Only when the moon was clear in the sky, unhindered by any horizon, did Atlas finally rise to his feet.
He was forced to circulate qi for hours in order to regain his faculties. Even after, he had to replenish his empty dantian. His experience in that abyss was terrifying. He had somehow survived, but the aftereffects were enough to tell him about what his fate would have otherwise been.
[Treacherous Phoenix welcomes you back to the land of the living.]
[Great Sage, Heaven's Equal wonders if there is another Ascender as ballsy as you.]
[Many Gods have started to take a true interest in you.]
Atlas was getting berated by messages from Gods with many aliases. He had learned about some of the larger pantheons during his time in Vanatos, but he wasn't paying enough attention to the Gods to connect those pantheons to their individual Gods.
He only saw that one message.
Indeed, he had been welcomed back to the land of the living.
