Zhutian Panlong: They've all become gods, and they're only just joining the chat group.

After the two left, Richard, seeing that there was nothing else for him to handle, returned to his own little world.

When Richard entered, he saw a huge tree that blotted out the sky, as if it had pierced through the heavens. It turned out that the divine tree had also been stored in his small world.

In this light, the small world was still too small; after stuffing in such a tree, he actually felt a bit cramped.

Unfortunately, he now has enough resources, but not enough strength.

This small world exists solely because of his eye technique, and its current size is the limit of what he can control. Until his strength undergoes a significant improvement, this world cannot be expanded.

The six puppets were placed under the divine tree. Richard had erased the last trace of will from the two Five Elders who had been replaced earlier.

He obtained two Devil Fruits at the same time.

Nasujuro Sei, who always carries a knife, is also a Devil Fruit user.

These two Devil Fruits are not listed in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.

However, they should all be Mythical Zoan types. As the highest-ranking authorities in the World Government, they would never eat ordinary Devil Fruits.

But it doesn't matter whether he knows or not, he's not going to prepare any for himself anyway.

Richard wanted to test whether the sacred tree would eat this stuff.

They threw one of the seeds to the sacred tree, but the tree was quite resistant to it and wouldn't eat it.

Richard put away the Devil Fruit.

Not eating? In his opinion, the sacred tree was quite easy to care for; as long as it had energy, it was fine. He had never seen it picky about food.

But it does not eat Devil Fruits.

Forget it, let's not dwell on this problem that we can't figure out.

Richard sent a clone of the God of Life to pour enough divine power into the divine tree to sustain it for several days.

I'll just leave it alone.

Shouldn't the power of life be more suitable for cultivating divine trees?

Richard wasn't sure either, but he decided to try using the life force to infuse the potion for a while first.

Then release the water element divine clone as well, and let the two divine clones cultivate.

Richard himself took out the rapier that had been fused with a Devil Fruit and began to study it.

This sword incorporates elements of a Zoan-type Devil Fruit.

Speaking of which, judging from the original plot, the will of Zoan-type Devil Fruits does seem to be more active than the will of other types of Devil Fruits?

Perhaps the souls of the corresponding creatures were truly infused into these Zoan-type Devil Fruits during their creation?

After taking a look, this technique of fusing Devil Fruits into objects isn't too difficult. It mainly involves integrating the will of the Devil Fruit into the object, allowing the Devil Fruit's will to take the lead.

Generally, the relationship between a Devil Fruit user and the will of the fruit is dominated by the user's will. However, there are exceptions. In some Devil Fruits, the will within the user is so strong that it may become the dominant force.

The most classic example is the awakening of the Nika Fruit. Luffy's behavior after awakening is entirely driven by the will of the fruit.

When an item is fused with a Devil Fruit, since the item itself has no consciousness, the will of the Devil Fruit can only take the lead.

Richard, however, did not want the will of the fruit to take the lead; he still believed more in the spirituality he had personally inspired.

Therefore, before fusing with the Devil Fruit, he needs to further enhance the weapon's spirituality to the point that it can suppress the Devil Fruit's will.

Then, the weapon's spirituality is fused with the Devil Fruit's will.

Richard also researched whether it was possible to remove the will of a Devil Fruit.

Unfortunately, no.

That's the source of the Devil Fruit's power. Once the Devil Fruit's will is removed, the fruit becomes useless and turns into a rotten fruit.

Devil Fruits can be reborn in other fruits.

It's quite peculiar.

Richard studied it for a while but still couldn't figure out the rebirth mechanism of Devil Fruits.

He took out the main battle longbow left behind by the wind-elemental god's avatar and used the Creation Calamity Light to enhance its spirituality once again.

In fact, Richard's weapon already possesses a much stronger spiritual quality than other divine artifacts.

However, it still can't compare to those powerful figures who can directly summon weapon spirits.

He could only slowly guide and improve it. He didn't know when a true spirit would appear.

At this stage, the artifacts and magical treasures he creates and modifies can only slightly respond to his mental fluctuations.

It can provide warnings of danger, protect its owner, and so on.

However, Richard has no use for these abilities; his senses are far more acute than these weapons.

As for protecting their masters, these divine artifacts are not cultivators. Without anyone controlling them, they can only rely on the materials of the artifacts themselves to fight enemies.

I reckon it can only deal with those below the Saintly Realm.

However, this is a good start; their spirituality will grow stronger over time.

One day it will be able to awaken a true spirit within the artifact, and perhaps it can even cultivate like a human.

Richard would nurture the spiritual essence of these main weapons of war whenever he had free time.

As the main weapon of the wind god's avatar, it was separated from Richard's main body for a long time and did not receive much nourishment.

Currently, the longbow's spirituality is still some distance from being able to bear the will of a Devil Fruit.

Richard still needs some time to mature.

As for the other weapons, Richard didn't want to fuse them with other Devil Fruits. He'd be content with just one weapon to test the effect.

The main reason is that they don't really think highly of the power ceiling of Devil Fruits.

Richard put away the Devil Fruit and opened the chat group.

To avoid taking too long, Richard kept the chat group closed for most of the time since his return. He only went online occasionally to chat with the group members.

Richard: I've finished my business here. Where are you guys going now? @XiaMi

After a while, someone replied in the group.

Lin Feng: Xia Mi stepping on Kaido.jpg

Richard: You guys ran off to Wano Country?

Xia Mi: Yeah, we were having a great time at sea when a mammoth suddenly came and rammed our boat. I beat the guy up.

That guy claimed to be a top lieutenant of Kaido of the Beasts, so I followed him to Wano Country to see just how powerful this Kaido was.

The result was just so-so. The strongest creature on land, sea, and air? I knocked this guy down with just a few punches.

But this guy is pretty tough. And he happens to be a Mythical Zoan-type Azure Dragon Fruit user.

Isn't this a coincidence? This guy and I are destined to be together.

I wanted to recruit him as a subordinate. But this guy absolutely refused?

I am the Dragon King, and he is not happy to take this mixed-blood dragon as his subordinate.

Xia Mi sent a long message, and Richard could tell from between the lines that these people were living quite comfortably after he left.

Now they've even gone and picked a Yonko team.

However, on the other hand, since the World Government has already made its choice, it seems like there's nothing that the Four Emperors' crews can't touch.

Didn't you think that you would most likely clash with the Four Emperors' crew when you went to the New World?

I never expected that they would actually confront Kaido first.

If I remember correctly, Wano Country is actually deep in the New World, right?

They didn't face Shanks, they didn't face Big Mom, but they faced Kaido instead. Kaido was really unlucky.

Xia Mi: When are you coming back? If you don't come back soon, we're going to go play in other worlds.

Richard: Are you already preparing to leave?

Lin Feng: Yeah, we've defeated the biggest boss, so we're going to check out Laugh Tale and then go play in other worlds.

Next time, we're going to visit Wanwan's world. Do you want to come?

Richard: Never mind then, I'd rather explore Ye Zhen's world now. @YeZhen

Ye Zhen: Ah, you're finally ready to come play in my world? Welcome, welcome, a warm welcome.

Raymond Lam: Aren't you going back to the One Piece world?

Xia Mi: Ha, men.

Richard felt a little guilty; he had indeed stood them up. But now that he had the Six Paths Puppet, his safety was somewhat guaranteed, and he was more interested in studying the mysteries of the mysterious resurrected world.

He'd wanted to go for a long time, but this didn't feel safe enough. He wasn't sure if he could withstand the instant death penalty from those things.

Now, we can let the Six Paths Puppet take the damage.

Richard: Here's what I'll do, I'll have my water elemental god clone come and join you.

Richard quickly made the arrangements; this was the advantage of having clones. He could have one clone continue playing with Xia Mi and the others.

They can also visit mysterious resurrected worlds that interest them.

Xia Mi: That works too.