... I just realized.
Burk isn't Goku.
Burk is the Tick. Dropped into an almost Sanderson-esque hard-magic (and I mean that as an unironic compliment- pretty sure that even his detractors concede that Brandon Sanderson does a very good magic system) high fantasy universe, but still retaining a great deal of essential Tick-ness.
Even if that's not true, it still was a very fun action-exposition chapter.