After noting down the nautical chart, Vic continued to look to the right. It was a rather large relief, and even standing close up, he couldn't see the whole picture clearly. Vic took a few steps back before the entire image came into view.
Although the inner wall emitted a fluorescent glow, the brightness was still not high, barely enough to see clearly. The relief was not as clear and lifelike as the painting on paper, but the woman in the relief still firmly attracted Vic's attention.
The relief depicts a slender, serene, and beautiful woman standing beside a tree, holding a branch that extends towards her. The woman simply stands there, conveying a sense of being one with nature.
But this is just a relief sculpture. Relief sculpture is inherently a synonym for abstract art, yet it gave him this feeling. Vic really doesn't know how he would feel if he saw the real woman. This woman is too stunning.
"This woman gives me a strange sense of familiarity. Have I seen her before? But no one has been here for hundreds of years. Could it be someone who looks very similar?... It's her! No wonder a relief sculpture has such an aura. It's not surprising that it's her!"
Vic admired the relief, but felt that the woman in the relief looked familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered the seven extraordinary and powerful people he had seen on the Red Line, including the stunningly beautiful woman who seemed to Awakening the power of the Woods-Woods Fruit.
The woman was also a powerful being capable of levitation. Seeing the relief of this woman, Vic became even more confident in his belief in becoming a god within the tree. This might be the place where that beautiful woman had achieved godhood. Vic couldn't wait to look at the Poneglyph recorded on the right side of the woman's relief. The content on it was very likely about becoming a god.
"Your arrival here is a stroke of luck; you must have found this place after seeing the magical fruit of this tree. At least eight hundred years have passed since then."
By the time you read these words, I will probably no longer be alive. This tree is a seed I obtained by chance, which I carefully cultivated, imitating the Tree of Knowledge and the tree of Adam and Eve cultivated by my predecessors. I call this tree the Soul Tree, and its fruit is the Soul Fruit, a precious fruit that can strengthen the souls of living beings.
As for why one needs to increase the strength of their soul, this is directly related to ascending to the God of Law. The God of Law can also be called the Law God. I don't know if the Law God still exists in your era. Perhaps it does, but it might be too far removed from your life, or the name might be different.
Let me briefly explain: the title of God of Law is awarded to those who achieve a state of harmony with nature by comprehending a particular Laws of the universe. Some people shorten the time Guide to Law to comprehend Laws by consuming the Law Fruit, using the law's guiding force within the fruit. Others, with exceptional talent and perseverance, can comprehend the ethereal Laws on their own.
For example, I ate the Law Fruit, developed the Guide to Law within the Law Fruit to the Awakening, and then broke through to the God of Law God through a deeper understanding and comprehension of the Law of Woods. The Law of Woods one with me, completely at my disposal.
After breaking through to the Law God, one can not only traverse the air freely but also wield the power of heaven and earth at will, with lifespan soaring to two thousand years. Furthermore, those who achieve godhood through the Law Fruit are no longer repelled by seawater, which is their weakness; they are completely free in the air, on land, and on sea, and can protect the safety of Qingning Star for an extended period.
However, achieving the unity of heaven and man in comprehending the Laws is extremely difficult; it's rare for even one in billions to appear. Under normal circumstances, it takes hundreds of years for someone with exceptional talent to comprehend a particular Laws and become Law God.
After years of research and in-depth study, King Nika discovered that people with strong souls and unwavering wills are more likely to break through to the level of Law God.
In order to produce more Law God to protect Qingning Star, King Nika summoned several other Law God, and I was among them. Then, a huge change occurred in this world.
The Gravity Law God Titan moved the areas where many previous Law God Gravity had been Assimilation by the Laws during their breakthroughs, scattering them across an area Laws by King Nika. These Assimilation areas became islands. Then, the Magnetic Law God Alpha endowed these islands with different magnetic properties, allowing them to form different connections and linkages.
The environments of these islands, Assimilation by the laws of Laws, are extremely harsh. The people, beasts, and many plants that inhabit them are no ordinary beings. Confronting the people, beasts, and nature of these islands can greatly temper one's soul and will, leading to a qualitative transformation and significantly enhancing one's understanding of the Laws.
Now that such places are concentrated along that shipping route, the souls and wills of future generations can be continuously tempered, greatly increasing their chances of becoming God of Law.
This is indeed one path, but I also wish to create a path to godhood for future generations. Therefore, after obtaining this magical tree seed, I carefully cultivated it for a long time, ensuring that its fruit could elevate the soul of living beings. The tree you see here is the origin of this.
Unfortunately, the Soul Fruit takes too long to mature, and the amount needed to elevate a soul to the level of comprehending Laws is also considerable. Therefore, even if all the fruits of the Soul Tree matured, they couldn't support too many people. But at least it's simpler than the path to godhood laid out by King Nika.
If you see Soul Fruit ripening and falling on a full moon night, it means that all the Soul Fruit on the tree have ripened. They all absorbed moonlight at the same time; it's just that one or two are deliberately dropped to mislead unsuspecting people.
There's a method to taking them all. I've never liked forcing things, so if you forcibly take the Soul Fruit, they'll turn into poison. See that glowing little tree in the middle? Just cut it down on the next full moon, and you can pick all the Soul Fruit from it.
As for how many Soul Fruit are needed to break through to the Law God level, that varies from person to person. However, if you want to avoid being disturbed or attacked by other Law God of Magic during your breakthrough, then come here. The Soul Tree can isolate the Laws vibrations generated during the breakthrough to Law God. If you break through here, other Law God will not be able to sense it.
Later
If you become Law God
The heavy responsibility of protecting Qingning Star is about to be entrusted to you.
Remember to be wary of other Law God.
"As expected, there is such a realm as God! The Poneglyph did not deceive me! Soul Fruit can enhance the strength of the soul? I should be referring to spiritual power. With stronger spiritual power, one's understanding and comprehension of all things will be clearer and more thorough. This must be the key to breaking through to the God of Law!"
There's a path beyond the Devil Fruit Awakening, but why does no one know it? Has the World Government covered up the truth?
No wonder the Law Fruit have all been renamed Devil Fruit. The World Government probably changed the name to prevent people from associating them with the God of Law! It also makes more people dislike eating Devil Fruit, reducing the probability of becoming a god. How cunning!
Of course, there must be reasons why it's difficult for Law God to break through, but it's still absurd that no Law God has appeared in eight hundred years. This must be due to information being blocked.
And the CP0 agent we killed in Flower, the one he mentioned, the words inscribed on the stone tablet should be the Law Fruit, but the crucial word " Laws " was removed by the government higher-ups, who misunderstood and filled in the missing word, calling it the Fruit of the Devil.
The stone tablet says that a person can eat several Law Fruit, but now people can only eat one. What's the secret behind this? Is it also the World Government's doing?
So this is how the Grand Line was artificially constructed! King Nika! What's his connection to the Sun God Nika? Was he the previous Joy Boy?
Titan Island must be the place where the Law God named Titan attained godhood, and the gravity above this lake was likely created by him. But what about this poisonous lake? Was it created by another Law God? Or was it simply a replica of the place where a deceased Law God attained godhood through comprehending the Law of Poison?
These Ancient Script have revealed many secrets, but also left many mysteries. Why does the God of Law protect Qingning Star? What kind of enemy requires the God of Law to deal with?
That leaves only enemies at the same level of the Law God Realm! And if the protection is elevated to the level of the entire planet, then the enemy is most likely not from this planet!
After reading the Ancient Script on the inner circular wall, Vic murmured to himself, "I've learned a lot and understand the path I need to take, but many questions have also arisen!"