After a stretch of light banter, it was finally time to get down to business.
Everyone hovered high above the Abyss, suspended in its dim, endless sky.
Ash studied each of them with quiet intensity. By now, every person he had chosen had ascended — becoming Gods and Constellations, completely severed from any outside influence.
His wives stood as Goddesses and his Valkyries shone as Constellations. With all the males being Gods, his clan had stepped beyond the reach of any rank known.
'Now that this is done… it's finally time to become the first Pantheon,' he thought as his long white‑red hair drifted in the cold breeze.
"Alright," he said, his familiar smile spreading across his face, "it's time for our clan to take the next step."
"I was wondering when this would happen," Seris said from atop her dragon mount.
"Right. By everyone else's standards, we're far beyond Arch Eternal Clans," Vaeloria added. They had long since claimed and destroyed entire universes.
