Synopsis:
The protagonist, Qin Yu, is from upper class but was born incapable of cultivating inner strength. In order to gain his father’s attention and recognition, he resolutely chose to practice the painful and arduous path of external martial arts. Seasons passed, time flew by, and the child grew up into a young man. What truly changed his destiny was a mysterious crystal formed from a shooting star. Without his knowledge, the Tear of the Shooting Star merged into his body, and the young man transformed as if breaking free from a cocoon like a butterfly… From then on, everything began to change.
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Number of episode: 108
Studio: Foch Films
Type: 3D Animation
Where to watch?: WeTV, Youtube
Douban score: 7.6 (S1), 7.2 (S2), 7.3 (season 3 & 4), 6.7 (S5)
Tencent rating: 8.5 (S1), 8.8 (S2), 8.7 (S3), 8.9 (S4), 7.1 (S5), 8.6 (S6)
My rating: Love to Watch, casually
Status: Season 6 complete. Waiting for Season 7
Recommended if you like:
- Fantasy cultivation story where you constantly leveling up
- Story about friendship and family
What I Like
- Actually the biggest reason I watch this donghua is because I like some of the characters & their brotherhood, like Qin Yu, Xiao Hei & Fei Fei.
- The story is sufficiently interesting, about how Qin Yu rise in power with different cultivation system without nascent soul where he open stars and universe inside his body. He need to be strong to protect his family & to be able to be with his love, Jiang Li.
My Other Comments
- To be honest, sometime the world building is outside of my imagination. Like, what do you mean you have cultivate for 10 million years? I just can’t wrap my head around this.
- Aside from that, I think the cultivation structure in this donghua is also too grand to my taste. Continuously leveling up from mortal realm, to immortal realm, to divine realm, and so on. There’s just so many layer. While that’s somewhat exciting, sometimes I get overwhelm and needs some breathers in between.
- It took me quite a long time to finish the 1st season because there’s barely any prominent female character in season 1. Not to mention I don’t like Qin Yu’s outfit there😂. But looking back, I actually feel the most touched when watching season 1 compared to the other seasons. This is probably because that’s when Qin Yu was still struggling. It’s quite sorrowful, and I have a lot of sympathy for him.
Other Fun Facts
Stellar Transformation is adapted from popular webnovel by author I Eat Tomatoes. The story still have connection with I Eat Tomatoes other novel, Coiling Dragon. It is one of the classic representative works of “Dimensional Ascension” genres in online literature.
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