ANIME BREAKDOWN: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Wei Wuxian
魏无羡
About:
Our hero! He's died once already (first episode - it's not a spoiler) and has been brought back permanently by Mo Xuanyu to right past wrongs. WuXian is a brilliant, inventive cultivator but he's been forced to embrace the dark arts - namely reincarnating the dead to do his bidding - in order to survive. Kind of oblivious to Lan Wangji's steadfast love for him, but it's starting to dawn on him.
Book:
"It was widely known that, although Wei WuXian’s surname was not Jiang, he was the leading disciple of the sect leader of the YunmengJiang Sect - Jiang FengMian, and also the son of his friend who had passed away. In fact, the sect leader regarded him as his own child."
Portrayed by:
Xiao Zhan in The Untamed
Info:
- First Appearance: Episode 01 • Untamed 01 • Manga 00
- Member: Jiang Clan of Yunmeng
- Importance to Series: 5/5
Notes:
- Birth name: Wei Ying; courtesy name: Wei Wuxian
- Title: The Yiling Patriarch, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
- Weapons: Suibians sword & Chenqing flute
- Invented the Stygian Tiger Amulet, along with numerous other inventions
- Son of Wei Changze & Cangse Sanren; adopted son of Jiang Fengmian
- Adopted/martial arts brother of Jiang Cheng & Jiang Yanli
- Romantically linked to Lan Wangji
Spoilers:
Transferred his golden core to his brother Jiang Cheng while his brother was unconscious. Died (badly - devoured alive by corpses) from the backlash of the Stygian Tiger Seal in the manhua & book, not from falling from the cliff.
Links Away:
- Costumes: The Jingshi 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05