Despite the Serpent of Misfortune appearing cowardly yet proud, in reality, relative to its status as an Ancient God, everything it was doing now was yielding losses, and it had already given up the pride that came with its title, merely wanting to scramble through in this Void.
Why remain in this particular Void and not switch to another? Because its body was here, and staying close was safer.
But why had it undergone such a transformation? Because it could see no hope.
An Ancient God is an incredibly powerful being that, except for the Chaos Plane, no other place could sustain such a formidable existence. Every moment it spent away from the Chaos Plane and entered the Void, it continued to weaken.
When Negris asked it why it didn't just produce another egg after the first one failed, it mentioned the arrival of the Dragon God but doubted if it could have produced another egg had the Dragon God not appeared.