A review by desiree_reads
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

adventurous dark emotional 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

5โ˜† Review:

โ€œ๐‘น๐’†๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’”๐’– ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’†.โ€

The amount of past vs present plot in this volume is crazy. After finishing it, it feels as if Iโ€™ve read multiple books all at once.

But, finally we learn the backstory to Wei Wuxianโ€™s path to Demonic Cultivation. Itโ€™s a sad one, thatโ€™s for sure. 

โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’†, ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’—๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’๐’๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’Š๐’•?โ€
โ€œ๐‘ต๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“.โ€

The slow burn between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji was burning HOT in this volume. Well, as much as it could with such an oblivious main character. The โ€œblindfold sceneโ€ was top notch. 

โ€œ๐‘ฏ๐’†โ€™๐’… ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Š๐’…, ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’—๐’† ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž. ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’…๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’•๐’˜๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’• ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”โ€™ ๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’”.โ€

If this quote doesnโ€™t summarize the entire story of MDZS for our poor Wei Ying, I donโ€™t know what does. 

Onto the next one!