Chen Shi was worried about the spirit he had captured. It neither communicated with him nor caused trouble. It just sat quietly on the divine altar, helping him with his cultivation.
In the past, spirits he caught, even the Three Ghost Kings, struggled and resisted for a long time before accepting their fate and sitting on the altar. Even when they were tamed, they wouldn't actively help him channel energy.
But the chubby child spirit would eat incense if given, and wouldn't cry or fuss if not. In its free time, it helped him refine his energy.
If he needed to summon it, it wouldn't resist at all. It even helped Chen Shi control his sword energy, making it more powerful and easier to handle.
"From now on, you'll be called Little Date," Chen Shi named the chubby child spirit. The date tree spirit didn't resist, as if it had accepted its fate.
Chen Shi channeled his True Qi, treating Little Date as a divine fetus, and tried to activate it.
His divine fetus wasn't the usual kind, which typically only balanced energy and yin-yang. Chen Shi's divine fetus retained the spirit's abilities after being summoned.
Little Date, formerly a godmother, was still in spirit form. When activated, a towering date tree appeared behind Chen Shi, its branches twisting like dragons, with human-head-sized dates hanging from it, laughing eerily.