161: Chapter 161 Peaceful Takeover, the God Realm Belongs to the Lin Family

The next second after the coin disappeared into that absolute void—

The entire black-and-white world suddenly regained its color.

It wasn't a slow recovery; it was an instantaneous explosion!

It was as if someone had overturned the paint buckets of the entire universe simultaneously—every color, every ray of light, every sound, and every sense of 'existence' came rushing back into this world!

The holy light of the God Realm shone once more!

The white jade on the ground regained its luster!

Those beings who had become translucent solidified back to their original states in the blink of an eye!

"This... what's going on?" Zhang Hao looked at his hand, which had returned to a solid form, with a face full of confusion.

"The transaction is complete," Lin Chen said.

In his hand, at some unknown point, a... receipt had appeared.

The receipt read:

[Traded Item: 1 nether talisman coin]

[Trading Party: Conceptual Graveyard Matrix (ID: CF-001)]

[Transaction Content: Purchase of 'Right to Peaceful Departure for This Round' for the price of 1 nether talisman]

[Note: This transaction is valid for one standard cosmic year (approximately 365 days in God Realm time)]

[Within one year, the trading party may not interfere in the affairs of this plane or its associated planes in any form]

[Transaction complete, confirmed by both parties]

At the end of the receipt, there were two signatures.

One was Lin Chen's.

The other... was a mass of chaotic ink that constantly shifted its shape. Looking at it would cause dizziness, as if one were staring directly at the ultimate truth of the universe.

"You used 1 nether talisman..." Gramer's voice trembled, "to buy a one-year 'non-interference agreement' from that thing?"

"Why not?" Lin Chen tucked away the receipt. "What It wants is to 'feed,' and what I want is 'time.'"

"One year for 1 nether talisman is a great deal."

Everyone: "..."

This was no longer just being a business genius.

This was a monster using commercial means to toy with the rules of the universe!

A melodramatic plot twist:

The blankness in the sky slowly dissipated.

That absolute void representing the 'Conceptual Graveyard Matrix' had truly departed.

But just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief—

In the depths of the God Realm, within the ruins of the half-collapsed Pantheon, a blinding golden light suddenly erupted!

"Hahaha—!!"

Wild laughter echoed from the ruins.

Three figures soared into the sky!

They were none other than—Helios the Sun God, Ares the God of War, and the Lord of Thunder!

Shouldn't their divine bodies have already collapsed and dissipated?!

"Didn't expect that, did you?!" Helios was covered in strange black-gold flames—an aura mixed with divinity and abyss pollution. "We buried 'Rebirth Anchors' in our Godheads long ago!"

"The 'divine body collapse' just now was merely an act!" Ares drew his newly condensed giant axe. "We were waiting for this moment—waiting for you to use up all your trump cards, waiting for the Void Matrix to leave!"

"Now—" The Lord of Thunder held billions of lightning bolts in his hand, "it's time to settle the score!"

What was even more terrifying—

Behind them, a massive structure covered in black blood vessels slowly rose from the ruins...

An Altar of Flesh and Blood!

On the altar, at least a hundred thousand angel corpses were piled—all of them secretly collected by the gods during the chaos!

The corpses were melting, turning into a viscous gold-black pus that flowed into a pulsating heart-like object at the center of the altar!

"That is..." Michael's face turned pale, "the forbidden divine technique 'Myriad God Blood Sacrifice'... they want to use the life essence of a hundred thousand angels to forcibly charge toward the rank of Supreme God!"

"No." Lin Chen stared at the heart. "They don't want to become Supreme Gods."

"They want to..."

He narrowed his eyes:

"Sacrifice themselves to the Abyss."

Just as he finished speaking—

The heart at the center of the altar violently exploded!

What gushed out was not divine power, but Abyss demonic energy of extreme viscosity!

The demonic energy instantly enveloped Helios and the other two!

"Ahhh—!!!"

Amidst shrill screams, the divine bodies of the three began to twist and mutate frantically!

Helios's light wings grew hideous bone spikes, and black flames erupted from his eyes!

Ares's skin cracked, revealing the wriggling Abyss flesh beneath!

The Lord of Thunder's lightning turned into a filthy purple-black, and every flicker brought the wails of countless vengeful souls!

They... had actively accepted total pollution from the Abyss!

"Power... this is... true power!!"

Feeling the energy skyrocketing within him, Helios let out a crazed laugh:

"So the pollution of the Abyss... was never a curse... it was a gift!!"

"As long as you abandon those boring divinities... you can obtain... power that transcends everything!!"

He looked at Lin Chen, his eyes filled with pure madness:

"Now... it's your turn."

A thrilling sense of satisfaction:

The three former gods, now completely polluted by the Abyss, attacked simultaneously!

It was no longer divine techniques, but the purest and most violent Abyss demonic energy bombardment!

A torrent of black-gold energy instantly swallowed the entire auction venue!

This time, Lin Chen didn't pull out a contract or cite legal clauses.

He did something much simpler—

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Snap.

The moment the sound rang out.

The sky split open.

It wasn't a crack, but a door.

A door so massive it obscured the entire sky of the God Realm, composed purely of mechanical gears and energy runes—

The 'Plane Descent Gate' of the Technological Cultivation United Empire!

The gate slowly opened.

What descended from it was not an army, nor a weapon.

But a...

Silver machine that looked like a giant vacuum cleaner.

Cold blue light flickered on the machine's surface, and a small line of text was sprayed on its side:

[7th Generation Conceptual Purifier · Battlefield Cleaning Type]

[Manufacturer: Technological Cultivation United Empire · Law Equipment Department]

The machine's intake nozzle pointed toward the three torrents of Abyss demonic energy—

Vroom!!!

A terrifying suction force erupted!

It wasn't absorbing energy; it was sucking away the concept of 'Abyss Pollution' itself like trash!

When the black-gold demonic torrents were still a hundred meters from Lin Chen, they were pinched by an invisible hand, forced to change direction, and surged frantically into the machine's intake!

"No—!!!"

Helios and the others screamed as they tried to withdraw their power, but they couldn't!

Because that machine wasn't just absorbing energy; it was following the energy connection to reverse-extract the Abyss Source from within their bodies!

"Help... help me...!!"

Ares was the first to give way; his Abyss flesh began to peel off piece by piece, sucked into the machine!

Next was the Lord of Thunder, and finally Helios!

In just three seconds, the Abyss pollution in their bodies was sucked completely dry!

The moment they lost the support of the pollution—

Poof!

The divine bodies of the three exploded into a sky full of light specks simultaneously.

This time, they were truly dead.

Even their Rebirth Anchors were sucked away by the machine along the way.

silence.

Only the 'Battlefield Cleaning Type Conceptual Purifier' emitted a satisfied hum, its intake still emitting black smoke.

A display screen popped up on the side of the machine:

[Cleaning Complete]

[Collected Pollutants: Abyss Source (Highly Concentrated) × 3 units]

[Recyclable Value: Approximately 120 billion nether talismans]

[Refine immediately?]

Lin Chen clicked 'Yes.'

The machine began to operate, and three seconds later, it spat out three dark gold, pulsating 'Abyss Core Crystals.'

Lin Chen casually put them away and then looked at the machine:

"Thanks."

The machine's display screen flickered:

[You're welcome, Chairman Lin]

[According to Article 88 of the 'Technical Cooperation Agreement,' our side provides battlefield cleaning services and takes 70% of the pollutants as compensation]

[The total value of pollutants collected in this service is 120 billion; our side is entitled to 84 billion]

[Would you like to pay in cash or charge it to the account?]

Lin Chen: "...Charge it to the account."

The machine hummed twice in satisfaction, slowly ascended, and flew back through the giant gate.

The gate closed and disappeared.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

The Hook:

Everything was over.

The Old God Court was completely destroyed.

The Abyss threat was neutralized.

The Void Matrix had signed a ceasefire agreement.

The God Realm... had finally ushered in true peace.

Lin Chen stood before the ruins of the Pantheon, looking at the dense crowd of God Realm beings kneeling below.

There were surviving angels, members of the Reformist Faction, souls of ordinary believers, and even a few trembling Abyss creatures.

Everyone was looking at him.

Waiting for his judgment.

Lin Chen remained silent for a long time.

Then, he spoke, his voice carrying across the entire God Realm:

"From this day forward—"

"The God Realm is officially merged into the Underworld Group system."

"It is renamed the 'God Realm Development Zone.'"

"The current administrator—"

He looked at Michael:

"Financial Officer Michael is promoted to General Manager of the Development Zone, with full responsibility for the reconstruction of the God Realm."

Michael trembled and knelt on one knee: "...As you command!"

"All members of the Reformist Faction will be assigned positions based on their merits."

"Remaining personnel of the Old God Court will be retained if found innocent after screening; those found guilty will be judged according to Underworld law."

"All believers have freedom of belief—you can choose to continue believing in gods, or choose to believe in the corporate culture of the Underworld Group, or believe in nothing at all. It doesn't matter."

"Because from now on—"

Lin Chen looked up at the slowly repairing sky:

"This is no longer a place where gods rule over humans."

"It is a place where everyone—"

"Works together, lives together, and builds the future together."

After a brief silence—

"Long live the Underworld Group—!!!"

"Long live Chairman Lin—!!!"

Cheers like a mountain tsunami echoed through the clouds.

Zhang Hao wiped the corner of his eye: "Damn... it's finally over..."

Su Qingyu walked to Lin Chen's side and asked softly, "Next... are we going back?"

Lin Chen nodded: "It's time to go back for the victory banquet."

He turned, preparing to open the portal back to the Underworld.

But just then—

Zhang Hao suddenly pointed into the distance and stammered:

"Bo-Boss... look over there..."

Lin Chen turned to look.

It was a desolate star region at the very edge of the God Realm.

At this moment, in the sky of that star region—

Another door split open.

It wasn't the mechanical gate of the Technological Cultivation Empire.

Nor was it an Abyss pollution crack.

It was a... very ordinary, even slightly worn-out wooden door.

A sign hung on the door:

[Teahouse]

The door creaked open.

Out stepped a figure wearing a cyan robe, holding a cup of tea, looking like an ordinary human middle-aged scholar.

The scholar looked at Lin Chen from afar.

Then, he gave a slight smile.

He raised his teacup in a 'cheers' gesture.

Then, he turned and walked back inside the door.

The door closed and disappeared.

As if it had never appeared.

But in Lin Chen's mind, the system's alarm was already exploding:

[Detected intervention of an out-of-spec existence!]

[Target Identity: Suspected owner of the 'Multiverse Teahouse'!]

[Threat Level: Unable to assess!]

[Suggestion: Immediately—]

Lin Chen cut off the system prompt.

He looked at that star region, which had returned to tranquility, and remained silent for a long time.

Then, he smiled.

"It seems—"

He said softly:

"The business is growing..."

"And the customers are increasing too."

Finale Preview:

The God Realm is recovered, and the Underworld Group officially becomes a trans-planar giant.

But the appearance of the Teahouse owner heralds the opening of a much broader world.

Next Part—

«Myriad Worlds Chamber of Commerce: Starting by Acquiring the Heavens»!

See how Boss Lin takes his business to every corner of the multiverse!