Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

Chapter 719: Chapter 282: Tai Chi Ice and Fire, Shrinking Inches, Celestial Divine Light

After an hour of continuous growth, the Jianmu Divine Tree reached three hundred and fifty zhang.

More than a kilometer tall—a breathtaking grandeur.

Ten thousand zhang marks its prime age, still quite a gap. But a grand tower begins with ground-level foundations; now there’s a promising start, and with a strategy for the Jianmu Divine Tree, there’s much to look forward to.

”Territory Celestial Spirit Qi Density: 0.035%.”

Territory livability rating: 972.

For every ten zhang the Jianmu Divine Tree grows, it adds 0.001% to Celestial Spirit Qi Density.

Celestial Spirit Qi can transform the potential of all living creatures within the territory, aiding the Little Kiddo’s cultivation. It’s also a necessary condition for upgrading to the Mortal Immortal Realm.

Territory livability rating increased by fifty points—the power of Celestial Spirit Qi is clear.

Now everyone understands how the territory livability rating works.

It’s closely tied to territorial Spirit Qi Density, the number of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, and the quantity of Spirit Wood.

Everyone’s also aware of the factors that reduce the score.

Territory sanitation.

Territory building quality.

Territory building aesthetics.

Territory infrastructure and planning.

Lords have found that frequently burying enemy corpses in their territories drops the livability rating by a large chunk.

Throwing corpses outside the territory means all sorts of smells can drift in, lowering the rating even more.

The only decent solution is to burn them on the spot—the best is to use the Lord of the crematorium.

Lately the crematorium started charging five hundred Celestial Dao Coins to burn a single corpse.

It makes sense, because the crematorium sacrifices its own livability rating.

Take Pig Boar for instance, now easily earning several million Celestial Dao Coins per day.

To generate that kind of income in an Ordinary Region is a major leap in strength.

Of course, the penalty for burying an Indigenous Person differs between a ten-square-kilometer territory and a hundred-square-kilometer territory—the latter loses much less.

Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit Tree!

Yi Tian planted it in the front yard of the villa.

He crushed five S-level Tree-man Essences in succession.

Roots extended, sprouts broke ground, and it thrived rapidly.

A mature Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit Tree stands only three meters tall. Its leaves are blue streaked with fiery red—not dense.

Standing close to the tree, you can feel the warmth radiating from the Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit, but the next moment it’s intensely cold.

Snow falls onto the tree, melts into dew, then instantly solidifies into ice crystals.

After exchanging via the Cyan Ice Spirit Spring, Yi Tian now has over one hundred thousand drops of Wood Spirit Liquid.

He takes out a hundred thousand drops and slowly pours them at the roots of the Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit Tree.

Surging life energy rushes in, spawning two flowers alternating red and blue.

As they continuously absorb life force, tiny fruits emerge atop the blossoms as the wilted petals fall away.

When all the Wood Spirit Liquid is absorbed, two red-blue mixed fruits appear.

Each fruit is only the size of a baby’s fist; one glows red, the other blue.

Yi Tian picks both Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruits, then heads for the Martial Arts Arena.

”Crunch!”

It’s cold to the touch but smooth going down, delectably sweet—a fine taste.

Three quick bites and the Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit is gone.

As the fruit enters his body, Yi Tian doesn’t feel swirling ice and fire energy inside as he’d expected.

Instead, an ineffable sensation pulls Yi Tian’s consciousness along.

His entire being is flooded with the aura of Ice and Fire Mystical Technique.

In his awareness, one moment he’s in a world of snow and ice, the next, amidst molten magma.

The scorching destruction of fire.

The freezing extreme cold of ice.

The Realm of True Intent flips endlessly within Yi Tian’s consciousness.

Yi Tian’s Special Talent—Ice and Fire Fusion—grants him unique profundity.

This works hand in hand with the power from the Ice and Fire Snake Scale Fruit, pushing Yi Tian into a state where ice and fire true intent fuses.

The Infinite Celestial Eye activates, gathering a Taiji Diagram that shuttles through Yi Tian’s mind.

The artistic conception within the Taiji Diagram brings Yi Tian an even greater sense of clarity.

Cyclical and perpetual, never-ending.

The emergence of a Taiji Diagram brings Yi Tian into even deeper insight.

The Taiji divides into Yin Yang Fish, swimming between ice and fire.

Burning, freezing.

Freezing, burning...

Ice and fire flames unite as the heart.

Gradually, that Taiji Diagram begins to change.

The black ”fish” of the original diagram gets infused with cold, becoming a ”blue ice fish.”

The white ”fish” of the original diagram gets infused with fire, becoming a ”red fire fish.”

Vast and magnificent, supremely profound.

The ice and fire fish collide and entwine within his consciousness.

Yi Tian’s Power of Mystery synchronizes with his physical body.

Its strength continually ascends...

Ice and fire remain what they are, yet now contain a core truth of the Great Dao.

Yi Tian’s mind expands without limit, yet feels tiny before the boundless expanse of the heavens and earth.

Meanwhile, on the Martial Arts Arena, a Taiji Diagram appears behind Yi Tian.

This Taiji Diagram isn’t black and white, but blue and red.

Just like the original, this Ice and Fire Tai Chi Diagram cycles endlessly, filled with infinite wonder.

An hour passes, then two...

Three hours...

Night falls, wind and snow intensify, yet Yi Tian sits motionless.

The ever-turning Ice and Fire Tai Chi Diagram absorbs all the wind and snow around Yi Tian.

And then—

The Jianmu Divine Tree within the territory shakes, releasing vast Celestial Spirit Qi.

All that Celestial Spirit Qi flows to Yi Tian, drawn into his Ice and Fire Tai Chi Diagram.

The territory’s Celestial Spirit Qi swiftly surges toward him.

In no time, every trace of Celestial Spirit Qi the Jianmu Divine Tree split off has been consumed.

The Little Kiddo circle Yi Tian many times, unable to fathom why their papa is sitting for so long this time.

They don’t dare disturb him either, so they sit under the Fire Tree and Silver Flower Tree, munching on Liyue and Qixin’s delicacies and watching Yi Tian.

Another three hours pass.

The Ice and Fire Tai Chi Diagram spins ever faster, now emitting alternating red and blue flashes—not the previous cold and burning sensations of ice and fire.

After a quarter hour, the Ice and Fire Tai Chi Diagram visibly shrinks.

Smaller and smaller, finally flying up to Yi Tian’s crown, imprinting itself between his brows.