As the roar gradually subsided, Luna's swaddling still retained the warmth of Xing Huo.
Aelia's Ice Wings were shedding crystalline fragments, resembling melted moonlight.
The infant stretched out her chubby little hand, precisely grasping a fading Bing Ling, and in a baby voice uttered three words: "Father... bad."
Aelia's fingertips trembled, and the Ice Crystal Crown at her temples emitted a faint sound of clashing.
She lifted her daughter higher so that the Magic Energy lamp could illuminate the child's clear Zi Tong. "What did Luna say?"
"Father... outside..." The baby suddenly coughed violently, silver stars formed from Purifying Power spilling from the corners of her mouth.
These Xing Zi fell to the ground and transformed into Bing Ling, sketching a blurred outline of a courtyard on the Lapis Lazuli Floor—exactly like the Rose Maze that Leonard often visited.
Brother San suddenly burst through the Liujin Gate, his tattered Mage Robe still stained with scorch marks from the Potion Room explosion. "Mother! Father is raising three Mixed-Blood Bastards at Emerald Manor!" In his palm hovered a Memory Crystal, where a golden-haired child was casting Ice and Fire Dual System Magic, with the older one already able to summon the Ice Wing Tribe's iconic Wing.
The Ice Crystal Crown suddenly shattered into seventeen cracks, and Aelia staggered to support herself against the Crystal Coffin.
A Secret Letter drifting from within was being scorched by Leonard's Magic Flame. The letterhead, adorned with the Ice Wing Clan Royal Blood, suddenly came to life, transforming into a butterfly with Blood Tears that fluttered towards Aelia's heart.
"Mother, be careful!" The elder brother's wheelchair toppled over a gilded candelabra, and his mangled right hand erupted with astonishing Frost Chains.
Those Magic Patterns that should have spiraled out of control were unusually docile at this moment, precisely wrapping around the burning Secret Letter—Luna's Purifying Power had unknowingly enveloped the entire chamber.
Suddenly, Second Brother let out a muffled groan and collapsed to the ground, a Curse Mark left by a close friend glowing red on his neck.
Aelia's shattered Ice Wings instantly extended branches, shielding him within the Yu Ling barrier.
The usually gloomy Second Son suddenly looked up. "Three months ago, Father asked me for the coordinates of the Ice Wing Clan Sacred Spring."
The Ice Spirit Stone on Leonard's Sword suddenly erupted with a strong light, casting three hundred Crystal Coffins into a prism maze.
Each face of the prism reflected different moments from Leonard's Last Night: Leonard kissing the Red-Haired Woman by the Holy Spring, the Half-Blood Child biting the Ice Wing Clan Sacred Beast, and the High Priest injecting a Dark Curse into the Crystal Coffin...
"So every time you retreat, you are feeding these filthy bloodlines." Aelia's voice was like a poisoned icicle as she stroked Luna's Ice Wings at the nape of her neck, a mark only seen on those of Royal Blood Heir.
The infant suddenly opened her mouth and bit down on Mother’s fingertip, pure Royal Blood seeping into her body through the Tooth Mark.
The entire Magic Castle suddenly shook violently, all Ice Wing Tribe totems simultaneously emitting mournful cries.
The energy surging around Leonard was forcibly suppressed. The Wedding Ring Sandification on his ring finger accelerated rapidly, revealing an inner layer inscribed with the Ice Wing Tribe's Secret Script: "Living and Dying Together" Curse—now flowing in reverse.
"Mother, look!" Brother San suddenly pointed to the floating original Secret Letter.
The Royal Blood symbols drawn along the edges of the Letterhead began to reorganize, ultimately coalescing into a Miniature Celestial Chart—the very essence of Ming Gui that Aelia had drawn upon each night while repairing the barrier.
Aelia's Ice Wings suddenly fell away completely, turning into Ice Crystal Dust before touching the ground.
Luna erupted with an earth-shattering loud cry, and those Dust particles reformed into a Starlight Chain, forcibly dragging three hundred Crystal Coffins back into the depths of the Crypt.
The infant's palm emerged with a complete Ice Wing Clan Royal Seal, gently pressing it against Mother’s heart.
As the last Crystal Coffin vanished into the Earth Rift, Qin Si stood frozen outside the beaded curtain, holding Yao Zhan's hand.
She saw her lady kneeling in Xing Hui, her three thousand silver strands visibly fading to snow white, while the Young Miss in swaddling clothes repeatedly traced the almost fallen Bing Lei at Mother’s eye corner with her glowing fingertip.
The Yao Zhan of Qin Si shattered under the beaded curtain.
Amber-hued Yao Zhi meandered along the Lapis Lazuli patterns, suddenly crystallizing into an Ice Pearl as it brushed against Aelia's cascading silver hair.
A Maid rushed into the chamber, her Skirt swaying violently, the Emerald Earrings slicing into her neck. A Blood Pearl transformed mid-air into an Ice Butterfly, fluttering towards the still Burning Secret Letter and Remnant Page.
"Madam!" Qin Si's trembling hand grasped Aelia's faded Sleeve; she had never seen the eternally graceful princess of the Ice Wing Tribe so fragile.
The Apothecary suddenly turned and screamed at the void, "How can the Lord nurture those filthy Bloodlines with the Holy Spring?
Years ago, you used half an Ice Spirit Stone to suppress his Magic Flame backlash, yet he... in the rose garden..."
Lucius's Leonard's Sword suddenly emitted a Longyin, and the Prism refracted from the Ice Spirit Stone shattered Qin Si's accusations into fragments.
Third Young Master Lucius held down the Maid's twitching Lucius' Thin Shoulders, the Frost Flower on the hilt spreading along her Meridian. "Father is monitoring this place with a Resonance Crystal; be silent."
"Let him see!" Aelia suddenly pressed the swaddled child against her Heart and stood up, her snow-white hair rising without wind.
She, Ailya, stepped over the ground littered with ice crystals, each step blooming an Ice Wing Totem. "Twenty years ago, he knelt under Aurora with an Ice Spirit Stone in hand and vowed to share life and death with me using the Symbiotic Curse on our Wedding Ring—only to feed his illegitimate child with my life!"
Luna's Loud Cry suddenly transformed into a peculiar chant, and those Crystal Coffins dragged back by the Starlight Chain began to Resonance.
The Astrolabe on my elder brother's Wheelchair unfolded automatically, his missing right hand tracing a Frost Trail in the air. "The energy fluctuations of three hundred coffins in the Crypt... perfectly overlap with Mother's life Ming Gui traces!"
Second Brother suddenly tore open his collar, revealing a twisted Curse Mark on his neck.
The once bright red Curse was fading, transforming into the unique silver-blue patterns of the Ice Wing Tribe. "Three months ago, when Father demanded Holy Spring Coordinates, he planted a transfer curse on me—every time those hybrids cast Ice Magic, they drain Mother's life force!"
The Gilded Candelabra crashed down, and Brother San's Mage Robe was instantly covered in frost.
He raised his hand and crushed the Memory Crystal into powder, which reformed in the air to reveal the full appearance of Emerald Manor: "Father retreats for ten days every three months, not to purify the Magic Flame, but to use Ice Wing Clan Royal Blood to cleanse the marrow of his illegitimate child!"
Luna suddenly reached out her small hand to catch the falling crystal powder, from which a complex Star Map emerged in Zi Tong.
Aelia's faded silver hair suddenly glowed red, and those crystal powders coalesced at her hair tips into seventeen Ice Spike Hairpins—the very gifts that Leonard had personally placed in her hair on their wedding day.
"Mother, be careful!" Lucius shouted as he swung his sword to sever the suddenly attacking chains of Magic Flame.
The Ice Spirit Stone reflected Leonard's grim face; the Sandification Curse on his Wedding Ring was continuously eroding Aelia's Ice Wing Totem: "Enough of this. Return to your chambers; these matters should not involve children."
Aelia suddenly chuckled lightly, her fingertip brushing over Luna's neck where the King Seal glowed.
The entire Magic Castle's Ice Wing Totem lit up simultaneously, shattering Leonard's Xu Ying into fragments: "Lord, have you forgotten? The Symbiotic Curse on the Wedding Ring is bidirectional." She tore off the Necklace of Ice Soul Stone and let it fall into the Underground Rift. "From this moment on, every time you use the Magic Flame, you will accelerate your own Bloodline's sandification."
A roar echoed from the Underground as Crystal Coffins collided, and Luna's chanting voice suddenly rose in pitch.
Qin Si was astonished to find that the swaddling of Young Miss was seeping silver Blue Blood. Those Blood Veins seeped deep along the Earth Rift, and three hundred Crystal Coffins simultaneously emerged with the Ice Wing Clan Royal Seal on their surfaces.
As Leonard's Ailya's Roar echoed from all directions, Lucius's Leonard's Sword suddenly slipped from his grip and plunged into the ground.
In the strong light emitted by the Ice Spirit Stone, Third Young Master Lucius knelt on one knee, pressing down on the sword hilt: "Father, if you use the Magic Flame again, the entire Glorious Demon Fortress will collapse."
"Let him destroy it!" Aelia handed Luna over to Qin Si. Her faded white hair suddenly began to regrow, with hair tips shimmering like silver-blue starlight. "Send word to the Ice Wing Tribe's Twelve Elders to immediately seal off all Holy Spring Passages." Her damaged Ice Wings surprisingly began to regenerate under the starlight, though at their ends began to drip Blood Pearls. "Since Lord enjoys using the Symbiotic Curse, he might as well experience the taste of being cursed by three hundred Royal Bloods in return."
Luna suddenly grabbed the blood of Mother Yu Ling and stuffed it into her mouth, the wound bitten by Milk Tooth bursting forth with a blinding Silver Light.
The entire palace hall became transparent, and everyone was horrified to see three hundred Crystal Coffins melting deep within the Crypt, the Dark Curse sealed inside transforming into venomous snakes that coiled around Leonard's Xu Ying.
When the first rays of dawn pierced through the Ice Crystal Dome, Leonard's Ben Ti finally appeared at the entrance of the palace hall.
The wedding ring on his left hand's ring finger had already turned to sand halfway, and the raging Magic Flame became as gentle as a lamb upon touching the Silver Light surrounding Luna.
Lord Deep Purple's Pupil slightly constricted as his gaze swept over his three sons, who were on high alert, finally landing on Aelia's Ice Wing Clan Royal Seal in hand.
"Everyone step back." He raised his hand to summon the Twelve Flame Envoys, the gold-threaded Curse on their black robes casting distorted shadows on the Ground. "My wife and I need to speak privately..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Luna suddenly burst into Giggling.
The starry light emitted by the infant Palm King Seal pierced through the black robes of the Mage Flame Envoys, revealing the dark embroidery of the Rose Maze totem on their Lining—identical to the layout of Emerald Manor.
Aelia's Ice Wings surged dramatically, and Yu Ling pressed her blade against Leonard's throat. "Get out of this palace with your loyal servant, Master of the Demon Fortress."
The Liujin Gate thunderously closed behind Shan Na in the Magic Flame, and Qin Si saw Leonard raise his hand to wipe away the bloodstains from his Neck.
That drop of Ice Wing Clan Royal Blood boiled in his Palm, transforming into a Blood Butterfly that flew towards the Underground Rift—while Luna stared intently at the butterfly Track with her Zi Tong, her chubby little hand quietly gripping the mechanism Axle of her older brother's Wheelchair.
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