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Luna hovered within the Magic Vortex of the Magic Castle Dome, her Golden Hair shimmering with intermittent flashes of Xing Mang.
She gazed down at the entangled Black-Red Curse Light atop the Stargazing Tower, the sound of her brothers forcibly activating the Forbidden Technique echoing like an Explosive Sound.
In the Original, this scene of mutual slaughter was supposed to last for three days and nights until the foundation of the Magic Castle was corroded and collapsed by the Blood Curse.
"Too slow," the infant Pink's Palm glistened with cold sweat.
She remembered that in the Original, her Second Brother's Soul Devouring Puppet would backfire against its master at Dawn, and Brother San's accidental killing blow would affect the entire East Tower—where their Mother’s most treasured Star Compass was hidden.
A Loud Cry, reminiscent of Yin Ling, suddenly pierced the night sky.
Luna pretended to flail uncontrollably, while her left hand, concealed in swaddling, quickly traced out three layers of invisible Magic Patterns.
When Aelia leaped onto the Dome in a panic to catch her, those Magic Patterns had quietly seeped into Mother’s Covenant Totem resting on her chest.
"Mother… it hurts…" Luna drew circles on Aelia's Collarbone with her saliva-dampened fingers, secretly activating the Resonance mechanism of the Automatic Activation Starry Contract.
Aelia suddenly clutched her Heart and took a step back; she saw a vast Star Map emerging from her daughter's Pupil—an image from the Mysterious Scroll she had found on an ancient battlefield three years ago.
A loud crack echoed from the Stargazing Tower as its Wall began to break apart.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna grasped Aelia's Pearl Earrings and used their falling momentum to fling them toward the West Clock Tower.
In that moment of shattering Stained Glass, the infant tearfully recited a disguised Spell: "The stars shine, the moon cries, baby wants to find…"
The clock tower's secret chamber burst open with a thunderous roar.
This was supposed to be the prison where Leonard had confined Aelia for twenty years, but at this moment, due to the mechanism triggered early by Luna, the long-hidden Starshine Altar was revealed.
Seven broken Stellar Pillars surrounded the central Contract Well, and faint sounds of clashing chains echoed from the depths of the well.
"How could Luna know about this place?" Aelia's Nightwalker Armor shimmered under the starlight, and she suddenly recalled how she had dreamt of a Silver-Haired Woman whispering by the well during her pregnancy.
The baby in her arms suddenly struggled and lunged toward the well's edge, the Xing Mang among her Golden Hair resonating with the ethereal Blue Light at the bottom of the well.
The Three Brothers burst through the stone door of the secret chamber.
The eldest brother swiftly redirected the energy of the Forbidden Technique that was rebounding against him into the Earth Rift, and when he collided with a Stellar Pillar, it erupted with Golden Runes; Second Brother's Soul Devouring Puppet abruptly changed direction to gnaw at the moss on the well's edge; Brother San's Fingertip Lei Guang darted uncontrollably toward the chains at the bottom of the well.
"Now's our chance!" Luna bit her Tongue and flicked a Blood Pearl into the Contract Well.
The Baby Blood merged with the well water, causing a Longyin-like Zhen Chan to resonate throughout the entire Magic Castle's Geomancy.
Leonard's Ice Blade was still pressed against Lucius's throat when it was suddenly ensnared by a Starlight Chain that shot up from underground, pulling him toward the earth's core.
Aelia's Covenant Totem began to burn against her chest.
She saw a silver mirror, Ailya's Silver Mirror, rise from the bottom of the well, engraved with a Star Moon Emblem. The reflection was not her own but that of a silver-haired woman who shared a connection with Luna.
As Luna's cries overlapped with the sighs of the figure in the mirror, the seven Stellar Pillars suddenly projected a Beidou-shaped light array.
"In the name of Xing Hui," Luna curled into a sphere of light in her mother's embrace and softly chanted in her previous life's voice.
The well water bubbled and surged forth, carrying with it the shimmering forms of hundreds of stars—those were the Twelve Star Guardians who had fallen in her past life, now swimming upstream from the Time River.
Her elder brother's lame leg was suddenly enveloped in starlight.
He was horrified to discover that the backlash from the Forbidden Technique was transforming into pure energy; the hearing he had sacrificed to stand up all those years ago began to revive. The Second Brother's Puppet spat out a blood-stained Memory Crystal, revealing a scene of his close friend conversing secretly with Leonard during Leonard's Last Night. Brother San's uncontrollable Lei Guang, guided by the Star Trail, accurately shattered the debris about to fall from the top of the East Tower.
Ailya's Silver Mirror emitted a crisp sound of shattering.
As the Starry Queen Xu Ying reached out to touch Luna Mei Xin, the entire chamber suddenly plunged into absolute darkness.
Aelia heard her daughter laugh lightly in an adult tone, "All is well, my other half."
When the first ray of morning light pierced through the Earth Rift, Qin Si huddled in a corner of the altar, clutching a blood-stained cloak.
She saw Little Master laughing as he held onto the Star Guardian's earring, Laughter, while those starry warriors knelt on one knee, their armor still stained with blood from different eras.
What sent chills down her spine was Lady Aelia's gaze as she stared at the Contract Well, gradually aligning with the look of the Silver-Haired Woman from her dreams.
Qin Si's fingers turned white as she gripped the cloak tightly; her Lapis Lazuli Earrings trembled softly in the starlight.
She watched as Luna grasped the Star Guardian's Silver Moon Earrings, her infant pink gums clashing against the cold neck armor of her opponent—this should have been an absurd scene from Leonard's Last Night. Yet as Little Master sucked on the Blood Pearl atop earring Zhui Zi, those Star Guardians, dusted with remnants from different times, displayed an almost reverent expression.
"Be careful!" she couldn't help but exclaim as she watched Third Young Master's uncontrollable Lei Guang brush past Luna's swaddling.
But that Purple Lightning suddenly transformed into Xing Xu upon touching Infant Hair, coalescing into a glowing Little Rabbit that hopped onto Qin Si's lap.
The maid hurriedly covered her mouth, only to find a strange spell surging in her throat, those obscure broken syllables weaving their way into her temples through the ripples of the contract well.
Leonard released Lucius's collar, leaving a faint mark on the boy's neck from the ice blade.
Lord Gilded Cufflinks suddenly emitted a dark mist, a warning from the blood pact he had made with the Eastern Witch.
He squinted at the starlight seeping from the Earth Rift, his fingertips brushing against the dark compartment of Leonard's sword—inside lay a Fallen Angel Feather capable of severing the Starry Contract, currently burning his palm.
"Playing tricks," he scoffed as he crushed the communication crystal, allowing a wisp of black mist to drift toward the Stargazing Tower.
The tower's third floor concealed the prophecy crystal ball sent by Leonard's concubine, and at that moment, the surface of the sphere revealed Luna sucking blood from Leonard's last night.
When the infant glanced in that direction without awareness, the crystal ball suddenly shattered into twelve pieces, each reflecting a different terrified face of his mistress.
Luna burped in Aelia's arms.
Feigning an attempt to grab her mother's starshine pendant, she instead used her saliva to draw three layers of decryption symbols on the back of the jade pendant.
In her past life, imprisoned in the time corridor, she had spent three hundred years deciphering thirty-six loopholes in the Starry Contract.
As the jade pendant began to absorb moonlight, the infant suddenly erupted into a heart-wrenching loud cry.
"I want... I want stars!" The baby's cries caused the Star Guardians to collectively awaken.
The commander immediately cut his wrist, spilling blood into the well, as the armor of the Twelve Star Guardians formed into an arc-shaped mirror.
The moonlight refracted through the blood mirror, converging into a blazing white light spot around Luna.
Aelia's Covenant Totem suddenly emerged in midair, each rune extending chains that bound her limbs.
Leonard's pupils constricted.
He recognized that the chains were of the same origin as the curse mark that had bound Aelia twenty years ago, but now they were dyed amber by starlight.
As Luna's tears fell onto the chains, Lord suddenly pressed his hand against his heart and staggered back— the Heart Devouring Curse he had planted in Aelia's heart was collapsing, and the backlash of intense pain made him bite his tongue.
"Father, be careful!" Lucius reached out to support him but was pushed away three paces.
As the boy collided with the Stellar Pillar, the Astrology Dice in his arms suddenly arranged themselves into a celestial puzzle.
This was a toy he had found in his mother's old trunk, and at this moment, the dice face revealed Luna during a full moon—when she had grasped a Star Guardian Emblem as a baby.
The well water began to flow backward.
Luna pretended to be startled by the splashes and accidentally struck her elder brother Ear's Forbidden Technique Brand with her flailing arms.
The limping youth suddenly knelt on one knee, his kneecap making a brittle sound like colliding metal.
He was horrified to discover that the hearing he had sacrificed to the dark god was returning; mingled with the distant rumble of Earth Vein Tremor was their father's suppressed groan.
"Sister, are you helping me?" He trembled as he reached for Ear's old injury, where new skin floated over a star pattern.
When the Soul Devouring Puppet of Second Brother suddenly lunged at him, biting his Scar, he instinctively cast a Healing Spell that was infused with the power of thunder. This was the long-lost Holy Light Magic from his Maternal Family, now surging forth from the Meridian that had once been backlashed.
Qin Si could no longer hold back and took out the Recording Crystal.
This was a protective talisman gifted by Aelia during her pregnancy, and at that moment, the Crystal began to automatically reveal the secret message Iris.
As Luna's starlight swept across the surface of the Crystal, those Iris transformed into a Three-Dimensional Projection: it was the scene of Leonard meeting with Leonard's Concubine last month, and in the corner of Leonard's Last Night, one could still see the Serpent Hairpin of the Eastern Witch.
"So that's how it is..." Aelia's whisper caused ripples to spread across the Contract Well.
Madam Fingertip brushed through her daughter's Golden Hair, where she found Xing Mang, and suddenly pressed the Starshine Pendant into the well water.
A loud crash echoed from the bottom of the well as chains broke apart, and Xu Ying of the Twelve Star Guardians began to collapse into a Light Cocoon.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna bit her finger and flicked a Blood Pearl towards her three brothers Mei Xin.
Leonard's Leonard's Sword suddenly unsheathed by three inches.
The burning sensation of Fallen Angel Feather vanished, replaced by a shudder deep within his marrow.
He gazed at the Blood Mist rising from the well and saw his own reflection aging within it—those wrinkles mirrored precisely the appearance of Old Lord during his final moments twenty years ago when he was poisoned.
"Stop this nonsense!" he shouted as he swung his sword towards the Light Cocoon, but Jian Feng turned into Quicksand upon touching Shan Na's starlight.
As the grains of sand reformed, they transformed into a silver chain inscribed with Starshine Incantation, tightly binding his wrist that held the sword.
The black Inverse Cross emerged at the side of Lord's neck, marking his Contract with the Eastern Witch, now oozing Poisoned Blood under the constriction of the silver chain.
Luna suddenly burst into laughter.
The infant's palm illuminated the Micro Star Map, reflecting Leonard's current Heart Rate.
When Aelia noticed her husband's unusual state and moved to approach him, her daughter's small foot unexpectedly kicked her Heart and Covenant Totem.
The lady stumbled into the embrace of the Star Guardian, and the Contract Patterns on her chest suddenly projected onto the Dome of the secret chamber, revealing the complete Starshine Family Tree.
"Mother, look..." Luna pointed to the vacant spot at the end of the Genealogy, where Ailya's father's name should have been.
As the infant pressed her bloodied finger onto it, Leonard's Lucius Image suddenly emerged in that empty space, with a Heart pierced by a Star Pattern dagger—the very Godslayer Blade that Lord was currently hiding in Ankeli.
A roar echoed from the Earth Rift as Ancient Gears turned.
The Contract Well suddenly spouted spring water wrapped in Ice Shards, each ice particle sealing Memory Fragments: Leonard's vow before the Starshine Altar during his youth, his transaction with the Eastern Witch under the blood moon, and even his humming of a Lullaby while wiping the Godslayer Blade last night—that was a tune Aelia often sang during her pregnancy.
As the icy spring began to crystallize into a mirror surface, Luna suddenly started to cough violently.
The infant's flushed face flickered in and out of brightness under the starlight, and Xing Mang among her Golden Hair began to siphon Aelia's life force.
At the same time, the Light Cocoon of the Twelve Star Guardians burst apart, and the splattered starlight projected blurred human figures onto the mirror surface.
Leonard finally changed his expression; he recognized those Light and Shadow patterns—the standard of Leonard's Sword—used by the royal guards that sank into Eternal Night along with the Last Queen when the Starshine Dynasty fell.
The chains at the bottom of the well emitted a tightening sound that made one's teeth ache.
A pressure that transcended time and space froze everyone in place, while only Luna's cries echoed in layers through the mirrored surface.
As the last drop of water from the well hung suspended in the center of the mirror, a blood-stained finger of an infant suddenly pierced through the surface, gently grasping something.
The starlight reflected in the well abruptly solidified into tangible steps, and fine ice crystals paved a galaxy-like East Corridor in the void.
When Luna withdrew her finger from the mirror, it caught a strand of hair glowing with moonlight—at the moment that hair detached from the mirror, it transformed into Star Sand, gathering in the infant's palm to form a miniature Scepter.
"Starshine Relic!" Aelia's exclamation collided with the Stellar Pillar and rebounded into a triple echo.
The Covenant Totem on her chest suddenly spun counterclockwise, drawing all the amber chains that bound her limbs into her body.
From deep within the Contract Well came the crisp sound of metal breaking, and twelve Stellar Pillars simultaneously illuminated with Ancient Magic Script.
The Peacock Stone Tiles beneath everyone's feet began to emerge with a Starry Pattern.
The moonlight on Qin Si's knee exploded into Little Rabbit light spots, piecing together a Prophecy Poem Remnant in her pupil; Lucius's Astrology Dice floated autonomously, branding a Light Gold Star Trace on the boy's forehead; old wounds on the Three Brothers glowed with Resonance Red Glow, projecting a complete Astrological Array onto the ground.
A laugh reminiscent of Yin Ling pierced through the stagnant air.
Luna pointed the Scepter towards Leonard, and the infant's indistinct "Yi Ya" voice refracted through the Star Trail, transforming into an ethereal female voice that echoed in the Dome: "The time of judgment has come."
At the mouth of the well, Blood Mist suddenly coalesced into a half-figure of a Silver-Haired Woman.
The crescent emblem on her forehead shimmered in harmony with Luna, while the tips of her hair entwined with the still-dripping Star Chain.
As the woman opened her amber eyes, time within the chamber slowed dramatically, and the grains of sand from Leonard's falling blade hovered three inches above the ground.
"Are you planning to instigate a revolution?" The moment she spoke, the armor of the Twelve Star Guardians began to seep with Xing Mang, weaving ancient Contract Clauses in the air.
Her fingertip passed through Luna's swaddling, and from the infant's hair emerged a miniature magical continent in a Holographic Projection, revealing the Sealing Eyes of various forbidden zones clearly.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna bit down hard on the woman's index finger with her still-developing milk tooth.
The taste of Blood Pearl with a hint of Star Sand seeped into her gums, and a mischievous glint flashed in the amethyst pupils of the baby.
Where they touched erupted with a blinding strong light, and within the remnants of images on everyone's retinas emerged twenty-eight different endings of Magic Castle across various timelines.
Aelia suddenly pressed her temples.
Memories that did not belong to her surged within her mind: the broken Starlight Staff on the Frozen Throne, the writhing Contract Curse Worm in the Eastern Marsh, and the Sealed Letter Wax that Old Lord had stuffed into her swaddling before his death—the seal's pattern perfectly aligned with Leonard's inverted cross mark at his neck.
"Three requests." Luna's thoughts transmitted through Star Trail Resonance into the woman's Mind Sea.
The baby's chubby fingers pointed at the Three Brothers, and immediately their Star Patterns projected three-dimensional medical records: the black line writhing within Eldest Brother's Forbidden Technique Brand, the Puppet Thread coiling around Second Brother's heart, and Brother San's Meridian disrupted by Lightning Element.
The Xu Ying of the Starry Queen suddenly trembled.
Her chain-wrapped fingers brushed over Jing Yan Bing Jing, and a mirror image instantly reflected scenes of Leonard negotiating with various factions.
As Leonard's Last Night froze at the moment he plunged the Godslayer Blade into the heart of the Starshine Altar, the entire Ice Mirror suddenly shattered into sharp Memory Fragments.
"What is the cost?" The woman's voice carried the breath of Wind and Snow.
The chains entwined in her hair suddenly tightened, and a chilling roar echoed from the depths of the well.
The Twelve Star Guardians' Leonard's Sword drew out three inches, yet the blade reflected not the current scene—each sword mirrored the flames of war from different eras, with the latest showing the blood-red dawn at the collapse of the Magic Castle.
Luna suddenly coughed violently, a mixture of Xing Mang staining her lips.
The baby’s flailing arms "just happened" to strike the floating Astrology Dice, and the Dice Face numbers, pulled by the Star Trail, spelled out the history of her Maternal Family's downfall.
Aelia's Nightwalker Armor emitted a mournful cry as Leonard's Pauldron fell away on its own, revealing a traitor's mark hidden for fifteen years beneath—a variant of the Leonard Family crest.
Leonard's cold laugh caught in his throat.
Suddenly, an Inverse Cross emerged from his neck, transforming into physical Demon Binding Shackles that gripped his throat.
Ashes from Fallen Angel Feather slipped through his fingers, scorching blasphemous symbols onto the Star Trail Diagram.
As he attempted to activate the Eastern Witch's Blood Pact, he discovered a shard of starlight had lodged itself in his heart—its feathered arrowtail identical to the embroidery on Luna's Swaddling.
"Mother..." Luna suddenly let out a weak sob, her small face appearing translucent under the starlight.
The Star Pulse network within the baby was clearly visible; those Magic Circuits that should have belonged to a Centenarian Archmage were now fracturing under excessive consumption.
The Twelve Star Guardians suddenly cut their palms, and Blood Pearls floated to form a circular transfusion array, only to be assimilated by Star Sand the moment they touched Luna's skin.
The Starry Queen raised her hand and froze the Healing Circle.
She swept her Hair Tips across Aelia's Covenant Totem, and the lady immediately heard her daughter's heartbeat resonating with the Earth Vein Tremor.
When Luna's third Loud Cry echoed, a suspended Magic Castle illusion suddenly emerged beneath everyone's feet—the swirling Hei Chao at its base was the Devouring Demon Swarm that Leonard had secretly nurtured for twenty years.
"Before Ming Ye Yue Shi," the woman's Xu Ying began to dissipate, and Stellar Steps transformed into Liu Ying, flying toward the well's opening. "Let the Contract witness."
Gravity suddenly returned to the secret chamber.
Leonard stumbled against the East Wall, and Leonard's Sword automatically disassembled and reformed during its fall, turning into a Starlight Dagger that sealed a Forbidden Spell, landing at his feet. When Aelia caught the falling Luna, she discovered that the swaddling Lining was stained with blood from Ice Crystal. The Star Pattern on the Three Brothers was fading, but the eldest brother Ear's Black Line had transformed into Golden Runes.
Qin Si's Recording Crystal suddenly rolled toward the well's opening.
In the depths of the well, Shan Na saw a countdown reflected on the surface of Crystal amidst Luna's Golden Hair—twenty-three Magic Moments marked by numbers, each corresponding to a Moon Phase of incubation in the Insect Nest beneath the Magic Castle.
As the last bit of Xing Hui retracted to the bottom of the well, Lucius suddenly noticed that Palm's Astrology Dice had turned into a leak of Star Sand.
The boy gazed at the constellation pattern formed by the falling Sandy Gravel and suddenly recalled his Mother whispering ancient prophecies to the starry sky during her pregnancy—the fragmented ending of that prophecy perfectly aligned with what he saw in this moment with Sandy Gravel Track.
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