Chapter 118 Negotiations Reach an Agreement, Creating a Trans-Cosmic Order

When the projections of the three Creator Gods reappeared above the Unscrupulous Business Center, less than twenty-four hours had passed since the last time.

The Magic Creator God landed first; the shadow light streams on her robes were brighter than last night, clearly having replenished her energy after returning.

The Creator God of Interstellar's second creation battleship hovered above the city clouds without descending, while she herself teleported from the bridge to the balcony outside the third-floor conference room, her tactical boots clicking sharply against the tiles.

The Cultivation God of Creation was still in that same green shirt, stepping slowly down from an auspicious cloud, the cloud vapor beneath his feet automatically dissipating into wisps of pale golden mist upon touching the conference room floor.

Fatty Wang stood at the conference room entrance, holding a plate of freshly cut watermelon, watching the three Creator Gods enter from three different directions simultaneously; he held it in for a long time before blurting out: "This lineup is even bigger than last night. Are we signing a contract or continuing the fight?"

Su Qinghan had already cleared the conference table, leaving only four items on the surface—three paper draft agreements, a fountain pen, and an encrypted camera recording the entire meeting in real-time.

She sat down beside Lin Ye with her tablet screen lit, displaying the cross-plane energy monitoring panel synced and pushed by Ghost; the current projection energy readings of the three Creator Gods were about thirty percent lower than last night, falling within the safe threshold.

Lin Ye leaned back in his chair, holding a cup of hot tea, and gestured for the three Creator Gods to sit.

The Cultivation God of Creation sat down first across the conference table, lifted the teacup to take a sip, and praised it as good tea.

The Magic Creator God and the Creator God of Interstellar exchanged glances and took their seats as well.

"Let me speak first." The Cultivation God of Creation set down his teacup, his tone gentle and calm. "After we went back last night, the three of us held another meeting. Your domain can suppress three Creation-level projections simultaneously; even if the Lord of the Abyss himself came, he might not be able to get the better of you. Therefore, we have overturned all our previous ideas—we will no longer restrict you from conducting business across planes, we will no longer demand that you release the BOSS, and we will no longer mention anything about joining forces to eradicate you. Now, it is we who need you, not you begging us."

Lin Ye set down his teacup and watched him, waiting for him to continue.

The Cultivation God of Creation continued: "We can assist you in fighting the Abyss Council while providing core resources from the three major planes to help you continue to strengthen your Talent. The Magic Origin, Star Core, and Cultivation Dao Fruit—these three items are the highest-level energy crystals of our respective planes. Taking any one of them alone could allow an ordinary ability user to step directly into the Cross-dimensional level; if the three are fused, the effect would be unpredictable. But we have one condition—when the Abyss Council launches a full-scale invasion, you must protect the core areas of all three major planes from being breached simultaneously. Once a core area is lost, the plane's laws will be Abyss-ified, all players and NPCs will be converted into Abyss slaves, and the Creator Gods will perish as a result."

Lin Ye did not answer immediately. He turned to look at Su Qinghan, who had already pulled up the data on the three core resources and projected it onto the TV wall.

The Magic Origin is the core energy source of the Magic Era's Creator Temple, described in the settings as the ultimate hub governing all elemental laws of the magic plane; if contaminated by the Abyss Council, the entire magic plane's spell system would collapse from the foundation.

The Star Core is the main engine of the Interstellar Warframe's Interstellar Federation mothership, responsible for maintaining gravitational balance and spatial stability for all star systems in the interstellar plane; once eroded by Abyss energy, the interstellar plane would begin a continuous collapse starting from the outer star systems within a short time.

The Cultivation Dao Fruit is the fundamental source beneath the spiritual veins and treasure lands of the Immortal Cultivation World; all the spiritual power of the cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World comes from the circulation and transformation of the heaven and earth energy of the Dao Fruit. If the Dao Fruit were Abyss-ified, the entire plane's cultivation system would completely disintegrate.

After reading the data, Su Qinghan closed the tablet and gave a calm judgment: "The Magic Origin governs elemental laws, the Star Core maintains gravitational balance, and the Cultivation Dao Fruit supports the cultivation system—all three are plane-level infrastructure. If the Abyss Council attacks all three planes simultaneously, they could use a small force to feign an attack on two while concentrating their main force on one. If any one of them falls, the chain reaction will affect the other two, ultimately threatening the real world. From a tactical layout perspective, giving them a protection commitment aligns with our long-term interests."

Lin Ye nodded, turned back to face the three Creator Gods, and said: "I agree to the conditions." Then he stood up, picked up a whiteboard marker, and quickly wrote a few lines on the whiteboard next to the conference table, the tip of the pen tapping loudly against the board.

"Let's make the terms of the agreement clear. First, the cross-plane protection fee business will be permanently retained; guilds and players from all planes will pay according to the existing package standards, and I have exclusive pricing power, which you three have no right to veto. Second, the Magic Origin, Star Core, and Cultivation Dao Fruit are to be handed over to me today. I will use them to strengthen my Talent, and the strengthened effects will be used to fight the Abyss Council, not to deal with you three or the legitimate forces of your subordinate planes. Third, after the Abyss Council's full-scale invasion begins, I will be responsible for guarding the core areas of all three major planes simultaneously, and I will personally deal with the Lord of the Abyss himself. Fourth, after the Abyss Council is defeated, all planes and resources occupied by the Abyss Council will be under my unified management; you will retain your Creator God titles, but the operational rights will be handed over to me."

The Magic Creator God picked up the pen and signed all three agreements one by one. The Creator God of Interstellar signed even faster than she did. The Cultivation God of Creation took the agreements and read them word for word from beginning to end; when he read the fourth article, his fingertips paused for a moment on the words "operational rights handed over to me," then he sighed softly, finished signing, put down the pen, looked up at Lin Ye, and said: "If one day the plane operations need to be renegotiated, I hope we can still sit together and drink tea." Lin Ye nodded and said: "Agreed."

The three supreme energy crystals were placed on the conference table at the same time. The Magic Origin was a fist-sized, translucent sphere, with countless flowing elemental runes sealed inside, the color of each rune constantly changing, like a miniature universe.

The Star Core was an energy pillar emitting a cold, deep blue light, its body forged from star core steel mother alloy, with gravitational ripples surging inside. Fatty Wang reached out to touch it, but before his fingertips could make contact, he was gently pushed away by an invisible force field, scaring him into quickly retracting his hand.

The Cultivation Dao Fruit was an extremely ordinary-looking pale golden fruit, its skin covered in fine, natural patterns, emitting a faint herbal fragrance. Su Qinghan leaned in to smell it and said: "This scent is almost exactly the same as that cake of fifty-year-old aged Pu'er tea in my grandfather's study."

Lin Ye picked up the three items one by one to examine them, then, following the fusion plan calculated in advance by Ghost, held the three supreme energy crystals in his palm and unfurled the Cross-Dimensional Perpetual Decay Domain to envelop them.

The Magic Origin responded first, disintegrating into countless elemental runes exactly like when fusing the shadow crystal last night; the Star Core immediately melted into a mass of high-density deep blue liquid energy; the Cultivation Dao Fruit finally dispersed into golden light spots filling the room, and as the light spots floated into the air, a very faint floral fragrance permeated the conference room.

The three masses of energy began to converge toward Lin Ye's chest, gradually forming a black-gold light stream just like the last fusion; however, this time the light stream was no longer ribbon-like, but condensed into a small, self-rotating energy vortex, with a stable, burning black-gold flame in the center of the vortex.

The moment the vortex completely merged into Lin Ye's body, the skill panel automatically popped up in his mind. All existing skill parameters were refreshed—the coverage radius of the Cross-dimensional Decay Domain jumped up a significant notch on top of the previous three hundred kilometers, the energy cap was raised again, and the domain's penetrability was upgraded from Cross-plane level to Cross-dimensional level.

New passive effect: The Decay rate against Abyss-type targets is doubled, and Abyss energy within the domain is automatically converted into absorbable supplementary energy. New active effect: Cross-dimensional Seal—can lock the target's true body and cross-dimensional power simultaneously within the seal formation, with the seal strength positively correlated to the domain's current energy cap, requiring charging.

When Lin Ye opened his eyes, Fatty Wang was holding his phone and filming him. He quickly turned the phone screen to show Lin Ye—Lin Ye's eyes had turned black-gold again, and this time it lasted for about a dozen seconds before slowly fading back to his normal eye color, lasting quite a bit longer than last night.

Su Qinghan, not entirely reassured, scanned him again with a portable energy detector and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that all values were stable within the safe range.

The Cultivation God of Creation watched Lin Ye complete the fusion and remained silent for a long time before speaking: "This sealing ability of yours—you cannot move or attack while charging. If the Lord of the Abyss chooses to forcibly break through during the charging period after descending, you will need sufficient strength to block it for a while."

Lin Ye said he could block it—the World BOSS legions of the three major planes, the assault teams of the Guardian Alliance, and the cross-plane guard squads of the three Creator Gods, all added together, would be enough to hold out through the charging window. After saying this, he turned to look at the night sky outside the window and added calmly: "The Lord of the Abyss's arrival channel is already receiving the final stage of energy injection. You three should deploy your respective plane defense systems first, and I will integrate my manpower simultaneously. It will choose a time, and we will just wait for it to come."