Chapter 320: Transformation: Twelve Stages Passed
The twelfth level of the Chaos Realm, in the inner void.

Qin Chuan sat cross-legged there, surrounded by an extremely deep domain that enveloped everything. Within the range covered by the domain, an extremely deep force distorted everything, and if an ordinary cosmic god entered, he would probably be crushed to death.

"The territory of guarding the earth has been completed."

Qin Chuan opened his eyes and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

After 80 million years of practice, and referring to the "Void Fire God Body", he reached the pinnacle of emptiness and also improved the "Seven Color Fire" to make it more suitable for himself.

The best moves are always those that suit you. In the hands of others, Qin Chuan's improved "Seven-Colored Fire" may not make much difference, but in his own hands, the power of the Seven-Colored Fire has indeed become three times stronger.

The appearance of the "Void Fire God Body" also made Qin Chuan realize that the All-Law Stele could be of great help to him, so without much hesitation, Qin Chuan used up the remaining two opportunities to use the "All-Law Stele".

In two opportunities, Qin Chuan successively obtained a book about wood + world, "The Immortal World", and a book about gold + destruction, "The Heavenly Sword Technique".

With the help of these two great classics, and the breakthrough of the World Dao and Destruction Dao into the second level of the Cosmic God, Qin Chuan not only further improved his two major moves, "Five Directions and Five Elements World" and "Five Elements Destruction", but also made an essential improvement in his understanding of the Wood Dao and the Gold Dao.

In both paths, he created ultimate moves in the Chaos Realm, which were at least not inferior to the improved "Seven Color Fire".

At this point, Qin Chuan also began to focus on water and dirt roads.

The way of water is easy. His "A Big Cut" was almost complete. Just spending a little time would create success.

Only the way of earth made Qin Chuan feel tricky.

However, when the Five Elements are practiced to this point, the mysteries of the Five Elements are combined with each other. Even if Qin Chuan is just thinking about it out of thin air, his use of the Way of Earth is constantly improving.

Finally, he created the ultimate move of the way of earth, "Earth Guarding Field"!
“After comprehending this point, I now have an idea of ​​how to further advance the ‘Five Elements Divine Body’.” Qin Chuan pondered in his heart.

The five elements, the void, and the mysteries of the chaotic state are all applied to the extreme, with no room for improvement.

The "Five Elements Divine Body" created on this basis is naturally also the limit.

"If I can create this move, I'll have a better chance of passing the tenth level." Qin Chuan thought secretly in his heart. He did not hesitate and started to deduce and comprehend it directly.

After only about ten thousand years, a smile appeared on Qin Chuan's lips. He had comprehended "Void Fire God Body" and "Wen Dao of Hunyuan", and his accumulation was enough. It was not difficult for him to create this move.

"Try practicing."

Qin Chuan was thinking in his heart, but at this moment, a flash of fire suddenly flashed in his eyes.

The way of fire, the lineage of blazing flames, naturally took that step and reached the level of cosmic god.

“It’s time to break through.”

Qin Chuan secretly sighed in his heart, it would be unreasonable if he didn't make a breakthrough after accumulating so much.

"Then let's break through all of them." Qin Chuan simply sat there and began to comprehend on his own initiative.

It only took ten years for the remaining nine veins of the Way of Fire to be broken through.

Immediately afterwards, the ten meridians of the Way of Water, the ten meridians of the Way of Wood, the ten meridians of the Way of Earth, and the ten meridians of the Way of Metal broke through one after another.

Even the Nine Meridians of the Void Dao were broken through.

Qin Chuan had already realized the "Ultimate Void" before. The accumulation of the Void Dao was no worse than other paths. As long as he was willing, he could naturally break through at any time.

At this point, Qin Chuan has practiced many paths, and only the Void Realm Path is still at the Chaos Realm level.

There was no way. Qin Chuan didn't spend much time on this path, and he didn't find the opportunity to combine this path with the Five Elements Path, so his practice was naturally slow.

"However, the potential of the Void Realm is still huge. I might as well spend more time on it in the future." Qin Chuan thought to himself.

But he didn't think much about it at this time, and stood up immediately.

The only impact of the many paths breaking through the level of cosmic god on him was that his clones in the Origin Continent and the Chaos Void could instantly use these six paths freely.

On the contrary, it did not have much impact on the moves he created.

"Let's try the improved Five Elements Divine Body first." Qin Chuan stood up, and without hesitation he used the destructive technique and punched into the void.

Wow!
The barrier of the source world was broken, and a large amount of Hunyuan power poured in.

Qin Chuan took the initiative to step forward and bathed in the vast amount of Hunyuan power. He mastered the ultimate of emptiness and combined with the mystery of the Five Elements, his resistance to the Hunyuan power increased greatly.

"However, if I want to practice to the extreme this time, it will probably take a long time." Qin Chuan understood in his heart.

Strengthening the physical body cannot be rushed, not to mention that he is only at the basic level of Chaos Realm now, so he has to be even more careful.

"absorb."

Qin Chuan sat there cross-legged and began to actively absorb the large amount of Hunyuan power that was pouring in.

. . .

Time passes, and millions of years go by in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Qin Chuan was still relying on the power of Hunyuan to strengthen his body. In the outside world, in the mysterious valley, the figure in the black cloak suddenly looked up and looked forward.

call!
A figure wearing a green robe and looking extremely weak staggered over.

This is none other than Cang Qing, the core of the Cang family who entered the Wanfa Realm with Qin Chuan and Lord Chen Feng.

"Dark Lord, I've remembered this. We're not done yet." Cang Qing's face was pale, but his heart was filled with rage.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Cang Qing looked up and saw a black-robed figure leaning there.

For a moment, Cang Qing was shocked. He was seriously injured.

However, Cang Qing soon realized something was wrong. He couldn't sense the other party's life breath at all?

"From your appearance, it's obvious that you don't know where this place is." The black-robed figure smiled faintly:

"You are lucky. I have nine levels of the Universe God here. As long as you pass enough levels, you can get a treasure reward from me."

"Oh?" Cang Qing was somewhat surprised when he heard this. He understood that this was an opportunity.

"Senior, can you let me heal my injuries first before trying to break through?" Cang Qing asked.

"Haha, no hurry, no hurry. There are still people inside. However, since you are here, he must leave within 100 million years." said the black-robed figure.

"One hundred million years?" Cang Qing nodded.

For him, not long.

the other side--

Qin Chuan, who was using the power of Hunyuan to temper his body, suddenly opened his eyes. A voice sounded in his heart. It was the guard outside who reminded him that someone was coming.

"There is actually someone. But, one hundred million years? That's enough!" Qin Chuan didn't think much about it. He continued to immerse himself in the tempering of his body.

In the blink of an eye, another tens of millions of years passed.

After 20 million years, Qin Chuan finally stopped tempering.

"It's done."

Qin Chuan stood there, quietly feeling his current body.

The defense and strength have increased by at least ten times, and the key is vitality, which has also undergone a qualitative change.

"The vitality of my physical body is the same as that of Lord Chenfeng. Even if it is annihilated, it can be resurrected from nothingness." Qin Chuan nodded secretly in his heart.

The combination of the five elements can give birth to the mystery of destruction, and naturally, the mystery of life.

Qin Chuan obtained the classic book "Immortal World" of the Wood+ World, and had a deeper understanding of this point, so this time when the "Five Elements Divine Body" transformed, his vitality also underwent a qualitative change.

"Compared with the Realm Ancestor, my body may be a little inferior in defense, but the vitality and strength should be much greater. Overall, we are at least on the same level." Qin Chuan sighed in his heart.

This is incredible. He is now only tempering his body based on the Chaos Realm and has not actually unleashed the true power of the Five Elements Divine Body.

In the Origin Continent, the same body refining method, when cultivated with a divine body of 90,000 times the genetic level, has a huge difference in power compared to cultivating a physical body of 100,000 times the genetic level.

By the same token, Qin Chuan can temper his body to at least be comparable to the Realm Ancestor with just the physical foundation of the Chaos Realm and the help of the body refining method of "Five Elements Divine Body". After he passes the twelve levels of the Chaos Realm and truly breaks through to the Cosmic God, he will naturally become stronger if he further tempers his body with the physical foundation of the Cosmic God.

“I’m afraid it can surpass the second level of ‘Wen Dao of Hunyuan’ and truly reach the ultimate level of body refining.” Qin Chuan secretly speculated in his heart.

Of course, it is only comparable to the newly-promoted Ultimate Body Refining School, and it does not have the various magical methods of the Ultimate Body Refining School.

"But no matter what, my body refining method has been cultivated to this level, which is incredible." Qin Chuan thought to himself. He did not hesitate any more and stood up directly and went to the tenth level.

call!
Qin Chuan quickly stepped into the void where the tenth level was located.

Qin Chuan's opponents soon appeared. They were nine swordsmen wearing straw raincoats and holding bloody knives.

"If you can't bear it, then admit defeat. We will not show mercy when we attack you."

One of the swordsmen looked at Qin Chuan who was walking over and said in a cold voice.

"Ok?"

Qin Chuan looked at his opponent with some surprise. The opponents he had faced before were all of low intelligence, but this time it seemed different?
"bring it on."

Qin Chuan continued to move forward, and as he walked, a world quickly appeared and suppressed him.

Rumble!
The terrifying world force was crushing, and its power was much more terrifying than when Qin Chuan used it to deal with Lord Chenfeng and others before.

After all, during this period of time, he first broke through to the second level of the World Dao, and his use of the Five Elements also improved greatly, so this move naturally also underwent a qualitative change.

"This suppressive force is too strong, it will split his world in half!"

A swordsman shouted coldly, and in an instant, nine terrifying sword lights burst out. It was pure cutting power.

Even with the strength of Qinchuan's world suppression, a huge gash was instantly created.

call!call!call!
The terrifying sword light continued to rage, but soon, the nine swordsmen discovered something was wrong.

They split the world apart, but the membrane of the world healed in the blink of an eye.

"As long as the world is not destroyed, it may not be that easy to split my world." Qin Chuan said with a smile.

At this moment, the nine swordsmen also noticed this. They were in sync with each other and changed direction in an instant.

"Then I'll kill you first!"

Nine swordsmen suddenly burst out and attacked, with billions of sword lights, each one able to split the barrier of the open world.

However, Qin Chuan stood there, and countless knife lights fell on him, but only left some shallow marks, which recovered in the blink of an eye.

Although the sword light was strong, and could even break through the barriers of the open world, Qin Chuan was still able to remove some of its power by relying on his extreme virtualization. The remaining force hit his flesh, and it was difficult to even break through his defense.

Qin Chuan's physical defense might be weaker than that of Realm Ancestor, but when combined with the ultimate virtualization, it is not worse at all.

"This defense?"

At this moment, the nine swordsmen were also shocked. Their most powerful skill was their attack method, which was almost at the ultimate level.

And this moment——

Swish!
Qin Chuan's figure suddenly disappeared, and with the help of world transfer, he suddenly appeared next to a swordsman.

boom!
A punch containing extremely terrifying power instantly landed on the face of a swordsman.

It was visibly apparent to the naked eye that the swordsman's profile became distorted.

Boom!

His head exploded instantly, and the swordsman's body flew backwards.

In the blink of an eye, the swordsman's exploded head grew back, but his breath was obviously weaker.

"It seems that there is no need to use the Five Elements of Destruction." Qin Chuan thought secretly in his heart.

Continuously performing different moves, especially his moves that combine multiple techniques, is a huge burden on one's mental energy.

Before, Qin Chuan’s moves were not strong enough. Relying on his strong willpower, he could easily perform multiple moves at the same time. But now, even with his strong willpower, he feels strenuous to perform the Five Elements Five Worlds + Five Elements Destruction at the same time.

Fortunately, "Five Elements Divine Body" is a physical move that does not require much mental effort.

"When I become the God of the Universe, and cultivate the Dao of the Void Realm to a higher level, my soul will become stronger, and this will naturally not be a problem." Qin Chuan also understood this in his heart.

As long as the soul is strong enough, it doesn't matter how many moves you can perform at the same time.

In other words, for someone like Qin Chuan who practices multiple paths and combines them together, his soul must be strong, otherwise it will be difficult to display his skills in the future.

While thinking in his heart, Qin Chuan was also constantly moving with the help of the world domain, attacking the nine swordsmen from all angles.

With global coverage, Qinchuan has an absolute advantage in mobility.

The Five Elements Divine Body and the ultimate emptiness made Qin Chuan invincible in defense. Even if nine swordsmen attacked him with all their might, they could not hurt him at all.

In this situation, although the fighting is still going on, the outcome is already clear.

"The tenth level, are we going to pass it?"

At this moment, the black-robed guards outside were also quite shocked. Qin Chuan was the second one to pass the tenth level of the Chaos Realm.

The first one is the Chaos Realm reincarnation of the Ultimate Realm.

"Even if this Chaos Realm is not the reincarnation of the Ultimate Realm, it is probably the reincarnation of an extremely powerful Cosmic God." The black-robed guard secretly marveled in his heart. "Hmm?"

Cang Qing, who was sitting cross-legged in the distance, also looked up at this time. The movements of the black-robed guard were too obvious for him to miss.

"He looks surprised. Which level has the person who is trying to break through reached?" Cang Qing guessed in his heart.

time flies--

Within the tenth level.

boom!
Qin Chuan once again smashed a swordsman into pieces with one punch. When the opponent tried to condense his body again, he was suddenly moved away from the void by a force.

"Passed." Qin Chuan felt quite relieved.

He was satisfied when he passed the nine levels. At this time, every extra level he passed was a profit.

At this time, Qin Chuan looked up into the distance, and the void vortex leading to the eleventh level appeared there.

Without hesitation, Qin Chuan took a step forward, came to the whirlpool, and then entered it.

The eleventh level is the level of survival.

laugh!laugh!laugh!
In the void, there was an endless amount of terrifying pitch-black flames burning. The power of the flames was even more terrifying than the sword light of a swordsman at the tenth level.

This attack definitely surpasses ordinary ultimate realm attacks.

"This Flame"

Qin Chuan stood in the void, and couldn't help but want to comprehend, but he felt the rapid loss of vitality in his body, and finally he didn't dare to stay any longer and flew forward quickly.

Although Qin Chuan's vitality can be resurrected from nothingness, these flames contain destructive power, which causes great harm to Qin Chuan.

call!call!call!
Flying rapidly across the vast ocean of fire that spanned billions of miles, Qin Chuan's vitality was depleted by about 30%.

This has been annihilated from the root. If one wants to cultivate again, he has to spend time and slowly continue to absorb the power of Hunyuan.

However, Qin Chuan was also quite fortunate. If he didn't have the trick of reviving his vitality from nothingness, he might not have been able to pass the eleventh level.

"The twelfth level!"

Qin Chuan stepped into the void where the last level was.

In the void, there is a vertical eye billions of miles high. Endless black mist emerges from the pupils of the vertical eye. Just standing there, staring ahead, it makes time and space solidify and freeze cause and effect.

"The twelfth level is to walk across the void bridge in front while bearing the gaze of this vertical eye." Qin Chuan looked there. This void bridge was extremely short, only about ten thousand miles.

"But this ten thousand miles may not be that simple."

Qin Chuan understood in his heart that the vertical eye made him feel cold in his heart just by looking at it. It was imaginable how difficult it would be to walk across the Wanli Bridge under its gaze.

"It's been a long time since I experienced this feeling." Qin Chuan sighed in his heart.

Ever since his Dao heart was only one step away from perfection, he remained calm no matter what happened. It was extremely difficult to stir up any waves in his heart.

But at this moment, he had this feeling again.

"bring it on."

Qin Chuan looked ahead, took a step forward and stepped onto the bridge.

In an instant, Qin Chuan felt a buzzing in his soul, and a huge vertical eye appeared uncontrollably in Qin Chuan's spiritual world.

Destruction, killing, pain. Countless terrible illusions appeared in Qin Chuan's mind. The impact of pure will made Qin Chuan frown.

In fact, it is because the soul in the Chaos Realm is not strong enough. If it is the soul of the God of the Universe, it would not be so painful.

But this is exactly the significance of the twelve levels of the Chaos Realm, which must be passed on the basis of the Chaos Realm.

“This is also an opportunity.”

Qin Chuan thought in his heart and walked forward.

There is an extremely terrifying suppression on the void bridge. Even with Qin Chuan's current physical body, he can only move forward slowly, two or three miles at a time.

boom! boom! boom!
Qin Chuan's soul was roaring, and the vertical eyes that emerged in Qin Chuan's spiritual world were increasing at an incredible speed.

Tens, hundreds, billions.

Billions of vertical eyes gathered together at some point, and a huge monster with billions of eyes appeared there.

Countless eyes emitted countless black lights, which were a pure impact of will, trying to shatter Qin Chuan's will.

"You are still far from destroying my will."

Qin Chuan's heart became calmer, just like a small boat drifting in the rough waves. The rougher the waves were, the less afraid he should be.

Qin Chuan knew very well that if he showed any fear at this moment, it would be the end of him.

Forward, forward, and keep moving forward.

It took Qin Chuan a full 100,000 years to walk across the short bridge of ten thousand miles in the void.

But in the end, he took the last step.

call!
Qin Chuan opened his eyes, all illusions disappeared, and his spiritual world became calm again.

"A rare spiritual cleansing." Qin Chuan sighed in his heart.

The biggest gain from passing through twelve levels this time may be the spiritual training.

"However, I have passed the twelve levels." A smile appeared on Qin Chuan's face.

And at this time——

Wow!
In front of Qin Chuan, the figure in the black cloak appeared there.

"Passing the twelve levels is amazing." The black cloaked figure looked at Qin Chuan with some admiration.

The last person to break through was the Chaos Realm reincarnation of the Ultimate Realm, and Qin Chuan was the second one. This shows that Qin Chuan is no less than the Ultimate Realm in many aspects.

Of course, it is also possible that Qin Chuan is also the reincarnation of the ultimate realm, but he just didn't discover it.

Anyway, Qin Chuan has never used many magical methods of the ultimate realm, and his moves are not like those of the ultimate realm.

"It's also a bit of luck." Qin Chuan said with a smile.

It was indeed luck. If he had not obtained the "Stone Tablet of All Laws" before, and with the arrival of others later, he might not have been able to perfect the "Five Elements Divine Body" in time.

"I can tell whether it's luck or not." The black cloaked figure didn't say much, he just said:

"I have many treasures here, what do you want?"

"Is there a supreme secret treasure?" Qin Chuan asked.

Although his purpose of coming here was to obtain the Hunyuan material similar to the mysterious feather, Qin Chuan's ambition grew after passing the twelve levels.

The supreme secret treasure, although he cannot use it, he can comprehend the mystery within it.

The supreme secret treasure not only has one core ultimate path, but also must involve the mystery of the combination of multiple paths.

“Supreme Secret Treasure? You really dare to ask for it.” The black cloaked figure shook his head and said, “If you pass the twelve levels, I can give you a few of the top secret treasures.”

"The pinnacle secret treasure?"

Qin Chuan shook his head. If he needed a top secret treasure, he could go and exchange it with Emperor Xia. At this moment, he still had 400,000 great merits on him that he had not used.

Among the top secret treasures that Emperor Xia showed him last time, there was one that was in the direction of the "World Dao". If Qin Chuan changed it, he could use it completely.

"I have comprehended the mystery of the combination of the Way of Gold, the Way of Wood, the Way of Water, the Way of Fire, and the Way of Earth. Do you have any treasure here that can help me?" Qin Chuan suddenly asked again.

This is his true purpose.

Although his "Five Elements Divine Body" was already terribly powerful at this point, its upper limit was obviously far more than that.

In the Road of Five Elements, Qin Chuan’s accumulation in the Chaos Realm is too profound. It will be more difficult for him to reach the Ultimate Realm after becoming a Cosmic God, but it won’t take too long for him to reach the second level.

Just like in the Origin Continent, Qin Chuan relied on the soul at the level of a cosmic god and the assistance of the Tianxin Divine Tree, and soon he cultivated the World Path and the Destruction Path to the second level.

When the Five Elements Road reaches the second level, Qin Chuan can naturally create a more powerful "Five Elements Divine Body".
Creating something out of thin air is too difficult.

Qin Chuan's "Five Elements Divine Body" has reached this stage, neither "Hunyuan Asking for the Way" nor "Void Fire Divine Body" are of any use. Although the three have different powers, they are already considered to be body refining methods of the same level.

The Hunyuan Life Feather obtained from the ancestor Huo Zhao was still useful, but it was just a feather after all, and the mystery of the combination of the Way of Fire and Hunyuan was far from enough for Qin Chuan.

“You have comprehended so many paths?” At this time, the figure in black robe was also a little surprised.

"You want treasures related to these five paths, and I do have some here." The figure in black robe didn't say much. He waved his hand and handed a book to Qin Chuan.

"Here are all the relevant treasures and all the top secret treasures I have." The black-robed figure smiled and said:

"You can pick one. I suggest you choose a top-notch secret treasure. The ones I have here are all top-notch."

"Oh?"

Qin Chuan nodded.

He quickly looked through the many treasures and found that there were indeed quite a few life treasures similar to the Hunyuan Life Feather, and each one came with a value assessment.

Based on Qin Chuan's performance in passing the twelve levels of chaos, he can choose treasures worth no more than one hundred yuan.

"The top secret treasures here are indeed exquisite, and they are not comparable to the top secret treasures from Emperor Xia." Qin Chuan quickly set his eyes on a magic sword.

This is the pinnacle secret treasure in the direction of destruction + fire. With it, it will be of great help to Qin Chuan in his future comprehension of the two paths.

"It is indeed very useful to me, and it is not expensive, only worth twenty dollars." Qin Chuan quickly made a decision in his mind and took this top secret treasure.

Although some of the remaining top-notch secret treasures also made Qin Chuan excited, he still did not exchange them.

The main function of the pinnacle secret treasure is still in terms of strength. In terms of help for cultivation, it is not as good as other treasures.

Therefore, Qin Chuan exchanged the remaining eighty values ​​for treasures similar to the Hunyuan Feather.
. . .

In the mysterious valley.

Cang Qing was still sitting there cross-legged quietly waiting. The guard had said it would take 100 million years, but only tens of millions of years had passed.

However, at this time——

Cang Qing suddenly opened his eyes in surprise.

call!
Qin Chuan's figure walked out from the void passage in front.

At this time, Qin Chuan also noticed Cang Qing. He was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that it was Cang Qing who was waiting outside.

However, Qin Chuan didn't say much. He nodded to the other party and was about to leave.

"Brother Wangchuan, please stay." Cang Qing suddenly spoke.

"Ok?"

Qin Chuan stopped in surprise, because he had never told Cang Qing his name.

However, after Qin Chuan thought about it, it was not surprising. Although he had been practicing most of the time after coming to the Jie Xin Continent, it was not surprising that many people knew him because of the Great Venerable Zi Yu.

"Lord Cangqing, is there something wrong?" Qin Chuan asked.

"You can just call me Cang Qing." Cang Qing said directly at this time:
"Brother Wangchuan, you may not know yet, but the Blood River Patriarch has spread the word throughout the Wanfa Domain that you have obtained a 'Wanfa Stone Tablet'. I'm afraid many people are looking for you now."

"Really?" Qin Chuan frowned slightly when he heard that, but after thinking carefully, if it were him, he would probably do the same.

The treasure was stolen, so he had to make sure the person who stole the treasure had no peace.

A "Stone Tablet of All Laws" is too valuable. For Qin Chuan, he would hesitate to give it to him even if it was a supreme secret treasure. Even in the eyes of other cosmic gods, the value of a "Stone Tablet of All Laws" is probably generally higher than that of ordinary top secret treasures.

Once the news was made public, Qin Chuan, who was in the Chaos Realm, would naturally attract a lot of attention in an instant.

"Thank you Brother Cangqing for the reminder." Qin Chuan thanked him.

Although he was not afraid, Cang Qing's reminder was undoubtedly well-intentioned.

"It's just a small matter." Cang Qing said with a smile. He also foresaw that Qin Chuan might have extraordinary potential, so he took the initiative to make friends with him.

"Brother Cang Qing will probably have to break through the ninth level of the Universe God next. Although I am breaking through the twelfth level of the Chaos Realm, there are still many similarities between the two." Qin Chuan said as he threw a jade tube to Cang Qing.

"This is some of my experience in passing the levels. Brother Cang Qing can take a look at it." Qin Chuan said with a smile.

"Then I won't be polite." Cang Qing was also a little surprised when he heard that.

After chatting with Cang Qing for a few more words, Qin Chuan didn't stay any longer. He quickly said goodbye and left this mysterious valley.

"Let's break through the God of the Universe first." Qin Chuan quickly made a decision in his mind.

Although he is not afraid of the Blood River Ancestor now, but when he becomes the God of the Universe, the Blood River Ancestor will be nothing at all.

PS: I still owe twelve thousand.

(End of this chapter)