mo dao zhu shi (originale) . Books 1

chap 1

Reincarnation.

-Rejoice!  Wei Wuxian is dead!
Not a day had passed since the siege of the Charnel Mound that the news had already spread like wildfire throughout the entire cultivation world.  It had spread as quickly as the flames of war then, if not faster.

In an instant, everyone, from prominent clans to itinerant cultivators, began talking about this extermination operation carried out by the four largest sects, supported by hundreds of others from  lesser importance.

-This is wonderful news!  Who is the hero who killed the Yiling Patriarch?

-Who else could it be if not his shidi, Jiang Cheng, the young sect leader?  the four major clans, the Jiang clan of Yunmeng, the Jin clan of Lanling, the Lan clan of Gusu, and the Nie clan of Qinghe, jointly led the attack.  For the good of all, he knew how to put justice before family ties, and destroyed the famous lair of Wei Wuxian, the Tretre du Charnel.

-Good riddance !

Someone else immediately clapped in approval and exclaimed :

-I confirm, good clearance!  without the Jiang clan of Yunmeng, who took him in and raised him, Wei Wuxian would have been nothing more than an insignificant worthless person in a backwater, he could never have hoped to become anything  other !  To think that the former Sect Leader Jiang raised him like his own son!  However, this did not prevent him from denying his own and plunging the Jiang clan into the greatest dishonor, he almost caused its complete destruction.  He is the very example of a dog biting the hand that fed him.

-I can't believe Jiang Cheng let this guy act freely for so long.  If it was me, I wouldn't have just stabbed him when he defected, I would have cleaned up!  he wouldn't have had a chance of causing all this trouble.  Who cares about consideration for a childhood friend in such a case?

-That's not what I heard.  Didn't those evil techniques that Wei Ying(1) cultivated backfire on him?  Rumors say he was torn apart and eaten alive by the ghosts he held under his control.

-Ha!  Ha!  Ha!  Ha!  This is called Karma.  I always thought that these ghost generals he trained were nothing more than a pack of mad dogs, ready to bite people at any time.  In the end, he paid the price himself.  It’s well done for him!

-Still, if young Sect Leader Jiang had not planned this siege by taking advantage of the Yiling Patriarch's weaknesses, I doubt they would have succeeded in defeating him.  Don't forget what Wei Wuxian had in his clutches, or how over three thousand renowned cultivators were annihilated that night!

-Wasn't it five thousand?

-Three thousand, five thousand, it's all the same.  Five thousand seems more credible to me.

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(1) Wei Wuxian's birth name is Wei Ying.  see the names and characters guide for more information.

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-he was truly a madman...

-Before he died, he still destroyed the Tiger Yin Seal.  We can at least give him this merit.  His crimes would have been even more serious if he had left behind this evil thing capable of harming humanity.

At the mention of the Tiger Yin Seal, silence suddenly fell, as if this object still haunted the spirits.  After a while, someone sighed :

-Ah!  but, you know, at the time, Wei Wuxian belonged to a particularly rich and distinguished sect, and had accomplished great feats despite his young age.  Such a heroic and fiery boy... I wonder how he got there...

the subject then deviated slightly, and the discussion resumed with enthusiasm.

-It is obvious, in view of this example, that cultivation should never lead you away from the right path.  the glory brought by the heretical path lasts only for a time.  she may seem attractive to you at first, but look where that got her!

-even his corpse was completely disintegrated!

replied a voice forcefully.

-It’s not all due to his cultivation.  To tell the truth, Wei Wuxian also had a very bad temper.  he aroused the wrath of heaven and the resentment of men.  you know what they say: “We reap what we sow;  everyone pays for themselves...".

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After Wei Wuxian's death, the judgment against him ceased to be refutable.  the debates were for the most part the same, and any slightly dissenting voice was immediately silenced.
However, a shadow continued to haunt people's minds for a long time.
Although the patriarch of Yiling, Wei Wuxian, died at the Charnel Trench, no one had succeeded in summoning the remains of his soul.

Perhaps this one had also been torn apart and devoured by millions of ghosts.  or perhaps she would have escaped.

If the first possibility turns out to be correct, it would be very happy news for all of humanity.  However, legends said that the Yiling Patriarch had the ability to move mountains and dry up seas, so resisting the invocation of his soul should not be a difficult task if that was his will.  Thus, in the hypothesis where the second case was confirmed, it was not impossible that, in a more or less distant future, his spirit could return... If he found a body and managed to reincarnate, then the  The world of cultivation—no, the entire world—would be cursed, condemned to suffer an even more terrible vengeance and to sink into an endless storm of darkness and blood.
So when the one hundred and twenty stone creatures needed to seal a mountain were placed atop the Charnel Mound, all the great clans began to hold frequent soul summoning rituals.  They also closely monitored cases of possession, looked for abnormal events and tightened their security as much as possible.

The first year passed without incident.

The second year nothing happened either.

The third year was similar to the first two.
...

In the thirteenth year the peace was no longer disturbed.
Thus, more and more people came to believe that Wei Wuxian might not have been that extraordinary.
That he had truly perished.
Even though he had once turned the world upside down, it was finally his turn to be turned upside down.
After all, no one could stay on top forever.  The legends were just legends.
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