The Founder of Diabolism

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As the grandmaster of demonic cultivation, Wei Wuxian roamed the world, hated by millions for committing acts of necromancy. Overthrown by the powerful clans he had attempted to subjugate, Wei Wuxian is supposedly killed by his shidi in order to save the cultivation world.

Restored to life in the body of Mo Xuanyu, the local cut-sleeve lunatic, in order to exact revenge on his abusive relatives, Wei Wuxian quickly finds himself spiralling back into his old life when he’s taken away by the cold-hearted, stern, and ultimately quite boring Lan Wangji – who might be harbouring warmer feelings than contempt. Perhaps of the…romantic kind?

But despite his new beginning, Wei Wuxian begins to unravel a decade and a half long mystery that is set to undo the very fabric of the cultivation world as they know it.

A mysterious, action-packed thriller of a ride, this is a journey you won’t want to miss!

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Jass
Jass rated it
April 12, 2018
Status: --
It's one of the better BL novels written because the plot is much more thought out and expanded. Typically, you'd find that a lot of the Chinese BL novels tend to reuse ideas and plot points, kinda making it a noticeable carbon copy. The author did a great job in putting more effort to make her story feel more alive, giving the characters more depth and distinguishing them from the rest of the Chinese BL novels. Not to mention it actually has an acceptable plot to follow through, making romance... more>> more of a subplot than anything. People who want to read for the story are much more likely going to find enjoyment out of this.

If there's one thing to criticize I would have to say that the plot rolls out in a confusing and almost boring manner at the start of the novel, a bad hook for english reading fans. The pacing in the beginning can feel slow and frusterating to read through, while the sudden introduction of the cast and how the MC deals with a random mu*der mystery can make things chaotic and hard to follow clearly.

You might also have trouble remembering the names, since the cast focuses heavily on family, causing many characters to share the same family name as you progress through the novel. <<less
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missycin
missycin
September 11, 2017
Status: c1
I'm not going to rate it because so far, it's a good read with a charming MC and really beautiful ML. Story details and plot are good and the humor is actually funny. You'd really root for the shameless MC.

However, I'm not a fan of flashbacks as the story switches from the MC's past as the Founder of Diabolism and his "reincarnated" self. I'll add to my review later as I read more chapters in the future.
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crimson Heart
crimson Heart rated it
March 22, 2024
Status: c126
My comfort series is the untamed, I watched the drama and went on to read this masterpiece and sent me into a wave of hyperfixation in wei ying and Lan zhan's world.

This novel has a special place in my heart because it introduced me to the world of danmei and since then I haven't been able to come out.

Its been more than 3 years and yet I'm obsessed still ; I've read this novel 4 times ;I've laughed;I've cried to ; but do I stop ? No, of course not!

Definitely... more>> recommend it, but be aware it's too addicting, it's been 3 yrs and I'm still here <<less
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Saori_Raven
Saori_Raven rated it
November 12, 2023
Status: Completed
Start reading a book out of simple curiosity and stick to the story from the first chapter, laugh, love the characters, try to understand why their actions.
A book where not everything is black and white, where the line between the hero and the villain is as ephemeral as the notes of a flute, where pride is stronger than family..., where love can overcome death.
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JieJieJora
JieJieJora
August 17, 2023
Status: Completed
My first ever Danmei, and also my number1 all time favorite. I’m so jealous of MC for having ML devotion towards him. This novel will always be my favorite and to-go-to. Love this so much!! 5/5 ⭐️
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chen.mei07
chen.mei07 rated it
August 14, 2023
Status: Completed
This was the very first novel that introduced me to the danmei genre. I just accidentally discovered the anime and binged watch it. I couldn't wait for the updates so I resorted to reading the novel and boy was it the best choice I have made in my life. I really like this novel both sentimental and objective reasons.

The mystery in this novel got me so hooked and I was so surprised by the reveal at the end. It really is a good comedy/romance/mystery novel.

I was so excited when we... more>> got to the parts where the past was unravelled too! Words can't describe how I adore this novel. Thank you to the author and to the translators that did a very good job for this novel! <<less
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Fei Hua
Fei Hua rated it
August 2, 2023
Status: Completed
It's pretty late for a review. But I finally made an NU account so why not give a review to my fave story in danmei world. The fact that I read this is in the first few months of me discovering the world of BL novels contributed to that. The mystery/detective type and horror elements of the novel is probably what I liked about the most, aside from the itsy bitsy romance. You can read the other reviews for more substance because this is purely out of memories and feelings.... more>> WWX and LWJ are a perfect pair.
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I was just amazed how their memories and perspective about each other in WWX's OG body didn't fit. WWX's impression of LWJ felt like the latter is just a bystander. Someone who wasn't even worth remembering. And you'll be surprised at how opposite the latter has on the former.

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WWX is such an unreliable narrator but I loved the process of rediscovering his relationship with LWJ. The other characters are brilliantly fleshed out or I don't know anymore, it must be the mixture of adaptations in my memory😅 but I can't bear to mention them here one by one lest I give injustice to them. Of course, let's not forget about the flashbacks. OMG. I love MXTX but her way of inserting flashbacks is just pain in the **s. It's also because the present is more important to me.

There are some red flags at the romance or
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the smut parts

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so read at your own risk. Skip if you are uncomfortable. It's okay. Reminds me of the fact that I do not regret reading MDZS early because my present views and preferences would probably ruin the experience. 😅 But all in all, it's still a fave of mine. So tarry no more and whether it's overrated or not, go on and read this masterpiece. <<less
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Iza_3
Iza_3 rated it
July 27, 2023
Status: --
I wanted to give it a 4 star just bcs I feel like it's overrated but the book is actually good so I'll give it a 4.5

Now, I was pretty bored for the most part since I've already watched many adaptions and knew what was going to happen in general. But, the novel actually helped me understand some things. Like why did some characters had conflicts with each other and all. The only thing I'll never understand is why Yanli liked that Jin guy (don't really remember his name sry)... more>> but hey, if they didn't get together, my boy Jin Ling wouldn't have been born so..

Lan Wanji and Wei Wuxian are such a cute couple. I love their chemistry!

Also, we need to show Wen Ning more love! My boy went through a lot! I would give him a hug if I could.❤️ His story made me cry the most.

Anyway, I understand why people love this book so much. I love it too! It's slightly overrated tho😅

P.S: I'll never look at Bichen the same way again... <<less
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forget_me_not
forget_me_not
July 17, 2023
Status: Completed
5/5

this danmei will always hold a place in my heart. I enjoyed every part of it, I was never bored. The storyline was complex and had depth along with the perfect amount of angst/despair (enough to leave my heart aching while watching edits (particularly ones of WWX and JC)). And the characters were even better—none were flat and they all contributed to the overall composition in some way. I LOVE Wei Wuxian, he is so cute and, yet, powerful and I liked reading about his internal struggles. Of course, I... more>> also loved him with Lan Wangji and LWJ's unwavering feelings were so touching. Their flirting and growing affection through the story were also great.

I read it after starting the donghua and manhua, so maybe that's why I didn't have trouble understanding it. I was confused upon initially starting the donghua with no prior knowledge, but things started to make sense after a little bit. I enjoyed the donghua, dropped the manhua, and never started the Untamed and none can compare to the original writing, wish I could read for the first time again. <<less
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beyukii
beyukii rated it
June 28, 2023
Status: Completed
I probably have a biased review because I watched the TV series before reading the novel. So unlike others, I had no problem with understanding the timeline, plot, cultivation world or anything for that matter.

Even in the series people were complaining that they absolutely can't understand the first 3 episodes. It was weird. What is so hard to understand? Then again I'm already familiar with chinese fantasy/cultivation genre, I grew up watching chinese wuxia movies. I'm different than those who're reading or watching something like this first time in their... more>> life. Nothing was confusing to me. Also people act like they've never seen Nonlinear narrative books, games and movies. It's a common narration technique in literature. So giving low score just because you have no brain capacity to understand is not books fault you know.

This book was good but series was even better. I am not that much interested in cultivation novels, but this one hit different. First of all, it's not one of those transmigration novels were MC is modern man born into loser, villains or other common tropes. At least that was fresh for someone like me who have read too many transmigrator MCs. WWX is one of my favorite MC of all time. LWJ is also my favorite ML because he is not abusive and toxic like other common MLs within danmei genre. Villains had their reason and backstory unlike some brain death novels were villains are just there to make protagonist to shine and act totally unlogical. <<less
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LeaVIII
LeaVIII rated it
April 13, 2023
Status: Completed
Unfortunately, NU doesn't allow half-star ratings so I rounded up my 3.5 rating to 4.

It was god-tier until after the final flashback ends around Chapter 79. The flashback of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji's pasts was truly its peak.

After that, it goes into dub-con territory multiple times and the ending suddenly decides to not take itself seriously even though other boring filler plot arcs like the Xue Yang/Xiao XC one took themselves very seriously and overextended their word count. It's like the writer got tired of writing an elaborate plot... more>> and decided to just write p*rn and comedy for the ending.

After the final flashback, the writing went from sounding professional to coming off as just immature h**ny fujoshi ramblings.

Honestly, after how terrible the Incense Burner extra was, I'm being kind by giving it a 4/5. The ending dealt some irreparable damage to the story as a whole, and now even though I really do love Wei Wuxian, I cannot bring myself to ever read this again. <<less
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Soleane
Soleane rated it
March 15, 2023
Status: Completed
I can't think of much that hasn't already been said, so I'll just point out some things if anyone's deliberating on reading this of not.

This is coming from someone who has only read the novel and not watched the shows, so I won't make comparisons.

In my opinion, the hype on this novel is justified. I've probably read more than a hundred novels after this one and I can count on one hand the ones that managed to reach this level of memorability.

The plot and characters are a masterpiece. My only... more>> complaint is the amount of flashbacks. I'm not a big fan of overusing of throwbacks for extended periods of time when I'm curious about the present. I found myself skipping several paragraphs and sometimes even a whole chapter. This novel is EXTREMELY plot heavy and if you are an impatient reader like me it can be a chore and too much sometimes. But God, was it worth it. I can not say that enough. I didn't expect to like a novel this much when there was so little romance (though those extras were spicy cough cough), nor did I love the ML, to be honest, I didn't find much of a personality in him; MC made up for that. Not my favorite pairing, but their history and the plot is just so well done.

If you feel ready for a heavy and emotionally charged story, this is a must read. <<less
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Angel_art
Angel_art rated it
March 14, 2023
Status: Completed
My sister first recommended the animation and I also saw The Untamed (I loved it) and finally I read the novel.
I liked it very much, I had never read novels of this kind before. At first I found it hard to keep up. I loved Wei Ying, I thought he was a great character, the kind of guy I like. I didn't like Lan Zhan very much, a bit boring. But the story, the plot, the flashbacks were great.
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lunaticv
lunaticv rated it
February 28, 2023
Status: Completed
I've read this, I've watched the series too. This is, honestly, a lot.

There are a lot good points: great world building, interesting characters, great story line, pretty much well-written all in all.

However, there are literal wars, genocide, internal strive, political battle, and a bunch of annoying villains. Sometimes I have to force myself to go through those heavy chapters even though they weren't fun.

I also feel like this novel is semi-tragedy. The main CP got their happily ever after, sure, but did everyone else?
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Bubbley
Bubbley
February 18, 2023
Status: --
the storyline is amazing holy shit. And the flirting and romance is definitely there too which is huge for me. MC and ML’ personality compliment each other very well. However the smut chapters were kind of bland imo. The bathtub chapter was GREAT. But the rest of the smuts just didn’t do it for me, lacked details, seemed silly and unrealistic. Other than that, great novel with good happy ending.
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Yanwushi
Yanwushi rated it
December 19, 2022
Status: c1
This is one of the best bl novel I'd ever seen. It makes me wanna re-read couple of times and never get tired of it. Totally masterpiece!!👌🤧🛐🛐❤️
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banshee.fairy
banshee.fairy rated it
November 15, 2022
Status: --
You should read it. This novel is gorgeous. Their love ans relationship so beautiful and cute. If you will not see it with your own eyes, you will not be able to understand how beautiful it is 😊🤗

I am in love with this story. MC and ML so cute. Side characters have their own stories and decisions. They are not just dols. They have their characteristics and feelings.

So just read it and you will be in love too, ahhahah 🙃😉
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Seraphim13
Seraphim13 rated it
November 11, 2022
Status: Completed
I read this after Heaven Official’s Blessing. Uhm, I did not enjoy this as much as the other but it was still good? I didn’t like the switching back and forth between the future and past. It’s still good, I just wanted to read more about the future. It’s really adorable though, I loved the main couple.
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joowonist
joowonist
November 2, 2022
Status: --
This was the very first novel of this genre that I've read and one thing I really loved about it is the writing. I love how colorful the words they used are, especially in the tragic arcs. It made it so easy for me to connect with the world that the author established, for me to put myself in the story itself like I was there to witness firsthand how things went down. In simpler terms, it was a really engaging experience.

Overall, it's a fun story that would really tug... more>> at your emotions. <<less
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Hyuviii
Hyuviii rated it
September 4, 2022
Status: --
warning: this novel may cause overflowing tears, frustration, shortness of breath
Sobbing because I’ve been obsessed with this for years and tried out every single adaptation that ever existed. Even though this was one of my earlier reads, I loved it. The concept was a little confusing if I were to skim through it but nonetheless it was one of my best reads and it remains one of my all time favorites.
EVERYONE IN THIS NOVEL IS SO SAD Wwx has to be one of my favorite characters, I mean... more>> cmon. Power bottom. How shameless he is is such a comedic factor, but I really loved his quick wits. You can feel the yearning, the longing, and the one moment of happiness that leaves you breathless. Wwx and lwj deserve the happiest ending. <<less
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