My head hurts!
It really hurts!
Damn, it hurts like hell, holy crap!
“Hiss—”
Su Mo took a sharp breath and suddenly woke up, but his vision was blurry, and he couldn’t see anything clearly.
He didn’t know how long it had been, but little by little, his sight started to come back, and his ears could make out a few sounds.
“Big sister, you’re awake!” A soft, adorable little voice came from beside him. Su Mo turned his head and saw a little girl around five or six years old. She had short silver hair, and her big, lively eyes were a mysterious purple color.
“Where… where is this?” Su Mo thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, so he rubbed them again and took a closer look.
Seeing him checking her out, the little girl leaned her face right up to Su Mo’s eyes and tried her best to open her eyes wide.
Su Mo’s mouth twitched, and he couldn’t resist poking her soft, pink cheek—it was tender and super bouncy.
“Little lady, where am I, who are you, and did you save me?”
Su Mo’s three rapid-fire questions left the little girl a bit confused. After a long pause, she finally said slowly, “You came from the sky, whoosh whoosh whoosh… and landed right at our doorstep. Mommy, uh… grunted and carried you in on her back.”
As she talked, she gestured enthusiastically, acting out every single move before she’d let it go.
By now, Su Mo had gathered his senses and was mostly fine physically.
Watching the little girl’s performance, he figured someone must have carried him here. But that whoosh whoosh whoosh… could it be that I got blown all the way here?
He instinctively touched the top of his head. The jade hairpin was gone.
“Are you looking for your hairpin? I put it away for you. Nothing inside has been touched.”
The voice belonged to a beautiful woman with silver hair and purple eyes. Her facial features were very similar to the little girl’s, and she looked a bit older than Su Mo, probably her older sister.
“Mommy!” The little girl ran over and grabbed the woman’s hand.
Su Mo: Σ(ﾟ∀ﾟﾉ)ﾉ
No way, a girl this gorgeous actually got married super young, and even had a kid?
The woman took out a wooden box and returned the jade hairpin inside to Su Mo, handling it with extreme care, as if she was afraid of breaking it.
Su Mo took the hairpin, gave it a quick check, and confirmed nothing had been disturbed—because the magical array he had set up hadn’t changed at all.
Only then did Su Mo feel relieved. He gradually let his guard down around the mother and daughter, who seemed really kind. He stood up and said, “I can’t quite remember what happened before I passed out, but I must have been in danger. Thank you so much for saving me.”
The woman smiled gently and said, “It was nothing, really. Besides, you flew right over and landed at our door. How could I just leave you to die?”
Her smile was beautiful, the kind of warm and approachable beauty, like the friendly older sister next door.
Su Mo looked down and noticed he was wearing a thin piece of clothing that wasn’t his.
“Your original clothes were completely torn up, so I changed you into this. Your old ones are still outside.”
“Thank you,” he said sincerely, then fell into thought. “Where is this place?”
From what he’d gathered so far, the mother and daughter both spoke Chinese. They looked a bit unusual, but aside from their hair and eye colors, everything else was very much in line with typical East Asian features.
“This is the Heavenly Demon Domain.”
“The Heavenly Demon Domain???” Su Mo froze, his expression turning strange.
He remembered that Yun and Hong were both from the Heavenly Demon Clan. Could this be the world they originally lived in?
Oh man, how did I even end up here? I have no idea if their people know that I blew Yun and Hong up. If they do, they’ll probably skin me alive.
Su Mo was thinking this to himself when he stole a glance at the woman. Seeing nothing but gentleness and kindness in her eyes helped him relax a little.
He couldn’t wait to get out of bed and take a look outside. The woman offered to help him, but Su Mo smiled and said, “It’s okay, I can manage on my own.”
The world outside wasn’t much different from Earth. There were mountains, water, trees, and flowers. He couldn’t help but wonder if this beautiful, refined woman was lying to him.
He glanced at her suspiciously, but she just smiled gently back. Su Mo quickly looked away.
“Are you doubting something?” The woman noticed his concern and quickly reassured him, “Don’t worry, we Heavenly Demon Clan members are very kind. We would never lie to you.”
The little girl nodded along earnestly.
Just then, other members of the Heavenly Demon Clan gathered around. Without exception, they were all women, each with silver hair and purple eyes, and stunningly beautiful. Even some of the older, less youthful aunties still had a certain charm. If they went to square dance in some country, there would definitely be old grandpas trying to chat them up.
It was hard to imagine just how powerful this race’s genes were.
Su Mo looked around and realized this was a small village. Everyone in the village was female—not a single man.
An elderly grandmother came up to him. She seemed to be the village chief. She held Su Mo’s hand kindly and said, “Child, you’ve finally woken up. Seven days ago, you fell from the sky. Thanks to Shuang’er, she’s been taking care of you all this time.”
“And me, and me!” The little girl hopped around, eagerly taking credit for herself.
“That’s right, and our Xiao Xiao too.” The old grandmother gently stroked the little girl’s head with a loving, kind expression on her face.
“Thank you, Sister Shuang. Thank you, Xiao Xiao.”
“Don’t rush to thank us just yet. Now that you’re awake, come with me first. I want to show you something.”
“What kind of thing?”
“You’ll find out in a moment.”
Su Mo followed her to a stone pillar in the center of the village. At the old grandmother’s request, he placed his handprint on the pillar and slowly infused it with spiritual energy.
This scene somehow reminded him of the opening of some web novel he’d read back in the day—”Dou Qi, Third Stage!”
Cough, I’m getting off track…
He calmed his mind and focused. He felt a warm flow of energy inside the pillar slowly seep into his body. It didn’t seem harmful.
Suddenly, the pillar lit up, shooting a beam of light straight into the sky.
Everyone, including the old grandmother, gasped in surprise, drawn in by the sight.
“One hundred percent compatibility!” The old grandmother was overjoyed. She tapped her cane on the ground excitedly, unable to calm down for a long time.
“What do you mean one hundred percent compatibility?” Su Mo felt a flicker of danger. He pulled his hand back from the pillar and stared at the crowd warily.
“One hundred percent compatibility means our queen can possess your body freely without any side effects whatsoever.” Hong’s voice suddenly sounded. Su Mo followed the voice and saw that she no longer looked like her former self. Instead, she had the silver hair and purple eyes typical of the Heavenly Demon Clan.
“You… you’re not dead?” Su Mo’s heart sank. He felt that the looks in everyone’s eyes weren’t so kind anymore.
“Of course I’m not dead. Otherwise, who would have carried out the mission our queen assigned?” Hong’s face was pale, clearly badly injured. Yun was nowhere to be seen.
Su Mo’s eyes darkened. He finally realized that ending up here wasn’t a coincidence—Hong had brought him here on purpose.
The next moment, the surroundings suddenly changed. The village disappeared, replaced by a majestic palace. Only the stone pillar remained real, standing tall in the center of the hall.
So it was all an illusion…
