Chapter 550: The Law Fruit

While the gods of the main world were still basking in the rewards from the divine adventure site of the Ruins of Oblivion, some neutral and benevolent gods received wedding invitations from Donald, the Nature Guardian. This incident undoubtedly caused quite a stir among the gods.

The gods had witnessed Donald’s behavior since he was elevated to a divine being. Although Donald considered himself a Celtic god and usually let King Charles of the North take the lead in everything, those who became gods, despite their varied personalities, were all outstanding in certain fields and certainly not fools. They could all sense Donald’s hidden status and role.

Thus, not many gods regarded him as a vassal of Celtic, especially the lower-ranking gods, who saw Donald as a strong competitor who would surely emerge in the future.

Now that news of Donald’s grand wedding had spread, aside from his close allies, many unfamiliar gods who hadn’t received invitations still planned to attend.

Donald, who was busy preparing for the wedding in the main world, was unaware of this. However, he had already thought through every possible scenario for the wedding, so even if he had known, he wouldn’t have cared!

Seven or eight years had passed since they first met, and Donald had never had the right opportunity to give Catherine a proper status. He still owed her a wedding, so he was determined to make it grand and flawless.

In this world, secular weddings usually invited a respected figure to serve as the host and witness, or a temple priest would conduct the ceremony. Donald originally wanted to invite Eilwen, the Goddess of Agriculture, as the witness, but Eilwen, upon receiving the invitation, mysteriously said she had other plans and would surely surprise him later.

Donald could only smile helplessly and let her arrange things as she saw fit.

As for Eilwen—though she appeared mature, she actually had a rebellious and mischievous personality that became apparent once you got to know her—Donald didn’t have much of a solution.

Among these three goddesses, only the Elven Goddess of Moonlight and the Goddess of Night, Lauren, was the most composed and serious, handling everything with gravity. Even the powerful higher-ranking Goddess of Magic, Euliana, would occasionally play harmless pranks.

Yet, interacting with such kind-hearted beings was truly delightful. It was far more reassuring than dealing with selfish or evil entities!

After resolving the issue of the witness, Donald began preparing the food for the wedding banquet to entertain the guests.

The head chef is naturally Lord Dobbi, the chief chef of Dalaran and now a renowned gourmet throughout the continent! Although Dobbi’s skills have reached the level of a chef reserved for gods, even the most skilled cook cannot create something without ingredients. After all, the guests at this banquet are no ordinary ones, so while the ingredients from Dalaran and other regions are fresh and delicious, they fall short when it comes to entertaining true gods. Thus, Donald decided that all ingredients must be grown within the Divine Kingdom. “There’s still a year and a half until the wedding. With time accelerated tenfold in the Divine Kingdom, it’s still possible to start cultivation now!” So, Donald, along with his half-human counterpart Dobbi, carefully selected dozens of precious ingredients, hundreds of common ingredients, and over a hundred seasoning materials. Less than one-tenth of these came from Dalaran; most were imported from other places. At the command of their true god lord, subordinates took care of securing these items. Most of the ingredients were quickly found in their living forms, though some rare species and difficult-to-transport seafood posed challenges. Thanks to the magic teleportation gates established in Dalaran, and after offering generous rewards, many powerful adventurers and professionals took on these tasks through the adventurer guilds. They traveled far or set sail to capture and collect these precious ingredients, then transported them fresh through the teleportation gates to Dalaran. Batch after batch of living species were sent by Donald to suitable areas in the Divine Kingdom for cultivation. He also provided them with the best living conditions and abundant energy, allowing these crops and creatures to evolve over generations into unique, precious species imbued with the essence of the Divine Kingdom. Even those that were originally ordinary fruits and vegetables became something akin to magical plants. While ordinary people might not be able to afford to use these ingredients as food, professionals could benefit greatly from them, especially beginners, as they could achieve effects similar to those of powerful alchemical potions! Donald described the recipes for various cakes and desserts to Dobbi. With the half-human’s natural talent for cuisine, Dobbi quickly replicated these exotic foods, creating many innovations that suited the tastes of this world as well.

Wine, champagne, soda, and various other beverages are no problem at all. After becoming a true god, Donald could effortlessly create identical or similar versions of those specialty drinks from his past life by simply understanding their principles and characteristics.

Moreover, unlike the chemical flavors and purified water used in modern industrial production in his past life, Donald’s ingredients for these beverages were purely natural and untainted—fruits, volcanic spring water, even essence from the moon and life-giving waters.

Thus, these various beverages not only had wonderful tastes but also possessed different magical effects.

After moving a batch of rare marine creatures to the seas in his divine kingdom for breeding, the preparations for the banquet’s food and drinks were almost complete.

Back in his lord’s mansion, savoring several new desserts created by Dobby, Donald suddenly remembered the legendary Peach Banquets and Ginseng Fruit Gatherings from his past life. He imagined the grand scenes described in novels and films of the immortal paradise hosting these feasts, with gods from all three realms invited to share the divine peaches and nectar—what an exquisitely heavenly spectacle!

Now that he was also one of the true gods, this approach of demonstrating his power while gaining allies among the gods was perfectly suited for him!

If the legendary Queen Mother of the West truly existed, her Peach Banquets were surely not just for celebrating her own birthday, right?

It was said that her peach orchard contained 3,600 peach trees. The first 1,200 had small flowers and fruits that ripened once every three thousand years; eating them granted immortality. The next 1,200 ripened every six thousand years, allowing those who ate them to ascend to heaven and live forever. The final 1,200 had purple patterns and fine seeds, ripening once every nine thousand years—eating them meant living as long as the heavens and earth, sharing the same lifespan as the sun and moon.

It was uncertain whether the effects of these legendary divine fruits were exaggerated, but since both the Asgardian and Olympian pantheons had golden apple trees that could grant immortality to mortals, it was likely that such sacred fruits as peaches and ginseng fruits actually existed.

Now that Donald wanted to create such immortal species, he certainly couldn’t rely on Loki’s golden sacred tree anymore, so he had to find solutions within his existing resources!

The immortal plant species brought back from the Ruins of Oblivion had mostly been transplanted to the botanical garden specially created in his divine kingdom. However, those were relatively simple, scarce, and valuable only as precious medicines, not suitable for guests.

Soon, he thought of the most promising immortal entity he currently had at his disposal—the World Tree, Yggdrasil!

“The World Tree nowadays is like an immortal plant grafted with a golden apple, so it surely can also produce fruits with magical effects.” However, after using the Book of Truth to analyze the World Tree’s bodily tissues, Donald concluded that while this World Tree could bear fruits, its primary power resided in its seed core. As long as such seeds had sufficient energy, they possessed the potential to evolve into semi-divine immortal plants and become new Life Trees. But such Life Trees held little value for Donald, as he could create them at will through the Tree of Truth. Thus, he began researching how to enable the World Tree to unleash the power in its seeds, achieving effects similar to those of the Peach of Immortality or the Ginseng Fruit. With the powerful analytical capabilities of the Book of Truth, he quickly found a solution. Instead of altering the World Tree directly, he utilized the newly acquired Artifact of Fate along with the unique functions of the Codex of the Gods. He inputted all the law-seals related to the natural realm from the Codex of the Gods into the Artifact of Fate, which then condensed a powerful law seed that was implanted into the World Tree, significantly altering the seeds it could produce. Further calculations showed that each fruit of the new World Tree would contain a seed of a natural law. If consumed rather than planted, the eater would absorb the law seed and instantly grasp one aspect of the natural laws. Yet, which aspect they could comprehend depended on the individual eater! Donald planned to name such fruits “Seeds of Laws.” For true gods, these law seeds allowed them to master an additional domain—though only those at or below the rank of mid-tier gods could benefit from this. Gods at the higher ranks of supreme deities could create such superficial divine domain seeds at will, but it offered them no real advantage and required considerable divine energy, making it unnecessary.

However, the greatest uniqueness of this Seed of Laws is that even ordinary people or professionals at the mortal level can achieve powerful effects by taking it. For untrained mortals, consuming one such Seed of Laws can grant them a lifespan and talents comparable to those of direct descendants of high elves, along with the innate ability to become powerful professionals. Moreover, these benefits act directly on the soul and bloodline, meaning such innate talents can be passed on to the next generation—equivalent to creating a pure-blooded descendant of high elves like sun elves or moon elves out of thin air!
For mortal professionals, in addition to the above benefits, taking it can ensure a smooth path to the legendary level regardless of their innate talents, allowing them to reach that stage effortlessly—making them quasi-legendary warriors!
As for semi-divine warriors, the effects of this Seed of Laws are even more significant. Having one more domain power at their disposal gives them at least one more option when concentrating their divine powers, and their combat strength also increases significantly.