Homelander kept descending, passing through the liquid iron-nickel currents of the outer core until he finally reached a vast cavity near the inner core.
The sight would have driven anyone without a strong mind insane.
In that immense space, like the womb of a god, slept a giant too enormous to describe in words.
Tiamut's form was already nearly complete, curled like an infant in the womb.
Six enormous, jewel-like eyes were set in Tiamut's head.
The entire body gleamed like golden metal, covered in intricate geometric patterns.
Even asleep, the vast golden body radiated the overwhelming presence of a higher-dimensional being.
Homelander hovered before Tiamut's enormous face. Beside the golden giant, he was no bigger than a speck of dust.
"What a magnificent big guy." Homelander looked Tiamut up and down, clicking his tongue in wonder.
He turned his wrist and produced the Master Ball.
"Come on out, Super-Ego. I've got something big to show you."
Red light flashed in the vacuum, and Ego's tall, muscular Kryptonian avatar appeared.
Ego's true body was now Apokolips, far too large to bring here, so Homelander could only summon his avatar.
Super-Ego, summoned within the dimensional rift, remained inside it as well.
The moment his eyes opened, his gaze locked onto the enormous golden body ahead.
"This... This is..."
Super-Ego's habitually impassive face filled with shock, and even a trace of awe.
"Master... this is a true Celestial!"
Super-Ego's voice trembled. He involuntarily retreated a short distance, as though something deep in his genes had been cowed.
"What's wrong? So excited to meet one of your own kind that you're speechless?" Homelander turned to watch Ego's reaction with interest.
"No... it isn't excitement, Master. It's awe."
Ego steadied his turbulent thoughts and began recalling the past.
"Nearly a million years ago, by