“No one ever stood atop the heavens before.
Not you...
Or I...
Or the gods.
But the unbearable vacancy of those heavens ends now.
From now on, I will stand at the top.”

Yowza, that’s one hell of a bad guy mission statement. Holy crap! This arc opened the door for a mega-exciting story to come. I got so many answers but still somehow ended up with more questions.