Seeing that Sol had accepted his explanation, Yue Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The whole reason he and Sol had first approached the undead creatures of the Plane of the Dead, persuaded them to grant the pair free passage, and secured a designated area to live in was so that Sol, who had unlocked its ashen lord form, could absorb the vast quantities of fire element that made survival in that plane so difficult.
At first, the Undead Lords who negotiated with Yue Chen and Sol had only hoped that Sol could absorb their plane's fire element to improve a small portion of their respective territories, restoring a trace of vitality to this lifeless world of darkness and fire.
Yet the facts proved that what Sol could do for their plane went far beyond changing the terrain and ecology of a few areas.
When those undead creatures discovered that Sol, whose aura had only been that of a fifth-level magical beast at the time, had a seemingly bottomless stomach capable of easily absorbing most of an entire volcano's fire element, they could no longer sit still.
Not only did they revere Sol as their plane's Savior Holy Dragon, but they even bestowed the title of Holy Dragon Venerable on Yue Chen, its knight companion.
Of course, the undead creatures did more than simply give them empty titles. They showed considerable sincerity, beginning with building a palace for Sol, their Savior Holy Dragon, and erecting a statue of the Holy Dragon Venerable...
Unfortunately, Yue Chen ordered that enormous statue, constructed from countless white bones, torn down the moment he saw it.
What would happen if Long Haochen and the others saw that?
The Plane of the Dead had once been a powerful plane, far larger than Yue Chen's Holy