The River of Time stood frozen, without the slightest ripple. Its waters were clear, yet showed no sign of flowing.
Meng Chuan stood upon it.
This was his True Body, which had drifted along the River of Time all this while. Now he had awakened.
In the Dao Calendar era, a mysterious force had drawn Meng Chuan toward awakening.
In the Chaotic Ancient Era, that fragment of his Origin True Spirit Imprint had returned, making him whole at last.
Meng Chuan looked down at the River of Time. It was different from the river he usually saw.
There were no surging waves, no ceaseless current.
"The Primordial Beginning Body has completely withdrawn into the past..." Meng Chuan murmured. He could sense its state.
After Meng Chuan's fragment of Origin True Spirit Imprint departed, the Primordial Beginning Body no longer existed in the Chaotic Ancient Era either.
It seemed to have entered the depths of Space-Time, merging with the River of Time itself.
It still represented the past, but it no longer existed in any particular place.
The Primordial Beginning Body belonged wholly to the past—not to some era within it, but to the very concept of the past.
Meng Chuan had once wondered whether he would be able to see the Primordial Beginning Body after returning to the Dao Calendar era.
After all, time rushed endlessly onward. People from the Chaotic Ancient Era could live into the present.
Meng Chuan would see Shi Hao again, and Willow God too. So long as the Primordial Beginning Body did not die, would he be able to meet it again as well?
Now Meng Chuan had his answer.
No.
The Primordial Beginning Body had returned wholly to the past. It would never reach the present. In time, it would forever remain one second