Aelia's fingertip pressed into the Vine Pattern of the Moonlight Staff, while the night breeze of the Emerald Courtyard tousled her silver hair.
Qin Si, carrying the Star Pattern Lantern, caught up just in time to see her mistress pulling the bloodied Ailya's White Nails from her palm.
"Go prepare the Void Raven," Aelia instructed, placing the necklace specked with Xing Mang fragments at the center of the Teleportation Circle. "Tell Theodore I need the layout of the Magic Castle's outer elements he drew last year."
Luna kicked away the swaddling embroidered with Star Trail from her Cradle, and suddenly, Starlight Grass began to grow wildly across the Lapis Lazuli floor.
Qin Si gasped and took a step back as those vines glowing with Blue Light formed a purple Dark Red Light Spot coordinate beneath their feet—exactly where the necklace's core indicated.
"Madam, the Lord has sealed all teleportation channels..."
"Then we'll use the old method from Twenty Years Ago." Aelia tore off her Pearl Earrings and tossed them into the air. The Same Heart Spell Seal buried when Leonard proposed to her suddenly emerged.
Luna let out a clear Loud Cry, and those Golden Curse Seals on the verge of dissipating were reattached by Xing Mang, transforming into two Teleport Crystals engraved with Wisteria Patterns.
From the Emerald Courtyard's East Tower came the sound of shattering crystals. As Leonard wiped cold sweat from his forehead and turned around, he collided with Third Young Master Lucius, who was holding a broken Stargazing Instrument. "Father, there's an abnormal deviation in the Northern Celestial Region's Stellar Trajectory." The boy presented a frosted gear. "And regarding the missing moonstone from Mother’s necklace..."
"Go check the Defensive Array Core!" Leonard interrupted sharply, his sleeve releasing Magic Residue that rattled the Wall Lamp in the corridor.
As he stepped through the Emerald Corridor with unsteady steps, his Waist Head of Household Token suddenly burned intensely—Twenty Years Ago's Tracking Technique buried in Aelia's Curse Mark was now scorching his skin.
The Underground Altar of Wisteria Manor was filled with the stench of decaying Moonlight Grass as Aelia's Silver Boots crushed some animal bones.
Qin Si's Scrying Crystal suddenly reflected a familiar study: Leonard was reaching for a Contract Document with a Feather Pen stained with potion. The Flame Birthmark on his hand glowed like a living thing in candlelight.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si pulled Aelia down as Shan Na fell to the ground; above them, a stone slab exploded into ghostly purple flames.
Xing Mang floated out from Luna's swaddling, wrapping around the Dark Purple Flame and forming an illusion in mid-air of Leonard exchanging potions with a mysterious woman—the Wisteria Tattoo on her collarbone perfectly matched that of baby Luna projected by the Crystal.
Deep within the Magic Castle Library, his elder brother's Wheelchair rolled over a floor covered in Star Sand.
He bit his fingertip and drew a Blood Rune on Parchment. Three Mithril-forged Magic Puppets crawled out from the shadows. "Go follow Mother," he coughed as he stuffed Aelia's Pearl Earrings into a Puppet's chest cavity. "Don't let Father find out."
The Transmitting Crystal embedded in the wheelchair armrest suddenly became hot, and Second Brother's anxious voice mixed with Magic Turbulence came through: "Elder Brother, the fluctuations of the East Wing Defense Array are off..." Before he could finish speaking, a Residual Shadow of Leonard modifying the Protective Array Blueprint suddenly emerged on the surface of the crystal.
"Redirect the Defensive Formation energy to the Emerald Courtyard." Elder Brother manipulated the Puppet to lift the floorboard of the Dark Compartment, revealing a family photo from twenty years ago.
In the picture, Leonard was supporting Aelia's hand on Lucius' thin shoulders, and at that moment, under the influence of magic, it twisted into the starting pose of a Binding Spell.
As Aelia pressed a shard of the Potion Bottle onto the Contract Document replica, Luna's Starlight Grass suddenly wrapped around her wrist.
In the infant's pupil, a Star Map emerged, with Crimson Light Spots representing Leonard rapidly approaching. "Return Array!" Qin Si and Qian Jiao crushed the Teleport Crystal, but in that instant of spatial distortion, they saw Leonard's Magic Robe flash past a Barrier Gap.
When the Moonlight Staff struck heavily against the ground of the main bedroom in the Emerald Courtyard, Aelia's skirt was still dripping with Purple Potion.
The moment Leonard burst through the door, Luna suddenly let out a joyful laugh. The Starlight Grass transformed the Cradle into one blooming with Wisteria flowers—exactly like the Cradle infused with potion in the illusion.
"Tonight's Elemental Tide Anomaly, you mustn't wander around..."
"Did Theodore not tell you?" Aelia caressed her restored Moonlight Guardian Necklace. "The Dark Element concentration in Wisteria Manor's Geomancy is just right to nurture a cursed Bloodline." She deliberately let the core of the necklace project its Star Map onto the Canopy, where a flickering purplish-red Light Spot was wildly dancing in Leonard's pupil.
The sound of a wheelchair rolling over Star Sand echoed from the corridor as Elder Brother's Magic Puppet held Hot Milk outside the door.
When Leonard's Fury magic pressure shattered the Window Lattice, Luna's palm shot out an Xing Mang that silently drilled into the Puppet's Eye Socket—the Remnant Page of the Protective Array Blueprint from twenty years ago was slowly reorganizing within the Puppet's body.
Second Brother stood in the shadow of the spiral staircase, and suddenly black Black Slime seeped from the edge of his friend's gifted Stellar Pocket Watch.
He gazed at the Wisteria Petals left behind on Mother’s robe, and a memory flashed before his eyes—a Stormy Night—his friend holding a similar Wisteria Emblem Potion Bottle, smiling as he offered to help him repair his damaged Magic Circuit.
Second Brother’s finger was cut by the edge of the Stellar Pocket Watch, and black Black Slime wrapped around a Blood Pearl that dripped onto the rotating Spiral Staircase Railing.
The Wisteria Petals twisted in Black Slime into an emblem pattern he would never forget—three years ago on that Stormy Night, his friend Elijah held a Potion Bottle with that same Emblem and said it was a secret medicine obtained from Astrology Tower.
"Your Magic Circuit needs nurturing with Dark Element." Elijah pressed the cool bottle's mouth against his trembling wrist. "Drinking this will repair the meridians damaged by the Elemental Storm Tear."
At that moment, Luna's Cradle floated in a basket woven from Starlight Grass, while Second Brother stumbled through the nursery door.
The infant in the swaddling suddenly opened her eyes, silver Star Map swirling within her gaze, perfectly aligning with the incomplete Star Trail emerging from the Pocket Watch and Black Slime.
"You know, don't you?" Second Brother raised the Pocket Watch, seeping with Black Liquid, before Luna's Cradle. On its back, an image of Elijah exchanging potions with a mysterious woman had emerged without notice. "What Elijah gave me back then was not a restorative potion at all!"
Luna's Fingertip suddenly overflowed with purple-golden Stardust, tracing a complete Counter-Contract Spell on the surface of the Pocket Watch.
Second Brother staggered back and knocked over the Crystal Chandelier; those Curses were identical to the Protective Array Blueprint Leonard had modified last night.
"So Father knew... twenty years ago..." He trembled as he tore open his collar, revealing dark purple Magic Circuit writhing beneath his skin.
Luna let out an urgent Loud Cry, and Starlight Grass wrapped around his Wrist, shoving two Location Crystals engraved with Wisteria Emblem into his Palm.
Meanwhile, in the Cleansing Star Magic Room of the East Wing of Magic Castle, Brother San pressed the last piece of moonstone into the testing device's Groove.
The instrument suddenly erupted with Strong Light, knocking him to the ground as the values representing dark Elemental Affinity on the Magic Circuit detection chart skyrocketed.
"All these years, someone tampered with the Detection Device." He wiped away the Bloodstain from his mouth and crushed the crystal chip of the Detection Core.
A Remnant Page from a family photo taken twenty years ago fluttered down from the fragments. In that picture, Father was gently patting his head, and now in the magical Residual Shadow, he was injecting Dark Element interference waves into the Detection Device.
Brother San's fist struck the activation mechanism of the Defensive Formation, and suddenly seven layers of elemental Demon Binding Shackles descended from the Astrolabe Chamber Dome.
He tore open his Sleeve embroidered with the glorious Family Crest and embedded Ailya's Birthday Rune necklace given by Mother into the Magic Array Eye—this was a Protective Barrier crafted by Aelia herself, which had now become a cage for him to break free from shackles.
"What is Elemental Torrent?" He bit his Tongue and drew a Blood Rune in the void. The altered detection values reflected a true Star Map in his Pupil. "Compared to the pain of being deceived by Close Kin..."
In a side hall of Emerald Courtyard, Lucius pieced together fragments of Stargazing Instrument into a special shape, while Frost Gear condensed in his Palm to track Father's actions from last night.
As he pressed the last piece of Shattered Crystal into the Star Chart, he suddenly realized that Leonard's Magical Fluctuation was perfectly synchronized with a certain Elemental Uprising from twenty years ago.
"Third Young Master Lucius, the Defensive Formation at West Tower..."
"Send the Detection Report directly to Mother." Lucius interrupted the butler's report, crystallizing the report into a special rune with ice formed at his fingertip. "Have my elder brother's Puppet take this to the Elemental Riot Site—make it look like it was accidentally dropped."
As he turned, he caught a glimpse of Xu Ying passing by outside the window, the most trusted Shadow Guard of Father.
The fragments of the Stargazing Instrument suddenly grew hot in his sleeve, projecting a faint Wisteria Tattoo on the Shadow Guard's Collarbone—exactly like the woman who had injected a potion into the Cradle in last night's vision.
"Brother San's Magical Fluctuation seems off." Lucius suddenly stopped in his tracks as an elemental tremor from the direction of the Astrolabe Chamber triggered a Resonance with the Head of Household Token.
He quickly shoved the Guardian Charm given by Mother into the Transmitting Crystal, but saw Second Brother rushing down the spiral staircase with Luna in his arms, both of their clothing stained with strange Purple-Black Slime.
Luna's Starlight Grass suddenly wrapped around everyone's wrists, weaving a complete Magic Castle Three-Dimensional Map in mid-air.
The Crimson Light Spots representing Leonard were rapidly approaching the Forbidden Zone, and at that moment, the sealed Dark Elemental Altar from twenty years ago perfectly overlapped with Brother San's location in the Astrolabe Chamber.
"Father wants to Automatic Activation the altar!" Second Brother suddenly crushed his Pocket Watch. The Black Slime coalesced in the air into a Contract for Elijah and the Shadow Guard to exchange potions. "This Black Slime can temporarily shield against Tracking Spells, but it requires..."
His voice was interrupted by a sudden Elemental Torrent, and a deafening Roar came from the direction of the Astrolabe Chamber.
Everyone looked up to see cracks forming in the Dome sealed by seven layers of Demon Binding Shackles. Brother San's bloodied figure floated amidst the Elemental Turbulence, holding what should have been stored in the altar—the Dark Star Staff.
"The Detection Core hid this." Brother San's voice mixed with elemental tremors as he spoke. The Wisteria Emblem embedded at the top of his Scepter and Luna's Star Map both lit up simultaneously. "Father prepared this 'Birthday Gift' for me twenty years ago."
Aelia's Moonlight Staff suddenly pierced through space to appear in the hall, and the Guardian Star Chart emerging at the top of his Scepter began to slowly disintegrate.
Luna suddenly broke free from her swaddling and floated into mid-air, her Starlight Grass weaving a complex Teleportation Array Pattern beneath her feet—the focal point was unmistakably Leonard's modified Protective Array Blueprint from last night.
"Mother, watch out behind you!" Lucius’s Ice Crystal Barrier blocked an ambush from the Shadow Guard at a critical moment.
In the arms of Second Brother, the Contract Remnant Page suddenly ignited, revealing Ashes that emerged from Father and dozens of Wisteria Emblem bearers who had signed a Blood Pact.
As the Dark Star Staff of the Astrolabe Chamber resonated with the Moonlight Staff, the entire Magic Castle's Geomancy abruptly began to Zhen Chan.
Luna's Loud Cry transformed into Qing Yue's Magic Chanting. The tampered Detection Data, hidden Contract Document, and distorted Guardian Star Chart were all reassembled in the light of Starlight Grass, unveiling a shocking truth—
Twenty years ago, what Leonard planted in Aelia's Curse Mark was not a Soul Bond contract, but rather a Sacrificial Array Eye that nurtured the Dark Elemental Altar with the entire Family Bloodline.
The Teleportation Circle woven by Starlight Grass suddenly reversed its direction. Instead of sending the Dark Elemental Torrent to the altar, it began to flood towards the Emerald Courtyard.
The Star Map within Luna's pupil began to spin rapidly. Under everyone's astonished gaze, the fragile Fingertip of the infant suddenly coalesced into Great Mage-level dispelling starlight—an indication that the Dark Sacrificial Ritual was about to be initiated.
In the Emerald Courtyard, the Moonlight Staff of the Dome suddenly Zhen Chan, causing the Starlight Grass around Luna to contract sharply into a Light Cocoon.
Aelia reached out to hold her daughter, but her Fingertip was marked with a Dark Red imprint from the swirling Star Map—the Oath Ring Leonard had placed on her during their wedding twenty years ago was now melting into Liquid runes within Xing Mang.
"Mother, look at this!" Lucius suddenly compressed an Ice Crystal Barrier into a Prism. The starlight emanating from Luna's Light Cocoon penetrated the Prism and projected an Ancient Magic Array Diagram filled with cracks into the void.
Brother San covered Lucius' bleeding Thin Shoulders and leaned in closer as the tip of the Dark Star Staff resonated with one of the cracks.
"This is the Sealing Array from the Abyssal Corridor recorded in 'Chronicles of Elements.'" The eldest brother manipulated a Puppet to unfold a tattered Sheepskin Scroll. The Wheelchair Armrest suddenly shot out red light pointing towards a damaged section of the Formation Diagram in the Northwest Corner. "Twenty years ago, during the Dark Elemental Uprising, Father brought people from the Magic Association to repair this place."
Luna's Light Cocoon suddenly burst forth with Qingyue Mingxiang as Starlight Grass wove a brand new Rune Structure at the center of the Formation Diagram.
Second Brother pressed his Palm, stained with Black Slime, against the damaged area. The Dark Purple Circuit beneath his skin resonated with the runes: "These repair marks... are similar to what Elijah taught me about drawing Pain-Relief Magic Runes..."
"It's not a repair." Aelia's Moonlight Staff suddenly shattered an invisible Node in the void. The originally sacred Sealing Array Diagram twisted under starlight into a grotesque Sacrificial Totem. "They used an Ancient Sealing Array as a Container, turning the entire Glorious Demon Fortress into a breeding ground for Dark Elements."
Luna's Loud Cry transformed into an ethereal chant as Magical Text emerged on the surface of her Light Cocoon—Lucius quickly made an imprint with ice crystals: "This is an original Starshine Script created by Ancient Archmage!"
The last record of the fall of the Holy Magic Guide appeared three hundred years ago...
"The fall of the Holy Magic Guide..." Brother San suddenly tightened his grip on the Scepter, and the Detection Core's Wisteria Emblem projected an ancient text, the Remnant Page. "In Father's Study, the Dark Elemental Origins states that the Holy Magic Guide suppressed the Abyss Lord at the cost of his own reincarnation to cast an eternal seal."
Starlight Grass suddenly wrapped around Eldest Brother's Wheelchair, weaving a complex backlash curse diagram in the void.
Aelia's pupils constricted—this was precisely the strange pattern that emerged during Eldest Son's Magic Surge years ago.
Luna's Light Cocoon slowly descended onto the Wheelchair Armrest, revealing subtle ancient runes in the dark red scars that had burned Eldest Brother for years under the starlight.
"Reincarnation..." Second Brother suddenly crushed the coalescing black Black Slime. The Stardust rising from the Pocket Watch Remains resonated with the runes on Eldest Brother's Wheelchair. "If the reincarnation of the Holy Magic Guide requires a specific Container, then Father has been planting Dark Element Brands in our family's descendants for twenty years..."
A roar from the direction of the Astrolabe Chamber suddenly echoed, and the Dark Star Staff flew uncontrollably toward the altar.
Luna's Light Cocoon cracked open with violent tremors, and a delicate palm emerged from within, bearing a Hexagram Birthmark identical to that in the Holy Magic Guide's Grimoire.
Aelia's Moonlight Necklace shattered in response, and the Guardian Star Chart, which had remained dim for twenty years, now shone brightly with three Main Stars at Luna's loud cry.
As the first rays of dawn pierced through the Barrier Rift, everyone noticed that the Emerald Courtyard Ground was unexpectedly covered with Glowing Patterns—those once thought to be mere decorations on Wisteria Brick now revealed a complete Sacrificial Array when connected by Starlight Grass.
Luna curled up in her Light Cocoon, drifting into a deep sleep. The Xing Hui marks she left on the Wheelchair Armrest quietly seeped into Eldest Brother's Wrist, mingling with his Curse Runes.
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