After many years of peace on the planet Eternia, the Mystic Wall that has held evil back for so long begins to weaken. As the Royal Palace celebrates the sixteenth birthday of Prince Adam, Skeletor and his Evil Warriors finally succeed in destroying the Mystic Wall. Adam's mentor Man-At-Arms takes the teenage to the mysterious Castle Grayskull where a being known only as the Sorceress explains the history of evil on Eternia, and the very special destiny that awaits Adam...

Prince Adam arrives on the battlefield in the Evergreen Forest to witness the Defenders of Eternia facing defeat at the hands of Skeletor's Evil Warriors. Skeletor and Beast Man take to the skies on their Griffins with King Randor as their captive. After witnessing all of this, Adam hurries back to Castle Grayskull where he seeks out the Sorceress and openly accepts his destiny as He-Man...

The tide of battle turns in favor of the heroes with the arrival of He-Man. With the Evil Warriors at bay, the most powerful man in the universe approaches the heroes and dubbing them the "Masters of the Universe." Leaving the Masters of the Universe to once again battle the Evil Warriors, He-Man and Battle Cat race across Eternia in an effort to save King Randor from Skeletor...

Wanting to prove himself, Price Adam believes He-Man may not be needed if he steps up in battle. Meanwhile at Snake Mountain, Skeletor tells his Evil Warriors that He-Man's sentimentality is his weakness and orders the capture of Adam in order to lure out He-Man into a trap. When Adam is captured by the Evil Warriors he is separated from the Sword of Power, which is sent back to the Royal Palace. Realizing the true urgency of the situation Orko and Cringer journey to Snake Mountain to save Adam...

Preying on the fragile truce between the Andreenids and the Avionians, Skeletor starts a war that threatens to tear the Mystic Mountains apart. As both tribes wage war in the skies of Eternia, Skeletor successfully obtains Ambrosia, a miracle Andreenid food that gives power to the individual who digests it. He-Man and Teela arrive to stop both the war and Skeletor...

Embarrassed by his mixed-up magical spells, a dejected Orko strays from the Royal Palace. Meanwhile, Skeletor orders Evil-Lyn to steal a powerful artifact known only as the Ram Stone. Evil-Lyn must face her past in retrieving the object, just as a mysterious figure inside Castle Grayskull shows Orko just how important he is in the lives of his fellow Eternians. It is not long before Skeletor has the Ram Stone containing magic strong enough to transform He-Man back into Prince Adam!

Racing their Sky Sleds through the Evergreen Forest, Prince Adam and Teela stumble upon and rescue a large dragon trapped in a cavern by a rock slide. Events soon take an unexpected turn as four dragon babies hatch in the grounds of the Royal Palace and being to cause destruction. The Masters unite and race across Eternia, as the Evil Warriors, aided by the Dragons, attack Castle Grayskull with a ferocity never before seen!

In an effort to prevent Skeletor's evil, Man-At-Arms invents a groundbreaking crystal belt that weakens the villain every time he performs an evil act, or even thinks about doing so. Skeletor is horrified to learn that he can never be evil again, but his Evil Warriors have other ideas. As the heroes believe more peaceful times are upon them Tri-Klops presents to Skeletor a harness, one that will turn He-Man's goodness against him!

When Mekaneck's neck is injured during a battle with the Evil Warriors he is ordered to stay back and act as reconnaissance. Thoroughly depressed and doubting his own abilities Mekaneck seeks solace by a lake where he encounters an old man. Hearing of Mekaneck's woes the old man tells the hero that he could grant him any wish in exchange for a specific Amulet from the Sands of Fire. While Mekaneck heads off to retrieve the Amulet, the Sorceress tells Adam that the evil Count Marzo has returned...

With the peace talks between the Speleans and the Caligars having broken down, King Randor, Prince Adam, and Man-At-Arms journey to Subternia to help them reach a settlement. At the same time, the Evil Warriors decide to attack Castle Grayskull form below as all of their other methods have thus far failed. It is not long before the two groups meet in the depths of Eternia...

In an effort to strengthen the Masters' defenses, Stratos journeys to the Ice Mountains to retrieve a rare metal called Eternium. Unbeknownst to the hero, Trap Jaw is also after the Eternium, and when the two confront one another, their battle causes them to fall into the caverns beneath the Ice Mountains. Because both are injured in the fall, they decide to form an uneasy alliance, unaware that they are being watched...

Buzz-off, along with Orko, journey to Veridas, a land that houses the powerful Crystal of Prasinus. When the pair runs into three giants, Buzz-Off is defeated, and makes his way back to the Royal Palace where he tells no one of the incident. The Masters learn of the problems in Veridas and decide to help, knowing nothing of Buzz-Off's previous encounter. Soon, they discover that his desire for revenge against the giants may actually jeopardize the mission!

On Orkas Island, Dekker, the former teacher of Man-At-Arms, is looking forward to a visit from his former pupil. News of the meeting does not go unheard and Dekker is captured by members of Clawful's species. Arriving on the island, Man-At-Arms, Teela, and Prince Adam begin to suspect that there is something wrong when Dekker does not meet them and they see signs of a struggle...

In an effort to separate themselves, Tuvar and Baddhra, still trapped in the single form of Two Bad, seek out the three pieces of the Triad of Discidium. The Sorceress alerts He-Man of the situation, explaining that the Spell of Seperation was originally invoked by Hordak, but halted as it began to tear the plant apart! But He-Man is too late, Two Bad has already retrieved the three artifacts and is assembling the Triad of Discidium.

The newly formed Eternian Council arrives at the Royal Palace for their inaugural meeting. Skeletor realizes that this council can dramatically alter the balance of powr on Eternia and, on the advice of Beast Mat, launches a Serpintaur attack against them. When the masters see dragons flying overhead and lean that even more Sepintaurs are being rounded up at Snake Mountain, they enlist the aid of the Dragon Walkers to form a dragon army of their own...

Desperate times call for desperate measures; in an effort to prevent the return of the Snake Men, the Masters of the Universe seek a temporarily alliance with the Evil Warrirors. Skeletor agrees to join his forces with theirs, but then ambushes the Masters when they arrive. With the Masters and the Evil Warriors preoccupied by their own battle, Kobra Khan and Rattlor are able to make their way to the Void within Snake Mountain, freeing their ancestral allies: Tung Lashor, Sssqueeze, Snake Face, and the leader of the Snake Men, King Hssss!

Exposed for the traitor she is, Evil-Lyn now flees from Skeletor and his Evil Warriors! Realizing that Evil-Lyn stands no chance on her own, her father, the Faceless One, petitions the Masters for help. He tells of an unnamed living being by whose sacrifice Skeletor intends to unleash upon Eternia the untol evil forces trapped within the Forsaken Realm. Arriving at the Pool of Shadows to foil Skeletor's plan, He-Man is shocked to learn that this sacrificial lamb in none other than Evil-Lyn...

When mysterious power outages wreak havoc across the planet, Queen Marlena's aircraft loses powre and goes down over the Cooridors of Lithos. Meanwhile, back at the Royal Palace, a being named Sortech has come to ask for help against an attack by Skeletor. In exchange for this aid, Sorteck offers a suit of Battle Armor. He-Man agrees to help the alien, sending Battle Cat to help King Rnador in the search for the missing Queen. He-Man and Sortech reach the alien's lair just as Skeletor, also clad in a suit of Battle Armor arrives to wreak his havoc...

The Masters of the Universe learn from Lord Dactys that King Hssss and his Snake Men are alive and well and are attempting to retrieve the powerful Serpent's Ring from the Sea of Rakash. Immediately, the Masters set off in pursuit, catching up with King Hssss and his henchment at the village of Felis Folia. With the Serpent's Ring now in his possession, King Hssss has already transformed the villagers into Snake Men, and does the same to the Masters when they arrive. It is up to He-Man, Roboto, and Orko to stop King Hsss form turning everyone on the planet into snakes!

Adam has a dream in which he sees a warrior similar to He-Man fighting both Hordak and the Snake Men. Plagued by questions raised by this dream, Adam journeys to Castle Grayskull seeking answers from the Sorceress. The Sorceress answers with the story of King Grayskull. Meanwhile, events foreshadowed by the dream being to unfold as Hordak orders Skeletor to his former sanctuary, where he can free Hordak from Despondos....