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As the morning mist had yet to dissipate, the Ground of the Magic Altar was filled with kneeling figures.
Leonard's black Magic Robe shimmered with the eerie glow of Gold Thread embroidered with Soul Devouring Vine in the morning light. His Fingertip brushed over the Base of the statue, where the Moonlight Rose Relief had flaked away, revealing traces of Light Gold slime seeping from the marks corroded by the Soul Devouring Vine and Blue Blood Fern Juice last night.
"Father, why are we starting the Prayer Array early this year?" Brother San pushed aside his silver hair that had fallen over his eyes, the Magic Crystal Hourglass hanging at his Waist reflecting the Twelve-pointed Star Formation hovering in the center of the altar.
The sound of his elder brother's Wheelchair rolling over the Ground's Starry Pattern was accompanied by the crunching of tiny ice crystals. His frail fingers pressed against Third Brother Lucius' thin shoulders. "The Magic Fortress Barrier was torn open by the Shadow Demon Wolf last month, and the disturbances from the Soul Devouring Grass Mother Plant have been increasing."
Aelia tightened Luna's swaddling blanket a bit more; a faint Star Moon Birthmark on the baby's neck suddenly felt hot to the touch.
When she looked up at her husband, he was quietly discussing with Lucius about the plans for an early convening of the Star Council.
From this angle, she could see a new Dark Red Talisman on Leonard's nape—an imprint left by the Soul Devouring Vine that had penetrated the Ice Crystal Bed last night.
"Mother, Luna's tears are turning into pearls!" Second Brother suddenly exclaimed, holding three Tear Crystals glowing with Blue Light in his Palm.
Aelia hurriedly used a handkerchief embroidered with Moonlight Roses to wipe her daughter's small face; as those tear stains touched the Defensive Magic Pattern on the cloth, they evaporated into mist.
She did not notice that the Dome of the altar was slowly rotating, and that the Oathbound Coffin Projection, locked by chains last night, revealed spiderweb-like Ice Cracks under the sunlight.
When all twelve Black Robed Priests pressed Magic Water crystals into the Groove simultaneously, an eerie silence fell over the entire altar.
Leonard's prayer stumbled at "Blessing Bloodline," as his Hand Back tattoo of Soul Devouring Vine suddenly surged and wrapped around the crystal ball.
At that moment, Luna let out a Loud Cry, her voice resonating with Xing Chen Zhong Ming, causing cracks to appear in Lucius' and Leonard's Reformer Badges.
"Last time during divine descent, the star waterfall flowed backward for a full three minutes." Second Brother rubbed at his Contract Mark left from being deceived by a close friend; a Scar running through his Palm began to ooze Hei Xue. "But this time even Xing Wu hasn't gathered." As soon as he finished speaking, a drop of Golden Venom suddenly fell from the statue's Palm, corroding a deep pit that emitted black smoke upon impact.
As night fell, Aelia returned to the altar alone to arrange offerings.
She did not notice that those wilted Moonlight Roses were absorbing the Tear Crystal mist evaporated by Luna during the day. When her Fingertip brushed over her daughter's Soft Cushion where she had lain earlier, a wisp of Xing Hui suddenly slipped into her hairpin adorned with roses.
Meanwhile, deep within the Crypt, the Soul Devouring Vine suddenly changed direction, growing wildly towards the newly opened Earth Rift beneath the altar.
As the moonlight swept over the remnants of the Prayer Array on the altar, Luna quietly opened her emerald-colored eyes.
Her chubby little hand pressed against a spot on the Star Pattern Stone that had been corroded by venom, and a wisp of dark red mist seeped into the swaddling blanket through her fingertip.
In the distance, the footsteps of the Night Watcher echoed as they patrolled, but the infant remained focused on a writhing Soul Devouring Vine behind the statue—within the Moonlight Rose blooming at its tip, a half-visible face resembling Leonard's could be seen.
At midnight, the dome of the altar suddenly condensed into beads of light, and Luna's emerald-colored pupils reflected the eerie Human-Faced Rose at the tip of the Soul Devouring Vine.
She extended her milk-fragrant little hand, and the dark red mist seeping from the gap in the Star Pattern Stone suddenly coalesced into fine lines, tracing out a fragmented Ancient Magic Rune on her palm.
"Does this little one also desire immortality?" came a hoarse whisper from within the Soul Devouring Vine. As the lips of the human-faced rose moved, Luna's star moon birthmark on her neck suddenly grew warm.
Deliberately making a vague sound, she accurately pointed her chubby fingertip at the core of the Magic Pattern, causing that wisp of mist to instantly disintegrate into tiny fragments of stardust.
Suddenly, a sharp crack echoed from afar as if crystal had shattered, followed by chaotic footsteps.
Luna curled up behind the wedding canopy of the altar and saw Leonard rush into the sanctuary in his flowing black robe. The dark red talisman on his nape was oozing black liquid that dripped onto the Star Pattern Stone with a hissing sound of corrosion.
"The Star Council has detected dual divine descents!" Lucius burst in, holding a shattered Reformer Badge. His silver-gray hair was entwined with prophecy crystals that had all turned blood red. "The Soul Devouring Vine in the East Corridor... is devouring the Patrolling Guard!"
The entire Magic Castle suddenly shook violently as the dome of the altar began to reverse its Star Map projection.
When Aelia burst in holding Luna's swaddling blanket from earlier in the day, she found that its Defensive Magic Pattern was burning, with charred Moonlight Rose designs releasing a sweetly acrid ash. "The Projection of the Oathbound Coffin has completely shattered!" Her rose hairpin suddenly exploded, sending a wisp of light into Luna's corner.
Leonard slammed his scepter heavily against the ground as Soul Devouring Vine tattoos crawled up his hand and neck. "Immediately seal off the Twelve Zodiac Corridors!"
"Those who find the Wisher will be rewarded with the Magic Crystal Vein!" His voice echoed with an eerie resonance, and the writhing vines in the shadows suddenly turned in unison towards the altar.
"Father, the Star Clock shows that this is a once-in-a-millennium dual Moon Goddess descent." Brother San's Magic Crystal Hourglass suddenly floated in mid-air, spilling not Yin Sha but crimson light particles. "The last time this happened, the First Generation Fortress Master received the Eternal Night Crown."
The crowd erupted in excited whispers, and Second Brother's Contract Mark suddenly flared up with heat.
He staggered to support himself against the statue's Base, watching as Hei Xue dripped and blossomed into an Eerie Moonlight Rose. "But the Historical Records... after that divine descent, the Soul Devouring Vine consumed half of the castle's Living Persons."
Luna wrinkled her little nose behind the Wedding Canopy; she could smell two distinctly different magical auras in the air—one was the foul, sweet rot surging from the altar's base, while the other was the chilling Xing Hui seeping in from the Dome Crack.
As Leonard forced all his offspring to drop their blood into the Prayer Array, she quietly pressed her finger, stained with Milk Stain, against a Cracking line on the Star Pattern Stone.
"My Kin, speak your wish."
The solemn voice exploded directly in everyone's minds as Gold and Silver Dual-Colored Pillars rose abruptly from the center of the altar.
The Defensive Barrier on Brother's Wheelchair shattered instantly, his withered fingers gripping tightly onto the protruding Wolf Head Ornament on the armrest. "My legs... are they regaining sensation?"
Leonard joyfully stroked his now-smooth nape; the Soul Devouring Vine Tattoo was fading to a faint Silver Gray. "Eternal Life! I want..." His words were interrupted by the sudden collapse of the East Side Dome, as Moonlight Rose vines hurled half of a Knight's corpse onto the Prayer Array.
"Wealth! Grant me endless Magic Crystal Mine!" A distant relative suddenly lunged towards the light pillar but turned into a crystal statue upon contact.
More and more people began to bleed from their Seven Orifices, screaming their desires for power and strength while their bodies gradually became assimilated by the vines.
Luna pushed aside the obstructive embroidered Wedding Canopy and saw Aelia shielding her Soft Cushion where she had lain during the day.
The Lady of the Fortress, with her disheveled hair bun, desperately clutched a fragment of the Star Pattern Stone, etching a Defensive Formation into the ground. The withered Moonlight Roses were drawing crimson blood from her sleeves.
When the second Divine Revelation descended alongside Xing Chen Zhong Ming, a flicker of Ice Blue Flame ignited within the infant's Emerald Pupils.
She watched as Brother San's silver hair began to fall out, while Second Brother's Palm bore the Contract Mark that was now rebounding against its master's heart. Meanwhile, the Wolf Head Ornament on Big Brother's Wheelchair Armrest... suddenly opened a pair of scarlet eyes.
Luna grasped the edge of the Wedding Canopy, her Emerald Eyes reflecting the Dome torn by Gold and Silver Pillars.
A Blood Pearl dropped from Aelia onto the Star Pattern Stone, suddenly levitating and condensing into tiny Rose Ice Crystals before the infant's eyes.
Her chubby Palm slapped against the Ground, and from the corrosive gaps filled with venom, Xing Hui seeped out, lifting her toward the fissure at the center of the altar.
A Solemn Voice shook the Wedding Canopy of the altar, causing it to sway without wind, while Luna's swaddling cloth stirred up a trail of Stardust.
She intentionally emitted a vague Yiya Sound, yet her Little Feet precisely kicked a piece of Star Pattern Stone that shimmered with dark mist.
A sudden roar erupted from below the altar as the Soul Devouring Vine Mother Stock shrieked, and the vines entwining Leonard instantly recoiled into the Underground.
The talisman on Leonard's nape suddenly cracked open, revealing writhing Silver Gray Roots inside. "Grab that child!" he screamed as blood trickled from his mouth, and the Soul Devouring Vine Gem atop his Scepter seemed to frost over in fear.
Lucius's fragment of Leonard's Reformer Badge spun wildly as it cut a star-shaped wound across his Palm, with blood pouring into the Starry Pattern that Luna passed through.
"Mother... Mother..." Luna suddenly called out in a garbled voice, startling Aelia and causing her Ice Crystal Carving Knife to drop.
The Rose Hairpin remaining in the Lady of the Fortress's hair shattered in response, and Xing Hui wrapped around her Hair to form a Protective Barrier.
As the Star Moon Birthmark on the infant's neck shone bright as Yue Lun, all Soul Devouring Vines undergoing transformation halted their writhing.
The Gold and Silver Dual-Colored Pillars suddenly merged into a milky white light, enveloping Luna within.
She extended her finger, stained with milk, and gently touched the blood-red rose ice crystal floating before her.
The blood of Aelia suddenly transformed into flowing light, coursing down the star trail of the altar and into her brother's wheelchair armrest, where a wolf head ornament resided.
“Protect… protect…” Luna's emerald eyes glistened with water mist, and as a tear fell, it turned into ice blue star sand.
The inverted star map of the altar froze in place, and a dim star erupted with dazzling brilliance, perfectly echoing the newly opened crimson wolf eye on her brother's wheelchair armrest.
Leonard suddenly clutched his heart and knelt on the ground, his soul devouring vine tattoo fading to a pale white. “This is impossible… contract backlash…” Before he could finish, a knight's scream echoed from the east corridor, followed by the thunderous sound of some massive object crushing stone slabs, causing all the altar's candle flames to turn a ghostly blue.
“Wishes granted.”
A solemn voice wrapped around Xing Hui and poured into Luna's ears, suddenly hurling her back into Aelia's embrace.
As the Lady of the Fortress staggered to catch her daughter, she discovered that the burning moonlight rose in the swaddling cloth had bloomed anew, its frost-kissed petals brushing against her wrist, which had been cut by the soul devouring vine.
The light column at the center of the altar abruptly shrank into a light spot and shot towards her brother's wheelchair just before vanishing.
His withered fingers trembled violently; the wolf head ornament on the wheelchair armrest emitted a crisp cracking sound. Dark liquid streamed from his crimson eyes, dripping onto his unfeeling knees.
As the first rays of morning light pierced through the shattered dome, Luna was fast asleep, clutching Aelia's garment.
No one noticed the star sand lingering on her palm seeping quietly into her skin, nor did anyone pay attention to the frost forming beneath her brother's wheelchair, where a magic pattern flickered in sync with the altar's star map.
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