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A review by msteasam
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
4.0
I finally did it! After watching the masterpiece that is The Untamed, I really had no choice but to read this novel. This was sitting at around 3 stars for me until chapter 79 when I was able to change to a translation I preferred (chiaki_himura).
Romance aside (I actually vastly preferred how Lan Wanji was portrayed in the drama despite knowing this was likely an artifact of censorship; violent jealousy, possessiveness and lack of sexual restraint really do not sit well with me) the plotting is exceptional and Wei Wuxian is one of my favourite characters of all time!
I really wish I could read this in the original Chinese and understand all of the cultural cues, as despite understanding everything on a surface level I feel like there was a lot of inherit cultural context and style that just do not translate at all.
As it is, I loved this all the more for having seen the drama first.
Romance aside (I actually vastly preferred how Lan Wanji was portrayed in the drama despite knowing this was likely an artifact of censorship; violent jealousy, possessiveness and lack of sexual restraint really do not sit well with me) the plotting is exceptional and Wei Wuxian is one of my favourite characters of all time!
I really wish I could read this in the original Chinese and understand all of the cultural cues, as despite understanding everything on a surface level I feel like there was a lot of inherit cultural context and style that just do not translate at all.
As it is, I loved this all the more for having seen the drama first.