When the dignified voice sounded across the world, everyone showed a variety of responses; some people directly knelt, offering piety as if he was God, while others struggled to resist. Sadly though, neither could genuinely resist the power of this kind of being. As such, they were each forced to kneel without question. The only ones who were exempted from kneeling were those who were no longer considered mortals, or rather, inferior to even low-class lifeforms.
These individuals were all Stage One Ascenders, having earned the approval of the Rift System, they had essentially become beings capable of limitless evolution, the only things that could limit that is, in the end, their potential.
As this being declared his presence to the world, Evan and the others looked up towards the brilliance of golden light glowing around the giant man on his universe traversing steed.