The real Ash is a repeatedly goes back to beginning of his teenage years (where her mother un-alive herself), for a thousand times to the point his soul was shattered, the wizard (the one who summon the current ash to their world) is with the original Ash his the one, their allies. For some reason everytime the original ash losses the time will repeat because the king of darkness and the aliens (higher beings) wants a kinda different ending. Now, this is the last time that ash will reborn, because the real ash was shattered so the wizard put the current Ash to the body of the real Ash to mend his Shattered soul. Ash mother has a power to return back to the past, the reason she un-alive herself was due to mental break down, she knows that the time was repeatedly goes back.
Base to the novel (I wasn't able to finish it due to personal reasons and I forgot the website) The real Ash is a Unfortunate being! He sacrificed so much. Ash and the leader of dark being played a game (the higher beings are their audience)