Douluo: Starting from the Wuhun Temple to build the Kingdom of God

Chapter 666 The Forbidden Land
"Sister, if we have something to discuss, let's discuss it carefully. Can you not use the knife? It's very sharp."

Looking at the Rakshasa scythe that shaved his brother's head, Tian Hao surrendered helplessly, this big sister couldn't afford it!
Of course, he couldn't blame Big Sister for this, he didn't expect that when he was fighting Big Sister Luosha, Rakshasa would suddenly break in and join the fight.

Fighting with two people who have almost the same appearance and body, the feeling is not humane, but there are some troubles after the battle.

"It's cheaper for you!"

Looking across at the peacefully sleeping Rakshasa woman, the Rakshasa god rolled his eyes at someone, and put away the Rakshasa sickle.

She didn't expect that the Rakshasa girl would suddenly barge in, mainly because she forgot that she and the Rakshasa girl were connected, and the feeling of fighting before was also sensed by the Rakshasa girl, so it's no wonder she came over.

But the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, I can only accept my fate.

Of course, the most important thing is that this little guy's combat power is very good, she is very satisfied, and at the same time, he can cultivate in this way, which is really amazing.

"How did she comprehend Bian Jianxin so quickly?"

Seeing that the elder sister had finally put away the Rakshasa sickle, Tian Hao just breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked the Rakshasa girl about the cultivation of the sword of the other side.

The reason why Rakshasa can quickly cultivate is because he has lived long enough and experienced enough, and he was first resurrected with spiritual thoughts, so that he can quickly gather the sword heart of the other side.

But Rakshasa women don't have that kind of benefits, so how could they be so fast?

"Her mind is pure enough, and she doesn't have so many distracting thoughts to cover her heart, so it's easy to comprehend."

The God of Raksha happened to know this, and the reason was that he was able to communicate with the Raksha girl. As soon as the Raksha girl came, she knew how she broke through.

After speaking, the Rakshasa God ignored someone and manifested the evil incarnation that had just been condensed.

It was the merging of the two forces during the battle just now. First, the little ghost used his own power to control the evil divine power to guide his own evil thoughts, so as to evolve the illusion of reincarnation, gather all the evil thoughts, and finally condense into an evil incarnation.

Then she drew a ladle from a gourd and condensed her own evil incarnation.

"It feels a little different from yours."

Looking at the light cluster of the evil incarnation, Rakshasa felt that it was different from the one condensed by the little ghost.

This kind of incarnation is more perfect than the spiritual incarnation, and has higher potential. It can continue to evolve into a complete individual, and its combat power will not be inferior to itself.

It's just that this one is obviously different from the evil incarnation of that kid.

"There is a feeling of depravity, it should be affected by your power."

After feeling it, Tian Hao told the result he saw.

Rakshasa should not be called the incarnation of evil, but the incarnation of corruption.

Nodding in understanding, Rakshasa got up and manipulated the water to wash his body, and then walked out with the Rakshasa costume possessed, without the slightest bit of nostalgia.

Now that the fallen incarnation has been condensed, it is natural to use the residue of the judgment balance to practice and speed up the promotion of the fallen incarnation.

This is an increase in strength, so don't be careless!

"Unplug Ruthless!"

Looking at the big sister's resolute departure, Tian Hao looked at the ceiling speechlessly. Did he take advantage of it, or was he taken advantage of?
Not to mention the Tian who doubted life here, the Rakshasa who went out came to the Wushi Bell refreshed, and used the residue of the trial balance to speed up the cultivation of the fallen incarnation.

Although the Judgment Scale is a super artifact, it is not 100% compatible with the Beginless Bell. They just extracted the part that fits with the Beginless Bell and blended it in. There are still many residues attached to the Beginless Bell, and there is evil in it. The original power of the god king is very suitable for assisting the perfect growth of the fallen incarnation.

At the same time, Rakshasa injects the power of good fortune from the secret realm of Lunhai into the fallen incarnation, preparing to evolve his soul and body into a real individual.

And the Angel God, who has been maintaining the evolution of the Nine Cauldrons here, turned his eyes and looked at the fallen incarnation curiously, becoming more and more surprised the more he looked.

At the beginning, she evolved into the current perfect body with a divine sense, and she is very clear about the development potential of this form.

But even she used a lot of external force to succeed, for example, she used an angel Wuhun as a carrier, and finally used the power of a god to evolve the spirit.

Without those two external forces, it would be impossible for me to gain a new life.

But the fallen incarnation gave her a very different feeling from the divine sense avatar. It was connected to the breath of the Rakshasa god, but it had its own independence, and it had evolved into soul power in such a short period of time.

Could this avatar evolve into a complete individual by itself?
If so, the potential is terrifying.

Even Qian Linglong at the side cast curious eyes, obviously also very interested in that kind of depraved clone.

"Envy?"

Sensing the gaze of the Angel God, Rakshasa said proudly.

"I don't need to be envious!"

With a soft snort, the Angel God handed over the evolution of the Nine Cauldron Formation to the Rakshasa God, and raised his legs wrapped in low-heeled combat boots and walked towards the Rakshasa God's temple.

She was a little hesitant before, but now seeing the potential of the fallen incarnation, she immediately made up her mind.

And that kid himself is also excellent, worthy of him.

In the past, I and the main body didn't look for a partner, mainly because I didn't meet someone who caught my eye, but now I have someone who can catch my eye and naturally I won't miss it.

As for sharing with others, I have lived for so many years, and my concept has long been different from that of ordinary people.

Of course, the most important thing is that double cultivation with it can quickly improve oneself, which is the most important point, and it is not a loss.

The angel of justice Qian Linglong hesitated for a moment, then followed.

Looking at this scene, Rakshasa smiled triumphantly, looking forward to it.

Although I have already evolved a fallen incarnation with the help of that little ghost, but for this kind of incarnation with full potential, the more she is, the better.

It's just that because of her power characteristics, it's easy to evolve a fallen incarnation, but it's not easy to evolve other incarnations.

Now the only way is for the Angel God to evolve the divine incarnation with the help of the little ghost, and then they use the fusion technique to share the power of both parties, so as to quickly evolve the incarnation possessed by the other party.

So the sentence just now was to deliberately stimulate the Angel God to take that step, and even the fallen incarnation was deliberately taken out and evolved in front of his eyes.

"You have to grow up fast."

Staring at the fallen incarnation in front of him, Rakshasa put it into the good fortune green lotus platform in his body, and used the good fortune blue lotus to speed up the gestation.

Not to mention that the Rakshasa god conceived his own fallen incarnation here, the angel god on the other side walked into the Rakshasa temple to lift someone up, and stepped out into his own angel temple.

"Sister, don't be so direct, we can take our time."

Tian Hao, who just came back to his senses, hurriedly opened his mouth, saying that there are steps in this matter, and it should be done step by step.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Glaring at someone, the Angel God simply and neatly removed his divine attire, and started the battle directly, as a knight.

Tian Hao, who was forced to change his job to become a war horse, had no choice but to bear it passively. These big sisters were all like this, and they were all domineering.

This was true of the Rakshasa gods before, and it is also true of the angel gods now.

Qian Linglong watched the battle curiously from the sidelines, a blush gradually appeared on her fair and pretty face, but even though she was shy inside, she still didn't turn her eyes away.

……

After two consecutive fierce battles, Tian Hao fell asleep with Qian Linglong in his arms. As for the Angel God, after completing his own battle and evolving into a sacred incarnation, he left decisively. Like the Raksha God, he used the residue of a kind heart to accelerate the incarnation evolution.

In the Temple of Angels, Tian Hao didn't pack up until Qian Linglong woke up, and came to the Jiuding Great Formation with Qian Linglong, controlled the Jiuding Great Formation to evolve slowly, and even started the deduction of broken jade pieces from time to time Ability-assisted evolution, crossing the threshold one after another.

This is a delicate job and cannot be done quickly.

……

After nearly a hundred years of evolution like this, the Nine Cauldron Formation has just reached its perfect state, but there is still the last step to be completed.

"let's start!"

After repeatedly confirming that the Nine Cauldron Formation was flawless, Tian Hao signaled to the girls.

Angel God Rakshasa God Ayin Awu Qianlinglong Rakshasa Girl and Bibidong stayed behind, Qian Ruyi and the daughters each chose a Jiuding to control and scattered them all over the Kingdom of God, forming a super-large Jiuding formation and spreading it to the entire Kingdom of God.

The Angel God and the Rakshasa God came to the Qiankun Cauldron together to establish contact with the center of the Kingdom of God that was integrated into it to assist in the subsequent transformation.

A Yin and Bibi Dong, a thousand and exquisite Rakshasa girls, were separated in four directions. Bibi Dong was holding the Haotian Excalibur in his hand, and A Wu, who was holding the Seven Killing Sword of Shura, stood beside Tian Hao.

Ayin and Bibidong fused the power of creation, Qian Linglong and Rakshasa fused the power of chaos, and then further fused the power of creation with A Wu as the core.

Tian Hao, as the son of his own plane, colluded with the will of the plane, further connected the kingdom of God with the laws of the plane, and transformed the kingdom of God with the power of creation guided by the first martial soul, and then transformed the accompanying artifacts Qiankun Ding and Wu Shi Zhong, and even the nine-element divine cauldron were transformed into the martial spirit of the Kingdom of God.

That's right, he just wants to integrate the Kingdom of God into the Douluo plane, use the plane will of the Douluo plane to guide the plane's laws to come and transform, and finally transform into a creature-like existence that can possess martial souls, and those few pieces The accompanying artifact is more closely connected with the Kingdom of God.

In this way, Jiuding can be taken back at any time in the future, and even secretly manipulated to do something to cheat the gods of the God Realm.

This transformation lasted for a full year before it was completed. At the same time, Tian Hao showed the secret realm of the wheel sea developed by himself to the will of the plane, and finally won the will of the plane's approval and became the master of the plane.

The reason why he was able to gain the recognition of the will of the plane so quickly and become the master of the plane is largely due to the integration of the God King of Life and the God King of Destruction at the beginning, which brought great benefits to the Douluo plane. It was difficult to integrate into the plane The spiritual power of the gods on the surface is also incorporated in a large amount through the ancient tree of life.

The God King of Life and the God King of Destruction were fooled by someone Tian through a series of schemes, and this credit goes to him. In addition, he has now created a powerful cultivation system suitable for the Douluo plane, and the God King It is normal for the country to integrate into the Douluo plane, and to be recognized by the will of the plane.

Tian Hao quietly felt the benefits brought by the master of the plane, especially the perception of the laws of the plane.

The girls did not bother them, and this realization lasted for four years, Tian Hao still did not wake up, and the Angel God and Rakshasa God left the Kingdom of God with the Nine Element Divine Cauldron.

Because the evil god king and the good god king finally dispatched their divine sense avatars to discuss the plan for the unity of reality and reality, it's time to start the Jiuding plan.

Of course, God Shura's divine sense avatar is also indispensable.

They have discussed this aspect many times, and no one needs to intervene.

Angel God and Rakshasa came to the Castle of Destruction together, and the Destruction God King Life God King and the other three God King clones were already waiting inside.

Seeing the angel god and Rakshasa god coming, and their aura is stronger than last time, the eyes of evil spirit and kindness flicker, and they understand that they must use their own super artifacts to practice, so that they can be separated in just three years. get such a big boost.

The Angel God and the Rakshasa God nodded to the God King of Destruction and the God King of Life, and immediately sat on the chair next to the God King of Life, making them equal to the five great God Kings.

"We have already discussed with the gods and agreed to the plan of combining the virtual and the real, so that the gods will be brought over to merge with the plane of the dragon god, so as to obtain transformation."

After the Angel God and the Rakshasa God took their seats, the Evil Spiritual Mind spoke up.

Although three years have passed here, only three days have passed in the God Realm. After three days of intense discussions and deliberations, more than half of the gods finally agreed to the plan of combining reality and reality.

There are those who remain neutral and those who oppose it.

However, in this regard, the principle of the minority obeying the majority must be followed. After all, this is a good thing in itself, and the success rate is extremely high.

After the evil divine sense expressed its position, the kind divine sense gestured to the life god king.

There are some words that are difficult for her to speak, and she has to let the King of Life be the intermediary god to reconcile them.

The God King of Life, who had communicated with him long ago, understood and turned to look at Rakshasa God and Angel God.

"You are also about to complete your transformation and become true god kings. At that time, you can accumulate and upgrade your own super artifacts. It is better to hand over those two super artifacts to evil and kindness. Afterwards, the fusion of the God Realm and the Dragon God plane will also It needs those two super artifacts to contribute."

She heard from her husband that it was Xiaozi who revealed to Angel God and Rakshasa God that evil and goodness put down the super artifacts, and then let the two snatch the two super artifacts to help speed up their own transformation.

At the beginning, Xiao Zi also clearly stated that it can only be used for the transformation of the two, and she will have to pay it back later.

After all, evil and goodness are different from Shura. Although there were evil and good reasons for the battle between Angel God and Rakshasa God, it was not the main reason, and there is no need to become enemies of life and death.

God Shura was different. Not only did they secretly kill Angel God and Rakshasa God, but they also oppressed Rakshasa God for thousands of years. Even if they took away the Sword of Shura, they would not say anything.

That was Shura's own sin, and he deserved it.

But the two super artifacts of goodness and evil are different, and they cannot really be taken away.

"It's okay to return it, but we need to use it to completely transform into a god king, and to cultivate the angelic holy sword and Rakshasa sickle into super divine weapons, and we only need to reach the threshold.

Secondly, we need to become members of the God Realm Committee! "

Angel God stated two conditions that had been considered long ago, and their approach in this matter was to delay, to Shura God.

At that time, it will be the gods of your God Realm who are unrighteous, no wonder we, everything is the fault of God Shura!

Seeing that Angel God and Rakshasa God agreed to return the two super artifacts, both the good spirit and the evil spirit breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it can be returned, it is fine as long as it stays in the hands of Angel God and Rakshasa God for a period of time, it is just the cause and effect of the year.

For gods like them who have survived for countless years, time is really nothing, and one year in the mortal world is only one day in the God Realm, so they can afford to wait.

It's just that Shura's divine sense disagreed.

"I don't agree. You can't join the God Realm Committee if you have enough strength, and you need enough merit. You have not made any contribution to the God Realm, so you cannot join the committee."

Just kidding, Shura's divine sense would never allow angel gods and Rakshasa gods to join the God Realm Committee. One destroying god king who is hostile to oneself is already uncomfortable enough, and two more will have to be uncomfortable to death.

The God King of Destruction glanced at Shura's divine sense, and was about to speak, but found that Rakshasa had taken out nine small cauldrons.

"We have created these nine elemental cauldrons. As long as we can turn them into main artifacts, we can suppress the entire Dragon God plane and assist the God Realm to merge.

Once the fusion is successful, the Nine Elements Divine Cauldron can also become a defensive artifact of the God Realm, strengthening the defense and stability of the God Realm.

At the same time, we have deduced the Nine Cauldron Array according to the laws of the Dragon God plane, which can adjust the energy of the nine elements to strengthen the power of the Nine Element God Cauldron, and condense the power of the Dragon God plane into one.

If you adjust the magic circle of the Psychic Pillar of the God Realm, and merge the two big formations into one, it will definitely be stronger, and even take advantage of the opportunity of the unity of reality and reality, it is possible to evolve the nine-element divine cauldron into a super divine weapon.

Is this achievement enough? "

As Rakshasa spoke, he used the Nine Elements Divine Cauldron to run the Nine Cauldron Divine Formation, revealing the mysteries within without reservation to the five great divine kings.

After finishing speaking, he didn't even look at Shura's divine sense, but looked at the four Destroyer God Kings, and at the same time, he veiled the Destruction God King with a wink, indicating that he would give you the merit of the proposal of the unity of reality and reality.

The God King of Destruction understood, hesitated for a while, and finally cast a grateful look at Angel God and Raksha God, and recognized this achievement.

Then he turned his attention to the Nine Elements Divine Cauldron and the matching Nine Cauldron Divine Formation, especially after seeing the law that the Nine Cauldron Divine Formation can induce the Dragon God plane, he paid more attention to it.

Even Shura's Divine Sense couldn't help but be attracted by the Nine Cauldron Divine Formation, and was shocked by it.

I really didn't expect Angel God and Raksha God to come up with such a thing, which can directly communicate with the laws of the plane.

If the God Realm and the Dragon God Plane are truly united, the chances within are indeed very likely to evolve the nine divine tripods into a super artifact, even if it is just a super artifact that has just reached the threshold, it is supreme.

You must know that the God Realm only has six super artifacts so far. If there are nine more super artifacts, they can still be bound and blessed with the God Realm. The entire God Realm will benefit from this, and it will also greatly benefit the evolution of the God Realm help.

"I agree to let Angel God and Rakshasa God join the committee!"

The God King of Destruction suddenly spoke, agreeing to let Angel God and Rakshasa God join the committee.

"I agree!"

The God King of Life followed closely behind, which was what the husband and wife had discussed two mornings ago.

The evil divine thoughts and the good divine thoughts did not speak immediately, but only after communicating with the main body of the God Realm.

"agree!"

"agree!"

The last few eyes turned to Shura Divine Sense in unison, now it's up to you, little brother.

"agree!"

Being stared at like this, even though Asura Divine Sense looked very ugly, he could only agree.

Seeing Shura's divine mind surrender, Rakshasa's mouth curled into a smile, and his heart felt even more comfortable.

"Since everyone agrees, now I announce that Angel God and Rakshasa God will be members of the God Realm Committee from today. Because the God Realm Center is damaged, it is temporarily impossible to make new committee keys, and we can make them after the God Realm Center recovers.

Welcome to the committee! "

Seeing that everyone agrees, the Evil God King, the eldest brother of the Five Great God Kings, solemnly announces and welcomes the Angel God and Rakshasa God.

Angel God and Rakshasa God solemnly got up and nodded to the five great god kings, then sat down and said seriously: "The Nine Cauldron God Formation and the Nine Element God Cauldron need personnel to maintain and evolve. The big elements are the main ones..."

Angel God was speaking seriously, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by God Shura.

"The Tianjiao of this plane is indeed very good, but it will take a long time to grow up. I propose that the elemental gods be in charge of the Nine Cauldrons. Their strength is enough to quickly raise the Nine Elemental Gods to the level of the main artifact. In addition, they can be smelted into The promotion of the corresponding divine material is accelerated.

In addition, the Nine Cauldrons God Formation has space power, and the space gods under my command can be adjusted in the middle. "

It is naturally impossible for him to let such an important artifact be in the hands of Angel God and Rakshasa God, after all, it is an existence that has the hope of evolving into a super artifact.

It's just that these words made the four god kings look over speechlessly, and they didn't know what to say about God Shura's proposal.

Who in the entire God Realm doesn't know that most of the elemental gods are your pawns, are you doing this because you want to monopolize the nine elemental gods?

This is too obvious!

"I agree, but the relationship between the Nine Elements Divine Cauldron and the Nine Cauldrons Divine Formation is very important. The Elemental Gods must remain independent and directly belong to the committee. Without the consent of all members, they cannot be transferred."

Before the four Destroyer Kings could open their mouths, Rakshasa agreed with a smile on his face.

This stunned the four Destroyer God Kings for a moment, and they immediately realized that this was their scheme, and they wanted to take this opportunity to separate the Elemental God from the Asura God.

Hard enough!
"I agree!"

On the contrary, Shura's spiritual thoughts seemed very calm. He knew that it was aimed at him when the angel god spoke.

Otherwise, if Angel God and Rakshasa God are in charge of the Nine Elements God Cauldron, let alone the future, it will be difficult for him to implement the next plan.

Moreover, the power of the Nine Elements Divine Cauldron and the Nine Cauldron Divine Formation is not small, as long as they are mastered, it will be convenient for the next plan.

"The new generation of God of Hundred Flowers is very suitable to be in charge of the wood-attributed cauldron, but she is still growing, and I will be in charge of the wood-attributed cauldron for the time being."

After taking a deep look at God Shura, the God King of Life proposed to temporarily take charge of the wood attribute divine cauldron, as well as the work of accumulating and improving.

None of the great god kings objected to this. After all, there is no wood element god in the God Realm, and the only wood god is the God King of Life.

Its body, the ancient tree of life, is the most powerful divine tree in the God Realm. It has the wood attribute itself, but its life attribute is stronger.

"Only the power of space in the Nine Cauldrons Array is not perfect. I propose to let the God of Time join it to strengthen the array. In addition, the God of Metal is only a second-level god. It is difficult to evolve the corresponding Divine Cauldron into the main artifact. I propose to let the God of Forging pass. help."

The evil divine sense immediately spoke, proposing to add the God of Time and the God of Forging.

The Nine Cauldrons Divine Formation is related to the future of the God Realm, and he and Goodness must send people in, especially since most of the elemental gods belong to the Asura God.

Even if they were independent, they would still obey God Shura's orders in a short period of time. In view of God Shura's dangerous actions during this period, they had to guard against it.

No one objected to this, but Angel God and Raksha God were deeply moved, all of this really made the little guy count.

This is the advantage of the Zhuangzhuang layout, everything is arranged, just waiting for the other party to jump in, if you don't jump, you won't succeed.

However, God Shura's determination made their hearts tremble, and they understood that the little guy's original guess might come true, and God Shura was probably ready to fight to the death.

At this moment, the God King of Destruction seemed to look in a certain direction.

This attracted the attention of other god kings, and their consciousness extended in that direction.

"The arrogance of this plane really makes God unable to understand."

After sensing what was going on, the evil spirit couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"The plane transformed by the dragon god is naturally extraordinary."

The kind spirit nodded in agreement, and was also very surprised by those arrogances on this plane.

"Asura, you are so calculating that you even teamed up with the Sea God. Don't think that with the Sea God's help, you can win."

The God King of Destruction looked at Shura's divine sense and snorted to express his dissatisfaction.

Shura will also play these tricks.

"That's a kind of experience for the new gods, and we true gods don't need to intervene."

Shura's divine sense said indifferently, the previous plan must go ahead, just rely on Tang San and others to defeat, or even kill all the new gods cultivated here.

"Are you worthy of saying such a thing?"

He sneered coldly, the God King of Destruction would never believe in God Shura, his previous actions were too extreme, he didn't abide by those rules at all, and even evil and kindness were biased by him quietly.

If it wasn't for the Heavenly Demon Sect to attack and kill Xingluo City, he would not have known that the evil had already passed down the throne of the evil god, the general under his command, and even passed down the super artifact.

Really outrageous and excessive!

For these things, he will personally watch, as long as God Shura dares to make a move, he will dare to fight with it.

Anyway, Shura doesn't have the super divine weapon, the Shura Divine Sword, or even the Shura Divine Armor. If he really wants to fight, he can press the Shura God to the ground and rub it.

He didn't pay attention to the God King Destroyer's mocking Shura's divine sense, as if he didn't hear it.

At the same time, he thought about speeding up the casting of the Shura Divine Sword, at least to create a perfect body, so that he only needed to inject enough killing blood mist in the end to create a new super divine weapon.

Even if it is not as good as the one that has been cultivated for many years, it can at least reach the threshold of a super artifact, which is enough to cast the sword of judgment of the three realms in full condition.

Several god kings negotiated for a while before finalizing the matter. Several elemental gods avatars from the lower realms assisted in cultivating the nine-elemental cauldron.

Naturally, they will not refuse this kind of good thing. Although the Nine Elements Divine Cauldron is a public artifact belonging to the God Realm, it is still in their hands. The environment will also help a lot, and at the same time, his status in the God Realm will be further improved.

The God King of Destruction and the God King of Life split out their divine sense avatars, and returned to the God Realm Committee with a lot of divine power and original power to assist in the restoration of the God Realm Center.

In order to smoothly integrate the God Realm and the Dragon God plane, the center of the God Realm must be in a complete state, so that the power of the entire God Realm can be mobilized to assist the plane fusion.

And just as the four great god kings continued to repair the center of the God Realm, God Shura quietly came to the forbidden place of the God Realm.

This is the place where the Golden Dragon King is imprisoned. Although the Golden Dragon King is not considered a god king in terms of the god position, his combat power has reached the level of a god king, and he has the power of the dragon god in his body. The golden cocoon transformed by the power of the dragon god is indestructible , even if the strength of the five great god kings is gathered, it cannot be destroyed, and in the end it can only be sealed.

Standing outside the tower of the central lake in the Forbidden Land, God Shura stared at the huge stone pillar below the tower.

He hesitated in his heart. After all, this is not an obedient partner. Once he loses control, it will be a disaster for the entire God Realm, even if he is not very sure that he can handle it well.

"Why are you all pushing me?"

God Shura sighed, and finally all his emotions turned into a touch of firmness.

He has prepared countless years for that plan, and he must not fail!

(End of this chapter)