Again he heard Helen calling to him but could not determine the direction of her voice. And then, as the fleeing proto-Archon led him on, he became aware of a slow, deep pulsing or drumming that filled all of space, and with it came thin weird pipings that reminded his earthly portion of something analogous to flutes… The proto-Archon ceased to flee and faced Simon; its thought-voice boomed out menacingly: “Stop! You approach the Throne of Achamoth—” Simon rushed in and swung. His sword clove the monstrosity and sent it back to the void, bellowing as it dissolved. But now, straight before him, he sensed a pulsing mountain of blackness, blacker even than the scintillating void. Then a monstrous voice came out of it in words powerful and deep as rolling thunder, bubbling and viscous as a boiling sea of pitch: “Who comes to the Throne of Achamoth?” Simon’s human portion recoiled in terror. He had read in Ostanes of Achamoth, the evil Demiurge who had created the material worlds. To the ancient Shemites he had been Aziluth, Creator of Archetypes; to the Stygians he had been Azathoth, to the Persians Azdahak. The Chaldeans called him Tiamat; the Hebrews knew him as Rahab, Monster of Chaos, Lord of the Deeps…

But these were strange musings. They came from his dream—his dream of the human he had been, or would be…

其实是今天上午看见了日本那个早年间译者的博客。说《The Throne of Achamoth》中。
西蒙为了找到海伦，在突破了执政官的层层封锁离开了宇宙之后发现海伦和自己分别就是至高神马自达和ennonia。ennonia的梦境中诞生了阿萨托斯，然后阿萨托斯囚禁了ennonia创造出了现在的物质世界。马自达为了拯救妻子，投入物质界变成了西蒙。
感觉挺有意思的（）所以就买了本自己来看看。这章的阿萨托斯说实话挺帅的（）

再补充一个执政官吧地月系的执政官是一个泡泡（其实火星也是）。直径有月球轨道那么大，后文中还提到了。地球—火星—木星—土星这样的顺序是层层封锁的，每一层的执政官都比前一层的更强大。（虽然比起后文阿萨托斯就显得没那么cool了）

But the Lord of Light knew no fear as he approached the pulsing blackness that was vaster than all the worlds。
阿萨托斯的黑暗比所有世界都要宽阔