Am understanding the meaning of how you said it is the beginning of the conclusion, without giving any spoilers just can say this much that the prequel images were spot on in depicting on how deep this plot runs which is going to unravel like a bowl of noodles spinning in all possibilities in the realm of space and strategies that either corner has cooked in this battle. The foundation of the plot as have mentioned quite a lot before , has been rock solid and now it's starting to pay dividends, definitely MC and the players are in for a cracker of journey now. So overall as usual
Pixieblink another nicely made chapter!
Thanks for reading Dev, best wishes for ahead