But that doesn't mean she is unable to break out of the restrains. She slowly gathered her energy inside of her and forcefully tore the restrains apart. She felt her legs give way after the huge exertion of energy and she fell.
The water god managed to catch her in time and held her up properly. He pushed aside her messy hair and asked, " Are you alright? Little kitten, don't scare me. Where does it hurt?"
She wanted to smack him silly but thinking that he is a god and she shouldn't really smack gods, she decided to ignore him. She feebly turned her head towards the person who managed to impose such a heavy aura on her and she was stunned.
Dressed in black, the man stared down at her with an amused smirk. He had a very handsome appearance that could rival the water god but what stunned her was his aura. When someone possesses dark energy, it would show itself somewhere in his or her appearance. For example, her dark energy resides mainly in her eyes which is why her eyes are pure black. It could be suppressed and controlled but when someone's dark energy is too much that it overflows, it cannot be suppressed. This is the case of the person standing before her. His dark energy is overflowing that it has embedded itself into his aura, his entire being, and even his soul. One could say that he is the embodiment of darkness.
"No wonder they couldn't restrain you nor find you," the man stepped closer towards her and she could feel the darkness in him reaching out for her, attracted to the dark energy in her body. Every step he takes made her feel more and more suffocated as if he was choking her.
"Demon Lord, a gentleman speaks with words and not violence." The water god reminded the man. If he were to take one step further, he would not hesitate to use his powers to protect his kitten. His little kitten has always been an overbearing and willful beauty. Seeing her collapse in front of him, looking so pale and feeble aroused feelings of sympathy in him. He used his own powers to channel some spiritual energy into her, hoping that it will aid her somehow.
"I am here to capture the escapee, water god. It would be wise to hand her over. Besides, as the esteemed guest of my mansion, there is no need for you to interfere with our internal affairs," the demon lord told him. He did give him face by retracting his aura but he needs to bring the girl back or he is going to get into trouble if this matter reaches the ears of the King.
"But," the water god was unwilling to let her go. What if the demon lord gobbles her soul up? This way, there will be no chance of reincarnation at all. With the soul gone, what's there to reincarnate? He has a close friendship with the demon lord which is why he is currently staying at his mansion. He knows him quite well and that tone of his sounded as if he was going to kill her.
"Yun He, give her to me." The demon lord sighed as if he wanted to get this over and done with. The water god eyed his friend and reluctantly handed his little kitten over. In the end, he was in the demon lord's mansion. He will need to give the demon lord some face as the owner of the mansion. Also, he had said punishment for escaping. Normally that would be a few whips of the cane which is nothing much compared to other harsher punishments.
"Lan Xuan Yi, since you want to be punished that badly, this lord shall hand down a punishment for escaping the hall of judgments." The demon lord dark energy surrounded her, lifting her off the water god's arms.
She had almost lost consciousness but when she heard her name, she jolted awake and stare at the demon lord straight in the eye. It has been a very long time since she heard her name. She had entered the Imperial Palace at the tender age of 10 for the Imperial selection which is an event where the Emperor selects a new batch of women to enter his Imperial Harem. Many nobles would send their daughters into this selection in hopes that their daughter would sit at the highest position of the harem which is the Empress. If their daughters become the Empress or they bore a son, their families' future would be secured.
The moment she entered, she was given the title of a noble lady. As she was promoted up the ranks, she was never addressed by her name as it was considered a disrespect. Hearing her name now seemed so foreign as though the name doesn't belong to her.
"You shall be kept in the abyss of chaos for a decade," the demon lord declared and with a wave of his hand, Xuan Yi was plunged down into a whirlpool of darkness which disappeared after swallowing her.
"She is human, how could you?" The water god was shocked. The abyss of chaos, a place where dark energy originates, the deepest part of the demon world where nobody but the demon lord could enter because the dark energy was so strong that whoever that doesn't have a high enough level of cultivation would be ripped into shreds the moment they come close to the abyss.
And the demon lord just threw a human into the abyss for a decade. The water god felt lost. Would she even last a second?
"She was. Now she is not," the demon lord turned to walk back to his residence. He was feeling a little tired from searching for the escapee and wanted to rest but the water god stopped him.
"What do you mean?" The water god pulled his arm back before the demon lord could walk away.
"Lan Xuan Yi is the next demon lord, my successor." The demon lord let out a little smile. It looked a little painful and yet there was a sense of relief in that smile and the water god could understand what was going through his mind. If his friend had deemed his little kitten to be his next successor, it would mean that he had a decade left before he would leave this place. There can only be one demon lord in the demon world. All previous lords have left to be reincarnated and only the portraits of them are left hanging in the walls of the mansion as a sign of respect.
"Let's have a drink," the water god sighed. Putting an arm around his friend's shoulders, he dragged his friend to his guest room and they drank till dawn broke.