"You've subdued this planet? Hahaha, do you even know what this planet is?" Ego felt as if he had just heard something utterly hilarious.
"Of course I know. This is your true body, the shell your soul left behind after departing. Although you still retain control over this body, once another Celestial appears, that authority will be divided. When one body has two wills, that's called schizophrenia." Steve patiently explained.
"So what? With your control over divine power, could you possibly compare to my billions of years of experience?" Ego said disdainfully.
"I can't. Even though I've grasped some applications of divine power, I could never compare to you. But one's true enemy is never an external opponent—it's oneself. Have you considered that your soul was originally nurtured within this body? After you forcibly separated your soul from your flesh, why couldn't this planetary core produce another soul?"
Steve's words gave Ego a fright. He was no fool; having lived so long, he was a wise man with extraordinarily broad knowledge. From that one sentence alone, Ego had already grasped the crux of the matter.
"It was that bug! She dared betray me!" Ego roared furiously.
The key to this entire turning point was Mantis.
It had to be said that Ego's decision to send Mantis back first had been a mistake. This pure and kind-hearted girl had long been uneasy and terrified of Ego's plan to consume the universe. She had merely endured in silence because she knew she had no way to resist him.
Unexpectedly, the moment she returned to Ego's planet this time, she was captured by Steve and Banner. Based on his in-depth investigation of Ego's planet, Dr. Banner had proposed this plan to regenerate a soul.
Steve could not possibly contend with Ego for control