Die Krone, die zerbrach

At the ascension ceremony, Gavin exposes Reverend Azurewood: Senior Brother Julian Lewis’s spiritual root was torn out and devoured. He says Azurewood killed earlier ascendants to brew an immortality elixir. Gavin shatters the ascension crown and unleashes a soul-devouring array, but Reverend Azurewood only laughs. What reversal is coming?