Recaps

Tiandao led his team through the Final Assessment while Chen Kong awakened the hidden Mark of the Void and proved he could act despite his fear. As the anime adaptation boosted Tiandao’s popularity, he secured the Vector Control Star Source and began preparing for the dangers ahead, ending with Chen Xing challenging him again.

• Tiandao gathered Caroline and Jing Liuli for the Final Assessment, then used their abilities and Caroline’s data to bring down the Earth Dragon Lizard by striking its injured knee.
• Chen Xing and Yagami Rin fought the Earth Dragon Lizard, and Chen Kong discovered the Mark of the Void and struck the beast’s wounded knee to help them survive.
• Tiandao launched the first episodes of Stellaris Prequel: Embers, gaining popularity as viewers watched his past, his confidence, and the assessment unfold.
• Chen Kong awakened his Mark of the Void and revealed that he possessed two Star Cores, while Tiandao used his rising popularity to plan for the dangers ahead.
• Tiandao rejected The Visionary and absorbed the Vector Control Star Source offered by Doctor.
• Tiandao tested Black Azure, learned that its power still fell short of what he needed, and recognized Chen Xing and Chen Kong as an opportunity to create a new plot.
• Chen Xing challenged Tiandao to a three-minute contest, and he agreed not to attack or leave a one-meter circle while she tried to force him out.

Tiandao led the Starborn through a staged trial and into a mission protecting Isabelle in Deep Blue Metropolis, while Chen Kong began finding his confidence and place among them. The arc ended with Molten Mountain attacking Chen Kong and trapping civilians in a burning supermarket as Tiandao rushed to the scene.

• Chen Xing and Chen Kong survived the ruined city after the Beast Tide, and Chen Xing reunited with Tiandao at Ember’s base, where her unresolved feelings turned into fierce rivalry.
• Tiandao selected Vector Control, strengthened his power, and began training with Star Binding Myriad Forms before Doctor sent the Starborn outside the base on a mission.
• Tiandao and the others arrived in Deep Blue Metropolis to protect Isabelle, and Tiandao defeated the Coral Knight before staging a fake defeat to spur Chen Kong and his companions.
• Caroline, Chen Xing, and Chen Kong fought the Coral Knight through the fog, and Chen Kong injured him with special bullets that temporarily preserved the Mark of the Void.
• Tiandao and Caroline entered Trillan Junior High with Chen Kong, where Tiandao confronted Dekola’s hostility and encouraged Chen Kong to befriend and protect Isabelle.
• Dekola’s father identified Chen Kong as a Rank 1 Star Envoy and urged Dekola to provoke the transfer students, while Molten Mountain set out to confront Tiandao’s group.
• Molten Mountain pursued Chen Kong to a supermarket and attacked him with lava, setting the store ablaze as Chen Kong protected the trapped shoppers and Tiandao raced to help.

Tiandao helped Chen Kong survive Molten Mountain, then arranged a birthday celebration meant to give Caroline a taste of freedom before confronting Bordian’s forces and rescuing his friends from Gorn’s arena. As Tiandao pursued his own plans, he uncovered Doctor’s scheme to sacrifice Ember Base and set the stage for a future conflict with Chen Kong.

• Chen Kong used Sweet Dream Candy to recover from Molten Mountain’s attack, then risked himself to rescue the supermarket employees while Tiandao confronted their enemies.
• Tiandao defeated Claude and forced Molten Mountain to retreat, but Yun Meng’s intervention and concealed plans widened the rift between Tiandao and his allies.
• Tiandao and Chen Xing arranged Caroline’s birthday as a surprise, and Tiandao remembered his promise to help her live with more freedom and emotion.
• Tiandao gave Caroline a Dolphin Doll and shared a joyful day with her at Jellyfish Amusement Park, while Bordian assembled a team to capture Isabelle and hold Tiandao back.
• Molten Mountain, Claude, and Lina ambushed Tiandao at Fluorescent Beach, but Tiandao killed Molten Mountain and defeated Claude and Lina before pursuing Visser.
• Gorn trapped Chen Kong, Chen Xing, Caroline, and Isabelle in a subspace dodgeball match, but Tiandao joined the Red Team and secured a draw by bargaining for one million Star Source Coins.
• Tiandao tested the limits of Vector Control, injured his hand, and promised Caroline he would oppose anyone who tried to take her toys.
• Tiandao Siming chose to reinvest his Popularity Points in the Year-end Fireworks arc and realized Doctor planned to sacrifice Ember Base, raise the 36 Starborn, and later make Tiandao their leader against Chen Kong.

Tiandao faced the Star Envoys’ assault on Ember Base, defeated the invaders, and stayed behind as the base self-destructed so Caroline and the Starborn could escape. He survived in a Black Calculation Pod, then began preparing to claim the Miracle Stone: Law.

• Caroline gave Tiandao a Deep Blue Sound necklace before they left Trillan, and the group returned to Ember Base, where Tiandao insisted on taking a dangerous mission from Doctor.
• Four Star Monuments summoned a Beast Tide and triggered Star Core Resonance, so Tiandao, Yun Meng, Gang Yan, and the others split up to destroy the Monuments while Chen Xing and her group defeated the western one.
• After destroying his Monument, Tiandao returned to Ember Base and found an Association Star Envoy raid underway, so he activated the lethal defenses and released the Star Beast test subjects into the maze.
• Tiandao fought Benjamin and the invading Star Envoys, killed Benjamin with a hidden Black Azure, and continued protecting the Quantum Hub despite being blinded and gravely injured.
• Tiandao ordered the Starborn to escape aboard the Quantum Shuttle, then connected himself to Glimmer while Caroline awoke and found his prerecorded message.
• Caroline tried to save Tiandao through Mechanoid modification, but Tiandao activated Protocol No. 3, sealed her memories of him, and sent her to the shuttle before Ember Base exploded.
• Doctor said Tiandao had changed the future, and a camera revealed him asleep in a Black Calculation Pod on the ocean floor.
• Tiandao obtained Hyper-computation through a character-background modification, combined it with Vector Control to erase his presence, and tested an energy-intensive Eight Gates Formation.