Chapter 187: I'll Make Star Kong Look Up to Me

The essence of The Dreamer is — ‘Infinity.’

Hearing Tian Dao’s words, Chen Kong felt a faint yet brilliant ‘Faint Light’ surge through his mind like a spark igniting in the dark.

A sudden warmth, a sudden glow — it stirred his soul, trembling within the abyss of his being, as if yearning to grasp it and never let go.

But that ‘Faint Light’ was too fleeting. And the spectacle above — the ‘Meteor Shower’ raging across the sky — was too overwhelming.

In the end, Chen Kong failed to hold onto the moment. The spark slipped through his fingers, vanishing like mist.

And as he lingered in regret over the lost inspiration…

Far away, at the heart of the falling meteor, Bai Kong’s face twisted in terror.

He stared upward at the colossal stone — a world-devouring asteroid, its tail of fire swallowing light and space alike. The arrogance, the wicked smirk that once defined him — gone. In its place: pure, unbridled awe.

He could feel it.

He could clearly sense the overwhelming, crushing Strength contained within that celestial body — power capable of obliterating everything.

In this realm of the soul, where ‘Will’ and ‘Fantasy’ reign supreme and the concept of ‘Art’ is diminished, Tian Dao had wielded his near-terrifying Will and Fantasy to conjure a true ‘Miracle.’

Even a god could not bear to kneel.

But the pride of a king — the pride of Bai Kong — would not allow it.

With a roar, he gripped ‘Black Star’ with both hands and swung with every ounce of his soul.

The result?

Clang!

The moment Black Star struck the meteor, it bent — then shattered completely.

And the asteroid, unyielding and unstoppable, slammed into him.

It crushed his ‘Perfect Stellar Remains’ into dust, then buried him beneath an endless, crushing tide of ‘Soul Consciousness Sea.’

Boom—!!

A wave, a thousand meters high, erupted like divine punishment, rising from the void with a terrifying, all-consuming force. It swept across the entire soul-space.

When the tsunami crashed into the Dimensional Screen, the screen flickered — then plunged into darkness.

As if even the act of ‘Observing’ had been erased by the cataclysm.

Then, Tian Dao’s voice — ever playful, ever mocking — echoed through the silence, spoken as a narration over the black void.

> “True Kong dreams are not of surrender, but of rising even from the mud… and still gazing upward at the stars.”

> “To chase the infinite with a finite life — that is the true Will of The Dreamer.”

> “Because… the pursuit of dreams is more important than their fulfillment.”

The words paused — just a breath.

Then came a soft, mocking laugh.

> “So… humans can only look up at Star Kong?”

The darkness began to glow.

And there, before every Dimensional Audience, two eyes appeared — eyes of a deep, ancient Azure Iris, swirling with complex, celestial patterns.

Within those eyes, the vast, infinite expanse of Star Kong was imprisoned — not just seen, but contained.

To look into them was to feel something beyond words — a shiver of awe, of dread, of revelation.

And when Tian Dao’s final words fell, the silence shattered.

> “Then… I’ll make Star Kong look up to me.”

The narration ended.

The screen went utterly black.

For a moment, nothing stirred.

Then, a silence — vast, profound, and electric — spread across the entire Dimensional Audience.

A fire ignited within them.

> “My god! Haki Tian! What are you doing?!”

> “Make Star Kong look up to you?! Holy hell, you’re really going to become ‘The One Above’?”

> “Let’s be honest — Stellar is a shonen battle saga. Tian Dao handles the ‘Shonen’ and the ‘Battle’, everyone else just fills in the ‘Series’.”

> “This was just a memory projection — and it already lit me up. I can’t even imagine what it’ll be like when you actually appear… wow!”

> “Earlier — Haki Tian said the essence of Kong is Infinity. Just let your imagination run wild!”

Mimicry is human nature.

And the depth of a character’s appeal to the Dimensional Audience can be measured in three stages: admiration, aspiration, and finally — worship.

Only when a character becomes so beyond even the omniscient observer’s reach — so utterly irreplaceable — does he become the one. The only one.

And now, Tian Dao had become that.

The one.

The only one.

To say such a thing — “I’ll make Star Kong look up to me” — took a level of arrogance, of absolute certainty, that defied all reason.

Yet, spoken by Tian Dao Siming, it felt right. Not a boast — but a prophecy.

Because from the very first episode of Stellar, he had already left everyone behind.

And now, some of the Dimensional Audience recalled something Tian Dao once said to Doctor.

> “I want to stand at the highest point… see the farthest horizon… and then… uncover the true nature of this world.”

Back then, they thought it was poetic. A little dramatic. A little cocky.

They assumed “highest” meant the top of the world.

But now… they realized how small they’d been.

He wasn’t aiming for the top of the world.

He was aiming for the top of Star Kong.

To stand so high, that even Star Kong must look up.

To stand so high, that even Star Kong must kneel.

Thus ended Chen Kong’s Awakening Arc.

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[Stellar World, Gear Church, Underground Passage]

“Oh? Already giving up?”

Yufemia smirked, eyes gleaming as she watched Chen Kong stand motionless, eyes closed.

“Here’s a deal — if you kneel like a dog and lick my feet, I’ll let you live. How’s that?”

To her surprise, moments after speaking, Chen Kong slowly lifted his head.

But his eyes — once clear, once bright — now burned with a fire she’d never seen.

An unfamiliar flame.

Huh?

Before she could react, he vanished.

One moment he was still. The next — he stood before her, one hand clamped around her slender neck.

At death’s door, Yufemia unleashed her ‘Ten Blades’, slashing wildly.

But each strike rang like steel against iron — no cut, no wound.

The attacks were useless.

She struggled in his grip, eyes wide with terror.

And on Chen Kong’s face — a cruel, triumphant smile.

> “You want me to kneel?”

> His voice was low, cold, laced with fury.

> “You think you… are Tian Dao Siming?!”

With a brutal twist, he slammed her into the wall.

A thunderous voice erupted through the passage — sharp, unyielding, filled with wrath.

> “NO!”

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(End of Chapter)

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