I'm glad you like the song! There is actually a bunch of inspiration and/or references in this track.

It is the second part to the track "Sexodus - Ascension", which can be found on the previous Figus album. That track started with me messing around with organ sounds, but it evolved into something kinda different (I think I was subconsiously inspired by TenseiMusic's "Bound in Blood" for the build-up). The melody from 1:12 onwards, the calm part after it, and the rest of the song, all the way up to 3:55 are based on/taken from a different song I wrote for Figus before either Sexodus tracks, that never made it onto the final album. The bells during the calm part reference Green Hill from Sonic 1, I don't remember why I put those in, but they were also in that original unused track. The guitars at 2:27 reference "Yeah", another one of my tracks from the previous Figus album. Then at 3:55, the melody and bass reference Ascension, while the chords reference "Nuttening", from the Sex Now 2 album.

When we named Ascension, I decided to make the track a two-parter. I think the name, and the fact that it is two parts, were inspired by the tracks "Demiurge I: Exodus" and "Demiurge II: Negai" from Persona 5 Strikers.

That is pretty much the whole story behind the track!