And the shattering of the Boundless Starry Sky dealt a devastating blow to the Heavenly River of the Nine Heavens. If the source was shattered, could the Heavenly River remain unaffected? The river that once flowed vast and infinite, piercing through the Nine Heavens, almost ceased to flow completely.
Furthermore, because of the fragmentation of the Heavenly Realm, a massive amount of water from the Heavenly River poured into the mortal world, causing a great flood. It could be said that since the beginning of the pioneer sky and earth until that time, the waters of the Heavenly River had shrunk to their smallest scale, no longer retaining the grandeur that once spanned the Nine Heavens.
Nowadays, the Heavenly River is merely a vestige of the Cycle's lingering starlight, a mere fraction of its peak, and thus can only be called the Heavenly River, no longer referred to as the River of the Nine Heavens.
