Chapter 481: Soul Refining! Seven Stars Meeting

Li Yuan's words, filled with coldness and iron-bloodedness, made Fang Da and Demigod Lante feel as if they were re-acquainting themselves with Li Yuan.

"Li Yuan."

"If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be as decisive as you," Fang Da sighed softly. "You have indeed changed."

Fang Da realized that in the fifteen years since leaving the Flying Star Civilization, Li Yuan had not only become stronger in strength but had also undergone a complete transformation from the inside out in his soul, truly possessing the decisiveness of a leader of a race, planning for the world.

"You are different from the teacher," Fang Da sighed. "If the teacher were here, I'm afraid he wouldn't do this."

"But you are not wrong," Fang Da said. "Someone has to make the decision."

"I have changed?" Li Yuan smiled indifferently. "Principal, actually, I have never changed."

Back when he was just invincible as a Yuan martial artist, Li Yuan had wanted to sweep across all parties in the Tier-Two Star Realms.

At that time, he was stopped by Dongfang Ji, and only then did he deliberately spare some Tier-Two Star Realms.

When occupying the Ming Xu Star Realm, Li Yuan felt guilty in his heart, but he also did not hesitate to decide to exterminate the Ming Xu beast race.

"I am just stronger in strength," Li Yuan said softly. "Now, I can use my strength to carry out my will."

Having seen much on the Master Juexing Continent, especially after cultivating the "Six Realms of Heart Illusion," and experiencing illusions time and again in the Great Sun, and countless void realm lives attached to the Dream Realm Stone, Li Yuan was able to recognize his own heart more and more clearly.

Li Yuan knew that his personality was different from Alliance Leader Dongfang's.

Dongfang Ji believed in himself, but he also believed that those who came after would do better than himself, so he finally felt at ease handing over the Seven Stars Civilization to Fang Da and Li Yuan.

But Li Yuan?

From his bones, Li Yuan only believed in himself.

He did not like leaving hidden dangers for future generations, and subconsciously did not believe that those who came after could do better than himself.

This, in fact, was also the precise evaluation Dongfang Ji gave Li Yuan back then. (Chapter 342)

Li Yuan's words.

Made Fang Da and Demigod Lante, who was to the side, feel slightly startled in their hearts.

"Li Yuan, what do you plan to do with this Wan Mo Civilization territory?" Fang Da asked.

Although the billions of lives of the Wan Mo Civilization were killed, they were all soul attacks, so the territory was actually undamaged... and Li Yuan did not go to slaughter those non-intelligent lives.

It could be said that it wouldn't be long before these dozens of life planets could recover their vitality.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan waved his hand, and dense figures suddenly appeared in the void, all radiating powerful auras.

A full three hundred!

"Demigod puppets?" Fang Da, Demigod Lante, and the others couldn't help but be shocked.

Li Yuan had taken out so many treasures before; did he still have hidden power?

"You are all familiar with the life aura of the Wan Mo people," Li Yuan looked at the hundreds of puppets and said lightly. "From today on, patrol the major planets of the Wan Mo Civilization territory, and then charge into the void to hunt down the dozens of Wan Mo Civilization demigods who have fled."

"Yes, Master!" the three hundred peak demigod puppets said respectfully.

"Go." Li Yuan waved his hand.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Hundreds of demigod puppets quickly turned into streamers and disappeared into the void.

"Principal, I can't afford Void God puppets, but I did get a batch of demigod puppets," Li Yuan said. "With these puppets hunting them down, it is enough to stabilize the Wan Mo Civilization territory."

"In addition, I need you, Principal, to arrange the power within the Seven Stars Civilization, rush to the Wan Mo Civilization, and charge into those Tier-Two Star Realms and Tier-Three Star Realms... to sweep away the remnants of the Wan Mo Civilization as soon as possible," Li Yuan said.

"Okay." Fang Da nodded; he already understood Li Yuan's idea and arrangement. "I will arrange the subsequent matters well."

"Once everything is cleared, then arrange for immigration to enter the Wan Mo Civilization territory through the star realm channel, a great migration."

Li Yuan nodded gently.

The first generation of lives migrating would be rejected by the plane origin, but as long as they gradually multiplied, by the second and third generations, they would naturally be embraced by the Wan Mo plane origin.

Territory expansion!

This is something that any ethnic civilization cannot avoid.

In the Divine Realm, powerful forces occupy broader territories, while weak forces shrink their territories or are completely annihilated... individual lives are like this.

Ethnic groups are also like this.

According to what Li Yuan knew, some powerful ethnic groups in the Divine Realm occupy one or even multiple mortal realms, occupying all the dimensional planes within to multiply and inherit, which is the norm.

The struggle for living space has always been bloody.

Li Yuan never dared to guarantee that the Seven Stars Civilization would never perish... but he would only do his utmost, as long as he was alive, to make the Seven Stars Civilization stronger and its inheritance longer.

"What about the Tian Liang Civilization? The Cloud Beast Civilization, and others like them?" Fang Da asked.

"For civilizations that signed contracts and surrendered before, there is no need for large-scale slaughter."

"Most civilizations have not annihilated my Seven Stars Civilization like the Wan Mo Civilization has," Li Yuan shook his head. "Specific matters... it is better for you, Principal, to discuss them; I will not bother with them."

"After all."

"I can only stay in the civilization for another ten years," Li Yuan said.

This matter had to be said sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it.

"Ten years." Demigod Lante, Demigod Xue Bu, and the others were quite surprised.

"Ten years? Good." Fang Da nodded; he was much calmer.

Having seen the teacher have to leave back then, and now that Li Yuan's strength was so terrifying, Fang Da had long been mentally prepared.

"By the way."

"Principal, there is one more thing I must discuss with you, regarding Liu Bing," Li Yuan said.

Li Yuan turned his head to look into the distance: "Xiao Bing, come over."

Whoosh!

Liu Bing flew over, her body shrinking, coiling around Li Yuan's arm, quite obediently.

Quickly.

Li Yuan told Fang Da, Demigod Lante, and the others about the 'one hundred pure-blood Heavenly Snake eggs.'

"One hundred Void Gods?"

"Divine beasts? Can become Void Gods upon adulthood?" Fang Da, Demigod Lante, and the others were shocked after hearing this.

The current Seven Stars Civilization didn't even have a single Void God yet.

Even as strong as the Xian Xu Civilization, it did not have one hundred Void Gods in the current generation.

"Li Yuan, what are your considerations?" Fang Da asked.

Although Li Yuan had always shown great respect for him, today's battle, as well as Li Yuan's behavior and handling of affairs, had made Fang Da completely understand that Li Yuan's strength had already reached an unfathomable level.

And he had his own ideas.

Then, one must respect Li Yuan's ideas.

Or rather, in a sense, Li Yuan had already become the actual leader of the Seven Stars Civilization... in the process of a civilization's growth, age has never been the basis for respect.

It is strength.

Just like Dongfang Ji was a junior to Demigod Lante, but he still replaced Demigod Lante as the civilization leader.

"The first generation of Heavenly Snake people can be born within the Seven Stars Civilization, but then they will go to the Wan Mo Civilization territory to multiply and live, let the Seven Stars Civilization mark out ten planets," Li Yuan said. "Xiao Bing, what do you think?"

"But..." Liu Bing hesitated slightly.

"Don't worry." Li Yuan smiled slightly, turning his head to look at Fang Da: "Principal, Heavenly Snake people, when they reach the Flying Heaven level and Demigod level, allow them to enter the Nine Leaves Jiushan to roam through the star realm channel."

Li Yuan knew Liu Bing's thoughts very clearly.

Why was she unwilling to take the Heavenly Snake eggs to the Divine Realm?

First, Liu Bing herself had not yet grown up, and the great enemies in the Divine Realm had not been resolved, so multiplying in the mortal realm was safer.

Second, the existence of the Ancient Burial Immortal Domain could allow the Heavenly Snake race to develop better before the tribesmen reached adulthood.

"Okay." Liu Bing nodded; she actually didn't care whether the tribesmen multiplied in the Seven Stars Civilization.

The reason she had proposed letting the tribesmen honor the Seven Stars Civilization, besides trusting Li Yuan.

The most important thing was to let the Heavenly Snake tribesmen enter the Nine Leaves Jiushan directly.

After all, in the mortal realm, it was much easier for divine beasts to obtain the status of silver-robed or even gold-robed members of the Chaos Divine Court.

If it were in the Divine Realm, divine beasts? What are ordinary divine beasts? Which star realm doesn't have millions of Void Gods?

Many brutal Heavenly Gods use divine beasts as blood food; the so-called dragon liver and phoenix marrow have never been just legends.

"Okay." Fang Da nodded.

He also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the Heavenly Snake race was not multiplying inside the Seven Stars plane, he would not be too worried.

"Principal, Senior Lante, Xiao Bing is also not doing this for free," Li Yuan smiled. "She is also a member of my Seven Stars Civilization; one-third of the treasures I took out are hers."

"In addition, she also brought a plane evolution divine object, which can help my Seven Stars Civilization evolve one more time in a very short time." Li Yuan had a scale in his heart.

"So that's how it is." Fang Da, Demigod Lante, and the others felt their worries had all been removed.

Seeing this.

Li Yuan also felt much more at ease.

He did not want the Seven Stars Civilization's high-level officials to have concerns, nor did he want Liu Bing to be dissatisfied in her heart; both sides were very important to him.

Letting the Heavenly Snake race multiply, Li Yuan also had his own considerations.

Once he left, the Seven Stars Civilization would have difficulty having so many high-end combat powers in a short time, and pure-blood Heavenly Snakes were a very good supplement.

At the very least, the first generation of Heavenly Snake people would definitely be emotionally close to the Seven Stars Civilization.

And the Heavenly Snake race is a divine beast race, the number of tribesmen is small, and the demand for territory is actually very small, so there will be no fundamental conflict with the Seven Stars Civilization.

"After I go to the Divine Realm, it will probably take hundreds or thousands of years to become a Heavenly God," Li Yuan thought to himself. "In such a long time, the Heavenly Snake race won't be able to multiply too much."

Once he becomes a Heavenly God, he can return to the mortal realm.

As for the future?

"Once I become a Heavenly God, I can open up vast territories in the Divine Realm. At that time, I will naturally lead the Seven Stars Civilization's high-level officials and Heavenly Snake race experts to the Divine Realm," Li Yuan had long had ideas in his heart.

A civilization or ethnic group that wants to become stronger cannot be limited to one's own small plot of land; it must do its utmost to become stronger and spread its branches.

In this way, even if one branch is annihilated, there are many other branches continuing the inheritance.

Time passed, and after handling the many affairs in the Wan Mo territory.

Li Yuan and his party took the warship back to the Mo Shan Planet. Although the great battle had changed the color of the earth, the clash of Void God-level experts still could not affect the star realm channel.

However, the warship could not enter the star realm channel.

Because there were still three Void Gods on the warship.

"Hahaha." The bound and suppressed Void God Dong Mo suddenly let out a shrill roar: "Li Yuan, we are gods, gods cannot pass through the void realm channel... You wanting to bring us back to Flying Star for trial can only be your wishful thinking."

"Don't think you will get your wish," Void God Dong Mo laughed.

Fang Da, Demigod Lante, Lin Lan, and the others all looked at Li Yuan.

"I sensed your soul fluctuation was intense, so I relaxed the suppression on you," Li Yuan shook his head. "I thought you could say something else... Who told you that I would bring your true bodies back to the Seven Stars Civilization?"

"I said I would make you admit your sins."

"Then I will definitely do it."

Whoosh!

Liu Bing waved her hand, and three lumps of mud radiating strange light appeared in her palm.

Everyone couldn't help but look over.

"This is called 'Longevity Fire Mud,' which can strip the soul of life and fuse it into it, with the mud evolving into a body, and the strength is only at the threshold of a demigod," Li Yuan said softly. "It is quite precious."

"Specially prepared for the three of you."

This treasure was something Li Yuan had specially purchased while in the Ancient City of Master Juexing, and it was not too precious.

Most of it was used by some Void Gods to extend the lives of their family and friends.

As long as one has a Flying Heaven-level soul, one can use it, not only raising the strength to the demigod threshold but also extending life to a thousand years.

Of course, its flaw is that it can only be used once, and after use, the strength can no longer change, almost like a puppet.

"Soul Refining!" Li Yuan waved his hand and directly executed another Void God-level soul secret technique, "Soul Refining."

Boom!

A terrifying force instantly penetrated into the bodies of the three great Void Gods, causing their already heavily injured bodies to collapse instantly, leaving only three lumps of flames radiating scorching light.

Divine fire!

Within the divine fire, there were still the soul fluctuations of the three great Void Gods.

"Soul Extraction." Li Yuan executed the "Soul Refining" secret technique, and with a wave of his hand, his palm emitted an invisible attraction, directly targeting the souls of the three great Void Gods within the three lumps of divine fire.

"Ah!" Void God Qiong Jin struggled with all his might.

"No—" Void God Bei Yue let out a trace of soul roar; she only felt her soul and divine fire separating layer by layer, completely separating, and immediately after, she flew into that lump of Longevity Fire Mud.

"I won't!! Even if I die, I won't go in." Void God Dong Mo had the strongest strength, and his struggle was the most insane.

Logically, it is not difficult to kill a Void God's soul fused with divine fire, but it is extremely difficult to strip it away.

But at this moment, it was forcibly extracted by Li Yuan.

This is the terror of a soul master; like some soul masters in the Divine Realm who refine Void God soul liquid, it is the same, extracting the soul of a Void God and extracting the essence.

And Li Yuan's current soul attainment is quite good even among True Gods, so soul refining and extraction is naturally not difficult.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Those three lumps of scorching divine fire, having lost their souls, quickly extinguished.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~" The three lumps of Longevity Fire Mud in the void, after fusing with the three lumps of souls of Void God Dong Mo and the others, also changed rapidly, eventually growing into three bodies.

Their appearance was exactly the same as the three great Void Gods before.

But their life aura had plummeted to the demigod threshold, and they were still easily suppressed by Li Yuan.

"I!! I became a demigod?" Void God Dong Mo gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with despair.

"This?"

"Extracting the soul of a Void God and remelting the flesh?" Fang Da, Demigod Lante, and the others couldn't help but swallow their saliva, astonished.

"Li Yuan, he?" Lin Lan also felt as if it were a dream.

This kind of method.

It was simply like creating things in the void and molding people from mud in myths and legends, as if ancient myths had reappeared.

But Li Yuan had created it with a flip of his palm.

"Void Gods cannot enter the star realm channel, but demigods can, right?" Li Yuan said softly. "What I said, I will naturally achieve."

"Let's go."

The warship whistled and sailed into the star realm channel, this time without the slightest obstruction.

That day, Li Yuan and his party returned to Flying Star.

In space about a few hundred kilometers from Flying Star, only Li Yuan, Fang Da, and Liu Bing were there.

To be precise, Li Yuan was sitting cross-legged in the void, while Fang Da and Liu Bing were watching from afar.

With their strength, the harsh environment of space and the cosmic rays did not affect them in the slightest.

"Plane Void Array, I have already laid it out." Li Yuan's body radiated brilliant light, and beneath him was a prototype of a magic array with a diameter of about ten kilometers.

A large number of artifacts were placed in various places in the void.

"Liu Bing, will there be any problems?" Fang Da said.

"Alliance Leader, don't worry," Liu Bing said. "Big Brother does things without any omissions, and besides, this is just a Void God-level array."

Liu Bing knew very well that with Li Yuan's current law realm, laying out a Void God-level array with a large number of artifacts was an easy task.

Whoosh!

"Plane evolution divine object." Li Yuan suddenly flipped his palm, and two crystal-clear red spheres the size of basketballs appeared in his palm.

"Plane Void Mist Origin!"

Another treasure was taken out.

There were also other auxiliary items; the lack of them would not affect the process, but they could make the whole process smoother.

"Array!"

"Activate!" Li Yuan's thought moved, and with himself as the core, he finally began to operate the array.

Boom!

The ten-kilometer-diameter array instantly rose with endless brilliant light, and with Li Yuan's soul consciousness, the plane origin that could originally be sensed vaguely was now more than a hundred times clearer.

"Devour, grow." Li Yuan merged his spirit with the plane origin, guiding the plane origin to quickly devour the three treasures.

The so-called plane origin does not have consciousness; it is just a manifestation of the will of the entire plane's operation rules.

Maintaining the plane's operation and strength is the manifestation of its will.

"Hum~"

When the plane origin guided the several treasures to its own origin object, the origin gradually began to refine them.

"Rumble~" Li Yuan's soul consciousness could clearly sense that the entire plane was trembling faintly.

Plane evolution!

It had begun!

... Whoosh! Li Yuan flew out of the array, and the light emitted by this huge array also dimmed rapidly.

"It's done?" Fang Da couldn't help but say.

His soul had only just stepped into the Void God realm and could not yet sense the existence of the plane origin.

Naturally, he could not perceive the drastic changes in the entire plane.

"Yes, it's done," Li Yuan nodded slightly. "In the next eight years, it should be enough for the entire plane to complete two evolutions."

"At that time."

"Those newly born life planets will all have star realm channels appearing on Flying Star," Li Yuan said. "The existing star realm channels between different life planets will also be upgraded to Tier-Five channels."

Flying Star is the core of the entire plane and can connect to all life planets of the plane.

"I estimate that there should be more than two hundred life planets. Perhaps because of the Ancient Burial Immortal Domain, the potential of our plane exceeds many planes," Li Yuan laughed. "Although it still can't catch up to the Xian Xu Civilization for now, after the evolution is completed, the territory will at least far exceed the Wan Mo Civilization."

The Wan Mo Civilization only had one plane evolution pushed by the 'Wan Mo True God' in history.

"Okay."

"Two hundred life planets, equivalent to the civilization territory expanding dozens of times," Fang Da's eyes lit up.

Although he had long known about the plane evolution plan from Li Yuan, when it was truly settled, Fang Da was still extremely excited.

"By the way, Li Yuan, I have already arranged to have your family brought to Flying Star," Fang Da said. "It's just that they are scattered all over the Blue Star, so it is estimated that it will take a day for them all to arrive."

"They are all jackals who smelled blood and rushed over," Chen Hui said in a low voice. "When Sang Qiu was still here, who dared to come to the door?"

Li Yuan had already become a demigod.

Therefore, he could not go to the Blue Star through the star realm channel for the time being... if he traveled through the void, it would take a few days.

Therefore, Fang Da arranged for Li Zhangzhou and the others to come directly to Flying Star from the Blue Star.

"In addition, the Seven Stars Meeting is about to be held. Will you attend?" Fang Da asked.

"No need," Li Yuan shook his head. "It is better for you to preside over it, Principal."

"In addition, don't you want Lin Lan to succeed as the Alliance Deputy Leader next?" Li Yuan laughed. "You preside over it, Principal, and let her host it."

"Then I will arrange it directly," Fang Da said.

Watching Fang Da leave.

Li Yuan stood in the starry sky, looking down at the huge planet beneath his feet, lost in thought for a while.

"Big Brother, are you not going to attend the meeting?" Liu Bing flew over. "This should be the highest meeting of the Seven Stars Civilization."

"It has no meaning," Li Yuan shook his head. "What I should do for the civilization, I have already done."

"Next, how far the entire civilization can develop depends on the Seven Stars Civilization itself."

"We should plan for ourselves," Li Yuan said. "After all, once we go to the Divine Realm and join the Chaos Divine Court, your identity as a Holy Blood Heavenly Snake will not be able to be hidden... The enemies of the Heavenly Snake race will quickly know."

"Hmm." Liu Bing nodded.

Back then, the Heavenly Snake race was annihilated. To be able to destroy an ancient divine beast race with several Heavenly Gods sitting in it, the strength of the enemy forces was evident.

Li Yuan even suspected that behind the scenes, it might be a God King.

"Wait for Uncle and the others to come to Flying Star," Li Yuan thought to himself.

Calming his heart.

"Xiao Bing, I will go to the Cave Heaven Divine Artifact for a while," Li Yuan transmitted his voice, and with a thought, he entered the Ancient God Palace.

Ancient God Palace, inside the main hall.

A young girl in white, although she was an illusory body, was sitting leisurely drinking wine.

"Sister, you are quite leisurely," Li Yuan laughed.

"The great hatred of the civilization has been avenged, you should be very happy," Gu You laughed. "Come over and sit for a while, and relax for a while."

"Hmm."

Li Yuan nodded, sitting opposite Gu You, and only then said: "In my childhood memories, alien races have always threatened the safety of my Seven Stars Civilization."

"The Flying Star Extinction War, the death of six billion people, was repeatedly mentioned in the textbooks I learned from primary school to university, taught time and again."

"Martial artists, protecting the home and defending the country, fighting for the civilization, is a sacred duty," Li Yuan said softly. "I have also personally experienced many wars with alien races, and I don't know how many of my teachers and friends have died."

"My parents also died at the hands of alien races."

"When I became a Second-Rank Eight-Star Vein, I swore in my heart that one day, I would definitely annihilate the Wan Mo and return peace to the Seven Stars Civilization," Li Yuan said slowly.

"You did it." Gu You raised her wine glass and smiled. "Come, let me toast to you."

"Haha, good." Li Yuan picked up the wine glass and tasted it, his eyes lighting up: "Not bad! This wine is not bad; I haven't seen you let me taste it before, Sister."

"This wine is for you to celebrate your success, so naturally, I wouldn't take it out easily," Gu You laughed.

Putting down the wine glass, Li Yuan smiled: "Sister, let's go, take me to accept the Master's fifth test."

"I know."

"You have waited a long time for this day," Li Yuan said easily.

Gu You's body trembled, a trace of brilliance flashed in her eyes, and she nodded slightly: "I know that the treasures Father left behind probably don't count for much to you now."

"However."

"They should still be of some use," Gu You stood up: "Follow me."

Li Yuan slaughtered too much and too quickly, leaving only a small amount of star realm power and demigods.

Many of the dark agents and dark lines of alien civilizations in the Wan Mo Civilization were all swept away by Li Yuan.

Therefore, within less than a day of the Wan Mo Civilization's annihilation, the news had not yet completely spread.

Even within the Seven Stars Civilization, many demigods had only just received some news.

Virtual network, Seven Stars Meeting.

Under the order of Alliance Leader Fang Da.

All the demigods of the entire civilization came, and even a large number of Flying Heaven Realms who were valued came.

An expanded meeting of over a thousand people.

It could be said that this was a meeting of the highest-level experts of the Seven Stars Civilization.

Inside the super-large meeting room.

Figures appeared out of thin air, and each figure, if placed outside, would be a big shot capable of shaking a party.

But here, it was very ordinary.

"Alicia, do you know what meeting this is today?" Yu Jinghe, in a gold robe, asked in a low voice.

"I don't know." Alicia shook her head.

Both of them were now Flying Heaven Star Lords.

Looking at the entire Seven Stars Civilization, they were already big shots in the top hundred.

After all, the number of demigods in the Seven Stars Civilization was not even one hundred.

"I have heard some things, perhaps it is related," Yu Jinghe said in a low voice. "It is said that the Wan Mo Civilization has already perished."

Of the two, Alicia was stronger, but Yu Jinghe was an expert from the Xia Nation and had more news channels.

"What? The Wan Mo Civilization perished? How is that possible!" Alicia was incredulous.

That was a god-level civilization.

How could it suddenly perish?

"I don't know either, I just heard," Yu Jinghe said, suddenly pointing into the distance: "Alliance Leader and Deputy Alliance Leader Lante have both arrived."

Time passed.

Finally, everyone had arrived, and they all looked at the figure in fire-red robes on the podium.

Today's host was Demigod Lin Lan.

"Today, on behalf of the First-Class Star Lord Council of the Seven Stars Civilization, I announce one thing to the high-level officials of the entire civilization," Lin Lan's gaze swept over the figures: "Yesterday, the greatest genius and strongest martial artist in the history of my Seven Stars Civilization, and also the leader of my Seven Stars Civilization, 'Demigod Li Yuan'."

"Charged into the Wan Mo Civilization, defeated the three great Void Gods of the Wan Mo Civilization, and captured them alive."

"On the same day, my Seven Stars Civilization has completely annihilated ninety-nine percent of the Wan Mo Civilization's power, which can be regarded as the annihilation of the Wan Mo Civilization."

"Tomorrow."

"Demigod Li Yuan will represent the high-level officials of the civilization and offer the three captured Wan Mo Void Gods at the Flying Star Battle Monument to pay tribute to the heroic spirits of the civilization throughout the ages."

"This is also to announce that the three-hundred-year life-and-death war between my Seven Stars Civilization and the Wan Mo Civilization has ended in the victory of my Seven Stars Civilization."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 482 =====