@ishtarofthenightsky: Now, to be fair, it's easier to refer to WWX as a demonic cultivator. The translation probably participated a lot in that. #mdzs #weiwuxian #lanwangji #thegrandmasterofdemoniccultivation

pudding :

Mxtx is such a genius for the title and making it “demonic cultivation” instead of ghost. It perfectly reflects on the propaganda that was present in their society, and how quickly and affectively it can spread, skewing people’s perception of the reality of the situation. The unfortunate part is that it would’ve gone into more detail in the book about the difference, but seven seas translation did not do the book justice and it failed to properly convey the difference and how important it is.

WangXian :

I hate it when people cannot comprehend the propaganda inserted into the title 😭 MXTX is so smart that she made even us readers think going in that we would be reading about a demonic cultivator. But it was such an ingenuity to force to think through our thoughts. Be one with the gentry or actually use our brains!!

cheannjo :

I definitely didnt catch the term for it, but i easily caught on the difference between how wwx used "ghost" cultivation vs xue yang's actual demonic cultivation when i read the book

Libu 🇳🇱 🖤🩶🤍💜 :

Doesn't help that in both the official english books and the subtitles in the donghua translate gui dao into demonic... So no wonder so many people mistake it.

Lyn_ :

i thought everyone knows this?😭 like it was practically revealed in the cloud reccesses timeline?

Princess Cadance⁷ :

To be fair, demonic cultivation sounds really cool, ghost would sound more spooky and more like a undead sort of theme

Ishtar ✨️ :

I'll admit I still love wholeheartedly fics with powerful demonic cultivator WWX 😭😭😭

✧･ﾟ: 𝖒𝖊𝖎𝖎✧･ﾟ: :

THISSS, why does this not have enough recognition😭 i saw someone said, the title is an outsider pov

Nanachi :

Stranger :

so it's Gu Dao Zu Shi? 😁

GhostShari :

Omg youre so right i didnt catch that!

﹙あ﹚ xue : sx5 ⸝ ⸝ 𔓕 :

the title is meant to remind us how each person sees Wwx as practicing demonic cultivation bc they have never really been interested in his new method of cultivation

His Highness Crown Prince⁷🌷🗡 :

I commented on a youtube short the other day about thus and I just want to spread awareness ⬇️You can CLEARLY hear Wei Wuxian say "Gui Dào" (Ghost cultivation) not "Mó Dào" (Demonic Cultivation). You need to realize that Grandmaster of DEMONIC Cultivation is NOT called that because Wei Wuxian "IS" a Demonic Cultivator but because he was CALLED a Demonic Cultivator who learned dark arts to hurt people, those stories were made up by Jin Guanshan. (The whole stroy revolves around showing that Wei Wuxian is accused of learning dark arts when its only Ghost Cultivation that MIND YOU HEEE HIMSELF made up in MDZS) Please inform other MDZS fans about this so we don't spread the same misinformation about WWX how Jin Guanshan intended to.

Em :

I always felt like that was so clever because what in the end killed him was the mob mentality and how the misinformation of his practice spread like wildfire even years after his death… so in a way even the novel having that in the title makes it part of the spreading of this misinformation - like the first thing u learn before opening the book is that he’s a demonic cultivator like people who hear that he’s a demonic cultivator and evil first in the book then u open the book/ get to know him and find out the truth… that’s always how I saw it)

Marths :

Yes the seven seas translation has a couple Of mistakes😅 also it was easier to fear Him for “being different and advanced to his era” —> the signals were there when LQR asks him the difference between ghosts, demons, spirits and monsters ghosts form from dead humans, demons from evil living ones. The means and finality were the difference

🍡 :

It shows how the people would make up quite literally anything to say that wwx is “evil” and that everything he does is “demonic” which is absolute bs btw as well all know. Its honestly ironic mxtx has the title has “demonic cultivation” because thats what everyone thought it was and the others believed it too without knowing the actual truth yet wwx used that “evil” path for the best use. There’s no way to describe how much I freaking hated those people so much who blamed wwx for every evil doing! He was too good for everyone to comprehend

Gilmo :

In contrast, you could call Mo Xuanyu the grandmaster of demonic cultivation. He pulled WWX into the world specifically to cause harm, then that cultivation brought the world shattering down

Roufy|🕊|_WEF :

🕊 (I'm everywhere where there is modao zu shi.)