No fuck off you retards, he literally was only pulled back because Catherine's soul had resonated with the bough
It had to be Catherine
There had to be a golden bough
The mansion had to be atop the hypogean river
They needed the diary with them which housed a portion of Cathy's soul before EVERY CATHY was brought in

It was in this very specific scenario that they managed to bring him back
I will agree that is a huge shame that we are not privy to whatever conversations Heathcliff has had with regards to his distortion with the sinner (Dante and the rest of them), but the distortion and the conclusion in the very same node is fine