Helios was supposed to get to the divine plane regardless of the outcome of the clash between Aeternus and the GodSlayer. He was supposed to have left for the divine plane as soon as the GodSlayer was fired but he couldn't. Legion planned for a lot of scenarios, but they didn't plan for Stelios to enter the GodSlayer and become ammunition too.
Stelios was supposed to be weakened in his divine kingdom. He was supposed to be so weak that he is unable to answer prayers but somehow he found himself in the GodSlayer. He shouldn't be in the GodSlayer because each strike that Stelios endured also affected Helios.
Helios is the reason why Stelios' consciousness didn't disperse into nothingness. Stelios is not strong enough to withstand the power of Aeternus himself. Helios had to share the burden of those three attacks because he doesn't want the Authority of the sun to disappear.
Helios is not the true Celestial god. Stelios is the one with the god fire and if he dies, so does the Authority of the sun. Even if Helios can rob the power from Stelios, he won't do it because he is not willing to become a Celestial.
So Helios was also wounded and grounded by the clash between Aeternus and the GodSlayer. He was not able to make it to the divine plane in time to take advantage of their plan. His connection with Stelios was used against him.
It could have been worse. Just the little injuries Helios incurred from the clash of the five Authorities were enough to weaken him for a long time. He was able to recover because of divine life energy. It was then that he could come here. But it was too late. Things have deviated far from their plan. A hidden predator swooped in to take their prey when they were wounded from the fight.
They also didn't plan for the extra 2 Celestial Authority within the attack. The tree father could hide his vestige and Authority because he is the god of life. That's why Zernon didn't discover it. The god of fate was the first one to hide something from Zernon. It caught Legion off guard more than it affected Zernon. Aeternus had to replicate an attack with 5 Authorities instead of the 3 that they planned.
It was supposed to be 2 Authorities from the Celestial Supreme and 1 from the god of life. The addition of the god of the sun and the god of fate into the mix almost overwhelmed Aeternus. It is why he can't come here with his real body. If it were the addition of only the god of fate, then Aeternus could have managed. The addition of Stelios rendered him too weak to move after replicating the attack and it rendered Helios too injured to move. The god of fate killed two birds with one stone. The absence of contenders allowed him to swoop in and take their prize.
"It is too late now," Helios said as he sensed the changes that Stelios has undergone through their connection.
The gigantic golden ball split open and expelled its content. The orange ball that represents Stelios came out while the ball turned into the god of fate. Zernon, the former Celestial supreme is no more. Stelios is currently evolving after having consumed the god of order. Meanwhile, the god of faith is holding a large white ball in one of his hands. Both Aeternus and Helios are concerned about that ball.
The ball will be a giant ball if a battle sage monkey sees it. The battle sage monkey might even call it a star. But to giants of order, it is just a shiny ball. It is also the Authority of the Celestial Supreme. It is the strongest Authority that the divine plane can produce. Whichever Celestial fuses with it will become the new Celestial Supreme.
The Celestial orb that is Stelios began to drift towards Helios. Helios didn't even have to pull him for Stelios to drift towards Helios. He is currently unconscious so he is not aware of what's going on. He succeeded in killing Zernon but Zerkon didn't let him absorb the Authority of the Celestial Supreme.
The Authority of order is enough for Stelios. He will become stronger and be able to heal once he absorbs it. That's in the future though. Right now, he drifted and entered the Stigmata on Helios's back. His future will be spent in a prison of his own making.
The god of fate watched it happen without interfering. He also didn't react when Helios blasted him with energy after taking Stelios. He doesn't care because the attack phased through his body like he is an illusion.
He shook his head in pity and lamented, "Poor Zernon. I told him to release me from my contract so that I can help him but he refused. Instead, he asked a stranger for help. He chose to trust a stranger over his own twin brother. You just can't trust outsiders. That's why he was betrayed. And I did warn him to watch out for betrayal. Sometimes, whatever will happen even if you're warned about it. What a cruel fate."
Betrayal led to Zernon's death. It was the betrayal of Zernon when he tried to kill his brother because he became a celestial. It was the betrayal of Stelios when he attacked the person that helped him to recover from his weak and near-death state. It was Zerkon's betrayal when he orchestrated his brother's death and pushed him into the maws of death by Stelios' hand instead of saving him.
Zerkon had warned Zernon to be careful of betrayal but it apparently did him no good. He couldn't change his fate because the first betrayal that will lead to his death as already happened and it was perpetrated by himself. He started it when he wanted to kill his brother and like a domino, the rest couldn't be stopped from happening to cause his death.