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Stellar High: Bucket list of a superstar.

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After the Madness Plague nearly ends civilization—twisting fear, belief, and imagination into world-breaking power—humanity rebuilds by turning its most dangerous phenomenon into its greatest industry: Stardom. Nations now compete by raising “Stars,” individuals whose delusions can manifest as reality and whose influence can shift global politics, markets, and war. To control this unstable power, the world establishes Stellar High, a hyper-competitive international academy where the strongest candidates from every country are trained, tested, televised, and weaponized. Every exam is an event. Every event is a spectacle. Every spectacle feeds Madness. The story follows the rising chaos across this system: Rival nations push their candidates into scripted alliances and lethal betrayals. Events escalate from school trials to full geopolitical operations. The world’s hidden architects—the Doctor, the Housemaster, and the legacy of Genesis June—maneuver from the shadows, each with a different vision for how Madness should reshape humanity. As global attention intensifies, students’ powers spiral beyond control, turning competitions into disasters and disasters into world-altering phenomena. Amid the tensions, Stellar High becomes a battleground of three fronts: national pride, personal ambition, and the metastasizing force of Madness itself. Season by season, the academy’s games evolve into open conflict—first national selections, then global rankings, then international power struggles where countries gamble their future on their chosen Stars. Alliances collapse, fanbases riot, governments interfere, and entire regions tilt toward madness as the competitions escalate. At the heart of it all is the central mystery: Why did the Housemaster create Stellar High in the first place—and what global catastrophe is he preparing the world to face?
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Chapter 1 - Prologue

Everest was not born innocent—no.

He was born long after innocence ceased to exist.

In a world where sanity had dissolved into a sea of uncertainties,

Madness shaped reality.

He came into this world as the son of the greatest madman, Genesis June.

That name remained with him long after his father was gone,

and so did the burden that came with it.

Unsurprisingly, his psyche did not survive this world untainted.

Although Everest was not mad and could not bend reality,

he was insane in his own way.

He worked—

Harder than saints.

Colder than deities.

Shrewder than men.

Until he became… something else.

By his teenage years, he was already greater than men.

His mind too careful.

His body too capable.

His will to deliberate.

But that still wasn't enough.

Eventually, Everest made up his mind.

He was going to become the maddest man in history.

And then he would be satisfied.

Then he would be happy.

Then he would be him.

Where else could a teenager find happiness but high school?

And if he were to be mad—

what then?

Welcome to Stellar High.