From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless

In a world where magical prowess defines societal hierarchy, Aris Vance was the ultimate anomaly: a talentless sage born into a bloodline of supreme archmages. For decades, he served as the abused, forgotten bedrock for his arrogant peers, manipulated into doing their complex spell-casting grunt work while receiving zero credit. Betrayed and brutally murdered by the very family he served, Aris did not find peace in death. Instead, through a mysterious cosmic glitch, his soul was forcefully thrust into a second reincarnation. Retaining the agonizing memories of his past humiliation, Aris awakens as a physically gifted infant with an unprecedented, dormant trait: the absolute dominion over mana absorption.Driven by an insatiable thirst for vengeance and absolute supremacy, Aris resolves to rewrite the rules of magic. Unlike his past life, where he strained to cast rudimentary spells, his new body acts as a bottomless void, effortlessly consuming ambient spiritual energy. As he rapidly matures under the guise of an unassuming orphan, Aris hurls himself into forbidden tomes and brutal, unorthodox training regimes. He discovers that his "talentlessness" in his first life was actually the result of his family systematically draining his boundless core to feed their own. Armed with this dark truth, his motivation hardens from mere survival to the total subjugation of the magical aristocracy.Entering the prestigious Astraea Academy of Sorcery, Aris plays the part of a docile, mediocre student, masking his terrifying growth beneath a harmless exterior. Behind closed doors, however, he develops game-changing abilities that shatter established magical laws, moving from overshadowed underdog to overpowered entity. He ruthlessly manipulates corrupt faculty members and rivals alike, turning their own ambitions against them.The dramatic tension peaks during the annual Tri-Realm Tournament, where Aris’s former family—now prominent guild leaders—attend as VIP guests, completely unaware of his true identity. When a catastrophic demonic breach threatens to slaughter the attendees, Aris steps into the light. Unleashing a cataclysmic barrage of spellwork that defies human limits, he effortlessly obliterates the monstrous threat in front of the entire terrified continent. Rather than basking in adulation, Aris coldly locks eyes with his trembling former relatives, revealing a fraction of his true power and signaling the dawn of his ultimate revenge. With the magical world now kneeling at his feet, Aris sets his sights on dismantling the highest tiers of the divine pantheon, proving that the once-talentless sage is now an unstoppable god among mortals.