Of course, such confinement could not last long because her father, Agares, intervened. The reason, naturally, was to re-test her talent.
"Yue Anlan, I'm very sorry that I took over your body and am living in your place, but rest assured, once I attain godhood in the future and can cross through space and time, I will search every realm to find your soul and resurrect you to repay this kindness. Therefore, please forgive me for living under your identity now. Thank you!"
Inside the confinement room, Anlan closed her eyes, pressed her palms together, and chanted the Great Compassion Mantra for the deceased Yue Anlan before beginning to merge with her memories.
As it happened, just as she finished thoroughly probing those memories, Agares released her.
Even more fortuitously, she sensed that the Divine Blood she had obtained in a divine secret realm was now resting right above her dantian, having not been blasted to pieces by that tribulation lightning.
One must know that right before her death, she had seen her spatial ring and her spirit treasure robe all reduced to powder under the heavenly lightning.
"Truly worthy of Divine Blood; even a single drop could never be destroyed by heavenly lightning. With it, I shall once more rule over the world and look down upon all heroes! It's just a pity I cannot begin refining it right now. With the pathetic state of this body of mine at present, I'd probably be blown apart the moment I tried to absorb it! No matter, one day, you will be refined by me!"
Anlan withdrew her divine sense and brought her attention back to reality.
She found herself in a strange place, standing before a man of extraordinary appearance whose aura was unquestionably formidable.
And indeed he was; the other party was Agares's confidant, Leiao.
"Your Highness Anlan, please step into the magic array, and I will re-test your talent."
"Hmm? Very well!"
Anlan was extremely curious about what kind of talent this demon array could possibly test. She could feel her soul adhering to this body, because her mighty soul—on the verge of ascending to godhood—was gradually transforming it. After a day and a night, this body had undergone changes, and she wondered what the results of this transformation would be.
"Hum—"
The array activated, and dazzling streams of purple light shot out from it, striking Anlan and lifting her body into mid-air.
Then, Anlan felt a sense of being scrutinized, as if something were scanning her body and soul, which displeased her greatly.
She clenched her fists and endured with all her might, preventing her formidable divine soul from expelling this power from within her body.
Yet when this power touched the Divine Blood in her dantian—
"Boom—"
The previously quiet Divine Blood suddenly reacted defensively, erupting with a formidable and pure dark divine might that swept away the probing energy.
Not only did it expel the force, but it directly destroyed the magic array.
"What?! What kind of terrifying bloodline fluctuation and spiritual power fluctuation is this? It actually destroyed the testing array?"
Leiao was still utterly astonished, but this spelled hardship for Anlan.
Are you kidding? That was the wrath of Divine Blood; how could the weakling Anlan of today endure it?
"Ugh, ah—"
"Not good! The bloodline power within Your Highness Anlan is too strong. Your Highness has no way to control it right now; we must stop it immediately, or Her Highness's body will collapse."
With that, Leiao immediately mobilized his spiritual power, attempting to seal the rampaging power within Anlan's body.
Yet how could pure divine power be sealed by a mere peak Tier 8 demon? That single drop of Divine Blood merely exerted a tiny bit of force to send Leiao's power flying back.
"Puff— Such terrifying power! If this goes on, Princess Anlan will..."
Sent flying backward, Leiao couldn't even care about himself. Such terrifying talent had been born within the Moon Demon Clan; if she were to perish just like that, even he would never forgive himself.
Enduring the agonizing pain, he struggled to rise, preparing to seal the force with his life, when suddenly an even more powerful force erupted from behind him and descended upon Anlan.
"Lord Agares! This subordinate is incompetent and unable to stop the riot within Your Highness Anlan's body."
"Fall back!"
Agares was in no mood to deal with matters like this right now; Anlan's physical condition was paramount.
"Such pure and powerful energy... Even I have never witnessed such a bloodline before. Could Lan'er's bloodline be the legendary Divine Favored Bloodline? Looking at this aura, such pure dark power—could it be the God of Darkness?"
At this thought, undisguised joy flashed in Agares's eyes.
Such a Divine Favored Bloodline existed only in legends; he never expected it to appear in his own daughter!
Therefore, no matter what, Lan'er could not be allowed to come to harm!
If Anlan knew of this, she would surely say that overthinking is a disease—gods were gods, but not the kind of gods from their world!
However, Agares was unaware of this at the moment. Focusing entirely on Anlan, his spiritual power surged violently, and with his ultra-Tier Nine strength, he forcibly suppressed the Divine Blood inside Anlan.
This eased Anlan's pain considerably, prompting her to immediately unleash her formidable divine soul to forcefully beat the restless Divine Blood back into submission.
"Making such a fuss over nothing, get back in there!"
Within her dantian, Anlan used her divine soul as a tether and finally forced the rampaging Divine Blood back under control. The abnormality vanished, and Anlan let out a sigh of relief before dropping out of mid-air.
"Your Highness!"
Seeing Anlan about to plummet to the ground, Leiao was alarmed. But with Agares present, how could he possibly let his daughter fall to the floor?
With a wave of his hand, Anlan's falling body flew toward him and was caught in his arms.
Agares then carefully inspected Anlan's body, his brows knitting slightly.
"Lord Agares, has something happened to Her Highness?"
"Nothing. Take today's events to your grave. No one must know that Lan'er possesses the Divine Favored Bloodline, or I will take your life. Do you understand?"
"This... this subordinate understands."
Leiao knew that Her Highness Anlan's body must have possessed some anomaly for Lord Agares to make such a decision, but this was not something he could pry into. The reason he hadn't been silenced after learning such a massive secret was likely due to his sworn loyalty at the Lord's side!
Seeing Leiao's reaction, Agares finally felt slightly relieved. He scooped up Anlan and left. As for later—killing him now would draw too much attention, so he would deal with him when the opportunity arose!
A cold gleam flashed in Agares's eyes, but it vanished instantly.
Then, a tender gaze fell upon Anlan's pretty face. "The Divine Favored Bloodline must not be compromised; I must secretly report this to His Majesty! Our clan must make some plans as well."
Thus, when the subsequently awakened Anlan blinked awake, she somewhat dazedly discovered that her treatment seemed to have improved, and yet perhaps it hadn't.
Why say that?
Because her father had suddenly arranged for her to become a playmate to the Heaven Defying Demon Dragon's successor, His Highness Abao, and she could even come and go freely from his bedchamber.
Yet everything else seemed unchanged. Her mother still wore that disapproving expression, and while her father seemed closer, he was the Moon Demon God and couldn't constantly revolve around his daughter!
Thus, Anlan realized she seemed to be in big trouble!
"I'm begging you, Your Highness Abao, could you please stop crying?"