Chapter 581: Chapter 480: The Course of the Long River Altered

The River of Time is not just one single river, but countless streams.

They correspond to every living individual.

When these living entities meet in reality, the Rivers of Time they represent converge.

After the convergence, they continue to flow forward, ceaselessly.

Although Nuannuan can enter the River of Time and reverse its flow, she is troubled by one thing.

That is, within her own River of Time, she cannot find the memories of the "past"!

Nuannuan’s true form, the Kunlun Mirror, was taken to the City of Extreme Evil by the Slaughter Origin.

Before Nuannuan’s consciousness awoke, she played the role of the "Slaughter Dungeon," assisting the Slaughter Origin in selecting inheritors.

Thus, Nuannuan’s memories are the same.

No matter how she tries to recall and retrospect, her memories are stuck at the breakpoint when she was seized by the Slaughter Origin.

Any memories before that remain unfound.

Who could have thought that Nuannuan, famed for having the best memory, is actually in a state of amnesia?

Han Zhan and the other Contracted Spirit Girls know about this, but they haven’t deliberately mentioned it.

This time, when Han Zhan assigned the task for Nuannuan to find the Beidou Star Monarch, he specifically reminded her that she could try seeking help from him.

That led to the earlier conversation.

Hearing what Nuannuan said, the Beidou Star Monarch was slightly taken aback, "You can enter the River of Time yourself, yet you want me to check if there’s anything wrong?"

Nuannuan firmly nodded.

"Alright then. Entering the River of Time is not a difficult task for talent ability users like us."

"Since you feel that there is something unusual about your River of Time, let’s enter and take a look together."

The Beidou Star Monarch said no more, and with a light step in place, a small wooden boat appeared beneath them.

The boat carried them, sailing into a void.

In the next moment, the figures of the Beidou Star Monarch, Nuannuan, and the boat vanished from the world.

In the moment after, they found themselves on a turbulent river.

The River of Time!

"Truly worthy of a Star Monarch ruling over death, capable of navigating upstream in the River of Time with ease," Nuannuan sincerely praised.

The Beidou Star Monarch turned to glance at her.

"No need to envy, although I can trace back time, I cannot change anything."

Death is the riverbed and cornerstone of the River of Time, just a cornerstone.

Compared to the Kunlun Mirror, it cannot alter the specific contents of the River of Time, merely a silent observer of history.

"How far do you need to trace back?" the Beidou Star Monarch asked.

"All the way up," Nuannuan replied without hesitation.

The Beidou Star Monarch: "..."

This is like plucking wool from a sheep incessantly, even though tracing back is not strenuous for him, tracing all the way back is still a challenge.

However, since he agreed, the Beidou Star Monarch found no reason to refuse further.

Yet soon, he started to regret it.

"It seems your River of Time is indeed a bit long," the Beidou Star Monarch finally couldn’t resist saying after an unknown duration.

A bit long is a tactful way of putting it.

As a Star Monarch, he couldn’t just swear openly.

Because Nuannuan’s River of Time is truly much too long.

The River of Time for an ordinary person concludes in the blink of an eye.

An immortal’s River of Time might be longer, as they possess a more extensive lifespan.

But Nuannuan’s...

is a hundred times longer than that of an immortal!

What is this? A Daluo Golden Immortal? Or a Supreme Sage?!

The Beidou Star Monarch silently complained in his heart.

But the small boat beneath them continued gliding through the River of Time at its initial speed.

Another unknown period passed.

The small boat under the Beidou Star Monarch’s feet slowed slightly and stopped on the river’s surface.

"Huh?" the Beidou Star Monarch suddenly let out a surprised sound.

His eyes gazed into the distance.

Nuannuan looked forward just like him.

At the "end" of the River of Time, in the distance ahead, there was no longer any "river water," only a dry riverbed.

The River of Time had ceased to flow!

Gazing at this scene, Nuannuan and the Beidou Star Monarch fell silent.

Nuannuan only knew that her distant memories had an issue but never knew where the problem lay. She also couldn’t navigate as far back as the Beidou Star Monarch did.

"Your River of Time was diverted, and because of the diversion, it ceased its flow."

The Beidou Star Monarch fell silent once more after speaking.

It seemed to be a hard fact for him to accept as well.

"The River of Time can be diverted?" Nuannuan couldn’t help but ask.

"It can," the Beidou Star Monarch nodded slightly, "but it’s difficult, and the cost would be unimaginably high."

Even reversing the flow of the River of Time requires a severe cost, so just imagine, what would it take to divert it and cease its flow?

Truly unfathomable.

"Star Monarch, can you see who did this? Or is there a possibility of restoring it?" Nuannuan promptly asked.

This time, the Beidou Star Monarch shook his head.

"Someone with such capabilities is beyond our observation, as for restoring it,"

the Beidou Star Monarch paused, "unless the person who diverted it is willing to pay the same price as before, only then could it be possible."

This almost severed the possibility of Nuannuan recovering her more distant memories.

If even the River of Time stops flowing, can there be any memory left? Don’t even think about it.

"Let’s go, it’s time to return."

"Maintaining ourselves in the River of Time also consumes quite a bit."

The Beidou Star Monarch spoke again.

Nuannuan nodded.

Although this journey yielded little, she at least found out the reason for her memory loss—it wasn’t a wasted trip.

After leaving the River of Time, the Beidou Star Monarch gifted her a special item, the one previously mentioned that could mitigate the punishment of the River of Time.

After expressing her thanks, Nuannuan turned and left.

Watching Nuannuan’s departing silhouette, the Beidou Star Monarch stood in place, pondering for a while until her figure vanished into the distance.

At this moment, a small stone appeared in his hand.

This small stone emitted faint traces of black deathly aura.

Although seemingly small, it was immensely heavy, causing even the Beidou Star Monarch’s hand holding it to tremble slightly.

This is... the anchor point, the cornerstone of the riverbed!

"Let me see what was recorded at the closest death anchor point before the river’s diversion,"

the Beidou Star Monarch mumbled to himself, injecting the same flu of deathly aura into the stone, and closed his eyes.

This process didn’t take long.

A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, beads of sweat forming on the Star Monarch’s forehead.

His gaze was complicated, filled with terror, bewilderment, and mostly confusion.

For in this small stone taken from Nuannuan’s dried-up riverbed, the recorded anchor point was:

——The death of the Beidou Star Monarch!