Was it Lorkhan’s goal to be killed?

I’ve been struck by this notion that Lorkhan’s ultimate goal was some kind ascension to a higher plane of being which required his death to fulfill. I can’t help but draw parallels to the apotheosis of Talos. In both stories an individual gathers a group of allies, tricks them, both he and his former allies die and in the aftermath something new arises. Lorkhan enlists the aid of the et’Ada in creating Mundus, they learn of his betrayal, kill him and die themselves, and his heart drops to Nirn. Tiber Septim enlists the aid of Ysmir Wulfharth and Zurin Arctus in creating the Third Empire, Ysmir and Zurin are betrayed and all three die, and the Mantella drops to the ground. If the Numidium is a construct that contains the souls of the Dwemer, it’s parallel could be Nirn, which is a construct comprised of the spirits of the Earth Bones.

Tiber Septim achieved apotheosis in the end becoming Talos, but as for Lorkhan, what does apotheosis mean when you’re already a god? If Lorkhan engineered the creation of Mundus and the mortals who dwell within because mortality is a prerequisite to achieving Chim, then perhaps his goals were not purely selfless. Lorkhan's death seems to be more profound and unique than the fates of the et'Ada who became the Earth Bones or the Aedra. Perhaps Lorkhan was not just the progenitor of the concept of the Psijjic Endeavor, but also the first one to achieve the goals of it as well. Could Lorkhan have taken the Godhead’s place or did he escape the Dream and become a Dreamer himself? At the very least I find these parallels compelling. It’s all very “As above, so below.” as Hermes Trismegistus would put it.