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The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (魔道祖师, Mó Dào Zǔ Shī; also: The Founder of Diabolism) is the animated adaptation (donghua) of the Chinese xianxia novel of the same name written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.  

The series' development was announced on Weibo on April 1, 2017, and the first season aired on Tencent Video from July 9, 2018 to October 6, 2018; the second season started aired from August 3, 2019 to August 31, 2019. A third season was confirmed in the final episode of the second season, and a chibi series, (魔道祖师Q; Mó Dào Zǔ Shī Q) aired in between, from July 31 2020 to January 30, 2021. The final season aired August 7, 2021 to October 23, 2021.

Synopsis[]

The Wen Clan's rampage caused untold sufferings, and the other cultivation clans launched the "Sunshot Campaign" to join forces against the Wen Clan. Although Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch, had made great contributions to overthrowing the Wens, he was stigmatized and punished because he was considered too powerful and dangerous. He was persecuted by ten thousand people.

Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian was brought back by a sacrificual ritual, and has met again with old acquaintances such as Lan Wangji from the Gusu Lan Clan and Jiang Cheng from the Yunmeng Jiang Clan. The mysteries of Wei Wuxian's past remain, and conflicts in the cultivation world have resurfaced - all of which began from when they were all once youths.

Cast[]

Main Characters[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Wei Wuxian Zhang Jie Shim Gyu-hyuk Ryohei Kimura
Lan Wangji           Bian Jiang                   Ryu Seung-gon    Shinnosuke Tachibana

Gusu Lan Clan[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Lan Xichen Jin Xian Kim Yeong-sun Toshiyuki Morikawa
Lan Sizhui             Chengzhang Taikang  Nam Do-hyung Shimba Tsuchiya
Lan Jingyi Wang Chenguang Jeong Joo-won Soma Saito
Lan Qiren Liu Cong Lee Chang-min    Mitsuhiro Sakamaki

Yunmeng Jiang Clan[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Jiang Cheng Guo Haoran                 Jang Min-hyuk Hikaru Midorikawa
Jiang Yanli Li Shimeng Gang Eun-ae Saori Hayami
Jiang Fengmian    Tang Shuiyu Seoh Won-seok Kenji Hamada
Yu Ziyuan Ji Guanlin Jeon Suk-gyeong Takako Honda
Jinzhu and Yinzhu Yi Xing (Jinzhu)

Xu Xu (Yinzhu)

Yukako Kiuchi

Lanling Jin Clan[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Jin Guangyao Yang Tianxiang           Lee Ho-san Akira Ishida
Jin Ling Su Shangqing Lee Kyeong-tae Yuki Kaji
Jin Zixuan Gu Jiangshan Kim Hyun-wook  Kenji Akabane
Jin Guangshan      Li Longbin Bak Sang-hun Sho Hayami
Jin Zixun Yang Lei Kozo Dosaka
Madam Jin Zhang Kai Harashima Kozue
Qin Su Qian Chen Chie Nakamura
Jin Chan

Qinghe Nie Clan[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Nie Huaisang        Liu Sanmu Kim Myung-joon Natsuki Hanae
Nie Mingjue Guan Shuai                  Lee Hye-on Hiroshi Shirokuma

Qishan Wen Clan[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Wen Ning              Shao Tong Kim Ji-yul Nobunaga Shimazaki
Wen Qing Qiao Shiyu Kim Yul Ayako Kawasumi
Wen Ruohan Yan Ming Kim Jin-hong Kenta Miyake
Wen Chao Liang Xiaoqiang          Kim Jin-hong Hiroyuki Yoshino
Wen Zhuliu Hu Yajie Kwon Chang-uk   Keiko Sakai

Others[]

Cultivators from Other Clans[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Su She Sun Lulu                      Masafumi Kobatake Masafumi Kobatake
Wang Lingjiao Qiu Qiu Gang Si-hyeon     Kana Asumi
Clan Leader Yao    Zhang Lei Hajime Iijima

Rogue Cultivators[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Mo Xuanyu Zhang Jie                     Shim Gyu-hyuk Ryohei Kimura
Luo Qingyang       Xu Jiaqi Lynn

Non-Cultivators[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
Mo Ziyuan             Xing Chao                    Cho Jin-suk Yusuke Sasaki
Madam Mo Liao Jing Sin Gyeong-sun Saori Okamoto
A-Tong Zhang Fuzheng Yu Okano

Yi City[]

Character
Voice Actor
(Mandarin)
Voice Actor
(Korean)
Voice Actor
(Japanese)
A-Qing Nie Xiying Aoi Yuki
Song Lan Liu Kang Takuya Eguchi
Xiao Xingchen Qian Wenqing Kaito Ishikawa
Xue Yang Wai Wai Kouki Uchiyama

Awards and Nominations[]

Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Results
2018 12th Tencent Video
Star Awards (Tencent
Starlight Festival)
Fictional Character
of the Year  
Wei Wuxian Won
Best Voice Actor Zhang Jie Won
Reputable Animation
of the Year
Mo Dao Zu Shi Won
15th China Animation
Golden Dragon Awards
Best Serial Animation      Mo Dao Zu Shi Won
Golden Bud - The Third
Network Film and
Television Festival
Best Animation Mo Dao Zu Shi Won
2019 7th China Xi'an
International Original
Animation Competition
Best New Animation Mo Dao Zu Shi Won
12th Xiamen International
Animation Festival
Best Animated Series Mo Dao Zu Shi 2nd
20th China Video Awards Animation of the Year Mo Dao Zu Shi Won
Golden Bud - The Fourth
Network Film and
Television Festival
Best Animation Mo Dao Zu Shi Nominated
Tencent Video All Star
Awards
Fictional Character
of the Year
Lan Wangji Won
2020 5th Golden Spider
Academic Award
Best Online Animation Mo Dao Zu Shi Won
2021 2021 Weibo Cartoon Festival
Most Influential Chinese Animation Mo Dao Zu Shi, Season 3 1st

Trivia[]

  • Though the original novel mixes elements from multiple Ancient Chinese time periods,[1] the animation uses an era-type name Xuanzheng, along with indication of year according to the Chinese sexagenary cycle, to date events in the book.
  • As the largest sponsor for the donghua, ice cream company Cornetto has used their Chinese name 可爱多 (Kě'ài duō), meaning "A lot cuter," as a tagline for the donghua.

Trailers[]

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2 Minute Trailer

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Official Concept PV

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