i actually like that MC does the wrong assumptions. It adds the character uniqueness IMO
The Blood Emperor's remains, the remains of a deity… Does it hold the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 0? No wonder the Iron and Blood Cross Order dreams of entering Fourth Epoch Trier…
For those who don't understand, probably it's the reference to the embers ad infinitum where the power system was pretty similar to the boons. Become stronger = more negative effects
it's at least 5 years after book 1
lumian mentioned that auto aurore picked him up 5 years ago and she was released from the cocoon at the end of the book 1