C369 The Big Ending

"So, his power was crippled by me! The Spiritual Sense is still there!" Bai Ye shook his hand and threw the body of the Sixth Realm's Sovereign out. The body of the Sixth Realm's Sovereign was pierced through by a cross, and the vast energy in his body was dispersed! It would take an unknown amount of time for him to recover to his peak state.

"Your blade swallowed the heavens, swallowed the heavens, swallowed the heavens! Now that the Heavenly Dao has been destroyed, he should be a heavenly artifact!" Chen Nan clenched his fist and kept the Sixth Realm's Sovereign into Inner World.

The dull atmosphere had filled the air, but another great battle was unavoidable after the great battle! What he wanted to fight was his friends and comrades in the past!

"I would rather destroy than let a Heavenly Axiom with selfish desires appear again! Although it was utterly ruined, in order to return peace to the human world, the efforts of tens of millions of years would not go to waste. This battle is unavoidable! " The Devil Lord's head was dripping with blood, as if it was the Devil Ancestor who had returned from a hundred battles in hell!

" I knew that you were not simple. When I cooperated with you, I already realized that your heart was not here. . . "

Although Dugu Baitian only had one arm, he smiled!

"Thank you for your Eight Desolations Tower. It allowed me to get closer to the origin of the world and complete my reincarnation. " Bai Ye also smiled. He didn't look like an enemy at all, but the atmosphere in the sky was already clear.

They couldn't do anything to Bai Ye, and Bai Ye couldn't just wait to be killed, nor could he hand over the cycle of reincarnation right now! Moreover, there was no way he could hand it over even if he wanted to.

Once one entered the reincarnation cycle, there was no end to it!

The Sea of Bitterness was boundless, not the shore.

"Heh. . . I didn't expect this, I didn't expect this, I'm old now. . . "

The Chen Ancestor sneered. His ruined body was shining. He did not hesitate to waste his life essence to recover his injured body!

Dugu was reforming. The Devil Lord's demonic energy began to surge.

Chen Nan's cold expression was filled with coldness! The Inner World had opened, and an endless amount of devil and devil energy enveloped him. That was the last remaining power of all living beings that was hidden within his body, and it had turned into an ancient halberd in his hand.

"Your 'Heavenly Weapon', let me use my 'Human Weapon' to fight you! A battle to determine life and death. . . "

"The cycle of reincarnation has sealed the destruction, everything depends on the user! The four of you might as well attack together! Bai Ye slowly stretched his muscles and bones. The Qi of Blue Sky Blade killing the sky filled the air. A great battle was unavoidable!

The invisible reincarnation cycle of the entire heaven and earth froze the space that was approaching destruction, providing them with a battlefield.

"Kill!"

"Kill! '"

"Kill!"

Three sounds of killing! Heaven, earth, Devil Lord, Dugu Baitian and Old Devil Chen didn't need to be mentioned by him, they had already made their move! They attacked from three different directions. The violent waves of destruction shook the nine heavens once again, and the destruction that was locked down by the reincarnation almost loosened up.

On the other side, Chen Nan also moved. The ancient halberd transformed into an eternal divine light that swept towards him like a flood dragon.

"Ha. . . " Bai Ye let out a wild roar. The Blue Sky Blade unleashed an endless pressure that instantly clashed with the four of them. However, the violent energy still flooded towards them!

At this moment, he suddenly made a move that puzzled the four men. The Blue Sky Blade that blocked the four destructive lights suddenly turned into a ray of light and was retracted by Bai Ye.

The four eternal divine lights converged in one place, turning into absolute nothingness powder that shattered everything and bombarded his body.

"Ah. . . "

A wild howl rang out! Bai Ye was crushed into powder by the impact! There was only blood and Qi in the air.

"Retreat. Dugu Baitian's facial expression changed drastically and he shouted. The four of them immediately retreated. The shattered void blood Qi was rolling around. It was as if the place had turned into a pool of blood before the sky was split open.

The destructive attack of the four experts was absolutely powerful. Even the Heavenly Dao that had passed away did not dare to let them touch their bodies at the same time. What Bai Ye did, Bai Ye's body was destroyed. The Spiritual Sense was destroyed! Not a single drop was left, but in the next moment, something miraculous happened!

His soul fragments entered the cycle of reincarnation bit by bit. It was as if he had experienced thousands of worlds and endless lives at this moment! For those who wanted to reach the Heaven Transformation Realm, this was the most critical moment!

"Dugu Baitian, you are very strong! You have a lot of knowledge and experience! But you are wrong. How could I give up on myself and become that so-called heaven, heaven. In the end, it was still not destroyed, I am still me. . . "

Within all of this destruction, a wave of divine will seemed to have crossed thousands of years, flowing against endless time and space!

"Return to the original. . . Return to the original. . . "

Bai Ye's divine sense moved at the last moment. Boundless light began to gather in this place. The power of destruction rejected all attacks from the energy. The heaven and earth had formed a perfect physique. Three misty silhouettes soared into the sky from the distant starry sky and entered the body. That was Donghuang, who had been shattered by the Heavenly Dao during the time of the Heaven Battling Heavens, the God and the Death God. At this moment, their divine souls had returned to their original bodies through reincarnation. Three incarnations. . . This was the most perfect cultivation technique!

There was no lack of resoluteness in his handsome looks, and there was no lack of kindness in his cold demeanor.

His new body was emitting endless treasured light, and every inch of his muscles contained the power to destroy the world!

Dugu and the other three men stopped their attacks, but Bai Ye did not transform into the sky! Then, there was a chance for them to turn the situation around. Before the final moment, they didn't want to see Bai Ye fight at his peak, especially at this moment.

The reincarnation cycle was vast! The broken nine heavens seemed to be unable to contain that body. Boundless divine force was like the rules of the world, completely overtaking everything in the world. This was a precious body that surpassed everything.

"If this is your goal, you have already achieved it! Why aren't you willing to hand over the reincarnation. . . "

"If you can't hand it over, I must take the reincarnation away! I want to borrow his power to return to the place that belongs to me. There's no need to say anymore, let's fight! If you all lose, I won't let you all disappear. If I lose, you all can destroy everything I have! " The newborn Bai Ye's clothes fluttered in the wind. His expression was indescribably calm.

He felt the power to destroy everything. He was confident that he could kill the Heavenly Dao even if he faced it alone.

"Fight!"

Facing Bai Ye's exaggerated words, the four experts didn't say much. They could only fight! To decide the final outcome of this game, the experts would not bow and bow in order to achieve their own goals. They would only use their strength to seize it.

The humanoid weapon appeared once more. The Chen Ancestor went against the heavens as he rushed forward, shattering the endless void as he hacked over. The demonic dance danced through the nine heavens. However, in the next moment, he flew out, a large hand quickly withdrawing!

It was too fast. . .

The Godfiend Chart appeared in perfect condition from Chen Nan's Inner World. The two Godfiend Chart were originally formed from the perfect world of Dugu Baitian and the Devil Lord. Zhan Tian, one of them was completely shattered! The other one was used to collect the energy of all living beings.

The Godfiend Chart was enlarged by tens of thousands of times in an instant, covering the sky and covering the earth as it enveloped Bai Ye!

Bai Ye raised his hand up into the sky and instantly turned into an indestructible heavenly peak, sending the Godfiend Chart flying for a hundred thousand miles.

"Ultimate Chaotic Patterns. . . " Dugu Baitian's true body carried Dugu Sha, who had once killed the heavens, and unleashed the Ultimate Chaotic Patterns. The destructive force caused the sky to tremble. The energy of the laws of beauty turned into a violent wave that smashed down.

Bai Ye finally showed some signs of being shaken. He was pushed back by a small step. The Blue Sky Blade slashed ten times in a row. Ten indestructible crescent moons broke through the heavy barrier. The heavy waves sent Dugu flying. . .

"Roar. . . General Worship Stage. . . "

The Devil Lord arrived. The once destroyed General Bai Stage turned into a misty green light that crushed the sky!

But in the next moment, it was sent flying. . .

"My Blue Sky Blade swallowed for several days! It swallowed the Magic Suppressing Stone. It swallowed everything! In this world, there are no divine weapons or heavenly treasures that can be compared to it. . . " Bai Ye quickly slashed out, wantonly releasing endless power! The Blue Sky Blade blocked Chen Nan's halberd that was charging over from behind. A bright crescent moon exploded at a close distance, splitting Chen Nan and the halberd apart. A trail of blood dyed the void red!

The battle was one-sided! At this moment, Bai Ye was undefeatable. Although the four of them were full of fighting spirit, their fighting spirit was still strong! However, their hearts were cold!

The power of the figure in the sky, each attack, perfectly displayed the rules of the battle.

He was facing the perfectly unharmed and powerful Bai Ye! How could they succeed? Could they just watch helplessly as Bai Ye controlled the reincarnation cycle and left?

"Boom. . . "

A huge collision occurred. The force of the four people's attack was instantly dispersed. Four figures shattered pieces of the sky and were sent flying for ten thousand miles! The void shattered and then vanished, comparable to great destruction. This was a collision of absolute power. There was not the slightest bit of technique to speak of!

"Cough, cough, cough. . . " But at this moment, Bai Ye suddenly felt a wave of weakness, and his footsteps staggered, "It's almost time. . . Fengdu Mountain. . . "

Far above Fengdu Mountain in the great world, Absolute Heaven stood with his head held high, his gaze extinguishing everything! He clearly saw the scene of Bai Ye fighting the top four, his brows knitted together! Finally, he said with a sigh, "Wang Xin's heart softened. . . "

"Boom!"

Another huge collision. This time, the top four were directly blasted out of the Nine Heavens and into the chaos! Bai Ye's eyes flickered as he carried the vast reincarnation force towards the great world.

Dugu Baitian and the others' expressions changed drastically. They all vanished into the endless starry sky, trying to stop him! However, Bai Ye's speed was too fast. With a single step, he crossed millions of miles in an instant and appeared above the great world!

The Yin clouds of Fengdu Mountain had disappeared. This place had turned into a verdant ocean after the reopening of the heaven and earth.

The fragrant scent of flowers filled the air, and the green vegetation was everywhere!

In the sky above a dazzling gorge, a trace of seriousness flashed across Absolute Heaven's eyes. Waving his hand down, it tore apart a hundred thousand feet of land! An endless abyss emitted a miraculous undulation! The once blooming flowers had disappeared. In the blink of an eye, it's like hell.

The sky disappeared!

The four experts followed and Bai Ye appeared in the sky above the abyss! He exchanged glances with Absolute Heaven and smiled! The two people turned around and quietly looked at the four super powerhouses approaching from afar.

Now that the Immortal God was gone, the Heavenly Rank was completely destroyed! The experts of the mortal world had withered away, and these four people represented the final experts of this world!

When the four of them arrived, their expressions completely changed! They looked at Bai Ye. Looking at Absolute Heaven, it was clearly seen. Furthermore, the faintly discernible connection between the two seemed to be from the same source. There was nothing worse than this! A great pressure and helplessness flashed through his heart. This was an expert who could be as powerful as Bai Ye before he returned to his original state. And he was still intact.

How was he going to fight?

"Taking away the cycle of reincarnation will bring eternal damnation to this world! Mr Bai, do you really have the heart to watch so many people die? Your family and friends. . . "

Chen Nan's face was calm, but there was a trace of coldness in it. If Bai Ye was willing to, the world would fall into eternal damnation. They couldn't be an exception. The most likely thing that could happen was that the heaven and earth would return to the beginning! And they. . . They might not be able to protect themselves, and might even be able to preserve a trace of the Spiritual Sense. However, if the world were to be destroyed, everyone would die. Could this world still be called a world?

What could be more lamentable about such a scene?

Bai Ye's eyes swept across the four of them and said calmly: "I don't know. After I leave! What would happen to this world? But before that, you absolutely can't hand over the reincarnation. Do you still remember when Chu Xiangyu was retreating, he was blown up here? Do you know what this place is? "

Only now did the four of them notice the endless abyss beneath them! A vast and mystical power actually caused them to overlook something for a moment when they saw it.

This power was vast and boundless, yet it also gave people a feeling that it was very easy to ignore! However, with a little bit of calculation and understanding, one would discover that the corrosiveness of this power was simply chilling. It was actually slowly corroding the entire world. Although it was slow, its footsteps were unable to stop it!

"This is a karst cave! A karst cave that can melt everything in the world is not an exaggeration compared to the Great Calamity of the Universe. Perhaps it is a disaster that I have caused, I must make up for it! Only the power of reincarnation can repair this place, and I also need the power of reincarnation to return to my world. . . "

Bai Ye smiled and finally said what he wanted to do. The former fellow villager seemed to have left ahead of time. Here, a karst cave that led to the future opened up. This kind of one-way karst cave was ten thousand times more terrifying than a black hole. Disregarding the cause and effect space-time and so on, it allowed a person to transcend the world and travel back and forth in space and time.

If the black hole in the universe could devour all tangible things, then this karst cave could shake the future and the past, overlap, clash, and finally. . . Destroy.

The top four were silent! In the end, Chen Nan still did not dare to believe it. "Why didn't Mr Bai tell us at the beginning that this battle would be meaningless?"

"Hehehe. . . I said it! Can reincarnation be controlled by me?" Bai Ye laughed. The truth was just like what he said. Even if he said it, the four of them might not agree! Only with absolute strength, with strength that they could not stop, could they say whatever they wanted.

He glanced at Dugu Baitian one last time and said with a smile that was not a smile, "Living under your shadow for a hundred thousand years! First Forbidden Great God. . . "

Dugu Baitian froze for a moment, "Err, hehehe!" Finally, he chuckled.

Everything was clear. Bai Ye did not have the intention of turning into a Heavenly Transformation to control the cycle of reincarnation. He did not need to worry about the top four!

"Humph. . . " Ancestor Chen snorted in dissatisfaction. Then, he turned around and soared into the sky. He returned to the moon of Chen family.

The Devil Lord gave Bai Ye a deep look, then it said goodbye without saying anything!

"Let us send you on your way!" Dugu Baitian smiled, it was a one-armed platform.

"Goodbye, Mr Chen! We will be separated from each other in this endless time and space, and it will be hard for us to see each other again. And you, too! Bai Ye chuckled and waved his hand to say goodbye.

He exchanged glances with Absolute Heaven and charged into the endless abyss underground!

The vast power of reincarnation was surging, as if bringing along a majestic world as it charged underground.

The abyss was bottomless. Immediately flying a hundred thousand feet, The reversal of time and space was a fault. A huge karst cave was slowly melting everything around it. Space. . . Time, void. . . ! This was the karst cave. This was only the beginning, perhaps ten years had passed. If no one discovered and stopped this karst cave for several decades. . . Then it would suddenly explode at a zero point point point and be destroyed millions of miles in an instant. Devour everything. . .

And this karst cave was also the node connecting to this world! It was the gap left behind by the robot's hometowns after they opened up the last tunnel.

This was a tunnel that could lead to the future.

"Long'er. . . Are you ready? Aren't you going to say goodbye to your parents?" In the Inner World, Long Wu saw everything clearly. Bai Ye's voice rang out.

She smiled sweetly. She knew that Bai Ye was almost unable to withstand the suppression of time and space. The reincarnation cycle was vast, and it wasn't something that could be controlled by a single person. If Bai Ye could transform into the sky, he would definitely be able to control it! However, once he transformed into the sky, he would never be able to leave this world. Wouldn't that mean that he would be imprisoned forever?

Reincarnation could repair worlds, could open up a path to another space and time. However, the price they had to pay was extremely great. They gave this world a final look! Crossing endless starry skies. They saw their parents in Divine Wind Academy who seemed to know something. They saw Zi Feng and Da Niu, who had returned to the chaotic world with some Zi Fengs. They would return to this world hundreds of years later and see their old friends. Chen Nan was there. He could also leave without worry.

"Alright. . . Then let's go. . . " Finally, Bai Ye smiled. His eyes swept across the sky above the ground, where Dugu Baitian and Chen Nan, father and son, were quietly watching. Bai Ye knew their most important goal. They might want to see Bai Ye keep his promise and return the reincarnation to the Great World! But he still waved his hand at them. . .

"This farewell will be eternal!"

Bai Ye sighed, and joined hands with Absolute Heaven to prop up a world gate.

The vast and mighty dimensional trembling of reincarnation suppressed down. Bai Ye used all of his strength to control the samsara to repair the karst cave bit by bit. When the power of samsara rotated, the space and time seemed to have begun to rotate! The karst cave was slowly recovering.

Everything in the surroundings was slowly changing. The endless abyss was slowly changing. The mountains, soil, and rocks began to cover the sky. Time was moving backward. Everything in the surroundings started to look like before the karst cave.

Time quickly returned to before Absolute Heaven split open the abyss. Time was reversing. Bai Ye was trying his best to control it. He did not let the power of reincarnation completely erupt! When time reversed to a sinister and eerie state, Bai Ye knew that it was almost time for robots to open up the tunnel!

It was probably at this time.

"Dugu, please lend me a hand with Samsara. . . " Bai Ye roared towards the sky, his voice spread across the future of time and space!

Mud and stones flew everywhere. Dugu Baitian's palm came alone! Blood was still flowing from the broken arm. Samsara had brought Bai Ye and the others back to several hundred years ago. At this moment, Dugu Baitian had shuttled back and forth hundreds of years ago. The holy weapon had stopped the void! He had personally controlled the reincarnation, but the power of the reversal was still the same.

"Goodbye. . . " Bai Ye gave him a final smile. He and Absolute Heaven rushed into that void tunnel that was about to disappear! The power of reincarnation erupted at this moment, turning into a speed of light, pushing Bai Ye and Absolute Heaven into endless future space-time.

The surroundings were all black, time and space rapidly flowing away! It was as if billions of years had passed, Absolute Heaven had vanished! Returning to Bai Ye's consciousness space, he could not materialize for too long!

There was no end in front of him, making people's hearts feel stifled. There was no end, no end in sight! There was only silence along the way. In the end, Long Wu could not withstand the pressure of time and fell asleep in Bai Ye's Inner World. Bai Ye was afraid that something would happen to her, so he placed the Source of Life beside her! Endless life force nourished her.

In the endless void, she was absolutely lonely. Bai Ye, who had long achieved immortality and transcended the true Undying and Imperishable Realm, felt the pressure of time at this moment. It was ice-cold!

After traveling for an unknown number of years, a white dot suddenly lit up in front of them! Closer!

Bai Ye casually fished out the white dot and grabbed it. Time flowed by! This was actually a robot, or to be precise, it was Bai Ye's hometown. That robot! It opened the karst cave of the great world, leaving behind a huge pit. The robot that blew up Chu Xiangyu, who was caught off guard, also left behind a disastrous root for the great world, and Bai Ye eliminated the root of the disaster.

Bai Ye let out a sigh, and the robot turned dim! All the energy and luster had been lost, and it had completely turned into vanadium iron! It had been eliminated in an endless amount of time! It had not been able to return to reality.

However, when Bai Ye swept his divine sense through the machine's head, he felt speechless.

"It's. . . The way back! We have to. . . Send the information back. . . "

The robot was still thinking about the data it had captured in space before it transmigrated. It had firmly remembered the mission that it had sent back. It also remembered this mission, which was why it kept getting stronger and wanted to complete this mission! However, in the end, it did not complete it.

It did not have the help of the reincarnation power! In the end, it could only die here dejectedly.

"Absolute Heaven. . . Do you feel it?" The speed of time was still the same! Bai Ye felt an ominous premonition.

His heaven-defying divine sense was also somewhat exhausted!

At this moment, Bai Ye frowned! Talking to Absolute Heaven in his body could also be said to be asking him!

Within the Spatial Tunnel, Absolute Heaven's despairing figure appeared once more. He knitted his brows tightly, his long hair drifting! He said, "I feel it. . . Seems like. . . It's coming!"

The instant he finished speaking, a terrifying fluctuation suddenly chased after the path of time they walked through and rapidly approached. That was a frenzied flow of destruction. For such a thing to appear in the space-time of history was truly a terrifying thing. What made Bai Ye even more uneasy was that there was a mysterious and mysterious power of cause and effect. . .

"The real time and space are very close. Do we really have to take that step? I don't want to. . . "

The power that traced back history was invisible and intangible, mysterious and profound! It was a dense sea of Karmic Chains. Waves of immense Karmic Pressure caused one's hair to be in a panic. It was constantly being cut down and thrown into chaos. The most complicated and troublesome thing was not Karmic Karma.

Under such circumstances, anyone would find it difficult to deal with such a force.

"I wonder how long I'll be sleeping this time!" Absolute Heaven seemed to have understood what Bai Ye was going to do next! With a slight sigh, he completely disappeared into the tunnel.

"Long'er, wake up! Will all of this be a dream? I really don't want to lose you. And the crystal of our love. . . For me, you resolutely followed me. . . Now, I don't know where my future path is. . . I hope that you will wake up and remember me. . . "

She stared at the sleeping Long Wu, serene and beautiful! dignified. A strong reluctance and love flashed in Bai Ye's eyes when he saw his beautiful wife.

The Sea of Karma surged down and caught up with Bai Ye in an instant. It was complicated and complicated. It belonged to Bai Ye! There was Long Wu! There was Absolute Heaven, and there was that small life. The cycle of reincarnation could not completely cut off karma!

Bai Ye smiled. His indestructible cultivation base slowly dissipated. A huge hole was torn open in his arm! The heaven defying blood dyed the spatial tunnel red! In the void, karma slowly melted. Under the blood that surpassed the heaven defying, the sin was washed away, the merit was abandoned, and the hatred was abandoned!

The karma that had wrapped around Bai Ye disappeared without a trace the moment Bai Ye's cultivation base dissipated!

His blood washed away the footprints left by his wife. When the Karma Sea disappeared, Bai Ye saw a large spatial door appear in front of him. Light shone through the spatial door, and it was so glaring! It was so beautiful. What followed was the familiar and touching atmosphere around him.

This was the last scene Bai Ye could see. He smiled.

"Ring, ring, ring, ring. . . "

The alarm bells rang, and the sky turned dark! A trace of cold passed through the window and woke the sleeping person up. The ringing of the alarm was ear-piercing.

A young man shivered and then woke up in a daze! In the blink of an eye, he looked around. It was actually the desk. The coat on his body had long fallen to the ground. No wonder it was so cold.

"Ah. . . " He suddenly cried out in alarm, as if he had thought of something! His expression changed instantly. His emotions were unsettled for a long time. Finally, he looked around at the familiar and unfamiliar environment, his heart in a trance. . .

Bai Ye's hands powerlessly pulled the mirror over and looked at himself in the mirror. Although he was handsome, he was very ordinary. . .

Everything was so dream-like as if it had happened yesterday, but it was as if they were separated by a window! He did not speak for a long time. The cold morning fog once again mischievously entered this place!

It made him shiver from the cold, and his eyes were already filled with tears! Perhaps all of this was a dream, but love was real. Friendship would not change! So what if all of this was buried in his heart?

"Hu! He took a deep breath and stood up. A dream turned into an eternity, what was it that woke him up from?! Wasn't this also an unforgettable experience?

If he was sad, then he would make this wound a bit deeper, cut it a bit!

He weakly tidied up his desk, washed up, and walked out of the simple bedroom. He passed by the powder shop that he often went to, and followed his body's needs in a daze. After eating breakfast, he passed by the familiar square! An indescribable sadness always lingered in his heart. He finally cried out! His heart was broken, cracked!! Love was like the water flowing through a dam that was tens of thousands of meters wide. . .

"It hasn't changed! Everything didn't change, it really was a dream. . . "

He raised his head to the sky and roared, ignoring the strange gazes of the people who came out for morning exercises! He passed by several dozen stories of tall buildings. He had heard a lot, he had once stood at a higher height than this in his dream. . .

His tears flowed to his home!

When he laid down on the simple bed in a dispirited manner, he suddenly saw a shocking face. That breathtaking beauty was definitely not any beauty that he had seen in real life. It was more like the one in his dream. . .

"You. . . Long'er, is that you?" Bai Ye did not dare to close his eyes. He was afraid that once he closed his eyes, he would close them again! He would not be able to see anything. He would just lie there!

"Night. You cried! I heard your sad heart. . . So I woke up. . . "

" But, I. . . "He didn't know how to say it.

"You lost your heaven defying cultivation, but you are still you. I can feel that the inextinguishable potential in your body has surpassed the past! I can feel it. . . Let me protect you from now on. Wait for you to awaken and return, alright. . . "

"Long'er, I miss you. . . I really miss you. . . " Bai Ye closed his eyes, and a line of tears flowed down his face. Men did not shed tears easily, but they did not reach the point where they were sad. . .

He did not want to face this illusory scene. His heart could not bear to be hurt!

But in the next moment, he was completely stunned. He felt a warm red lips press against his lips! It was so soft, sweet, and sweet. So familiar. So unforgettable.

"Is this true?" His head rumbled. . .

"Father, mother! What are you doing?" A soft and tender voice entered Bai Ye's ears, as if his brain had exploded.