She Is Bianca Whitefan’s Daughter

Now that Liam Leshan has suddenly become the Phoenix Lord’s fiancé, the Celestial Palace’s invitation list includes a spot for the Lieshan Clan.

So, this is her first time here, and nobody recognizes her.

"The Lieshan Clan is weak, and in the past, we never dared visit Drake Abyss to pay respects to the Celestial Empress. Today, it’s only thanks to the blessings of Her Majesty and the Phoenix Lord that I’m able to meet you." Winnie Leshan said gratefully.

The Celestial Empress smiled kindly and said, "Sit down! Don’t be so nervous! By the way, how did you end up coming in with Divine Lady Tanya Lu?"

"It’s like this," Winnie Leshan explained. "It’s my first time in Drake Abyss, so I didn’t know the way. Of all the people I know, only Divine Lady Tanya Lu could guide me, so I asked her to bring me in."

"I see..." The Celestial Empress frowned. "Divine Lady Tanya Lu, I’ve heard you harmed High Goddess Vivian Lu’s child, had your Divine Vein—your core divine bloodline and source of godly power—stripped, and were expelled from the Lumina Realm. How do you dare show your face in Drake Abyss again?"

Tanya Lu rushed up, dropped to her knees, and wailed, "I came to Drake Abyss to plead my case before His Majesty and Her Majesty! I’m innocent, I swear!"

"Plead your case? What grievance do you have?" the Celestial Empress asked.

"I didn’t harm my sister! I was framed by Lucia Lu!" Tanya Lu pointed at Lucia.

Lucia Lu sneered, "The Clarity Charm—that’s a Supreme Clarity talisman that records exactly what the bearer sees and hears, and can’t be tampered with—is still sealed in my eldest brother’s hands! Want him to bring it over for everyone to see?"

"Celestial Empress, please believe me—she framed me! The person in the Clarity Charm isn’t me at all! She found someone to impersonate me!" Tanya Lu crawled on her knees to the Empress.

The Empress asked, "Framed you? That doesn’t make any sense! You’re her little aunt—why would she frame you?"

"Because—because I know her big secret!" Tanya Lu blurted, eyes wide and voice trembling with theatrical suspense.

"Secret? She’s just a child—what kind of secret could she possibly have that would make her go to all this trouble to frame you?" The Empress looked unconvinced.

"Lucia Lu isn’t High God Quentin Lian’s daughter—she’s the child of the infamous demon Bianca Whitefan!" Tanya Lu’s words sent shockwaves through the room.

Everyone was stunned and whispering to each other in disbelief.

"Divine Lady Tanya Lu! You can’t just say things like that!" The Empress suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, it’s easy to prove whether I’m lying or not!" Tanya Lu lifted her head to look at Lucia Lu. "There are plenty of Phoenix gods here—just ask them to use the Ancestral Locator Spell and check her Bloodline Threads!"

The Empress turned to Lucia Lu, frowning. "Lucia, what do you say?"

Lucia Lu looked at Tanya Lu, her gaze glittering with spite and triumph.

Has Tanya Lu finally gone off the deep end?

Or maybe... is this all part of someone else’s crazy plot?

Before Lucia could speak, a spell was already cast on her.

Jenna Summers activated the Ancestral Locator Spell, revealing Lucia’s Bloodline Thread.

Everyone could see—she had only one Bloodline Thread.

Those who understood what it meant gasped in shock.

"It’s the maternal thread! She only has one—and it’s the mother’s!"

"If she really were High God Quentin Lian’s daughter, she should have threads for father, mother, brothers, sisters, cousins—a whole bunch!"

"Exactly! And the closest two should be right here in Drake Abyss!"

"Someone track her Bloodline Thread—could she really be the demon Bianca Whitefan’s daughter?"

"But why would High God Quentin Lian raise her as his own daughter?"

...

For a split second, Lucia Lu’s mind went blank. The gossip swirled around her like a storm of poisoned darts, each whisper stabbing her ears and making her heart race until she snapped back to herself.

Suddenly, she cast a spell and forcibly interrupted Jenna’s magic.

"Ah!" Jenna cried out, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

"Lucia Lu! What are you trying to do?" The Empress shouted, as if facing a dire threat.

Lucia’s gaze was sharp. "I don’t trust Jenna! Mia, you do it!"