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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

14 reviews

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.

bookoutlier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

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

peonydancer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Infidelity

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

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.

zhanghao's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

idk who main-tagged this as "light-hearted" but they're lying😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

i don't recommend reading this before watching the live adaptation. the time-skips are not always coherent and sometimes there's a flashback inside of a dream inside of a talisman-induced recollection inside of a-- you get the idea

ungles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

I loved it, like this os one of my personality traits now, but, there are some problems, the stereotypes of gay people, the lack of diversity in the females characters and some major plot holes thar were left unexplained. I love this story with my whole heart, but still has things that would be nice if changed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

consensual non-consent , rape kink, pregnancy kink, manipulation, sexual content, necromancy, quartering

karambit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Bullying, Rape, Self harm, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

maride's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

 This book... how i can describe this book without saying I loved the characters so much (not all the characters tho) but the majority of them warmed my heart through all the lecture... 

 Was indeed such a ride, so many emotions and some many thoughts, but some many injustices too, some many people would say that there were no bad people in the characters but i dont think so. 

 Following my ideas, i think that this is a book about Injustices, miscommunication and misunderstandings... this book really show us how the History is written by the winners and how people in power will do whatever they want just because they can and how people will do WHATEVER THINGS just to get that power. 

 Of course this is a book about love (and sacrifice) the main couple is just something else, sometimes i was screaming of love and another time i was calling them idiots (they were) but they loved each other since the beginning ... i just get along with the pretty well i really like them so much. The last phrases of the novel (the main novel and the extras) were so pretty, like look at this last phrase of the extras... isn't it cute? 

 Tens of thousands of words were left unspoken, in exchange for endless laughter and hugs.

They loved each other so much

This book really ended in my Top 10 of books 

a relecture in the future? OF COURSE YES i have the feeling that this novel (and TGCF too) is better after a very good relectures. 

Notes: i have my opinions about some fetishisms showed especially in the extras but i feel like that topic doesnt ruin the novel and is a fetishism after all (i didnt like it but every couple with their things i guess) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War