This villain is too popular.

Chapter 57 The Heavenly Dao's 'Exclusive Underworld Scene'

With the airing of the latest episode of "Embers: The Prequel" featuring a new flashback scene featuring the Heavenly Path.

The popularity of this anime series on 13 sites has visibly increased by several levels.

It's worth noting that Tiandao is currently the most popular and visually appealing anime among all the popular series.

One of them alone garnered the majority of the fans' affection.

Even some viewers who are not fans of the Heavenly Dao do not have any ill feelings towards it.

After all, although the character Tendou in the anime has a 'bad' personality, he always wants to show off his coolness.

But whenever something really happens, the way of Heaven always proves to be unparalleled in its reliability.

For example, during the final assessment, Tiandao single-handedly bore most of the pressure from the Level 2 Star Beast, the Earth Dragon Lizard.

For example, when Chen Kong was attacked in the supermarket, Tian Dao not only appeared in time, but also helped Chen Kong get revenge with his invincible power.

It was precisely these highlights in the story, coupled with the production team's repeated emphasis, that made it possible.

As a result, in the minds of the audience, the Heavenly Dao has changed from a 'born strongman' to a 'invincible' synonym.

This "invincible" doesn't mean that the Heavenly Dao's strength is exaggeratedly powerful.

Rather, it means that the audience has already accepted one thing: no matter how difficult or hopeless the plot of the anime is.

As long as the will of Heaven appears, everything will surely be resolved satisfactorily, bringing immense peace of mind.

Yet this is a highly popular character who can be described as a "reassuring presence among the stars".

But now the production team has hinted that he will be killed off by the plot.

Although some viewers feel that the death in the Heavenly Dao storyline is likely just a fake plot, and that the production team will probably revive the character later.

But they dared not gamble!
What if the production team of this star-studded production is just that abstract, and seeing that the Heavenly Dao is stealing the protagonist's spotlight, they have to resort to some dirty tricks?
What if the subsequent plot about his faked death isn't handled well, causing the character's established persona to collapse?
Fans of Tiandao don't want to gamble, nor do they dare to gamble.

With this in mind, shortly after the latest episode of Stellaris: Ember aired.

The official account of the production team of Qunxing Production Team on 13 stations was immediately bombarded by angry Tiandao fans.

And among these fans, there are clearly some who are very good at 'forming cliques'.

They were clearly protesting the production team's plot-driven killing of Tiandao, but their slogan was 'Today Tiandao was maliciously arranged, but tomorrow any of the other characters could be killed.'

Although this statement clearly has the suspicion of exploiting the fans of other characters.

But as the saying goes, "once the seed of doubt is planted, the edifice of trust will begin to crumble quietly."

After a large-scale, deliberate propaganda campaign by the fans of Tiandao, the fan groups of other star characters inevitably began to feel insecure.

Even the fans of "Love and Redemption," who usually slack off and never participate in any "drama," have become unusually serious and joined the battle to besiege the "official account of the stars."

[Hot Comment 1]: Today they dare to stab the Heavenly Dao, tomorrow they'll dare to stab Chen Xing, and the day after tomorrow they'll even toss away Liuli's pillow! — 9.8 likes
[Hot Comment 2]: I suggest crowdfunding to buy the rights so we can make our own "Embers of the Stars: The Legend of Heaven" – 7.2 likes
[Hot Comment 3]: I've already reported this to the Consumer Association for false advertising. What happened to this supposedly exciting and coming-of-age anime? — 6.5 likes
Although the production team of the series anticipated the potential surge of public opinion before this episode aired.

However, when they actually saw the almost unanimous condemnation under their official account, the production team of Qunxing was still somewhat frightened.

Because they felt that if things continued to develop this way, they wouldn't even have time to destroy the Heavenly Dao.

They might be the first to be 'knife'ed by Tiandao's fans!

However, although the production team was afraid, the content of the anime had already been completed long ago, and they were also very clear that the Heavenly Path was not a real 'death'.

Even when faced with such a terrifying wave of public opinion, the production team of Stars, after weighing the pros and cons, still chose to play the ostrich and pretend to be dead.

Their main approach is to not explain, not defend, and not respond.

While these three "no" strategies reduced the heat of the matter to some extent.

However, this only strengthened the fans' belief that "the Heavenly Dao is about to be killed off by the plot."

Therefore, in order to alleviate this unease, as well as other inexplicable emotions.

Various fan-made videos about the Dao of Heaven began to appear on a large scale on the 13 websites.

The video with the most bullet comments and the highest number of views was a 'worship' video specially made for the Heavenly Dao.

In the video, a fan of Tiandao brings a black and white portrait of Tiandao to a comic convention.

After placing it in a corner of the aisle, she thoughtfully set up an incense burner in front of the portrait, inserting several unlit incense sticks. Other passing fans, seeing this, understood and followed suit, offering their prayers.

Some fans even placed offerings such as cookies, mineral water, and candies next to Tiandao's black and white drawing.

It was as if they were offering sacrifices to the spirit of someone who had passed away.

This amusing behavior naturally attracted many people who enjoyed themselves at the comic convention.

After all, the Lezi people are a special kind of creature that must exist in any world.

Wherever there's fun, there they are.

This kind of performance art, where an anime character burns incense in real life, undoubtedly satisfies the entertainment needs of those who enjoy themselves.

Therefore, even among many people who "offer incense" to the Heavenly Dao, none of them have ever watched a single episode of "Stars".

But this does not stop the number of people performing rituals to worship 'Tiandao' at comic conventions from growing ever larger.

This interesting fan-made video went viral, and it also gave Tiandao a famous meme that went viral – "Exclusive Underworld Scene".

It refers to characters who have been killed off by the plot but are still very popular.

Just when people were curious and watched the entire story of "Embers: The Prequel" they found out...

They astutely discovered a blind spot.

That is, the production team of StarCraft hinted that Heaven's Way might soon face a plot-driven tragedy.

But all of this is only a possibility, and has not yet become a definite fact.

And to hold a cyber memorial event for a popular character who hasn't been killed off by the plot yet.

Aren't you worried that the bad outcome that could have been reversed will instead be confirmed because of your shady actions?
If the atmosphere is built up to this extent, and the Heavenly Dao doesn't actually die later, then everything will be really hard to handle!

Meanwhile, in the Starry World, in Tiandao's private room.

"Wait, I'm not dead yet! Why are they already offering incense for me?!"

Tiandao looked at the fan-made video titled "Tiandao, may you rest in peace (candle)" on the dimensional screen.

I was at a loss for words, both laughing and crying.

He had anticipated that his special performance would cause quite a stir among his fans.

But I never expected it would cause such a sensation that my own funeral would be held before I even died.

Although his feelings were somewhat complicated, seeing the ever-increasing popularity on his platform, Tiandao ultimately couldn't resist his inner comedian.

I quietly left a comment in the video that said, "May Heaven rest in peace."

You know what, this act of cyber-offering incense to yourself is actually quite funny!
After doing all this, Tiandao immediately looked at the calendar next to him.

If you do the math, today is already Sunday.

That means there's only Monday left until Caroline's birthday on Wednesday.

Because Tuesday's birthday begins right after midnight.

Therefore, Tuesday was the day they planned Caroline's birthday celebration.

And according to their 'comprehensive birthday plan' for Caroline.

The goal is to get Caroline to complete her 'wish list' without alerting her and have a happy Tuesday.

That way, you have to use some cunning and tricks.

After all, if Caroline knew that they were actually taking a day out of their schedule to celebrate her birthday during such an important mission, it would be a shame.

Given her personality, it's safe to assume she'll absolutely refuse.

Therefore, the best way to lure Caroline is undoubtedly to trick her under the guise of a 'mission'.

As for whether a white lie is a lie or not.

Heaven has always believed that this is not the case.

After all, if the intentions were good, could a lie still be a lie?
(End of this chapter)