"Then isn't that settled?" Yue Chen pretended to breathe a sigh of relief. "We can just leave it to you when the time comes, can't we?"
"I don't grow as fast as he does," Sol said bluntly. "There are far too few resources for my cultivation in your plane. Unless we find another hidden realm like Dream Paradise, I probably won't have a chance to advance for a very long time."
"My Starry Sky Divine Beast form is my true strength. Only when that form advances will my other forms become stronger." Sol paused before continuing, "That big lizard is different. He only needs to absorb enough elements from the outside world to evolve and advance."
"And have you noticed? It took that big lizard about the same amount of time to grow his third head as his fourth."
"...Yes," Yue Chen answered quietly.
"If every future evolution follows that pattern, then even by a conservative estimate, he'll grow nine heads within the next ten years or so and release the lunatic inside him," Sol continued. "As for me, even finding another treasure trove like Dream Paradise that produces spirit furnaces wouldn't be enough to evolve into my next form. If I'm unlucky, I might still be no stronger than I am now in ten years."
"Pfft..." After hearing all that, Yue Chen felt the pressure on him multiply.
Sol really is a bottomless pit...
"Once the lunatic inside that big lizard is released, your plane will very likely suffer the same fate as the Plane of the Dead." Sol asked Yue Chen, "After hearing what I've said and seeing that plane's memories, what have you decided?"
"I won't do something like that." Yue Chen shook his head slightly. "And Haochen wouldn't agree either. After all, Haoyue is much more