Martial Universe S2 Review Martial Universe Season 2 is a proper beginning to the series with Lin Dong joining with his Master in Yan City and undergoing the annual Tower Battle. Visitors battle against Yan City disciples to reach the highest floor of the 8 floor Pagoda Tower summoned by the Yan City Mental Power Master. All the while, the Lin family battle against remnants of their past enemies in Yan City while Lin Dong struggles to solve the mystery of the hidden room in the Pagoda Tower. After these altercations are settled, Qin Tan's ice traumas have relapsed and put her in a comatose statewhich forces Lin Dong to attend the Main Lin Family venture into the Nirvana Level Tomb in the Tianyan Mountains. It is in this tomb where Lin Dong finally gains some traction in powers while also making enemies of the Main Lin Family and Wang Family which come to bite him in the back after he leaves the Tomb.

Story: 6/10
Unlike other cultivation donghua, Martial Universe is overtly different in the sense that it doesn't take a million episodes for Lin Dong to explore the world. Many series like God of Ten Thousand Realms take a while to develop because the MC stays dwelling in the academy for so long which is a powerful weak point of many cultivation donghua. However, it still follows other series where MC finds a powerful treasure from ancient times that can boost their strength in a few years or the annual exam that benchmarks the MCs hidden powers. Martial Universe doesn't bring anything new to the table in terms of genius plot development but it still has entertainment value.

Art & Sound: 6/10
The art isn't too bad, I don't find Lin Dong attractive as a main character. HIs lashes are overextended into his peripheral vision, his short hair and edgy character design make it a bit hard sticking to the series. In the manhua, he looked more edgy and kid-like but I didn't think his character design would stick even in S2. The animations are pretty decent, you can still tell that the characters other than MC are unnaturally rigged.

Sound design is ok, I didn't particularly have any interest in sound design of Martial Universe.

Character: 7/10
Like all cultivation donghua, the director expects us to have knowledge of cultivation levels and Seal symbol master levels. Lin Dong progresses fairly far in this season from what I believe is early Yuan Dan to Peak Yuan Dan and Seal Symbol Master Rank 2 to Seal Symbol Master Rank 3. The Tower Battle progresses his Mental fortitude and the Tomb venture progresses his cultivation base. We also get to see the Lin family affairs back together after being targeted multiple times in the early part of the season. In terms of character development, these arcs are proof that Lin Dong's journey is beginning. All that's next is the Lin Family tournament which I presume comes next season where Lin Dong gets underestimated again and again and again.

Overall: 6/10
Nothing important happens in this season apart from Lin Dong discovering the hidden room and 2 ancestral tombs that will boost his powers in time for the Lin family tournament (I suspect).