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When Qin Si carried Luna back to Luna's Pavilion, the crystal chandelier cast a shimmering light on the infant Luna, creating ripples of light gold.
The nanny had just unwrapped the swaddling blanket embroidered with the Anshen Talisman when little Luna suddenly grasped the Moonlight Vine that hung by the window. Her innate magic power caused the petals to flutter down, forming a hexagram pattern.
"Is the Young Miss divining again?" Qin Si gently patted Luna's back, his fingertips brushing against the icy crystals that had formed at her hair tips.
In recent days, frost would unexpectedly appear among the infant's silver hair. The magic physician said it was a sign of corruption from an Abyssal substance.
A muffled sound came from the swaddling blanket as Luna stared at the Xing Hui moving across the ceiling. In her emerging vision, she saw a stormy night—Brother San's right arm, corroded by dark matter, pierced Aelia's heart, while her elder brother's wheelchair was stuck in the crack of a collapsed teleportation circle.
She kicked her little legs and rolled over, bumping against the cradle's railing. Suddenly, the jade bell burst forth with emerald light.
"Be careful, it's hot!" Qin Si hurriedly stopped the nanny from reaching for the glowing orb.
The floating emerald light spots began to outline the ruins of West Tower. The infant bit her fingertip, causing blood pearls to seep out and fall into the illusion, where the sound of scales scraping echoed from deep within the ruins.
When Aelia entered with Ye Lu's presence, she was met with the sight of Qin Si holding a feverish swaddling blanket while reciting a calming chant.
The lady's blood-stained skirt still bore fragments of dragon scale rubbing, and her neck's magic pattern had faded significantly compared to three hours ago.
"Madam, the Young Miss's temperature..." Before Qin Si could finish his sentence, Luna suddenly reached out and grabbed Aelia's dangling silver chain.
The chain pendant containing a wedding ring fragment emitted a screech, and the infant's pupils instantly filled with a glossy black obsidian sheen.
Aelia trembled violently.
The dark matter swirling in her daughter's eyes was unmistakably of the same origin as the curse that had entangled Leonard on that foreign battlefield twenty years ago.
She pressed the child close and softly hummed the Elven Requiem until Luna, clutching her clothing, fell into a deep sleep.
As the moonlight swept over the Magic Hourglass for the third time, the twelve Mage Mark Masters had already set up the Defensive Formation in Starfall Hall.
Her elder brother, Wheelchair, rolled over the Peacock Stone Tiles, his damaged right hand absentmindedly stroking the crystal ball; Second Brother's Contract Beast anxiously gnawed at his sleeve of Gold Thread; Brother San was toying with the Dark Abyss Ore that Lucius had given him—an ominous hum emanated from it as it rested in his palm.
"Mother, the Dark Abyss Whirlpool in the West Tower must be nourished with Phoenix Blood." Suddenly, Elder Brother's Mechanical Bird spoke up, sparks flying from its beak and scorching marks appearing on the sand table. "But Phoenix Grass Juice will corrode the core of the Teleportation Circle."
Aelia had yet to speak when Leonard strode in, draped in his night patrol cloak.
Lord Silver Armor's Gap oozed dark red bloodstains, but upon seeing his wife cradling the sleeping Luna, his pupils constricted.
He unfastened Leonard's Sword and slammed it against the edge of the sand table, causing the black crystal representing the Dark Spot to roll and scatter across the floor.
"We depart for Shadow Rift at Tomorrow Noon." Lord's fingertip ignited a Blazing Flower. "Lucius will stay behind; the three boys will open a Teleportation Circle with me."
"Father!" Brother San's ore in hand suddenly exploded, shards flying and burning marks into the Defensive Formation. "Deep within Rift Valley lies the altar of the Dark Abyss Queen; you promised Mother..."
"Which is why we need fresh Bloodline as a key." Leonard reached out to touch Luna's swaddling. The ice mist rising from her silver hair instantly extinguished his flames. "This child can balance the backlash of Dark Matter—Aelia, you don't think that the mutation of Pregnancy Spirit Spell was an accident, do you?"
Aelia's neck magic pattern suddenly constricted into a thorn shape.
Twenty years ago, she had found a Severely Wounded Knight in Shadow Rift, who indeed concealed half a Bloodstained Wedding Ring within his armor.
Luna stirred restlessly in her arms. She looked down to find her daughter tracing some kind of Ancient Contract Array on her swaddling with Innate Magic Power—the pattern perfectly matched the scar on Leonard's nape.
"Madam!" Qin Si suddenly exclaimed.
Luna's blood, seeping from her bitten tongue, flowed into the center of the Contract Array, causing the Peacock Stone Tiles of the Starfall Hall to begin revealing the Magic Castle Emblem that had been erased for thirty years.
The crystal ball held by my elder brother projected a strange scene: Leonard's Sword was resonating with a shadow deep within the Rift Valley, and in the shadow's hand was the missing half of the Wedding Ring.
Aelia handed the baby to Qin Si, and the Star Moon Staff struck heavily against the ground. "Since we are to restart the old causality, why not have Lord explain—the truth behind the Rebellion at the Exotic Dark Sanctuary all those years ago?"
Suddenly, the moonlight outside the Defensive Formation was tainted with Blood Mist, and a red light illuminated the Family Crest that had been dormant on my brother's wheelchair armrest for twenty years.
As Leonard and Jian Qiao began to tremble, no one noticed Luna quietly opening her eyes. The baby's pupils reflected not the reality of Starfall Hall but rather a certain altar that had been burned in the Original. The stone walls were densely engraved with the names of all past Heirs of the Magic Castle, and the latest name, Ke Hen, still dripped with Phoenix Blood.
The Star Chart Device in the Dome of Starfall Hall suddenly emitted a grinding sound as gears jammed, and floating Star Sand began to fall like rain, forming a Starry Sky Totem from twenty years ago.
The moonlight gathered at Aelia's staff pierced through Leonard's Chest Armor Gap, revealing an unhealed burn mark beneath his collarbone—its shape matched exactly with that of the Contract Array on Luna's swaddling.
"The truth?" As Leonard and Jian Qiao vibrated in sync with the shadow in the crystal ball, he pulled open his collar to reveal a Dark Red Magic Pattern. "Why not ask about your own Purification Spell that you inscribed by hand? Why has it never been able to cover this Scar?"
Brother San suddenly clutched his right arm and staggered back; black mist seeped from his sleeve and resonated with the substance oozing from Father’s Scar.
The Contract Beast of Second Brother let out a mournful cry. The drool dripping from its fangs corroded black Abyssal Serpent Parasite Holes into the Defensive Formation—now, from deep within the Peacock Stone Tiles emerged Dark Golden Liuguang, remnants of the Magic Castle Emblem erased thirty years ago.
"Mother, Phoenix Blood Pact is at stake." My brother's crystal ball suddenly displayed a yellowed Remnant Page. "During the Rebellion at Dark Sanctuary a hundred years ago, it was the First Generation Fortress Master who used Phoenix Blood mixed with material from An Abyss..."
Aelia's staff swept across the sand table, and the charred model of Rift Valley suddenly erupted with Azure Blue Flame.
From the flames emerged a twisted Memory Fragment: twenty-year-old Leonard stood before the altar, severing the Bloodstained Wedding Ring. A shadowy figure, the Sanctuary Priest, pressed half of the ring into the back of his neck; beneath the altar, a mountain of Corpses revealed glimpses of the current Third Young Master Lucius's Family Crest.
Luna let out a faint sob in Qin Si's arms, and the ice crystals that had formed in her silver hair began to grow in reverse. Delicate Frost Flowers traced out a torn chapter from the Original in the void—documenting the method to purify an Abyss altar using Frost Phoenix bone marrow.
"The Young Miss's innate prophecy has flared up again!" Qin Si hurriedly wrapped Luna's wrist with an Anshen Talisman.
As those Frost Flowers touched the armrest of his wheelchair, ancient runes resembling Mama suddenly emerged from its Metal Surface.
Second Brother abruptly tore off a sleeve of Gold Thread, revealing half a map on the Fabric that had been gnawed by his Contract Beast. "This is... the Shadow Rift exploration map my dear friend gave me years ago?" He traced a bloodstained mark with his fingertip, and the Contract Beast's Pupil suddenly reflected Leonard searching through ancient texts in the Library of Hidden Books on Leonard's Last Night.
Leonard's Sword suddenly unsheathed and plunged into the Ground, its hilt embedded with Dark Abyss Ore erupting with Purple-Black Electric Arc.
Aelia felt a Magic Pattern instantly spread to her Ear; she recognized that the patterns of those Electric Arcs were identical to those of the Curse Totem that had emerged in the delivery room when Luna was born.
"Mother, perhaps we should break this deadlock using the causality of two generations." Second Brother's Mechanical Bird suddenly brought over fragments of Luna's swaddling cloth, where fresh blood was forming a Shuang Sheng Phoenix Totem. "Sister's innate Contract Array can connect both this world and An Abyss—just like Father was forced to forge a life-and-death contract twenty years ago."
Brother San suddenly slammed Dark Abyss Ore against the edge of the sand table, sending splintered stones into the air to form the Emblem of Dark Sanctuary. "So Father wasn't betraying us back then; he was cursed by the Sanctuary Priest using a Wedding Ring under a Symbiotic Curse?" His mangled right arm suddenly reached uncontrollably for Luna but emitted a sound of burning flesh as it touched the Ice Mist surrounding her.
Aelia's staff came to a heavy stop, and Xingyue's Magic Radiance transformed into chains that bound the restless Dark Matter.
She brushed her fingers over Luna's Hair Tips, crystallized with ice, and suddenly recalled the Frost Phoenix Xu Ying circling above Magic Castle on the day she gave birth—that was indeed the guardian beast exterminated by Dark Sanctuary a hundred years ago.
"Before Dawn Tomorrow, we head to Rift Valley." She sliced her fingertip and drew the outline of an Ice Crystal Phoenix on the sand table. "But I must take Luna's Contract Array with me."
Leonard suddenly grasped her bleeding wrist, their mingled blood burning golden grooves into the sand table. "Do you think I insisted on bringing three boys along for a sacrifice?" He tore open his chest armor, revealing a heart pulsing with dark golden patterns. "Twenty years ago, the Dark Sanctuary etched Demon Binding Shackles into my Soul Core. Only the Contract Array of a direct bloodline can..."
Luna suddenly unleashed a loud cry that pierced through the Defensive Formation. The obsidian fragment falling from the infant's eyes formed a segment of the Original that had been burned away in the void.
Everyone was shocked to see in the illusion Aelia's Star Moon Staff piercing Leonard's heart during Leonard's Last Night. In the background, on the crumbling altar, Third Young Master Lucius held a bloodied Luna while reciting a Reversal Spell.
"Enough!" Aelia waved away the illusion, and cracks of ice appeared on the moonstone embedded at the tip of her staff.
She cradled Luna back into her arms and noticed that at some point, the infant's palm had grasped a feather from an Ice Crystal Phoenix—an artifact that should have been extinct in the Original twenty years ago.
Leonard suddenly positioned Leonard's Sword between them, but the sword's body reflected their youthful forms: Aelia’s Healing Magic struggled to envelop the dark matter flowing from his neck, while a fragment of their wedding ring pulsed like a heart in their tightly clasped palms.
"Dawn, I need to restart the West Tower's Astrolabe." The Lord turned, his cloak sweeping across the Rift Valley model on the sand table. "The three boys should prepare for the Bloodline Resonance array. As for Luna..." He cast a deep glance at the ice crystal flickering in his daughter's hair. "Bring her Contract Array; it might help unravel the Symbiotic Curse of the Dark Sanctuary."
As everyone gradually left Starfall Hall, no one noticed Lucius's Dark Abyss Ore clinging to Luna's ice crystal.
The surface of the ore began to emerge with a new Prophecy Scene: the Contract Array of Infant Swaddling was absorbing energy from the Star Chart Device, while on an altar deep within Rift Valley, half of a bloodstained wedding ring suddenly began to rotate clockwise.
Moonlight filtered through colored glass, casting fragmented light spots on Luna's eyelashes as she held onto the Phoenix Feather, which suddenly melted into the Contract Array.
Qin Si wiped the corner of the infant's mouth and discovered that her ear was emerging with dark golden patterns identical to Lucius's—marks of bloodline that only heirs of the Magic Castle would awaken.
Dawn’s Magic Castle was shrouded in indigo mist, and the remaining gears of West Tower’s Astrolabe clicked together, startling a resting night owl.
Lucius bent down to pick up the Dark Abyss Ore that had rolled by his feet; new Prophecy Scenes emerging on its surface gradually faded with the morning mist.
He traced the icy crystal scratches along the edge of the ore, then suddenly turned to block Qin Si, who was carrying Luna towards the Teleportation Circle.
"Father, please allow me to accompany you." Third Young Master Lucius swept his Black Cloak over the Frost Flower-congealed Peacock Stone Tiles, and a piece of Dark Abyss Ore suddenly floated above everyone's heads. "Sister's Contract Array requires Astrolabe energy to maintain—and last night's prophecy indicated that her icy crystal can neutralize the altar's An Abyss Poison Fog."
Aelia channeled Zhang Jian's energy through Yue Hui, weaving a Light Cocoon around Luna that reflected intricate Contract Runes.
She noticed the Bloodline Mark faintly visible on Lucius's neck, its Dark Golden Patterns resonating with the mark on her daughter's ear.
Leonard's motion of wiping Leonard's Sword slowed, and in the reflection of the blade, he saw the Sanctuary Priest from twenty years ago pressing the Symbiotic Curse into his nape during Leonard's Last Night.
"Bring the Frost Phoenix's Container." Lord Jian Qiao struck the Astrolabe Base heavily, causing gears to turn and startling the Eaves Ice Spike. "But if An Abyss material erupts, you must sever the Contract link yourself."
Luna squirmed restlessly in her swaddling, her Innate Magic Power stirring the Anshen Talisman in Qin Si's arm to move without wind.
Her chaotic Awareness was sinking into a fragment of a dream— a Silver-Haired Woman wearing a shattered Crown poured phoenix bone marrow into the altar, but at the moment of purification, all Twelve Star Tracks reversed.
Dark Matter began to backfire from the woman's Fingertip; her final Warning carved into the stone wall was eroded into fragments by Blood Mist.
"The Young Miss's body temperature is dropping!" Qin Si exclaimed.
As everyone gathered around, they witnessed an astonishing scene from Leonard's Last Night: the icy crystals forming a miniature altar model amidst Luna's silver hair. In the center of the altar, an Ice Phoenix named Xu Ying suddenly opened its eyes, flowing with black mist.
The ancient runes on Brother's Wheelchair Armrest fell off automatically, swimming towards the illusion created by the infant.
Lucius suddenly sliced his Palm and flicked a Blood Pearl into the illusion; the Dark Abyss Ore exploded with a resounding crash: "It's Bloodline Resonance!"
Sister stood amidst the scene of the Frost Queen's failed purification, a moment echoing from a hundred years ago. His bloodied fingers traced the incomplete Star Trail, perfectly aligning with the obsidian gleam swirling in Luna's eyes.
Aelia's staff unleashed the Moonlight Chains, which suddenly tightened, as the Magic Castle Emblem beneath their feet began to seep dark golden substance.
She watched as Leonard's scar on the back of his neck began to writhe, finally gently placing Luna into the energy vortex of the Astrolabe. "Dawn is upon us, but Luna must always remain under the protection of the Star Trail."
As the first rays of morning light pierced through the mist, ripples emerged from the Teleportation Circle at the Shadow Rift's entrance.
Luna sank deeper into her dream within the energy Zhen Chan, this time clearly seeing the shattered crown beneath the Silver-Haired Woman's feet, engraved with the emblem of the Magic Castle's first generation.
In an instant, as Dark Matter retaliated, the woman suddenly turned to meet Luna's gaze. From her bleeding lips came forth a curse in Aelia's commonly used Elvish language.
"...the key lies in the third reflection of the Star Trail..." The fragmented warning dissipated at the edge of her dream.
When Luna awoke, she found Brother San's right arm encased in ice, his palm clutching what was once Leonard's Star Trail Pendant Fragment from her dream.
Outside the Teleportation Circle, in the howling winds of Rift Valley, faint whispers echoed from an altar resonating with Leonard and Jian Qiao.
Luna clenched tightly to the Ice Crystal Star Track that was quietly forming in her arms, gazing at her three brothers entwined by An Abyss material.
The runes on her eldest brother's wheelchair armrest were fading, while Second Brother's Contract Beast pupil oozed black mist. Brother San's right hand, holding the Pendant Fragment, crystallized into a magic pattern originating from their father’s scar.
Suddenly, she recalled that torn chapter from Original—the Astral Sphere Core that was supposed to shatter at this moment was now radiating warmth with an ice blue light in her embrace.
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