Chapter 227: Tian Dao Cells – The Concept of Immortal Mode [Moon Ticket Bonus]

Watching the faint blue lightning flicker across Tian Dao’s arm, the Dimensional Audience’s chat exploded in chaos.

Given Tian Dao’s performance over the past two seasons—and the sheer impact of his earlier display of Perfect Art Form · Hell’s Shishi Gate—they all knew one thing for certain: Tian Dao, the cherished son of the Stellar Production Team and the face of the show, always had a surprise up his sleeve when it came to Will.

And they weren’t wrong.

With his Stellar Energy Value now surpassing the second-tier critical threshold, Tian Dao had long been capable of challenging for the Third Rank Stellar Envoy title. Yet he had held back—not from lack of power, but because he was waiting.

Waiting for the Season 2 finale reward: the exclusive Character Story Background Modification Permission, granted only to the season’s top-rated character.

Back in Season 1, Tian Dao had used that privilege to add a terrifying new talent—Overclocking Computation—and secured a standalone side story that skyrocketed his popularity. More importantly, that unique ability allowed him to maintain the high-computational Ten Thousand Phenomena Rejection in his subconscious, making it nearly impossible to counter.

Now, this second Background Modification Permission was just as crucial—perhaps even more so. It wasn’t just about shaping his third-season arc or crafting iconic moments. It was about realizing a long-cherished concept: Immortal Mode.

In a famous manga from his past life, Immortal Mode was powered by Spiritual Energy—a fusion of absorbed natural energy, physical vitality, and mental force, perfectly balanced at a 1:1:1 ratio. Though the Strength systems of both worlds differed vastly, Tian Dao believed the core idea—the unity of spirit, energy, and body—was worth adapting.

And in fact, he’d already done something similar.

When his Stellar Core and Stellar Source achieved Perfection and merged into a state of Coalescence, he had successfully integrated Vector Control into his own Stellar Energy, vastly improving both efficiency and effectiveness—far beyond ordinary Stellar Envoys.

But even this state lacked one vital element: physical energy.

To most, physical energy meant nothing more than the Stellar Energy within a Stellar Envoy’s body. But Tian Dao saw it differently.

He believed the flesh itself—the body of a Stellar Envoy—was a living manifestation of energy. More than that, the strength and latent potential of one’s body directly determined their ultimate ceiling.

That was why he scorned the Intelligent Mechanism Class, calling them corrupted. Their obsession with replacing flesh with cold, mechanical parts? It was madness.

In weaker worlds, such a path might work. But in Stellar, a realm where depths ran so deep, pure mechanical ascension wouldn’t outshine traditional cultivation. At best, it might dominate in the first and second ranks—crushing ordinary Envoys.

But by the time a being reached the Third Rank, the advantages of mechanization would vanish. Most Envoys at that level had already undergone profound transformations, their power far beyond what they once were.

True, Tian Dao had already spent countless Popularity Points to max out his current stats.

But he knew—deep down—that this wasn’t his limit.

Because his potential wasn’t just in his body or his energy. It was also in the mysterious Popularity Points themselves.

And the biggest wave of those points was still yet to come—after Season 2 ended.

So the real breakthrough wasn’t now. It was then.

Once he claimed the second season’s popularity crown, he would immediately use his Background Modification Permission to add a new, groundbreaking talent—

One named: Tian Dao Cells.

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[Name: Tian Dao Cells]

[Effect: Exceptional Stellar Energy recovery and storage efficiency, enhanced bodily regeneration and environmental adaptability, Perfection-compatible with multiple special techniques]

[Description: “The weak adapt to the environment. The strong become the environment.” — Tian Dao Siming]

Tian Dao had already consulted the Popularity System, and received confirmation: this concept fell entirely within the scope of Character Story Background Modification.

That was why he hadn’t rushed to break through.

Why push forward when the true potential was still unclaimed?

What he was doing now was merely a derivative of Vector Control—a test of his body’s limits.

The blue lightning dancing along his arm wasn’t magic. It was physics.

By manipulating Vector Control, he had redirected the flow of certain electrons within the Kong Qi field.

He couldn’t yet control every single electron—but he could reshape the surrounding force fields, artificially generating positive and negative charge zones to guide the electrons in a specific direction, creating the illusion of lightning in his palm.

But practical use? Minimal.

What he truly wanted to test was whether electrical stimulation could further unlock his body’s latent potential.

Still, he wouldn’t do it—not yet.

Because shocking oneself? That was risky.

One wrong move, and he might not wait for the Stellar Production Team to write his demise. He might just self-terminate before the script even began.

He wasn’t trying to die.

He was just trying to entertain.

To keep the Dimensional Audience engaged, to prevent fatigue, to gather more popularity currency for the upcoming third season.

Not suicide. Just showmanship.

Tian Dao Cells. Immortal Mode. Lightning Control.

These were the three pillars he’d designed for his Wudou Tian Du arc in Season 3.

After all, in a world where everyone was a brute-force warrior, where raw intensity ruled the day—just relying on Stellar Source powers would earn him nothing but mockery.

“Sissy.”

Tian Dao?

No.

He was the Vertex of the Stars, the answer to Embers.

He had already planned it: when the Stellar Sky Ladder Ranking Tournament kicked off in Season 3, he’d step onto the stage—left hand in Immortal Mode, right hand in Eight Gates Concealment, and his chakra channels blazing with Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

He’d announce his arrival in the most Wudou Tian Du way possible.

With his base stats already astronomical, and now augmented by Tian Dao Cells and these three transformation forms—

Who in the Fourth Catastrophe tier could survive a serious punch from him?

Once, he had despised the “number monster” trope—thought it ruined balance.

But after becoming one himself, he realized: he didn’t hate number monsters.

He hated not being one.

If being a number monster was a disease…

Then he was already well into his addiction.

The thought made him grin.

And as Tian Dao’s lips curled into that mischievous smile, Dannika shivered instinctively in her subconscious.

She didn’t know what he was thinking.

But her gut told her: someone was about to suffer.

Her mind drifted to Chen Kong—the man Tian Dao had let go not long ago.

Could that big brother… be the one?

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PS: Today’s update complete. The recent plot has been tricky to write—so I’ve had to think deeply.

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