The Marvelous Process of Ascension

14600 of the Sun Calendar.

The universe was turbulent and uneasy, with undercurrents stirring among the various sects. Then, on this day, Nokron, the Heavenly Venerate of the Heavenly Realm, announced to the entire universe:

"The Heavenly Realm shall ascend in this age and stand beyond time."

"The Heavenly Realm is the dwelling of all gods and the land of all laws. It shall guard the River of Time, protect the gates of All Living Beings' kingdom, and face the enemies of the future."

The universe trembled, and the Heavenly Realm flowed backward.

Specks of dust and wisps of energy followed the Heavenly Net of the Space Heavenly Venerate, gathering and flying into the gateway of time, surging into the future.

The Heavenly Realm in the present universe had gradually lost its color, changing from a flourishing age of myriad hues into black-and-white lines, then into a crude sketch.

In the end, it became nothing more than strips of faint, simple lines. The mountains, rivers, and palaces of the saints in the Heavenly Realm, outlined in dotted lines, turned into historical phantoms without material energy.

The Heavenly Realm had officially ascended.

Under everyone's stunned gazes, it leaped into the future and endured a hundred years later, as though it intended to remain eternally immortal!

Within the Netherworld, the Styx River rolled with surging waves.

"Hmph. Atabia ran off. We probably won't ever see him again."

Elise sighed somewhat wistfully. "He went looking for something fun and didn't bring any of us along. He's out there enjoying himself alone."

Beside her, the Son of Heaven, Nokron, silently watched the Heavenly Realm disappear.

The Heavenly Realm had taken away ten percent of the present universe's matter.

As for Atabia, he had to constantly manifest a localized map of the universe spanning the