A review by axi_on
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

5.0

this started off so sweet and i could not even remotely enjoy it i was preemptively fighting for my life i felt in my bones from page 1 how badly shit was about to go. and boy was i right!

starting off with the remaining wens shyly sharing their wine with wei wuxian and the cute jiang sibling bonding moment before yanli's wedding with wei wuxian choosing jin ling's courtesy name (which jiang cheng suggested ??? i'll cry rn) and then going immediately to jin zixuan's death and the nightless city massacre... yeah. that full run was so tough. wei wuxian's breakdown rly destroyed me is he flawed yes absolutely but god he is trying so hard. lan wangji was killing me too man he was trying so damn hard to save him ;-;; i loved this entire sequence my only qualm with this was i realllly wish mxtx wrote out more of the fights i would have loved to see peak broken wei wuxian with the yin tiger tally in action

speaking of the wens, oh my god sizhui (╥﹏╥) his adopted by wangxian backstory was so damn cute, and his interactions with wen ning (and the blood zombie things of the rest of the wens? shut up) was so hhhhh

and speaking of family interactions, god did the golden core reveal kill me. i can write a 27 page character study on jiang cheng but i will spare y'all until i see the end of his arc next book

i'm not even going to touch wangxian rn after that fucking ending. the post fuck miscommunication.. guys i am going to bash my head into the wall. i had to put the book down after lan wangji's sad little "do not take it to heart?" what if we all just killed ourselves

very very excited to finish this series in the next book! this one was truly a 4.5 i think, but i am going to skip the part where i debate with myself about it for an hour and pick up book 5 already i cannot wait for these idiots to confess and jiang cheng to confront wei wuxian