Yes, these divine race members, with their tentacled faces towering above, are the clan of the Ninth Apostle.
They too were merely followers who ascended alongside the Ninth Apostle.
They are the true clan of the Ninth Apostle, the genuine support, used to manage the mother planet, potentially receiving various other newly added planets, helping to manage worlds, cultivating the Divine Tree, and guiding the growth of the Divine Tree race!
Their favorite pastime is transforming worlds into game-like scenarios, and in the subsequent times, periodically watching the planet's natives chant slogans like "courage, life, wisdom, and love" while engaging in mutual slaughter.
The individuals who meet Death become nourishment for the Divine Tree, and the failing side also will be punished, becoming merely farms for the Divine Tree's hunting in the future.
