This time's Celestial Dragon meeting lasted for nearly a whole day.
Besides power, finance, and military affairs, there were also political matters and policies.
Even, in order to add mouths for the Celestial Dragons, a decision violating the ancestors was also issued.
The next generation of Celestial Dragons did not necessarily have to be the descendants of the union between two Celestial Dragon families.
As long as it was the bloodline of Celestial Dragons, one could be granted the identity of a Celestial Dragon.
This granting was decided by the heads of each family; as long as they approved, one could obtain the bloodline of their respective family.
This could only be considered a suggestion, and not a compulsion for all Celestial Dragon families to carry out.
As for whether each family managed strictly or loosely, that depended on the thinking of each family.
If they did not want their next generation to die out, they could only unite with outsiders to give birth to offspring.
After the meeting ended, the World Government moved into action again.
The pirates who participated in the Holy Land attack had their bounties doubled, and as long as a real location was provided, half of the bounty could be obtained.
The entire sea went mad because of this matter.
Attacking the Holy Land and such was far too distant for them.
But as long as the attackers were found, one could get hundreds of millions or even billions of Berries, this was definitely a temptation ordinary people could not refuse.
For a time, whether it was those becoming pirates or those becoming bounty hunters, their numbers were rapidly increasing.
It could not be denied that the Holy Land being attacked still caused the prestige of the World Government to be damaged.
Too many Celestial Dragons died this time, and there were quite a number of witnesses.
It was also because of this that the holy filter of the Celestial Dragons was almost smashed to pieces.
A few pirates even took pride in killing Celestial Dragons.
Those who had not killed any wanted to try killing to see how it felt.
Those who had killed some widely spread their own deeds.
However, the World Government was not to be trifled with, and very quickly chose a batch of world noble candidates from various member nations, rapidly rebuilding the new World Government.
After the World Government began operating, it immediately dealt a devastating blow to those who dared to discuss or wanted to kill Celestial Dragons.
But those with this thought were either madmen or death-fearing pirates, basically not giving up the idea because of this.
On the contrary, because it was harder to achieve due to this matter, it became even more of an honor achievement they wanted to accomplish.
At this time, Dragon also did not forget to stir up trouble.
He relied on strength to capture a member nation in the South Sea that mainly did trade, and conducted a live broadcast in front of the entire member nation.
The theme of the broadcast was the relationship between Devil Fruits and gods.
And he directly stated that all people who ate Devil Fruits were gods, and that the Celestial Dragons were by no means descendants of any god.
And because he was a participant in the Holy Land incident, he directly and bluntly stated that this information was obtained from the Jaygarcia family.
As soon as this news came out, it caused a sensation, not even inferior to Roger's words before his death.
The Great Pirate Era had not yet ended.
The Age of Gods had already begun.
When out at sea, one's identity was self-given.
Now with Dragon's words as backing, before, they were pirates hated by people and despised by dogs; now they were gods hated by people and despised by dogs.
Although still disliked by everyone, now they had a proper title, being genuine gods.
For a time, all sorts of Cat Gods, Dog Gods, Rabbit Gods, Mouse Gods sprang up all over the sea.
The Devil Fruits with the greatest number were ordinary animal types, so all kinds of animal gods emerged one after another.
And this incident further struck the prestige of the World Government, and made the marine even more exhausted in dealing with matters.
At the same time as controlling the New World, they still had to handle various god incidents in different places, and their numbers were severely insufficient.
Fortunately at this time, Sakazuki succeeded as Fleet Admiral, Borsalino was promoted to Admiral, and the marine expanded its forces, gradually making the seas calm down a little.
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[Holy Land, Mary Geoise, Jaygarcia Palace]
The Jaygarcia palace complex of today was even more magnificent and vast, with a larger area.
Of the ten Celestial Dragon families destroyed, two families' territories were incorporated into the Jaygarcia family.
As a result, although the Jaygarcia family did not have many people, the land they occupied in Mary Geoise was still the largest.
"Now the sea is in utter chaos, Saint Nusjuro curses people every day," Saint Saturn sat in the study, the corners of his mouth carrying a cold smile.
This Age of Gods, compared with the previous Great Pirate Era, had a greater impact on the World Government.
Because this shook the foundation of the Celestial Dragons.
You are a descendant of gods? Then I am a Devil Fruit god; your status is not even as good as mine.
Dragon's publicity basically revolved around this point.
As a result, now everyone, including those member nations, no longer respected the World Government as before.
Of course, ever since the Holy Land incident, those member nations originally already had no reverence.
"Under normal circumstances, this time it doesn't involve us, right?", Rosse said with a smile.
"The data of Vegapunk, what does it have to do with us? We never researched Devil Fruits and gods," Saint Saturn snorted coldly, speaking the reason he and Rosse had long agreed upon.
Vegapunk's brain research was going smoothly, and because of Sora's fruit ability, not only could Vegapunk's memories be easily extracted, but they could also be modified to a certain extent.
So the truth spoken by Dragon naturally became slander.
Obviously it was you who obtained the data from Vegapunk, how could it be blamed on us?
Who doesn't know that you, Dragon, inherited Vegapunk's legacy?
With conclusive evidence, it was easy to be accepted by the other Five Elders.
After all, Dragon's reasoning itself did not hold water.
What conclusion obtained from deciphering the Poneglyphs, wasn't that a joke?
They had not seen the Poneglyphs, but it did not stop them from knowing the history a thousand years ago, who could know longer than the World Government?
If they themselves did not know that Devil Fruits were related to gods, would the Poneglyphs record such things?
Moreover, there was another reason.
Rosse and Saint Saturn had absolutely no motive.
Opening the so-called Age of Gods and researching the problem of fruit godification had no benefit at all to the Jaygarcia family; it was completely self-inflicted trouble.
The Celestial Dragons' status was shaken, and the Jaygarcia family was also one of the Celestial Dragons.
"The matters of the World Government, just let Saint Nusjuro toil over them; if done well there's no particular merit, if done badly, the next scapegoat will be him," Rosse stretched lazily, a smile hanging on his lips.
Pushing Saint Nusjuro to the very front to become the spokesperson among the Five Elders was also part of the plan.
He represented the external image of the World Government, Saint Nusjuro for the internal, this was very fair.
It was just that his own image was positive, whereas Saint Nusjuro's side might not be so good.
"Still, be cautious. Although that one did not say it clearly this time, she is already somewhat dissatisfied with us," Saint Saturn reminded.
"What if she's dissatisfied? There are less than a hundred left; could she still replace them all? If she really thinks she can, then just stand out," Rosse sneered, his words showing no care at all for Imu who was squatting among the flowers.
Before his strength reached SS level, he would not meet with her at all.
And as long as one was not a Five Elder, in that one's eyes they were no different from dust.
Even if one becomes a Five Elder, it is just turning from dust into an ant that can be commanded, one still doesn't enter Imu's eyes.
He just liked her arrogance; it would be best if it could be maintained.
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