The Ice Crystal Chandelier refracted Rainbow Light in the Dome as Aelia gently brushed her fingers over the embroidered Ice Spirit Flower patterns on Luna's swaddling, feeding the last blueberry into Brother San's mouth.
The Medical Room was filled with the scent of Cedar Balm, and the eldest brother, sitting in a wheelchair, was adjusting Second Brother's Heart Shield with his frozen fingers. The Gilded Stove cast everyone’s shadows into a blurred mass.
"Father said he would personally calibrate the Defensive Barrier." Lucius fiddled with the Astrolabe and suddenly spoke up, causing the belt inlaid with Starlight Stone to clink against the Ice Crystal Coffee Table.
Aelia's fingertip paused momentarily as the broken edge of her Wedding Ring glimmered in the Rainbow Light, transforming into the shape of a half Ice Spirit Flower.
Luna suddenly grabbed Mother’s flowing silver hair, laughing as she blew out a stream of Colorful Bubbles.
One of those bubbles hovered above Leonard's empty Gilded Chair, suddenly reflecting overlapping figures from the Ice Mist Forest—an Outsider Woman’s Family Crest necklace around her neck pressed against Lord’s bloodied fingertip.
"Lulu wants Father to lift her high!" The babbling of the infant froze everyone in place.
Aelia's wrist Ice Spirit Flower Bracelet suddenly exploded, twelve petals transforming into Ice Blades that pinned down the Contract Scroll.
The temperature in the Medical Room plummeted as thorny Ice Roses emerged from the cracks in the walls, inscribing Leonard's crimes on each petal.
The eldest brother's wheelchair emitted a brittle sound as the Ice Layer shattered, and the Curse Mark on his hand glowed red. "Mother, three years ago during the beast riot in Ice Mist Forest..." Before he could finish, Qin Si’s Magic Potion Jar suddenly reflected Leonard's Last Night—Leonard, who should have been guarding the barrier, was seen slicing his palm with Leonard's Sword, dripping blood onto the Outsider Woman's Contract Totem.
The Ice Crystal Pendant from Aelia's hair fell to the ground, shattering into thirty-six Starshine Runes.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed her milk-stained little hand against Mother’s Wedding Ring’s broken edge. The Ice Spirit Flower suddenly sprouted new patterns, projecting Leonard's Last Night sealed within Lucius’s jade pendant onto the Dome—fifteen-year-old Aelia had broken her Wedding Ring to activate the Forbidden Technique to save Leonard trapped in an Ice Cave.
"God of Contracts bear witness!" Brother San suddenly raised his wand and pointed at the Peacock Stone Tiles. Beneath everyone's feet emerged the Blood Oath Totem from Eighteen Years Ago.
The oath patterns belonging to Leonard were being covered by a new Contract, and evidence hidden beneath the Ice Layer caused Aelia's Ice Crystal Earrings to begin melting at her ears.
Luna suddenly let out a sob like a small kitten, and all the Ice Mirrors in the Medical Room reflected an astonishing scene from Leonard's Last Night: in the Lord's Study, the Inheritance Contract belonging to the Illegitimate Child was consuming her elder brother's Life Rune.
The Heart Shield of the Second Brother shattered in response, and blood dripped from the Lens-cut Palm onto the Ice Surface, perfectly aligning with the Father's Guilty Evidence Totem.
"Mother, look!" Lucius exclaimed as he tore open his collar to reveal a scar on his Heart, a remnant from when he had tested poison for Aelia at the age of five.
At that moment, the scar began to emerge with the same Curse as that of the Outsider Woman. The Ice Crystal Chandelier suddenly exploded into powder, and Xing Hui landed on Aelia's reforged Wedding Ring, forming a new Ice Spirit Flower.
The Peacock Stone Tiles in the Medical Room began to flip, and the Judgment Ice Steps, sealed for a millennium, rose from the Underground.
Aelia handed Luna over to Qin Si, and where she stepped, Ice Lotuses bearing a Blood Curse bloomed.
As the last petal wrapped around Leonard's sword, a violent wind and snow outside suddenly reversed, freezing the black roses in the Outer Courtyard into Ice Sculptures that crashed into the hall.
Elder brother suddenly pressed his hand against his Heart and let out a muffled groan as frost formed a Contract on the Wheelchair Armrest.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed her tear-streaked face against him; her infant tears transformed into a potion that diluted half of the backlash from his Curse Mark on his Hand Back.
Brother San's wand flew uncontrollably toward the Judgment Ice Steps, and the Ice Spirit Stone embedded in its Staff Tip suddenly projected a Memory Frame of Father altering the Inheritance Order.
As Aelia's skirt swept across the last level of Judgment Ice Steps, all the Ice Mirrors in the Medical Room suddenly pieced together a complete past—on their wedding night twenty years ago, Leonard personally placed the Ice Spirit Flower Wedding Ring on his wife's fingertip, yet his gaze reflected another girl’s figure in the Ice Mist Forest.
Luna suddenly let out a loud cry as an Ice Crystal Cradle rose at the center of the Contract Judgment Array.
The swaddling tie waved by the infant swept across the Judgment Book, automatically continuing to write a New Chapter: Aelia's shattered Wedding Ring transformed into a Scepter, while the Fate Lines of her three sons slowly broke free from the Black Curse Mark.
As Second Brother bent down to pick up the fragments of the Heart Shield, he suddenly furrowed his brow at the distorted reflection on the Ice Surface.
His Neck tingled where his dear friend's Tattoo was, as if it were burning; that cluster of Fire Emblem was consuming the energy of the Frost Judgment Array. Yet at that moment, everyone's gaze was fixed on the top of the Judgment Ice Steps, and no one noticed the black Contract Patterns that were quietly spreading from his sleeve.
In the refracted judgment of the Ice Crystal Dome, a sharp sound suddenly erupted from the Heart Shield fragment at Second Brother's Fingertip.
He stared at the twisted flame Tattoo in the reflection on the Ice Surface. Those Contract Patterns, which should have dissipated with his friend's death, were now greedily sucking in the frost energy from the Judgment Array.
The Zhuo Tong on his Neck made him stagger as he leaned against the Gilded Stove, a metallic sweetness rising in his throat reminiscent of the poisoned wine he had mistakenly drunk three years ago.
"Second Brother, be careful!" Brother San's wand suddenly slipped from his grasp, and memories sealed within the Staff Tip and Ice Spirit Stone sliced through the silence like a blade—on his thirteenth birthday, Father had held his hand to carve the Guardian Spell into the Astrolabe. Now those Curses twisted into evidence of usurped inheritance.
He stumbled and knocked over a shelf of Magic Potions, amber liquid winding across the Ice Surface to form "betrayal" in Ancient Demon Script, stinging his Right Eye that could never advance due to a mistake in the Talent Test.
Qin Si pressed Luna, wrapped in swaddling, against her Heart; the warmth of the infant's breath condensed into a Frost Curse Seal on her Collarbone.
As Leonard's Sword began to devour the patterns of the Judgment Array with its Ice Lotus, she suddenly raised Aelia's Wedding Ring and Scepter, using her bloodline power from thirty years of serving Magic Castle to carve out a Blood Curse in the void: "I swear by this eternal Ice Field that glory belongs to the true matriarch!"
The Gilded Stove exploded in response, two hundred Starlight Stones transforming into a rain of arrows that pinned down the black rose Ice Sculpture flying into the Outer Courtyard.
Aelia's melted Moonstone Earrings dripped onto the Scepter's tip, reforging it into seventeen Thorned Crowns.
Suddenly, Big Brother's Contract unfolded in mid-air; his Twin Legs, which had withered from backlash, appeared entwined with Xu Ying under the reflection of the Judgment Ice Steps.
"Mother..." Lucius suddenly tore open the third button of his shirt. The scar on his Heart blossomed into an Ice Spirit Flower that resonated with Aelia's Scepter.
The young man silently crushed the black rose vines that had emerged from the gap in the floor tiles, while the family crest of the palm burned like a branding iron against the back of the betraying curse spirit trying to approach the mistress.
Suddenly, Luna coughed violently in Qin Si's arms, expelling colorful bubbles that enveloped Second Brother's fiery tattoo on his neck.
In the moment when ice and fire intertwined, the medical room's dome revealed a shocking scene from Leonard's last night—three years ago, the spirit of a friend who had deceived Second Brother was now being dragged toward the altar deep within the Ice Mist Forest by the outsider woman's contract chain.
"Be careful, Second Young Master!" Qin Si threw a magic potion bottle, shattering the black mist that was consuming Second Brother's shadow. From the violet yao wu emerged remnants of Leonard's transaction with the necromancer.
Brother San's wand suddenly turned direction, uncontrollably stabbing toward his own throat, revealing modified talent test results from Father—those false evidences that had deliberately led him to neglect fire magic were oozing poison.
Aelia's scepter struck heavily, and the Ice Spirit Crown shattered eighteen magic mirrors reflecting lies.
Her bloodstained skirt swept past Brother San's out-of-control wand, as memories altered on their wedding night surged through the space like a violent wind and snow.
Everyone clearly saw the Ice Mist Forest from twenty years ago, where young Leonard buried the Ice Spirit Stone that should have belonged to Aelia within the outsider woman's contract array.
"Mother, your wedding ring..." Lucius suddenly grasped Aelia's trembling wrist, as a mist of ice rose from his palm, enveloping the reforged scepter.
Those water magics once deemed "useless" by Father now coalesced into thirty-six spells of guardian magic, precisely freezing the black contract seeping in from the edge of the judgment array.
Eldest Brother let out a low growl like a cornered beast, as the backlash of the curse mark spread across his neck like poison vines.
Luna broke free from Qin Si's embrace and rolled down the judgment ice steps, her mage mark on her forehead suddenly glowing.
With her small hand stained with milk, she pressed against Eldest Brother's heart, transforming the incriminating ice crystals overflowing from the judgment array into healing yao wu, temporarily halting the collapse of his life rune.
"Father had already..." Second Brother suddenly tore open his sleeve, revealing a Contract Pattern on the inner side of his arm, emerging from the same source as the altar in the Ice Mist Forest.
Those Magic Patterns, which he once thought were battlefield medals, were now frantically absorbing the remnants of his Judgment Power.
Fragments of the Heart Shield suddenly floated and assembled, reflecting the dense blood handprints of Mama on the Illegitimate Child's Inheritance Contract—each mark corresponding to a family member whose magic had been stolen.
Brother San's Right Eye suddenly wept Ice Blue Blood Tears, as the false evidence of the Talent Test's Curse burned deep within his Pupil.
With fierce determination, he thrust his wand into the Judgment Ice Steps, forcing the activation of the Eye of Truth at the cost of self-destructing his Magic Circuit: "Mother, look at the third Ice Brick on the East Wall!"
Aelia's Scepter responded by shattering the ice wall, causing the sealed Family Tree Diagram to unfold with a thunderous crash.
The inheritance Emblem belonging to Lucius was unexpectedly covered beneath layers of frost, while the name of the Illegitimate Child was inscribed at the top in black Black Rose Juice.
Qin Si suddenly cut his finger, using a unique verification Spell from the Bloodline of his servant to reveal the hidden layers of the lineage chart—the true Inheritance Contract showed Lucius's name being pinned to the Ice Coffin pattern by hundreds of cursed silver needles.
Luna let out a heart-wrenching Loud Cry, causing all ice crystals in the Medical Room to simultaneously Zhen Chan.
Tears from the infant fell like medicinal rain, and the Contract on Brother's Wheelchair Armrest suddenly turned pages on its own, revealing Leonard's evidence of guilt through Eldest Son Life Rune Sacrifice.
The Contract Pattern on Second Brother's arm faded to Ashes under the cleansing rain, while Brother San's self-destructed Magic Circuit was surprisingly reconnected by an Ice Spirit Stone.
As the last Judgment Ice Steps ceased their Roar, Aelia's Scepter bore a Thorned Crown that had grown Barbed Ice Rose buds.
Lucius silently wiped away the Blood Frost that had crystallized on Mother's Skirt. The scar on his neck emerged connected to a Guardian Spell tied to his Heart, glowing like stars in a room filled with devastation.
Under the agitation of the Judgment Power, the Ice Crystal Dome trembled as Leonard crushed the last black rose of the Ice Sculpture. Suddenly, the embroidered edges of Leonard's Cloak glowed with the Contract Magic Pattern.
The Silver Thread, soaked in a century of Moss from the Ice Mist Forest, transformed into a serpent-like Curse Chain that ensnared Aelia's skirt.
"It's just an illusion from the Magic Mirror!" Lord Palm raised his hand, summoning Ice Blue Flame to melt the truth crystal formed by Brother San's magic, Zhang Jian.
He stepped over the shards of Starlight Stone scattered on the ground and approached the Throne. The sound of Leonard's Sword scraping against the Judgment Ice Steps was piercing. "Aelia, do you truly believe in the ramblings of a mere child?"
Lucius suddenly stepped forward, blocking Mother with half a step. The Ice Mist condensed at his Fingertip was even more chilling than Father's.
The Guardian Spell on his neck spread to his Ear, tracing out the Ice Spirit Flower totem in the dim Blue Light of the Medical Room. "When I was five, you said my Water Magic was worthless—" The boy tore open his collar to reveal a scar on his Heart. The Ice Mist carried remnants of cursed black energy from that year’s poison testing. "Yet you did not know that the validation Spell of a servant's Bloodline could awaken the true power of the Ice Spirit Stone."
Aelia's Scepter suddenly erupted with Thirty-Six Spells, launching Ice Spikes that pinned Leonard's Curse Chain to the edge of the Judgment Array.
Her shattered Wedding Ring reformed into a Thorned Crown atop the Scepter, with each Spike oozing blood-stained ice crystals from that year’s rescue in the Ice Cave. "Do I need to ask the God of Contracts to recite again the vow you made when you sought my hand twenty years ago?"
The Gilded Stove suddenly ignited with ghostly blue flames, twisting the black rose Ice Sculpture in the Outer Courtyard into a human shape.
Leonard's Sword sliced through empty air as the toxic miasma unique to the Ice Mist Forest surged with Memory Fragments toward everyone—on their third day of marriage, he had claimed to be inspecting the barrier while actually kneeling in Leonard's Concubine’s courtyard, burying the Ice Spirit Stone; Leonard's Last Night was clear as day.
"Mother, be careful!" The elder brother suddenly turned his Wheelchair, crashing through the track invaded by miasma. His withered Twin Legs bled from exertion.
The Frost Contract on the Wheelchair Armrest stirred, revealing reflections of curses floating in the ceremonial wine poured by Father on the eve of Expedition.
Luna suddenly raised her small hand in Qin Si's arms, her Fingertip stained with medicinal rain piercing through a floating Poison Fog bubble.
In the midst of the giggling infant, the Ice Crystal Cradle at the center of the Judgment Array suddenly inverted, drawing in all of Leonard's tampered memories into a swirling vortex.
The Ice Mirror shattered with a thunderous crash, and the Ice Shard solidified into the true scene from twenty years ago—young Lord placing the Family Crest necklace around the Outsider Woman's neck, her belly already rounded.
"Father can't even remember my Ailya's Birthday Rune," Brother San suddenly sneered, as Ice Blue Blood Tears flowed from his Right Eye, crystallizing into a Curse in midair.
He drew out the wand embedded in the Judgment Ice Steps, its Staff Tip inlaid with an Ice Spirit Stone reflecting the scene of the fifteen-year-old Talent Test—what should have revealed Fire Element potential was instead infused with suppressive agents by Leonard beforehand.
The torn Sleeve of Second Brother flapped in the Cold Wind, and the faded Contract Pattern on his arm suddenly erupted into Ashes.
Fragments of the Heart Shield automatically pieced together into a shield shape, refracting the blood handprint on the Illegitimate Child's Inheritance Contract into a Light Arrow: "Last year, when Dong Lian was attacked, Father told me 'Don't be afraid'—" He swallowed the latter half of his sentence as his Adams Apple rolled, yet the Light Arrow accurately pierced through Leonard's left shoulder, striking the Family Crest embroidery.
Aelia's Scepter thudded heavily, and the Ice Spirit Crown shattered any remaining hesitation.
Her blood-stained Skirt swept across the Judgment Ice Steps, each step blooming with Barbed Ice Roses: "In the name of the thirty-seventh matriarch of the Glorious Demon Fortress, I command—"
"Mother!" Lucius suddenly grasped the midsection of the Scepter, his youthful Palm enveloping Mother’s trembling fingers in Ice Mist.
He tore open his shirt to reveal his Heart intertwined with scars from a Guardian Spell; the Ice Blue Pattern perfectly matched the cracks in Aelia's Wedding Ring: "Your pain should not become a sacrifice for judgment."
The Medical Room fell into an eerie silence as light refracted through the Ice Crystal Dome, converging at the tip of the Scepter.
The Mage Mark on Luna's forehead suddenly projected a Seven-Colored Halo. The infant waved their Swaddling Tie across the Judgment Book, absorbing all of Leonard and Outsider Woman's Contract Patterns into the Ice Soul Flower Stamen.
Seizing this opportunity, Leonard erupted forth, his Leonard's Sword entwined with toxic mists from the Ice Mist Forest aimed directly at Aelia.
The shattered Magic Mirror suddenly reassembled, revealing evidence of Lord's betrayal across twenty-eight timelines.
Eldest Brother Wheelchair Armrest's Contract unfurled in mid-air, and the truth of the bloody battle at Ice Field three years ago surged forth—support that should have been provided by the Magic Circle was deliberately delayed, leading to Eldest Son Twin Legs being eroded by the Curse Mark of the beast.
"Enough!" Aelia's Screech shattered the ten-zhang Judgment Ice Steps, and the Thorned Crown atop her Scepter suddenly blossomed.
The Ice Spirit Flower, entwined with eighteen years of Wind and Snow, pinned Leonard against the Family Totem on the Throne Relief.
Her Moonstone Earrings melted into ice crystals that reformed into twelve Judgment Swords, hovering around her husband.
Luna suddenly emitted a clear Loud Cry, and all the icy surfaces in the Medical Room began Emerging with Mage runes.
The infant's small hand, touched by the medicinal rain, patted the Ice Crystal Cradle. The tampered Inheritance Contract suddenly rose from Underground, only to be burned to Ashes by Judgment Fire under everyone's gaze.
As Xing Hui Dust fell, the Curse Marks on her three sons simultaneously emitted a cracking sound.
When the last ice Rose Petal fell to the ground, Aelia's shattered Wedding Ring completely transformed into a star atop her Scepter.
She turned to look at the Scar-laden Children below the Judgment Ice Steps, their frost-kissed eyelashes trembling as they brushed against Luna's glowing mark on her forehead.
The remnants of the Magic Mirror in the Medical Room reflected a scene of chaos, yet from a certain angle, it faintly captured the corner of an infant's mouth in swaddling—a mysterious smile that seemed to know everything.
As the first snowflake of this winter fell from the Ice Crystal Dome, Qin Si's Luna suddenly reached out to catch Xing Hui.
The infant's Palm glowed with Mage runes, quietly altering the direction of the remaining Energy Flow in the Judgment Array.
The unbloomed bud of the Ice Rose at the top of the scepter synchronized perfectly with Luna's Breathing Frequency in a fleeting moment.
As Aelia entered the banquet hall, cradling the swaddled Luna, the Fire Sprites on the Crystal Chandelier suddenly trembled in unison.
A Light Gold Magic Halo radiated from the infant, casting fragmented Xing Mang on the black Marble Floor.
This was the unique Elemental Resonance of a reincarnated Great Mage—Lucius, Brother San's Lucius, shattered in response, with Crimson Liquid winding along the Liujin Tablecloth to form a Serpent Pattern.
"Father said he would announce something important?" Second Brother wiped the still-damp blood from his wand, remnants of yesterday's duel with a close friend.
The Spellbinding Chains around his neck flickered with his breath, resembling a lurking venomous lizard.
The sound of a Wheelchair rolling over the rose-patterned carpet came from behind a Pillar.
Eldest Brother Pale's fingers caressed a crystal ball, within which floated several strands of silver hair—life force consumed during a Magic Backlash. "Ever since Mother began Leonard's Sapphire Necklace," his voice was lighter than winter fog, "Father hasn't stepped into the East Tower again."
Luna kicked her little feet wrapped in Silver Stockings within the swaddle.
Through Aelia's fragrance of evening primrose, she caught a whiff of the violet scent lingering on Leonard's formal attire.
In the Original, that Red-Haired Witch adored violet essential oil above all else.
As the castle clock struck seven, Leonard's Magical Projection suddenly unfolded beneath the Dome.
The Hexagram Formation spun beneath his feet, but Luna could clearly see—a thread of peach-colored mist entwined within what should have been pure holy light at the center of the formation.
"Tonight, we shall witness the birth of a new magic." Lord raised the black Obsidian Scepter, while Zhang Jian slightly turned towards the West Terrace.
Luna's pupils suddenly constricted; hidden there was the Curse Scroll from the Original that had led Second Brother into the dark abyss!
Aelia's Pearl Necklace suddenly snapped, and the perfectly round beads bounced off the magical barrier, creating a bizarre Track.
Now was the moment—Luna gathered all her mental power, her infant-like pure magic penetrating the banquet hall's barrier.
She grasped Mother’s trembling fingers and traced out the prophecy of Leonard's Last Night on her palm: beneath a sky full of Xing Hui, Leonard and the Red-Haired Witch clasped hands within a Magic Circle, along with that Sapphire Pendant engraved with a Sheen Pattern.
"Your necklace," Luna conveyed through Awareness, "the inner side is engraved with an Emotional Spell Rune, isn't it?"
Aelia's Emerald Earrings suddenly burst forth with Strong Light; this was a sign that the Marriage Contract Magic was under attack.
With a clang, the Sapphire Necklace fell onto the Ice Crystal Ground, and the inner side of the Sheen Pattern began to seep out Peach-Colored Liquid.
Eldest Brother's crystal ball abruptly turned Blood Red, reflecting the Curse Scroll slowly unfurling over the West Terrace.
"In the name of the First Generation Fortress Master!" Aelia's Magic Robe billowed without wind, and her Wedding Ring melted at her Fingertip, reshaping into a lightsaber. "Leonard Saint Kral, I demand an immediate dissolution of the Soul Contract!"
The Defensive Formation of the Banquet Hall Dome emitted Cracking sounds as Second Brother's Spellbinding Chains suddenly entwined with Black Roses. The shattered pieces of Brother San's wine cup floated together to form a Star Map.
Luna felt her internal magic boiling; she saw Sister Qian Si from the Original, who was supposed to die tonight, with tears glistening in her eyes. Meanwhile, at the tip of Father’s staff, the dark Shadow Demon sealed within the black Obsidian had begun to awaken.
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