"Crap! Crap! Crap!! Quickly, take it off!"0

While Feng Yao was basking in the adoration of the crowd, the Mortal Dust Devil Seed within her heart panicked.0

"Why?" she asked, puzzled yet compliant. She reached out and snatched the Harmony Crown from her head.0

As soon as the Harmony Crown was removed, the brilliance of the seven Yin Stars dimmed, and the dazzling starlight that filled the hall abruptly vanished. The awe it had inspired, however, continued to ripple through the air.0

"If you'd worn it any longer, it would've cracked," Yun Xiao remarked casually.0

"Cracked? Really?" Feng Yao, holding the Harmony Crown, gave it a cursory glance.0

But a closer look revealed fine cracks within the seven Yin Stars.0

"What if it had exploded? Would that count for nothing?" Feng Yao flicked her tongue in mock horror, smiling sheepishly.0

"From what I've seen, people always find excuses for what they can't accept," Yun Xiao observed.0

"Thank goodness..." Feng Yao quickly covered the stars with her palm, her face wearing an awkward smile that, to outsiders, seemed brimming with...0