
Actually, to me it becomes even more complicated. Based on several hints even this past life is not the original source of their conflict/fate. Even then past Ryan is implied already to be reincarnation of Black Dragon, and past AoAo is also already infected by demon curse. More so, it like to me that though this is past Ryan its not past AoAo. Its current AoAo. Its implied that Ao Gu and his father, to save AoAo from his fate, sealed off his powers and memories and forced AoAo to regress to kid - back to ch1. Its actually implied that they did it several times. This past time line, another time line where AoAo met Black Ball and played with him in the mountain, and present.

There are simply too many past stories.. its all getting muddled up for me, especially since aren't they like gods? so they live for a long time, this is causing me so much confusion on which life are they living in which past... Σ(  ̄□ ̄||)
I know that the past where AoAo meets the dragon in the mountain is the past in the same timeline but not a past life... because they live longer but then.... what is happening now??? (⊙…⊙ )

The past Ao Ao (Ao Yue aka Xuan Yue) was Ao Gu's *biological* brother. AoAo is just Ao Yue/Xuan Yue resurrected as a baby (as baby AoAo) through some kind of ritual, after he died (there was no reincarnation and no new parents involved). Only Ryan's past self Xiao Jifeng was reincarnated, AoAo's past self was just resurrected as a baby (baby AoAo) with magic.
I am soooo.... lost!
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