The two of them never did agree on having a child together.

Shen Cong didn't much care. Ever since he had learned that a Superbrain could also collapse into a Firestarter, he had set his plans for reproduction aside for now. Reproduction is how a species carries on. Usually only mature individuals do it, and they live on by passing their blood down the generations.

Shen Cong had once thought the end of the Lv4 — Nebula Era was the final state of evolution. His body would reach its "mature" stage, and he could try to reproduce.

Then he could do his research on one hand and find himself an heir on the other.

But the Lv4 — Nebula Era was still only one stage of evolution. The Lv5 era was already opening up in front of him.

"Maybe it could be called the Lv5 — Firestarter Era..." Shen Cong saw that his body was not yet mature, so naturally he had to put a stop to the idea of breeding. After all, any offspring he produced now would be far from complete. On top of that, reproduction was a dangerous thing to do.

Reproducing would change his body, and his defenses would weaken along with it.

And if he went with a test-tube baby, he wouldn't get to enjoy the pleasure of making one.

Torn.

Better to drop it.

With matters here settled, Shen Cong left that same night and returned to the Mountain King's tribe. Not long after he got back, Li Heng came to report on bringing the Mountain King's tribe together.

At the end, Li Heng added, "My lord, you have united the Three-King Tribes, founded the Mountain King's tribe and spread your supreme authority. As a king of humanity, you ought to be treated like an emperor. So we low-level managers would like to ask whether you want to hold a drive to choose concubines from among the people?"

In the days when the tribes served the Firestarter Spirits, the Firestarter Spirits had stood above everyone. Choosing concubines, though, had never come into it for…