"I hope I can become a quasi-immortal directly in the future. Although, the possibility is not high."
Wang Ping's eyes flickered, thinking to himself.
It is not easy to become a quasi-immortal. Wang Ping has not even understood the true meaning of Dzogchen Chaos, and is still far away from the level of quasi-immortal.
Moreover, Wang Ping does not know what conditions are needed to break through to the quasi-immortal level, or whether he needs to comprehend a more powerful Tao.
While Wang Ping was thinking, the text simulation continued.
[After the mission is over, you become the Emperor, which means you are the Emperor among Emperors, the most noble Emperor. At this moment, your power reaches its peak. 】
[However, you are not arrogant. After you finished preaching, you began to continue to retreat, accumulate your own cultivation, and continue to enlighten. You want to develop the small chaotic body into the Dacheng realm, or understand the true meaning of the chaotic heaven of Dzogchen. . 】
[In the blink of an eye, one hundred thousand years have passed. During these hundred thousand years, you have been practicing hard, but you have never been able to understand the true meaning of the Great Perfection of Chaos Heaven. It can only be said that you had a smooth journey before, and you were able to quickly comprehend the true meaning of the Chaos Heavenly Way, also with the help of the Immortal Tower Trial. 】
[Now that you are in this world, you can only rely on your own perception, and there is no life-and-death struggle. The progress of your cultivation has tended to be normal and naturally slow. In addition, the true meaning of the Dzogchen Heavenly Way is a qualitative change, so naturally it is not easy to understand, and the true meaning of the Chaos Heavenly Way is even more so. Therefore, although you have some insights, there is still a long way to go before you can comprehend the true meaning of the Dzogchen Chaos Heavenly Way. 】
[As for the Dacheng Chaos Body, there is also no progress. After all, Leng Yue, the master of Jiuxing Pavilion, a senior time traveler, relied on refining the ten universes to bring the chaotic body to the realm of perfection. It is undoubtedly very unrealistic for you to want to make it reach the realm of perfection just by relying on enlightenment. 】
[However, you did not panic and practiced calmly. Although during this period, Empress Qingyuan has been flirting with you and wants to become a Taoist couple with you, but you have always refused and have no intention of becoming a Taoist couple with her. In your heart, you just want to become enlightened and become stronger. 】
[In this regard, Empress Qingyuan is very helpless, but she has no choice but to give up her thoughts. She is infected by your hard practice and has also entered a state of hard practice. 】
[In the blink of an eye, another hundred thousand years have passed, and you still have not been able to understand the true meaning of the Dzogchen Chaos Heavenly Way. This made you a little anxious. After all, there is not much time left before the Source of Darkness riots. 】
[After thinking about it, you finally gave up and decided to make the three innate imperial weapons into immortal weapons first. 】
[In the end, the three innate imperial weapons devoured the immortal source and successfully became immortal weapons. Immortal Weapon Tribulation also appeared in this world. The great emperors of this world felt the aura of immortality for the first time. They were extremely shocked and very enthusiastic. 】
[In the end, the swallowed fairy bead successfully overcame the tribulation and became a real fairy weapon, which belongs to you. Seeing this, the emperors could only put their thoughts away and marvel in their hearts. As expected of their master, the venerable emperor, he could even obtain an immortal weapon. 】
[That is, when the emperors were sighing, the source of darkness rioted. Upon seeing this, your expression changed slightly, and your eyes became extremely serious. According to your memory, there should be a little time before the source of darkness riots, but now there is a riot. It can only be said that the Immortal Tribulation has affected the source of darkness in this world. 】
[However, soon, you gave up this idea. Because you find that this riot is much quieter than the one you remember. Although a large number of dark creatures also appeared, and even emperor-level dark creatures appeared, it was still far from the previous time when thousands of emperor-level dark creatures appeared. 】
[For this reason, you can kill them all with just one strike at random. However, you have no intention of letting the Swallowing Immortal Pearl absorb it. After all, this is a dark creature condensed from the dark aura of the source of darkness. Although it was not condensed by the other party, its dark aura is definitely not easy to refine. You are afraid that swallowing the fairy beads will also be contaminated. As for the Dark Emperor, he was just corrupted at least, and his origin and Dao fruit were not completely contaminated. He could still be used, and part of it could still be refined. 】
[That is, just when all living beings were praising your strength for suppressing such a terrifying dark chaos in an instant, the mutation occurred again. A breath of terror descended. That is the breath of immortality. However, it is not the aura of a true immortal, but of a quasi-immortal. 】
[A quasi-immortal emerged from the source of darkness. 】
[Feeling the terrifying pressure and power fluctuations of this quasi-immortal, the expressions of the emperors changed drastically. Through your preaching, they also learned about the realm of quasi-immortal. Originally, they thought that there were no quasi-immortals in their world. Who would have thought that there were actually quasi-immortals who came out of the source of darkness. 】
[This is undoubtedly a very bad signal, which means that they were able to live in this world before only because the other party did not want to take action against them. If the other party has any ideas, they will all die. 】
[You faced this quasi-immortal without fear, stared at him, and said in a cold voice that he was not sleeping well in the source of darkness, so you came out to die? 】
[In the face of your ridicule, this quasi-immortal’s expression did not change, but he lamented that time passed so quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of an era, and it was time for the world of cultivation to restart again. Saying this, the quasi-immortal said that this era was good, and a shocking genius had appeared, which would allow him to make good gains. 】
[In this regard, you frowned, feeling that there was too much information contained in the other person's words, and the content was a bit scary to think about. 】
"Is it possible that the riots at the Source of Darkness are not the will of the Source of Darkness itself, but are all controlled by these fallen quasi-immortals behind the scenes?"
Wang Ping looked at the content of the text simulation, his expression changing.
If this is the case, then these quasi-immortals will always clean up the strong men in the practice world at the end of the era.
No, it shouldn't be said to be cleaning. It might be to swallow their life essence to make oneself stronger, or it might be to practice some secret technique.
After all, after becoming a quasi-immortal, there are really few ways to become stronger in the lower realm.
However, if this is the case, why are the sources of darkness in various worlds rioting at the same time?
Could it be said that the source of darkness in the lower realm of the Immortal Realm is connected, and it is completely possible to travel from one realm to another, but the process is very troublesome.
If this is the case, the number of powerful people hidden in the Source of Darkness will reach a number that makes people feel numb.
"Forget it, it's pointless to think about this now. Let's see how the simulated Wang Ping can deal with this quasi-immortal. Although the current simulated Wang Ping is already very strong, it should still be very difficult to fight against the quasi-immortal. Perhaps, only by understanding the true meaning of the Great Perfection of Chaos Heaven and allowing the Chaos Body to reach the realm of perfection can we have the capital to fight it or even kill it."
Wang Ping gathered his thoughts, shook his head slightly, and continued to stare at the screen.
[While you were meditating, the emperors were also quite shocked. They did not expect that you were so strong. Even when facing a quasi-immortal, you were still domineering. At the same time, they were also horrified by Zhuxian's words. 】
[Next, the quasi-immortal didn’t say anything else, he just hit you with a casual blow. The power of the quasi-immortal is too powerful. You look solemn and don't dare to take it lightly. You directly activate your combat power and talents, and the Chaos Emperor Fist explodes, trying to blow this blow. 】
[This time, you are very lucky, you actually triggered the effect of ten times the critical strike, and you took the blow abruptly. Blocked the attack of this dark quasi-immortal. 】
[Seeing this, this dark quasi-immortal was quite surprised and became more and more interested in you. It's really surprising that a mere emperor can block his attack. Although this was just a casual blow from him, it was enough to show how powerful Wang Ping was. 】
[Then, the dark quasi-immortal's expression became a little more serious, and he came towards you again, bursting out with even more powerful combat power. In response to this, you expressed a solemn expression and offered the Devouring Immortal Bead, using the power of this immortal weapon to fight against this dark quasi-immortal. 】
[Although, in the last simulation, the performance of the Immortal Devouring Immortal Bead was indeed somewhat unsatisfactory. It couldn't even get close to you, but at that time we were facing as many as ten quasi-immortals, and there was still no one. The state of control is also a reasonable thing. But now that your cultivation has reached the level of the Great Perfection, you can exert the power of swallowing fairy beads to a great extent, allowing your combat power to soar to an unimaginable level. 】
[To this end, as you use the Devouring Fairy Beads to fight, you will swallow the spirit and spirit of this dark quasi-immortal, affecting its combat power and turning it into your own power; swallowing its attacks will reduce the lethality of the dark quasi-immortal’s supernatural powers. 】
[In this situation, you are not at any disadvantage. This makes the dark quasi-immortal even more greedy for devouring immortal weapons. The swallowing fairy bead, this fairy weapon, is much stronger than the ordinary fairy weapons he knows. This kind of swallowing ability is also extremely suitable for a dark quasi-immortal like him. 】
[In the end, after this dark quasi-immortal praised you and the Devouring Immortal Pearl, he no longer held back at all, became completely serious, and unleashed all his combat power. The power of the quasi-immortal was truly revealed, shocking the emperors. 】
[And you, with a serious look on your face, are once again at an absolute disadvantage. In response to this, you sigh in your heart, you are still a little behind. With the help of immortal weapons, if one can understand the true meaning of the Great Perfection of Chaos Heaven, then one can fight against this dark quasi-immortal and even kill him without the need for the great perfection of the Chaos Body. 】
[Unfortunately, the true meaning of the Dzogchen Chaos Heavenly Way is really difficult to comprehend. Although you think you can understand it if you are given more time, time waits for no one after all. Now, you can only think of ways to get through the difficulties in front of you first. 】
[Fortunately, you are not without some backup options. Over the years, you have been wary of the existence of the dark quasi-immortal, and you have done a lot to prevent this day from coming. 】
[Next, you directly activated a trump card. You turned into the eye of the formation. Countless stars illuminated the universe, and a large amount of chaotic energy appeared, forming a large formation in the starry sky of the universe. 】
[With the formation of your self-created Chaos Galaxy Formation, your combat power began to increase rapidly, which made the dark quasi-immortal's face change slightly. He didn't expect that you were still hiding such a method. 】
[However, he still did not panic and fought with you calmly. He sneered and said that the formation could not be maintained forever. He did not believe how long you could hold on. In terms of endurance, as a quasi-immortal, he is much stronger than you, the great emperor. . 】
[You were unmoved by the ridicule of the Dark Quasi-Immortal. Because of the large formation bonus, your combat power was undoubtedly soaring rapidly, and you began to regain the disadvantage. You even suppressed the Dark Quasi-Immortal and defeated him. hurt. After gaining the advantage, you start to attack crazily, trying to kill it. 】
[However, you would rather trigger the effect of the seven-color talent·instant death attack, and directly kill the quasi-immortal in front of you. 】
[However, as the battle progresses, the effect of the seven-color talent·instant death attack has not been triggered. This also makes you frown and have an unknown premonition in your heart. That is, the level of the seven-color talent is ultimately only the three realms of enlightenment, and the upper limit is the emperor. But the quasi-immortal has exceeded this level and seems to be unable to work. 】
[Thinking about it this way, you suddenly feel that the seven-color talent of this special ability type is still not as useful as the seven-color talent·Explosive Blade, which can increase your combat power. Of course, you also know very well that if you reach the quasi-immortal level or become an immortal, the effect of this seven-color talent will probably not be effective. At that time, you can only look forward to the optimization of the life simulator to refresh more powerful talents. 】
[Of course, this is not a question that Simulation Wang Ping should think about, but a question that Wang Ping himself should think about. 】
[At this moment, as the battle lasts longer and longer, the formation you set up begins to fluctuate, but the quasi-immortal is still extremely strong. Although he consumed a lot of energy, he recovered his strength quickly and was not too weak. This also makes the dark quasi-immortal sneer, thinking that he is about to gain the upper hand again and kill you completely. 】
[It was at this time that you abandoned your distracting thoughts and used a trump card again. You tell the world and let the emperors and quasi-emperors in this world join the battle to help you kill the enemy. 】
[After hearing your words, most of the great emperors and quasi-emperors headed by Empress Qingyuan stepped into the formation without hesitation to provide you with strength. A small number of great emperors and quasi-emperors were a little entangled, but thinking of your kindness in preaching, they finally sighed and chose to join the battle. Only a handful of great emperors and quasi-emperors were unmoved and still chose to watch the battle silently, not knowing what they were planning. 】
[You don’t care about this. With most of the strong men joining the battle, your combat power has increased a lot again. You have increased your offensive. You smashed the body of the dark quasi-immortal several times, and then used the Devouring Immortal. The beads swallow up part of the power. 】
[This made the dark quasi-immortal secretly hate his heart, and his hatred for these emperors and quasi-emperors who entered the battle to disrupt the situation reached the extreme. However, the dark quasi-immortal has never imagined why these great emperors and quasi-emperors would listen to your orders and cooperate so well. This level of cooperation is no longer just for self-protection. After all, the Emperor can also fall into the source of darkness. 】
[However, it is useless for this dark quasi-immortal to think so much now, because if this continues, he will really fall here and be killed by you. 】
[For this reason, the dark quasi-immortal didn't care about his face, and shouted loudly, saying that if you don't take action when you see it, you will be the next one to die. 】
[As soon as these words came out, there was movement again in the source of darkness. This also makes your pupils shrink and your complexion change slightly. You know, the worst case scenario has occurred. In this world, there is not only one dark quasi-immortal, but there are other dark quasi-immortals. 】
[Although the number of dark quasi-immortals in this world is definitely not comparable to your original upper realm, two dark quasi-immortals are enough to be fatal. After all, if you use all your strength to deal with a dark quasi-immortal, that's your limit. If another one comes, you will definitely die. 】
[However, you have no choice now but to resist forcefully and let all the great emperors and quasi-emperors in the battle burn their origins crazily to maximize your power. Then, you launched an offensive regardless of the cost. You no longer used the Chaos Emperor Sutra that you had understood. Instead, you used the fairy magic in the Immortal Journey Sutra, the Xiaoling Immortal Sutra, for the first time. You wanted to take advantage of the return of the second dark quasi-immortal. Kill the first dark quasi-immortal before taking action. . 】
[In recent years, although you have focused most of your energy on understanding the true meaning of the Dzogchen Chaos Heavenly Way, you have also found time to practice the Immortal King Sutra. After all, this is something that can improve your combat power after you master it. 】
[As soon as the Immortal King Technique comes out, the terrifying fairy charm appears, and the terrifying attack appears, with the power to kill the immortals and Buddhas. This also made the first dark quasi-immortal show a look of horror. He didn't expect you to hide such a trump card. 】
[This blow made this dark quasi-immortal feel the danger of his life. If he couldn't bear it, he would really fall here. 】
[For this reason, this dark quasi-immortal became red-eyed, and directly used a self-mutilating secret method to increase his combat power, hoping to block your attack. 】
[That is, when you stepped up your offensive regardless of the cost, the second dark quasi-immortal appeared, with a cold face, looking at you from above. Then, he chose to take action. 】
[As this dark quasi-immortal attacked the formation from the outside, the formation immediately showed signs of being broken open. 】
[At this moment, your attack also collided with the first dark quasi-immortal, forming a terrifying explosion. Then, the body of the first dark quasi-immortal exploded and was completely killed by you. At this point, after all your arrangements, a dark quasi-immortal finally fell into your hands. 】
[Although, this is not accomplished by your own strength. You calculated the opponent and completed the killing with the help of many powerful people in the world. However, with the cultivation level of the Great Emperor, you killed a dark target. Immortal is enough to be proud of. 】
[At this moment, the second dark quasi-immortal launched another attack, directly breaking the formation. 】
[As the formation was broken, all the monks, including you, vomited blood and suffered heavy blows. These monks were originally extremely weak due to the crazy burning of the source to provide you with power. Now, once the formation is broken, most of the quasi-emperors and even the great emperors cannot withstand the backlash and die suddenly on the spot. And those who survived were wiped out by the second quasi-immortal. 】
[As for those emperors who had not joined the battlefield before, their expressions also changed, and they wanted to escape into the source of darkness to survive. However, before they could survive, the second dark quasi-immortal took action against them, capturing them and refining them on the spot. 】
[At this point, you are the only one existing in the starry sky, facing off against the second dark quasi-immortal. At this moment, you have no trump card, and you cannot be the opponent of these two dark quasi-immortals. 】
[However, you know that you are in a certain death situation, but you still don’t change your expression. Seeing this, the second dark quasi-immortal also put away his condescending expression and began to admire you very much. Although you relied on external force, your previous performance really amazed him. You were able to kill a dark quasi-immortal with your great emperor cultivation. For this reason, you are an opponent worthy of his respect. 】
[However, after appreciating it, his expression turned cold again, and asked you to hand over the immortal artifacts and scriptures, and then commit suicide, so as to avoid torture. 】
[In this regard, you looked cold and unmoved, and launched an attack on him. You had the courage to live towards death, wanting to break through the limits and realize the Great Perfection in this desperate situation. 】
[It’s just that now you no longer have the bonus of the grand formation, and you no longer have the many monks to supplement the grand formation to provide you with strength. In addition, the forced use of the Immortal King Technique just now also drained most of your strength. Now, your combat power is only 23/10 from the peak, how can you be the opponent of the second dark quasi-immortal. 】
[For this reason, you were easily killed by him. Because of the resurrection talisman, you came back to life. However, the second dark quasi-immortal can sense the anomaly of time, and seems to have expected that you will be resurrected, and will squat to kill you again. 】
[Because of your death, this simulation ends. 】
As the text simulation ended, many images of insights and memories appeared in Wang Ping's mind, and finally the figure appeared in the starry sky, looking at it all from a distance.
"He's still dead. However, this time it was a mistake without fighting."
Wang Ping looked at the dark quasi-immortal and sighed inwardly.
This time, the simulated Wang Ping performed well enough. He knew that the immortal weapon might attract the dark quasi-immortal, so he arranged it in advance and made many preparations.
His preparation was indeed worthwhile, and he did kill a dark quasi-immortal.
However, the appearance of the second dark quasi-immortal was beyond the range of simulated Wang Ping's response, and there was really nothing that could be done about it.
For this reason, if you imitate Wang Ping, you will be honored even if you lose.
Just when Wang Ping was filled with emotion, his consciousness flashed and he exited the immersive simulation state and returned to the real world.
Then, the system's sound also rang at the right time.
"Ding, the reward is generated successfully. The host can choose two rewards from the following:
①.Cultivation to the Great Perfection in the Great Emperor Realm.
②. Swallow fairy beads.
③.A random imperial weapon.
④.A random quasi-imperial weapon.
⑤. Purple talent·Blood-drinking sword.
⑥.Purple talent·Great Summoning. "
"Fuck!"
Wang Ping was shocked when he saw the reward that was refreshed this time.
Refreshing your cultivation base is something to be happy about, but the probability of refreshing your cultivation level is still quite high. There are surprises, but it is acceptable.
And when this immortal weapon was refreshed, Wang Ping was really shocked.
After all, since he obtained the life simulator, he has not refreshed the fairy weapon rewards.
Originally, he thought that immortal weapons could not be refreshed, and even imperial weapons could not be refreshed.
Now, it was another surprise for him.
For this reason, this Devouring Immortal Pearl is definitely a must-choice.
In the previous battle with the dark quasi-immortal, without the Devouring Immortal Pearl, he would not have been able to fight the dark quasi-immortal to that point, and using the Immortal King Technique with the help of a large formation might not be able to kill him.
It can be said that the increase in combat power brought about by swallowing the fairy beads is still very significant.
As for cultivation.
To be honest, Wang Ping was a little confused about whether to choose cultivation.
This time you can directly upgrade to the Great Perfection level, and you may not be so lucky next time you simulate.
After all, being transported to such a world this time can be regarded as a blessing, and he may not be able to have this luck in the future.
Although he can rely on the number of times in the life simulator to gamble, the situation in the real world is very bad and he may not have this time.
His current situation is still very delicate. He is really afraid that the master of Jiuxing Pavilion, Leng Yue, a senior time traveler, will block the door.
After all, the plots in life simulations can be used as references, but they cannot be fully believed.
There are heavens and paradises in the real world. The situation is too complicated, and there are loopholes in life simulation.
If the door is blocked, Wang Ping will be in real trouble.
For this reason, it is necessary to quickly improve your strength.
As for the Xiaoling Immortal Tower, the Immortal King's weapon, and the problem that paid simulations will increase fees after improving one's cultivation level, there is nothing that can be done about it.
Although the Immortal King's weapon of Xiaoling Immortal Tower is tempting, Wang Ping does not think that he can temper his willpower to the point of passing the Immortal King's trial in a short time. Only by optimizing the life simulator can it be possible to refresh similar talents. .
Apart from this, Wang Ping really didn't dare to accept this Immortal King Artifact.
After all, he has too many secrets. Unless it is a weapon that he can control and a weapon that he has truly conquered or cultivated, it is really too dangerous for other strong men to keep their natural weapons around him, and his secrets will be spied upon. .
At that time, it can be regarded as laying a minefield around him. If the spirit of this Immortal King Artifact has thoughts about him, then something may really happen to him.
For this reason, no matter which angle he considered it from, Wang Ping had to temporarily give up the Immortal King's weapon, the Xiaoling Immortal Tower, and give priority to improving his cultivation and combat power.
As for the charging issue, no matter what, the worst thing is to find a way to get some top-quality divine resources.
Is the taken advantage of the Emperor of Destruction waiting for him to reap the rewards?
"System, I choose ①. Great Emperor Realm Dzogchen Cultivation and ②. Devouring Fairy Beads."
After understanding the idea, Wang Ping made a choice directly and said in his heart.
"Ding, the reward selection was successful and is being distributed."
The system's voice rang.
Then, Wang Ping felt that his cultivation level was rapidly improving.
Early Emperor!
The middle period of the Great Emperor!
Late Emperor!
Until the Great Emperor’s Great Consummation!
"Phew, this feeling of soaring cultivation is always so good no matter how many times you experience it."
Wang Ping felt the incomparable power in his body and was very satisfied and had a sense of accomplishment.
It was at this time that Wang Ping was surprised to find that the Swallowing Immortal Pearl did not appear. This made him frown a little, wondering what was going on in the life simulator, and he wondered if there was a bug.
Just when Wang Ping was thinking like this, Wang Ping was surprised to find that the three devouring imperial weapons from the world inside his body floated out.
At the same time, a fairy source also appeared here strangely, and then under Wang Ping's gaze, it was quickly absorbed and refined by three Devouring Emperor Artifacts.
Then, the three Devouring Emperor Artifacts directly merged into the Devouring Immortal Beads and turned into an immortal weapon.
This scene made Wang Ping's pupils shrink suddenly. There was no surprise at all, only fright.
After all, the way the rewards were distributed this time was too weird. It was not that there was one more Devouring Immortal Bead, but the three Devouring Imperial Artifacts he already had and an Immortal Source that suddenly appeared were combined into an Immortal Artifact.
Obviously, this means that this reward is not created out of thin air by the life simulator, but accelerates a certain process.
This had to make Wang Ping have some guesses.
Low-level items may be created or reproduced by life simulators, but when they reach the level of fairy items, current life simulators cannot create or reproduce them, so we start with materials that already exist in reality. .
The rules involved in the life simulator involve rules such as time and space, creation, and cause and effect.
This kind of rule is not the way to understand in the fantasy world.
In the fantasy world, there are thousands of avenues, all leading to the same destination, and they are all powerful.
The rule-level abilities and conceptual-level abilities of Zhutian are unreasonable abilities.
The truth about its talent refresh mechanism and reward mechanism may be this.
If this is the case, then Wang Ping feels that he has touched some truth about the life simulator.
Perhaps, after arriving at Zhutian Paradise, he will have a deeper understanding of the operating mechanism and principles of his golden finger.
It is also possible that the optimized life simulator will give him a different experience and no longer operate in the same mode as before.
Wang Ping could not calm down and had many thoughts in his mind.
Just when many thoughts were passing through Wang Ping's mind, a breath of heavenly calamity suddenly brewed, causing Wang Ping to come back to his senses and his expression changed again.
"Is this, Immortal Weapon Tribulation? Fuck, life simulator, you misunderstood me!"
Wang Ping looked at the brewing catastrophe of the immortal weapon and immediately broke his guard, unable to help but curse.
If he had known that the upper limit of the life simulator was really impossible to create immortal weapons as rewards, but chose this compromise method to distribute rewards, there is absolutely no way Wang Ping would choose this reward now.
Even if he didn't choose, he probably wouldn't be able to get the Devouring Immortal Pearl for a long time, so he wouldn't choose it.
After all, the emergence of Immortal Weapon Tribulation means that his current background will really be exposed to the vision of all powerful people in the real world.
At the same time, all those quasi-immortals will come out in advance to snatch the devouring fairy beads.
In other words, unless Wang Ping runs away, he really can't survive in this world.
The beginning of the month!
Monthly ticket! Monthly ticket! Monthly ticket!
Say important things three times, QAQ~
(End of chapter)