Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi Releases Cover Art and Release Date for Final Volume

The time has come for the finale of the popular danmei novel Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi.

Seven Seas Entertainment unveiled the full cover for the last book Vol. 5 of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi. Illustrated by Jin Fang (@/jinzillaa), the cover showcases Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji lying in the grass, hidden out of sight from the juniors. Wei Wuxian lies on his back, one hand tenderly caressing Lan Wangji’s face. Leaning into Wei Wuxian’s touch, Lan Wangji closes his eyes. Most notably, his white forehead ribbon, an adornment sacred to the Lan sect and representing the need “to regulate one’s self,” is missing. Instead, it’s wound around Wei Wuxian’s arm.

According to the publisher, the final volume has three editions. Aside from the Regular Edition, priced at $19.99, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi has another edition exclusive to Barnes and Noble where a bonus 8-page color comic, illustrated by a secret guest artist will be included. The Special Edition includes the Regular Edition, two small posters (10″ x 15″) featuring WangXian, five postcards (7″ x 5″) with the cover arts for all five volumes and includes new art, a notebook with 48 pages, a double-sided bookmark and a sticker sheet (5″ x 7″) with nine stickers. Multiple special guests have penned the artwork for these items. The Special Edition will sell for $26.99.

Written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Mo Dao Zu Shi follows Wei Wuxian, who founded his own demonic cultivation path and consequently killed, finds himself awakening in the body of Mo Xuanyu, a ridiculed cutsleeve, thirteen years after his death. Although Wei Wuxian had hoped to lead a peaceful life and wants nothing more to do with cultivation world, he’s drawn in once more by the mysterious case of a dismembered left arm. Wei Wuxian unexpectedly reunites with Lan Wangji, a former classmate whom he often butted heads with during school. Together, the two work together to find out the truth behind both the dismembered left arm and the events that happened thirteen years ago.

The series received a donghua adaptation in July 2018 for three seasons with Season 3 airing in August 2021. While the donghua diverge from the novel, it has received positive reception from fans. A live-action adaptation called Chen Qing Ling or The Untamed aired in 2019 starring Xiao Zhan as Wei Wuxian and Wang Yibo as Lan Wangji.

The final volume of the hit danmei series Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi releases on May 2.

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