"Aisha! Forgive your father for everything!" Old Man Manresa cried heavily with the others supporting him.
Matthias stood behind and wiped his tears. He could choose to reincarnate his father and mother inside his Domain, but he doesn't want to decide for them. They were already resting and were maybe living their lives somewhere in the Cosmos.
Now that he finished the things that he needed to do, he went to the Hall of Knowledge to spend time with Bai Xia.
"Father!" Bai Xia chirped and pounced at him.
"My lovely daughter! How are you?" Matthias asked sweetly.
"As lovely as ever!" Bai Xia chuckled. Matthias laughed and ruffled her head affectionately, to which she loved.
"How have you been, Father? I hoped you'd been well?" Bai Xia inquired while walking towards the tea rack and bringing it to Matthias' table.
"Yeah, all is good!" Matthias smiled.
"That's good to know." Bai Xia smiled sweetly. She then proceeded to brew a cup of tea for him.
"Daughter, I will be gone for a while. You can do whatever you want, just be sure to have fun." Matthias said. She nodded cutely, achieving a cuteness level of a thousand.
"Just be safe, Father! I love you more than anything!" Bai Xia kissed his cheek like how a cute little daughter kisses her father's.
"More than Denos?" Matthias smiled mischievously.
"Denos isn't a thing." Bai Xia's face reddened with embarrassment.
"You.." Matthias glared at her jokingly and sighed. He then kissed her head with a fatherly affection and smiled, "See you later, Xiao Xia."
"I am fortunate that you became my father. You're too sweet even though I said that I love Denos more than you. I thought you would be jealous even just a little bit and make us separate from each other. What a drama would that be." Bai Xia pouted cutely.
"You even want me to separate you two?" Matthias laughed, "But still, You're incredibly pure and sweet too. I am also proud that you're my daughter. I could also chain down Denos!" Matthias laughed wholeheartedly. He then smiled and turned to leave.
Bai Xia waved him goodbye with a sweet smile plastered on her face.
He then left and then entered his domain, "Nuwa, can the altar transport me anywhere?"
Nuwa thought about it and nodded, "Yes. Apart from summoning, the altar could also be used as a portal."
"Then send me somewhere that has a lot of stars." Matthias said and walked to the altar.
Nuwa nodded and called Asileius. Asileius, who has finished enhancing the space around the domain, arrived. Nuwa informed him of what Matthias wants to do and nodded. He placed his hand on the altar and activated it by sending his Cosmic Energy in the altar.
A huge portal appeared in front of Matthias. Matthias steeled himself and entered the portal.
He was sent to a huge star, possibly 3 trillion times larger than the Sun. Thinking of something, Matthias flew towards the sun and entered. Solar magma splashed and coated him, but it was as though he wasn't that much affected.
He arrived at the core, where a huge energy core was floating inside, even if he's still far from the core, he could feel the non-existent heat which was slowly melting his soul.
Matthias sensed the danger but still wanted to try out his idea. He dashed towards the core and entered inside it.
His soul kept on evaporating and reconstructing, strengthening his soul strength and physical body. He then circulated the Creator God's cultivation technique and stayed there.
From the outside, if one looked carefully, the star was noticeably shrinking in size, as if something was absorbing it from the inside.
Half a year has passed. The gigantic star was nowhere to be found. Planets that were once orbiting the star were either frozen or transferred to other neighbouring stars.
In the spot where the star was once located, a glowing man filled with vitality emerged. He was sitting cross-legged while floating on the vast space.
He slowly opened his majestic eyes and suddenly spreaded his arms wide. The neighbouring stars suddenly lost their energy with all of it going towards Matthias.
A huge storm of energy spun rapidly around him. He slowly absorbed it and after all of that, he 'stood up' and released small balls of infant stars.
He then conjured a portal and entered it.
On the Altar in the abode, the portal opened and Matthias came out, filled with energy and majesty.
Nuwa and Asileius noticed him and hurriedly dashed in front of him, "Greetings, Master!"
"Mhmm." Matthias nodded. He looked at Nuwa and said, "Let's start the Ascension."
"Yes, Master." Nuwa nodded and looked at the Mystic Points inside Matthias and smiled. '10,523,609'.
She faced towards the northern side of the abode where a tall platform where something that looked like a throne was erected. Countless runes and words circled the throne both above and below.
"The Throne of Ascension is ready. Master, please sit on it." Nuwa spoke with anticipation.
Matthias nodded. He flew towards the bottom of the platform. He slowly ascended towards the throne, and when he sat on it, countless Knowledge assaulted his mind.
He saw the true face of Creation and its goal. He saw stars explode and reform, worlds burn and froze, space changes as time passed, forming space-time, mortals and Immortals fighting and making peace, death and end to all things, sentient and insentient, and knowledge being discovered and forgotten.
All of it flashed in front of Matthias and was imprinted in his head. He then closed his eyes and contemplated its meaning.
Suddenly, a beam of light descended onto the throne. It elevated the throne upwards.
"Huh?" Jeremy stood up from his seat, "What happened?"
Calcio shook his head, "I don't know, but I need to go to the Domain."
"Take me with you!" Jeremy demanded. Calcio helplessly nodded and grabbed Jeremy to enter the space tunnel.