While Clay was fighting the elders of the minor pantheon of the Big Dipper Heavenly Ascension, the rest of this minor pantheon were already alerted to Clay's existence. Most were skeptical about the capabilities of this 'rookie' god. After all, they all knew that Ascendance Stage experts when newly broken through, would have to consolidate their unique traits to fully be able to call themselves ascended. And that takes time. As little as a month, or even several months to years! After all, a unique trait was hard to consolidate because when they were mortals, they tried various things to reach the level they were all in!
"Holden and Keep are being smashed by the youngling? That's preposterous! The 6 younglings must be under a mass illusion of some sort?"
"It's simply impossible, even if he became a young ascended to be that powerful already, the moment he enters this realm!"