When the mystery unraveled, everything became clear.
Nathan was Morpheus. Morpheus was Nathan!
Looking back now, Mike could recall the day he first encountered Shadow Nine. From that very moment, the old trickster had been deceiving him! Or rather, they had been deceiving everyone for nearly three centuries.
Nathan's death was an open secret among the highest echelons of humanity. But only *those* at the very top knew. And by "the top," it meant a level so high that even someone like Joseph, a Nine-Star Lord, couldn't reach it.
During the darkest days of the Blood War, when the abyssal forces blanketed the earth and humanity teetered on the brink of extinction, humanity needed a Supreme Being more than ever.
Morpheus… couldn't die.
Humanity needed the Supreme Being Morpheus to remain alive.