(Flashback To the time period after Qian Renxue started to fuse with the Angel Godhead while it was in conflict with her Rakshasa God head)
Floating above the Sea of Collective Consciousness, Qian Renxue silently observed the world below.
Countless thoughts, dreams, emotions, and memories intertwined beneath her like an endless ocean. The collective subconscious of every intelligent being on the Douluo Continent flowed through this place. Joy and sorrow, hope and despair, ambition and regret—all of it formed a vast sea that never ceased moving.
Her expression was calm and indifferent.
Ever since witnessing the memories within the River of Memories, something within her had subtly changed.
"It seems that standing in this position and looking down upon the entire world gives back a certain nostalgic feeling...as if I had something similar in the past"
Her voice was soft, a faint frown appeared on her face.
"But shouldn't my past be that of a normal girl on Earth named Julia?"
The question lingered in her mind, then she recalled the island she had seen within the River of Memories.
The island was formed from obsession. The silhouette of that young girl seemed to appear before her eyes once again in her memory.
Qian Renxue slowly closed her eyes.
"Well... I had my doubts."
Her voice became quieter.
"But if what I think is really true, then my situation is truly dire..."
No one could answer her questions and explain why the River of Memories treated her with such unusual favor.
For a while, Qian Renxue simply floated there. There was little for her to do at the moment.
Her attention shifted toward the two soul skills she had obtained as she had ascended to become the Goddess of Dreams and Memories.
Her eyes glowed faintly.
The information surfaced before her mind.
Sixth Soul Skill
Fate's Spinner (Mutated):
By observing the branching possibilities of fate, Qian Renxue can weave a comprehensive plan that subtly guides events toward her intended ending without requiring constant observation or direct interference.
Seventh Soul Skill
Timeless Observer
The River of Memories appears to her like an unrolled scroll. By anchoring her consciousness within it, she can observe any past event preserved in perfect detail. So long as the event has occurred, it cannot hide from her gaze.
Qian Renxue lowered her eyes in thought.
"One gazes at the future...And the other gazes at the past..."
The two abilities appeared separate.
Yet the more she studied them, the more she felt they were merely two sides of the same coin.
Her gaze unconsciously as she saw the River of Memories drifted away in the void outside existing time and space. The colorful river flowed endlessly contained the past and reflected the future.
And its currents connected everything in between.
"The River of Memories extends from the past toward the future..."
A strange light appeared in her eyes. At first glance, the future she observed through Fate's Spinner appeared fixed.
Whenever she peered into fate, she would see countless possibilities branching outward before gradually converging toward certain outcomes.
But now she felt something was wrong.
Qian Renxue slowly narrowed her eyes.
"No..."
"The future I observe cannot be the entirety of the future."
"The River of Memories I can currently access only shows one layer."
Her voice grew firmer as she concluded
"The future is not singular."
"Different possibilities exist...Different choices create different outcomes."
"If countless futures exist, then countless corresponding Rivers of Memories should also exist."
The more she thought about it, the more logical the conclusion became.
The River of Memories she currently possessed authority over was merely the tributary connected to the Douluo Continent of this timeline.
Even that tributary only revealed one sequence of possibilities.
She recalled how she came into the Douluo Universe
"There are no coincidences in the universe."
If a single River of Memories recorded one timeline, then a complete River of Memories might contain every possible timeline.
An infinite collection of possibilities if her assumption was true...then the true River of Memories was far more terrifying
Qian Renxue slowly raised her head. Her purple eyes reflected countless flowing streams.
"Perhaps..."
A faint smile appeared on her face.
"What I access to now is only one layer of the River of Memories."
Qian Renxue fell silent for a moment after arriving at her conclusion.
The endless Sea of Collective Consciousness flowed beneath her feet while countless thoughts from mortals rose and fell like waves.
"Well, I am going to kill Tang San sooner or later..."
A cold light flashed through her eyes.
"Let's see how I can move forward with this."
The power of her Sixth Soul Skill quietly activated.
Fate's Spinner.
Immediately, countless invisible threads spread out before her vision.
The threads represented possibilities. Qian Renxue focused her attention
However— No branching possibilities emerged. It was as though Tang San did not exist within the framework of fate itself.
The skill simply returned nothing.
Qian Renxue frowned.
"How is this possible? I can see his lines of fate but why can't I calculate the future possibilities related to him"
Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes. For a moment she wondered whether the skill itself had malfunctioned.
To verify her suspicion, she immediately changed targets.
This time she focused on Poseidon and the result appeared instantly the illusory river of memories appeared and countless threads emerged from it.
She saw several futures where Poseidon met his end. Although the exact details are somewhat blurry, the existence of those endings was undeniable.
Qian Renxue's expression remained calm as she shifted her focus again.
This time toward the Destruction God King. The threads appeared once more.
An endless sea of possibilities unfolded before her eyes. Among them she could vaguely glimpse scenarios where even the mighty God King fell.
The skill was functioning perfectly. Qian Renxue slowly lowered her hand.
"I see."