At this moment, in the true underworld palace.
A man dressed in a black robe with gilded gold sat down on a luxurious throne.
Upon seeing this, the underworld guards in the hall bowed respectfully, saying, "Lord of the Underworld."
“I noticed something unusual about the hourglass of the River of Oblivion. Has an outsider entered the underworld?”
"Reporting to the Lord of the Underworld, outsiders have indeed entered the Underworld. Although we do not know how they got in, they are now trapped in the Paper City."
"The Hourglass of Oblivion is a treasure of our underworld. It is impossible for them to break it. When the Hourglass of Oblivion flips, the events of a day will be reset. They will only repeat what they have done day after day, and eventually be trapped and die in the paper city."
The Lord of the Underworld leaned lazily against the throne, one hand supporting his chin, the other tapping the armrest repeatedly.
He had silver-white hair, an androgynous and handsome face, a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, and a strange totem formed by red cinnabar on his forehead, symbolizing his identity as the lord of the underworld.
Ever since the Demon Lord broke into the Underworld ten thousand years ago, he has been able to come and go as he pleases, as if the Underworld were his own backyard.
He then went to great lengths to hide the real Underworld, revealing instead the Paper City, which contained deadly intent. The Paper City would help him annihilate anyone who dared to enter the Underworld.
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The next day, Ruan Xiyan and Jun Yu walked out of the inn.
"Ayan, there's a place selling things up ahead. I'll take you there to have a look. Maybe you'll find something you like."
“Jialea flower.” Ruan Xiyan looked at the herbs on the stall and said with surprise. After speaking, she paused for a moment, feeling that the herb seemed familiar. She seemed to have seen this herb before.
However, the jacaranda tree has a special growing environment, and she had only seen it in ancient books before. Why did it feel familiar and real to her?
"This herb only costs eighty Nether Crystals," the vendor said.
Jun Yu, standing to the side, naturally handed over the Nether Crystal, then took the Jacaranda Flower, saying, "Ayan, you can tell me anything else you want to buy, and I'll make sure you have a great time."
"Ayan, there are some interesting Netherworld Rocks ahead, let's go take a look."
“Netherworld Poppy Stone?” Ruan Xiyan murmured, the name sounding somewhat familiar.
Jun Yu brought Ruan Xiyan into the shop.
Looking at the shop's layout and the Netherworld Stones, Ruan Xiyan shook her head, wondering if she had forgotten something. Why did everything around her feel so familiar?
But this was clearly her first time in the underworld; she had just arrived in the capital of the underworld yesterday.
"Ayan, what's wrong?" Jun Yu called softly when he saw Ruan Xiyan looking stunned.
"Ah Yu, do you feel like something's not right?"
Something's not right?
"Yes, I feel like nothing is right. Everything around me is too familiar. Yesterday was clearly my first time in the Underworld, but why does everything feel so familiar, as if I've been here many times before?"
"And that jacaranda flower, I think I bought it before." As Ruan Xiyan spoke, she used her spiritual sense to scan the Wind Spirit Space, but there was no trace of the jacaranda flower in the Wind Spirit Space.
Strange? If she bought it before, it should be in the Wind Spirit Space, but it's not there now. Could it be that she remembered wrong?
“Ayan, hearing you say that, I feel the same way,” Junyu said.
He had been to the Underworld before and was quite familiar with it, so he didn't suspect anything. But now, after hearing what Ayan said, the sense of familiarity he felt revealed a strange feeling.
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing affirmation in each other's eyes.
One person might be mistaken, but if two people feel the same way, then it's not a mistake; rather, this underworld is strange!
But they had no idea what was strange about it, so they returned to the inn.
Inside the room.
Ruan Xiyan and Jun Yu sat facing each other in chairs. "Ayu, what do you think?"
“We are very familiar with what happened in the underworld, yet we have no memory of it. It’s as if we are repeating the same things over and over again, following a set procedure.”
“Yes, it feels like we’re stuck in a loop. We may have experienced the same things many times, but we don’t have any related memories in our minds,” Ruan Xiyan said thoughtfully.
"Could it be that this underworld will erase our memories, making us lose a day's worth of memories without us even realizing it? Who on earth has such power?"
“This is the Underworld. Only the Lord of the Underworld could achieve this. If that’s the case, then this place is probably not the true capital of the Underworld,” Jun Yu said slowly.
“Lord of the Underworld, it seems that even though we carry the Underworld Decree to conceal our presence, we still cannot hide from the all-powerful Lord of the Underworld,” Ruan Xiyan said.
“We came to the underworld to see the Lord of the Underworld, so we can only deal with whatever comes our way. Now we should think about how to break the cycle.”
"Since our daily memories are erased and the events of yesterday are repeated the next day, there must be a point in the day when our memories are erased."
"This point in time is the key to breaking the cycle. We are now waiting for this point to appear," Ruan Xiyan analyzed logically.
"The ability to erase our memories so silently must be an extremely powerful treasure." Ruan Xiyan took the Frostfall Sword out of her spatial storage and placed it in the room.
"If that treasure that erases memories appears, the Frostfall Sword, being a divine artifact, will be aware of it."
Jun Yu nodded in agreement, his eyes filled with Ruan Xiyan's image. Ruan Xiyan looked so beautiful when she was serious.
Time passed slowly, and Junyu and Ruan Xiyan closed their eyes to rest in the room.
Suddenly, the Frostfall Sword, which was placed to the side, began to move and then flew straight out of the window.
Ruan Xiyan suddenly opened her eyes and, together with Jun Yu, followed the flying Frostfall Sword.
They followed the Frostfall Sword to the highest point in the sky above the city, where a giant hourglass, faintly visible, came into view.
Green sand flowed through the giant hourglass. The sand in the upper half of the hourglass had all flowed into the lower half, and the giant hourglass began to tilt and flip.
“This is what’s causing the trouble.” Ruan Xiyan narrowed her eyes, and with a thought, the Frostfall Sword returned to her hand. She slashed at the giant hourglass.
A giant hourglass, seemingly real yet illusory, fully materialized in the air. Under that sword strike, the giant hourglass remained unharmed, but the rebounding force made Ruan Xiyan's palm numb.
"The power of this giant hourglass is incredible; it's almost at the level of a divine artifact." Ruan Xiyan said solemnly.
The giant hourglass did not stop turning. Once the giant hourglass had finished turning over, the cycle would not end, and everything would continue to unfold according to the predetermined trajectory.
Ruan Xiyan and Jun Yu attacked simultaneously, heading towards the giant hourglass.
The giant hourglass began to shake, and the entire city shook along with it.
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