The fragments of the crystal ball refracted the Sevenfold Phantom on the carpet, while Leonard's cuff flashed with a dark pattern, shimmering with a ghostly blue light.
Luna, wrapped in the Embroidered Golden Swaddling, let out a lactation burp. The star trails in her silver eyes collided with the Wedding Ring Fragment, sparking tiny bursts of light.
"Mother..." The baby suddenly uttered clear words, kicking off a piece of Xingchen Sha with legs reminiscent of Oujie.
Aelia's hand gripping the Ice Sword trembled violently as Jian Sui's drooping Evening Primrose ice crystals grew at an unnatural speed, entwining around the four pillars of the Cradle.
Qin Si held the Xunxiang furnace, which suddenly erupted with Qing Yan, and twenty-three spices coalesced in midair into the shape of a Thorn Bird.
The Maid stumbled back in shock but saw Luna extend her finger, stained with milk, precisely shattering the beak of the smoke-formed bird—an emblem that Aelia had embroidered on the inner lining of her Wedding Dress years ago.
"Lady of the Fortress! Young Miss...!" Qin Si's voice caught in his throat.
Leonard suddenly stepped forward, his boot sole inlaid with dark night Magic Crystal crushing two fragments of the crystal ball.
Luna immediately pouted in grievance, her silver eyes misting over with Water Mist as Shan Na enveloped her. The moonlight in the entire Nursery solidified suddenly, pinning Leonard firmly in the shadow cast by the Rose Window.
Aelia's Ice Sword emitted a Qingyue Mingxiang, reflecting Luna's chubby palm—where a Crescent Mark was emerging, resonating with the vows made under the starry sky.
The Lady of the Fortress pressed her temples as memories bubbled up like an unsealed Magic Potion: Twenty Years Ago at the Star Trail Ceremony, Leonard's Family Crest was clearly supposed to be Griffin Pattern; yet now, within the Crystal Shard recalling Leonard's Last Night, it was Sheen Pattern.
"Husband." Aelia's fingertip brushed against the frost on the sword hilt, freezing Leonard's cuff as he attempted to cast a communication spell. "Explain why the Star Trail Contract Totem has been altered?" As she spoke, Luna gnawed on Ice Crystal Vines, and light gold Magic Source seeped from the baby's Tooth Mark.
Leonard's Adam's apple bobbed as his left hand quietly formed a Jie Yin behind his back.
Suddenly, Luna burst into laughter, her chubby finger pointing at the Magic Energy Clock in the corner.
When the Liujin Clock, which should have stopped, suddenly spun wildly, it devoured the dark Magical Fluctuation completely.
The Watch Chain of Third Young Master Lucius snapped in response, and as the cover of the watch flew open, everyone saw twelve diamonds arranged like a Blood Arrow pointing accusatorily.
“Is Father going to show me a magic trick?” Lucius bent down to pick up the watch with an aristocratic grace, but the shadow could not conceal his fingers crushing the Messenger Scroll.
At just the right moment, Luna waved her bell-adorned anklet, and amidst the chime, a woman's piercing Qian Jiao echoed from within the Pocket Watch—it was the priestess who had gone missing at the Starfall Altar twenty years ago.
Suddenly, Aelia’s Ice Crystal Hairpin exploded, and the flying shards formed a fragmented Star Map in the air.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna grasped a strand of Mother’s silver hair, the unique Milk Fragrance of an infant wrapping around her memory magic as it penetrated Aelia’s Mind Sea.
The Lady of the Fortress staggered as she leaned against the Cradle, seeing that in the Heavenly Wedding Wine she was supposed to drink on her wedding night floated the long-extinct Wang Chuan Jellyfish Tentacles.
“Go to the ancestral hall.” Aelia tore off her necklace adorned with an Ice Spirit, and twenty beads fell to the ground, transforming into a Sword-Wielding Maid.
Luna blew a Rainbow Bubble in her arms, and as it burst, the Ancestors Portraits lining the corridor suddenly turned collectively.
Leonard pressed down on his violently throbbing Left Eye, where he felt the burn of the Puppet Curse he had planted twenty years ago.
As he attempted to manipulate his Eldest Son with dark incantations, Luna suddenly grabbed hold of the Magic Crystal Stone embedded in her elder brother’s Wheelchair Armrest.
The Disabled Mage let out a muffled groan; his covered twin legs began to seep a Dark Red Curse, identical to the Seal that altered Leonard’s Star Trail within the crystal ball.
“Father said he would bear the backlash for me…” Her elder brother grimaced as he pulled open his collar, revealing blood seeping from a Serpent Mark on his collarbone.
The Ice Sword of Aelia surged suddenly by three feet, its sword energy sweeping down upon the banquet hall’s Crystal Chandelier.
Taking advantage of this moment, Luna pressed her milk-stained fingers against her second brother’s Astrology Robe, and instantly, the charred fabric reverted to a pristine Moon White, exposing a tampered Guardian Array.
A sudden gust of wind, carrying a metallic scent, swept through the corridor, bringing the ancient Lords to life within the Spell.
Luna's Silver Eyes shone with an unsettling brightness as she hurled the saliva-soaked Rattle at Leonard, the drum skin of the beast suddenly revealing the map to the sealed dark chamber.
As Aelia's Wedding Ring Fragment began to assemble on its own, the infant's neck, adorned with Luna, resonated with the sound coming from the direction of the shrine.
"Mother, look!" Lucius suddenly exclaimed, pointing at Luna's swaddled form in shock.
The Thorn Bird's Embroidered Shoes unfurled their Wings under the moonlight, each feather glimmering with the shrine's unique Ice Blue hue.
Aelia bit her Fingertip and traced a Blood Curse on the Ice Sword; as she turned, her cloak extinguished all the candles in its wake.
In the darkness, Luna emitted a sobbing sound akin to that of a Little Beast.
When the first ray of moonlight seeped back through the Colored Window, everyone saw the Lady of the Fortress holding an infant before the shrine's seal, while Leonard's shadow eerily split into two humanoid forms.
As the Ice Spirit Maid's longsword sliced through the shrine's barrier, the Eaves Corner Bronze bells suddenly hung upside down in unison.
Ailya's Silver Hair was lifted by the foul wind, and Luna's swaddling cloth unexpectedly oozed a faint golden Liuguang, leaving a winding Star Trace imprinted on the stone path.
"It's Evening Primrose!" Qin Si suddenly shouted, pointing at the Ground in alarm.
Those plants that should have withered in winter were now bursting through the cracks in a frenzy, their leaves adorned with runes that shared a lineage with Luna.
Leonard's splitting shadow surged forth but froze into two black Obsidian statues upon contact with the Ice Spirit Maid.
Second Brother’s Astrology Robe moved without wind, sparks erupting from its singed hem: "Father dares to tamper with even the Evening Primrose barrier?" The torn Astrology Chart reassembled in midair, revealing a scene from Leonard presiding over the Star Trail Ceremony—what should have been burned as an offering was now unmistakably inserted into Aelia’s wedding bed curtains.
The moonlight at the corner suddenly twisted into a vortex, and the stone path cracked open a three-inch wide gap.
Blood Pearls seeped from Lucius's pocket watch, hovering in the air to form the word "Parricide" in Ancient Demon Script.
Aelia's Ice Sword emitted a sound like Longyin's Zhen Chan, with frost coiling around her wrist.
"Mother, be careful!" The elder brother's wheelchair suddenly rolled back three meters on its own, the golden wheels sparking against the bluestone.
From the shadows emerged a translucent woman, her tattered skirt soaked in dark green slime, a silver chain unique to the Starry Contract tightening around her neck.
Yuan Hun's cries were wrapped in Ice Shards that struck everyone’s faces.
The guards' blades simultaneously blossomed into Frost Flowers. Qin Si's Xunxiang furnace exploded, and twenty-three types of spice ashes coalesced in the air into the form of a tortured prisoner.
Luna reached out her small hand to grasp the falling ashes, and the infant's palm print astonishingly restored the ashes into fragments of parchment—specifically, the Blood Pact signed between Leonard and the Dark Elf.
"He used Heavenly Wedding Wine to raise a puppet..." Yuan Hun's fingertip pierced through Aelia's Wedding Ring projection, revealing writhing shadows within the Ice Crystal Shards. "Three hundred children's corpses lie buried beneath the Starfall Altar..."
Brother San suddenly clutched his heart and knelt down; his long-dormant Magic Circuit began to operate on its own.
The bell that Luna kicked rolled to Yuan Hun's feet. With its crisp sound, everyone saw the Token of Love that Leonard had once gifted to Aelia—now embedded in Yuan Hun's decaying chest, perfectly aligning with the Thorn Bird totem on Luna's swaddling.
"Madam, look!" The Guard Captain's sword tip pried open Yuan Hun's tattered sleeve, revealing dark purple skin marked with Dragon Scales—a sign only heirs of the Glorious Demon Fortress possessed.
Aelia's Ice Sword suddenly slipped from her grip and plunged into the ground, reflecting her suddenly pale face—the Fortress Mistress who had died in childbirth twenty years ago indeed wore an Emerald Bracelet identical to Yuan Hun’s on her right wrist.
Luna let out a sharp loud cry, and the starlight bursting from her silver eyes shattered the illusion of the Emerald Bracelet.
Golden blood seeped from Luna’s neck as she drew a Sealing Array of the First Patriarch on the ground.
The form of Yuan Hun suddenly solidified, her decaying lips brushing against Aelia's ear. "Run... he wants to use Close Blood Relatives..."
Before the words could fade, Leonard's black Obsidian statue exploded with a thunderous roar.
Dark Purple Vines emerged from the Earth Rift, dragging Yuan Hun into the abyss of Shan Na. Luna's Rattle began to shake on its own.
The drum's animal skin revealed Blood Text—exactly the pattern recorded in the First Generation Family Head's Notebook, depicting the Forbidden Technique of Sacrifice using Legitimate Bloodline.
Aelia's Wedding Ring Fragment suddenly floated into a ring, enveloping Luna in a Starlight Barrier.
The Magic Crystal Stone on Brother's Wheelchair Armrest began to melt, as Dark Red Curse crawled along the Metal Pattern toward Luna's direction.
Lucius abruptly snapped the Watch Chain, and twelve diamonds outside the barrier formed a Warning Triangle.
"Mother..." Luna's call, infused with Lullaby Voice, sent a shiver through Aelia's entire being.
The infant Pink Palm emerged, revealing a complete Star Map, where three Main Stars corresponded to the Curse Marks emerging on the Three Brothers.
As Yuan Hun's final Sobbing dissipated in the wind, a muffled sound of a coffin opening echoed from the direction of the ancestral hall.
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