This villain is too popular.

Chapter 15 The Past of the Heavenly Dao

With the appearance of Tiandao and Caroline, the originally hostile bullet screen environment of Stellaris: Ember was completely changed.

The discussion started by debating whether a good-for-nothing like Chen Kong deserved to be the main character.

The discussion has turned into a debate about why a figure like the Heavenly Dao isn't the protagonist.

Amidst this pleasant atmosphere of bullet comments, the first episode of "Stellaris: Ember" is finally coming to an end.

"If you ate double the amount of sweets every day like me, you might awaken your star core right away!"

"Really, really?"

"You idiot, he's lying to you."

"Sister, older sister."

In the scene, Chen Xing walks out from the crowd and looks at the protagonist Chen Kong with the same look one would give someone looking at trash.

Although Chen Xing's behavior at this moment is similar to those guys who bullied the protagonist Chen Kong before.

But as the saying goes, good looks are justice.

Dust Star's exquisite features, paired with her signature 'disdainful' expression.

As expected, her appearance attracted the attention of countless fans.

'Slurp, I'm licking it, I'm licking it~'

'Hiss, that's it, that's perfect! That's exactly the look of disgust I wanted, like they were looking at trash.'

'A genius older sister and a good-for-nothing younger brother? Interesting.'

'Big sister, I'm your dog!'

'Mother!'

'Hey, kid upstairs, get your act together.'

Watching the collective frenzy of the barrage of comments, the Heavenly Dao in the Star World clasped his hands together, supporting his chin, and his sunglasses reflected a cold light unique to 'villains'.

"As expected, Chen Xing is my biggest rival on the road to becoming the most popular star."

Although Dust Star only appeared briefly at the end of the first episode, his role was small.

This can be achieved through the 'director's' editing techniques.

As a result, even though Chenxing appeared last, she still left a very deep impression on the audience.

In addition, Dust Star is a female character.

This means that if the Heavenly Dao wants to surpass its opponent in popularity, it will need to put in much more effort.

After all, female characters can gain a lot of popularity just by wearing black stockings.

Male characters have far too many things to consider.

However, the premiere of "Ember" consisted of two episodes.

Therefore, many viewers continued watching the series immediately after finishing the first episode.

The plot of this second episode directly picks up where Chen Xing appeared in the previous episode.

"Heavenly Dao, are you trying to fool people again with your flawed sweets theory?"

"How can you call it a lie?"

"Science has proven that sugar not only promotes brain function, but also..."

"Shut up!"

"Do you think everyone is as much of a hardcore sweets lover as you?"

In the scene, the tension between Tiandao and Chenxing suddenly escalates.

The Heavenly Dao no longer tolerated the other party and directly used its star energy value, which far exceeded that of the Dust Star, to exert pure numerical suppression on it.

And perhaps it is to more concretely demonstrate the 'power' of the Heavenly Dao.

In the anime episodes that were shown, the 'pressure' of the Heavenly Dao was materialized by the production team into an invisible black tide, which easily and completely engulfed the 'tiny' dust star, plunging it into boundless darkness.

The terrifying oppression brought about by this claustrophobic space, coupled with the tangible 'azure eyes' at the end of the darkness.

It allowed the audience, even those watching from behind a screen, to feel the power of the Heavenly Dao.

In an instant, the live chat exploded with comments.

'The special effects budget is burning through!'

Holy crap, this sense of oppression is overwhelming! My legs are going weak just looking at it through the screen.

"Sister Chenxing, run! Something's wrong with this man!"

'No, just his aura alone is this terrifying. Is Tiandao not the strongest among them all?'

"Definitely. Look at all the characters we've seen so far, he's the only one wearing sunglasses. This kind of unconventional behavior is clearly a privilege reserved for the strong." "Such a powerful aura. Will this Heavenly Dao turn evil later? I have a feeling the production team has ulterior motives. Based on my years of anime-watching experience, the stronger and kinder a character is in the early stages, the more likely they are to become evil later."

"Damn, stop talking, I'm starting to feel something's off too."

Perhaps they felt that this alone was not enough to deepen the image of Tiandao as a naturally strong person in the eyes of the audience.

Therefore, the production team unexpectedly added a memory fragment of Tiandao when he was eight years old during this process.

The appearance of this scene was something even the Heavenly Dao itself hadn't anticipated.

Because this plot point didn't exist in the original storyline at all.

It was a complete 'accident'.

In the memory, a silver-haired boy sat alone in the center of the three-headed wolf carcass.

A bloodstained fruit knife lay stuck beside him, his left hand dangling, while he awkwardly peeled open a dirty candy with only his right hand.

Just as the silver-haired boy was halfway through peeling the candy, a figure suddenly approached.

"Did you do all this by yourself?"

"Ah."

When Yunmeng asked him a question, Tiandao didn't even look up, continuing to peel off the sugar coating covering the candy.

The camera focuses on Tiandao's drooping left hand, where five deep, bone-revealing claw marks are bleeding, and the dusty cuffs are already soaked in blood and turned brown.

After receiving a positive reply from Heaven, Yunmeng remained silent for a long time.

A moment later, she extended an invitation to the Heavenly Dao.

"How about joining our organization?"

"It's all right."

Tiandao's answer was very casual, as if it didn't matter to him where he went at this moment.

And it was only after he answered that the candy in his hand was finally peeled away.

He contentedly put the inferior candy into his mouth, a pleased expression on his face.

Only at this moment did the Way of Heaven finally reveal a quality that was in line with that of a child.

"You really like sweets?"

"Ah."

"why?"

After a moment of silence, Heaven provided its answer.

"Because my mother said that as long as you eat more sugar, life won't be so bitter."

"Is that so?"

Yunmeng lowered her head and gazed at Tiandao's left hand, which was always hanging down.

It is obvious that although Heaven defeated those three low-level alien beasts that didn't even have star cores.

However, he also paid a considerable price.

However, because the Heavenly Dao remained completely calm throughout, Yunmeng had not noticed this before.

"Does it hurt?"

Tiandao calmly said, "It's alright. It hurt quite a bit before, but it stopped hurting after eating the candy."

"Give."

Tiandao looked at the beautifully packaged chocolates Yunmeng handed him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "They must be very expensive."

Yunmeng smiled and said, "It's not expensive for me."

Even though Yunmeng said so, the young Tiandao still did not choose to accept the expensive chocolate.

She clearly has her own principles and is so sensible that it breaks your heart.

Seeing this, Yunmeng simply forced him into Tiandao's arms.

"Take this as a gift for joining us."

".Thanks."

"By the way, little one, what's your name?"

"The Way of Heaven, the Way of Heaven governs destiny."

"The Heavenly Dao and the Fate Master? That's quite a name."

This concludes the flashback segment.

(End of this chapter)