Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27677820-20160131035943/@comment-27677820-20160529060113

Well, since some people are just dieing to know what I think about this:

I never really thought either of these facts were terribly game-changing (pun), nor do I now. He wants to collect 7 human souls to break the barrier, and play god with the rest of the world. He wants to continue what he's already doing in the Underground, but on the surface. Destroying and recreating it sorta fit into the category of what he wants to do.

I don't know if CookiesAndChicken is trying to imply something deeper here, and if he isn't, that's my answer.