I decided to be cautious and took my Primal Growth out of storage very early & start raising it right away. I just completed Chapter 7 by starting to craft a second Primal Growth with the Little Lizard parts received in previous tasks. Tomorrow will be the test to see if my current Primal Growth sitting at Level 12 will be counted in Chapter 8, Act 1 ("Raise Primal Growth to level 5"). It should count, but we all know how wacky this game can be I will let you all know what happens.