"It wasn't that I didn't want to, but that the hope was slim. Joining the Amber Dreamscape would bring me closer to that hope instead."
Russell spoke calmly with his eyes closed.
The Blizzard Dragon floated its head above the icy water and stared at Russell. "Why?"
"Because the Dream Ancient Dragon controls the laws of dreams, hope, and the future. Dragon Sleep Continent is destined to become an old world, while the Amber Dreamscape is the new world that represents the future. Naturally, hope must be sought within the Amber Dreamscape."
Russell answered the Blizzard Dragon's questions.
In fact, it was only after Frost Star Descends, when Dream Tapir Tapir had obtained vast amounts of troll information for him, that he was able to summarize it all and clearly see Dragon Sleep Continent's path forward.
The Cosmic Tree was withering away.
Leaf worlds such as Frost Star and Dragon Star, which depended upon the Cosmic Tree, were destined to wither alongside it.
To save themselves, they should not stockpile nutrients for Dragon Star in an attempt to make a single leaf transcend the entire tree and continue living. They needed to sprout a seed, cultivate a new Cosmic Tree, and grow new leaves.
The trolls' Eternal Frost Star Plan did not plant a tree. Instead, it plundered other leaf worlds to sustain Frost Star and forge a new world.
Russell did not believe it would succeed.
On the contrary, Dragon Sleep Continent using itself as nourishment to nurture the Dream Ancient Dragon, open the Amber Dreamscape, and cultivate a new Cosmic Tree was the grand and proper path.
"You are unfortunate to have been born in such turbulent times, but you are also fortunate. From the very beginning, you knew where hope lay." Russell still had his eyes closed.