On the other hand, Black Chain had to worry about what to do. At this point, his greatest challenge was reducing incoming Entropy.
He didn't want to lose any more pathways, but in his current situation, losing pathways is not exactly the worst thing possible. The worst possible outcome in his situation is gaining enough Entropy to kill his true body even with all of his pathways intact.
In the bid to avoid incurring more debts of Entropy, he had to stop accepting more Entropy from his avatars. This was why he gave up on the Forging Pathway.
Of course, he had hoped that by giving up on the Forging Pathway, he would be able to recruit Tepid Scholar and have the other Dao Lords help. But the main reason he gave up on the Forging Pathway was that he needed to give up on something, so he chose to give up on a Grand Dao in favor of losing a Cosmic Dao.
As it turned out, his choice was the wrong one. Tepid Scholar refused to help him, and it seemed he would still lose the Cosmic Dao.
