Moonlight fragments fell softly onto Aelia's Pearl Robe as she clutched the faded violet Letterhead, her fingers pressing against the feverish forehead of Luna in her swaddling.
The ice crystals forming on the baby's eyelashes reflected the Dragon Blood Curse inscribed on the back of the Letterhead, the serpentine symbols perfectly aligning with Luna's Swaddling and Dark Pattern.
"Madam, be careful!" Qin Si shouted as he rushed over, just as Luna suddenly grasped Aelia's Moonstone Necklace at her chest.
The dormant Astrology Stone erupted with a blinding Silver Light, casting an illusion onto the wall of Leonard and the Red-Haired Woman entwined by the emerald fountain—an important scene where Leonard's Concubine and the Lord had declared their love in the Original.
Aelia staggered and knocked over the Gilded Candelabra, melted beeswax enveloping three broken strands of hair that fell onto the edge of the Celestial Chart.
Seizing the moment, Luna pressed her fingers stained with Dragon Blood onto the beeswax, which eerily congealed into the distinctive Thorn Emblem of a Magic Contract—each Spike pointing toward Leonard's collar adorned with his Family Crest.
"This can't be..." Aelia trembled as she tugged at her husband's Silver Thread and Embroidered Shoes, blue iris pollen cascading from their lining.
That was a forbidden drug used only by an Abyss Witch to secure affection; she had once caught a whiff of its sickly sweet scent while treating Brother San for a Magic Vein blockage.
Leonard suddenly crushed the communication stone at the head of his Crystal Staff, splintered shards cutting into Luna.
The baby's Loud Cry, infused with the Great Mage's Luna Gathered All Her Mental Power, shattered the entire Colored Glazed Window, revealing eighteen Secret Letters hidden within a Hidden Layer.
Each letter bore a wax seal stamped with the Outsider Family's Serpent Emblem, and the date on the latest one was unmistakably from This Morning when a family meeting was held at the Magic Castle.
"Let me explain!" The Lord swung his cloak to summon black mist but was pinned in place by the Detection Gem on his brother's Wheelchair Armrest.
The youth who had once curled up in his Wheelchair due to Magic Backlash slowly stood up; his Hand Back emerging with Contract Patterns that were being purified inch by inch by Luna's Yin Mang. The Curse Chain that had entangled him for ten years dissolved into glowing particles and vanished into the Floor Tile Gap.
Aelia suddenly crushed her Necklace, scattering Moonstone powder over the Secret Letter to reveal an even more shocking truth: when combined, the letters from each second paragraph of every love letter formed a covert command for her three sons to sign an Evil Contract.
Brother San abruptly covered his burning Hand Back; his decade-long neglect of training had left him with an "Error Magic Pattern," which under the moonlight was clearly a Guardian Array meant to suppress an Abyssal Rift.
"Father gave me the Cultivation Manual..." Second Brother pulled out the blood-stained ancient text from his bosom, black mist seeping through the Yellowed Pages pierced by his close friend.
Luna, spitting out blood bubbles, hurled the Crystal Pacifier at the Book Spine. The Milk Stain just happened to blur the disguised Magic Imprint, revealing the unique Gold Thread Dark Pattern of the First Edition of Forbidden Techniques Origin—a treasure that should have been locked away in the Forbidden Library of the Magic Fortress, now appeared in the hands of Second Son's most trusted friend.
Leonard's shadow suddenly surged, his horns piercing through the Marble Tile.
But Eldest Brother had already raised his hand to draw a complete Purification Array. The Magical Talent once cursed and devoured transformed into Golden Chains, pinning the demonized Father at the center of the Celestial Chart.
From the direction of the Competition came a roar from the Magic Cannon. Through the shattered Colored Glazed Window, everyone saw that the Training Fireball Eldest Brother had casually tossed ten minutes ago was now exploding in the Arena miles away, creating a Champion Emblem.
"So this is what your instant magic can achieve after breaking the curse." Second Brother caressed the edge of the ancient text, a glimmer of brilliance in his eyes reminiscent of when he won the youth championship ten years ago.
Brother San was crouched in front of Luna's Cradle, gently fiddling with the baby's Palm as it pulsed with Xing Mang using fingers that had regrown Guardian Patterns.
The abyssal howls from Underground gradually turned into mournful cries. Aelia pressed a blood-stained love letter against her husband's twisted horns and suddenly turned to Qin Si with a light smile: "Take out the Judgment Sword that has been frozen in the Cellar for Twenty Years." Her sleeve embroidered with Wisteria brushed against Luna's moist eyes, and in the baby's Pupil, a Star Map reflected the silhouettes of her two brothers standing at the door of the Cultivation Room.
The night wind lifted a page of Lucius's Forbidden Book that had fallen, and the Yellowed Pages swept past Luna's slightly parted lips.
As the last ray of moonlight vanished behind the Broken Dome, everyone heard the baby emit indistinct Broken Syllables mixed with Xue Mo—that was indeed the ancient Incantation heralding the awakening of the "Breaker" foretold by dragonkind.
Brother San's Fingertip hovered above Luna's Palm where Xing Mang danced; those Silver Patterns once mistaken for Magic Patterns and Defective Products were now resonating with the Star Map in her Pupil.
The moonlight leaking through the Broken Dome suddenly wove into a net on his Hand Back, reflecting the Guardian Certification Mark deliberately erased by Father ten years ago.
"So this is truly the Magic Pattern Atlas." Second Brother suddenly spread open the blood-stained ancient text under the moonlight, as Luna's expelled Xue Mo seeped into the Yellowed Pages' Hidden Layer.
From within the Hole pierced by his close friend emerged Golden Silk Threads, seamlessly stitching together with Brother San's Hand Back Silver Web to form a complete array—the Abyss Suppression Technique recorded in Forbidden Techniques Origin.
Luna suddenly grasped the blood-stained collar of Second Brother, her fine golden hair moving as if stirred by an unseen wind.
The suppression magic potion that had been consumed for ten years transformed into glowing light at the sound of her tender cry, flowing through Second Brother's fingertips into the ancient tome.
The ink on the yellowed pages began to swirl and reassemble, ultimately forming a suitable purification spell for the Thunder Mage.
"Be careful!"
Brother San's Guardian Array suddenly lit up beneath everyone’s feet, barely blocking the demonic vines that emerged from the Earth Rift.
Second Brother pressed the ancient tome against the array's focal point, while Luna’s small hand infused it with Xing Mang.
What should have taken three years of chanting for a top-level defensive spell was instantly completed amidst the baby's unaware giggles.
Meanwhile, Lucius was sprinting through the spiral staircase of the Forbidden Library of the Magic Fortress, clutching a parchment that had been peeled away from a secret letter hidden within layers.
The coordinates inscribed with dragon blood guided him, but as he neared the truth, he found himself trapped by suddenly shifting walls.
Father's voice echoed from all directions through the magic mirrors: "Do you think you can break the Abyss Contract?"
"At least it's better than being sacrificed to demons by my own father." Lucius smeared Luna's blood on the mirror’s surface, and the residual power she had gathered caused cracks to appear in the mirrored barrier.
Seizing the opportunity, he threw out a location crystal hidden in his sleeve, but just as it was about to touch the core of the Forbidden Book Zone, a sudden surge of thorns ensnared his ankle.
"Watch out for the Phantom Mist!"
Second Brother's thunderbolt arrow shot through the air, cleaving the magic plant that had entangled Lucius into charred remains.
Brother San's Guardian Array swiftly enveloped the entire area, as Luna's Xing Mang seeped through the array's Gap into the Peacock Stone Tiles, projecting a long-sealed Magic Castle Structure Diagram into the air—every secret passage pointing towards the altar secretly constructed by Leonard.
Lucius wiped the bloodstain from the corner of his mouth and pressed the Crystal Pacifier, still wet with Luna's saliva, against a certain spot on the structure diagram. "The baby's Pure Magic can break through disguises." The moment the Crystal Pacifier fell, everyone saw that where the Weapon Vault should have been, there appeared a Cursed Altar woven from Leonard's Concubine's hair, with Luna's Golden Hair floating in the center.
"Father doesn't even spare newborns..." Second Brother's Lei Guang flickered across an ancient text, suddenly illuminating a note in the corner of a page.
Brother San's Guardian Array seemed to sense something and unleashed a violent Zhen Chan, transporting everyone to Luna's Cradle.
The baby’s neck had inexplicably emerged with dark purple Dark Purple Marks, which resonated with the Golden Hair on the altar.
Aelia suddenly tore open Luna's swaddling cloth and discovered a faintly visible Demon Binding Shackles totem at the baby's Heart.
Qin Si's hand holding the medicine bowl trembled slightly; as Moonstone powder sprinkled onto the Demon Binding Shackles totem, a wailing from abyssal creatures echoed through the foundation of the entire Magic Castle.
What everyone failed to notice was that as Luna curled her Toes in pain, a Sealing Array quietly emerged at her ankle, originating from the same source as the Demon Prison Shackles.
As moonlight gathered once more, the Dark Purple Marks on Luna's neck had vanished without a trace.
Qin Si discreetly hid her fingertip stained with Yao Zhi behind her back; within her sleeve embroidered with Wisteria flowers, a dark pattern of the same color as the Demon Prison Shackles faintly showed through.
Suddenly, the baby grasped Aelia's flowing silver hair. At that moment when Mother bent down, a Star Map swirling in her Pupil perfectly reflected half of the Judgment Court Emblem that Qin Si had inadvertently revealed when her sleeve rolled back.
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