"Yes."
Xu Xing Tong's expression remained unchanged as she gently nodded.
"Then your chastity..."
Xu Lan looked at his daughter, hesitating to speak.
His lips moved several times, but in the end, he only managed to say those few words.
His gaze swept back and forth across Xu Xing Tong's face, trying to find some trace in those violet eyes.
"According to the prophecy, I was destined to have an inseparable connection with His Highness."
Xu Xing Tong's voice was as calm as still water as she stated a fact she had accepted long ago.
"On top of that, he removed my veil yesterday, deepening this bond even further."
"Since it was fate, Moonlight Tempering merely brought certain things forward."
Although her expression remained calm, Xu Xing Tong's palm beneath the table still clenched uncontrollably.
The shame welling up in her heart was real, too.
Everything that had happened beneath the moonlight last night, every moment when their skin had touched, and every scene that repeatedly replayed in her mind made it impossible for her to truly remain calm and undisturbed.
Hearing his daughter's words, Xu Lan did not know what to say either.
He let out a long sigh, the sound especially clear in the quiet room.
After a moment, he spoke again.
"Since you've already triggered Moonlight Tempering, then your Star Crown Martial Soul..."
"It evolved successfully."
"Into the same Moon Crown as our ancestor's."
Xu Xing Tong activated her Soul Power, and silvery-white light illuminated her body.
The next second, a completely silver-white crown radiating moonlight flew out from the crescent-moon mark between Xu Xing Tong's brows and floated above her head.
The Moon Crown was formed from countless silver-white stars. At its center was a curved crescent moon, while eighteen larger stars rose around the crown.