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The Phoenix Ashes fluttered down in the Council Chamber Dome as Aelia stumbled back, clutching the solidified Wedding Oath Candle Tears.
Her Pearl Earrings suddenly shattered into Powder, the vitality consumed by the Soul Devouring Gu over the past Twenty Years transformed into Ice Blue Light Spots, flickering within Leonard's Frost Ring on his ring finger.
"Are you using my life to nourish Leonard's Concubine?" Aelia's fingertip traced through the floating memories of Residual Shadow, clearly reflecting three boys resembling Leonard and Mei Yan in the Forbidden Technique Array, devouring magical Crystals. "Even the Closed Door Training you mentioned during Lucius's birth..."
"Shut up!" Leonard erupted with Twelve Rays and Ice Spikes, instantly covering the Assembly Hall walls with Frost Flowers.
He formed a Confinement Spell with his palm and pressed it against his wife's throat, but as it touched Aelia's neck adorned with Pearl Powder, it burned and left charred marks—those powders automatically coalesced into the Pearl Necklace from Twenty Years Ago's Wedding Ceremony, tightly constricting his wrist.
Luna's swaddling suddenly burst forth with golden light; amidst the baby's delicate Loud Cry, every Crystal Chandelier in the castle shattered simultaneously.
Amidst the swirling Prism Shards, the Healing Array on Brother's Wheelchair spun wildly, converting Leonard's leaking Ice Magic into Golden Silk Threads—each Dark Purple Thread entwined with the fangs of the Soul Devouring Gu that had once pierced Aelia's Heart Vein, a price paid by Brother using his Twin Legs to transfer the poison.
"How many talents does Father need to feed his lover?" Brother, pale, gripped the Wheelchair Armrest where an Emerging Star Chart lay. The Gold Threads eroded by lies suddenly changed direction, piercing Leonard's ankle with a Dark Pattern—that was the Teleportation Circle Brand left behind during his secret meetings with Leonard's Concubine under the pretense of inspecting the barrier on the seventh day of each month.
Leonard roared to summon the Magic Fortress Guardian, but the Judgment Totem of the Dome rained down fire.
Qin Si rushed in with a blood-stained Skirt, cradling a Forbidden Technique Scroll stolen from Outer Chamber Villa. "The Bluebell nectar Lord takes every month isn't for medicine; it's to nourish the Soul Devouring Gu King's differentiated body!"
Luna suddenly spat out Colorful Bubbles towards the Southeast window.
In each bubble's explosion was revealed Brother San misled into practicing Error magic on Leonard's Last Night—his dormant flame talent was secretly redirected by Leonard into Outer Chamber Villa's Geomancy.
Brother on the Wheelchair let out a muffled groan as an image of Second Brother being deceived by a close friend into a sealing place emerged from the Healing Array; that "close friend" clearly wore cufflinks embedded with Leonard's Family Crest.
"Enough!" Leonard shattered half of his cloak, and rampaging Frost Magic coalesced into a Hydra lunging at Luna.
Aelia’s Earlobe pearls suddenly swelled, enveloping the entire baby within.
The Soul Devouring Gu King rolled within the pearl, emitting a screech that devoured the Ice Serpent entirely.
The Castle Floor Tiles began cracking as the elder brother's Wheelchair Armrest ejected a talisman made of Dragon Bone.
The Power of Lies accumulated over twenty years formed a golden vortex between his broken Twin Legs, causing all objects in the Assembly Hall that had been eroded by Gu Poison to float into the air.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna blew the Phoenix Ashes toward the center of the vortex. When the Ashes collided with the Gold Thread of Lies, time in the entire Glorious Demon Fortress seemed to freeze for a moment.
"Mother, do you see clearly now?" The elder brother wiped away the Bloodstain at the corner of his mouth, turning his Wheelchair to crush the Gu Worms emerging from beneath the Peacock Stone Tiles. "For every tear you shed for Father, the Soul Devouring Gu produces countless larvae that gnaw at our talents—but the Phoenix Ashes collected by Luna can temporarily..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Leonard's Scepter pierced through Eldest Son's Shoulder Blade.
Aelia's Alya's Pearl Barrier exploded with a thunderous crash, and amidst the splintering pearls emerged a scene from the night she conceived Lucius, when her husband buried a Soul Devouring Gu Egg tainted with Leonard's Concubine's Cedar Fragrance beside her pillow.
Brother San, who had just arrived, suddenly clutched his Heart. His misdirected Water Magic from Twenty Years surged uncontrollably, vaporizing into crimson mist beneath the Judgment Totem—this was indeed the source of power transferred to Outer Chamber Villa.
"Lord! The West Clock Tower..." Lucius, battered and bruised, burst through the door. The Prophecy Crystal in his arms reflected the crumbling Family Bloodline Tree.
He was astonished to find that on what should have been his main branch were three Parasitic Vines siphoning nutrients—at their ends were connected three illegitimate children hidden away by Father in a forbidden place.
A mournful cry echoed from outside the Castle Exterior as Bluebell wilted completely. The Guardian Charm gifted to Aelia by Second Brother rose from underground.
On the back of the talisman, S.O.S. messages long concealed by lies began to light up one by one, clearly pointing toward...
(At this point, it abruptly stopped as distant sounds of a Magic Messenger's urgent bell rang out.) The Magic Messenger's Yin Ling shattered in fragments at the Dome, and amidst the swirling ice crystals emerged Second Brother's pale face.
His deep brown cloak was soaked with Dark Green Slime—an aftermath of breaking the seal at the Cursed Swamp. The remnants of Xing Huo at his cuffs showed the traces of his forced Tear through space to return.
As he stumbled and shattered the Ice Spike at the edge of the Judgment Totem, the still-healing Contract Mark on his palm suddenly glowed red.
"You even tampered with my Soul Contract?" Second Brother trembled as he raised the Brand of the Emerging Family Crest, recalling how he had been deceived by a close friend into signing a Magic Contract filled with Dark Patterns that devoured talent.
A Bluebell-shaped Light Spot suddenly appeared on his neck, a Guardian Mark planted by Aelia during her childbirth. "Mother exchanged half her life for this Blessing, yet Father uses it as fodder..."
The ice spear at the tip of Leonard's Staff abruptly halted, and Brother San's shattered Water Magic suddenly reformed within the Blood Mist.
The misled water elementals from Twenty Years did not dissipate; instead, they condensed into countless Prisms within the Lacrima that Aelia had fallen from—each Prism reflecting scenes from his childhood when Father taught him magic step by step. Now, those warm Leonard's Last Night memories were being eroded into black holes by the Black Slime of Parasitic Vines.
"You once said when teaching me to draw my first water pattern," Brother San raised his hand to catch the Prism Shards, and from his torn fingertip flowed a flame-like Blood Pearl, "the glory of a Mage lies in protection." His bloodied palm pressed heavily against the Judgment Totem, and the flame talent that should have awakened pierced through the Error-ridden Water System barrier, dyeing Elder Brother's Wheelchair Armrest Star Chart a deep gold.
Qin Si suddenly lunged for the shattered pearls at Aelia's feet, pulling out a Bluebell Seed from her blood-stained apron Dark Bag.
This was a Blood Pearl formed from life force that she had secretly collected last year when Aelia was Coughing Blood. "Madam, look," she trembled as she pressed the seed into Pearl Powder, her fingertip stained with it beginning to Emerging intricate Curse. "What was consumed by Soul Devouring Gu is still here; Young Lady's Phoenix Ashes have frozen them in time..."
The seed suddenly sprouted and grew, blooming flowers that revealed images of Lucius in his infancy.
In Leonard's Last Night, Leonard was giving an Illegitimate Child the Family Crest, which was forged from Aelia's Blood Pact during her pregnancy.
Vines wrapped around Qin Si's arm and coiled around Aelia's Wrist, with Seven Bluebell Flowers blooming that corresponded perfectly to her seven lost Blessings of fertility.
"Mother, don't be afraid." Elder Brother suddenly turned his Wheelchair to crush the Peacock Stone Tiles; what flowed from between his broken Twin Legs was no longer blood but Xing Hui purified by Luna's golden light.
Those Xing Hui climbed along the patterns of the Judgment Totem, replicating Second Brother's Guardian Mark into a web-like light array. "The Heart Scar you carved years ago to transfer Gu Poison is now our best Best Location Coordinates."
The Teleportation Circle beneath Leonard's feet suddenly twisted and morphed, as the Ley Line Energy from the Outer Chamber Villa surged in through the ice spikes.
The Frostflower Crest on his Scepter cracked open, revealing three curled Soul Devouring Gu Kings inside—each Gu Worm bore a Soul Fragment of an illegitimate child atop its head.
At that moment, Luna's Colorful Bubbles collided with the Crystal Chandelier Remains, and within the explosion of Rainbow Light emerged the true form of the Family Bloodline Tree: the Root System that should have belonged to the Legitimate Offspring had been entirely replaced by the Tentacles of Gu Worms.
"Father, do you still not understand?" Second Brother suddenly tore off the Bluebell Flower Mark from his neck, the bloodied stem scorching a Scorch Mark onto the Contract Mark. "When you hid the Soul Devouring Gu Egg under Mother's pillow..." His blood-stained finger traced a fragmented spell in the air, as Magical Talents stolen by a dear friend seeped out from the cracks in the Contract. "We all became hostages of the Gu Worms."
Brother San's Flame Blood Pearl ignited the entire Judgment Totem, and the Gold Thread on Eldest Brother's Star Chart snapped with a brittle sound reminiscent of Qin Xian breaking.
Aelia's Earlobe pearls began to swell uncontrollably, each pearl revealing expressions of pain from Children whose talents had been devoured.
Suddenly, Luna let out a Giggling sound, her Chubby Palm slapping against the edge of the swaddling, where hidden within the falling light dust lay a Great Mage's Encrypted Sigil.
"Stop them!" Leonard shouted fiercely, and from the tip of his Scepter, a Frost Ring erupted into Ice Blades.
However, as soon as the Ice Blade touched Aelia's Hair Tips, it vaporized—unbeknownst to him, Second Brother's Guardian Charm had transformed into a Light Barrier. The back of the spell bore an S.O.S. that had been altered for twenty years, now manifesting in mid-air through Brother San's blood flames, piecing together a complete family Defensive Formation.
Seizing the opportunity, Qin Si wrapped Bluebell Vine around Lucius's Prophecy Crystal; the vine, tainted with Pearl Powder, began to grow wildly.
The fire talents consumed by the Outer Court flowed back through the vine veins and coalesced in Brother San's Palm into a Crimson Gold Dagger. "Please explain, Father," Brother San said as he turned the dagger against his Heart, blood mist surging forth revealing transferred Ley Line Energy. "Why would my Source Fire be used to forge weapons for an illegitimate child in forbidden grounds?"
The entire Assembly Hall began to tremble violently as Luna's Swaddling Gold Thread automatically disassembled and reformed.
The Dark Purple Threads transformed from Eldest Brother's Healing Array were now piercing through Leonard's Frost Ring, exposing the link between the Soul Devouring Gu King and the illegitimate child beneath the Judgment Totem.
Aelia suddenly reached out to grasp the floating Wedding Oath Candle Tears; the wax solidified for twenty years melted into blue flames in her Palm.
"Mother, be careful!" Second Brother's shout was drowned out by the sound of the explosion.
Leonard shattered the last three seals on his cloak, and the released magical energy condensed the remaining Phoenix Ashes into Hail.
But just as those Hail were about to strike Aelia, they suddenly changed direction—Luna, who had rolled into a pile of Crystal Fragments, was staring at the Hail with her glass-like eyes. The colorful light swirling in her pupils caused all attacking tracks to subtly deviate.
As the last piece of Hail grazed Qin Si's Hair Bun and embedded itself into the wall, an eerie silence fell over the entire Glorious Demon Fortress.
From Aelia's palm, blue flames emerged, revealing baby Luna—her Heart bore a faintly visible Phoenix Birthmark, which was reweaving the life thread devoured by the Soul Devouring Gu King into a Wing shape.
The Family Bloodline Tree beneath the floor let out a mournful cry as three Parasitic Vines suddenly began to wither. Meanwhile, on the main trunk that should have broken, a small Jin Mang was quietly gathering at Luna's swaddled position...
Golden light radiated from Luna, flowing over Aelia's trembling Fingertip like melting snow in early spring.
The fine soft hair of the baby was stained with Phoenix Ashes, transforming in the light into countless tiny Xing Zi that gently wrapped around Mother’s Neck, covering the wound gnawed by the Soul Devouring Gu.
Aelia's Palm ignited with Wedding Oath Flame, reflecting her daughter's clear Pupil from within the swaddle—those glass-like eyes clearly held a timeless tenderness.
"Luna..." Aelia choked as she pressed her face against that warm glow. Twenty years of Gu Poison accumulated in her marrow turned into crystalline ice sand that fell like rain.
Each grain of ice sand burst open upon touching the ground, revealing translucent Bluebells, their stamens sealing fragments of talents devoured from Children.
Lucius staggered to support himself against a cracking Pillar, feeling the Prophecy Crystal in his arms radiate intense heat.
He saw his Palm emerging with Dark Patterns identical to those of the Parasitic Vines, and at that moment, those terrifying markings were being purified inch by inch by Luna's light.
The young man gazed at the shattered Judgment Totem, where the branches that should have belonged to his life force were now entwined with the Guardian Vine woven from Luna's golden light.
"Mother, don’t touch that ice sand!" his elder brother suddenly shouted.
The Dragon Bone talisman on the wheelchair's armrest automatically flew to Aelia's feet, absorbing all the falling ice sand.
The crimson Golden Patterns on the Star Chart emitted a Zhen Chan akin to Longyin, and the purified fragments of talent coalesced into tangible forms around the wheelchair—Second Brother’s lost Thundercloud Staff, Brother San’s transferred Fire Core, and even his own leg bones and meridians, which had been devoured by Gu Worms twenty years ago.
Suddenly, a crackling sound erupted from the Frost Ring atop Leonard's Staff, as three Soul Devouring Gu Kings twisted in an attempt to escape.
At that moment, Luna let out a murmured Yi Ya, and the floating Xing Zi instantly converged into the shape of a Phoenix Tail Feather, pinning the Gu Worm firmly in the center of the Judgment Totem.
Aelia's earlobe pearl shattered in response, and amidst the splintering luster emerged the Gu egg that Leonard had hidden in his sleeve on their wedding day.
"So it started with the first pearl..." Aelia brushed her fingertip over her daughter's head, and Luna immediately tilted her face up to nuzzle against her palm.
The Phoenix Birthmark faintly visible at the infant’s collar suddenly projected an Ancient Incantation, pulling the leg bones and meridians that had adhered to the wheelchair back into her elder brother's body.
His incomplete Twin Legs twitched violently as the Gold Thread on the Star Chart raced wildly, weaving a Fire Emblem at his knee that shared its origin with Luna.
Brother San suddenly groaned and collapsed to his knees, his palm gripping the Crimson Gold Dagger uncontrollably as it flew toward Luna’s radiant sphere.
Before everyone's eyes, the dagger melted into liquid flames upon touching Shan Na’s golden light, seeping through the cracks of Peacock Stone Tiles into Geomancy.
The entire castle trembled violently as Zhen Chan surged forth, and from the West Clock Tower came the clear sound of new buds breaking ground from the Fate Tree.
"Does Father still want to deceive himself?" Second Brother clutched his neck where a faded Bluebell Flower Mark lingered, allowing the Contract Mark to sear Qing Yan onto his skin.
The Lightning Element that had once been trapped in the sealed land flowed back along Luna's Halo, coalescing into a pulsating Electric Arc between his fingers. "Do you hear the Fate Tree calling for the true guardian?"
Leonard Fury's roar was drowned out by the sudden downpour of Lily of the Valley Fragrance Rain.
Taking advantage of the moment, Qin Si threw the blood-stained Bluebell Vine into the air. The vine, dusted with Pearl Powder, unfurled in a bridge-like form amidst the golden light—its other end surprisingly connecting to the newly born Fire Emblem on Brother Wheelchair.
Aelia suddenly grasped her daughter's small hand, guiding the warm glow toward her husband Heart. "Let me see where you hid our wedding vow."
The Frost Ring exploded in response, and from the Ice Blue Light Spot emerged a suffocating sight: Leonard's Last Night. What throbbed within Leonard's left chest was not a heart, but an ice crystal encasing the Outer Room Tears.
The surface of the ice crystal writhed with tiny Gu Worms, continuously siphoning life force from Aelia's pearls.
Luna suddenly struggled to extend her small hand from the swaddling, her Chubby Fingertip precisely tapping the core of the ice crystal.
The Outer Room Tears sealed within began to flow backward in the golden light, transforming into the moonlight from their wedding night twenty years ago.
Aelia's Wedding Oath Flame surged explosively, engulfing both the moonlight and the Gu Worms entirely.
When the flames extinguished, a true Family Crest emerged prominently on Leonard's Heart—where the Guardian Spell should have been engraved was instead filled with Luna's Starlight Fingerprint.
Brother suddenly shuddered; the Fire Emblem on his wheelchair detached automatically and coalesced into a half-scroll of ancient text known as Xu Ying upon his knee.
On the yellowed Parchment, a Curse obscured by bloodstains flickered in and out of visibility within Luna's lingering Halo.
Instinctively, he reached out to touch it, but the ancient text dissipated into Stardust, leaving only that Fire Emblem growing increasingly hot—as if waiting for a specific moment to reemerge.
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