I.. Am God?

Now, outside the world of Betania, far away from it, Matthias stood and breathed the inexistent air in the void. "I missed being a god, not gonna lie."

Suddenly, a system notification disrupted his peace.

[You have received an influx of Faith Points and Creation Points. You have reached the threshold of the Universal Deity Stage. Do you want to break through?]

"Uh, yeah. Okay. Break through!" Matthias affirmated.

[Sending Host the Basic Knowledge of Creation..]

Suddenly, a massive surge of information assaulted Matthias' brain. He winced and closed his eyes due to the pain. He hurriedly flew and finally fell on the Creation platform. After a gruelling amount of time, Matthias finally opened his eyes.

Different from his past deep and dark eyes, his eyes now contained a deep, starry space filled with knowledge. It looked like that just looking into his eyes will be able to make you comprehend the laws.

"When the Supreme Being was creating a ball of absoluteness, It exploded and things were created. All of It separated inside the Nothingness, It became a lifeless black soil. He noticed it and created the first Sun and Moon from the Things.

When the Supreme Being created Earth, beasts and his subjects rose to life, He created Heaven.

When the Supreme Being's wrath from all creations fell, He created Hell.

When all of the Things were made to the creation of Earth, Heaven, and Hell, The Dao of all Creations arose, relying on the Yin Yang.

With the Dao and Yin and Yang, Chaos and Order was formed. With Chaos and Order, Life once again flourished. The Supreme Being left his creation with the Dao, Yin and Yang, Chaos, and Order to manage.

With Chaos, worlds formed. With Order, all stabilized. The Dao encompasses all Things, with the Yin and Yang to complement all.

But it isn't that easy to manage the Expanding Universe with insentient laws who only relied on instincts.

Creators were made to manage their own region, and they will continually be created as long as the Expanding Universe expands."

"Holy shit, this is nuts." Matthias was tongue-tied. The Creation just poured right into his mind all at once. It was a miracle that he comprehended it.

"Congratulations, Master. You have passed the hurdle to become considered as a Region Master. You have almost completed the ascension to the Universal Deity Rank." Shyra walked to him and smiled sweetly.

"Oh, Shyra. Long time no see." Matthias looked at her and nodded.

"Your Faith Points and Creation Points are now going to be wiped out." She spoke.

"Huh?" Matthias looked at her absentmindedly, "Then how am I going to create worlds?!"

"Hang on, Master. Let me finish first. Your Points will be converted into Mystic Points. It will be your assessment score for your Universal Deity Rank and Title." Shyra looked at him and laughed.

"Oh. Oh my god, that scared me!" Matthias sighed with relief.

Another notification arrived from the system that shocked him and her.

[Due to the Host accomplishing a hidden task "Living with the Creation" for more than 50 years, you have received 1,000,000 Creation Points and 15 Mystic Points.]

"Impossible!" Shyra gawked.

"Why? Are you shocked because of the measly million Creation Points?"

"Of course not! I'm shocked because of the Mystic Points! It's impossible to receive Mystic Points before Universal Deity Rank!" She yelled.

"Huh?!" Matthias' eyes bulged out.

[Due to an early possession of Mystic Points, System's conversion of 1:100 changed to 1:50. The Mystic Points you receive have amounted to 378,237.]

[You have received the title Earthen Reverend Deity. You have received the Preliminary Sovereignty over the White Dwarf Galaxy. Connecting your domain into your Sovereign Galaxy.]

"Where's the White Dwarf Galaxy? It sounds lame and small" Matthias asked Shyra.

Shyra smiled and chuckled, "The White Dwarf Galaxy is the Sovereign name of the Milky Way Galaxy."

"Huh? Is the Milky Way Galaxy is lame and small?" Matthias looked at the bottom of the Creation Platform and there, a wide view of the Milky Way Galaxy appeared.

"Compared to the Expanding Universe that the Supreme Deity and the Primordial Four created, your Milky Way Galaxy really is lame and small." Shyra replied.

"Then where's the coolest and largest galaxy?" Matthias asked.

"That will be the Primordial Galaxy, a galaxy that is 3,000,000 times larger than the Stygian Galaxy or the Galaxy known to you as Andromeda." Shyra answered.

"Holy.." Matthias' jaw flew wide open.

"Wait." Matthias suddenly thought of something while his domain was merging with the galaxy below, "If I am considered as Sovereign over the Milky Way Galaxy, can I go back to Earth?"

"Affirmative. Your soul will just come back to your old body."

"Great!" He tried to summon his creation panel, but to no avail.

He was nervous and scared, "What's happening?"

Shyra smiled and replied calmly, "As you are now a Universal Deity, the guidance from the system won't be needed anymore. The system will be replaced with an Almanac of Creation, where you can draw and make your creation. Past creations and things created by other creators and the Primordial Four."

"Then how can I go back? Where's Earth?" He asked.

"Just wait for your domain and galaxy to connect. Although your domain will be invisible from anyone because of the barrier, it will still be connected and will be integrated in the center of your galaxy. You will then instinctively know where Earth is."

"Okay." Matthias nodded. "Then, what's Preliminary Sovereignty about?" He asked.

"Preliminary Sovereignty is your supreme authority over the galaxy. But as you are still just a Universal Deity, you'd need to ascend to the Universal God Rank to access all of your authority. For now, you will be able to access only the uninhabited planets and stars outside of your galaxy and absorb it to your domain."

"Ah! Your domain and the White Dwarf Galaxy have been finally connected." Shyra's eyes suddenly lit up and she smiled at Matthias.

"Great!" Matthias cheered. 'For me, it has been more than hundred thousand years since I was away. How are my friends? Are they dead already? How will my body look? How old am I going to be?' He thought.

Then, his body floated and turned into its transcendental form. His transcendent body then lunged down and landed on his homeland; Earth.

"Beep. Beep." The sound of a hospital monitor assaulted his ears.

"Ow." He felt pain all over his body, he tried to move but was only able to raise his hand a little.

"Bro?"