Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

"You guys should swap out for a sturdier line, or just make a fishhook directly from special metal. I reckon the higher the grade of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, the bigger the Celestial Dao Fish. Your fishing line isn’t good enough—it can’t handle a Celestial Dao Fish that’s swallowed a B-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasure. Either that, or just keep using C-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to reinforce the fishing line and hook bit by bit."

Yi Tian had this theory in his mind.

With a D-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, you’d fish out a Celestial Dao Stone with +1 to three-dimensional attributes, or Spiritual Power, or Spirit.

C-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasure gives +2, B-level gives +3, A-level gives +4, and S-level gives even more when you fish out a Celestial Dao Fish. As for whether it’s +5, Yi Tian wasn’t sure.

Yi Tian’s fishing rod is a High-quality Fishing Rod; right from the start, he can catch B-level Celestial Dao Fish.

Yi Tian could sense that B-level Celestial Dao Fish was the upper limit—even with his current fishing rod, he might not be able to pull up an A-level.

This way, the toughness of the fishing rod, the strength of the fishing line, the durability of the fishhook—if you keep upgrading them, it all makes sense.

Celestial Dao Rules give Lords who own S-level or higher Heavenly and Earthly Treasures some opportunities.

If you upgrade your fishing rod to a certain strength, then put on an SSS-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, catching a matching SSS-level Celestial Dao Fish isn’t out of the question.

The main thing is, the Celestial Dao Stone has hinted before—the grade of the Celestial Dao Treasure Chest depends on Lord strength, Territory Points, and the size of the Celestial Dao Fish.

So the gap between D-level and SSS-level is massive.

Lords in ordinary regions mostly stop at B-level, since that’s all the Heavenly and Earthly Treasures they’ve got.

Yi Tian was even wondering if there’s a chance to get a Seven-Colored Glazed Treasure Chest?

And this kind of fishing gives Yi Tian a sense of urgency—he’s afraid he’ll fish out all five Celestial Dao Treasure Chests before he upgrades to SSS-level.

So he feels if his fishing rod’s strength is about right, he has to immediately swap the Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, go for a bigger Celestial Dao Fish, and score a better chest.

Yi Tian pretty much has the game rules figured out.

Yi Tian’s comments in the regional channel got the Lords’ approval.

Many Lords just bound a Celestial Dao Fishing Line and fishhook, then squatted at the ice cave to fish.

Some Lords actually took this competition seriously—starting at C-level, boosting the strength of their fishing line and hook step by step.

Then using B-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, hoping for a better chest with a bit of luck.

When Yi Tian went to tell Purple Phoenix Moon Dance the news, she’d already snapped three rods in a row, totally pissed off.

Turns out, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance went straight for A-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures—how the hell is any rod supposed to handle that?

Thinking about how she’d just told him she needed sturdier fishing line, Yi Tian couldn’t help but laugh.

Yi Tian advised her to take it step by step—use C-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures to upgrade her rod first, then move on to B-level. Do what you can, and don’t rush it.

There’s three days—just started, no need to be so anxious.

Purple Phoenix Moon Dance’s Venerable Treasure Chest yielded five SSS-level Spirit Flowers, so she’s also got a shot at becoming fully achieved.

"Pfft!"

About a quarter hour later, the sixth Celestial Dao Fish was hooked—it was a Physical Celestial Dao Fish, physique +3.

No Celestial Dao Treasure Chest!

Yi Tian was actually glad there wasn’t!

"Celestial Dao Fishing Rod toughness +10%, Celestial Dao Fishing Line strength +10%, Celestial Dao Fishhook durability +10%."

Looking at how sturdy everything was, but given just the stats, you really can’t be sure.

This is the most screwed-up part of the Celestial Dao Rules—every direction, you have to rely completely on Yi Tian’s own judgment.

One moment of impatience and all progress could go up in smoke!

Yi Tian checked the auction house—there were ridiculously expensive ordinary fishing rods, but proper High-quality Fishing Rods like his? Not a single one.

If his rod snapped or line broke, he’d have to start again, leveling up from C-level Heavenly and Earthly Treasures!

"Pfft!"

After ten-something minutes, seventh cast!

When a Spiritual Power Celestial Dao Fish came up, a flash of black gold light burst out.

The well-fed, drowsy Little Kiddo thought a big one was hooked, and everyone perked up.

When they saw it was just a Celestial Dao Treasure Chest, they instantly lost their excitement.

"Congratulations Lord, you obtained King’s Treasure Chest*1."

The B-level Celestial Dao Fish gives a King’s Treasure Chest; maybe A-level does too!

Figuring this out, Yi Tian wasn’t so anxious anymore.

If the Celestial Dao Fish is a bit less in attributes, so be it.

He’d go for three or four more Celestial Dao Fish, then challenge A-level.

At the start, the Celestial Dao Fish bit a bit faster.

Now, about every quarter hour, a Celestial Dao Fish would bite.

Yi Tian wasn’t the only one—Lords in Zone 10086, Purple Phoenix Moon Dance, same deal.

By dusk, the Lords noticed the wind was picking up again and the snow was getting heavier.

Some campfires were blown out completely.

In their place was piercing cold.

Fishing difficulty for Lords ramped up big time.

The sensible Liyue and Qixin put up their Spiritual Power shield to cover the four campfires around Yi Tian.

Yi Tian planned to fish through the night—that’s not gonna work without some protection!

You can’t build directly on the ice, but you can pitch a tent. Yi Tian told Gu Qianqiu to make a wind-blocking tent and cover the area around him.

The fire can’t go out—if it does, the ice will freeze instantly and even Yi Tian will be frozen solid!

Lords in Zone 66 started wailing again!

Soon, Lords started doing what Yi Tian did—setting up tents, or skipping the construction platform and building their own little wooden or stone cabins right on the ice.

A lot of Lords, just like Yi Tian, wanted to fish all night.

They’re scared they won’t be able to catch five Celestial Dao Treasure Chests in three days.

"Open! King’s Treasure Chest!"

While waiting for a bite, Yi Tian opened the chest.

Swoosh!

"Stone of the King*5, Celestial Dao Coin*500,000, Dream-Entering Stone*1, Basic City Building Order Design Map*1, SS-level Spirit Flower Qianwei Flower*4, Wood Spirit Liquid*5000, S-level Elemental Staff Thunder Spirit Staff, Celestial Dao Essence*1, Top-level Fog Scroll*2, Overlord Core*3, Giant Spirit Core*3, Flowing Light Core*3."

The loot in this chest was decent—no new stuff this time.

Getting a Dream-Entering Stone made Yi Tian feel like this King’s Treasure Chest was a huge win.

But Yi Tian figured that one dream trip wouldn’t be enough for the Demon Slaying Blade to reach Minor Achievement.

Celestial Dao Coin +500,000, Stone of the King +5—this is Yi Tian’s eighteenth King’s Treasure Chest opened, with ninety Stones of the King total.

Currently two Basic City Building Order Design Maps.

SS-level Spirit Flower Qianwei Flower—four fully matured.

Qianwei Flower is pretty, but only good for healing, making it less useful than Thousand-Colored Cloud Flower.

Wood Spirit Liquid—5000 drops, now totaling 265,300 drops.

Celestial Dao Essence—up to six drops now.

Thunder Spirit Staff. There’s also an Ice Spirit Staff in the Boutique Warehouse. Give them to Bing Yun and Tian Xin to boost their Attack Power.

Top-level Fog Scroll—two more, and still going!

A total of sixty-six scrolls now.

Three-dimensional Cores—twenty-eight of each at present.