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As the moonlight permeated the twelve Starshine Towers, Aelia cradled her swaddled daughter as she walked through the archway adorned with Ice Crystal Roses.
She had intentionally replaced the Banquet Hall Dome with translucent crystal, allowing her daughter to see the complete Yue Lun for the first time.
Qin Si gently remarked while holding the swaddled infant, which was embellished with nine hundred Broken Diamonds, "Madam, Third Young Master Lucius has yet to emerge from his retreat."
"It’s no matter." Aelia's fingertips brushed against Luna, and frost formed delicate Xing Mang at the tips of the baby's hair.
She didn’t notice that her daughter was staring at her Moonstone Earrings—those that could glimpse memories—reflecting the distorted runes on the wooden box in the dark chamber of the West Tower.
Leonard stepped into the banquet hall, startling the Light Butterflies within the crystal chandelier.
He reached out to hold his daughter, but Luna suddenly grasped his cufflink. The Amethyst Cufflinks, entwined with Magic Patterns, instantly reflected an image of a red-haired woman holding an infant.
Aelia's pupils constricted; this cufflink was clearly one she had gifted him last year.
"Let’s test for magical aptitude," Lord Leonard said hurriedly as he turned away.
As the crystal ball emerged from the Library of Hidden Books, Leonard's Last Night, the Silver Fork in Hand suddenly melted into liquid.
Aelia caught sight of the rampaging Star Chart Device on the Wheelchair Armrest; Ice Blue Magic surged through the cracks of Peacock Stone Tiles toward the East Terrace.
Purple flames erupted from Shan Na as a crescent moon suddenly burst forth from Luna's forehead.
Aelia's neck amulet shattered with a sound, and the Oath Chain that Leonard had personally tied during their wedding twenty years ago clattered to the ground.
She finally saw her husband's Family Crest hidden within the inner layer of his formal attire—where it should have been engraved with a Snow Wolf Totem, it was shockingly a Serpent Pattern.
"Mother!" her Eldest Son screamed as he turned his Wheelchair.
His broken right leg shimmered with an eerie bluish-purple under the moonlight. The Star Chart Device's Pointer abruptly changed direction, pointing directly at a faint silver light within Luna's swaddling.
As the Wheelchair rolled over the Oath Chain, he momentarily saw himself standing atop the Magic Tower ten years ago, on a night just like this one filled with Yin Hui.
When Luna's cries echoed throughout the hall, Twelve Rays of Starry Satin entwined three Sandalwood Boxes.
When the lid of the box engraved with the Birth Rune popped open, Eldest Son saw half of an Ice Crystal Snake coiled inside—exactly the magical creature that had backfired during his defense of the castle.
Starry Satin cast a mottled Halo over the Dome, and Eldest Son Alvin gazed at the coiled Ice Crystal Snake in the Sandalwood Box, his grip on the Wheelchair Armrest tightening until it cracked.
Ten years ago, the Wind and Snow at the top of the Magic Tower seemed to howl through time—back then, his Frost Dragon could still spread its wings wide enough to block out the sun, but it had been ensnared by the backfiring Magic Pattern while sealing the Abyssal Rift, trapping its Long Horn.
Now, only half of a snake's tail remained in the box, its scales still sharp from when the ice crystals shattered.
"Ah... ah..." Luna suddenly waved her small hand, her infantile Magic Fluctuation passing through the light dust falling from the crystal chandelier.
Alvin Right Leg’s Azure Scar suddenly felt hot, and he realized that tiny Bing Hua had formed on the inner side of the Wheelchair Armrest, a product of his own unique Hexagonal Frost Crystal Technique from his prime.
A sharp sound of Silverware hitting the ground came from the East Side of the banquet hall.
Second Young Master Kane stared at the melting Silver Fork at his feet, its surface reflecting the face of his dear friend, Roy.
Three years ago, on that stormy night, when Roy had plunged a poisoned Secret Silver Dagger into his back, it was this tear-streaked face that had said, "The Magic Castle must fall."
He reached down with his awareness to touch the third protrusion on his spine, where he had sealed away the Curse Crystal that Roy had given him before passing.
"Does my second brother want jelly?" Lucius asked, holding up a trembling Magic Pudding. The innocent question made Kane's throat tighten.
In his panic, he stumbled back and knocked over an Ice Sculpture candelabrum, causing twelve Whale Fat Candles to simultaneously burst into a blue flame.
Yet what emerged from the fire was not a scene from the Banquet Hall, but rather a torn copy of "The Origins of Magic Runes" from the forbidden section of the Library of Hidden Books. It was with this very excuse that he had brought Roy into the family vault.
Luna suddenly burst into giggles, her Starry Satin swirling without any wind.
Kane’s pupils dilated as he saw a sliver of silver light leaking from an infant swaddle's gap resonating with the Curse Crystal on his chest.
The nightmare fragments that had haunted him for three months suddenly became clear—Roy’s lips moving before he took his last breath, distinctly saying "Beware of the Sheen Pattern."
Underneath the wisteria arbor on the West Terrace, Third Young Master Lucius Edgar sank deeper into shadow.
He mechanically wiped the Bronze Pocket Watch he had carried for seven years, the inscription "All Element Affinity" on the back of the dial glimmering under the moonlight.
The light from the Testing Crystal in the center of the banquet hall pierced his eyes, a brilliance that should have belonged to him ten years ago.
The Pocket Watch Gear suddenly jammed, and Edgar noticed a distorted Magic Pattern emerging on the dial.
This was a gift from Mother on the year he awakened his talent, and at this moment, the second hand was spinning counterclockwise, taking him back to that afternoon of his fifteenth birthday—when he simultaneously ignited the Fireball spell, conjured the Water Mirror Technique, and stimulated the Rosa Branch, yet the Astrologer proclaimed, "All Element Affinity equals All Elemental Mediocrity."
Luna's Loud Cry suddenly transformed into a peculiar chant, entwined with Xing Hui's Sound Wave, shattering the red Wine Bottle at Edgar's feet.
The deep red liquid wound across the Ground, forming a Magic Rune Array, which was precisely the foundational array of Composite Magic he had neglected for three years.
The contents of the parchment he had thrown into the fireplace years ago suddenly became clear, and the phrase at its end, "The Balance of All Things Reveals the True Meaning", resonated now with a sense of Divine Revelation.
Leonard's voice abruptly tore through the air: "Today's testing ends here!" The Lord waved his Scepter in an attempt to extinguish the crystal ball, but twelve Starshine Towers roared in unison.
The Ice Blue Magic surging from cracks in the Peacock Stone Tiles had spread to every corner of the banquet hall, tracing totems of a Snow Wolf and a Black Snake on the walls.
Aelia stumbled against an Ice Crystal Pillar, remnants of an Oath Chain still embedded in her neck seeping into her skin.
She looked at Leonard, whose serpent-patterned Family Crest was faintly visible beneath his formal attire, suddenly recalling their wedding night twenty years ago when her husband had caressed her Snow Wolf Totem, saying, "The glory of the wolf clan shall never be tarnished."
The surface of the ice pillar reflected her pale face, and she noticed a red patch shaped like a Serpent Scale appearing on her forehead.
"Mother!” cried Alvin, panic evident in his voice for the first time in ten years.
As the Wheelchair rolled over a ground covered in ice crystals, Aelia realized that half of her sleeve had already formed into an Ice Armor—a sign that her Snow Wolf Bloodline was spiraling out of control.
Years ago, it was at that moment when the old lord was covered by an Ice Armor, only to be rebounded by runaway magic into an Ice Sculpture.
Luna suddenly broke free from her swaddling; her delicate infant fingers precisely pointed at Aelia's forehead where the red patch lay.
The burst of her Crescent Moon Birthmark unleashed a wave of Yin Hui, cleaving through the Ice Armor. In a daze, Aelia saw within her left Moonstone Earrings, a flash of Leonard handing a swaddled infant to a Red-Haired Woman, recalling Leonard's last night.
The serpent-shaped birthmark on the child's neck was identical to the mark emerging on Lord's collarbone at that moment.
"Madam?" Qin Si's voice seemed to come from a great distance.
Aelia suddenly looked down and found that Luna had unknowingly grasped the broken segment of the Oath Chain, with remnants of Starry Satin's magical glow still clinging to the corner of the baby's mouth.
She wanted to speak, but her throat felt frozen, leaving only the silver runes swirling in Luna's deep blue pupils, like a lighthouse guiding through the dark sea.
At the moment the moonlight shifted, all twelve Starshine Towers extinguished simultaneously.
The surface of the Ice Crystal Pillar cracked with spider web-like patterns, and Qin Si quickly steadied Aelia's swaying form.
The maid's warm palm pressed against Aelia's cold wrist, her voice barely above a whisper: "Should we call the High Priest to take a look?" As she spoke, the embroidered shoes' dark pattern brushed against Luna's Luna—those were protective charms Aelia had personally stitched for each maid years ago.
"It's fine." Aelia pulled Luna closer into her embrace, and the residual light from the baby's mouth suddenly transformed into a butterfly that landed on Qin Si's shoulder.
The maid's neck bore faint serpent scale-like red spots that were swept by the butterfly's wings, instantly restoring her skin to a snowy white.
This detail made Aelia's fingertips tremble slightly as she recalled that three days ago, Qin Si had gone to the West Tower to retrieve a gown for her.
Lucius stood on tiptoe, holding up a Magic Pudding in front of Luna. The cream bubbles dancing on its surface suddenly coalesced into a silver little rabbit. "Look! The Moon Palace Jade Rabbit!" The boy had sugar coating on his nose and used Wind Magic to lift twelve sparkling rabbits around the baby.
As Luna waved her small hand through the Light Barrier, all the rabbits suddenly merged into a Rotating Star Map, perfectly filling in a missing Magic Rune Circuit within the cracks of Peacock Stone Tiles.
"Third Young Master Lucius, be careful!" Kane suddenly yanked Lucius away.
Where the boy had been standing, Azure Blue Flames erupted, and Serpent Patterns emerged on the Peacock Stone Tiles licked by Fire Tongue.
The Magic Pudding in Lucius's arms crashed against the edge of the wheelchair, and cream formed a Frost Flower pattern on Alvin's knee—just like the Guardian Array he had once painted on the reverse scale of an ice crystal dragon.
Alvin pressed down on his suddenly burning right leg, frost creeping along the wheelchair armrest to Kane's wrist. "Second Brother, your Curse Crystal at your spine..."
The words were interrupted by the crystal ball's Explosive Sound.
Leonard's Scepter struck the Ground heavily, and the twelve Starshine Towers lit up again, but their glow was an eerie Dark Red.
As the hem of the Lord's formal attire brushed past Luna's Swaddling, Aelia clearly saw the Serpent Scale emerging from the back of his neck, perfectly matching the Soul Devouring Serpent mark she had seen in the Abyssal Tome.
"Let's call it a night," Leonard said as he turned, and suddenly a large block of ice crystal fell from the East Terrace.
Edgar burst forth from the shadows, his Bronze Pocket Watch tracing an arc through the air.
The Green Light bursting from the watch froze the falling ice block, suspending it in a Magic Pattern Analysis diagram—exactly like the variant of Kane's Curse Pattern on his chest.
Aelia's pupils contracted as memories from Twenty Years Ago surged back.
On their third day of marriage, Leonard had used a similar green magic to freeze a shattered teacup for her, at that time a Snow Wolf Totem still branded on his collarbone.
Cracks in the Ice Crystal Pillar quietly spread beneath her feet, causing her to stumble back a step. Luna suddenly reached out to grab the Sapphire dangling from Aelia's Moonstone Earrings.
The infant's magic flowed into the gem like a clear spring, and suddenly, the crystals of the Banquet Hall Dome projected an illusion.
In Leonard's Last Night, twenty-year-old Leonard was in a secret chamber drawing a Magic Pattern, with his left hand’s Snow Wolf Totem and right hand’s Serpent Pattern alternating in a flicker.
When he handed a certain infant to a Red-Haired Woman, that child's neck bore the same Serpent Scale mark as Lord's at this moment.
"Alvin!" Aelia shouted sharply to stop her Eldest Son from unleashing his Frost Spell.
The young man in the Wheelchair had already formed a six-sided ice cone with his Fingertip; it was his unique killing move, Polar Piercing, created ten years ago.
However, the ice cone was aimed at the Azure Scar on his own mutilated leg—at that moment, those patches were twisting into a Serpent Pattern.
Luna suddenly burst into laughter, and Starry Satin coiled around Alvin's Wheelchair like a living creature.
The infant's magic flowed through the Ice Crystal Veins into the young man's Right Leg, where half of an Ice Crystal Snake named Xu Ying emerged from the Azure Scar.
When She Shadow was consumed by Xing Hui, Alvin's severed leg suddenly regained sensation, and the ice crystals of the Wheelchair Armrest he had crushed began to seep with bright red Blood Pearls.
"Mother..." Lucius timidly tugged at Aelia's skirt.
The young boy Palm lay beside a Serpent Pattern Silver Buckle, which he had just picked up from the shattered Peacock Stone Tiles.
Aelia recognized it as a new accessory made by Leonard a month ago, but the inside of the Silver Buckle bore an unfamiliar Ancient Demon Script—she had seen this symbol in the Abyssal Grimoire, meaning "Bloodline Exchange."
Kane suddenly groaned and knelt on one knee as the Curse Crystal from his Spine burst forth, floating within the Starry Barrier created by Luna.
As black mist seeped from the Ice Cracks on the crystal's surface, Edgar's Pocket Watch unexpectedly disassembled itself, its gears reconfiguring mid-air into a Purification Array.
Third Young Master Lucius recited a Spell without Awareness; it was the opening chapter of the Elemental Balance Theory he had neglected for years.
As the black mist dissipated, Kane's back wound miraculously healed.
He stared blankly at Roy's phantom on the ground; his dear friend's last words, "Beware of Sheen Pattern," resonated with Luna's Loud Cry in that moment.
Second Young Master's trembling fingers brushed over the cracks in the Peacock Stone Tiles, and Ice Blue Magic coalesced at his Fingertip into a Snow Wolf Totem, identical to his guardian spirit sealed three years ago.
Leonard's Scepter roared once more, but this time it failed to interrupt the Magic Resonance.
The light from twelve Starshine Towers suddenly converged upon Luna, and the Crescent Moon Birthmark on the infant's forehead projected a massive Magic Rune Array that enveloped the entire banquet hall.
As the Formation Diagram flowed, Aelia saw that each of her children was entwined with Serpent Patterns, and all sources of Dark Patterns pointed towards her husband’s Collarbone where a Black Snake totem pulsed.
"My Lord!
The seal of West Tower..." The Knight's exclamation was torn apart by a fierce wind.
Leonard's expression changed drastically; yet the Purple Light erupting from the top of his Scepter could not break through Luna's silver barrier.
When the first rays of morning light pierced through the Crystal Dome, everyone clearly saw twelve shadows extending from beneath the Lord’s feet, each shadow coiling around a Serpent Scale Infant known as Xu Ying.
Aelia handed Luna over to Qin Si, her right hand encased in Ice Armor gripping the fallen Oath Chain.
As the chain fragments cut through her palm, the blood that flowed out began to draw a totem in the void, depicting a Snow Wolf biting a Black Snake. "Leon," her voice was colder than the eternal frost of the Extreme North Land, "shouldn't you explain about the West Tower's..."
"Report!
The Abyssal Rift is showing signs of disturbance!" A Bloodied Scout burst through the banquet hall doors.
Leon immediately stowed away his Scepter, and as he turned, the hem of his suit swept away Luna's silver barrier. "Madam, please take care of the Children first," he said, his form suddenly blurring into three shadows as he moved toward the door. "We can discuss these trivial matters later."
Aelia stared at the last brick where he had stood before vanishing—the Ice Blue Magic that outlined the Snow Wolf Totem was being corroded into a Serpent Pattern by black mist seeping from the Underground.
Luna, cradled in Qin Si's arms, suddenly grabbed the maid's collar, and Starry Satin instinctively wrapped around them, gently pushing Lucius back toward Edgar.
As the last light of the Starshine Tower completely extinguished, Aelia picked up half of a shattered Sapphire Earring from among the ice crystals.
Her fingertip brushed against the sharp edges stained with Snake Scale Powder, and she finally recalled the origin of this Moonstone Earring—twenty years ago, on the eve of their wedding, Leonard had said it was made from fragments of his mother's relics.
Now, within the gem, an Emerging Magic Rune Array clearly mirrored that of the Abyss Devouring Serpent's Summoning Array.
Aelia clenched the broken Sapphire Earring tightly, its edges piercing her palm and causing Ice Blue Blood Pearl to seep out.
The moment the Blood Pearl hit the ground, intricate Magic Patterns suddenly emerged from it, resonating with the Soul Devouring Serpent's Summoning Array inside the Moonstone Earrings.
She vividly remembered her wedding night twenty years ago when Leonard had placed these Moonstone Earrings on her earlobe and had licked away the Blood Pearl that had formed from her nervousness—perhaps that was the initial mark of their Blood Pact.
"Mother, West Tower..." Alvin said as he turned his wheelchair, the remnants of his leg joints creaking like ice crystals grinding together.
The magical energy Luna had infused still coursed through his Bloodline; a pain he hadn't felt in ten years reminded him of that morning when Frost Dragon last spread its wings.
The young man's fingertip moved unconsciously over the wheelchair armrest, and a Frost Flower began to form Ancient Demon Script spelling out "Abyssal Rift."
"Take your Brothers back to Emerald Corridor." Aelia cradled Luna once more, feeling the warmth of her baby's forehead against her neck where her blood vessels pulsed.
Qin Si wanted to step forward to assist, but was forced back three steps by the sudden eruption of Bing Ling from the lady's sleeve—those Ice Spikes formed a wolf claw totem as a warning at the maid's feet.
Lucius tugged at Edgar's clothing, unwilling to move. The young man's Silver Buckle, adorned with a Serpent Pattern, suddenly grew hot. "Brother San, look!" The Ancient Demon Script on the surface of the Silver Buckle twisted into a small snake under the moonlight, slithering into the cracks of the Peacock Stone Tiles.
Edgar instinctively threw out parts of his Pocket Watch, and gears assembled in mid-air to form a simple detection array. A Green Light swept across, revealing countless writhing shadows of Serpent Patterns.
"Mother!" Kane suddenly clutched his chest and fell to his knees. From beneath the newly healed skin on his spine, a flowing Silver Light began to emerge.
The Second Young Master trembled as he tore open the front of his gown. Luna's residual Xing Hui magic clashed violently with some dark energy from underground, branding his chest with a totem of a Snow Wolf and a Black Snake in a fierce bite.
When Leonard's breath completely vanished from the East Wing, twelve Starshine Towers suddenly emitted a mournful humming sound.
Cracks in the Ice Crystal Pillar spread to the Dome, and startled Light Butterflies inside the crystal chandelier collectively crashed against the transparent crystal, forming a flickering galaxy at Aelia's feet.
Luna suddenly reached out her small hand towards the swarm of Light Butterflies. The baby's unaware Grasping Action unexpectedly created a miniature Magic Vortex that absorbed all the Xing Hui from the Light Butterflies.
"Madam! West Terrace!" A blood-soaked guard burst through the Gilded Gate. The black mist seeping from gaps in his armor corroded the ground into snake-shaped indentations.
Aelia recognized these as shadow guards stationed at the Abyssal Rift for years. The insides of their armor, which should have been engraved with Snow Wolf Blessings, were now crawling with writhing Serpent Scale-like Magic Patterns.
As the shadow guard knelt on one knee, his faceplate suddenly shattered, revealing half of a face entwined by a Black Snake. "The Third Seal Array is experiencing backflow... The Soul Devouring Serpent's Fetal Membrane... is growing..." His eyeball suddenly exploded, and the Black Snake that burst forth was shattered into dust by Luna's Loud Cry.
Aelia raised her hand to freeze the guard's remaining body. Encased in an Ice Layer was Leonard's Last Night—a Fetal Membrane floating in the Abyssal Rift with dozens of Serpent Scale Infants.
The banquet hall fell into an eerie silence.
The Crescent Moon Birthmark on Luna's forehead suddenly detached, transforming into Silver Light Shards that seeped into the cracks of the Peacock Stone Tiles.
A baby pink Palm appeared out of nowhere with a Micro Star Tracker. As its Pointer spun wildly, different colored Halos lit up simultaneously on her three brothers—Alvin's Ice Blue, Kane's Silver White, and Edgar's Emerald Green—intertwining in mid-air to form a Snow Wolf Totem.
"Take Miss to the Dawn." As Aelia handed Luna over to Qin Si, she secretly condensed seven layers of Frost Curse onto the Swaddling Tie.
As the maid turned, Lady Fingertip flicked a shard of ice crystal that quietly adhered to Luna's golden hair—this was the Peeping Spell, a secret technique she had learned from the Forbidden Grimoire twenty years ago, capable of synchronizing with an infant's five senses.
When the last young master’s hem disappeared into the end of the arcade, Aelia raised her hand and severed the remaining Oath Chain from Neck.
The fragments of the chain floated in the air, stained with ice blue blood, forming the outline of the Soul Devouring Serpent.
She bit her tongue and sprayed Blood Mist towards She Shadow, awakening the dormant Snow Wolf Bloodline with an Ancient Spell. Frost began to spread from Ailya's toes, quickly freezing the entire banquet hall into an Ice Cave.
"It turns out that the avalanche on the day of the wedding was no accident." Aelia caressed the Memory Illusion emerging on the ice wall, as twenty-year-old Leonard embraced her in a storm of wind and snow; Leonard's Last Night gradually twisted in her memory.
Beneath the collar of the groom's tuxedo in the illusion, a Serpent Pattern faintly appeared—identical to what she had seen today.
Suddenly, the Ice Crystal Ground cracked open like an Abyssal Maw. As Aelia fell, Twelve Rays of Starry Satin shot in from the direction of the Emerald Corridor.
Luna's cries pierced through layers of ice walls, and the pure Magic Fluctuation of the infant surprisingly tore a rift in the Soul Devouring Serpent's illusion.
Seizing the opportunity, Aelia threw out a Sapphire Fragment; shards of Moonstone Earrings exploded into Ice Crystal Rain above the abyss, pinning down a forming Serpent Scale Infant, Xu Ying, in the darkness.
When the last piece of ice crystal hit the ground, the first ray of dawn pierced through the Dome.
Aelia knelt in the center of the frozen banquet hall, her palm cradling half a Serpent Scale that she had snatched back from the abyssal illusion.
The edge of the scale was stained with Luna's Xing Hui magic, slowly shedding its blackness to reveal its crystalline essence beneath.
A sudden sound of shattering crystal echoed from East Terrace. Aelia looked up to see Xu Ying emerging from West Tower in the morning light.
Atop that Spire which Leonard had never allowed her to tread upon, she could faintly see a flickering Purple Black Flame—exactly as recorded in Abyssal Grimoire as the hatching fire of Soul Devouring Serpent.
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