After waking from his slumber, Green's consciousness, soul, and physical body synchronized. Standing over the Magma Lake, he swayed slightly and stretched.
Feeling his body rapidly swell and grow as Faith Force burned within him, Green immediately pulled up the Chip's data.
Over the Lava Lake, a glimmer of blue flashed through the Red Dragon's golden eyes.
Green checked the data for his body on the Chip's interface.
[Green (Progenitor Red Dragon Bloodline), Young Adult Dragon (51 years old), Power Level: Twenty-Third Level (23+0) (ordinary level + Divinity level)]
[Divinity gestating (2.5%): Lava, Black Smoke, rule, Flame!]
"Has the burning of Faith Force slowed the gestation of my Divinity?" Looking at the Chip, Green saw that his Divinity had progressed by only 1% over the past three months. He wondered silently.
"But judging by the results, burning Faith Force to increase my power is the right choice. The faith of the entire Aelsmi Mountains could raise the gestation progress of my Divinity to only 20–30% at most. If I focused on gestating Divinity, I'd be at the Twentieth Level at best, and still wouldn't be able to break through to the High Legendary Realm!"
Green didn't regret his choice. A timely increase in combat power mattered more in the early stages. As long as he could get the snowball rolling, his Divinity would actually gestate faster later on.
At the foot of the mountain below the Lava Palace, Leindorf saw the disturbance in the sky and raced toward the summit.
Though Leindorf could fly, he chose to run up step by step within the grounds of the Lava Palace, out of respect for the great Lava King.
Before long, Leindorf reached the entrance to the Lava Palace atop the mountain: a cavern decorated with crystal.
"Great Lava King, your