Chapter 2783 - 2775: No Destruction, No Creation

At this point, the once frail body, rejected by the Abyss of Darkness, bullied and ostracized by many, and even declared to have a short lifespan, has finally disappeared.

The present An Jiao has undergone the baptism of the Life Arcane Array and completed the ultimate ascension!

Although An Jiao’s personality remains the same as before, his inner self has transformed into immense strength, changing his worldview. No longer does he complain, blame, or pity himself, but now he views the world and people around him with a near-cold silence.

After this baptism by the Life Arcane, An Jiao has finally taken his first step on the path of Arcane Arts. While he is not the creator of Life Arcane, An Jiao will be remembered for bringing Life Arcane back to the world and achieving his own ascension, boldly standing in history! He will leave a grand mark in the history of Arcane Arts!

His achievements will be unprecedentedly great, his name destined to resonate throughout the entire Nine Nether!

Having completed ascension, An Jiao floated in the air, looking down at his father, who was now filled with joy after being pained from An Jiao’s death and ecstatic by his resurrection. An Jiao’s heart surged with a peculiar feeling of triumph after hardship.

An Jiao’s mother died during childbirth due to complications, so An Jiao’s birth was considered a "Calamitous Lone Star," destined to bring death to his parents, and people advised An Tian to end his child’s life or sever ties.

Moreover, An Jiao was born with a disabled left leg.

Yet, An Jiao’s father, An Tian, consistently cared for An Jiao, carefully educating his son, raising him alone. Given An Tian’s status in the Dark Samurai group, finding another suitable woman would have been easy.

But An Tian did not do so, dedicating himself wholly to An Jiao, persistently caring for his disabled son.

An Tian is An Jiao’s biological father, giving An Jiao his first life.

In the past, though An Jiao acted for his dignity by deploying the Taboo Formation, causing a catastrophe of two deaths and one serious injury, it was An Jiao’s father, An Tian, who pleaded to various parties, kneeling and bowing for ten days and nights, securing An Jiao’s survival.

This was the second life An Tian gave to An Jiao.

And this time, without An Tian giving An Jiao hope and expectation to survive, An Jiao would probably have died countless times over these three months, never having enough time to research the Life Arcane Array that nearly reverses life and death, let alone his subsequent "resurrection."

Thus, this is the third life An Tian gave to An Jiao.

For these three granted lives, An Jiao questions if, even with great future achievements, he could ever repay his father for such kindness. In this world, apart from his father, An Jiao cannot think of anyone willing to give so much for him.

Willing to keep An Jiao despite other people’s objections and suggestions,

Willing to let his dignity be trampled to beg various parties for his son’s survival,

Willing to gamble his life for his son’s life, competing with tens of thousands for the Holy Spirit Fruit at the emergence of Primordial Treasures,

Such kindness, even if An Jiao repaid it over three lifetimes, he questions if he could truly repay, let alone in this lifetime.

Floating in the air, An Jiao casually constructed a Life Arcane Array in the void, then applied it to his father.

Indeed, after experiencing the agony of death and the joy of survival, along with deep research into life Arcane, the present An Jiao no longer needs to construct the Life Arcane Array with his blood, stroke by stroke.

Instead, he can achieve such a powerful array with a casual gesture.

The green Life Arcane Array fell upon An Tian, who had rushed back severely injured from competing for the Holy Spirit Fruit. The abundant life force almost instantly healed An Tian’s wounds.

In no time, An Tian’s severe injuries completely healed.

An Tian, unconcerned with checking the recovery of his injuries, excitedly moved forward to embrace his son An Jiao, who had landed on the ground; both men cried with joy like children.

"Father, I succeeded. I successfully researched a formation that can greatly enhance vitality, a formation that can even reverse life and death, even bringing me back from the brink! So, I’ve returned!" An Jiao exclaimed excitedly.

An Tian patted his son’s back, tears of joy still flowing, and then slowly said, "I knew you could do it, I always knew my son could! You’re a genius! I knew you would certainly recover!"

An Jiao released his father, joyfully saying, "Now not only is my left leg healed, but my internal organs are restored as well, stronger than ever; I am now no different from a normal person, even surpassing many ordinary people in strength!"

Though An Tian was thrilled to see his son’s "resurrection," he couldn’t help but voice his confusion, saying, "Then why did your body appear that way earlier? I really thought you were dead. You lay on the ground with no sign of life, it really scared me!"

An Jiao scratched his head and laughed, saying, "At that time, I couldn’t hold on until you returned. In my dying moments, I ventured to use the Ultimate Life Arcanum Array I researched but hadn’t yet tested."

"I initially thought I’d take a final gamble; either way, I’d die if I didn’t, so I used my blood to draw the last array,"

"At first, things seemed normal, with the Life Arcane formation functioning as expected, vast life forces coursing into me, repairing my internal organs and my entire body,"

"But as the life forces kept entering, my body gradually couldn’t withstand it. Eventually, at the point of peak expansion, I couldn’t hold onto these life forces; my body exploded at the acupoints,"

"Blood gushed out, my body’s vital energy was utterly depleted, then I passed out, and later my body began its actual repair and ascension process,"

"I now immediately understood this part of Life Arcane, its crucial aspect being the earlier explosion at the acupoints and the complete depletion of vital energy. Only when my original body was entirely shattered, and vital energy entirely cleared out, could I proceed to ascension!"

"If the previous wasted vital energy wasn’t completely cleared, my body wouldn’t be able to accommodate the new life forces, preventing true ascension."

"So overall, it’s a process of breaking down to rebuild, without breaking, there’s no building..."