The cracks in the Dome of Parliament Hall were shedding fragments of Xing Hui, while Leonard concealed pieces of the Infant Swaddling into the Dark Compartment. Suddenly, Luna's Doodle, which she had painted with magical Milk Foam last night, manifested on the stone wall.
The twisted vine patterns intertwined with the Guardian Tree's Root System formed a prophetic spell, as the emerald green Blue Blood Fern Juice seeped along the Geomancy lines, permeating the entire Magic Castle.
"Mother needs this." Aelia clutched the Child-Rearing Box adorned with moonstone, while Qin Si had just styled her Hair Bun, hiding three Ice Crystal Hairpins within it—crafted by Lucius from shards of the Ice Crystal Throne into a Demon-Slaying Weapon.
Inside the box, Luna was folding the leaves of the Contract Tree Seedling into tiny boats, each leaf emerging with the Blood Pact Emblem of Morian Manor.
When Leonard burst in, reeking of Puppet Strings, Luna suddenly let out a Giggling sound.
The baby's Pink Palm slapped against Aelia and Leonard's Star Moon Necklace, automatically activating the Protective Barrier left by the Self-Immolation Matriarch eighty years ago.
The Silver Blue Light Screen blocked the Puppet Thread five steps away, while the Dark Purple Thread stained with Dark Elf blood writhed ominously.
"Record Morian's child under your name." The Golden Silk Ink entwined around Lord Fingertip suddenly solidified into a miniature Genealogy. The names of Aelia's three sons began to fade. "The Magic Castle requires a purer Bloodline Heir."
Aelia caressed the edge of the Child-Rearing Box where the New Moon Indentation still bore Luna's Milk Tooth imprint.
She tossed aside her waist pendant adorned with Ice Crystal Snow Lotus onto the stone table; the twelve moonstones embedded within shattered in response, revealing the Draft of the Severance Letter hidden in its layers.
On the yellowed Parchment, her three sons' Magic Signatures had already been witnessed by the Guardian Tree twenty years ago.
"Your Puppet Thread can alter the Council Scroll, but it cannot change the Earth Vein Contract." She lifted Luna to eye level with Leonard. The Contract Tree Seedling around the baby's neck suddenly grew wildly, its tender green vines wrapping around the floating Puppet Strings.
The Golden Silk Ink that gnawed at Senator Signatures emitted black smoke as it encountered Vine Sap, as if burned.
Qin Si burst through the Golden Gate at that moment.
The decorations in the maid's hair transformed into Prewarning Blue Butterflies, one of which was using Elvish Language to convey, "The Seven Elders have crossed the Obsidian Corridor!" A decayed scent of Long Blood Ink wafted from behind her, remnants of a century-old sealing blood on the Elders' Scepter.
Suddenly, the Puppet Thread behind Leonard tightened, and the Twelfth Senator's Signature on the Council Scroll began to ooze Purple-Black Contaminated Blood.
A Blood Pearl dropped onto the Ground, forming a Teleportation Array Pattern, but collided with the remnants of the Magic Baby Bottle that Luna had previously knocked over—Milky White Liquid was corroding a charred Hole in the Judgment Array.
"What about the Frost Dragon Crystal Core promised by the Lord?" The Grand Elder's Serpent Head Staff struck heavily against the Leyline Node, causing the entire castle to tilt fifteen degrees.
The Second Elder's false eye, embedded with a Vengeful Spirit Crystal, rolled around, reflecting in its Pupil the lingering Infant Crying Blood Pattern on Leonard's Wrist.
Brother San's Alchemical Pocket Watch suddenly fell from the second floor. The faded image of the matriarch on its face unexpectedly sneered, "Did you really think the Elder Council couldn't smell the stench of Iris when you replaced the Roots of the Contract Tree with Morian's hair?" The Pocket Watch emitted sounds of Contract Tree Seedling Roots penetrating through the floor, resonating with the Guardian Tree's Zhen Chan in an ancient Spell.
Luna suddenly reached out her small hand, stained with Milk Stain, towards the Grand Elder.
The infant's Palm emerged with Golden Patterns originating from Puppet Strings, but upon touching the Long Blood Ink on the Scepter, it transformed into Leonard's modified Starburst Array used for Genealogy.
The Spell Robes of the Seven Elders fluttered without wind, and one by one, the Oath Gems embedded in their cuffs began to explode.
"Three Months Ago, the Moonstone Vein in the Southern Region was depleted; it turns out it was used to nurture Puppet Threads." The Fourth Elder lifted a fallen Gold Thread from Leonard with his Scepter. At its frayed end was a residue of Emerald Liquid that suddenly morphed into a mini version of Aelia, who performed a standard Aelia gesture towards the Elders.
This was a Lifecasting Puppet made by Luna using Contract Tree Sap last night.
Aelia quietly pressed a mechanism at the bottom of the Child-Rearing Box, causing twelve Ice Crystal Snow Lotus Seeds to roll towards the Bronze Lamp Post in the Southeast Corner of the Assembly Hall—where Big Brother had cultivated Curse Seeds using Backlash Magic.
The Blue Butterfly Hairpin at Qin Si's temple suddenly extinguished three of its lights, corresponding to the three elders from the Council who had once received favors from the Aelia Family.
As Leonard manipulated the Puppet Thread to roll up the Council Scroll, Luna suddenly emitted a deafening Loud Cry.
The Sound Wave shattered the Memory Crystal hidden in Qin Si's sleeve, and the image of Leonard swearing under the Contract Tree twenty years ago filled the entire Dome.
In Leonard's Last Night, the Young Lord's Iris Flower Brooch was now pinned to a blood-stained swaddling cloth in the secret chamber.
Aelia gently brushed her fingertips over the Golden Lock of the Child-Rearing Box, and twelve Ice Crystal Snow Lotus Seeds suddenly bloomed into a dazzling Ice Crystal Flower atop the Bronze Lamp Post.
Each petal encapsulated Luna from the Contract Tree's morning, refracting the Stellar Trajectory that her elder brother had drawn on the Curse Seed twenty years ago.
When the Grand Elder's Serpent Head Staff touched the Ice Crystal Flower drifting before him, a complete Magic Fortress Defense System Diagram unexpectedly emerged from its core—this was the Heart's Blood that her brother had deduced using Backlash Magic for ten years.
"The solution to the Cold Frost Star Trail..." A glimmer flashed beneath the Grand Elder's wrinkled eyelids as the Silver Serpent coiled at the top of his Scepter suddenly flicked its tongue, drawing in the Ice Crystal Flower into its staff embedded with Dragon Scales.
The Curse Seed sealed within reacted to her brother's residual magic on the Star Chart, blooming with a Light Purple Iris Pattern on the surface of the staff.
Leaning against the Gilded Column, her brother suddenly coughed lightly. The moonstone embedded in his Wheelchair Armrest resonated with the Ice Crystal Flower, projecting scenes from when Backlash Magic exploded onto the Ground.
In Leonard's Last Night, a seventeen-year-old boy used his last strength to direct the curse towards his Twin Legs, yet protected the Alchemy Laboratory in the West Wing of the Demon Fortress—where three hundred years of secrets from the Elder Council's Inheritance were stored.
Elder Five's hand trembled slightly as he held the Ice Crystal Flower; suddenly, a Celestial Chart emerged from its stem and reconfigured, revealing her brother's solution to breaking the Ancient Elven Seal Technique last month.
The old man’s false eye, embedded with Vengeful Spirit Crystal, turned towards the youth in the Wheelchair. He lightly tapped the Ground with his Scepter: "The solution to Han Shuang's curse backlash should replace Ice Crystal with the tail vertebra of a Snow Domain Demon Wolf."
Leonard's wrist suddenly twitched, and the Puppet Thread wrapped around the Council Scroll as the Golden Silk Ink was forcibly injected with Frost Breath.
Just as he was about to speak, the Second Elder abruptly raised the Scepter embedded with Blood Amber. Zhang Jian's dark red Liu Su swept across his brother's wheelchair armrest—those Liujin Floral Patterns, corroded by the Puppet Thread, instantly restored to their former glory.
"The child of Morian has awakened the Frost Dragon Bloodline." Elder Seven suddenly used the Scepter to carve open a Space Rift, revealing a crystal ball suspended in midair that reflected a Silver-Haired Boy casting a violent Wind and Snow.
Leonard's wrist flipped, and the Puppet Thread sketched a new Inheritance Sequence on the Council Scroll, with the name of the Illegitimate Child glowing in piercing Ice Blue.
The Golden Gate was suddenly burst open by a Cold Wave, and Julia, dressed in an Ice Silk Long Dress, entered gracefully while holding the hand of a Five-Year-Old Boy.
The boy's fingertip touched an Ice Crystal Butterfly that collided with Qin Si's Blue Butterfly Hairpin at her temple, freezing the Prewarning Blue Butterfly into an Ice Sculpture that fell to the ground.
Leonard's eyes gleamed with a triumphant pattern as the Puppet Thread wrapped around the Ice Crystal Butterfly, flying toward the Elders' Scepter.
"Sigmund, greet the Elders." Julia gently pushed the boy's back, and the Frost Dragon Scale embedded in her skirt shimmered alongside the image in the crystal ball.
However, the boy pointed his Ice Crystal Staff at the Dome Crack, and a violent Wind and Snow instantly swept away the ancient book Remnant Page that was being unsealed on Third Elder's Scepter.
The Silver Serpent atop the First Elder's Scepter suddenly raised its head, its Snake Eye reflecting the faintly visible Puppet Thread Brand on the boy's neck—clearly marked by Leonard using Golden Silk Ink as a Manipulation Mark.
The Vengeful Spirit Crystal in the Second Elder's false eye suddenly oozed black mist, forming a fragmented Magic Castle Emblem at the boy's feet—a sign that he was not recognized by Geomancy as Heir.
Julia's Ice Silk Cloak fluttered without wind, as the Frost Dragon Soul swimming within its Dark Pattern devoured the Green Light of the Contract Tree Seedling.
Her fingers, painted with Ice Crystal Nail Polish, brushed against the edge of the Child-Rearing Box, where it overlapped with Luna's Milk Tooth imprint, suddenly crystallizing into a Frost Flower.
Aelia's Ice Crystal Hairpin suddenly refracted the Sevenfold Halo, sealing the Frost Flower within the Diamond Barrier.
The shards of Xing Hui that fell from the Dome suddenly coalesced into arrow shapes, all pointing towards Julia's Amethyst Hairpin made from a Frost Dragon Horn.
Luna suddenly reached out with her small hand stained with Milk Stain, as the Roots of the Contract Tree Seedling penetrated the Peacock Stone Tiles, wrapping around the boy's ankle—those attempts to corrode the Roots with Frost Magic were completely absorbed by the Golden Patterns emerging from the baby’s Palm.
As Julia's Skirt brushed against the edge of the stone table, a half piece of Bloodstained Swaddling Fragment suddenly popped out from the bottom of Aelia's Child-Rearing Box.
The Iris Flower Brooch from Leonard's vow twenty years ago was eerily overlapping with the swaying Frost Iris on Julia's Moonstone Earrings.
The last Prewarning Blue Butterfly in Qin Si's sleeve suddenly exploded into Ice Powder, fluttering down onto the Magic Signature of the Draft of the Severance Letter.
The Frost Iris on Julia's Earlobe suddenly erupted with a bone-chilling Coldness. Her fingers, painted with Ice Crystal Nail Polish, gently brushed over the Draft of the Severance Letter on the stone table, causing a Spider Web-like Frost Pattern to form instantly on the surface of the Parchment. "A child raised by my sister can't even sustain a Contract Tree," she remarked. The Ice Silk Cloak swept over Luna's swaddling, causing the Contract Tree Seedling to curl its leaves.
Aelia's Ice Crystal Hairpin refracted the Sevenfold Halo once more, as the Diamond Barrier enveloped by the Guardian Tree’s Green Radiance shattered the Frost Pattern.
The half piece of blood-stained swaddling at the bottom of the Child-Rearing Box suddenly floated up, and Leonard's Iris Flower Brooch from twenty years ago exploded into Xing Huo before Julia’s eyes, scorching a Scorch Mark onto her meticulously drawn Ice Crystal Eyebrow.
"Impudent!" The Grand Elder slammed his Serpent Head Staff onto the ground. The Ice Crystal Flower held in the mouth of the Silver Serpent suddenly spoke in Big Brother’s voice: "Did Father ever consider that replacing the Contract Tree Roots with Morian's Bloodline would lead to raising a Frost Puppet that devours its master?" The sound of a Wheelchair rolling over Peacock Stone Tiles echoed from behind the Gilded Column. Big Brother Pale’s fingers were pressing down on the moonstone of the Wheelchair Armrest, and those Frost Patterns shattered by Julia began to crawl towards Leonard’s Puppet Thread along Shi Wen.
Elder Five suddenly placed his Scepter across the Genealogy Scroll, reflecting Leonard’s trembling Fingertip in the Vengeful Spirit Crystal: "Are we truly going to disown these three descendants who flow with Matriarch's Blood?" A Light Gold sap began to seep from cracks in the Gilded Dome; it was the Contract Tree mourning for its soon-to-be stripped Bloodline.
Three strands of Puppet Thread suddenly snapped from Leonard’s Wrist, and Golden Silk Ink spread into a twisted vortex on the Council Scroll.
He gazed at Big Brother’s Wheelchair Armrest where those long-engraved Zhi Hen lay—at seventeen, he had used his last bit of magic to draw a Star Chart that still flickered within the moonstone.
Suddenly, roots from the Contract Tree Seedling burst through the gap in the floor tiles, wrapping around a blood-stained swaddling cloth pressed against his palm.
"The Alchemy Laboratory in the West Wing of the Demon Fortress..." The black mist in the Second Elder's false eye suddenly coalesced into a scene from twenty years ago, where Elder Brother was flipping through a secret tome protected by Backlash Magic at the tip of his scepter. "The Frost Dragon Crystal Core you exchanged for your Eldest Son's ten-year lifespan is now embedded in Julia's waist belt."
Luna suddenly reached out to grab the Puppet Thread that floated before her, her infant gums oozing blood that shimmered with a golden hue.
The corrupted Genealogy Iris encountered the Blood Pearl, which bizarrely reassembled into crooked "disconnection" characters on the parchment.
Brother San's Alchemical Pocket Watch suddenly spiraled down from the second floor, with Contract Tree Sap seeping from its cracked face, imprinting the characters into an official document that glowed with green light.
"When Father took away my Twin Legs' sensation back then, he didn't hesitate like this." The eldest brother suddenly lifted the Silver Thread Blanket draped over his knees, revealing skin marred by Starfire Scorch.
The marks left by Backlash Magic resonated with the Dome Crack, casting shadows on the stone wall that depicted Leonard kneeling beneath the Contract Tree, swearing an oath to Xu Ying.
Julia's fingertip Ice Crystal Butterfly suddenly flitted toward the projection of Leonard's Last Night but transformed into blood upon touching Xu Ying's infant swaddling.
Her skirt's Frost Dragon Soul emitted a chilling wail as Dragon Claw shredded pieces of Xu Ying, which then automatically reassembled into the border pattern of a Severance Letter.
Ice Powder that fell from Qin Si's sleeve suddenly coalesced into the shape of a Feather Pen, its tip dipped in golden blood seeping from Luna's swaddling.
The crystal ball atop Elder Seven's scepter suddenly exploded, sending shards flying and carving deep cracks into the Genealogy Scroll.
Leonard's attempt to mend the cracks with Puppet Thread was thwarted as it disintegrated into ashes upon contact with the Contract Tree Sap that surged forth.
The Grand Elder's Serpent Head Staff suddenly plunged into the crack, its Silver Serpent Fang biting down on the fading Eldest Son's Name, while its Snake Eye gazed at Luna and her Stacked Leaf Boat within the Child-Rearing Box.
"Exclusion!" Julia's Frost Amethyst Hairpin suddenly shot towards the Genealogy Scroll, but at the moment it touched the Parchment, it was drawn away by Second Brother's Waist Alchemical Bottle.
The soul of her imprisoned dear friend erupted in laughter, shattering the Vengeful Spirit Crystal embedded in the Bottle—an artifact formed from the tears of repentance of the one who deceived Second Brother twenty years ago.
Brother San abruptly pressed the faded image of the Matriarch against his chest, and the Ancient Elvish Script on the back of the Image seemed to come alive, crawling up his arm.
The Golden Silk Ink seeping from the Genealogy Scroll met with Iris, forming a complete Severing Bond Spell Array on the Ground.
At the center of the array floated the Ye Chuan that Luna had folded last night, while the Blood Pact Emblem on the ship exhaled Silver Blue Flame.
As Old Elder trembled and pressed the Exclusion Seal against the scroll, Luna suddenly emitted a muffled sob.
The Golden Patterns on the infant's Palm surged unexpectedly, freezing the seal half an inch above the Parchment.
The Roots of the Contract Tree Seedling penetrated through Peacock Stone Tiles, ensnaring Old Elder's Scepter. The tip of its tender shoots oozed Emerald Color Blue Blood Fern Juice, automatically inscribing a Severance Clause with an Ice Crystal Flower Seal on the blank space of the scroll.
Julia's Ice Silk Cloak transformed into chains that wrapped around the Child-Rearing Box, but upon touching the surface of Liujin, it was pierced by twelve suddenly exploding Ice Crystal Snow Lotus Seeds.
Aelia traced her fingertip over the New Moon Indentation left by the mechanism at the Bottom of the Box, where a blood fingerprint marked with a Milk Tooth quietly emerged—exactly where Leonard had pressed his vow on the Marriage Contract twenty years ago.
A crack in the Gilded Dome suddenly gushed forth an Emerald Light Waterfall, while the Root System of the Contract Tree penetrated through the Granite Floor, weaving into a suspended Magic Altar at the center of Parliament Hall.
Aelia lightly tapped the Golden Lock on the Child-Rearing Box, causing twelve Ice Crystal Snow Lotus Seeds to shatter in response, coalescing into Ice Crystal Parchment that shimmered with moonlight.
"The Severance Letter must be written with San Zi Heart's Blood as ink." Before Aelia finished speaking, her elder brother had already sliced open his index finger.
The Moonstone of the Wheelchair Armrest suddenly erupted with Xing Mang, dyeing his blood a silvery hue reminiscent of the galaxy.
As the Blood Pearl touched the paper, the Root System of the Guardian Tree emitted a Zhen Chan akin to Longyin—emerging from the bloodstains was the tightly bound Curse of the Alchemical Laboratory Secret Tome he had sacrificed himself to protect twenty years ago.
Julia's Ice Silk Cloak transformed into a Frost Blade, slashing towards the Parchment, only to be entirely consumed by an Alchemical Bottle that Second Brother had launched from his Waist.
The soul of his dear friend imprisoned within the bottle let out a piercing Qian Jiao, and those deceptive lies morphed into tangible black mist, which was shredded by the Contract Tree Roots upon touching Second Brother's blood. "It’s time to repay," Second Brother pressed his blood-stained Thumb against the edge of the Document, and the Magical Talent that had been eroded by the Dark Contract surprisingly reassembled into a Flame Totem on his Palm.
Brother San's Alchemical Engraving Pen suddenly began to spin autonomously, inscribing a Magic Signature in Elven Ancient Language onto the Parchment.
The faded Image of the matriarch floated out from his chest, and upon encountering the Contract Tree Sap, the Curse Runes on its back astonishingly reformed into a Secret Technique to lift the seal on his talent.
Julia's Moonstone Earrings erupted with Frost Iris, and the splintered fragments formed an Inverse Pentagram Formation on the Ground—exactly like the Taboo Magic Rune that had misled Brother San into neglecting his training years ago.
"The seventh clause of the Magic Castle Inheritance Law..." The Scepter of Old Elder was suddenly knocked down by Luna's Loud Cry, causing a Silver Anklet that had fallen from an infant's foot to roll into the center of the altar.
The Time-Space Imprint engraved around him activated automatically, projecting evidence of Leonard’s crime of swapping Bloodlines beneath the Contract Tree twenty years ago onto the Dome.
The Ice Dragon Horn Hairpin in Julia's hair melted away, revealing a hidden Puppet Silk Access Point beneath—clearly connected to Leonard’s Golden Silk Ink Bottle concealed in his sleeve.
Aelia's Ice Crystal Hairpin refracted into a Seven-Layer Barrier, freezing Puppet Threads attempting to snatch away the Document in mid-air.
The Prewarning Blue Butterfly that flew out from Qin Si's sleeve transformed into a Light Prison, enveloping Julia who was trying to escape. "It’s time to end this." The elder brother turned his Wheelchair towards the altar; Twin Legs' Starfire Scorch resonated with the blood imprint on the Document, sketching a complete Severing Bond Formation on the Ground.
When Luna's small handprint landed on the bottom right corner of the Document, a Contract Tree Seedling suddenly pierced through the Child-Rearing Box.
Tender shoots of Emerald Color entwined around the infant's Wrist, leaving a thorned floral pattern etched with ripples of time and space at the edge of the Parchment.
Suddenly, all the Puppet Threads of Leonard's Wrist snapped, and the Golden Silk Ink bled into a distorted whirlpool on the Council Scroll—at the center of that whirlpool, the future scene of The Excluded reasserting control over the Magic Castle emerged.
The Golden Gate was abruptly breached by Ley Line Energy, as howling northern winds swept in, carrying ice and snow into Parliament Hall.
Aelia tucked the Severance Letter into a Secret Silver Box adorned with Moonstone, and the box immediately projected a relief of Magic Castle Hall.
The three brothers' Magic Robe fluttered without wind, its hems quietly crystallizing into an Iridescent Iris Pattern symbolizing rebirth—this was a variant of the Family Crest from the Self-Immolation Matriarch's armor eighty years ago.
Luna's Silver Anklet suddenly emitted an ethereal chime, as the Contract Tree Seedling unfurled its leaves within.
Deep within the infant's Pupil flickered the unique Golden Green Light of a Reincarnated Archmage, quietly imprinting this moment's Time-Space Imprint onto the Blue Butterfly Hairpin nestled in Qin Si's hair.
As the last Ice Crystal Snow Lotus shattered upon the altar, the Crystal Chandelier in Magic Castle Hall suddenly illuminated all at once, casting shadows of Twelve Emerald Pillars against the backdrop of howling wind and snow.
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