Chapter Summaries

One month after the city fell into ruin, Tiandao sensed Star Energy and hunted Star Beasts, driven by an instinctive hunger for something inside them. He followed a faint Star Energy Fluctuation to a supermarket, where several men had arrived before him.

• Tiandao observed the overgrown, devastated city and noted that Star Energy and the strength of nearby prey were increasing.
• Tiandao recalled that a gigantic Star Beast had passed the residential complex half a month earlier without attacking, and he eagerly called Calamity interesting.
• Tiandao left at night to hunt Star Beasts and search for the warm substance inside them, though he did not know it was a Star Core.
• Tiandao followed a faint Star Energy Fluctuation to a supermarket in a neighboring complex and found several men rummaging inside.

Tiandao secretly helped little Chen Xing evade human survivors, then escaped a Shadow Spider and revealed that eating a Star Core rapidly healed his severe wounds. His unusual constitution awakened in the ruins, still unknown to anyone.

• Tiandao distracted the survivors inside a supermarket so little Chen Xing could flee safely.
• After Chen Xing left, Tiandao departed, and a Shadow Spider attacked the survivors inside the supermarket.
• The Dimensional Audience realized Tiandao had secretly saved Chen Xing before their remembered first meeting.
• Badly injured, Tiandao returned to his room and ate a bloodstained Star Core.
• Tiandao's wounds healed rapidly, and he rested as his hidden constitution quietly awakened.

The Doctor discovered that Tiandao’s cells could evolve without limit, but Tiandao restrained their growth through sheer will. After ending the examination, the Doctor ordered Tiandao’s data and Chen Kong’s basic information sealed, and Tiandao accepted the Doctor’s protective seal on his Hyper-computation.

• The Doctor explained to Yun Meng that Tiandao’s cells could proliferate and repair themselves without limit, but Tiandao deliberately restrained them.
• The Doctor warned that unchecked evolution could overwhelm Tiandao’s body and reason, and ordered his examination stopped and his data classified as the Base’s highest secret.
• The Doctor ordered Chen Kong’s data sealed except for basic information, explaining that ordinary people should avoid temptation rather than test their willpower.
• Tiandao emerged from the laboratory and told the Doctor he did not mind the temporary seal on his Hyper-computation.
• The Doctor recognized that Tiandao could remove the seal at will, and the extra chapter ended with the audience understanding the force of Tiandao’s will.

Aboard the train to the Sea of Crimson Mist, Tiandao began a Star Core Breakthrough of his Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye after realizing the official setting framed his sudden growth as lifting restrictions. Chen Xing and the others stopped the train and moved to protect the passengers from danger, while Tiandao remained wrapped in silver light.

• Tiandao read the bonus chapter’s comments and realized its explanation of Tian Dao Cells also justified his sudden increases in strength as the removal of restrictions.
• Feeling secure in the Stellaris Production Team’s setting and with Fox and Mei Ling nearby, Tiandao began his Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye breakthrough aboard the train.
• Fox sensed Tiandao’s aura surge, and Chen Xing ordered him to have the Train Conductor stop the train despite the danger of stopping in the High-Risk Zone.
• Jing Liuli sensed something approaching beneath the sea and asked Mei Ling to handle it, while Chen Xing and Jing Liuli went to protect the other passengers.
• Chen Xing and Jing Liuli recognized that Tiandao’s breakthrough followed his changing the future of a city and hundreds of thousands of people.

Jing Liuli defended the Steam Train from a Beast Tide in the Sea of Crimson Mist, using her awakened Daytime Dream and Eternal Night Phantom Butterfly abilities in tandem. She effortlessly overwhelmed the Star Beasts as the train traveled through an increasingly dangerous zone.

• The chapter explained that the Steam Train was crossing the boundary between a Fallen Zone and a High-Risk Zone as the Red Mist Season approached.
• Jing Liuli relaxed atop a carriage while more than a hundred Level 1 and Level 2 Star Beasts surged from the sea toward the train.
• Jing Liuli manifested nightmare-like Dream Creations that blocked and disabled the attackers before they could reach the carriage.
• Her Eternal Night Phantom Butterfly spread Phosphorescent Powder that made the Star Beasts relive their worst fears, causing them to panic, attack one another, or freeze.
• The chapter revealed that Jing Liuli’s awakened Daytime Dream and Eternal Night Phantom Butterfly complemented each other, letting her fight effectively without entering a shared sleep.

Jing Liuli used her dream butterflies to turn a Star Beast frenzy into a massacre, then declared her service fee to Tiandao unpaid. Tiandao completed his Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye breakthrough, gained the power to rewind his own state, enhanced his future predictions, and tested his control over Subspace Nodes by opening a passage through the carriage wall.

• Jing Liuli’s nightmares drove the Star Beasts into attacking one another while her Dream Creations hunted them, and the survivors fled the Phosphorescent Powder’s reach.
• Jing Liuli cleared away the remaining attackers, then told Tiandao to add her service fee to his tab and bring double chocolate next time.
• Tiandao’s Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye breakthrough gave him Heavenly Eye Reversal, which could rewind his own state from within the past five seconds.
• Tiandao enhanced Fate Orbit Prediction, allowing him to forecast a thousand possible actions and, when activated, glimpse a target’s future within the next month.
• Tiandao sensed movement from Chen Xing, used Stellar Eclipse Interference to open a passage through the carriage wall, and stepped outside.

Chen Xing slaughtered the Star Beasts attacking the Steam Train until Tiandao stopped her, and the group returned to the first-class cabin. Tiandao watched a film showing how their easygoing journey contrasted with Chen Kong’s group’s battle, then began planning to involve the arriving Caroline in adding more spectacle.

• Chen Xing fought off the Star Beasts with her Bloodflame, drawing more of them with the scent of burning blood and replenishing her strength as she killed them.
• Tiandao stopped Chen Xing, then used Vector Control to make a Rank 2 Star Beast explode before it could reach them.
• Chen Xing took Tiandao’s hand, while Jing Liuli’s Dream Pillow nearly struck them before she fled; Tiandao and Chen Xing returned to the train separately.
• In the first-class cabin, Tiandao watched a film that included his breakthrough and showed his group’s easy journey alongside Chen Kong’s group’s difficult battle to protect passengers.
• Tiandao decided to add more spectacle to the film’s plot and planned to involve Caroline when she arrived at the Seaside Concert Hall.

The Movie Edition began with Chen Kong, Liu Ma, and Vivian traveling by steam train to Crimson Mist Capital for Jing Liuli’s New Year’s concert. At the station, Liu Ma tried to impress a pink-haired fan, only to be mistaken for an uncle.

• Chen Kong and Liu Ma bickered over their cramped seats until Vivian hurried them toward the ticket gate as their train arrived.
• The camera showed Chen Kong’s ticket for Jing Liuli’s New Year’s concert in Crimson Mist Capital.
• Liu Ma and Chen Kong discussed Jing Liuli’s concert earnings while watching her promotional video at the station.
• A pink-haired JK girl asked whether they were traveling to see Jing Liuli, and Liu Ma eagerly claimed to be a loyal fan.
• The girl praised Liu Ma’s defense of Jing Liuli’s singing but called him “Uncle,” leaving him embarrassed as Chen Kong laughed.

Chen Kong, Liu Ma, and Vivian boarded a train from Steam Capital to Crimson Mist Capital for a concert, where Liu Ma unexpectedly reunited with the pink-haired high-school girl. After charming Liu Ma with praise for his adventures, she introduced herself to Vivian as Ying Qianhuan.

• The pink-haired girl said goodbye to Liu Ma at the station, and Chen Kong teased him after she left.
• Liu Ma found the girl in his train carriage, and Chen Kong and Vivian arranged for him to sit beside her.
• As the train crossed the Sea of Crimson Mist, Liu Ma asked the girl about traveling alone, and she revealed she was a Rank 1 Star Envoy.
• Liu Ma bragged about his past missions, and the girl praised his stories before asking about his companions.
• The girl introduced herself to Vivian as Ying Qianhuan, a senior at Trist High School in Steam Capital's Upper City.

Ying Qianhuan revealed that she had approached Liu Ma at the station because of Vivian, then easily soothed his bruised pride. As Jing Liuli rehearsed at the concert venue, Tiandao examined Huan Qianyin’s Stellaris profile and reflected on her disguises before Danika turned her attention to Liuli’s singing.

• Ying Qianhuan admitted that she had recognized Vivian from the news and had not approached Liu Ma because of their shared interest in Jing Liuli.
• Liu Ma became dejected, then perked up when Ying Qianhuan praised his stories and called him dependable.
• Tiandao teased Jing Liuli by intercepting the drink Little Danika tossed to her, and Jing Liuli threatened that someone would soon deal with him.
• Jing Liuli returned to rehearsal, and Tiandao watched her perform before studying Huan Qianyin’s Stellaris profile on the Dimensional Screen.
• Tiandao remarked that Huan Qianyin must find her masks exhausting, and Danika ran to cheer Jing Liuli when her singing began.

The Steam Train stopped in the Crimson Mist because a pack of Star Beasts blocked the tracks, and Chen Kong went out alone to drive them off. The Train Conductor recalled Tiandao and his companions surviving a much larger Beast Tide, but Chen Kong was discovered and Liu Ma and Vivian joined the fight.

• The Steam Train made an emergency stop, and Liu Ma, Chen Kong, Vivian, and Ying Qianhuan went to the first-class car to learn what had happened.
• Isabelle and the Train Conductor explained that Star Beasts were blocking the tracks and that the train could not remain stopped without attracting more beasts.
• Chen Kong went out alone to drive off the pack, while the Train Conductor told the group how Tiandao and his companions had once fought off a Beast Tide around the train.
• The Train Conductor confirmed that Jing Liuli and the silver-haired, blue-eyed Tiandao had been among that group, and the passengers realized they were hearing about Tiandao and his companions.
• Chen Kong was discovered by the Star Beasts and fled under attack, so Liu Ma and Vivian got off the train to help him.

Liu Ma, Chen Kong, Vivian, and Ying Qianhuan fought through a Star Beast horde controlled by Blood Crystal Coral to attack its energy nodes. When the coral repaired itself by absorbing the beasts’ vitality, Vivian discovered that its main root was hidden underwater.

• Liu Ma rescued Chen Kong from an Octopus Star Beast, and Chen Kong said something in the horde had detected him.
• Vivian identified the Blood Crystal Coral as the force controlling the Star Beasts and detecting living creatures through their blood.
• Chen Kong decided the group had to destroy the coral’s core, and Liu Ma led the charge through the horde while Ying Qianhuan joined the fight.
• Vivian scanned the coral and identified its energy nodes, and Chen Kong shot one but was knocked back by a burst of blood mist as the node repaired itself.
• Vivian realized the coral was absorbing the Star Beasts’ vitality and pointed out that its roots extended into the sea, where its main root was likely hidden.

Chen Kong and his allies weakened the Blood Crystal Coral’s control, but an Overlord-class Tiger-skin Whale restored its power and empowered the Beast Tide. Isabelle arrived and froze the attackers, giving the group a chance to free the whale.

• Vivian detected the Overlord-class Star Beast beneath the sea, and Liu Ma assigned the group their roles as a Beast Tide attacked.
• Vivian blasted open a path while Chen Kong shot three Blood Crystal Coral nodes, weakening its control over the Star Beasts.
• The Tiger-skin Whale surfaced and supplied energy to the coral, strengthening the Beast Tide and forcing the group back.
• Isabelle used Absolute Zero Ice Seal to freeze the Star Beasts and coral rootlets, then ordered everyone to destroy the nodes on the whale and free it.

Chen Kong's group fought to free the Overlord-class Tiger-skin Whale from the Blood Crystal Coral, but the whale turned violent again. As Chen Kong decided to summon Bai Kong, Bai Kong angrily kicked him out of the Soul Space.

• Isabelle froze the Star Beasts while Liu Ma, Ying Qianhuan, and Vivian attacked the coral controlling the Tiger-skin Whale.
• The Tiger-skin Whale tore at the coral on its body, and Vivian's missiles struck a red crystal on its back.
• Tiandao left the Seaside Concert Hall and raced across the sea on Sky-Treading Steps.
• Isabelle raised an Absolute Zero Ice Wall to protect Chen Kong's group from the whale's giant wave.
• The whale's eyes turned crimson and its aura grew more violent, so Chen Kong decided to summon Bai Kong.
• Bai Kong refused to help and kicked Chen Kong out of the Soul Space.

Tiandao arrived at the battlefield and effortlessly freed the Tiger-skin Whale from the Blood Crystal Coral parasitizing it. Afterward, he took the whale toward Jing Liuli’s concert, leaving Chen Kong reflecting on how far he and Liu Ma lagged behind Tiandao and the others.

• Tiandao appeared above the battlefield after sensing the Tiger-skin Whale beneath the sea from more than twenty kilometers away.
• Tiandao kicked and struck the Blood Crystal Coral, breaking it off the Tiger-skin Whale while avoiding harm to the whale.
• Liu Ma joked that Chen Kong should warn him before fighting Tiandao so he could prepare a coffin, and Chen Kong reconsidered whether he and Liu Ma could compete on the Starry Sky Ladder.
• The Tiger-skin Whale, freed from the coral, rubbed against Tiandao, who invited it to perform at Jing Liuli’s concert and rode it toward the Seaside Concert Hall.

After the crisis, the group rode the Steam Train and learned that Tiandao had anticipated Isabelle’s request to see the train’s records a month in advance. They went to the control room to watch what Tiandao and his companions had done on their earlier journey.

• Ying Qianhuan asked Liu Ma about Tiandao, and Liu Ma described the powerful Star Envoys in his group.
• Chen Kong and Liu Ma argued over their Stellaris Ranking, until Vivian gave them Energy Bars to quiet them.
• The Train Conductor gave the Star Envoys Eternal Passes for helping save the train.
• Isabelle asked to see the train’s travel records from a month earlier, and the Train Conductor revealed Tiandao had predicted her request.
• Vivian and the others followed the Train Conductor to the control room, where the Movie Edition showed Tiandao and his companions’ past feats.

The Movie Edition showed Jing Liuli and Chen Xing fighting off Star Beasts, then revealed Chen Kong’s uneasy reaction when he nearly mentioned the past in front of Vivian. The audience began connecting clues about Chen Kong and Vivian as the Steam Train approached a city at sea.

• Jing Liuli used Dream Butterflies and Dream Creations to defeat the Star Beasts threatening the train.
• Chen Xing burned through the Star Beasts until Tiandao stopped her, and Jing Liuli rode between them to separate their clasped hands.
• Liu Ma remarked on Jing Liuli’s strength, and Chen Kong began to mention something from the past before changing his words.
• Vivian noticed Chen Kong’s physical reaction and suspected that he was hiding something connected to her.
• The Dimensional Audience reviewed earlier footage and speculated about Chen Kong’s connection to Vivian and William’s death.
• The Steam Train left the Sea of Crimson Mist, and a city built upon the sea appeared through the fog.

After meeting Liu Ma and Chen Kong at the train station, Ying Qianhuan was exposed by Tiandao as Huan Qianyin, a Moonshadow Family member. Tiandao questioned why she was involved in the Frostsound Family’s affairs, but the chapter ended before she answered.

• Ying Qianhuan said goodbye to Liu Ma and left the station, while Liu Ma told Chen Kong that she reminded him of someone from the base.
• Vivian urged Liu Ma and Chen Kong to stop arguing and register at the Star Envoy Branch before the concert in seven days.
• Ying Qianhuan sent a message about Tiandao’s evolved precognitive abilities, then encountered Tiandao at the subway entrance.
• Tiandao identified Ying Qianhuan as Huan Qianyin, No. 30, and she dispelled her Star Source Persona Mask.
• Huan Qianyin followed Tiandao to a coffee shop, where he asked whether she had acted alone or on the Moonshadow Family’s orders.
• Tiandao said Huan Qianyin could not affect him but that he had seen a more interesting future in her.

Huan Qianyin spoke with Tiandao in Crimson Mist Capital, while the chapter followed Caroline as she prepared to travel to Jing Liuli’s concert. Caroline trusted her feelings, asked Deep Blue Sound to let her hear the sound she wanted, and left the research institute with her ticket booked.

• Huan Qianyin told Tiandao she would only share information allowed by the Moonshadow Family’s rules, then relaxed as they talked over dessert.
• The Stellaris Production Team switched the camera before viewers could hear what Huan Qianyin told Tiandao.
• Caroline told her assistant she was traveling to attend Jing Liuli’s concert and agreed to bring back signed albums.
• Caroline reread Jing Liuli’s messages urging her to attend and wondered why the invitation had been weighing on her mind.
• Caroline asked Deep Blue Sound to let her hear the sound she wanted, then told Jing Liuli she had set out and would arrive three days before the concert.

Tiandao met Huan Qianyin in Crimson Mist Capital and ordered her to continue her mission while reporting her side’s plans to him. The Movie Edition then revealed Aurora Aria, the Frostsound Family’s floating concert hall and fortress, before moving inside to Jing Liuli’s private room.

• Tiandao told Huan Qianyin to carry out her original mission and inform him in advance of any plans so he could arrange the stage and actors.
• After Tiandao vanished without paying for their coffee, Huan Qianyin paid the bill and reflected on how frightened she had been of him.
• The Movie Edition’s viewers complained that they could not understand Tiandao and Huan Qianyin’s conversation.
• The Movie Edition revealed that Aurora Aria was a mobile concert hall made from Eternal Ice Crystal and protected by a Frostsound Barrier.
• The chapter explained that the Starsound Faction was using Jing Liuli’s New Year’s Concert to showcase Aurora Aria, then shifted to Jing Liuli’s private room.