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The Bronze Candlestick in the Court of Judgment toppled violently, and the solidified Beeswax from Twenty-Seven Years shattered at Aelia's feet.
She fell onto the Liujin Rose Emblem seat, her Emerald Eyes reflecting the mottled Shou Gong Sha on the Oath Stone—those crimson Sandy Gravel winding along the grooves of the Twenty-Eight Mansions Relief, forming a Curse Totem identical to the one at Leonard's neck.
"Mother!" The sound of an ice crystal staff striking the ground pierced through the chaos, as her elder brother Pale's fingers nearly crushed the Cold Ice Magic Core.
As he knelt on one knee, the Metal Bracket beneath his garments emitted a faint lament. "Look at those Truth Mirrors—"
Seven floating shards of mirror wove starlight into a Silver Web, enveloping Leonard's Obsidian Badge.
In Lord Leonard's Dragon's Blood Rose Dark Pattern, an Indigo hue began to seep out, resonating with the outer vortex of Xi Chuang.
Suddenly, Luna let out a giggle. The chubby infant's palm slapped against the edge of the Ice Cradle, causing the falling Azure Tail Kite Petals to transform into Ice Crystal Butterflies.
Second Brother stumbled as he pushed aside the overturned Judgment Seat, dark purple Curse Patterns crawling from his collar and embroidered shoes up to his neck. "It's all my fault for trusting Howard's Astrology..." He trembled as he tore open his shirt, revealing a writhing Star Worm Brand at his heart. "Three Months Ago he said that Star Sand could exploit a flaw in the Magic Fortress Barrier, but those Sandy Gravels were mixed with a Devouring Demon Egg..."
Suddenly, a sound of shattering glass echoed from the Dome.
Between Jiao Su and Wei Xiu, several pieces of Eternal Night Meteorite from the Hidden Star Belt collapsed, swirling black mist infused with sulfur transforming into a Cerberus form.
Luna quickly rolled over and grabbed a falling Lens; her baby tooth mark etched a complete Purification Rune on its surface, pinning the black mist dog head that lunged at Aelia in mid-air.
"Watch out, my lady!" Qin Si threw out a Secret Silver Chain wrapped around his waist, its end striking precisely to shatter a Skeleton Hand emerging from the Earth Rift.
The Slave Brand on the maid's nape suddenly heated up, reminding her of how it had burned the skin of betrayers when Aelia rescued her from the auction house twenty-seven years ago.
Lucius suddenly emerged from the shadows, his Shadow Whip ensnaring Leonard's right hand as he attempted to touch the Oath Stone. "Does Father know?" He pulled back Lord Leonard's sleeve embroidered with nightingales, revealing his Wrist and the Contract Mark of Magic Vortex Resonance. "The Emerald Bracelet you gave to Lady Daisy back then was forged from the Zhenhun Pillar in East Tower Cellar?"
The entire Magic Castle let out a roar akin to that of a waking dragon.
Luna's Ice Cradle exploded in response, and splintered ice crystals formed into Prophecy Crystals in mid-air.
The infant girl hung in the center of the Light Barrier, her voice resonating like the Magic Tide as she spoke a complete sentence: "The Moonlight Rose of the West Tower is about to bloom."
Aelia's Fingertip, stained with Shou Gong Sha, suddenly pierced her Palm.
As blood dripped, the back of the Oath Stone revealed the long-hidden Dark Compartment of Twenty-Seven Years, within which lay a Moonlight Rose frozen in ice—the family’s sacred flower that had inexplicably withered on the night of her birth.
On the parchment wrapped around the flower's stem was the Blood Pact forged between Leonard and the Eastern Witch.
"Mother, let me reinforce the barrier with Star Chain!" The eldest brother thrust his Ice Staff heavily into the Earth Rift, while Han Shuang spread along the Judgment Seat to form a Hexagram Formation.
His broken Twin Legs transformed into crystalline Mechanical Prosthetics under the enhancement of Ice Magic, each step causing Frost Flowers to bloom on the Ground. "Third Brother is deciphering the Ancient Magic Rune of the West Tower..."
Before he could finish, Brother San burst through the Side Door of the Court of Judgment, clutching an Ancient Grimoire that was flipping pages wildly.
Bloodstains marred his usually carefree face, and traces of Phosphorescence unique to the Eastern Witch lingered on his sleeves. "Those Magic Patterns are not a Defensive Formation at all!" he shouted as he tore his clothing to bandage Second Brother's bleeding Star Worm wound. "It's a Sacrificial Array that can be automatically activated by twenty-seven Shuo Yue Moon Phases!"
Luna suddenly emitted a sharp Loud Cry, and all Ice Crystal Butterflies converged into a Light Arrow that pierced through the Dome.
In the rift torn open by Lead Gray Clouds, pure moonlight illuminated the West Tower Castle Spire—there, entwined with Cursed Vines, the Moonlight Rose slowly unfurled its petals dusted with Stardust under Aelia's Palm and Blood Pearl's glow.
The tremors of the Court of Judgment gradually subsided as moonlight slanted through the Dome Crack onto Aelia's blood-stained Palm.
The revived Moonlight Rose spread its leaves under the soaking of Blood Pearl, and the Curse Totem wrapped around the Oath Stone twitched as if it were alive and recoiled.
"Mother, let me do this." Brother San suddenly knelt before Aelia, his Palm stained with Phosphorescence and Ashes pressing heavily onto the frozen Ancient Grimoire.
The ink frozen between Yellowed Pages began to flow suddenly, revealing the original Magic Pattern before it was altered—the runes originally engraved on the Outer Wall of West Tower reformed into a Sacrificial Array entwined with Thorns under Brother San's trembling Fingertip.
The Star Worm Brand at Second Brother's collar suddenly emitted a blinding red light; he staggered to support himself against the broken Obsidian Pillar of Judgment Seat, cold sweat trickling down his neck into dark purple Curse Patterns. "Three Months Ago, when Howard gave me Star Sand, he mentioned needing three Witnesses..." He abruptly looked up at Lucius' sleeve adorned with a nightingale motif. "That day Lucius was practicing shadow whip techniques at the beast training ground; did he encounter the Familiar of Eastern Witch?"
Lucius tightened his left hand wrapped in shadows slightly; his Gray-Blue Pupil reflected Leonard's Wrist still oozing blood from a Contract Mark. "On that night of the waxing crescent moon, there was a glow from an Emerald Bracelet in Father’s study." He swung his long whip to retrieve a Blood Alliance parchment that had fallen from behind Oath Stone. "Lady Daisy’s Mist Owl was clutching this scroll as it flew toward East Tower."
Aelia suddenly coughed violently, her Emerald Eyes shimmering with an icy halo.
Qin Si quickly supported her leaning body, the moonstone on the Secret Silver Chain weaving a delicate Light Web between them. "Madam, please have some Evening Primrose Tea," the maid knelt beside the Gilded Chair, an Ice Pearl rolling off the edge of the Ceramic Cup and splashing into the Tea Soup. "You haven't slept since last night..."
"The Ancient Magic Rune in the West Tower needs to be resealed." Brother San suddenly wiped his face with his blood-stained Sleeve, his usually stylish golden hair now covered in fragments of Eternal Night Meteorite.
He pulled open his collar to reveal a dim Magic Circuit beneath his Collarbone, a remnant of the training Track he had been guided to by Error when he awakened his talent at sixteen. "Before dawn, I will engrave the true Defensive Formation into my bones—using the Ice Blade inscription method that Mother taught me."
His Ice Staff suddenly emitted a sharp cracking sound.
The Mechanical Prosthetic formed by Han Shuang shed ice crystals as he turned, and the Hexagram Formation spreading across the Judgment Seat and Ground began to Reverse Rotation. "There are still seven triggers left for the Sacrificial Array, Shuo Yue Moon Phase." He pressed down on Brother San's violently heaving Lucius' Thin Shoulders, frost creeping up his blood-stained clothing from his Fingertip. "Dawn, I need you to analyze all the mutated Magic Patterns' parasitic Nodes."
Luna's Loud Cry suddenly turned into incoherent murmurs.
Ice Crystal Butterflies floating in the air descended upon her curled Toes, coalescing into a Silver Bracelet embedded with Star Sand.
The infant girl, with her index finger stained by Azure Tail Kite and Blue Blood Fern Juice, suddenly pointed outside Xi Chuang. The blooming Moonlight Rose erupted with a cascade of Silver White light, tearing open a gap in the Magic Vortex swirling above the Magic Castle.
Lucius hurried towards the shattered Oath Stone, using his Shadow Whip to ensnare the Cerberus-shaped black mist Residual Shadow. "The fragments of the Zhenhun Pillar in the East Tower might be used to repair the Barrier Gap." The boy flicked up a piece of Lady Daisy's Emerald Bracelet with the whip's tip; suddenly, the Serpent Engravings inside the bracelet began to move. "Dawn, I need to go to the Cellar to retrieve Father's mold from when he forged the Zhenhun Pillar."
Aelia's fingers, stained with Shou Gong Sha, suddenly brushed against Qin Si's Neck where her Slave Brand was located.
The maid trembled violently, Tea Soup spilling onto the armrest of the Gilded Chair as steam rose to reveal an illusion from twenty-seven years ago at an auction house—young Qin Si chained to an altar while Aelia swung her sword to sever the Demon Binding Shackles; at that moment, the Oath Stone had also cast down similar moonlight.
"Third Young Master Lucius needs assistance." Qin Si suddenly tightened her grip on the Secret Silver Chain and stood up, her Moonstone Pendant branding a Crescent-shaped Light Spot on her chest. "I know Lady Daisy's secret passage every time she comes to Magic Castle; those vine-entwined paths completely overlap with the West Tower's Magic Pattern."
As the first rays of dawn pierced through the clouds, Luna was curled up in a reformed Ice Cradle.
An ice crystal earring had somehow appeared on her Earlobe; upon closer inspection, it was made from Meteorite Fragments that had fallen from the Court of Judgment Dome.
Her rounded Fingertip moved unconsciously across the Ice Surface, and those winding water traces faintly formed remnants of the Eastern Witch Contract Document.
The Ice Crystal Butterfly suddenly froze, hovering three inches above the Cradle.
Luna's grape-like, shiny black eyes reflected the direction of the West Tower—there, the silver petals of the Moonlight Rose were falling one by one in the morning mist, each petal transforming into Liuguang as it descended towards some place underground.
Moonlight pierced through the crystalline curtain, refracting into tiny shards of Yin Mang on Luna's eyelashes.
The infant curled up in the reformed Ice Cradle, her Earlobe adorned with Meteorite Fragments resonating with vibrations from the Underground.
Her chubby fingers traced the edge of the Cradle, and suddenly the condensed Frost Flower revealed a schematic of the underground structure of the Magic Castle—those flickering Dark Red Light Spots were moving along the West Tower's Magic Pattern towards the approaching Court of Judgment.
"Yi Ya!" Luna suddenly grasped a falling Azure Tail Kite Petal, her tender Ailya's White Nails leaving three crescent-shaped marks on the petal.
This was an important signal of betrayal between Aelia and Leonard in the original text. When the seventeenth blood moon marked itself on the Oath Stone, the Eastern Witch's Soul Devouring Gu would...
The Ice Crystal Butterfly collectively turned towards the East Corridor Pillar, and Luna's grape-like eyes widened in shock.
She remembered that direction held a secret passage concealed by vines, which in the Original was used by Lady Daisy to smuggle the Contract Scroll.
The infant let out a sharp Loud Cry, shaking the bottom of the Ice Cradle to reveal a Seven Star Formation pattern—this was precisely what Brother San had deciphered last night as part of the Sacrifice Magic Circle Core Node.
"Who’s there?" Qin Si suddenly turned around, her Secret Silver Chain taut under the moonlight.
The Slave Brand on her neck began to seep a ghostly blue Red Glow, resonating with the Ancient Magic Rune on the Outer Wall of the West Tower.
Just as she was about to throw out a Moonstone, she saw Leonard emerge from the shadows, his Lord's black robe still stained with phosphorescent ashes unique to the Eastern Realm.
Aelia Huo Ran rose, and on her Gilded Chair, the Dark Night Rose Pattern suddenly blossomed into Ice Spikes.
Her palm's Moonlight Rose grew wildly, and thorny vines snapped against Leonard’s feet, shattering the black Obsidian bricks. "Does Lady Daisy’s Emerald Bracelet still fit?" The reflection in her Emerald Eyes captured her husband's neck where the Contract Mark writhed. "You can speak so affectionately about the lies of Twenty-Seven Years and Magic Tide!"
The heavy thud of her brother's Ice Staff echoed as Han Shuang spread along the crack in the Oath Stone, forming a Thorn fence.
His broken Twin Legs, enhanced by Ice Magic, transformed into glistening ice columns, each Ice Spike reflecting the youthful visage of Leonard—twenty-seven years ago on that rainy night, when the Lord personally handed the Evening Primrose Tea laced with the Devouring Demon Egg to his pregnant wife.
"Does Father understand the principle behind the forging of the Zhenhun Pillar?" Lucius dangled from the beam above, his Shadow Whip ensnaring Leonard's right hand as he attempted to Jie Yin.
The young man tore open his father's sleeve embroidered with nightingales, revealing a new Serpent Pattern Scar on his Wrist. "For every inch of the Zhenhun Pillar melted away, the Dragon Vein of the Magic Fortress Barrier loses thirty percent of its magic power—those seventeen Emerald Bracelets you gifted to Lady Daisy just happen to account for fifty-one percent of the loss."
Leonard suddenly raised his hand and sliced through his Fingertip, a Blood Pearl forming in midair into an Eastern Realm Contract Rune.
Luna's Ice Cradle exploded in response, but the splintered ice did not touch the ground—fragments from the infant's Earlobe erupted with Purple Light, causing all ice crystals to reassemble into the shape of an Ancient Forbidden Spell in midair.
This was a secret technique used by the Great Mage in the Original to counteract Blood Pact, now instinctively activated by the baby's Magic Resonance.
"Luna!" Aelia flung out a Moonlight Rose vine to ensnare her daughter, her Emerald Eyes suddenly Emerging with Ice Cracks.
She saw a faint Golden Magic Pattern Emerging on the inner side of the infant's Wrist, which was indeed her family's long-lost Moonlight Blessing Mark from three hundred years ago.
The Oath Stone suddenly emitted a Longyin-like Roar, and a sheepskin scroll floated out from its back, automatically unfurling to reveal an Additional Clause hidden beneath the Blood Pact—"The signatories connected by Bloodline shall forever fall into the Abyss of Soul Devouring."
Her elder brother's ice glacier Mechanical Prosthetic suddenly shattered. As he knelt on one knee, his garment billowed out an Ice Storm. "Father once said my Magic Backlash was an accident..." The Cold Ice Magic Core blossomed in his Palm, releasing a blood-stained Bing Hua. "But among those uncontrollable water elements was mixed with the Eastern Witch's specially crafted Soul Exploding Dust!"
The Ice Crystal Butterflies collectively ignited in flames, emerging from the Azure Purple Flame was Lady Daisy's Mist Owl Residual Shadow.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna grasped a Burning butterfly wing and used her saliva-moistened fingers to draw twisted runes on the Judgment Seat.
Qin Si's Slave Brand on her Neck suddenly heated up; she stumbled against the Gilded Column and saw that the mark Leonard had branded on her when she was seventeen perfectly overlapped with the ninth Node of West Tower's Magic Pattern.
As the second ray of morning light pierced through the clouds, the black Obsidian bricks beneath Leonard suddenly caved in.
Just before the Lord fell into the Earth Rift, a nightingale tail feather that slipped from his sleeve landed perfectly in Luna's Palm.
The infant giggled as she clutched the feather, completely unaware of urgent footsteps approaching from the East Tower—those were her Second Brother carrying Star Sand Antidote and Brother San covered in Magic Patterns and Ke Hen, both racing towards her following the Resonance of the Oath Stone.
In the center of the Court of Judgment, an Ice Storm formed a vortex, devouring the last remnants of black mist.
Aelia lowered her head to kiss her daughter Emerging's Magic Pattern on her wrist, unaware that Luna was staring at the Moonlight Roses wilting outside Xi Chuang—those silver petals that had fallen into the Earth Rift were now coalescing into a new Contract Scroll underground.
Aelia's fingers dug deeply into the Ice Crystal Armrest, and the Crystal Chandelier emitted a crisp sound as it collided violently under the magical tremors.
Outside the window, the Guardian Barrier, which should have glimmered with a faint golden light, cracked with spider web-like patterns, and Dark Purple Mist seeped through the fissures.
"Madam! We have discovered traces of magical beasts in the East Tower!" Qin Si rushed into the Assembly Hall, her skirt in hand and Magic Crystal Dust clinging to her hair bun. "Third Young Master Lucius has secured the Library of Hidden Books, but the Defensive Magic Pattern in the North Corridor—"
"Use my blood." Aelia tore off her Sapphire Necklace from around her neck, and the sharp edges of the Ice Spike cut into her palm.
As blood dripped onto the Gilded Emblem, it instantly boiled, transforming into steam that rose to form an Ice Crystal Phoenix. "Go tell Lucius that activating Frost Eye requires a direct Bloodline from our family..."
She suddenly paused, catching a glimpse of Luna in the Nurse's arms, staring at her bleeding palm.
Those violet eyes shimmered with strange ripples, as if countless stars were swirling within them.
Aelia felt her heart gently squeezed by something; the illusion she had seen last night in the nursery emerged before her eyes—the crystal ball showing her husband entwined with Leonard's Concubine during Leonard's Last Night, along with her daughter's sudden Loud Cry.
"Mother!" The doors of the Assembly Hall burst open, and a wheelchair rolled over shards of shattered crystal, producing a piercing sound.
Her eldest son Pale's face was illuminated by the flickering Magic Halo outside. His incomplete right hand pressed against the communication array on the Wheelchair Armrest. "The Magic Crystal reserves in the West Side Tower have been stolen; the Chief Guard on watch... is one of Father's men."
Luna kicked her small feet wrapped in Lei Silk Stockings in the Nurse's arms, unnoticed by anyone as a hint of Yin Mang flickered at her fingertip.
Suddenly, the Celestial Chart in the Council Chamber Dome projected a Light Spot that landed on her brother's Wheelchair Armrest at the Magic Rune Groove.
Those runes that should have remained dormant began to spontaneously reorganize, coalescing into a brand new Array Circuit.
"Madam!
The beast has broken through the North Corridor!" The Knight, covered in blood, collapsed at the foot of the stairs, the sound of beastly roars echoing behind him.
Aelia Huo Ran rose, her luxurious skirt sweeping across the ground littered with ice crystals.
Just as she was about to draw her wrist and unleash the Forbidden Technique, she suddenly felt a warm Magic Fluctuation emanating from the swaddled bundle.
Luna released a burst of Colorful Bubbles, the surface of each bubble shimmering with runes that perfectly matched the Celestial Star Map.
As one of the bubbles touched Aelia's wound, a grand Zhong Ming resonated throughout the castle.
The beasts attacking the barrier let out a collective wail, and to Aelia's astonishment, the Magic Patterns on their bodies began to reverse Burn.
"This is impossible..." Aelia gazed at her rapidly healing palm and suddenly recalled ancient texts about the reincarnation of a Great Mage—when Xing Hui and Bloodline Resonance occurred, the guardians of Taboo would awaken.
In the shadows of the attic, the Steward clutched a stolen Magic Crystal, ready to retreat, when he suddenly noticed a Violet Mark emerging on his hand that matched Luna's eye color.
At the same time, Brother San, locked in a fierce battle in the Library of Hidden Books, trembled as his incomplete staff erupted with an emerald glow. The Ancient Script he had never been able to comprehend now appeared in his mind as clearly as his native tongue.
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