Chapter 551: Shock Across All Sides
The World Tree, nurtured by the law seeds cultivated from the supreme artifact, the Book of Fate, reaped tremendous benefits. In just half a year, it surpassed the limits of a demi-god immortal plant and reached the peak of an elementary divine being, with even more potential for further advancement.
Its size expanded dramatically—from several thousand meters to dozens of kilometers tall, reaching from the heavens to the earth, with a crown covering an area comparable to that of a large city.
The original demi-plane also evolved into a complete and stable small plane.
“Presumably, this is because the power of that branch from the Golden Sacred Tree hasn’t been fully exhausted yet!” Donald quickly figured out the reason. After all, the Golden Sacred Tree was a supreme divine being, and even a single branch carried immense power. Moreover, the Life Tree, infused with fragments of divine essences, already had great potential. After being nourished by the law seeds from the supreme artifact, its power and potential were unleashed early on, saving Donald a great deal of time. Otherwise, it would have taken at least a hundred years to cultivate the World Tree to this extent!
Soon, more than 300 buds appeared on the core World Tree of the Nodahill Plane, each as big as a bowl. When the flowers bloomed, a unique fragrance spread, so refreshing that even a true god like Donald felt invigorated. This fragrance even caught the attention of the exotic magical crystal bees Donald kept in his divine kingdom’s botanical garden.
These crystal bees were skilled at producing honey and were originally intended as ingredients for desserts for Dobby. They were only of third-level magical beast status, with little offensive power aside from their stingers. The higher the quality of pollen they collected, the better the honey they produced, carrying the unique effects of the original plant.
After collecting pollen from the World Tree’s flowers, these crystal bees underwent mutations, rising from third-level to seventh-level magical beasts. The queen bee, after consuming the royal jelly made from the World Tree’s flowers, surpassed even the golden limit and evolved into a legendary magical beast.
The honey they produced was a divine-grade nourishment with extraordinary vitality.
After the flowers withered, the World Tree began to bear 300 tiny fruit buds, glowing with divine light. From afar, they resembled 300 stars added to the demi-plane, stunning in beauty!
The time when the Laws Fruits would mature was within Donald’s expectations. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t affect the development of the plane. It generally took about a hundred years for the World Tree to produce a batch of Laws Fruits. As for the Immortal Fruits, they wouldn’t mature even after three hundred years!
Due to the substantial divine energy input, the World Tree’s roots extended beyond the plane, allowing it to draw energy and nutrients from the void and the Sun Wells. Even the elemental pools inside the arcane towers of the Sky City became sources of energy for the World Tree. As a result, the first batch of fruits matured in just three years.
Of course, all this happened under accelerated time conditions. Otherwise, the time available before the wedding would likely not even be enough to complete half of it!
What surprised Donald, however, was that nine of these fruits did not mature along with the others. They had just begun to form green fruits, not yet turning red. Yet these special fruits seemed even more precious than the others, containing pure and powerful energy and vitality. Clearly, they were the World Tree’s most valuable treasures. Donald was very eager to see what effects they would have once matured!
Donald didn’t rush to harvest those Laws Fruits, as the longer they remained on the mother tree, the more rule-based power would accumulate within them, resulting in greater benefits upon consumption!
It wasn’t until nine years later, when the wedding date in the real world was approaching, that those nine special fruits finally matured.
The first batch of Laws Fruits numbered 300 in total. Their appearance resembled a combination of apples and peaches—shaped like apples but with a texture as soft as grafted nectarines, yet resilient rather than crisp like apples. They also weren’t as juicy as peaches, making them extremely tempting to look at!
The nine strongest among them had the same appearance as ordinary fruits, but their glow was more intense. After being tested with the Book of Truth, they unexpectedly possessed such powerful effects that they could endow mortals with immortality—meaning that consuming any one of these nine fruits could transform an ordinary mortal into a semi-divine being with true immortality, akin to being transformed by divine fire!
Donald named these nine special Laws Fruits Immortal Fruits, distinguishing them from the ordinary Laws Fruits, and kept them specially stored. It was better to reserve such benefits for himself. The effects of the ordinary Laws Fruits were already enough to make the gods envious and mortals astonished, so there was no need to reveal even more powerful Immortal Fruits!
Half a month before the wedding began, Donald moved the World Tree realm of Nodahil outside the spatial barrier of the main world, causing it to temporarily reside outside the main world like a small bubble attached to a larger one. Thanks to the existence of the World Tree and the Sun Well, Donald had great control over this newly formed small realm, allowing him to alter its rules to facilitate the entry of true gods as guests. After all, no matter how small Nodahil was, it was still a material realm; once true gods entered, either those realms would be suppressed or their rules would collapse under the immense power. Either way, it would pose significant trouble and loss for Donald! His divine kingdom could not leave the main world for now, unless he intended to ascend to the throne ahead of time, so Nodahil served as the best venue. A few days before the wedding, many guests chose to arrive early, including several true gods who came to celebrate—a scene unprecedented in the main world. For mortals, receiving such guests would be an unparalleled honor, but since Donald himself was already a true god, it seemed somewhat natural! Not only those true gods but also representatives from the five kingdoms, the king of the Siril Chiefdom in the New Continent, and representatives from various powerful forces across the continent made up the main guests, numbering in the hundreds—without even counting their relatives, servants, and entourage. Once everyone entered Nodahil, they were stunned by the scenes within the realm, including most of the true god guests! In the vast heart of the world, deep within the continent, a giant tree that shaded the sky was rooted there. From afar, it seemed as though this single tree supported an entire world, creating a magnificent sight! If that were all, it might have only earned the praise of true gods—after all, immortal plants of this elementary divine level, though not common, were not unheard of, and some established true gods could find one or even more. But the enormous floating city, glowing with arcane light and exuding an ancient aura, hovering above the mountains near that giant tree, truly shocked even the true gods!