Luna was still cultivating with all her might. For eighty years straight, she hadn’t stopped once. She desperately hoped to grow stronger, to become Evan’s ally again—just like before, when she could help him in a big way.
Now she had broken through to the early Immortal Lord realm, but even that was far too weak—nowhere near enough. She knew the time for Evan Chu’s return was getting closer, and she wanted to reach mid Immortal Lord before he appeared.
But just then, footsteps sounded outside the chamber—a sound she hadn’t heard in decades. Its sudden appearance caught her completely off guard.
A moment later, she sensed a surge of power outside, along with voices—her father and mother, unmistakably. That energy fluctuation was clearly her father breaking the chamber’s barrier.
With a soft grinding sound, the cultivation chamber door opened and a beautiful woman walked in. Seeing Luna still cultivating, she gently called out, “Yara!”
Though her mother’s voice was soft, Luna heard it perfectly. She slowly opened her eyes, stopped cultivating, and said coldly, “Mother, why are you here?”
The beautiful woman looked at her daughter helplessly and said, “Yara, I know you’re angry at your father. But as the lord of an imperial palace, he has to think of Solarion Palace first. You can’t blame him. You’re his daughter—you should help bear his burdens.”
“Mother, if you want something from me, just say it. I don’t want to hear about him.” Luna replied, her tone flat and unyielding, leaving her mother momentarily speechless.
“Do you know the state Solarion Palace is in now? Zane Zuo of Coldshroud Imperial Palace is like a ravenous tiger—he’s already devoured many of our cities. Solarion Palace is now just a shell, a name with no substance. Soon, the whole palace may fall under his control.” Her mother said.
Luna paused, then said, “So you came here just to tell me that? I’ve heard enough. You can leave now—I need to keep cultivating.”
Outside the cultivation chamber, Xander Xuan heard Luna say this and almost couldn’t resist barging in to slap her. Truth be told, in all these years, he’d only ever hit her once—and that was back at the Newcapital City auction.
Even after striking her, his heart ached terribly, but at the time, he truly couldn’t tolerate her attitude. Now, he was fighting to suppress his rage—if Luna really wasn’t a virgin, he might do something extreme.
“Yara, why can’t you understand? Right now, you’re the only one who can save Solarion Palace. You can’t just watch our Xuanyuan clan be destroyed!”
“How am I supposed to save Solarion Palace? What ability or strength do I have? I’ve only just broken through to early Immortal Lord—what can I possibly do? Besides, isn’t Father so close with Hector Vaughn? Why not ask him for help instead of coming to me?” Luna retorted helplessly.
“It’s exactly because we need Hector Vaughn’s help that we came to you. Yara, even your mother is begging you now—there’s truly no other way. Your father may be a mid-stage Immortal Emperor, but breaking through to late-stage is a distant dream.
His Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation is powerful, yes, but our Solarion Palace has too few Immortal Lords. We’re no match for the enemy, do you understand?” her mother pleaded.
Luna stood up and called toward the door, “Stop lurking outside—just come in! No matter what, you’re still my father. I may hate you, but I won’t stand by while the palace is in danger.”
Hearing Luna say this, Xander Xuan immediately entered, though he said nothing. “So, what do you want me to do? Are you planning to marry me off to Logan Vaughn directly? I assume he still hasn’t returned, right?”
Maybe both Xander and her mother were so desperate for Luna’s agreement that they missed the hidden meaning in her words. But as soon as she finished speaking, they realized and grew deeply anxious.
“Yara, tell Mother honestly—have you and that boy done ‘that thing’? I want the truth,” her mother said.
Luna instantly understood what her mother meant. With a bitter smile, she replied, “So you’re asking if I’m still a virgin? He was the one who helped me rebuild my body—he’s seen every inch of me. Even if I weren’t a virgin, wouldn’t that be normal?”
Hearing this, Xander Xuan was utterly stunned. He collapsed to the floor, mumbling, “It’s over… It’s all over. To think Solarion Palace will be destroyed by my own hands. If I hadn’t gone searching for you all these years, maybe the palace wouldn’t have ended up like this. You’re the sinner of the palace…”
“You think I’m no longer a virgin? You’re wrong. Even though Evan Lin and I love each other, we haven’t crossed that line. I swore to give myself to him only on our wedding night. So rest assured—I am still a virgin.
I know it’s awkward to ask such things, and you shouldn’t have to, but I need to tell you what kind of person Evan Lin is. Father, the way you treated him in Newcapital City—you’ll regret it for the rest of your life,” Luna said.
Hearing Luna was still a virgin, Xander felt as if he’d plunged off a cliff, only to be swept back to safety by a sudden gust of wind. The emotional whiplash was almost unbearable.
After a long silence, he finally asked, “Is it true? You’re still a virgin? You’re not lying to us?”
Luna grew angry. This was the most private question, and she’d already answered it—yet he ignored everything else she’d said. “You’ll know the truth soon enough. I need to cultivate, so please leave! One last thing: you’ll regret it. Evan Lin is a peerless genius!”
Xander glanced at Luna and said, “I won’t regret it. What could he possibly accomplish in a hundred years? Last I saw him, he was only at the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm. Even if he’s a genius, at best he’ll reach mid or late Ninth-Heaven Arch-Immortal—and I could crush him with a single finger.”
“Heh, you’re all underestimating him. Evan Lin has only been in the Immortal Realm for five years, and he’s already gone from an ordinary Immortal to late Da Luo Golden Immortal. Who in the Immortal Realm has such heaven-defying speed?
And one more thing you forgot: he’s cultivating the Ninefold Stellar Transformation—the supreme art that no one in Solarion Palace could master. He’s already reached the seventh turn!” Luna declared angrily.
Her words left both Xander and her mother’s expressions shifting rapidly. To go from ordinary Immortal to Da Luo Golden Immortal in five years—who knows, in a hundred years he might reach Immortal Emperor. And the heaven-defying Ninefold Stellar Transformation was even more terrifying. For the first time, Xander felt a hint of regret…