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The deepest part of the Far North.

High in the sky.

A huge crack opened out of thin air, and huge energy fluctuations swept across all directions. This fluctuation could be clearly felt throughout the Far North and even thousands of kilometers beyond the Far North.

After the crack opened, the power of space poured in instantly, forming a vortex-shaped channel.

Even Su Yu tried to control the power of space to prevent or interfere with the formation of the passage, but unfortunately his power was not enough.

Even if he understands space very well, even if he has a thorough perception of space, even if his ability to control and use the power of space far exceeds that of Gu Yuena, it is of no use at all.

Understand the nature of space, but do not have enough power to mobilize space.

"In this world, power still dominates." Su Yu knew that his level was holding him back.

If there is no understanding and no foundation of strength, the strength will be seriously hindered, which will lead to the fact that the understanding is deeper than the opponent, but the control of the power of space cannot be taken away.

In fact, Su Yu had taken Douluo Continent's cultivation system in a new direction a long time ago. The previous route of soul power accumulation was actually the accumulation of energy. When he became strong enough, he would have sufficient ability to mobilize everything.

Even if you don't have the understanding of space, as long as you have enough opportunities and your martial soul talent is sufficiently reflected at this point, you will basically be able to master the corresponding skills naturally when your energy reaches a certain level.

All that needs training is the use of skills.

But Su Yu, in addition to improving his energy, has never given up on understanding through his own efforts.

According to Electrolux's explanation, this insight is actually beneficial to practice and helps to improve energy.

What hinders the improvement of soul power is actually aptitude. In essence, it is the degree to which one's body can tolerate the characteristics of the soul power improvement process.

As you practice, your soul power will become more and more like a martial soul, becoming more and more powerful in terms of quality and characteristics. It will also change the soul master's body during daily practice, so that the soul master's body can keep up with the pace of cultivation. .

As for self-awareness, first of all, it is able to increase the upper limit. If the martial soul qualifications are not enough, no matter how much the soul power is cultivated, it has reached a certain bottleneck, and it is impossible to continue to have stronger characteristics and condense more massive soul power.

This is also the principle why martial souls restrict the cultivation of soul masters.

Self-enlightenment naturally means getting rid of the limitations of the martial soul, using one's own perception to further improve the soul power, and then improve the body in the process of improving the soul power, which in turn affects the martial soul.

Moreover, this process of soul power improving the body will also speed up with the thoroughness of understanding, which means that the amount of soul power that is improved every day will increase. The longer the time is, the faster the cultivation will be.

Taken together, the lead in perception will make the soul master's cultivation smoother, and at the same time, his cultivation speed will be much faster than those with the same talent.

According to Su Yu's theory, Bluesilver Grass has a life attribute soul ring attached to it, which does not need to be absorbed beyond the level. As long as it reaches half of the current optimal age level, the quality of the soul ring will not be lower than the soul ring of the same color, and the main attribute is life attribute. Or the auxiliary attribute is the life attribute, but the main attribute has a great bonus to the life attribute, especially on the Blue Silver Grass Spirit. After every addition of the soul ring, the Spirit of the Blue Silver Grass Spirit Master can provide The soul power quality and upper limit of characteristics are enough for this soul master to practice all the way to the next title.

That is to say, the absorption of the tenth level is more than two hundred years, the second level is about four hundred years, the third level is about a thousand years, and the fourth level is about three thousand years. Logically speaking, the upper limit of the Blue Silver Grass soul master's spirit at this stage is enough to allow the soul master to reach level fifty.

As long as the ten-thousand-year soul ring absorbs the life attribute at the fifth level of level 50, it will be enough to continue cultivating to the sixth level.

This is a cumulative principle.

As long as you can reach level ten and have the qualifications to obtain the first soul ring, then there are endless possibilities.

Of course, this is theoretical. After all, the speed of cultivation is also a major constraint in the cultivation of a soul master. The soul power can continue to improve, but if you upgrade to a level in ten years, you may not be able to be promoted to the next title even if you die of old age. Naturally, Out of use.

It can only be said that Su Yu's theory is useful, but not much.

But at least it gave the soul masters who were considered useless martial souls the theoretical foundation to change their lives against the will of heaven.

"This is just the lowest line. The first ring can last for three to four hundred years, and the second ring can last for eight hundred years. Each soul ring can be obtained in the best ratio, and it is the life attribute soul ring that is most suitable for you. The best soul ring With beast bloodline, you really have the qualifications to change your destiny against the will of heaven."

Back to topic.

The soul master's own insights can promote cultivation.

Even the perception itself can be turned into the combat power of a soul master. When the perception greatly exceeds the level of one's own soul power, even if the soul power level cannot be raised instantly, one can still rely on the higher level perception to control the one currently possessed. power, thus erupting into a strength that far exceeds that of the same level.

However, there are limits to this.

A ninety-level perception, a sixty-level soul power level, even in various ways and angles, one's perception can be realized into combat power, such as Su Yu's runes, battle armor, domain, control of soul power, and the power to induce rules. In various ways, even if he can unleash his level 90 combat power, he will still be at a disadvantage when facing a level 90 opponent.

Because Su Yu relied on the sixty-level soul power to explode the ninety-level power.

"I can only say that my understanding is too biased."

Su Yu is now not only at level 60 but also has level 90 comprehension. He is simply unparalleled.

His understanding and application of rules are not weaker than those of a true god, and he is a first-level god.

The reincarnation of the power of life and death is not accomplished by relying on the power of any martial soul. On the contrary, his martial soul can transform into this reincarnation characteristic, and he also relies on his own insights to grow up little by little.

This ability alone has surpassed most first-level gods.

"I still have to raise my soul power level as soon as possible." Su Yu sighed, "It's still too slow."

I don’t know if any of his peers would be tempted to die if they heard his emotion like this.

Especially a genius from a certain Hongchen family.

Even Huo Yuhao is now far behind Su Yu. Relying on his twin martial souls and even completing the production of the super battle armor ahead of schedule with the help of Xuan Ziwen, there is still a huge gap.

The pinnacle of Super Douluo, but not the Ultimate Douluo.

This is Huo Yuhao's current combat power level.

And this is already his result after completing seven of the eight exams for the Red Level of the God of Life.

After completely completing the eighth test, Huo Yuhao has broken through level 90, reached the title Douluo, and possesses the complementary soul core of yin and yang, but how long will it take to get stuck?

By then, Su Yu might have already lost a few blocks to Huo Yuhao. Without the reward from the God of Life assessment, he didn't know how hard it would be to catch up.

But Su Yu had to take a lot more tests than Huo Yuhao.

Although Su Yu's assessment rewards are not very effective in realizing soul power, they have also cleared many obstacles for Su Yu's progress.

It can only be said that Su Yu feels that his soul power cultivation is too slow, which may make all geniuses jealous.

If you don’t want this speed, give it to me!

While Su Yu reflected that his cultivation speed was a bit slow, the vortex high in the sky in the far north had completely taken shape.

In the terrifying vortex with a diameter of hundreds of meters, a large number of creatures rushed out of it, and terrifying energy fluctuations came from the other side, shocking everyone present.

That is--

"Saint Lord of the Abyss!"

Su Yu was certain that this aura that shocked everyone was the Holy Lord of the Abyss.

Perhaps it was to anger Su Yu and others for their decisiveness that they killed several powerful men of the Holy Spirit Cult without giving Abyss any time to react. Or maybe it was to frighten Douluo Continent and prepare for the next invasion. The Holy Lord of Abyss Directly erupting his first-level god-level pressure, the entire Far North was shrouded in terrifying oppression.

However, because of this, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He can't get through!

The more you shock me and oppress me, the more excited I become.

Because this just shows your weakness and your helplessness!

The Abyss, a special type of energy plane in the universe, can absorb and transform by swallowing the vitality of heaven and earth, and strengthen the entire plane. There are one hundred and eight layers in the abyss, and there are space passages connecting each two layers. There is an emperor living on each layer, who is also the core of each layer. Once the emperor truly falls, the entire layer will collapse, and the abyss creatures to which it belongs will be completely annihilated. .

On the 108th level of the abyss, the strength of the emperors on the first thirty-six levels is generally at the level of ordinary titled Douluo, the strength of the emperors on the middle thirty-six levels is comparable to super Douluo, and the strength of the emperors on the last thirty-six levels is comparable to ultimate Douluo, especially The last eighteen levels are all quasi-god level.

Even the Holy Lord of the Abyss is the Lord of the Abyss Plane, and his strength is comparable to that of a first-level god.

The abyss is not just about these emperors, there are countless abyss creatures living on each level, basically belonging to the race of the respective emperors on the 108th level.

Only the emperors on the 108th level had Titled Douluo, but under the Spirit Emperor on the second level, there were a large number of Titled Douluo subordinates, and they even had the combat power of three super Douluo levels.

The so-called emperors just happen to have the absolute status of their own race in that layer of abyss, which helped them obtain the command of the current layer, which is equivalent to the master of a certain layer.

Even excluding some high-level ordinary abyssal creatures, these emperors from the 108th level of the abyss have completely crushed all the combat power of Douluo Continent.

The last thirty-six levels are all comparable to Extreme Douluo, and there are even eighteen who have the strength of quasi-god or above, and the Holy Lord of the Abyss even has the power of a first-level god.

This is a huge plane that can dominate the universe.

The Abyss can be so powerful because they have grown to where they are now by plundering and devouring the material plane and absorbing the energy of heaven and earth from the material plane.

It is said that the original Abyss was not as powerful as it is now, and its overall strength was even worse than Douluo Continent.

However, it still grew to its current peak step by step by devouring weaker planes.

"Although the energy level of Douluo Continent is not high, it is special enough."

It's so special that there are so many gods that have fallen in this plane and so many special inheritances.

The Douluo God Realm is named after Douluo, which shows the importance of the Douluo Continent to the Douluo God Realm.

This is the root.

Even gods who no longer become gods in the Douluo plane may leave a legacy in the Douluo plane.

This also makes the motive of the abyss to swallow the Douluo plane very strong.

As long as the Douluo Continent is swallowed up, the abyss will definitely grow to the point where it is not afraid of the God Realm.

It's not a complete confrontation, but it's not afraid of being targeted by the gods.

"The Heavenly Holy Split Abyss Halberd has been nurtured to its final stage. It is a super divine weapon. Even if I have just broken through to the first level of god, I am still enough to dominate the field of first level god. As long as I devour the Douluo Continent, even if I only reach the level of demigod At the level of a king, with the power of a super divine weapon, I am enough to compete with ordinary god kings."

With this level of power and the ability to move easily on the abyss energy plane, the Abyss Saint Lord is not very afraid of the gods.

As long as all the God Kings of the God Realm didn't go out to hunt them down, they would be invincible in the Abyss.

As for the pursuit of the five great god kings?

I am not afraid that my hometown will be stolen.

The Abyss Saint knew that the Douluo God Realm was very strong, but even so, he still had confidence in the Heavenly Saint Split Abyss Halberd in his hand.

Little did he know that the number of super artifacts in the God Realm far exceeded his expectations.

The God of Destruction, the God of Life, and the God of Shura all have their own super artifacts, and the Shura Divine Sword is an absolute killing weapon.

However, even if he knew, so what, the Holy Lord of the Abyss was not a fool.

Unbeatable, yet hopeless to escape.

As the master of the plane, with an entire plane behind him, his power cannot be measured by the standards of ordinary practitioners.

This is also the importance of the Lord of a Plane.

Abyss has been able to grow to this point not without taking risks.

This kind of plane that is conducive to the dark zone is the real cruelty and the real madness.

As long as there is a chance, they are willing to gamble.

The Holy Lord of the Abyss couldn't wait for the opportunity to reach the sky in one step, and he didn't feel the need to wait.

"The Douluo Plane is about to give birth to a will, but at this moment, an ascended spirit from the Douluo Plane wants to seize it, take its place in charge of the entire plane, and become the master of the plane.

This is the opportunity of the abyss.

As long as the Douluo Continent is swallowed up before the God Realm reacts, I don't need to worry about revenge. "

Take one bite and run.

This is his final line.

"Ten years, within ten years, we cannot completely swallow up the Douluo Continent. We can swallow as much energy as we can. We must withdraw decisively."

Su Yu raised his head and stared at the vortex, as if looking through the vortex towards the abyss on the opposite side.

"Such a strong pressure, is this a first-level god?"

This is true oppression on an energy level.

Very strong.

Su Yu felt that he couldn't beat him.

Definitely can't beat it.

"Even if I break through to the ninety-ninth level of Ultimate Douluo, even if I really make the ultimate battle armor, it will still be the same at best."

What's more, this Abyss Saint Lord also possesses the super-artifact Heavenly Saint Split Abyss Halberd.

Su Yu would not ignore any detail of combat power.

"If you don't become a god, it's almost impossible to fight or even kill the Abyss Saint Lord." He had to sigh.

However, if we don't kill the Holy Lord of the Abyss, how can we swallow the Abyss?

He is the master of the entire abyss, and only by killing the Holy Lord of the Abyss can the abyss be completely swallowed up. Otherwise, even if all one hundred and seven layers of the abyss were destroyed except for the first layer, and the energy in them was swallowed up, it would only swallow less than one-fifth of the abyss.

Even if the Holy Lord of the Abyss stopped his losses in time, this ratio might be less than one-tenth.

However, Su Yu's ambition did not allow him to let go of this big fish.

"On the premise of ensuring the safety of Douluo Continent, swallow the abyss as much as possible. If it doesn't work, then you can only eat as much as you want!"

It’s crazy on both sides.

I just don’t know which side has more control over its own madness.

The abyss falls.

Star Luo City.

Huo Yuhao, Daming, and Er Ming all looked in the direction of the Far North in shock.

The passage between the two major planes was established, and its spatial fluctuations were so terrifying that even though it was extremely far away from the extreme north, it was still affected.

Of course, this kind of impact is not as shocking as the far north, but a strong person like Huo Yuhao can still feel the changes in space.

In particular, that terrifying aura not only oppressed the entire Far North, but also oppressed the entire Douluo plane.

"very scary."

Even though the distance was so far away, the substantive force of the oppression was no longer enough to cause any harm, but the quality of that pressure was unprecedentedly high.

Huo Yuhao stared in the direction of the far north, thoughts flashing through his mind rapidly.

"It's too fast, how could it be completed so quickly, and the abyss is too strong!" Now he can only hope that the existence that exudes such a terrifying aura has not really entered Douluo Continent.

Da Ming and Er Ming were also extremely shocked.

"This has reached the level of a first-level god. Where did this god come from?"

Obviously, they didn't know about the coming of the abyss.

Su Yu thought they knew about Poseidon's plan, but Poseidon didn't inform them.

This has also led to the current embarrassment.

They really know nothing.

Otherwise, no matter how much they work for Tang San, they themselves are the beings of Douluo Continent, and they will definitely not sit idly by.

"What happened over there? Why did the aura of a first-level god suddenly come to me? Could it be that a soul master has become a god?" Daming murmured to himself in disbelief in a low voice.

"There are only a few Extreme Douluo on Douluo Continent now. It can't be them."

This momentum doesn't match any of them.

Could it be that there is a powerful man hiding in the Douluo Continent?

However, how can he become a god even if he has already retired from the world?

Ming Dynasty and Ming Dynasty did not understand why a first-level god suddenly appeared.

"That is the master of the abyss." Huo Yuhao explained.

"Abyss?" It can be seen that Ming Ming and Ming Ming don't know much about the abyss.

"Well, an energy plane in the universe swallows the energy of heaven and earth from the material plane, thus growing continuously."

Following Huo Yuhao's introduction, Da Ming and Er Ming's expressions changed drastically.

Is this abyss targeting Douluo Continent?

"Impossible. There are so many strong men in the God Realm. Did their brains get kicked in the abyss?" Er Ming said in shock, calling it impossible.

Daming's face was heavy.

In recent months, I have been unable to contact God Realm.

The two brothers stay in Douluo Continent, so naturally they don't have to communicate with the God Realm all the time, but they will also maintain communication with the God Realm at an almost fixed frequency.

This frequency is normally three hundred years.

After all, for soul beasts, three hundred years is not a long time. It can be regarded as an era for the strongest in every generation in the human soul master world.

But now, because of Wang Dong, their contact with the God Realm has become more frequent, and they basically contact each other every year.

But in the last contact, Daming received no response from the divine world.

Something happened in the divine world?

Daming's expression changed, but thinking of Tang San's reliability, he still made up his mind and put this thought aside.

"Now it seems that the connection between the God Realm and the Douluo Continent has been temporarily severed. Tang San, who has mastered the center of the God Realm, can't contact him, and the other gods can't even contact the Douluo Continent.

So, is this the motivation for Abyss to invade Douluo Continent? Invading Douluo Continent with such a coincidental opportunity? "

Daming also gradually analyzed some situations, and speculated that Abyss had been peeking at Douluo Continent for a long time.

No matter how deep it went, he stopped thinking about it.

After all, continuing to infer is no longer something that can be directly deduced from the existing information. Further speculations based on illusory speculations are all conjecture.

"Also, why did the God Realm suddenly lose contact with Douluo Continent?" Daming was more concerned about this issue, and seemed not to have the slightest worry about whether Douluo Continent would be completely swallowed by the abyss.

There may be a problem in the God Realm, but with that guy's layout in Douluo Continent for thousands of years, even if there are no problems, it will definitely not be completely swallowed up and destroyed.

Only he, Da Ming, knew how much backup Tang San had left in Douluo Continent.

Not to mention anything else, there is no need for a specific place of inheritance. The weak divine power left behind is enough to gather the faith of the sea and quickly transform it into the consumption required to inherit the divine position. To complete the inheritance of the divine position is what most gods do now. less than.

The inheritance of God consumes a lot of money.

The previous god gave up the throne and passed it on to the new god. It stands to reason that this god will only become more powerful, but in fact, the vast majority of the gods have basically remained unchanged, regardless of their level.

Except for special opportunities, the god's own nurturing ability is not enough to improve from generation to generation.

Because all this excess power was consumed in inheritance.

However, while Tang San was raising the level of the Seagod, he also accumulated the ability to inherit the status at any time, and it was enough to achieve it in this more difficult way. This shows that he has exerted great influence on Douluo Continent in these ten thousand years. How many arrangements are there.

In this way, even if he defeated Tang Hao in the battle of plane will, became the master of the plane, and truly condensed his own spirit body, his control over the Douluo plane would not necessarily be as strong as that of Tang San.

In terms of pure control, without using force to compare, he couldn't compare to Poseidon.

The ocean, which already occupies more than 70% of the Douluo Planet, believes in him. Even on the remaining continents, the legend of Poseidon has been circulating for thousands of years.

One can imagine the importance of Poseidon in Douluo Star.

The will of the plane invested in Su Yu, exposed his own state, and frantically attracted the abyss to devour him, which was also a last resort.

Devouring the abyss is not only to get rid of Tang Hao's body, but also to absorb the power of the abyss and enhance his authority in the control of the Douluo plane.

At least he must surpass Poseidon, so that he can slowly control the entire plane in the years to come.

Xingluo City has been captured.

Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger died, Emperor Xu Jiawei died, and the royal bloodline was preserved after a long wait.

"The area around Xingluo City will be established as Xingluo Province, with Xingluo City as the provincial capital."

The last territory was conquered, and the reform of the Sun and Moon Empire followed.

The federal system that has been implemented and implemented in other regions will soon include Star Luo City.

After waiting for a long time, Huo Yuhao did not kill all the original Star Luo royal family, but recommended them to become the members of the Star Luo Province today.

Of course, there is not only one member, there are ten seats, five of which are held by ninth-level soul masters directly under Mingde Hall, and the remaining five belong to the original Star Luo Province.

The original allocation of councilors to provinces and cities within the territory of the Tianhun Empire was mostly done in this way.

Quickly stabilize the effects of the war.

After all, the original power holders had no intention of continuing to resist, no secret tricks, and order was restored very quickly.

Of course, as time goes by, this allocation cannot continue.

One year later, the members of parliament in all provinces and cities under federal jurisdiction will undergo a major change. They will no longer serve as members of the provinces and cities where they were born, and a rotation system will be implemented.

Two years later, the rotation system will end. Instead of rotation, new and old members will be replaced by voting.

Step by step.

Perhaps the original powerful family with martial spirit inheritance is still standing, but its control over the original area will be replaced, and new forces will be formed and formed.

In this process, the federal task is to build an official force with absolute control.

In this way, no matter how the civil forces change, they will still be subject to federal control.

At the same time, stable upward channels and stable social order

These are the next tasks for the Federation.

It can be said that the Far North is fighting against the invasion of the abyss, and the federal interior also has its own tasks and is undergoing system reforms.

The far north.

Sure enough, Su Yu's judgment was correct.

The aura of the Holy Lord of the Abyss has never weakened, but that's all.

The terrifying aura oppresses the Doukai divisions closest to the core area in the far north.

However, as time passed and they gradually adapted to this coercion, they got invisible training.

The show of force failed, but instead brought benefits.

In other words, this power is not aimed at the Doukai divisions or the soul mentors. The targets of this power are the top combat forces of the Douluo Continent in the core area at this moment.

Pity.

Ditian is a beast god, and he has a firm will. He is dominated by the Silver Dragon King, and he believes that his master is invincible, so he is naturally not affected.

There is no need to say more about the Silver Dragon King himself.

Su Yudu has a bolder idea, and there is no need to say more.

Electrolux is not affected either.

After Kong Deming was only slightly shocked, he gradually adapted to the coercion and became more determined like the Doukai divisions outside.

As the lord of the Far North, the first station to be invaded, the Snow Emperor is most hostile to the Abyss. How can he be afraid of the other party's shock?

Poison Immortal is purely happy to see the hunter, and is eager to try. Even if it is uncomfortable to be oppressed, he is still extremely excited, trying his best to activate the blood-red power in his body, and bursting out with unprecedented fighting spirit.

As for Jing Hongchen.

He was also embarrassed that one person was frightened when everyone else was not affected.

In short, the Abyss Saint Lord's plan completely failed and had the opposite effect.

However, even so, he did not take Su Yu and others seriously.

He didn't know the Silver Dragon King, he didn't know Su Yu, and he didn't have any information about the powerful people within Douluo.

In his opinion, the people standing in front of him now are just some little guys who are not at the god level.

Although he is very perverted, he is still not at the level of a god.

Everyone below the god level is an ant.

"Hmph, it's just a plane whose upper limit cannot break through to the god level."

The Douluo plane can withstand the existence of a god, but it cannot support the birth of a god. Only by relying on the inheritance of the divine position or condensing the divine position can one be promoted to the divine level with the help of the divine world.

Deep in the vortex, densely packed and countless abyssal creatures began to invade.

"Hiss~~~"

Jing Hongchen took a breath of cold air.

Looking at the almost endless abyss creatures rushing out of the whirlpool channel, my scalp went numb.

The Doukai divisions stationed outside the core circle felt the emergence of large amounts of energy fluctuations, and their scalps all felt numb.

Is this the power of the abyss?

"There are at least tens of thousands of soul emperors with combat power of above, as well as soul saints with combat power of over a thousand, and titled Douluo with over a hundred."

This terrifying lineup was just the first time for everyone in Douluo to face the impact of the abyss, and their scalps went numb.

Only the few people like Su Yuyin Dragon King who really expected it were calm, but they were still a little surprised when faced with the terrifying number of powerful people.

"The power of the Abyss far exceeds ours, but since it is an invasion by the Abyss, the battlefield is on our Douluo Continent, our home field is ours, and we have the advantage, so there is no need to worry."

Su Yu said in a deep voice, his soul power vibrating, even causing resonance in the space, spreading his voice to the entire Far North, calming down the various legions of the Sun and Moon Army.

Su Yu, this name is now a real god.

Even if he is not a god, he is comparable to a god.

He developed the rune system, he created the battle armor system, and he reformed the soul master training system!

Nowadays, even the rune system has basically completed the popularization of the entire Douluo Continent.

Of course, the so-called popularization only refers to the popularization of target groups.

Those who know the existence and significance of the rune system are Soul Kings and above.

Those who have practiced the rune system are also soul masters who have opened up the sea of ​​spirit. Their number is indeed small in the entire Douluo Continent.

The army of the sun and the moon, no, it should be called the federal army now.

Today's federal army and military system have a clearer understanding of all this.

After all, this army is the front line of Douluo Continent's resistance to the Abyss, and it is also the backbone of the future soul master world of Douluo Continent that Su Yu has high hopes for.

The Federation will do its best to train them.

inherited?

Military merit!

Never been in a war?

Have you ever heard of a loan?

Owe first.

After you become stronger in cultivation, just kill a few abyss creatures to offset the military merit you owe.

The abyss falls.

The collision between the two major planes began.

On this day, Su Yu said: "The great development era of Douluo Continent has officially begun!"

My friend came to see me today. After playing outside all day, I didn’t get home until half past nine in the evening.

I originally thought that I would write 4,000 words first and make up for it tomorrow, but I gritted my teeth and wrote 8,000 words anyway. I don’t owe you anything today.