His usual cultivation speed is one transformation every 6 to 8 years, thanks to the upgrade of the Mountain Foundation divine ability to level 5.
So he should have spent at least 8 years advancing to the fourth transformation because there is a bottleneck between the third transformation and the fourth transformation.
In fact, he expected to spend more than 8 years overcoming the bottleneck because of the lack of mana in Aries and the severe lack of time to focus on cultivation. If there was anything that would shorten his cultivation speed, he expected it to be gained from the resources in Aries, not through fighting.
But now that he has been enlightened, he expects his future cultivation speed to pick up and even become able to match Thor's. He expects that he will be able to cheat just like Thor.
Thor can cultivate quickly by upgrading his golden core the same way he would upgrade the energy core of a golem. As long as he refines his body and makes it able to withstand the upgraded golden core, he can advance his cultivation at any time.
Arthur thinks Thor's cultivation technique is heresy and abnormal. He made this claim to Thor, even knowing that the cultivation technique was developed by Sword Flash.
He has always disliked Thor's cultivation technique that disregards the natural order of things. But now that he has found a way to disregard the nature of things, too, he is looking forward to joining the group of people he once called cheaters.
He chuckled and said to himself, "Just you wait. I'll give you a surprise."
He was looking forward to showing Thor that he, too, can cheat. This made him look around for Thor's figure.
As he looked around, he didn't find Thor. But what he saw around him made him realize that he wasn't the only one who the outcome of the fight with the Sun King had changed. He realized that the world of Aries had changed.
The world had become darker now that the Sun King was dead. There was still the new Sun King, but he was too weak to provide light for the whole world.
The new Sun King stayed around the South Pole. His light and heat helped to maintain the desert conditions suitable for the survival of the Vulcan people.
But his weakness and the presence of a Snow King in the world prevented the spread of the desert to every part of the world. The desert could only be maintained in the lower half of the world.
On the other side, the Snow King moved to the vicinity of the North Pole. She was producing a dim white light that made her appear like a moon. But unlike a moon, she is producing a large torrent of frigid winds.
The Snow King is a giant like the Sun King. But the element she controls is the opposite of the Sun King. While the Sun produces heat and light, the Snow King produces ice and wind.
Because of the presence of the Snow King in the northern part of Aries, the worldwide desert has disappeared from the upper half of the world. What is now present in the upper half of the world is a dark, cold world of ice and snow.
As bad as the darkness and coldness of the northern part of Aries is, it is very good for the Tundra race. So the Tundra race can now multiply and prosper.
The two Sovereigns split the world in half like this and helped to create suitable environments for their respective races. Right now, the two Sovereigns have split the world peacefully without fighting. But Arthur doesn't think the peace will last forever.
In fact, he doesn't think the peace will last long. This is because he believes that this current peace is mainly due to the presence and influence of the Blood Skull army on the Sovereigns.
Once the Blood Skull army leaves, he expects the two Sovereigns and their two races to begin fighting. He also expects the fight to be bloody.
There are many reasons why two people of different races with different skin colors who possess power that is incompatible with one another can fight. But there are two main reasons that he is sure will cause conflict.
The first reason is the fight for more space and more land. This is a common reason for war and conflict.
Aries is limited in size, so when one race expands to the extent that they have used up their available space, they will go to war to get more space. Either that race will fight among themselves and kill themselves to create more space, or they will fight the people of the other race for resources.
The second reason that he expects war is the violent nature of the Vulcan people. He is not being racist when he says that the Vulcan people are inclined to fighting and killing. In fact, the Vulcans know this and are proud of it.
The Vulcans brag every time about how they are good at fighting and killing. This is because of the influence of the element that they control. The fire within them wants to burn, so they always want to fight. This is the opposite of the Vulcans.
He will only be exaggerating a little bit if he says that if the world were occupied by only Tundras, war might never exist. This is because the people of the Tundra race are docile people who don't like fighting.
But due to the violent nature of the Vulcans and the fact that the Vulcans have a much larger population than the Tundras, he expects that there will be war between the two races. It is a war that he expects to happen very soon.
He can already picture it happening. The Vulcans will say that since they have 10 times as much population, they should be given more than half of the world.