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魔道祖师 by 墨香铜臭
Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Alternative name : The Founder of Diabolism
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Supernatural, Xianxia, WuxiaWorld, BL, YAOi (GAY ROMANCE)
Novel status: Finished, 126 chapters (113+13 extras)
Raws: Official raws bought on jjwxc (and smut chapters)
Translator: K
Editor: Addis
~~~~Brought to you by ExR~~~~
SUMMARY:
As the grandmaster who founded the Demonic Sect, Wei WuXian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos he created. In the end, he was backstabbed by his dearest shidi and killed by powerful clans that combined to overpower him. He incarnates into the body of a lunatic who was abandoned by his clan and is later, unwillingly, taken away by a famous cultivator among the clans—Lan WangJi, his archenemy. This marks the start of a thrilling yet hilarious journey of attacking monsters, solving mysteries, and raising children. From the mutual flirtation along the way, Wei WuXian slowly realizes that Lan WangJi, a seemingly haughty and indifferent poker-face, holds more feelings for Wei WuXian than he is letting on.
(NOTE to all the readers coming here after watching ‘The Untamed,’ this novel is a DANMEI (a romance novel featuring two MEN) we are not adding anything to these chapters. There will be sex scenes in later chapters, if you feel uncomfortable about two MEN kissing and loving one another, please, go away. Do not claim we are adding anything.)
Prologue
“Great news! Wei WuXian has died!”
Less than a day has passed since the siege in LuanZang Hill, and the news spreads through the cultivation world as if it sprouted wings, surpassing even the speed of warfare.
For a while, from the most prominent clans to rogue cultivators, everyone is discussing the siege that was lead by the Four Great Clans and followed by hundreds of smaller ones.
“The YiLing Patriarch has died? Who could have killed him?”
“Who other than his shidi, Jiang Cheng, putting an end to his own relative for the greater good. Jiang Cheng led the Four Clans of YunmengJiang, LanlingJin, GusuLan, and QingheNie to destroy his “den”—LuanZang Hill.”
“I must say, good riddance!”
“Good riddance indeed! We finally eliminated this scourge.”
“If not for the YunmengJiang clan’s adopting and teaching him, he would have been a hobo living on the streets, let alone causing mayhem as bold as the ones these days. The head of the Jiang clan raised him as her own child, yet he defected them and became the enemy of the cultivation world, bringing shame upon the the Jiang clan, even leading to its near-extermination. He is the prime example of biting the hand that feeds him!”
“Jiang Cheng allowed this fellow to live for too long. If I were him, at the time of the defection, I wouldn’t have just stabbed him. In fact, I would have thoroughly examined the disciples of the clan again, so that he doesn’t do those crazy things he did later on. Who cares about the so called ‘considerations’ that he gave to his childhood friend.”
“That’s merely hearsay. Although Jiang Cheng was one of the main forces, he did not give Wei WuXian the final blow. Because he cultivates the Demon Path, Wei WuXian’s powers had backfired and he was ripped to pieces.”
“Hahahaha… That’s karma! The ghost soldiers that he created are like unleashed dogs, biting everyone that they come across. It serves him right to be chewed to death!”
“But, if not for Jiang Cheng making a plan that aimed at Wei WuXian’s weaknesses, the siege might not have succeeded. Should I remind you folks of the item that Wei WuXian possesses? Did you forget about the day that three thousand skilled cultivators were completely annihilated?”
“I heard that it was more than three thousand, possibly five thousand.”
“He’s most certainly out of his mind.”
“It’s a good thing that he destroyed that evil weapon before he died. Otherwise, if it was left in this world to harm humankind, his sins would have been worse.”
“Oh well… You know, back then, Wei WuXian was one of the most promising cultivators, coming from a highly distinguished clan and finding success at a young age. How on Earth did he end up where he is now?”
“This proves that one can only cultivate by following the right path. Using these dishonest practices would only seem beneficial at first glance. Look, what happened in the end? Not even a whole corpse was left of him.”
“Not everything was because of his cultivation path. Wei WuXian’s personality is quite immoral. One’s deeds will be paid, one way or another; what goes around always comes around.”
…
After Wei WuXian’s death, the period is drawn on the topic. The discussions of the people are mostly the same, with a few unconventional opinions being brought down immediately.
However, the elephant in the room stayed in the back of everyone’s mind.
Nobody could summon Wei WuXian’s soul, which meant that his soul had disappeared.
It might have been torn apart by the millions of ghosts that devoured him.
Or, it might have escaped.
If was the first, then all is well. Then again, nobody doubts the fact that the YiLing Patriarch has the power to move mountains and empty seas. If was the last, his soul would eventually return to revive in his body. When the day comes, the cultivation world, or even all of mortal land, would be faced with the most insane damnation and revenge, sinking into nothing but chaos and despair.
The various clans set one hundred and twenty stone beasts on top of LuanZang Hill and initiated frequent soul-summoning rituals, followed by heightened vigilance and searches for strange occurrences from all over the world.
In the first year, nothing happened.
In the second year, nothing happened.
In the third year, nothing happened.
…
In the thirteenth year, nothing happened either.
More and more people were starting to believe that, maybe, the YiLing Patriarch actually perished.
Even if he was capable of turning the world upside down, it was finally his turn to be toppled over.
Nobody would remain at the top for all of eternity—legends are only legends.

Here we go y’all 👏🏼
[…] Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation I can’t begin to express how much I love this story! Like, to the point that I want to shove it in everyone’s face and scream, “Read this now!” It is a Chinese novel by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, that has since been adapted into a manhua (Chinese manga), donghua (Chinese anime), audio drama, and a live-action show that you can watch on Netflix called The Untamed. It has a beautiful non-linear storyline with different plot lines that all get wrapped up in the end. The world and the magic within it are so interesting and well developed with a deep history and a superb cast of characters. It has romance, heartbreak, complex villians, supernatural creatures, music magic, strong family bonds, found families, humor, and so much more. The novel is not officially translated into English, but you can read the translation from Exiled Rebels Scanlations, here. […]
where can i read the manhua (comic) and watch anime. its really awesome story i have finished the drama “The Untamed”, yet i feel many intimate scenes between wei ying and Lan zhan is missing wanna read the comic also anime.
There’s the manga in Web Comics, you just download the app and then search up The Master of Daobolism.
Hey! You can watch the anime on some sites.. i’ve just finished watching it 😀
you can read it on manganelo.com
Where to find the audio Drama?
I watched the drama, ‘The Untamed’, last month. And I came here to read the novel one because I miss Wu Xian and Wang Ji badly.
I watch the drama and anime, read the manga and now, I´m here because I can´t get enough!
I watch the anime first and read the manga before this lololol XDD
You should watch the drama too named “The Untamed” adapted from this novel.
It is a lifetime best drama, worth watching. 😊
SAME HERE..but rewatching anime rn (donghua) because I am a potato and I understand so much things rn lololl
I finished reading this chapter by virtue of my impression of the novel. I hope I can improve my English after reading the English version of the book 。
Have you read the official novel? If yes than is it the same as the English translated one ?
You read the Chinese one? :DD
Heyoo~ I read the webtoon (which is still ongoing) first, then watched the drama and then the anime (can’t wait for season 3), so now i came to read the novel. I just love this story so much, can’t wait to watch and read them all again!
you should also listen to the audio drama hehe!
Do you have the link, with englsi subtile?
Thanks
I had to join a discord server called Suibian Subs and scans and download everything from there cause I couldn’t find anything elsewhere. https://suibiansubs.tumblr.com Click on this link and scroll down a little bit, you’ll have to click on something called >>Discord invite<< and then just follow everything it says and you'll be able to have the audio drama:))) If you have any problems you can just ask me:)
Thanks for this information, I´ll try to do this!
Btw where did you watch anime??
They’re all on YouTube, eng sub.
Can you pls give the link
As a Chinese,I feel lucky to know MXTX.
I like her for four years,but I haven’t heard from her for two year.
Because she suffered from cyber violence and quit the Internet.
Oh so sad!!! I didn’t know she had suffered from that too, but just hearing what Xiao Zhan went through in 2020 makes me disgusted of the netizens…
On another note, does it mean that we’re not gonna get her 4rth novel??? Or will she be able to bounce back like XZ?
Thank you for the translation!!>3< I love the story soooooooooo much!!!!!!
Currently watching the drama, and I couldn’t resist all the YouTube comments saying that the novel is…everythinger, so here I am. 🙂 Thank you for the translation. 🙂
Reading this again. I came here to share the link to this story with my friend but got stuck here again.
Thank you again for the translation..i have read the novel already and came back to read it again becsuse i loved it so much
Done watching the Drama The Untamed…finished reading this last week then here I am again savoring this novel for the second time…well cant blame me can you?…it is worth reading..my favorite and first ever BL novel ..thank you to all the people behind it..the author..translator and editors..kudos to you all
I watched the drama, then I listened to the audio drama, then I read the manhua and now I’m watching the anime while reading the novel, I love this story so much lmao
where did you find the audios?
So I’m in the middle of watching the drama, then I knew from the comments that it has a novel, manhua and anime omg. So I just finished the manhua last night in just 2-3hrs so I’m here LMAO. Then I’m gonna watch the drama so I can understand everything better
I’ve watched The Untamed last week and read the novel here. Amazing!!! I love WangXian.😊
I’m thankful to the translator. I wouldn’t have been able to read it if it wasn’t for you.
I’ve read a couple of transmigration novels, but so far, nothing tops GDC. I love this novel so much! ❤️
This is my fifth time reading this. I truly love it.
Im reading this… the 9th time…
Re-reading this to torture myself emotionally during this quarantine.
here i go againnnn
loved this story thank you so much
I just want to say how amazing it is that you guys translated this novel and how grateful I am for that. I finished The Untamed two weeks ago and I haven’t had enough of it since.
Ok here i am again. Rereading it for the X- th time.. Im so obsessed i love it i cant help it. Just thinking about them and the story makes me all giddy and excited.
Love them. Love the story. Love you for translation
Re-reading this since it’s finally finished.
I feel like this was a good example of people fearing what they don’t understand. He attempted what everyone else considered taboo and was afraid of. People feared and some revered him. He carved his own path in a world where everyone else stuck to existing ones. It takes courage to do that
after watch the series i cry too much but im here now because i miss them):