A new timeline
He was crazy, obsessed. This was the end of his existence or absolute success; There were no compromises, he would break the entire universe if he had to.
"I am the way!" And then it broke. Time has been disrupted; some mortals aged to death instantly, while others returned to being just babies.
The unbelievable thing was that these babies were already in the sixth realm or something related. It was a unique event; such a strong soul was compressed into such weak bodies, but some lucky ones managed to keep their consciousness in one piece at least.
The flow of time was completely unregulated throughout the universe. People were able to advance several realms in the blink of an eye. The heavens were beyond time and space, so they could have ascension challenges in the same way.