Will and Haki

"!!!"

Ye Mu froze.

He had never imagined that the Kuro Brothers had such a miraculous origin.

"Could you explain in more detail?"

"Of course. However, what I'm about to tell you is merely the result of my own research—the conclusion I reached after analyzing and verifying information from historical records, that child Vegapunk's notes, and the secrets Nicholas told me..."

"Devil Fruits actually contain two kinds of power. One part is called the Lineage Factor, or the Life Blueprint. The other part I call Primordial Energy."

"To put it simply, you can think of Primordial Energy as a lump of living clay, while the Lineage Factor is a pair of hands that can mold that clay into all kinds of forms."

"However, Devil Fruits didn't exist in the ancient past. When the God Tribe descended into this world, there wasn't any life here at all. Naturally, there was no need to create Devil Fruits for lifeforms to consume and use their abilities..."

"So, the God Tribe first used the Primordial Energy of the Twin Trees to create Uranus and Poseidon. But they soon discovered that the power of Uranus and Poseidon was too great, which didn't fit their definition of a tool. Thus, they took another route. Using their own technology—the ability we now call the Lineage Factor, or the Life Blueprint—they created bodies. Then they had Uranus and Poseidon draw power from the sky and sea through the Twin Trees. Once the bodies had been successfully nurtured, they placed that power inside them. This was what became known as Divine Creation."

"However, unlike Uranus and Poseidon, these Divine Creations had no consciousness of their own. They were like puppets."

"Until, as you know, the variable known as Nika appeared. The incredible power he possessed seemed to break the