Pampered By All In Different Planes

"You, you are Changqi?!" the Sect Hierarch could no longer sit still, his eyes filled with sheer terror.

After learning the identity of the person before him, they had completely given up resistance, for this was a god!

"Exactly! You knew our affairs from the beginning? You deliberately infiltrated us?!" At this point, the Sect Hierarch fell to the ground, and an elder tried to help him up, but it was futile. He lay on the ground, looking up at Changqi with a voice harsh and despairing, "I thought you were all idiots, thinking you were just fools with more money than sense! But I never expected—it was you, Changqi Upper God!"

"You have only yourself to blame," Changqi's hands conjured a longsword, "The Six Realms are not to interfere or invade each other, yet the Demon World wants to come to the Mortal World, harm the common people, and cause widespread devastation by sacrificing an ancient demon head."

"Kill me, and there will be thousands, millions more. Even though you're a god, you can't take care of everything." The Sect Hierarch suddenly threw a red gourd pendant from his waist, quickly unscrewed the cap, and swallowed the pills inside.

"Then let us perish together!"

After he said these ferocious words, his body swelled dozens of times in size, comparable even to an Ancient Divine Beast, and black mist steamed up, instantly sweeping across the heaven and the earth.

"Ancient Secret Medicine," Changqi merely glanced indifferently, showing no sign of concern. He wiped his longsword and watched coldly, "The Demon World's ambition is not small, it seems the previous divine-demon wars weren't enough to teach you a lesson."

"Heh!!" The Sect Hierarch, provoked by him, quickly used the mist, trying to choke Changqi to death.

The two elders behind him followed suit; they all detached the secret medicines from their waists and gulped them down at once.

All this happened too quickly; it was a matter of an instant; soon, Changqi was surrounded by three enormous figures.

Dealing with a few demons was as easy as flipping his hand for him.

*

Su Zhiruan led the common people out.

"Look, what is that?!" Someone exclaimed, and nearly everyone turned their heads upon seeing the vast swathes of black mist.

"It's three demons! It's the Sect Hierarch and two elders!" Someone quickly climbed a tree, trying to see further.

"Young Madam, I dare to ask, what exactly is your relation to that young master earlier?" An old lady, trembling, leaning on a walking stick, her bent spine carrying a grandson who had lost his legs.

"We are not ordinary people, we are here to save you," Su Zhiruan reassured the old lady, not wanting to say too much.

Her true form was that of a demon, and humans were very wary of demons. Su Zhiruan did not want to reveal her identity; she had absorbed a lot of pure Spiritual Energy during her time in Changqi Palace, so her demonic energy was not very noticeable.

"Young Madam," the old lady suddenly spoke up, "you're about to show soon, aren't you!"

Her words struck like a bolt of lightning from the clear sky, and Su Zhiruan immediately looked at her, "Madam, your eyes deceive you."

The old lady said nothing more, just extending her hand, indicating for her to follow.

Su Zhiruan wanted to see exactly what she wanted to say, so she followed along, her hand also ready with a talisman, prepared to use it to escape should any anomaly arise.

"Young Madam, I've been a midwife all my life, and there's nothing I understand better than pregnancy issues. Looking at your stomach, your term is still early, but it shouldn't be long before you start to show," the old lady looked at Su Zhiruan's belly now wrapped under her long dress and added, "Young Madam, this pregnancy may very well be multiples."

Su Zhiruan's heart tightened.

This was the first time someone had been able to tell she was pregnant.

And it was just an ordinary old woman.

Currently, she had to ensure that this news did not reach Changqi's ears.

If he knew that, it would mean acknowledging that the lady from that night was none other than Su Zhiruan, revealing her disguise in male attire as well.

"The old lady's aging eyes are blurred, how could she possibly determine the number of fetuses during pregnancy," Su Zhiruan said with a laugh, denying it, "We don't have any children, you must have seen wrong!"

The elderly woman, seeing her gently smiling refusal, also had her speculations and continued along the lines suggested by Su Zhiruan.

"Perhaps it truly is my old eyes deceiving me, unable to see clearly anymore!" she winked, as if to tell Su Zhiruan she had understood her true intentions.

"Let's go back first, it's more important to let the people return to the city first." Su Zhiruan rose first to leave, signaling quickly, and soon the group resumed their journey.

*

Three demons were insignificant for Changqi, and soon, they reverted to their original forms and lay motionless on the ground.

Changqi looked into the distance, and when he saw that Su Zhiruan had already led the people away, he threw his longsword in a flash, shattering that blood-red mirror.

The mirror splintered into pieces, and the moment it hit the ground, it turned into utterly ordinary shards, no longer able to stir up winds and rain or to harm the common folk.

The sky, filled with black and red fog, gradually cleared, revealing a bright azure sky to the eyes of the people.

"The blue sky, it's the blue sky!!" a man shouted, "We've finally made it out!!"

All of Abandoned City crumbled and fell apart.

This place had once been a city, but not until the truth emerged before everyone's eyes did they realize this was indeed an Abandoned City—a real wasteland and ruins.

At some point, Su Zhiruan noticed Changqi standing beside her, and she spoke with a smile, "My lord, you saved this city."

"We are all contributors," Changqi replied, having donned his white robes again, though his hair remained pure black. He stood alongside Su Zhiruan, watching the bustling people and casually asked, "Are they not going home?"

Su Zhiruan shook her head, "Some have stayed too long and no longer have the face to meet their families, while others came here with their whole family, and now only one or two of them are still alive."

"They talk of rebuilding Abandoned City, staying here to take root and start anew." Su Zhiruan tightened her outer garment, particularly around her stomach.

Since this morning, she had noticed her belly slightly bulging.

The only thing she was grateful for was that the clothing in this world consisted of loose robes and wide sleeves, which could cover it somewhat. If she returned to the Divine World and changed into male attire, she couldn't even imagine how obvious it would become.

"It's time for us to go," Changqi looked at her, "Shall we return to the Divine World sooner?"

"Yes," Su Zhiruan was also of the same mind.

The two were in complete agreement.

...

Three days later.

The people of Abandoned City suddenly discovered that Su Zhiruan and Changqi had vanished into thin air.

At first, everyone thought they would return, but after a long time without seeing them, people gradually realized that they might no longer be in the Human World and had returned to the heavens of the Divine World.

Thus, in this incident, the surviving townsfolk spontaneously cast their golden statues to be enshrined in the temple for people to revere.