I couldn't ascend, there wasn't an option for it at the time. I'm 99% sure that I couldn't do anything. :/ I ended up restarting my game on a new file.
I've been stuck for maybe an hour and a half, everytime I click back to this tab, I've been battling a triade of angry demonic eagles, but I'm dead and I'm a ghost. It hasn't quit the battle or gone to revive. It won't let me hit 'suicide' because I'm technically still battling them. I'm stuck. What do I do? :(