History Characters / GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShiWeiWuxian

'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/RyoheiKimura (animation - adult, web series), Misaki Watada (animation - child), Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki (audio drama)\\

* HurtingHero: Downplayed. He never lets it show, but Wei Wuxian is deeply affected by his losses and the actions he took to avenge those losses. He nevertheless knows it's best to move on and enjoy life, whether it be indulging in his favourite alcohol or spend time with his found family.

Subsequent events led to the plummeting of his reputation, the besieging of his lair, and he [[NeverFoundTheBody died without leaving a trace]]. 13 years later, the homosexual Mo Xuanyu sacrifices himself in a dark rite to summon Wei Wuxian to take revenge on the Mo family who abused him until he went insane. Stuck in a new mortal body, Wei Wuxian is then dragged into events not of his own choosing, and followed by an acquaintance of his past -- Lan Wangji.

* IfItsYouItsOkay: Depsite assuming himself to be straight, over the course of the story Wei Wuxian finds out that he doesn't mind being more intimate with Lan Wangji and actually enjoys the idea of the other pampering him. One instance is when he falls asleep on the other after the second siege at the Burial Mounds and thinks about how nice it would be for Lan Wangji to carry him. [[spoiler:The latter ends up being the ClosetKey for Wei Wuxian and is also the only person he's ever fallen for.]]

* {{Necromancer}}: As a practicer (and founder) of demonic cultivation, Wei Wuxian's speciality is controlling corpses.

** Wuxian also has the meaning "without envy", coming from the last line of a poem by Ming Dynasty literati Xu Ben. “即无羡鱼志，外物非所迁” (jí wú xiàn yú zhì, wài wù fēi suǒ qiān) translates as “to be free of envy and aspire to greater heights; not be misguided by honorary reputation and personal gain”. This is likely indicative of Wei Wuxian's carefree attitude towards life. He comes from a lowly background as the son of a servant, but lived his life not being envious of Jiang Cheng’s destined position as Sect leader

** His courtesy name Wuxian (无羡) is pronounced the same as the word for "fall" (诬陷), fitting considering how he's seen InUniverse as a FallenHero. Wuxian also has the meaning "without envy", coming from the last line of a poem by Ming Dynasty literati Xu Ben.

** His courtesy name Wuxian (无羡) is pronounced the same as the word for "fall" (诬陷), fitting considering how he's seen InUniverse as a FallenHero. Wuxian also has the meaning "without envy".

* AloofBigBrother: Downplayed. Wei Wuxian was a close martial brother to Jiang Cheng, but he became more aloof after he left the Jiang Clan a long time ago and [[spoiler:the latter also announced to the entire cultivation world that he was essentially disowned after "turning traitor" to them]]. After he comes back to the mortal world, any interaction he has with his former martial brother has him speak as little words to him as possible, and his mood around the man is mostly a resigned one. However, he wasn't always impersonal towards Jiang Cheng in the past, just as how the latter wasn't always so hateful towards him back then. While Wei Wuxian holds no ill will towards his old friend, he doesn't make any effort to reach out to him because he knows that he may as well be talking to a giant impenetrable wall, he's aware that both of them had just fallen apart too much, and he feels that the past should stay in the past.

** Crows frequently show up whenever the Yiling Patriarch does his thing. Crows are believed to represent bad luck and are seen as a sign of bad omen, and Wei Wuxian is infamous as the cultivation bogeyman. Crows are associated with death, which alludes to Wei Wuxian's powers of necromancy. They also symbolize change, highlighting the significance in his transformation from a spiritual to a demonic cultivator. Lastly, crows are said to be often misunderstood, much like how Wei Wuxian himself is [[spoiler:misunderstood and villainized by almost everyone]].

** His courtesy name Wuxian (无羡) is pronounced the same as the word for "fall" (诬陷), fitting considering how he's seen InUniverse as a FallenHero.

* BlackSheep: Downplayed. Prior to [[spoiler:the Lotus Pier massacre]], Wei Wuxian was popular among his fellow Jiang sect disciples, who admired him and enjoyed playing with him. However, there were hints that he was not as close with the new disciples that joined the sect during the Sunshot Campaign due to his infamous reputation as the Yiling Patriarch. Both the audio drama and the animated chibi mini-series hint that the new disciples actually disliked Wei Wuxian, or at the very least were wary of him. And in the ''donghua'', they were shown to be just as quick to [[spoiler:attack him alongside the other cultivators in the Nightless Immortal Capital bloodbath]].

* MomentOfWeakness: [[spoiler:While experiencing an emotional breakdown after Wen Ning accidentally kiils Jin Zixuan, he ends up thinking to himself why'd he's been helping out the Wen Remnants and letting himself suffer when he could have had an easier life in the Jiang Sect with his family.]]