awakening a powerful new Soul Talent.
  • Burning Angel passed the Chapter of Sin inheritance to Jiang Zhe and urged him to pursue the realm her master had sought.
  • Jiang Zhe tested how rage could multiply his strength, then examined the Chapter of Sin and the cultivation records in the Life Blueprint.
  • Second Burning Angel explained that the Life Blueprint could pass the Chapter of Sin to future inheritors, and agreed to organize foundational techniques for Jiang Zhe.
  • Jiang Zhe chose a Cosmic Mystic Realm near the Insect Race territory for life-and-death training and requested transport from his mission officer.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe detected an unknown living presence with Cosmic Venerable-level energy in the Silent Wind Belt and ordered his ship to pursue it.

Ch. 218Pi Xie Clan!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe fought a powerful deer-headed puppet in the Silent Wind Belt, identified it as a remnant of the Pi Xie Clan, and took control of its stored treasures and surviving clan members. The chapter ended with him unlocking a brass twenty-sided die that turned out to be one of the Pi Xie Clan’s treasury vaults.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe met the approaching deer-headed monster, resisted its attacks, and defeated it with Palm Thunder and his Annihilation Lightning Chain.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe used Life Dominion to analyze the monster and learned that it was a modified corpse from the Pi Xie Clan, which had become the Beast God Clan under Herod.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe inspected the monster’s World Repository and discovered more than a hundred elite Beast God Clan puppets, then suppressed and stored them.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe found a brass twenty-sided die among the repository’s contents and used Life Dominion to transform into the last Pi Xie Clan descendant.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe bypassed the die’s bloodline authentication and unlocked it, discovering that it was likely a Pi Xie Clan treasury vault.

Ch. 219Universe Destruction!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe harvested Thunderfall Isle and used the Thunder Beast God’s remains to drive the Thunder Universe toward its final evolution. After the Thunder Universe was destroyed and its source remained, he absorbed the insights and power, then began creating the Earth Universe for a second Universe Evolution.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe divided the Brass Dice treasures among himself, the Thunder Emperor Lineage, the Jiang Family, and the Earth Lineage, then used a star map to travel to Thunderfall Isle.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe defeated the Dragonfolk Cosmic Overlord and its Unrivaled King puppets, then mined Thunderfall Isle’s azure gemstones and Thunder Element Treasures to accelerate the Thunder Universe’s evolution.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe entered seclusion on Thunderfall Isle while the Thunder Universe completed its final evolution over more than ten years.
  • In September of Hanxia Calendar 7064, Jiang Zhe entered seclusion inside a desolate planet in the Insect Race Territory as the Thunder Universe began its destruction and collapsed into a Universe Source.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe studied the destruction, reached 100 million times Realm Lord Power, and then poured his comprehension of the Law of Earth into the source to begin the second Universe Evolution.

Ch. 220Annihilation Totem Pillar!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe completed another Inner Universe evolution, collected Phantomwood, and explored Dark Star while disguised as a living puppet. At the end, he discovered a Totem Pillar invisible to his Ethereal Divine Power and recognized its strange carvings as familiar.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe completed his Inner Universe’s creation cycle, absorbed its feedback, and carried Thunderfall Isle into the universe.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe reached Phantomwood, defeated its guards, and moved the floating continent into his Inner Universe.
  • At Dark Star, a puppet of Herod attacked Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe, but he used Reboot and his living-puppet disguise to evade it.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe claimed the Beast God Hall, also called the White Fang Tower, and explored its arena.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe noticed a white stone Totem Pillar beside Herod’s kneeling body and recognized the monsters carved into it as familiar.

Ch. 221First Deep Contact!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe discovered that Herod’s scepter was a Mechanical Stream treasure called the Scepter of Annihilation, with a Realm Beast King’s Domain as its Source core. After enduring a billion painful attacks on his will, he completed the core’s recognition trial, then refused the Primal Universe Willpower’s demand to hand it over.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe identified Herod’s white totem pillar as a scepter and recognized the Silk Nest as its missing Material Domain core, while the Soul Domain core remained absent.
  • He claimed the scepter, learned it was a three-core treasure called Royal Authority, renamed it the Scepter of Annihilation, and discovered that its Source core had caused the Silent Wind Belt.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe began recognizing Source as his master and endured repeated bites at his will; Jiang Zhe’s true body shared the pain, startling Dark Lord before he explained the situation.
  • Over thirty years, Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe endured one billion bites, completed recognition of Source, and strengthened his Willpower to the normal Cosmic Lord standard.
  • The Primal Universe Willpower demanded the Realm Beast Domain and offered a Supreme Treasure, but Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe refused, arguing that the Domain could determine whether his true body became a legend or remained mediocre.

Ch. 222Rules Vow!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe used the coming Realm Beast Calamity to pressure the Primal Universe Willpower into negotiating a Rules Vow. The vow secured his promise not to covet or Possess the Primal Universe in exchange for spear inheritances, treasures, and an arcane technique, and the Primal Universe Willpower began delivering them.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe threatened to leave the Primal Universe and warned its Willpower that the Realm Beast Calamity would require his strength to survive.
  • The Primal Universe Willpower demanded that Jiang Zhe swear not to devour its source and to protect the Primal Universe, but Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe insisted on compensation and proposed receiving every Spear Arts Lineage it possessed.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe added a Non-Aggression Pact and demanded a complete set of Supreme Treasures and a Cosmic Lord Strongest Arcane Technique for Oriana.
  • The Primal Universe Willpower agreed to the Rules Vow, and Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe and it swore before the Supreme Law.
  • The Primal Universe Willpower delivered Spear Arts Lineages to Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe and granted Oriana a Cosmic Lord Strongest Arcane Technique; Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe specified that the Melee Supreme Treasure had to be an axe.

Ch. 223Shocking! Frenzied!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe negotiated with the Primal Universe Willpower for rewards, including permission to merge his consciousness with the Primal Universe Source and the release of Primordial Ancestor. He then offered a Supreme Treasure Divine Axe to the Human Race, leaving Chaos City Lord eager to learn what Jiang Zhe had paid for it.

  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe received five Supreme Treasures from the Primal Universe Willpower and persuaded it to grant him access to the Primal Universe Source after the Realm Beast Calamity and release Primordial Ancestor.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe obtained a Jade Stone Tiger Talisman, recognized it as his master, and found he could not fully activate it.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe considered using the Black Mist Cocoon in the Herod Secret Realm but decided to consult the Human Race first.
  • Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe presented a Blood Vein Golden Axe to Chaos City Lord as a Supreme Treasure for the Human Race.
  • Great Axe Founder arrived, roared with joy at the Divine Axe, and was teleported away by Chaos City Lord to test it.
  • Chaos City Lord promised to caution Great Axe Founder against reckless risks, then asked Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe what sacrifice he had made to obtain the axe.

Ch. 224Cuz, Come Have Your Brother's Back!

Silver-Clad Jiang Zhe secured the Human Race’s backing for his plans and received permission to use the Virtual Universe’s computing resources. After leaving Chaos Hall, he gathered Herod’s treasures and uploaded the Spear Arts Lineage, withholding its True God-level techniques to avoid drawing attention.

  • The Primal Universe Willpower confirmed Jiang Zhe’s transaction, and Great Axe Founder promised to compensate him for giving up an opportunity.
  • Jiang Zhe asked the Human Race to support his plan to found a Sixth Great Power if he attained Cosmic Lord combat power, and Great Axe agreed if he could defeat a Cosmic Lord.
  • Chaos City Lord and Great Axe arranged to supply Jiang Zhe with materials from all Ten Great Source Laws, while Chaos City Lord granted his requests for a Plane Space and Virtual Universe computing power.
  • After Jiang Zhe left, Chaos City Lord and Great Axe discussed protecting the clan’s relationship with him and the future of the Thunder Emperor Lineage.
  • Jiang Zhe collected Herod’s scattered treasures, put damaged Living Puppets into the Black Mist Cocoon, and began sorting through the Legacy Crystals.
  • Jiang Zhe uploaded the Spear Arts Lineage into the Virtual Universe, but kept its 7,838 True God-level techniques private until he had killed a Cosmic Lord.
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