Xingchen Bian 2nd Season

Story[5] Art[7] Sound[6] Char[6] Enjoyment[8]

The story of Qin Yu's external arts cultivation continues.

Although the action continues, the sense of "hardwork pays off" is less prevalent in season 2. We see our hero gain powerups within the span of days and weeks, rather than the first season where he worked hard for years.

Side characters feel much more expendable than before and are treated as meals.

Although the plot leaves much to be desired, and character development has pretty much halted, the action scenes, which is the main reason why I watch some of these donghua, still delivers.

Although I hope future seasons are better, someone getting into ... this for the story, would best consider stopping after at 11:04 of episode 5, and appreciating an open ended ending, where our young hero will head forth into the cultivation world.

Xingchen Bian: Yu Li Cang Hai is the seacond season of Stellar Transformation and follows the story of the novel by the same name.
I feel like the other reviews are pretty harsh but I can understand why.
The story first concludes the 1st season (don't ask me why they didn't put the first episodes in the 1st season, they should have) and then takes place in the sea.

The whole season is basically Qin Yu really starting his cultivation, which will be the main objective in the rest of the story. This season is definitely one of my least liked part of the story but it's still ... enjoyable to watch. The fighting in this one is pretty average with a lot of flashy moves. I must admit I was impressed with how they represented the demon beasts in the sea, they are really well made.

I'm just going to adress a few critics in other reviews:
- they just sometimes remember how to swim. Well, I can see your point but the characters can all fly, which means they can easily move in the water without swimming.
- All the character are one dimensional and have no development: That's true for almost all the characters. Some of them will have a huge impact on the rest of the story and it's pretty easy to see which ones.
- It feels like Qin Yu is getting stronger really easily, instantly powering up. Well that's because of 2 factors. First is, he is now following a technique which has been explained to him which makes it a lot easier. Secondly, he is taking the faster path, getting stronger by killing others. The reason why he is able to fight and beat people with higher cultivations is mainly because of his technique. And yes, it's pretty hard to follow the cultivations levels of everyone.

Overall, I would give this a 8/10. Not the best part of the story but I recommend continuing because it does get better.

Don't bother to watch season 2. It is rubbish.
Season 1 is better for story, fighting scenes and character development.

In season 2 there is no character development at all. Just level up and bigger energy-ball, bigger magic circle but it's all crap. the immersion to the world also is bad. The level up is too fast.

There is no story at all just a fighting one after another.
And the fighting there is no tactic nor choreography nor comment nor style. Pure CGI effect with lighting, magic circle and power-ball crap. No different style just pure CGI jargon and make your eye sick.