Is this the novel, the manhua (comic), or the donghua (animation)?

This is the original novel by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. The story has also been adapted as a manhua (comic), an animated series (Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Founder of Diabolism), and a live-action drama (The Untamed). The adaptations condense or alter parts of the plot; the novel is the most complete version of the story.

Is this book part of a series, and does it need to be read in order?

This is the first volume of the novel's five-volume English publication by Seven Seas. Read the volumes in order, from Vol. 1 through Vol. 5, to follow the continuous story.

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1

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Fantasy LGBTQ+ Romance

Pages: 395
Published: 2016
Language: English

Synopsis

A brilliant, unorthodox cultivator who pioneered a path of demonic cultivation and was branded a villain for it, Wei Wuxian is dead — or so the world believes.

Thirteen years later, he is forced into a new body and a new name, Mo Xuanyu, and must navigate a world that has moved on without him while unraveling the mystery of a disembodied corpse terrorizing the cultivation sects.

As he and Lan Wangji, his former classmate and the only person who truly knows him, are drawn together again, the truth of Wei Wuxian's past, his choices, and his feelings for Lan Wangji slowly come to light.

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