The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Attilan's initial offering to the starry sky, the Gourmet Star, barely exceeded fifty meters in diameter. It merely served as a self-sustaining absorber of meteorites from space, a conduit for the faith of believers, and Attilan's Gourmet Divine power.

In a mere five years, the Gourmet Star's diameter had surpassed two hundred meters.

The volume increased significantly, but the Gourmet Star's strength only increased by 1.2 times. Moreover, the meteorite fusion points still had visible lines, making disintegration along those lines significantly easier.

The energy pathways related to the seven elements in the core also needed upgrading.

Relying on randomly passing meteorites in space wouldn't provide enough materials to upgrade the Gourmet Star into a planet.

The unowned meteorite clusters in space were all worthless, ordinary materials, suitable only for filling the planet's rocky layer.

However, Attilan would have to search extensively in space for the precious star stones needed to enhance the core.

Or directly draw elemental power from the four elemental planes.

Attilan certainly wouldn't overlook the reliable and abundant energy source of the four elemental planes.

But the four elemental monarchs weren't pushovers either. Normal energy tides were naturally not a problem, but Attilan's act of building a Gourmet Star was like dividing a public area into a private domain.

This was unacceptable.

Attilan created four elemental clones and sent them to the four major elemental realms. Although elemental beings were entirely composed of elements, they were still living beings.

Elemental beings didn't need to satisfy their appetites, but that didn't mean they didn't eat. Elemental beings would also hunt each other, and usually consume things like gemstones.

They naturally couldn't taste flavors; they only sensed the hardness of the gemstones and the surging energy within.

Among the four elemental planes, the water and earth elemental beings, with their relatively gentle nature, were most likely to try elemental cuisine with patience.

His earth elemental clone didn't adopt the image of a dragon, but transformed into a humanoid form more common among elemental beings.

A considerable number of elemental beings were actually products of human souls falling into the elemental realm and fusing with elemental power, but they had no connection whatsoever with the human soul.

They were entirely new individuals, unless the human soul was relatively strong and hadn't been completely eroded and transformed by elemental power.

It might still retain some of the living habits of humans.

And these elemental humans had the potential to be cultivated into elemental chefs.

The earth elemental being that Attilan had transformed into had just arrived in the elemental realm and collected some ordinary minerals when it was surrounded by several elemental beings.

"Where did you come from, daring to collect on our territory! Are you tired of living?"

Even as a clone, Attilan possessed the power to kill them all, but he didn't do so.

Instead, he flattered them, saying:

"I didn't know that such powerful earth elements resided here. I'm collecting these gemstones only to make cuisine to share with everyone."

"If you're willing, I can use these gemstones to cook for you. Would that be acceptable?"

A larger earth elemental curiously asked the leading earth elemental:

"Brother, what is cuisine?"

The leading earth elemental looked at Attilan with disdain and said:

"Don't try to deceive me with that lie. I'm an earth elemental that's been summoned by human magicians, not some ignorant fool. Cuisine is for humans to eat."

"When have we earth elements ever eaten cuisine? We only eat rocks!"

Attilan nodded and said, "That's right, my cuisine is made from rocks."

The larger one asked curiously:

"They're all rocks. Could it be that your cooking can make them taste better?"

For earth elements, different rocks naturally had different flavors.

"Of course, my purpose is to let earth elements experience the benefits of cuisine. And I won't take away your gemstones. We'll make it and eat it right here, so you won't lose out."

"How about it? Do you want to give it a try?"

The larger one looked at the leading earth elemental elite and said:

"Brother, let him try."

The earth elemental elite was annoyed by his pestering, and also a bit curious.

"Alright, then use these trea… gemstones to make it."

He was a bit embarrassed. As a weak earth elemental, what gemstones could they have in their territory? They were just some rocks containing earth elemental power.

Just eating these rocks, they couldn't level up even once in a hundred years.

Their leveling up depended on human mages summoning them and providing gemstone rewards.

If they weren't forced to make a living, where would earth elements be willing to work for human mages?

Attilan used a special technique to seal the energy within the rocks in his hand, then ground them all into powder, mixed the colorful powders, and finally condensed them into a stone.

He shaped ordinary rocks into plates and pushed them in front of the several earth elements.

"Please enjoy."

The earth elemental elite looked at Attilan's performance with disdain. Just grinding it into powder and then condensing it into a stone, could it taste better?

He didn't believe it.

He took a bite, and his face remained impassive in shock.

Earth elements were all stone, so making expressions wasn't easy.

At least he couldn't do it.

"Why does it taste better? And according to my estimation, eating those rocks wouldn't increase the hardness of the body as much. It increased the effect by about fifty percent."

"Is this all due to the improvement brought about by your cooking skills?"

Attilan didn't expect to encounter someone who knew his stuff.

"If I could collect more kinds of minerals, the earth elemental cuisine I make should be even better."

The earth elemental elite warmly invited Attilan, saying:

"Our territory has some minerals that aren't here. Shall I take you to see them?"

"No problem."

Through conversation, Attilan learned that twenty years ago, he had been lucky enough to encounter a silly human mage apprentice.

Under the apprentice's guidance, he learned how to efficiently use earth elements.

It was somewhat comical, but for the lower-level earth elements, their methods of using earth elements really weren't as sophisticated as the magical models researched by humans.

Of course, that silly apprentice had also gradually grown into an elite mage specializing in earth elements because of his help.

These brothers he united were all corresponding assistants needed for the mage's spellcasting.

After collecting all the minerals in their territory, Attilan made them a brand-new cuisine.

This cuisine allowed this group of earth elements to see the possibility of advancing to elite.

The larger one asked curiously:

"How did you research such a magical thing?"

Attilan cleared his throat.

"First of all, I must thank Mother Earth for nurturing us with abundant materials, so that we can make such potent cuisine. Secondly, I must thank the Dragon God of Cuisine for teaching me the art of elemental cuisine."

The larger one looked at Attilan in surprise.

"It's actually a secret art personally taught by a god. No wonder you're so amazing."

The leader jumped up and patted him on the head.

"Idiot, how could it be that a god is personally teaching you? These secret arts are bestowed by the gods upon their recognized believers. But you, an earth elemental, isn't it a bit strange to believe in the Culinary Dragon God?"

Attilan explained:

"The Culinary Dragon God bestowed the secret art upon me, and then I believed in Him. If you are willing to believe in the Culinary Dragon God, I can pass this secret art on to you."

The earth elemental elite asked in confusion:

"Such a good secret art, aren't you keeping it for yourself?"

Attilan shook his head.

"Of course not. The Culinary Dragon God said that cooking is a technique to make the world a better place, and it should be shared with more earth elementals. With the culinary secret art, the struggles between earth elementals can also be reduced."

These earth elementals all nodded.

They had originally planned to attack the nearby rich mine, but now that they have the culinary secret art, they can indeed wait a little longer.

The leader suddenly reacted.

"If the earth elementals in the mine also have the culinary secret art, wouldn't we never be able to defeat them again?"

With the amplification of the culinary secret art, the gap brought about by resources will become even greater.

Attilan shook his head.

"Using the culinary secret art requires learning to share, otherwise you will never be able to use it again, so you don't have to worry about them monopolizing it."

Eating alone is an act that the Culinary Dragon God absolutely does not allow.

The image of the Culinary Dragon God must be glorious, upright, and correct.

"We culinary artists will also come to judge those earth elementals who tarnish the culinary way!"

Attilan exuded a powerful earth elemental force, which immediately gave them confidence.

The leader directly led his subordinates to kneel on the ground.

"Master, please teach us the way of cooking!"

In an unseen place, the corners of Attilan's mouth twitched.

"When did earth elementals start doing this too?"

The leader asked curiously and suspiciously:

"I saw human apprentices doing this, and then the mages taught them powerful spells. Is that not right?"

"Forget it, let's just leave it at that."

Apart from the earth elemental realm, the other three planes also successively recruited suitable culinary apprentices, gradually spreading the harmonious and beautiful radiance of the culinary way in the four major elemental realms.

Because the doctrine that Attilan promoted was to first thank the Earth Mother for nurturing gems for everyone to make dishes, and then the Culinary Dragon God taught everyone the skills to make high-quality dishes.

After all, a clever cook cannot make a meal without rice.

Even the Earth Mother's degree of faith has increased a lot.

Returning the favor, Attilan believes that the Earth Mother will not be stingy if he opens a gap at this time and extracts a little earth elemental power.

With the nourishment of the earth elemental power, Gourmet Star became thick, solid, and stable.

The energy channels of the four major elemental realms were connected, and Gourmet Star rapidly expanded at a rate of one kilometer in diameter per year.

It is increasing at a rate of one kilometer in the first year, two kilometers in the second year, and three kilometers in the third year.

On the other side, the clone sent by Attilan also retrieved a large number of building materials from the starry sky. Attilan formed a rock ball with a diameter of one hundred kilometers, quietly parked in the starry sky not far from Gourmet Star.

At the same time, he strengthened communication with the culinary artists who believed in the Gourmet Dragon God and announced the renaming.

Let them expand their faith on those planets with peace of mind.

Not only the twenty-odd planets that Attilan participated in, but he also sent culinary artists to promote the brand-new culinary way.

All the material realms that Cerestis told him were regarded as hunting grounds by the gods, he sent one or two excellent culinary artists to spread the culinary way.

Not only to promote the Culinary Dragon God, but the first priority is to promote that a certain god protects a certain area, and only then can culinary artists bring beauty to everyone.

First respect these gods, and then the Culinary Dragon God.

They only get the faith of some people, and almost everyone who participates in the banquet contributes at least a shallow faith to Attilan.

Because the culinary artists' dishes are really delicious. Normal people will not reject food and an organization that promotes beauty.

From before the start of the God War, culinary artists were forced to expand from the Elemental Dragon Realm to more than twenty planets. Now, taking the initiative to spread out, culinary artists have rapidly expanded to more than four hundred material realms.

The banquets held by the culinary artists who believe in Attilan have the effect of purifying the soul, which is completely different from the dark culinary artists cultivated by demons.

Do they corrupt the soul or purify the soul? Ordinary people don't know, but can priests and paladins not feel it?

In short, as culinary artists spread out one by one in many worlds, the name of the Culinary Dragon God spread throughout the universe.

Everyone knows that there is such a dragon god with a divine power of level 5.

And it is only one step away from promotion.

In fact, after the faith of more than four hundred planets was spread, Attilan's clone had already accumulated the divine power to advance to level 6.

But Attilan felt that he should be low-key and not let the gods know that the culinary artist banquet that respected the gods was so profitable.

Otherwise, they definitely wouldn't let it be held.

The competition for the power of faith is much more dangerous than business warfare.

What everyone is best at is not fair competition, but physical destruction.

This universe does not allow such awesome characters to exist.

Before, they accidentally allowed the Elemental Dragon God to develop. Now, there cannot be another Culinary Dragon God.

The propaganda of the Culinary Dragon God, on the surface, is that he is good at making delicious food, eating it can enhance strength, and he can do anything, and he can make the original ingredients better.

The inedible becomes edible, the edible becomes delicious, the delicious becomes rare and delicious, and the rare and delicious becomes a divine enjoyment.

In short, the Culinary Dragon God is a very clear supporting character.

The relationship between Attilan and Cerestis is naturally exposed to the eyes of the gods.

In their view, Cerestis, the guardian god, is responsible for fighting, and Attilan, the Culinary Dragon God, is responsible for supporting.

Kill the support first in a team fight, but the team fight hasn't started yet, so killing the support will attract too much hatred.

Everyone also thinks that Attilan is not strong enough and can be killed at any time when they want to kill him.

The focus now should be on dealing with other divine systems. Everyone is unwilling to offend the alliance formed by Cerestis, Tiamat, and Attilan.

More than four hundred material realms jointly provide Attilan with local specialty foods, whether they are animals, plants, or minerals, Attilan wants them all!

The minerals are directly generated on the Gourmet Star using the four elemental planes, and the animals and plants are only placed in the Elemental Dragon Realm for cultivation first.

Not only the mainland, the ocean, and the sky, but the 110 million square kilometers of the Natural Magic Network are now home to treasure ingredients.

Culinary artists are indeed flourishing in the empire as Attilan expected.

The unique environments of the Mu Continent and the Sang Continent have also nurtured many treasure ingredients.

The environmental transformation of the two continents is rapidly advancing due to the emergence of these ingredients. Some gourmet hunters have already sailed out to sea to hunt treasure ingredients on the two continents.

There are too many people on the Atlantis Continent, and the treasure ingredients have been killed and eaten before they have formed a scale.

They are in a situation of too many monks and too little porridge.

Everyone set their sights on the two more distant continents, where there are not only fewer people, but also ingredients that have not been eaten.

Some people even touched Dragon Island, wanting to steal two dragon eggs to taste them.