East Heaven's Continent, Star Dragon Country, Wèilái City

In a bedroom decorated with the finest of furnishings surrounded by guards deep within the mansion of the Xiao Family, a young lady no older than 14 or 15 with deep dark purple hair wrapped in bandages due to grievous injuries lays asleep within. There are incense sticks, candles, and ointments littered across the room to help with the girl's recovery.

A sudden noise can be heard just outside the bedroom door... it was like two sets of feet suddenly standing at attention.

"Lord Xiao, it's an honor for us lowly guards to lay our gaze upon your magnificence!"

"I have yet to succeed my father as Patriarch of the Xiao family so such a form of address is inappropriate." Lord Xiao said in a stern and almost emotionless tone, "Simply 'your lordship' will suffice."

This Lord Xiao appeared to be in his late 30s, wearing a pale blue robe with threads of a gold-like substance lined within, with some gray mixed into his dark purple hair, but in the end he can still be considered quite handsome for his age.

"Has my daughter regained consciousness?"

"Reporting to your lordship, the young mistress is still unconscious and one of the servant girls has walked in a moment ago to change her bandages and clothing."

"Oh." Lord Xiao said with the twinge of concern and worry in his voice that would likely be coming in spades with any other parent.

The eyes of the bandaged wrapped girl suddenly shoot open revealing eyes as black as the deepest obsidian.

"Bwahh!" the bandage-wrapped girl yelled as she suddenly sat upright gasping for air.

The bandaged wrapped girl suddenly hunches even further forward in pain as she wraps her arms tightly around her own body.

"It hurts… it hurts."

As the bandaged-wrapped girl groans in pain, the servant girl finally regains her mental clarity after being shocked by the sight of her injured master regaining consciousness.

"Young Mistress, you simply must squeeze yourself so tightly or you'll open up your wounds."

As the life of the bandage-wrapped girl was tied to her own, the servant girl naturally spoke with a great deal of concern as she attempts to force her lady's arms away from her own body.

"Who…. are…. you?" the bandaged wrapped girl struggled to say under whatever pain she's experiencing.

"Young mistress, I'm your humble serva-"

Before the servant girl could finish, both she and the bandage-wrapped girl suddenly hear the air crackle as they felt the area directly around the bedroom door experience a massive spike in temperature. The door itself is covered in an azure colored aura before being turned into a pile of ash thanks to a small breeze coming through an open room."

"Your lo…. Lordship!" the servant girl fearfully yelled in response to this display of power before kowtowing.

The servant girl and the bandage-wrapped girl saw this Lord Xiao standing in what used to be the bedroom door along with the two guards who were stupefied at this display of power.

"As expected of his lordship…. being the youngest in the clan's history to reach the Azure Lord realm… his talent is truly one blessed by the heavens." the who guards coincidentally thought.

"Leave…. now!" Lord Xiao ordered.

"Of… of course your lordship."

The servant girl walked as fast as she could towards the bedroom door, and she broke off into a sprint the moment she passed it. It's clear that this display of power frightened her a great deal.

"One of you is to get a doctor and the other is to tell the guards surrounding my daughter's bedroom that no one is allowed within 15 meters of her courtyard. If they're of status equivalent to my own or greater simply disable them, and if not.... Kill without mercy!"

As the two guards ran off to carry his orders, Lord Xiao moved to the bandaged-girl or rather his daughter's bedside and assisted with changing her robes and bandages within reason of their difference in gender.

"Who….. are... you?" the bandage wrapped girl once again struggled to ask due to the pain.

"My little Xiao Moxian…. don't you recognize your own father?" Lord Xiao said in a gentle tone of voice.

"You're..... Lord..... Xiao? You... are not... my father!"

"The trauma you experienced must have messed with your memory. Of course I'm your fa-"

Lord Xiao's ears wiggle slightly before turning his gaze back towards the now destroyed bedroom door. He turns his gaze back to Xiao Moxian after a few seconds, but the twinge of gentleness and concern on his face was replaced with a look of absolute seriousness.

"Now that they're out of earshot….. tell me honestly girl, how much do you remember?"

"I....."