Within the Celestial God Barrier's defensive perimeter—on the wilderness between the inner and outer rings, where towns and camps were still sparse—forests had grown one after another within half a day, or at most a day.
Sunlight filtered through the lush branches, casting dappled shadows across the forest.
Countless Nature Spirits and Flora Spirits still moved through the forest, continuously spreading their own power and making the plants here grow ever more vigorously.
The professionals of Tian Yuan City gazed at the sight of "forests covering the land within a single day." Aside from expressing their amazement, they were not particularly shocked.
Such a grand method of changing the terrain and environment was magnificent and astonishing.
But this was Tian Yuan City. No matter what they saw, they would not be surprised.
What the professionals had not seen was...
Beneath the lush forests lay roots far more expansive than the forests above, crisscrossing and spreading underground to form a gigantic web.
A web... centered on Treant Forest and spreading in every direction until it covered an area hundreds of miles across throughout Tian Yuan City's territory!
One Treant Lord after another used these roots as links, transmitting their power and bringing their wills into the forests.
Then, through the power of I Am The Forest, they governed the entire forest, granting these originally ordinary trees abilities that seemed beyond the reach of gods and ghosts.
These forests, in turn, served as foundations and came under the rule of the Ancient Tree's authority.
This allowed Treant Grandmother's might to take effect more easily... and across a much wider area within these regions.
After all, Treant Lords were originally subordinates of the Ancient Tree Monarch, the monarch's generals and ministers.
A minister's territory was also the king's territory.
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