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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

19 reviews

saturn26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Incest

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

FINALLY DONE
Man, that first section was such a drag. It was so boring up till

lotus pier burned

and then from then onwards it was splendid. All around really solid, I just didn't enjoy the main ship's interactions set when they were young. Really wish we'd gotten to see more of

Wei Wuxian being in yiling patriarch mode

First chinese novel I actually read from start to finish (skipping non-age appropriate sections) purely for enjoyment so it's a nice milestone for me.
Really really liked the

burial mounds scenes with the Wens

, that was my favourite section of CQL and it's somehow even better here. I feel like a fake fan but I like CQL!Wangxian more 😭💀 novel!Wangxian was just so plain compared to all the plot going on in the book. Also, the sheer amount of times

Wei Wuxian directly or indirectly got Lan Wangji drunk was somewhat annoying

. Uh, I think CQL is not a faithful adaptation when going by tone.
Moving on, when the angst hit it really hit.

When I got to the Qiongqi path section, it was hard to convince myself to continue reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Slavery and Sexual harassment

Self harm is to get blood to do magic things. Happened quite a few times. Also, technically not drug use so didn't warn for it but I feel like demonic cultivation has many many similarities to drug use.

lightoferebus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

eauderat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Incest, Torture, and War

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Infidelity, Self harm, and Grief

aeons_v_atlas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Takes a long break from main plot at one point

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol, and War

rainsought's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, and Alcohol

illiteratenerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Wow, I’m taken aback for words.  This series has given me everything I could ask for: transformations, reveals, a hero’s villain origin story, villains just for the sake of evil, slow burn romance, a good mixture of smut and fluff, great plot and story and characters, it’s all there. It does get a bit confusing if you’re not familiar with how naming goes in this book, but once you catch on it gets easier.  This was such a great read.  Thank you, Alicia, for holding me hostage and keeping me from watching its show equivalent until I finished this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

It’s pretty dark, not gonna lie, but it’s worth it.

blingping's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely gorgeous book. I haven't cried in months, and this had me in tears several times. Not only is the story incredible, the translation is also done so well (much better than the official translation, that's for sure). Overall, this just has so much heart and soul in it, and it genuinely restored my faith in humanity. Go read it (only after checking the content warnings, tho, it can be very intense).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Lots of subtle homophobia and misogyny. There's some dubious consent towards the very end, and the extras have some pretty risque nsfw scenes.

myreadingodyssey's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

4.0

Still good. Still much heartache and I’m living for it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment