# Chapter 3029: Reconciling with the Past Self!
Above the Life Forbidden Zone, Jiangnan stood alone, gazing at the dreamlike reality before him—real and unique!
The time loop had taken shape. The dreamlike reality would no longer face the risk of collapse or nonexistence.
In the original reality, everyone had created the system and changed the past. That sequence of events had been perfectly replicated in the dreamlike reality.
Thus, the original reality had vanished, ceased to exist. Perhaps the events of that original reality would fade from everyone's memories, as if they had never happened.
But Jiangnan would remember. He would remember everything that had occurred in the original reality, because he had transcended reality itself and was the one who had changed everything.
Jiangnan would remember that it was the people of the original reality who had endured suffering and given their all to create this dreamlike reality.
He would also know that it was everyone's efforts that had turned the dream into reality.
Before disappearing, that version of himself had gotten the answers he wanted. There were no regrets.
Jiangnan rubbed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Now, what he had to do was take that final step, resolve everything, and give this sole reality a dreamlike ending. Then, happily and freely, he would lead everyone into the future.
Forever.
But... before that, Jiangnan still had things he needed to do. The regrets in his heart had yet to be filled.
And now... it was time.
A long time ago, when Jiangnan had figured out the operational foundation of the Life Forbidden Zone, he had looked toward the pages of the past.
Because he wanted to see who his parents really were, and why they had been heartless enough to abandon him, leaving him at the orphanage door in the dead of winter.
But last time, after seeing himself being left at the welfare home entrance, Jiangnan hadn't continued reading.
He had thought it didn't matter. No matter who his parents were, it didn't matter anymore.
Now he had a beautiful, dreamlike life. Why dwell on the past?
Perhaps he also hadn't wanted to materialize that resentment and hatred within him.
But... how could it not matter?
The Jiangnan of before had only been running away, unwilling to face the truth.
But now, Jiangnan would no longer run. He had to understand his past, his history, all the secrets.
This time, Jiangnan traced back again, returning to that snowy night of his childhood. He wanted to see who had abandoned him.
And she... how could she bear to...
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Jiangcheng, a snowy night. The street in front of the welfare home.
Winter nights in Jiangcheng were silent. The temperature was low, icy and bone-piercing.
A woman, thinly dressed, sallow and gaunt, carried a cardboard box and wandered the street for a long time.
She was too thin—nothing but skin and bones. She carried a shopping bag from the mall, wore a knitted wool cap, and her hair was sparse, as if after chemotherapy.
She coughed incessantly, but each time, she turned away from the cardboard box, suppressing her voice, afraid of waking Little Jiangnan sleeping inside.
Seeing this, Jiangnan's heart trembled violently.
She... was his mother?
The woman held the box, her eyes full of hesitation. She walked toward the welfare home entrance, but after a few steps, she gritted her teeth and walked back. This happened several times.
It was clear she truly didn't want to give away her child.
Under the streetlamp, the woman extended her withered hand, gently caressing Little Jiangnan's cheek, her face full of reluctance.
"Mommy is sick. She won't live much longer. If Mommy dies, who will take care of you?"
"Daddy is gone too... I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I really have no choice... I... wuu..."
The woman cried. Tears fell uncontrollably onto the swaddling clothes. She covered her mouth, suppressing her sobs, but couldn't stop coughing.
"For the rest of your life, you'll have to rely on yourself. Mommy can't continue walking with you, watching you grow up little by little..."
"You have to grow up strong, be good, and become a child that Mommy and Daddy can be proud of, okay?"
"It's just a pity... Mommy... Mommy won't get to see it..."
She rubbed her eyes, dragged her weary body, and with a hardened heart, placed Little Jiangnan, still in the cardboard box, at the welfare home entrance.
Then she closed her eyes, turned, and ran back. The road was slippery, and because she was running too fast, she fell, cutting her palm on the ice.
But the woman didn't care. She ran to a streetlamp pole far away, tears in her eyes, staring fixedly at the cardboard box.
It was too cold. Little Jiangnan began to cry, his cries loud and clear.
Several times, the woman wanted to rush out and take the box back, because inside was her own child.
But she knew she was dying. She couldn't give him a future. She couldn't let the child die with her.
In the end, an aunt from the welfare home came out, picked up the cardboard box, looked around, and muttered about which parents were so heartless as to leave their child at the door in winter.
The woman hid behind the streetlamp pole, covering her mouth tightly, not letting herself cry out.
She secretly watched this scene until the aunt carried Little Jiangnan through the welfare home door.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... wuu... I'm so sorry..."
The woman painfully pulled at her hair, leaning against the streetlamp pole, crying helplessly.
And at that moment, Jiangnan, in front of the pages of the past, had already broken down completely.
He knew everything now. The truth of the past.
His family wasn't wealthy. They were ordinary rural folk who rented a place in the city.
Coincidentally, Jiangnan's father was also named Jiang—Jiang Shan. He was an ordinary construction worker, not a Spirit Warrior.
His mother was named Liang Yu. She had always been in poor health. When Jiang Shan went out to work, Liang Yu was already pregnant. Because they were about to have a child and daily expenses would increase, Jiang Shan had gone far away to work, earning a bit more.
But a severe spirit calamity broke out at his workplace. Jiang Shan died in that calamity. The family's sole pillar had fallen.
When Liang Yu received the news, she was utterly despairing. The child hadn't even been born yet, but had already lost its father.
Although they received some compensation and could barely get by, things took a turn for the worse. Liang Yu's health deteriorated. She kept coughing. She went to the hospital and was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Medical expenses, rent, childbirth, raising a child—all needed money. How could that be enough?
But Liang Yu still held on. She gave birth to Little Jiangnan. However, she no longer had the ability to raise him.
The family's money was gone. The illness couldn't be cured. She had only a few months left to live. Leaving Little Jiangnan behind, with no close relatives to rely on—how was the child supposed to survive?
Liang Yu truly had no choice. She could only send Little Jiangnan to the welfare home, giving her child a chance to live.
What parents in this world don't love their own children?
After sending Little Jiangnan to the welfare home, Liang Yu came to the entrance a few times, pretending to pass by, looking inside, hoping to see her child again, even just a glance from afar.
But she never saw him. Liang Yu didn't last three months. She died of illness in her rented room. In her final moments, all she thought about was her child, who hadn't yet grown up.
In the future, he would surely become mature, handsome, cheerful, and optimistic, right?
At this moment, Jiangnan knelt before the pages of the past, crying loudly. He wept bitterly, tears pouring down uncontrollably.
He reached out through the pages of the past, gently stroking Liang Yu's pale, withered cheek.
"Mom..."
From childhood to adulthood, Jiangnan had never called anyone that. But this time... he said it.
"Mom, your child has grown up. He's strong and accomplished. He's an outstanding child."
"The path of growth has been joyful and happy. He hasn't been lonely. There are elders who care about him, companions who walk with him. It's been really good, truly good."
"If you and Dad were here, you would definitely be proud of me, right? Definitely..."
"I'm fine... really fine... you... can rest assured..."
Jiangnan cried as he murmured. He so wanted to hug his father and mother, to tell them all of this, about his achievements now.
But... they were already gone.
He couldn't hug them anymore.
At this moment, Jiangnan felt his heart being filled. The final knot in his heart was undone.
Since childhood, Jiangnan had not been without hate, without resentment toward his never-met parents. Why did other children have what he didn't? Why did they have parents to take care of them, a home, while he had none?
But all those knots were untied as Jiangnan learned the truth.
It wasn't that his parents had abandoned him, that they hadn't given him a home.
Mom and Dad loved him!
They loved him more than they loved themselves.
What they gave him might not have been the best, but it was the best they had.
Enough! It was truly enough!
Jiangnan rubbed his eyes. He accepted his past and had reconciled with himself.
Jiang Shan... Liang Yu...
Jiangnan... remembers!
Your child will continue walking forward, pursuing beauty, stepping toward the future, continuing on the path of higher strength.
No one knows how long passed. Jiangnan calmed his emotions. Because his heart knot was untied and his thoughts flowed freely, the Six Paths God Refining Method became flawless, undoubtedly stronger than before.
Jiangnan didn't think the final truth chasm could stop him.
He carried too many expectations, too many wishes on his shoulders. Only by turning emotionless, colorless, and pure white could one create the world?
Bullshit!
The colors blooming within his body, the bittersweet surging in his heart, the myriad flavors—that was the beauty and true meaning of life.
Truth! Could not stop him either!
Jiangnan finally left the Life Forbidden Zone and returned to the dimensional rift, before the system terminal.
Looking at everyone before him, countless eager gazes, looking at everything he now possessed.
Everyone walking alongside him.
Jiangnan smiled. A brilliant smile.
"It's so good... to have you all."
pS: If your parents or family are beside you right now, then... put down your phone and go hug them. Cherish everything you have. Cherish all the beauty.