Development and Application

"I just don't know whether gaining the Devil Fruit Ability in this way means I'll still be cursed by the sea and become afraid of Seastone and seawater. But even if I am cursed, exchanging it for the ability to control time seems worth it. After all, once I become strong enough, I should be able to overcome this weakness."

But to verify this, Lu Ge immediately ran toward the shore.

In just over ten minutes, he reached the shore and tried putting his hand into the seawater, but he felt no weakness at all. He then soaked both legs in the seawater, yet still felt nothing unusual. Lu Ge was suddenly a little excited. "No way! Could it be that I wasn't cursed by the sea?"

To confirm this, Lu Ge submerged his entire body in the seawater. Of course, the water here was shallow, so even if something really happened, he wouldn't drown.

But the facts proved that even after submerging his entire body in seawater, he still felt absolutely no discomfort. Lu Ge was now certain that he had not been cursed by the sea.

"That's incredible! What exactly is this energy inside me? How can it be so powerful? It can not only devour Devil Fruits, but also dispel the 'curse of the sea.' I wonder where its limit lies. Can I continue devouring Devil Fruits?"

At that moment, Lu Ge's heart began pounding uncontrollably. The energy inside him truly was a "transmigrator's cheat"—it was astonishingly powerful. If he could devour Devil Fruits without limit, that would be completely heaven-defying.

What he didn't know was that this idea really could become a reality. This mysterious power was also known as Dimensional Power—though his was merely Nascent Dimensional Power, still in an undeveloped state.

Dimensional Power encompassed everything, uniting all systems of power into one. That was what made it Dimensional Power. It represented the ultimate power of the entire dimensional world, without exception.

Of course, Lu Ge's current power was still countless hundreds of millions of years away from becoming true Dimensional Power. It was merely undeveloped Nascent Dimensional Power.

Nascent Dimensional Power was the embryonic form of Dimensional Power before it fully took shape, before it had absorbed any system of power. For example, if Nascent Dimensional Power absorbed internal energy, it could master internal energy; if it absorbed immortal energy, it could gain immortal energy; if it absorbed a Soul Reaper's spiritual power, it could awaken a Zanpakutō and even Hollow powers; and if it absorbed a Devil Fruit, it could gain that Devil Fruit's ability.

Even if he traveled to other worlds, he would not be suppressed by the laws of those worlds. He could still use these acquired power systems freely. At the same time, the power systems he absorbed could eliminate all substances harmful to their master. That was the fundamental reason Lu Ge had not been affected by the sea's curse.

For Nascent Dimensional Power to grow into true Dimensional Power, it would need to absorb and contain at least a hundred different power systems from different worlds. Only after quantitative change produced qualitative change could it barely be called Dimensional Power. The difficulty, however, was simply beyond imagination.

Of course, all of that was still far too distant for Lu Ge at present.

Still, with this undeveloped Dimensional Power, Lu Ge's future was absolutely beyond imagination. His potential for growth had already been raised without limit, and he was destined to embark on a truly invincible path.

However, he knew none of this yet. He had merely experienced the incredible nature of this power for the first time, and it would become the foundation on which he stood at the peak of this world.

After learning how powerful the energy within him was, Lu Ge remained excited for quite a while before finally calming down. "When I get the chance, I must devour another Devil Fruit and see whether I can gain another Devil Fruit Ability. But right now, the most urgent thing is to figure out how to develop this Time-Time Fruit."

"My initial ability is Time-Space Travel, and I can only travel to the future, not the past. I don't possess abilities like stopping time or accelerating time. Perhaps I can only master them after awakening the fruit's power. But how should I develop it? Where should I start?"

After racking his brains for a while, Lu Ge suddenly remembered Jewelry Bonney's Distorted Future: Free Future. Since her Ame-Ame no Mi could distort her own future and let her control her future form, there was no reason he couldn't do the same after mastering the Time-Time Fruit.

After all, one year was equivalent to one age, and the Ame-Ame no Mi was also a type of time-based ability.

As someone who mastered the Time-Time Fruit, his power should be purer and stronger.

"But how should I do it?"

Lu Ge extended one hand. An intangible ripple that was almost invisible to the naked eye suddenly appeared in his palm. That was the power of time granted to him by the Time-Time Fruit.

When this power of time condensed into shape, a flash of light appeared, and a fantastical Gate of Time and Space suddenly emerged before Lu Ge. As long as he entered it, he could travel to the future. However, after traveling there, he could never return to the present.

Therefore, this ability allowed him to travel only to the future, not back to the past.

Of course, this restriction might be lifted after the Devil Fruit Ability awakened.

Lu Ge had only just obtained the Time-Time Fruit's ability, so he could travel no more than ten years into the future. As he developed and became more proficient with the Devil Fruit Ability, this limit would naturally increase.

But this was not the result Lu Ge wanted.

"No, what I need is to gain the power of my future self, not travel to the future... I shouldn't use the power of time to open the Gate of Time and Space. Instead, I should use it on myself and manifest my future form..."

Lu Ge pondered for a long time, then dismissed the Gate of Time and Space and once again summoned the power of time. This time, he did not use it to open the gate. Instead, he directly attached the power that had opened the gate to his own body.

What would happen if he used his own body to replace the bridge that opened the Gate of Time and Space?

The next moment, a wondrous scene unfolded. Lu Ge's entire presence changed in an instant. His eyes grew sharp, and his build became much more robust and solid. He felt an incomparably vast power surge through his body, while a great deal of unfamiliar memory and information inexplicably appeared in his mind, as though it were the result of a year's worth of arduous cultivation.

"This, this, this—success?!"

Lu Ge's eyes widened in excitement. "Was it really that simple?"

Yes, it had gone so smoothly that it was almost absurd. He had only tried it once, yet he had actually succeeded.