Chapter Summaries

Caroline and Chen Xing were overwhelmed by the Coral Knight, but Chen Kong seized his chance to ambush him with three special bullets. The Coral Knight survived with only a cheek wound and unexpectedly praised Chen Kong, asking where the bullets came from.

• Caroline unleashed her hidden strength, but she and Chen Xing fell behind once the Coral Knight fought seriously.
• As Caroline was knocked down and Chen Xing was bound by the Coral Knight, Chen Kong decided to attack from hiding.
• Chen Kong fired three special bullets that disrupted the Coral Knight’s shield, cracked his helmet, and cut his cheek.
• The Coral Knight released the unconscious Chen Xing and approached Chen Kong, who shut his eyes expecting to be hurt.
• Instead, the Coral Knight praised Chen Kong for injuring him and asked where he had obtained the special bullets, leaving Chen Kong speechless.

On the way to their new base, Chen Kong explained how Doctor had developed bullets that temporarily carried the Mark of the Void, though they had strict limits. The group arrived at Dorian’s villa district and received exchange-student identities and uniforms so they could enter Trillan Junior High.

• Tiandao changed the subject after Caroline released his ear, and Chen Kong explained that his blood could briefly preserve the Mark of the Void in specially made bullets.
• Chen Kong described the bullets’ restrictions: they lasted at most ten minutes, worked only within ten meters, and required rare casings.
• Tiandao realized the Dimensional Audience had guessed that Chen Kong would eventually seek to erase Star Energy, and he reaffirmed that he would oppose that plan.
• Coral Knight Wolf brought the group to a villa in Dorian’s villa district and said Dorian would explain his circumstances that evening.
• Coral Knight Wolf gave the group exchange-student identities and school uniforms so they could enter Trillan Junior High.

Tiandao and Caroline arrived at Trillan Junior High as exchange students, where Tiandao noticed the teaching building was powered by hidden Star Energy. Ignoring Caroline’s warning to keep a low profile, he headed for the cafeteria, intending to find Chen Kong and intervene in his bullying.

• Caroline repeatedly warned Tiandao to behave discreetly during their protection mission in Deep Blue Metropolis, but Tiandao assured her he would not cause trouble.
• Tiandao reflected that Dorian’s conflict over Tears of Deep Blue mining rights stemmed from a struggle between factions of the Frostsound Family.
• Tiandao and Caroline arrived at Trillan Junior High, and Tiandao joked that its shell-shaped teaching building might contain valuable pearls.
• Tiandao saw Star Energy flowing through channels in the teaching building but could not locate its hidden source.
• Tiandao learned that Chen Kong had already faced regional discrimination from classmates and decided to find him after visiting the cafeteria.
• Tiandao ignored the usual registration process and strode across campus in his conspicuous uniform and sunglasses, determined not to keep a low profile.

Chen Kong was pressured by Dekola and his classmates into paying for drinks, while Tiandao arrived at the cafeteria and found him being mocked. Tiandao recognized Dekola’s hostility as an opportunity to confront his regional prejudice and gain popularity.

• Dekola and his classmates mocked Chen Kong for refusing to buy drinks, after already making him run errands and pay for their lunches.
• Dekola learned Chen Kong was at Trillan Junior High because of his grades, then dropped his polite act and joined his lackeys in belittling him.
• Tiandao asked a stunned female student where the cafeteria was, and she hurried off afterward to tell her friends about him.
• Tiandao entered the cafeteria, greeted Chen Kong, and noticed Dekola sizing him up with suspicion.
• Tiandao decided to use Dekola’s hostility to reclaim the Dimensional Audience’s grievances and gain popularity by challenging his regional bigotry.

Tiandao humiliated Dekola with an exploding bottle of Blue Mountain City, then Isabelle intervened and sent Dekola away. Tiandao tasked Chen Kong with befriending Isabelle and left him to deliver the drinks, while Chen Kong wondered whether being a simp was really not an insult.

• Tiandao used Yun Meng's bank card to have Chen Kong buy drinks and handed Dekola a bottle that burst, soaking him in soda.
• Tiandao admitted he had made the bottle explode on purpose, and Dekola prepared to retaliate.
• Isabelle arrived, ordered Dekola back to his dormitory, and threatened him with school discipline if he refused.
• After Isabelle left, Tiandao teased Chen Kong about admiring her and told him to become her friend and protect her.
• Tiandao left Chen Kong to carry the drinks to class and say he was treating everyone, and Chen Kong questioned Tiandao's remark about being a simp.

Tiandao settled into his exchange-student role while Chen Kong’s efforts to help him brought him closer to Isabelle. The chapter ended with Tiandao learning that Dark Star Envoys planned to kidnap Isabelle during a group retreat, while Caroline remained skeptical that he had behaved himself.

• Tiandao believed his added scene had preserved Season 1’s main storyline after Chen Kong became smitten with Isabelle.
• Chen Kong brought drinks to Class 1 and awkwardly explained that Tiandao had bought them, leaving his classmates suspicious and silent.
• Isabelle eased the tension by organizing the students to hand out the drinks, then asked Chen Kong about Tiandao and promised to help the exchange students fit in.
• Chen Kong described Tiandao as a kind model student, and Isabelle thanked him before returning to her seat, while Chen Kong happily savored that she had used his name.
• Caroline told Tiandao that Dark Star Envoys planned to kidnap Isabelle during the group retreat, and Tiandao agreed to follow Instructor Yun Meng’s plan to wait and prepare.
• Caroline asked whether Tiandao had caused trouble, and after he denied it, she said she would believe him for now.

Tiandao drew the attention of his new classmates and encouraged Chen Kong to be more confident, while secretly watching the anime in class. Meanwhile, Dekola reported that Chen Kong was a Rank 1 Star Envoy, and his father ordered him to provoke the transfer students so the Star Envoy Association would have grounds to act against them.

• After class, more than a dozen girls surrounded Tiandao with questions, and he pulled Chen Kong into the conversation to help answer them.
• The girls questioned Chen Kong about Tiandao, and their attention made Chen Kong feel noticed and cared for.
• Tiandao told Chen Kong to be more confident, then joked that his looks explained his popularity; Chen Kong said Tiandao was bad at comforting people.
• When class resumed, Tiandao secretly watched Stellaris Prequel: Embers on the Dimensional Screen.
• Dekola called his father and reported that his Star Energy Sensor had detected more than 100 points of Star Energy in Chen Kong, identifying him as a Rank 1 Star Envoy.
• Dekola's father told him to keep provoking the transfer students until they used their Star Source in public, giving the Star Envoy Association a reason to act.

Bordian gathered four Dark Star Envoys to discuss Tiandao Siming and the other transfer students, while Molten Mountain eagerly set out to confront Tiandao. Bordian intended to use Molten Mountain’s attack to discover what Star Envoys Dorian could deploy, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• Molten Mountain arrived late at Bordian’s meeting and dismissed Tiandao and the other young Star Envoys as easy targets.
• When Bordian’s bodyguard threatened him, Molten Mountain melted the man’s wrist and burned him to death, forcing Bordian to order the other guards to stand down.
• Bordian showed Molten Mountain information about twelve-year-old Tiandao Siming, whose Star Energy Value exceeded eight hundred, and warned that Tiandao’s group likely had powerful backing.
• Excited by the prospect of fighting a young genius, Molten Mountain left to confront Tiandao and declined to take Lina with him.
• Lina questioned Bordian’s decision to let Molten Mountain act, and Bordian explained that he wanted to see what Star Envoys Dorian would reveal in response.

Chen Kong left the villa to buy dinner ingredients and snacks, unaware that Molten Mountain and Claude had set a trap for him. The chapter ended as Molten Mountain emerged from Claude’s iron coffin at the supermarket and greeted Chen Kong.

• Chen Xing sent Chen Kong to the supermarket for beef, while Tiandao asked him to buy snacks and Chen Xing chased Tiandao around the villa.
• Chen Kong reflected on how much he wished their peaceful life together could last, then headed toward the pedestrian street.
• Molten Mountain and Claude watched Chen Kong leave, and Molten Mountain entered Claude’s Silent Coffin to pursue him.
• Claude waited on a rooftop as the coffin transported Molten Mountain to the supermarket entrance.
• Chen Kong sensed a terrifying aura at the supermarket, and Molten Mountain emerged from the iron coffin and greeted him.

Chen Kong fought Molten Mountain in a supermarket, risking his life to protect the people trapped inside. Just as he fired his Special Black Gun at Molten Mountain, the story shifted to Tiandao rushing to a supermarket after leaving Xing at home.

• Molten Mountain attacked Chen Kong with lava, but Chen Kong used Mark of the Void to protect the cashier and other shoppers.
• Molten Mountain targeted the people inside the supermarket, then unleashed a barrage of lava that set the store ablaze.
• Chen Kong shielded a little girl from falling debris and sent her toward the crowded fire exit.
• Chen Kong admitted he was afraid but stayed because the others would have nowhere to run, then aimed his Special Black Gun at Molten Mountain.
• Tiandao left Xing at the villa and raced toward the nearest supermarket.

Chen Kong was badly wounded while buying time for strangers to escape Molten Mountain, but he used Jing Liuli’s Daytime Dream to create blue Sweet Dream Candy and restore his ability to fight. With a renewed will to survive, he stood up and aimed his gun at Molten Mountain again.

• Chen Kong’s Mark of the Void bullet passed through an illusion of Molten Mountain, and the real Molten Mountain struck him down with a powerful blow.
• Molten Mountain identified Chen Kong’s Star Source as one that could nullify Star Source abilities and explained that its weakness left Chen Kong vulnerable to physical attacks.
• As Chen Kong lay badly injured, memories of Brother Tian Dao helped him reaffirm that he should act according to his own convictions.
• Chen Kong suppressed the Mark of the Void and used The Visionary to copy Jing Liuli’s Daytime Dream, creating blue Sweet Dream Candy from his determination to survive.
• Chen Kong ate the candy, temporarily recovering and strengthening his body, then rose and aimed his gun at Molten Mountain.

Chen Kong used the surge in Star Energy from the fake Sweet Dream Candy to nearly kill Molten Mountain, but Claude’s Mechanical Shrine blocked the shot. When Molten Mountain’s false choice forced Chen Kong to risk himself saving the trapped supermarket employees, Tiandao arrived and confronted Molten Mountain and Claude.

• Chen Kong poured all his Star Energy into the Black Gun and fired a Mark of the Void Bullet that pierced Molten Mountain’s magma defense, but Claude’s Mechanical Shrine stopped it.
• Molten Mountain trapped supermarket employees behind a wall of fire and challenged Chen Kong to choose between saving them and escaping alone.
• Chen Kong charged toward the flames despite the Mechanical Shrine falling toward him, using his remaining Star Energy to clear magma from the employees’ path.
• Tiandao kicked the Mechanical Shrine away and told Chen Kong to do what he thought was right while Tiandao handled the rest.
• Chen Kong rushed into the flames to rescue the employees as Tiandao faced Molten Mountain and Claude, then appeared before Molten Mountain and began forming Black Azure at his brow.

Tiandao’s flashback revealed why he possessed the confidence to join the dangerous Star Project and how the surgery gave him the Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye. In the present, he nearly killed Molten Mountain before Yun Meng stopped him, and the chapter ended with her recalling that she had simply found Tiandao on the road as a child.

• As a child, Tiandao chose to join the Star Project despite its high mortality rate and selected the eyes as his Star Core so he could see the world’s true appearance.
• One month after surgery, the Doctor removed Tiandao’s bandages, and Tiandao saw the world through the Stellar Eclipse Heavenly Eye.
• Tiandao cornered Molten Mountain with Black Azure, but Claude shoved Molten Mountain out of its path and was bisected before Tiandao crushed his mechanical head.
• Molten Mountain fled, but Yun Meng arrived with the unconscious Chen Kong and Coral Knight, told Tiandao to spare Molten Mountain, and he let him escape.
• Tiandao accused Yun Meng of keeping him and Chen Kong in the dark about the trap and left, while Yun Meng and Coral Knight praised his strength.
• Coral Knight asked how Yun Meng had met Tiandao, and she said she had picked him up while walking down the road.

After Tiandao overwhelmed Molten Mountain and Claude, Molten Mountain returned to Roen Technology Co., Ltd. terrified, while Claude explained the fight to Bordian and the others. Bordian believed he knew why Tiandao had spared them and revealed an under-the-table deal with members of the Star Envoy Association in Deep Blue Metropolis.

• Yun Meng proudly told the Coral Knight that she had picked up Tiandao, while Station 13 viewers mocked Molten Mountain and Claude for their defeat.
• Molten Mountain returned alone to Bordian's office, trembling and pleading with Lina not to kill him.
• Claude arrived in his true body and recounted how Tiandao had nearly killed him and Molten Mountain but ultimately let them go.
• Bordian said he understood why Tiandao had spared them and revealed his secret deal with members of the Star Envoy Association in Deep Blue Metropolis.

Bordian explained that his feud with Dorian was a proxy battle over Skysea Group’s mining rights, and that Dorian had released Molten Mountain and Claude as both a warning and an offer of restraint. Tiandao understood the strategy behind it, while Bordian conceded the first round and agreed to submit if Dorian proved himself.

• Bordian told Lina and the others that two Frostsound Family figures were using him and Dorian to fight over Skysea Group’s rights to mine Tears of Deep Blue.
• Bordian explained that Dorian had let Molten Mountain and Claude go to warn him not to endanger Skysea Group, and admitted that Dorian was more magnanimous than he would have been.
• Bordian refused Lina’s suggestion to expose information about Tiandao and the others to the Star Envoy Association, conceding the first round while keeping his existing plans in motion.
• Caroline asked Yun Meng whether Tiandao would be angry that they had withheld the truth, and Yun Meng said he had already understood their reasoning.
• Tiandao recognized Dorian’s plan as a version of Zhuge Liang capturing Meng Huo repeatedly, aimed at winning Bordian over and keeping Skysea Group united.
• Tiandao focused instead on Caroline’s upcoming birthday, which he regarded as their last beautiful memory together.

Caroline grew increasingly upset as Tiandao and Chen Xing kept a secret birthday plan from her, while Tiandao’s private conversation with Jing Liuli revealed his fear that a dream might come true. The chapter left the audience suspecting Tiandao faced a grim future and was trying to make reality less painful.

• Caroline watched Tiandao and Chen Xing leave to visit Chen Kong again and wondered what they were hiding from her.
• Chen Kong urged Tiandao and Chen Xing to tell Caroline about her birthday surprise, but Tiandao insisted they keep it secret to make the celebration memorable.
• Tiandao explained that Caroline would reject a birthday celebration during a mission, so the group had to surprise her.
• A memory showed Tiandao asking Jing Liuli whether dreams could become reality, and she said his eye might reveal fragments of the future.
• After leaving Jing Liuli, Tiandao sat alone on the beach and resolved to make reality less awful if his dream was awful.
• The audience at Station 13 reacted to the birthday plans and Tiandao’s ominous memory as a sign of heartbreak to come.

Tiandao's hinted Plot Kill triggered outrage among Stellaris fans, who held a memorial for him before he was even dead. Watching the fan-made video, Tiandao enjoyed the spectacle and then turned his attention to planning Caroline's birthday under the guise of a mission.

• Tiandao's fans flooded the Stellaris Production Team's account with protests, and fans of other characters joined their online siege.
• Fans at a convention held a memorial for Tiandao, and the video spread the meme “Exclusive Underworld Scene.”
• Tiandao watched the memorial video, posted “May Tiandao Rest in Peace” himself, and checked the calendar as Caroline's birthday approached.
• Tiandao decided to use a mission as a pretext to get Caroline to follow their birthday plan without suspecting anything.

Tiandao told Caroline that they would scout Isabelle’s planned destinations for the guard mission the next day, then joked about missing her desserts while she underwent Quantum Calculation. He concealed his true concern: he planned to expose Caroline to intense emotions to protect her humanity, even though the pain might later be erased from her memories.

• Tiandao stopped Caroline at the villa gate and told her that they needed to scout Jellyfish Amusement Park and the Sunken Ship Grand Restaurant before Isabelle’s Friday outing.
• Tiandao asked Caroline about her planned Quantum Calculation, and she confirmed that she would enter the Supercomputation Space after the mission.
• Tiandao joked that he would miss Caroline bringing him extra desserts while she was away, and Caroline reassured him that she had arranged for her desserts to be counted under his name.
• After Caroline left, Tiandao reflected that he wanted to preserve her emotions and humanity, and he planned to give her emotional stimulation despite the pain it might cause.
• Tiandao hid his conflicted feelings behind his usual carefree demeanor while the Dimensional Audience recognized that his dessert talk had concealed a deeper motive.

Tiandao arranged a staged restaurant outing with Caroline, who agreed to play along while treating their visit as a genuine scouting mission. At the dolphin-themed restaurant, Caroline delighted in petting a dolphin until Tiandao startled it for a photograph, leaving the story in a sweet moment shadowed by the audience’s fears about future tragedy.

• Tiandao and Chen Xing coordinated a plan to lure Caroline into the Sunken Ship Grand Restaurant with a fake free-meal promotion.
• Caroline suspected Tiandao’s scheme but trusted him and followed the waiter into the restaurant, while continuing to treat the outing as a scouting mission.
• At the dolphin-themed dining area, Caroline became captivated by the dolphins and happily petted a white dolphin through the protective barrier.
• Tiandao startled the dolphin with a sudden prank and photographed its panic alongside Caroline’s stunned reaction.
• The Dimensional Audience laughed at the scene, then worried that the production team’s earlier hints of tragedy foreshadowed Tiandao’s future suffering.

Caroline's flashback revealed how Doctor destroyed her Dolphin Doll and tried to suppress her emotions, while Tiandao secretly repaired it and persuaded Doctor to let Caroline grow as a person. The memory ended with Caroline thanking Tiandao tearfully as he panicked over how to comfort her.

• Doctor ordered Caroline to stop playing with her Dolphin Doll, crushed it, and told her that emotions and personal thoughts were useless to a tool.
• Tiandao left class early, gathered the doll's scattered pieces, and clumsily sewed it back together.
• Tiandao told Doctor that human emotions could help mechanical beings create miracles, and Doctor agreed not to interfere with Caroline's growth.
• Tiandao returned the repaired doll to Caroline and told her she was more interesting as a person and could rely on him.
• Caroline thanked Tiandao tearfully, while Tiandao frantically tried to comfort her.