Time flowed like a river for Ash as he didn't move an inch for a full thirty years (Inner Universe Time).
During this time, many gears began to turn all over the wider world of cultivation, however for Ash his focus remained solely on cultivating this Galaxy Core… that had now reached completion. Something else to note is that unlike the Old Haven, Ash's age and everyone else's increased for time spent inside.
So now he was 57 years old.
Ash opened his eyes slowly, the vast expanse of his inner cosmos stretching below him like an endless canvas waiting for its masterpiece. The Galaxy Core hovered before him—a colossal orb of swirling rose-pink nebula, its surface etched with fractal veins of pure "is-ness" that defied shape, pulsing with inevitability and unique power.
