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The moonlight shattered into fragments in the Stargazing Tower, as Aelia's trembling fingertip brushed over the ground covered in Star Trail pearls.
Qin Si knelt amidst the remnants of the Peacock Blue Hem, a Scrying Crystal suspended between the two of them, while the Dark Red Mandrake Brand gradually faded along with Leonard's Concubine's unconscious body.
"This Brand..." Aelia suddenly pressed her temples, and the wedding vow from Twenty Years Ago, an Emerald Fragment, suddenly gathered in her palm. "It is a Symbiotic Contract of Black Magic."
Luna sighed silently in her swaddling.
The Dark Pattern hidden at the nape of the Mistress's neck was precisely what Leonard used Frost Magic to conceal the evidence of Twenty Years' worth of sins.
Her small hand, wrapped in Blazing Phoenix Feather, suddenly grasped the falling Phoenix Ashes. The Ashes ignited a faint Jin Mang among Aelia's long hair scented with Bluebell Fragrance—this was a revelation technique that only a Great Mage's Remnant Soul could invoke.
"Madam, look!" Qin Si suddenly pointed at the Xi Chuang barrier.
From within the icy Lan Yan, a twisted time Residual Shadow emerged: last year's Midsummer Night's Banquet, where Leonard's left hand, hidden in his sleeve, caressed Leonard's Concubine's waist adorned with a Silver Serpent Buckle, while he claimed to be suppressing the Snow Demon at the Northern Border.
Aelia crushed two pearls beneath her soft-soled shoes embroidered with Star Moon Pattern; each crack burst forth a small cluster of memory Ying Huo.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna stuffed feathers into the swaddling Hidden Layer. The scent of Dragon Blood mixed with Bluebell Fragrance wove a Spider Web within the barrier to dispel illusions—this was her research result from being trapped in an infant's body for Three Months.
"Explanation?" Aelia suddenly chuckled lightly as the emerald wedding vow fragment coalesced into a Thorned Crown in her palm. "Why don't you ask Lord why he keeps a Soul Devouring Gu in the West Tower?" Her Ailya's White Nails, stained with Dan Kou, grazed over her leg scar, causing the Dark Red Gu Worm to writhe in agony on the Ice Crystal Ground.
Leonard's silver hair shimmered with frost as the ice spikes formed by his magic Zhang Jian melted into spring water upon touching Qin Si and Mei Xin.
Luna's pupils constricted; this was a detail not recorded in the original text: the Maid’s Neck suddenly emerging with Phoenix Tears and a Jade Pendant resonated with the barrier redrawn by Lucius.
"Does Father know what Soul Devouring Gu fears most?" The lazy voice of Third Young Master Lucius echoed from above in the Dome as Binding Dragon Rope pierced through Demon's Eye Relief and nailed into the altar.
The Stargazing Instrument crashed down violently, and within the Projection of Twenty-Eight Constellations emerged Outer Chamber Villa—boxes of Blazing Phoenix Feather were being moved into a secret chamber by Servants.
Aelia suddenly bent down and picked up Luna, the Phoenix Ashes from the Infant Swaddling igniting Golden Runes on her Skirt.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna infused the last trace of the Revelation Spell into her Moonstone Earrings, and the wedding vows from Twenty Years Ago suddenly reappeared in three dimensions within the tower:
"With blood as a bond..." Leonard gently kissed Aelia's Hand Back, but as the vow echoed, he slyly hooked a strand of her Hair with his pinky— that strand of Azure Silk now glimmering on the silver chain around Leonard's Concubine's Neck.
The Pearl Star Trail suddenly ascended into the sky, forming a storm barrier around Aelia.
Her cuff embroidered with Gold Thread swept across the crystal ball, unfurling the scroll of records from the Northern Snow Demon expedition. Within every ink mark of Leonard's Signature swam larvae of the Soul Devouring Gu.
"So it turns out every time you say 'I swear by honor'..." Aelia's Bluebell Fragrance suddenly turned sharp, and the vines by the window responded by crushing three Family Portraits.
Luna felt Aelia's arms around her tremble slightly, a shiver that contained both thunderous wrath and a galaxy on the brink of collapse.
Outside the tower, Luna's brother rolled in on his Wheelchair, crunching through a ground covered in ice crystals.
His disabled Twin Legs suddenly Emerged with Golden Veins, a Healing Array quietly drawn by Luna using Milk Foam she had expelled over Three Months.
The Dragon Blood Stone on the Wheelchair Armrest resonated, as the Magical Talent devoured by the Soul Devouring Gu transformed into blazing red-gold flames.
"Mother, look at this." Second Brother stumbled through a hidden door, cradling a relic of his late friend that should have shattered in the Magic Dilemma—a Pocket Watch embedded with star Sapphire, where Leonard's secret pact with the Dark Council flipped pages on its own.
The entire Stargazing Tower began to tilt, and Demon's Eye seeped Hei Xue beneath the Binding Dragon Rope.
Seizing this moment, Luna bit her Tongue; her cry infused with Dragon Blood finally made Aelia lower her gaze to the infant in her arms.
In that instant of eye contact, Great Mage Remnant Soul ignited Azure Flame deep within Aelia's Pupil, as all memories altered over Twenty Years surged into Aelia's Mei Xin like a torrent.
When the last pearl hit the ground, Aelia's pearl earrings suddenly reflected the shadow of a Black Rose window.
The angels on the Stained Glass had all transformed into weeping figures at some point, and at the center stood the statue of the Blessing goddess, clearly bearing the youthful visage of Leonard's Concubine.
The night wind swept through, extinguishing the candle flames, as Aelia stumbled upon a half-ruined wedding bouquet amidst the ruins.
The dried Bluebell suddenly bloomed anew in her palm, and the young man who had smiled while placing the Pearl Crown upon her head twenty years ago shattered into countless fragments of moonlight in her memory.
With the revived Bluebell entwined around her fingers, Luna's Loud Cry resonated within her chest, sending forth a strange Magic Ripple.
The broken pearls floated in mid-air, each reflecting snippets of the wedding from twenty years ago—when the Young Commander adorned her with Leonard's Star Moon Crown before the Sanctuary, his cuffs stained with the Black Slime of Soul Devouring Gu larvae.
"Madam, please look at this." Qin Si unfastened a silver chain at his collar, and the moonstone pendant suddenly refracted into a Sevenfold Phantom.
Each illusion represented a different year of Midsummer Night, where Leonard's Frost Magic transformed into a flowing Silver Serpent around Mistress's waist. "Last year on your Ailya's Birthday Rune, he mentioned preparing a surprise in the Alchemical Chamber..."
Aelia's pearl earrings suddenly shattered, their fragments coalescing into a Northern Territory Map in mid-air.
Seizing the opportunity, Luna pressed her fingers, stained with Dragon Blood and Milk Stain, onto the center of the map. The Soul Devouring Gu breeding ground concealed by magic instantly revealed itself—it was precisely where they had planted Bluebells during their honeymoon.
"Impossible!" Aelia swept her embroidered Star Pattern cuffs across the crystal ball, causing the Marriage Certificate from twenty years ago to emerge from thin air.
As she recited the Oath words "Eternal Life Without Regret," ink suddenly seeped from the Parchment—Hei Xue flowed forth, and those ornate Gothic Script letters were formed from tightly packed Mama's Gu Worms.
Luna's pupils glimmered with a cerulean hue as a Phoenix Feather hidden within layers of swaddling unexpectedly floated out, igniting a Golden Flame above the Marriage Certificate.
The scorched Gu Worms emitted a Screech as they transformed into wisps of black smoke that drilled into Leonard's Moonstone Bracelet gifted last year—a token that always carried the scent of Cedar Fragrance.
Suddenly, from the West Tower came Luna’s voice; the Healing Array on her brother’s Wheelchair resonated with her cries.
Aelia’s Skirt adorned with Bluebells wilted and then rebirthed in an instant, each bloom releasing a storm of memories with every opening and closing.
As she stepped out of the Stargazing Tower, the vines automatically laid down the Thorny Path leading to the Assembly Hall.
Leonard was sealing a stack of border documents with Frost Magic, the ink from Han Wu faintly revealing Blood Curse Patterns.
When Aelia burst through the door, accompanied by a Bluebell storm, his fingertip twitched, and those documents instantly transformed into Ice Butterflies, flying toward the Dark Compartment.
"My dear, what..." As he stood up, the Cedar Fragrance that slipped from his sleeves suddenly turned into a foul stench.
Aelia waved a shard of the Pearl Crown, and the chains of the Twelve Star Tracks instantly pinned down all the Ice Butterflies.
The bound documents restored themselves in the Magic Flame, each page signed with secret agreements made with the Dark Council.
Luna suddenly coughed violently, and the Milk Foam she expelled painted a Breaking the Curse Array on the Jade Stone Floor Tiles.
The Frost Mark on Leonard's nape began to melt away, revealing a Dark Red Mandrake tattoo identical to that of Leonard's Concubine.
Aelia heard the love words from their wedding night echoing in her ears; he had said that this scar was a badge of honor from battling the Snow Demon King.
"Sworn in honor?" Aelia snapped the Moonstone Bracelet, and the beads fell to the ground, transforming into Qian Jiao's Gu Worm. "Do you remember when you personally placed the Mage badge on him for his first birthday while using Soul Devouring Gu to consume Eldest Son's Magical Talent?"
Outside, the Bluebell Flower Sea suddenly collapsed entirely, forming a massive Judgment Rune.
Leonard attempted to summon a Frost Dragon but found that beneath the Assembly Hall's Peacock Stone Tiles lay his buried Wedding Oath Emerald—those fragments were entwining around his wand as Poison Vines.
When Second Brother rushed in holding the Starry Blue Pocket Watch, the Starry Sky Totem on its dial coincidentally resonated with Elder Brother's Wheelchair Array.
Three Streams of Magical Light converged at Aelia's chest, dyeing the pearls in her hair crimson.
Luna seized this fleeting moment and with her last strength bit through Fingertip that Father had kissed yesterday.
Leonard gazed at the Golden Red Blood Pearl seeping from Fingertip, and his Ice Blue Eyes suddenly narrowed into slits.
The Demon Relief of the Council Chamber Dome began to peel away, revealing the hidden Contract Array from Twenty Years ago—an inscription of Betrayal etched into the ring exchanged on their wedding night.
As the Demon Relief continued to flake off, Leonard stumbled backward, knocking over the Obsidian Long Table.
Frost Magic spiraled uncontrollably around him, freezing twelve Crystal Chandeliers into Ice Spike Vine Cages.
His fingers gripping the Wedding Ring turned a bluish-gray, a sign of the Soul Devouring Gu's backlash.
"Just a farce..." He raised his hand to conjure an Ice Crystal Rose, but as it touched Aelia's face, it was pierced by Bluebell. "The Marriage from Twenty Years Ago was forced by your Father!" The Ice Crystal Shards sliced through his meticulously cared-for Fingertip, and Dark Red Blood Droplets floated in the air, coalescing into a Remnant Page of the Magic Contract.
Luna suddenly sneezed in her cradle, and fragments of Phoenix Feather drifted down onto the Blood Pearl Contract.
Aelia's Earlobe pearl suddenly exploded, scattering powder that depicted the Marriage Agreement from Twenty Years Ago in the void—remarkably, in the corner of the Parchment was Leonard's forged Family Crest created with Frost Magic.
"Does a farce require nurturing a Soul Devouring Gu?" Aelia's Bluebell Hair Ornament transformed into Thorns, entangling Leonard's left hand as he tried to conceal it.
Three Moonstone Rings shattered in response, revealing writhing Gu Worm Larvae inside. "Using my Dowry's Star-Moon Mine to nourish dark creatures—this is the style of Glorious Demon Fortress?"
The Assembly Hall Xi Chuang suddenly projected the eerie scene of Leonard's Last Night, with the Crystal Chandelier casting shadows of their argument onto the Castle Outer Wall.
The servants trimming Bluebell froze in place as vines automatically transmitted Leonard's Last Night to every tower's Sound Tube.
Luna sensed Phoenix Ashes resonating throughout the castle—this was her Transmission Array drawn with Milk Foam over Three Months finally taking effect.
Leonard abruptly tore his sleeve, pouring Ice Blue Blood onto the Contract Fragment. "Do you think I chose you back then for no reason?" The Mandala Tattoo on his neck oozed black mist, coalescing in the void into Leonard's Last Night where Ailya's Father collapsed from a stroke. "If it weren't for needing the Healing Power of Emerald Forest..."
Aelia's skirt embroidered with Star Patterns suddenly ignited in Silver Fire; it was Luna's secretly placed Phoenix Tail Feather within her cradle's Hidden Layer that was burning hot.
Amidst the flames, a more brutal truth emerged—on twenty cold winter nights, Leonard pierced his fingertip with an ice spike, letting drops of blood mixed with Gu Worm seep into her calming tea.
Luna suddenly let out a sharp cry, her sound wave shattering all ice spikes and vine cages.
The armrest of her brother's wheelchair sensed her emotions, branding the assembly hall's ground with a crimson gold talisman.
The star sapphire within Second Brother's pocket watch floated automatically, joining the talisman to form a magic circle that revealed the truth.
"Last year on that snowy night, you said you were reinforcing the barrier..." Aelia snapped her pearl necklace, each bead reflecting Leonard's last night—her husband was in a secret chamber hastening the growth of Soul Devouring Gu with frost magic, while Leonard's concubine's silver serpent waist chain was surprisingly forged from her dowry's moonstone.
The sound of shattering crystals echoed throughout the castle, as discussions among the magic servants spread like a plague.
In the kitchen, silver cutlery suddenly twisted into peeping mirrors, while clear water in the stable condensed into memory spheres. Even the oak barrels in the cellar displayed blood curse patterns within their wood grain—Luna's phoenix ashes were automatically activating the resonance of all items.
Leonard suddenly summoned his Frost Giant Sword and struck at the magic circle, but as it touched Second Brother's pocket watch, it was pierced through by a star blue beam.
Aelia, with her Dan Kou-stained Ailya's white nails, swept through the void; those scattered pearls transformed into judgment eyes, projecting all the lies of twenty years onto the castle's sky.
Luna sensed her mother's violently heaving chest, where bluebell fragrance clashed fiercely with the poison of Soul Devouring Gu.
She quietly tucked the last phoenix feather into Aelia's pearl bracelet. When the soft feather touched an old wound gnawed by Gu Worm, it suddenly ignited a golden flame that could illuminate the soul.
The castle shook violently as Third Young Master Lucius’s binding dragon rope pierced through the seven-story tower and nailed into geomancy.
The sea of bluebell flowers collectively turned towards the assembly hall under the moonlight, each petal reflecting Aelia’s pale face.
The servants were horrified to discover that the flowers which had bloomed for years were wilting at a visibly rapid pace.
Leonard’s silver hair turned to ash inch by inch. He attempted to use ice mirror magic to restore his appearance but saw in the mirror that his concubine’s silver chain around her neck was consuming his life force.
The black mist of Contract Backlash coiled around his Scepter, and suddenly, the Wedding Pearl embedded at the top of the Scepter cracked open, revealing the curled form of the Soul Devouring Gu King within.
"Mother!" The elder brother's Wheelchair suddenly lifted into the air, as a Healing Array wove a Light Web in the void.
Luna saw those Golden Veins frantically absorbing the Power of Lies within the castle, each Light Thread connected to the Magical Talent devoured by the Soul Devouring Gu—her elder brother's Twin Legs were disabled because they had borne the brunt of Twenty Years of Gu Poison that had eroded Mother.
Aelia stumbled as she leaned against a Bronze Candlestick, and Zhu Lei suddenly froze in the scene of their wedding vows from Twenty Years Ago.
She recalled how she had eagerly placed her hand into Leonard's Palm, while the Frost Ring on his ring finger quietly siphoned her Life Energy.
The light that had been drained was now circulating within the Forbidden Technique Array of Outer Chamber Villa.
Luna's Pupil suddenly reflected the Starry Sky Totem, as the Hidden Layer cradled Phoenix Ashes collected over Three Months.
The Ashes formed a Warning Totem of the Great Mage within the Council Chamber Dome—on the eve of judgment, all lies would turn into Thorns that would backfire on the liars.
The Castle Bell Tower rang out twelve Roars, as Shan Na, whose Bluebell Flower Sea had completely withered, saw Aelia's Earlobe reconstitute into a pearl.
Yet within this newly born pearl, one could faintly see the tormented figure of the Soul Devouring Gu King writhing in pain.
Luna knew that when the first ray of dawn pierced through the pearl, it would be the moment when Mother made her decision.
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