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[[WMG:[[center: ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'' [[Characters/MoDaoZuShi Character Index]]\\
[- ''[[Characters/MoDaoZuShiMainCharacters Main Characters]]'': [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiMainCharactersWeiWuxian Wei Wuxian]] | [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiMainCharactersLanWangji Lan Wangji]]\\
''Five Great Clans'': [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiGusuLanClan Gusu Lan Clan]] | [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiYunmengJiangClan Yunmeng Jiang Clan]] ([[Characters/MoDaoZuShiYunmengJiangClanJiangCheng Jiang Cheng]]) | [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiLanlingJinClan Lanling Jin Clan]] ([[Characters/MoDaoZuShiLanlingJinClanJinGuangyao Jin Guangyao]]) | [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiQingheNieClan Qinghe Nie Clan]] | [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiQishanWenClan Qishan Wen Clan]]\\
''Other Characters'': [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiOtherClans Other Clans]] | [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiYiCity Yi City Group]] | '''Miscellaneous Characters''' -]]]]]

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! Rogue Cultivators

[[folder:Mo Xuanyu (莫玄羽)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Zhang Jie (animation), Tong Yin (audio drama), Lu Zhixing (live-action)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese)''': Creator/RyoheiKimura (animation), Kazuhisa Nakayama (audio drama)\\
'''Played by''': Xiao Zhan (live-action)
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Another illegitimate son of Jin Guangshan, Mo Xuanyu was taken in by Jin Guangshan after the death of Wei Wuxian. A homosexual ("cut-sleeve" in Chinese parlance), Mo Xuanyu's choice of paramour was [[SiblingIncest Jin Guangyao]] - which [[TooDumbToLive did not bode well for his reputation]]. Jin Guangyao was however one step ahead of him, and chased Mo Xuanyu out of Koi Tower at the first chance, on top of (allegedly) driving Mo Xuanyu insane. However, Mo Xuanyu had read the theory of the sacrificial rite, and used it to summon a villainous ghoul to possess his body, trading his own soul to kill the Mo family.\\
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'''Note''': For the person currently inhabiting his body, see Wei Wuxian in his [[Characters/MoDaoZuShiMainCharactersWeiWuxian respective character page]].
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!! Tropes that apply to Mo Xuanyu in general
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* AdaptationalSexuality: In the novel, he was explicitly stated to be gay. The ''donghua'' makes him an ExtremeOmnisexual (at least, according to the rumors).
* BewareTheSillyOnes: After suffering from his family's abuse for years and being ridiculed as a lunatic, Mo Xuanyu eventually had enough of their abuse and summoned none other than the [[TheDreaded Yiling Patriarch]] to kill them. He's also the only one who managed to summon Wei Wuxian's soul when hundreds of other full-fledged cultivators have been trying to do the same for years with no success. He may have used a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to pull it off, but the fact remains that he's the one who was able to revive Wei Wuxian.
* CompressedHair: When Wei Wuxian first reincarnated into Mo Xuanyu's body in the ''donghua'', the latter's hair is styled in a cross between a bun and a short ponytail, but not much loose hair is shown. When it gets retied later, it's easy for the viewer to assume that Wei Wuxian suddenly grew out a long and full ponytail.
* DeaderThanDead: The ritual he used to summon Wei Wuxian's soul requires the destruction of his own, meaning his soul can never return to the mortal world.
* DepravedHomosexual: Became infamous amongst the Lanling Jin Clan and other cultivators for his homosexuality and reputation of harassing his fellow disciples.
* DestroyTheAbusiveHome: The whole reason Mo Xuanyu summoned Wei Wuxian was so that the latter would kill his abusive family.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: In the ''donghua'', instead of a DepravedHomosexual, rumor is that he would harass anyone and ''anything'' he found pretty, including animals and plants, including his own half-brother. It's never confirmed on whether this is true or merely the result of gossips exaggerating his homosexuality or whatever his ''actual'' sexuality is.
* HiddenDepths: There are hints of him knowing more than one would expect from him despite his reputation as a lunatic, and that the reason he got kicked out was very different than claimed: the ritual he used to summon Wei Wuxian [[spoiler: is found in a book hidden in one Jin Guangyao's secret chambers]] and he definitely had ''some'' skill with demonic cultivation to pull off said ritual. Additionally, [[spoiler: the fact it's officially told that he made a pass at ''[[ConsummateLiar Jin Guangyao]]'' as to why he was kicked out could imply that the man had a reason to need him removed from Koi Tower and blacklisted.]]
* IdenticalStranger: While the ''manhua'' shows that his appearance and Wei Wuxian's original appearance have some similarities but are still distinguishable from the other, his character design in the ''donghua'' is nearly identical to Wei Wuxian's design [[StylizedForTheViewer for the viewer's convenience]]. The only differences are that Mo Xuanyu has longer hair and a shorter and slightly less masculine build, but that's about it.
* LineageComesFromTheFather: Downplayed. He's not acknowledged as a candidate for the position of the Jin Clan leader, but he was still enlisted as a guest disciple. While he got kicked out, it's due to his alleged harassment of [[spoiler: [[BrotherSisterIncest Jin Guangyao]]]] rather than his mother's background.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The events of the book are centered around the sacrifice that brought Wei Wuxian back into the world.
* SanitySlippage: Being kicked out the Jin Clan and sent back to his abusive family was ''not'' kind to his mental state and led him to sacrifice his spirit to summon Wei Wuxian and get revenge.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His death is [[PlotTriggeringDeath starts off the entire novel's plot in the present time]], but he's already dead when the novel begins in the present timeline and he only has one small speaking role in the other adaptations before bringing Wei Wuxian back to life.
* UncannyValleyMakeup: When Wei Wuxian first wakes up in Mo Xuanyu's body, he sees that his face is garishly covered with white powder, with the eyes caked in red. Some characters liken it to a "hanging ghost".
* UnwittingPawn: It can't actually be proven, but Wei Wuxian's hypothesis is that [[spoiler: Nie Huaisang used Mo Xuanyu to deliberately summon Wei Wuxian back into the world, kicking off the long XanatosGambit that Nie Huaisang [[BestServedCold had prepared for the downfall of Jin Guangyao as revenge for Nie Mingjue's death]]]].

!! Tropes that apply to Mo Xuanyu in ''The Untamed'' only
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* AdaptationalSexuality: While the novel described him as a homosexual, the live-action series makes him straight due to the rumors which state that he made a move on Jin Guangyao's wife instead of Jin Guangyao himself. However, in the very latter case there are some hints [[HiddenDepths where not all is at it seems]].
* CoolMask: His habit of [[UncannyValleyMakeup wearing ghostly makeup]] is replaced with donning a mask that hides the upper half of his face. According to Jin Ling, however, there were times that Mo Xuanyu went with the makeup instead of the mask.
* HiddenDepths: ''The Untamed'' provides his character with a few additional layers. In the novel, all that's known about him is that he's gay and was interested in his half-brother, had a few screws loose, and summoned Wei Wuxian to take revenge on his family. While the last part remains true in the series, the series adds an additional target of Mo Xuanyu's revenge: [[spoiler: Jin Guangyao]]. From this, Wei Wuxian infers that the possible reason Mo Xuanyu really got kicked out of the Jin Clan was because [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch about Jin Guangyao and tried to warn Qin Su before he got thwarted]] and that [[spoiler: his insanity was possibly induced by Jin Guangyao via a song from the Collection of Turmoil]].
* IdenticalStranger: Played straight in the series, as Wei Wuxian and Mo Xuanyu are played by the same actor. This is justified, since the live-action drama made it that the summoning ritual includes the effect of Wei Wuxian's appearance being slowly assimilated into Mo Xuanyu's body. The only way to tell them apart is that Wei Wuxian has a BeautyMark whereas Mo Xuanyu doesn't.
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[[folder:Luo Qingyang (罗青羊)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Xu Jiaqi (animation), Chen Nianru (audio drama), Zhang Yumeng (live-action)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese)''': Creator/{{Lynn}} (animation)\\
'''Played by''': Wang Yifei (live-action) [[note]] Not the same actress as the one who plays Xiao Qing in ''The Living Dead''. [[/note]]
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->''"Irrational? Calling white black? I'm just being considerate it as it stands. What does it have to do with the fact that I'm a woman? You can't be rational with me so you're attacking me with other things?"''

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A servant of an unnamed clan that was brought to the Wen Clan's "re-education camp" along with several other cultivators.
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!! Tropes that apply to Luo Qingyang in general
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* ActionSurvivor: During the Xuanwu Cave arc in the ''donghua'', she managed to escape Dusk Creek Mountain even though there were several Wen clansmen hunting anyone who tried to get away.
* BackForTheFinale: Thirty or so chapters after her appearance during the conference at Koi Tower, she appears again in the epilogue when she and the protagonists run into each other in Guangling.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mianmian stood up for Wei Wuxian during his first life when [[spoiler:the other clan leaders began to badmouth him]]. The others pass it off as her having a crush on Wei Wuxian from him saving her life, but she was genuinely grateful he saved her life and knew he was a good person despite the cultivation path he chose.
* DamselInDistress: She was almost made to be a sacrifice for the creature at Xuanwu Cave and was then nearly burnt with the Wen branding iron, prompting fellow disciples (including Wei Wuxian) to help protect her. This was justified, however, since her weapon was confiscated and she was surrounded by ''armed'' Wen soldiers.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Her designs in the ''donghua'' and ''manhua'' are different. While both designs feature her in warm pink robes, her hairstyle, hair color, and facial features are completely distinct from the other.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Downplayed. Nevertheless, it took plenty of bravery to tell off [[spoiler:an entire group of cultivation clans filled with people who rank higher than her before walking out on them in the middle of a conference]], something that many would see as extremely disrespectful.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: She's the only prominent female character to survive all the way to the epilogue, living a content life as a rogue cultivator with a family of her own.
* GoodParents: From the little that is shown in her interactions between her and her daughter, she and her husband treat little Mianmian well.
* HappilyMarried: Her marriage to a former merchant is implied to be a happy one since was willing to quit his job to accompany her during night hunts and have a daughter, making them one of the few happy and living couples in the story.
* NiceGirl: She had a bit of a temper in the past, but she was still one of the two people who publicly spoke in Wei Wuxian's defense, and even years later continues to feel grateful towards him for saving her life.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In the novel her real name is never revealed until the epilogue, as the narration and all the characters InUniverse only referred to her by the nickname Mianmian in the flashbacks. It's implied the nickname has died down in the present, with her husband referring to her by her given name and the ever-so-formal Lan Wangji referring to her as Maiden Luo (plus her daughter inheriting the nickname). In the ''donghua'', her real name is revealed to the audience in her introduction, but characters otherwise still refer to her by her nickname.
* OnlySaneMan: She was the only other person besides Lan Wangji who [[spoiler:didn't buy the BlatantLies that the Jin Clan was feeding to the other clans]].
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her character design in the AnimatedAdaptation and in the ''manhua'' features her with pink clothing and hair decorations. Her beauty was enough to catch the interest of the womaniser Wen Chao.
* RageQuit: She gets so fed up with the other cultivators after she tries to point out Wei Wuxian isn't the pure evil villain they're claiming him to be she cuts herself off from the Jin clan right then and there.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: After the TimeSkip, she's married to a man who isn't a cultivator yet loved her enough to leave behind his old and safe job as a merchant to be able to travel with her during night-hunts.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her screentime was small yet her present in the Xuanwu Cave arc was the root cause of [[spoiler:the fall of Lotus Pier]], although it's implied it would had happened either way.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: She basically does this after [[spoiler: she angrily calls out all of the other cultivators for spinning Wei Wuxian as the violent force they need to get rid off]] and cuts them off as she leaves in a huff.
* TookALevelInBadass: Her main role in the story is being a DamselInDistress. Then the epilogue reveals that since she [[spoiler:left her clan]], she's been going on night-hunts solo.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her looks caught Wen Chao's attention, which caused Wang Lingjiao to become jealous of Mianmian to the point she wanted to see the girl dead. Wei Wuxian defended her, which directed Wen Chao and Wang Lingjiao's wrath on him. Downplayed, since it's implied that neither Wei Wuxian nor Mianmian's presence would have changed the outcome that was [[spoiler:the fall of the Jiang Clan]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the ''donghua'' adaptation, her fate after she leaves the Jin Clan is left more ambiguous as she is not shown meeting Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji after the Guanyin temple.
* WowingCthulhu: After she chews out the other clans [[spoiler: for their hypocrisy and misogyny after standing up for Wei Wuxian]], she gains the respect of Lan Wangji who bows to her as she leaves. She even gets some praise from ''Nie Mingjue'' who can't help but admit Mianmian certainly has more courage than all of the other cultivators in the room.

!! Tropes that apply to Luo Qingyang in ''The Untamed'' only
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* AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed. During the Xuanwu Cave arc, she served purely as a DamselInDistress in the novel. In ''The Untamed'', while she still got nearly branded by Wang Lingjiao, she was able to join the others in the fighting beforehand.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: She appeared long before the Sunshot Campaign began, studying at the Cloud Recesses along the protagonists.
* AscendedExtra: In the LiveActionAdaptation, she was a guest disciple of the Jin Clan rather than a servant of an unnamed and lesser-known clan like she was in the original story and joined the others in studying at Cloud Recesses, thus giving her more screentime.
* MamaBear: When she senses someone hiding near her house, her immediate reaction is to stand in front of her daughter and draw her sword.
* ShipperOnDeck: She was supportive of Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli getting together.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: She's introduced wearing the golden robes of the Jin Clan. [[spoiler: After leaving the Jins when she became outraged by their corruption and hypocrisy]], the next time she makes an appearance, she's shown wearing bright green robes -- which doesn't match the colors of any of the Four Great Clans.
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[[folder:Wei Changze (魏长泽)]]

!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Wu Hao (audio drama)

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[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_wcz.png[[/labelnote]] to see Wei Changze in ''The Untamed'']]
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Wei Wuxian's father. Formerly a servant of the Jiang Clan, he left after marrying Cangse-Sanren and had a son with her. They and their son were happy... until he and his wife died while on a night-hunt.
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* ActionDad: Despite his status as a subordinate to Jiang Fengmian, Wei Changze seemed to be skilled enough in cultivation to study with his master in the Cloud Recesses. He and his wife would also go night-hunting together even after their son was born.
* ChildhoodFriends: Wei Changze previously served the Jiang Clan and was on good enough terms with Jiang Fengmian that the latter quickly took the initiative to take Wei Changze's son under his wing after his death.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: He's one of the ''very'' few fathers or father figures who was kind to his wife and nurturing towards his child. As such, he's dead. Wei Wuxian has few memories of him but remembers him fondly.
* TheFaceless: Zigzagged. The artists for the audio drama give the viewer only the faintest idea of what his face might look life, in contrast to his wife. In the ''manhua'', his wife is the only one of the pair to make a brief appearance, at least so far. Only in both the animated and live-action adaptations is he given a full appearance.
* GoodParents: Implied. Wei Wuxian's only memory of his father involves him being carried on the latter's back while the entire family is traveling merrily, suggesting he was a loving parent.
* HappilyMarried: Almost every other parent duo in the story such as Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan are bound by {{Arranged Marriage}}s, hence marital problems were inevitable. In contrast, Wei Changze and Cangse-Sanren chose to marry each other without being forced or obligated to, and so were perfectly content together.
* PosthumousCharacter: He and his wife are dead even in the [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback arcs]]. This is consistent in all adaptations.
* TheQuietOne: Implied. Wei Wuxian's sole memory of his parents indicated that Wei Changze was rather quiet and not one for talking.
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[[folder:Cangse-Sanren (藏色散人)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Chen Nianru (audio drama)

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Wei Wuxian's mother. In her younger years, Cangse-Sanren studied under Baoshan-Sanren before leaving her mentorship and eventually marrying Wei Changze and having a son with him. However, she and her husband died a few years later while they were night-hunting.
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* ActionMom: Cangse-Sanren is a disciple of Baoshan-Sanren, implying she was greatly skilled. She night-hunted even after her son was born, up until her death.
* ChildhoodFriends: She studied in the Cloud Recesses with Wei Changze and Jiang Fengmian when they were younger. Both men became close enough to be romantically interested in her.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She's the only other known female character besides Jiang Yanli and Luo Qingyang to have no issues with ''both'' her marriage or raising a son. It's no surprise then that she kicked the bucket when Wei Wuxian was still a child. He has few memories of his parents but does remember her fondly.
* DudeMagnet: According to Xiao Xingchen, Cangse-Sanren had many men vying for her hand in marriage.
* TheGadfly: It's easy to see where Wei Wuxian got his trolling personality from. An extra from the audio drama features Wei Changze gently chiding his wife for putting a fish in her son's shirt, which is similar to how Wei Wuxian would tease Wen Yuan despite his affection for the boy.
* GoodParents: Like mother, like son indeed. Wei Wuxian took a lot after her, including remembering people's kindness and the way he handles children.
* HappilyMarried: Compared to the most of the other female characters who were in an ArrangedMarriage, Cangse-Sanren and Wei Changze eloped of their own free will. As such, both were completely content together.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Cangse-Sanren fell in love with a man who was kind but quiet in nature, and so does her son.
* MeaningfulName: "Cangse" means "hidden colors" and "Sanren" is an honorific that means "wanderer" or "traveler", so her full title essentially translates to "wanderer of hidden colors".
* NiceGirl: The little that's known of her imply she was a kind woman, considering the words she imparted to Wei Wuxian about remembering only the kindness others do for him and not the other way around.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cangse-Sanren is not actually her name, but her title.
* PosthumousCharacter: She and her husband are dead even in the [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback arcs]]. This is consistent in all adaptations.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: One can be forgiven for translating the mother's name into '''Z'''angse Sanren, since the 藏 in her name can be pronounced as either ''cang'' or ''zang''. The ''donghua'' and the audio drama use the former pronunciation, while the LiveActionAdaptation uses the latter.
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[[folder:Baoshan-Sanren (抱山散人)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Bai Xuecen (live-action)\\
'''Played by''': Liu Tingyu (live-action)

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A powerful and ancient cultivator who lives in seclusion -- along with her sect -- in the mountains. She is the teacher of the late Cangse-Sanren and Xiao Xingchen.
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* ActionGirl: Strongly implied. She managed to cultivate to immortality, after all, and her students are all said to be highly skilled swordsmen.
* TheAgeless: She's one of the very few cultivators who achieved immortality and is still alive at present.
* AscendedExtra: Baoshan-Sanren gets to make an appearance in ''The Untamed'' via a brief flashback involving her and Lan Yi.
* GoodOldWays: She's the only living cultivator left who follows the school-based instead of the bloodline-based cultivational system, since the cultivation world previously ran on the former system before Wen Mao introduced the latter.
* HealingHands: According to others, Baoshan-Sanren can restore life and bring flesh back to bone. Wei Wuxian even justifies this as the reason that she can also [[spoiler: repair damaged golden cores, except that he wasn't being honest]].
* TheHermit: She chose to isolate herself from the rest of the mortal world so as to not get involved with their conflicts, and she encouraged her disciples to do the same. Any disciple who wished to descend the mountain and join the secular world would never be allowed to return.
* MeaningfulName: Baoshan literally translates to "to embrace a mountain", referring to her choice to live in solitude and reside on a mountain.
* MysticalWhiteHair: In the ''manhua'', she's depicted with either white or light grey hair.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Baoshan-Sanren is a title rather than a birth or courtesy name, and it translates to "wanderer who embraces the mountain".
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Baoshan-Sanren is rumored to be born on the same generation as the founders of the Lan and Wen Clans, and both founders were born centuries ago.
* TheUnseen: She never makes a proper appearance (except for the LiveActionAdaptation due to plot divergence), and is only mentioned by name. This is the case even when Wei Wuxian told Jiang Cheng that she's the only one who can [[spoiler: restore his golden core, although that's because he was lying to him]].
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[[folder:Yanling-Daoren (鄢陵道人)]]
The first disciple of Baoshan-Sanren to descend from her mountain.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Yanling-Daoren is a title, and his birth or courtesy name is never revealed.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: According to the legends, Yanling-Daoren only became evil long after he left Baoshan-Sanren's tutelage.
* StrongAndSkilled: Xiao Xingchen described him as a powerful and talented cultivator.
* TheUnseen: He's only mentioned twice in the Yi City arc, and he has been dead for a long time, so it makes sense that he never shows up in the story proper.
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! Non-Cultivators

!! Mo Household

[[folder:Mo Ziyuan (莫子渊)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Xing Chao (animation), Li Qingyang (audio drama)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese)''': Yusuke Sasaki (animation), Takeshi Nishimura (audio drama)\\
'''Voiced by (Korean)''': Cho Jin-suk (animation)\\
'''Played by''': Sun Shengxuan (live-action)

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-> ''"Are you proud of yourself just because you've studied cultivation for a few years? Well, how does it feel when you've been kicked back home like a stray dog?"''

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Mo Xuanyu's cousin. He abused Mo Xuanyu often out of envy because his cousin had an aptitude in cultivation whereas he has none.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In ''The Untamed''. While it would be far-fetched to call him handsome, he's nowhere as gonk as he appears in the AnimatedAdaptation.
* ArtisticAge: Based on his character design in the ''donghua/manhua'', it's difficult to believe that he's only 17 years old and not an adult like his older cousin.
* AnArmAndALeg: He loses his left arm after being possessed by an evil spirit.
* AssholeVictim: The only one who mourns his death is his mother, but not even Wei Wuxian feels even a smidgen of pity for his death due to his abusive ways towards his cousin.
* BackFromTheDead: Wei Wuxian briefly brings him back as a fierce corpse to fight the possessed Madam Mo.
* DirtyCoward: Played straight in the ''donghua'', where he runs away after "Mo Xuanyu" kicks him in the face and verbally challenges him.
* FatBastard: He was abusive to his cousin and has a heavy build in the ''donghua'' and the ''manhua'', unlike the novel where he's described with a "sickly-looking constitution".
* GreenEyedMonster: The main reason he treated Mo Xuanyu like dirt is because he's envious of Mo Xuanyu for having the cultivational abilities that he himself lacks.
* KarmicDeath: He abused Mo Xuanyu and would often steal his belongings. In retaliation, Mo Xuanyu summoned Wei Wuxian to kill him, but Mo Ziyuan ended up dying from stealing one of Wei Wuxian's inventions. Wei Wuxian even lampshades how it's almost like poetic justice.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He would often bully Mo Xuanyu even when the latter was helpless. Too bad he failed to realize that [[TheDogBitesBack even lunatics are more than capable of snapping and fighting back]].
* LargeHam: While he's far from restrained in both actions and words, he's nearly wailing all of his lines in the Japanese audio drama.
* ManChild: Borders on PsychopathicManchild. Even at the age of 17 (or 20 in the LiveActionAdaptation), his mother's doting ensured that he would never mature or wisen up.
* MommasBoy: He's quick to go crying to his mom if distressed or upset.
* SpoiledBrat: While an older teen, he immediately gets mad and starts throwing violent tantrums when things don't go this way.
* StickyFingers: He tended to steal all of Mo Xuanyu's belongings, believing that he's entitled to own them. In the end, this is what does him in as the last thing he stole was a Spirit-Attraction Flag, which is essentially a death magnet to those who don't know how to use it.
* TooDumbToLive: Despite being instructed clearly and repeatedly by full-fledged cultivators to not go to the courtyard and touch anything, he ignores their warnings and does just that. Sure enough, he's found dead soon after.
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[[folder:Madam Mo (莫夫人)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Liao Jing (animation), Chang Rongshan (audio drama)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese)''': Saori Okamoto (animation), Kae Oki (audio drama)\\
'''Voiced by (Korean)''': Sin Gyeong-sun (animation)\\
'''Played by''': Jia Shuyi (live-action)

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->''"It's all your fault, you son of a bitch!"''

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Mo Ziyuan's mother and Mo Xuanyu's aunt. She is the matriarch of the Mo family.
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* DemonicPossession: She's last of the Mo family to get possessed by the ghost arm.
* EvilAunt: She's a nasty woman and was as abusive as her son towards her nephew. There are even hints that she's actually the most abusive in the family, because Wei Wuxian observes that among the cuts on his arm (which represent the people that Mo Xuanyu wants dead, and the scars disappear when they do die), the cut that represents Mo Xuanyu's revenge against Madam Mo is the largest and most gruesome.
* GreenEyedMonster: She abused Mo Xuanyu out of resentment for him getting chosen as a guest disciple of the Jin Clan instead of her own son. By extension, she resented her sister for the same reason.
* LargeHam: If all of her Chinese voice actors portray her as a mean old lady, then her Japanese voice actor in the audio drama portrays her as a ''hysterical'' old lady... and this is ''before'' her son dies.
* MamaBear: She attempts to physically attack Wei Wuxian when she suspects he killed her son, due to him earlier claiming that he'd kill anyone who messed with his stuff again.
* NoFullNameGiven: She's only referred to as "Madam Mo" by the others.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mister Mo (莫旦那)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Feng Sheng (audio drama)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese)''': Toru Ichimura (audio drama)\\
'''Played by''': Liu Daomin (live-action)

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[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_mrmo.png[[/labelnote]] to see Mister Mo in ''The Untamed'']]
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->''"Damn madman! If you don't go back now, wait and see how I'll punish you!"''

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The patriarch of the Mo family. In spite of his status, it's obvious that he's not the one who truly holds the reins in the household.
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear at all in the ''donghua''.
* DemonicPossession: He's the first victim of the Mo family to get possessed by the ghost arm.
* EvilUncle: Like his wife and his son, he is also abusive towards Mo Xuanyu, calling the latter a madman and threatening to beat him if he didn't act compliant. There's a reason Mo Xuanyu also wanted him dead.
* ExtremeDoormat: He defers to his wife and is somewhat afraid of her temper. It's likely he's even a HenpeckedHusband.
* NoFullNameGiven: It's known from the credits of the audio drama that his surname is Mo, but otherwise no other names are given. InUniverse, the only time he's ever addressed by another character is when Wei Wuxian refers to him as "Mo Ziyuan's dad".
* OutOfCharacterAlert: While little is known about him, he's introduced as an ExtremeDoormat to his wife. So when he ''shoves'' her while she's ranting about their son's death, it's a sign that something's off. And it is -- he's possessed by a malevolent spirit.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:A-Tong (阿通)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Zhang Fuzheng (animation), Zhang Enze (audio drama)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese)''': Yu Okano (animation), Keiji Nanae (audio drama)\\
'''Played by''': Du Shihie (live-action)
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A servant of the Mo household, and he's one of the many who abuses Mo Xuanyu.
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* DemonicPossession: He's the second victim of the demonic arm haunting the Mo household.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, he snaps his own neck in half after getting possessed by the ghost arm. In the ''donghua'', he immediately becomes a fierce corpse after his possession, and he's finished off by a possessed Madam Mo when she impales him in the chest with her bare hands.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's introduced treating Mo Xuanyu like crap, which tells the viewer more than enough about him.
[[/folder]]

!! Dafan Mountain

[[folder:A-Yan (阿胭)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Chen Nianru (audio drama)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese)''': Madoka Hirade (audio drama)\\
'''Played by''': Zhang Linran (live-action)

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[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_a_yan.png[[/labelnote]] to see A-Yan in ''The Untamed'']]
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One of the victims of the Dancing Goddess, and the only one to have regained her soul after making a wish to the creature.
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* AdaptedOut: She doesn't make an appearance in the ''donghua'', since the Dancing Goddess in this adaptation isn't an entity of its own but is instead a statue that came to life only after the ghost arm possessed it.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Before her wedding, she prayed to the Dancing Goddess that her fiance would be loyal to her forever. Her wish was granted via her fiance's death the very next day, because her wish was interpreted in the worst way possible: he dies so he would never have the chance to be unfaithful to her.
* CameBackWrong: When her father wished for her soul back, she was able to move and talk again, but her soul was damaged from the entire experience, and it's obvious that she's not completely ''there''.
* CompositeCharacter: In the drama, she takes the place of another woman who gives Wei Wuxian's donkey an apple to eat.
* EmptyShell: She lost her soul for a while after making her wish to the Dancing Goddess. She came back thanks to her father's wishes, though her mind and soul still remain damaged.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's only referred to as A-Yan. While her father's name is Zheng, it's never specified if it's his family name or first name. The audio drama also credits her as only A-Yan.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her presence helps Wei Wuxian figure out the mystery behind the Dafan Mountain arc and the true threat that the Dancing Goddess posses, and his involvement in subduing the Dancing Godess eventually gets him entangled with his old allies.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She could have enjoyed the happy marriage she was looking forward to had she never prayed to the Dancing Goddess, and her father would have also remained alive and well.
[[/folder]]

!! Yunping City

[[folder:Meng Shi (孟诗)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Kuo Haojun (audio drama)

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Jin Guangyao's mother, and a formerly famous prostitute in Yunmeng.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Despite her profession, she wholeheartedly loved her son and is one of the very few positive influences in Jin Guangyao's life. In return, she is one of the few people who Jin Guangyao truly loved and cared for, and [[spoiler:the only person who he never dared to trick or manipulate. The statue at Guanyin Temple is his way of paying tribute to her]].
* HiddenDepths: Meng Shi was known to be rather well-educated for a prostitute, as she can read, write, and play the ''guqin''. Not that many think it amounted to much because in the eyes of the public, the stigma of her profession outweighed her talents.
* HighClassCallGirl: She was once a prominent and well-respected prostitute, but her worth dwindled after she gave birth.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: In Meng Shi's defense, she's not the first to be blind to Jin Guangshan's true character and how he doesn't care for any of his mistresses or the children he conceived with them.
* IllGirl: She got an unknown illness some time after giving birth to Jin Guangyao. Her conditioned severely worsened by the time her son was ten years old, and she eventually succumbed to her illness some time later.
* ParentsAsPeople: She never mistreated Jin Guangyao and did her best to take care of him in spite of the environment they lived in. However, she made the (albeit innocent and well-meaning) mistake of telling him about who his father is and instilling in him her hope that he would eventually be accepted into the Jin Clan so they would escape their life of difficulty and poverty. Long after she died, Jin Guangyao never got rid of that hope, [[spoiler: which ended up being his undoing]].
* PosthumousCharacter: She died long before the Sunshot Campaign began.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Meng Shi gets accused of being too proud by her co-workers and some of her patrons as well despite no longer being in her prime after giving birth. Even Sisi, the only one who was nice to her, called her out on this, albeit not because she looked down on her but because she knew that such an attitude would invite only the disdain of others.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Meng Shi is often on the receiving end of the trope, since whenever someone calls Jin Guangyao a SonOfAWhore, they mean to insult both him and his mother just because of their background and/or profession.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: ''Plenty'' of events would have never happened if Meng Shi didn't encourage her son to earn Jin Guangshan's favor and nurture the belief that climbing up the social ladder of the cultivation world would solve most of their problems.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sisi (思思)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Yan Meme (audio drama)\\
'''Played by''': Su Yue (live-action)

[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mdzs_sisi.png]]
[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_sisi.png[[/labelnote]] to see Sisi in ''The Untamed'']]
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->''"When I saw that the man was dead, I knew that we were done. We wouldn't be able to escape either."''

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A prostitute who wears a veil around her face to hide the scars underneath. She was kept prisoner for years, until she was set free and sent to Yunmeng to inform the cultivation clans what she knows about her captor.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In ''The Untamed'', she's dressed more modestly than how the novel describes her in a flashbackt, although the amount of skin she shows (some on her neck, shoulders, chest and back) is still considered very improper by ancient Chinese standards.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: It requires a lot of kindness for someone to show concern towards people everyone else either slandered or treated poorly. And whenever Sisi is defending those people, it usually involves her yelling at the others to piss off or getting into a violent catfight with someone who decided to get a little too mouthy.
* BrutalHonesty:
** While she's the only one in the brothel who showed kindness to Meng Shi, she didn't hesitate to tell her that she should change her ways if she wants to retain her value as a prostitute and avoid getting scorned by her clients. After Meng Shi got beaten up by a john, Sisi is sympathetic, but she also scolded her friend with a tone that clearly speaks "What did I tell you?"
** When she introduces herself to the cultivators in Lotus Pier, she doesn't hesitate to tell them that she's a prostitute and why her face is scarred in spite of their scandalized reactions.
* BuxomIsBetter: The one scene she gets in the ''donghua'' adaptation is used to help show off her incredibly large chest.
* CoveredInScars: Her face is full of cuts, and in the novel they're said to be so gruesome that the others are immediately creeped out. This is why she covers up her scarred face with a veil.
* DeathByAdaptation: In the AnimatedAdaptation, she and Bicao still approach the cultivators to inform them of Jin Guangyao's crimes. The difference is that [[spoiler: along the way, they were ambushed, and only Bicao survived the attack. However, Sisi's side of the story still manages to be told through using Inquiry to interact with the remains of her soul]].
* DemotedToExtra: In the drama, she's still needed to expose [[spoiler:Jin Guangyao]]'s misdeeds, but the adaptation never shows [[spoiler:Jin Guangyao's flashback during his life in the brothel]] which would have explained why [[spoiler:he spared only Sisi and not the other prostitutes]].
* HairTriggerTemper: Anxin described to a customer how Sisi had a fierce personality. The fact that Sisi defended Meng Shi from any mocking onlookers by yelling at them to quit gawking and keep moving along attests to this. After her time in captivity, her personality became more mellow; although this could be because she's speaking to an entire room of esteemed cultivators, and she's sharing the story of a dark incident rather than trying to do her usual business with them.
* NiceGirl: Everyone in the brothel Jin Guangyao grew up in would always make fun of him or his mother behind their backs. Sisi is the only one who stood up for both of them.
* ProperlyParanoid: Sisi is the only one who realized how suspicious it was for someone to hire several prostitutes who were past their prime and take them somewhere without informing anyone else. [[spoiler: She's also the only one who gets spared, albeit for a completely different reason.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Downplayed. Between her and Bicao, Sisi had significantly less self-serving reasons to tell the others what she knew. She spent eleven years in prison and then was rescued by someone who urged her to tell her story to the other cultivation clans, which would be a very understandable thing to do from her point of view. Even if she was compensated, Wei Wuxian never noted on her acting out of greed, unlike Bicao.
* VocalEvolution: Sisi sounds completely different in the flashbacks (both when she defended Meng Shi and when [[spoiler: she was called to "service" Jin Guangshan]]) and in the present. This is justified since several years had passed since both events had occurred, and there's how she was locked up for eleven years.
* WomanScorned: She's on the receiving end of this trope. One of her customers whom she intended to marry had a wife, and said wife hired some thugs to scar her face.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Anxin (安心)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Yang Neng [[note]] Credited as Mie Mie [[/note]] (audio drama)
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A prostitute from the same brothel where Meng Shi worked at.
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* AdaptedOut:
** She's not present in any way in ''The Untamed'', unless the viewer counts Anxin as one of the ghosts Jin Guangyao sees in a hallucination near the finale.
** Likewise, she also doesn't show up in the AnimatedAdaptation, and the viewer can only assume assume that she is one of the casualties of the fire that destroyed the brothel Jin Guangyao grew up in.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: While the story shows that there are many more unpleasant ways to die, being burned alive is still far from a merciful way to go.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: From what little the reader knows of her, Anxin was catty, unpleasant, and talked about people behind their backs.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Anxin was just a BitCharacter, but it's through her memories that the main cast realize more vital information about [[spoiler: Jin Guangyao]].
[[/folder]]

!! Other

[[folder:Bicao (碧草)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Xu Jing [[note]] Credited as Xiao Liansha [[/note]] (audio drama)\\
'''Played by''': Fan Huawei (live-action)

[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_bicao.png[[/labelnote]] to see Bicao in ''The Untamed'']]
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->''"After Maiden Su was married, Madam was still extremely depressed. She was sick in her heart, and her sickness worsened by day. Before she passed away, she couldn't hold it in any longer, and told me everything."''

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Qin Su's handmaid, and previously Madam Qin's handmaid.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: While she and Sisi appear in Episode 45 of the drama, it's easy to forget that Bicao had actually appeared five episodes earlier during the Koi Tower arc as the maid accompanying Qin Su, albeit in a completely different get-up.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Wei Wuxian suspects that Bicao disobeyed Madam Qin's orders to never [[spoiler: tell anyone the truth about Qin Su's birth]] because she was offered a hefty sum of money. The fact that Bicao quickly hides her expensive jade bracelet when Wei Wuxian points it out further supports the possibility.
* SecretKeeper: For years, she's the only one who knew about [[spoiler: how Qin Su is yet another of Jin Guangshan's illegitimate children]]. At least, until a good bribe loosened her tongue.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Young Master Qin (秦公子)]]
!!! '''Voiced by (Mandarin)''': Feng Ming (audio drama)
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-> ''"The incident happened years before now. Please excuse my inability to recall every single detail. But in all honesty, who has never acted on impulse when they were young, doing inexplicable things, meeting inexplicable people. Please don't tangle yourselves in such an incident. Right now, all I want is to deal with this matter as soon as possible."''

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A wealthy man who appears only in the ''Intrusion'' extra. He's been troubled by a fierce corpse constantly rapping at the gates of his house by night and calls for help, receiving the assistance of Lan Sizhui, who's accompanied by Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji.
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* AdaptedOut: Since both the ''donghua'' and ''The Untamed'' doesn't cover the extra chapters, Young Master Qin doesn't appear in either adaptation.
* BlatantLies: Wei Wuxian initially refuses to be helpful with Young Master Qin regarding the fierce corpse because he can tell that the guy is hiding vital information from them.
* CharacterDevelopment: His experience with the fierce corpse that hounded him is implied to have taught him a thing or two about treating servants better.
* DueToTheDead: After the fierce corpse that's been trying to break into his household finally accomplishes his goal, Young Master Qin pays for the corpse's burial services.
* {{Jerkass}}: While he's not rude or dismissive to the protagonists, they notice that Young Master Qin is obstinate and doesn't think too highly of servants. He even rubs [[NiceGuy Lan Sizhui]] off the wrong way.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Downplayed. When the fierce corpse he did wrong to finally breaks into Young Master Qin's house, the worst it does to him is knock him out with one punch before deciding that its business is done. However, the experience does scare Young Master Qin straight in the long run.
* NervousWreck: Although he did bring it on himself, he understandably gets more and more rattled each day when the fierce corpse that's been trying to get into his house gradually starts succeeding in its task.
* NeverMyFault: He's very reluctant to admit that he's the reason there's even a fierce corpse harassing his household late at night, and refrains from telling the whole truth to the very people he called to help deal with the issue. It takes a lot of pressing and more nights of the fierce corpse's persistence to get in that he breaks and starts spilling the beans.
[[/folder]]

!! Luo Qingyang's Family

[[folder:Luo Qingyang's Husband (罗青羊的丈夫)]]
[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_yuandao.png[[/labelnote]] to see Luo Qingyang's husband in ''The Untamed'']]

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* AdaptedOut: He does not appear at the end of the ''donghua''.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the novel, he appears in the epilogue. In ''The Untamed'', he appears shortly before the events of the Second Siege.
* AmazonChaser: Downplayed. Between him and his wife, his wife is the fighter. Not that it stopped him from falling in love with her and marrying her, and his willingness to give up his job implies he admires her cultivation skills.
* GoodParents: He's shown to be doting to his daughter, and there's no indicator that he's nothing less than a loving parent to her.
* HappilyMarried: He willingly gave up his job as a merchant to assist Luo Qingyang during night hunts and it's clear the two are very happy together.
* NiceGuy: From the little that is seen of him, he is gentle, respectful, kind and sweet, all of which are more than enough to win Luo Qingyang's love.
* NoNameGiven: Neither his first nor his family name is ever hinted at.
* PapaWolf: When Wei Wuxian realizes that Luo Qingyang named her daughter with her nickname, the man becomes confused and quickly asks how Wei Wuxian knew his daughter with a suspecting tone. While Wei Wuxian coos over little Mianmian, he refrains from squishing her cheeks since her father was present.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Little Mianmian (小绵绵)]]
[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_xiao_mianmian.png[[/labelnote]] to see Little Mianmian in ''The Untamed'']]

Luo Qingyang's daughter.
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* AdaptedOut: She does not appear at the end of the ''donghua''.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: She appears in the penultimate chapter of the novel. However, she appears a few arcs earlier in ''The Untamed''.
* NotInFrontOfTheKid: She accidentally walks in on Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji about to get intimate, causing her to run away in fright; although it's unclear if she knew exactly what she was seeing or not.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's inherited her mother's nickname, but it's not known what her actual name is.
* {{Tsundere}}: She claims that she doesn't like Wei Wuxian, though her mother teasingly points out that if she really dislikes him, she would have rejected the money that he offered her.
[[/folder]]

! Animals

[[folder:Little Apple (小苹果)]]

[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mdzs_xpg.png]]
[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_lilapple.png[[/labelnote]] to see Little Apple in ''The Untamed'']]
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->''"You're definitely destined for wealth, even harder to please than me."''
--> -- '''Wei Wuxian'''

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A donkey that Wei Wuxian brought along with him after he left Mo Village.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the ''donghua'', Little Apple appears in the Mo Village arc rather than the Dafan Mountain arc, which is when it makes its first appearance in the novel.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In every adaptation, Wei Wuxian initially has difficulty in getting the animal to come with him. Although in the ''donghua'', its stubbornness seems to come from personally disliking Wei Wuxian rather than from simply being a PickyEater. There's also when it intentionally harasses the rabbits in the Cloud Recesses just because. In the novel, it only acts aggressive because it's hungry but can't eat from the grass because of the rabbits running around it.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the ''manhua'', Little Apple is still overall prickly, but a few panels show it to be more affectionate towards Wei Wuxian. When the two see each other after the conclusion of the Yi City arc, Little Apple starts running to Wei Wuxiian with tears in its eyes, as if its saying that it missed its owner.
* BigEater: It can eat several apples at once.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As one would expect from a donkey, Little Apple is stubborn and difficult to have around; but it willingly continues to tag along with Wei Wuxian during the Dafan Mountain arc when it could have just left, and doesn't make any noise when it senses that the latter isn't in a good mood.
* MeaningfulName: The donkey is called ''Xiao Pingguo'' in Chinese, which literally translates to "Little Apple", due to its love for apples.
* PickyEater: As stated in the novel, it's very particular about what kind of grass they eat.
--> ''Although it was only a donkey, it would exclusively eat fresh, young grass with dewdrops still hanging off them. If the tip of the grass had a streak of yellow, it wouldn't eat it... If it didn't eat high-quality food, it wouldn't budge, and it'd lose its temper and kick around.''
* SilentSnarker: In the ''donghua'', it frequently gives a snarky look at the characters.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves apples so much that Wei Wuxian names it after them.
* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Donkeys are noted to be stubborn and are also known as animals of burden. Wei Wuxian himself is headstrong and part of his personality involves shouldering all his troubles and those of his loved ones on his own, while refusing to ask for the help of others.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Lampshaded by Jin Ling, who thinks that a name that means "Little Apple" is stupid for a donkey. This also counts as HypocriticalHumor, since Lan Jingyi points out that Jin Ling gave his own dog an even more ridiculous name.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fairy (仙子)]]
[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mdzs_fairy.png]]
[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_fairy.png[[/labelnote]] to see Fairy in ''The Untamed'']]

Jin Ling's pet husky, a spiritual dog. It was gifted to Jin Ling by Jin Guangyao when Jin Ling was still a child.
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* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Since Fairy is Jin Ling's spiritual dog, it would be odd at first to find that Fairy didn't accompany its master into Yi City, where having a dog would be a lot of help. But Jin Ling reveals to Wei Wuxian that Fairy is injured after it got into a fight with Little Apple.
* AdaptedOut: Fairy does not appear with Jin Ling during the Guanyin temple scene for the ''donghua''.
* AmbiguousGender: Because of the lack of gendered pronouns in the Chinese language, Fairy is referred to as "it" in the fan translations, albeit with the rare occasion of being referred to with male pronouns. In ''The Untamed'', it's played by a female dog, and the [=WeTV=] subtitles occasionally makes use of female pronouns.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Fairy manages to [[spoiler: understand and imitate the events at the Guanyin Temple enough to convey it to other people]], something that no real dog is capable of doing. It's a lot smarter than the average husky, and huskies in RealLife aren't noted for their intelligence.
* BigFriendlyDog: A certain cynophobe's fear of it aside, Fairy is a husky (a breed of dogs that are as large as wolves) and is generally energetic and playful when their master isn't in danger. Unfortunately, if they feel playful towards Wei Wuxian, his cynophobia kicks in and causes him to run from Fairy.
* CanineCompanion: Frequently accompanies its master Jin Ling and was given to him to help combat his loneliness.
* TheDreaded: Wei Wuxian either pales or shrieks in fear at the sight of Fairy and already tenses up whenever he hears its barking even from far away.
* EvilDetectingDog: Fairy is a spiritual dog, and one that's good at detecting evil creatures and evil intentions.
* HeroicDog: While its mere presence scares the crap out of Wei Wuxian, there's no arguing that Fairy is on the side of good.
* PetsAsAPresent: It's revealed in an extra that Jin Guangyao had given Fairy to Jin Ling as a pet and as a friend when he noticed the other Jin clan children bullied Jin Ling.
* UndyingLoyalty: Fairy is fiercely loyal to Jin Ling, as expected from a spiritual dog, and will go out of its way to get people to help him when things get dire.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: It's a dog whose name is "''Xianzi''", which translates to "Fairy". Even Wei Wuxian and Lan Jingyi lampshade the silliness of the name. When Jin Ling initially tries to explain it to Wei Wuxian, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he claims it was because he couldn't call it "Little Fairy" anymore after it got bigger]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lan Wangji's Rabbits (蓝忘机的兔子)]]
[[quoteright:345:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mdzs_rabbits_0.png]]
[[caption-width-right:345:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cql_rabbits_1.png[[/labelnote]] to see the rabbits in ''The Untamed'']]

Originally a pair of rabbits that Wei Wuxian gave to Lan Wangji. When Wei Wuxian finds himself in the Cloud Recesses once again, he finds that Lan Wangji now owns an entire warren of them.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange:
** Downplayed in the ''donghua'', where Wei Wuxian saved one of the rabbits from a group of fierce corpses and caught another the next day (so that the first one would have some company) before giving them both to Lan Wangji.
** In ''The Untamed'', the rabbits served as companions to Lan Yi, who was trapped in a cave within the Cloud Recesses for some time. After Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji meet the latter's predecessor, whose spirit then leaves the mortal world in peace, Lan Wangji decides to take the rabbits into his own care.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the novel, both the original rabbits Wei Wuxian gave Lan Wangji are described to have white fur. The ''donghua'' and the ''manhua'' depict the pair as one of a black and a white rabbit, respectively.
* BunniesForCuteness: It's a given for the rabbits, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter being the adorably round, plump, cuddly, and fluffy things they are]].
* CrazyJealousGuy: Between the two rabbits Wei Wuxian gave Lan Wangji, one of them is possessive over the other, with an audio drama extra having it chase away the other rabbits when they get too close to its mate.
* LoveAtFirstSight: PlayedForLaughs. Within less than a day of meeting each other, the original two rabbits immediately decided to start humping. The ''Lotus Seed Pod'' extra strongly hints that ever since then, they're almost never apart. Then a bonus episode in the audio drama has the rabbit that resembles [[CrazyJealousGuy Lan Wangji drive away all the other rabbits that the other rabbit (who resembles Wei Wuxian) attempted to befriend]].
* NoNameGiven: In the ''Lotus Seed Pod'' extra, Lan Xichen stated that Lan Wangji named the rabbits, but Lan Wangji was reluctant on telling him their names. Even the author confirmed that the bunnies' names are a secret that only Lan Wangji knows.
* RedOniBlueOni: The original two rabbits that Wei Wuxian gifted to Lan Wangji have this dynamic; one is energetic and excitable while the other is quiet and not as adventurous. It becomes obvious that they're meant to resemble Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, respectively.
* SeriesMascot: They're often featured in the official merchandise for both the ''donghua'' and ''The Untamed''.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: PlayedForLaughs when after Wei Wuxian gifted two bunnies to Lan Wangji, the bunnies immediately started mating, and Lan Wangji freaks out over how both bunnies are male. Wei Wuxian even teases Lan Wangji for paying attention to the bunnies' genitals.
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! Creatures

[[folder:Fierce Corpses (凶尸)]]

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Corpses that have been "brought back to life" due to resentful energy. They are more dangerous than walking corpses and are trickier to defeat.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In ''The Untamed'', fierce corpses are instead referred to as "ghoulish puppets" -- humans who aren't dead but are nevertheless placed in a mindless, zombie-like state. This change is due to Chinese media not being very approving of showing zombies and the like on television.
* EliteZombie: The [[RevenantZombie sentient fierce corpses]] are considered upgrades to normal fierce corpses, since not only do they retain their intelligence and awareness from when they were alive, but they also have heightened strength and senses.
* FriendlyZombie: There are a few fierce corpses that have no intention of being a threat. [[spoiler: The blood corpses in the Second Siege arc]] are a good example of that, and another is the fierce corpse that keeps on stalking Young Master Qin's household in the ''Intrusion'' extra. Even in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q'' when Wei Wuxian summons them, they like A-Yuan and merely want to play with him. Unfortunately, A-Yuan is terrified of them due to their undead appearance.
* TheNoseKnows: Some fierce corpses can figure out friend from foe from the scent of their blood.
* NotUsingTheZWord: While they function similarly to undead zombies, they're only referred to either as "corpses" or "fierce corpses".
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They're not zombies, but dead humans reanimated by resentful energy. To become a fierce corpse, one has to have harbored regrets or grudges in their life.
* StrongerWithAge: Inverted. The sooner a human turns into a fierce corpse after their death; the more powerful and threatening they are.
* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The living corpses are close to being zombies despite not being dead yet; they became such not because they were reanimated with necromancy, but because they were afflicted with corpse poisoning, which slowly affected their organs until their entire bodies functioned similar to that of an actual fierce corpse.
* ZergRush: While a single fierce corpse isn't too difficult for a cultivator of decent skill to deal with, it's a whole other issue when one is facing a massive horde of them. Not even a hundred cultivators will have an easy time fending them off.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dancing Goddess (舞天女)]]
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A statue resembling a woman in a dancing stance, earning it its name of the "Dancing Goddess". It is located inside a cave on Dafan Mountain, and people would visit the cave to pray to the statue.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: The novel states that the Dancing Goddess gradually gained its sentience after being prayed to for at least a hundred years. In ''The Untamed'', it became sentient due to the influence of the Yin Iron, and it's responsible for Wen Ning's frail condition as it drained part of Wen Ning's soul when he was still a child.
* AdaptationalWimp: PlayedForLaughs in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q'', where Wei Wuxian defeats it just by making it beat itself up.
* AdaptationalBadass: It's a lot harder to deal with in the ''donghua'', since it's controlled by a limb of one extremely ferocious corpse and is able to [[RubberMan stretch its limbs to greater distances]].
* CompositeCharacter: Due to its entire subplot being adapted out of the ''donghua'', it instead becomes a threat is because the ghost arm possesses it.
* JackassGenie: It will definitely grant the wishes of those who pray to it... but at the cost of the wisher's soul.
* LivingStatue: While it's been sentient for some time, it starts to become ''animated'' after Jin Ling wishes for "the soul-consuming creature in Dafan Mountain to appear".
* MysteriousPast: It's never clear how it's really created. What is certain that it became sentient after receiving countless prayers over the years.
* NighInvulnerable: It's made of stone, for one, so swords and arrows will barely land a scratch on the thing. It's also a supernatural being that's neither a spirit nor a beast, hence it's immune to any cultivational spells, talismans, or any other tools. It was only put down after Wen Ning smashed it to irreparable pieces.
* RockMonster: A stone statue that eventually wrecks havoc in the story.
* SoulEating: It consumes the souls of people whose wishes it grants.
* SpannerInTheWorks: If it weren't for its presence, none of the juniors would be in danger, which would force Wei Wuxian to use demonic cultivation to summon Wen Ning, who would inadvertently clue in Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng to "Mo Xuanyu's" real identity.
* StarterVillain: The Dancing Goddess is more of a brutal monster than an outright villain. But nevertheless, it is the first creature in the present storyline to give Wei Wuxian and the juniors some trouble.
* ToServeMan: After Jin Ling makes a careless wish to it, the Dancing Goddess decided that human souls weren't enough to satisfy it anymore and started to consume human flesh as well.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Waterborne Abyss (水行渊)]]
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An aquatic monster that's formed from the resentful energy of several beings that drowned in a certain area of water.
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* HumanSacrifice: It requires a human sacrifice every now and then to keep it pacified, otherwise it would create trouble.
* MegaMaelstrom: It can take the form of a dark whirlpool that swallows anything near it.
* NighInvulnerable: Given that it's basically a mass of resentful energy thriving underwater, it's extremely hard to kill. Even the more powerful cultivators could only seal it for some time. The only way to exterminate it would be to drain the waterbed it's living in, dig up all the people and objects it had consumed, and let the entire place dry for a few years.
* TentacledTerror: In the ''donghua'', it can also create something between a reversed waterspout and a giant tentacle. And when it goes after the protagonists, the resentful energy that the creature is composed of appears in the form of black tendrils.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Like the element it resides in, the Waterborne Abyss is formless and can take on any form it wishes as long as it has plenty of water available.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Damsel of Annual Blossoms (莳花女)]]
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A benevolent, albeit elusive, spirit born from the passion of a poet who owned a garden.
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* BerserkButton: Downplayed, but the spirit knocks out anyone who recites subpar or outright horrible poetry to her.
* DemotedToExtra: She still exists in the LiveActionAdaptation's lore since her name is mentioned when Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and Nie Huaisang stumble upon a festival celebrated in her honor. However, the backstory involving Wei Wuxian annoying her with horrible poetry so she would eventually show her face to him never happens and is thus omitted.
* GreenThumb: Being a flower spirit, she's mostly associated with flowers. In the ''donghua's'' chibi spinoff, she can also manipulate vines.
* NonMaliciousMonster: The Damsel of Annual Blossoms is a benign spirit, not a ''yao''/beast, and is one of the few supernatural presences mentioned in the novel to ''not'' be a threat to anyone. Played for laughs in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q'' where she attempts to attack Wei Wuxian with her vines out of anger, with Nie Huaisang getting caught in the cross fire.
* PetalPower: She can summon flowers out of thin air, and the fragrance can last for up to three years if she wills it.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Combined with PinkMeansFeminine. In ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q'', her entire getup consists of blue and pink colors.
* TheUnseen: InUniverse. She never shows her face to anyone, and only Wei Wuxian is the exception as he repeatedly annoyed her so that she would show her face to him. Once she did, he immediately bragged that she's pretty. However, one of the image covers of the audio drama does show the viewer what the upper half of her face looks like. She also makes a full appearance in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tortoise of Slaughter (屠殺玄武)]]
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An ancient monster that resided in a cave on Dusk Creek Mountain. A failed imitation of the legendary divine beast Xuanwu, it devoured hundreds of humans centuries ago, but was in hibernation afterward.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The way it was killed in the ''donghua'' is more or less similar to how it's described in the novel; the difference is that the death happened in a flash in the former adaptation, whereas in the novel it took Lan Wangji six hours of pulling the ''guqin'' strings to decapitate the monster.
* MixAndMatchCritters: While referred to as a tortoise, the creature was actually a hybrid between a tortoise and a serpent.
* NighInvulnerable: Downplayed. Its skin was almost impenetrable and couldn't be wounded with normal arrows and swords. Certain weapons ''could'' cut through it, but even that's another challenge of its own.
* OffWithHisHead: It met its demise when Lan Wangji used the Chord Assassination Technique to slice its head off.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: According to Lan Wangji, the Tortoise of Slaughter appeared in Qishan four-hundred years ago.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In contrast to the yellow eyes it's described to have in the novel, the ''donghua'' depicts it with a hellish red eye color.
* ThatsNoMoon: When Wei Wuxian took Wen Chao hostage, they were standing on a boulder in the lake. Except that it was not a boulder, but the tortoise's shell.
* TurtlePower: The real Xuanwu was a legendary beast. However, [[SadlyMythtaken this "fake" version of the mythological creature was basically a large and dangerous beast that resembled the aforementioned divine being]]. Not that the fact stopped it from still being a massive threat once it was waken from its slumber.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Measuring Snake (量人蛇)]]
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The Measuring Snake is a beast from the Nanjing region. True to its name, it compares its height to that of the person it encounters; when it's taller, it will eat the other.
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* AscendedExtra: The creatures get a larger role in the ''donghua'', as both Jiang Yanli and Jin Ling's lives are nearly endangered by a Measuring Snake. In the novel, they're only mentioned in passing as one of the beasts that Jin Zixuan shot down. They also get a moment in the spotlight in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q''.
* DependingOnTheArtist: The novel never specifies just how large a Measuring Snake is, but in the ''donghua'' it's portrayed to be as large as a giant anaconda or python. In ''The Untamed'', it has the size and length of a normal snake instead.
* SnakesAreSinister: It's a monster that devours anything it towers over. Needless to say, it's bad news; although according to Jin Zixuan, it's one of the less difficult monsters to kill and only ''looks'' scary. The mutated variants of the creature are tougher to deal with, however.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hook Hand (钩子手)]]
A malevolent spirit that haunts the Bai residence, where he was defeated. The spirit earned his moniker from wielding an iron hook, which he used to cut off the tongues of any woman he sees.
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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in ''The Untamed'', which only covers the main chapters of the novel, and the Hook Hand appears only in the ''Iron Hook'' extra.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: When he was alive, he was said to be a kind man. Of course, until a certain spousal betrayal happened.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was previously a simple blacksmith before his rage at his death turned him into a murderous ghost.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: When he killed his wife, [[AssholeVictim who was unarguably deserving of her death]], he became just as bad as her. If not, even worse. Then again, he might have even been too consumed with rage to realize this.
* KillItWithFire: His spirit is finally put to rest after his hook is burned and melted away.
* TongueTrauma: His wife cut off his tongue after killing him so he wouldn't be able to tell his story in the afterlife. He got even with his wife by cutting off hers, and does the same to his other victims.
* WomanScorned: Gender-inverted. The Hook Hand was originally a blacksmith who was killed by his wife and the man she was cheating with. While the blacksmith rose from the grave and slaughtered his wife, his hatred wasn't sated and he continued to linger about, killing every beautiful woman he would see since they would remind him of his unfaithful wife.
[[/folder]]

! {{Canon Foreigner}}s -- '''Warning: WalkingSpoiler'''

!! ''The Untamed''

[[folder:Xue Chonghai (薛重亥)]]
!!! '''Played by''': Yu Zikuan (live-action)

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A powerful cultivator from centuries ago who created the Yin Iron using human sacrifices.
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* AmbiguouslyRelated: A few characters speculated that he may be Xue Yang's ancestor in Episode 10, although this is never touched upon again.
* TheBeastmaster: When he was alive, he controlled the Tortoise of Slaughter.
* CanonForeigner: Xue Chonghai's existence is what influenced the series' canon-divergent plot, which involves the existence of the Yin Iron and why both Wen Ruohan and Xue Yang were practicing demonic cultivation ''before'' Wei Wuxian.
* EvilSorcerer: He was the creator of Demonic Cultivation and used it for evil, complete with creating an artifact fueled with evil power and living sacrifices.
* GreaterScopeVillain: His creation of the Yin Iron was what gave Wen Ruohan the opportunity to subjugate the cultivation world. The Yin Iron's existence was also what filled the Jin Clan with ambition, leading to their attempts to try and take over after the Wen Clan was defeated.
* LaughingMad: His only two appearances had him laughing mad from power.
* MadnessMakeover: After he got mad from using the Yin Iron, when Wen Mao found him, he appeared completely disheveled and had a maniacal expression on his face.
* MysteriousPast: Lan Yi states that no one knew why he turned evil and created the Yin Iron.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: After he became insane, his eyes are shown to be glowing a permanent red.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: While not explained in detail, his choice to create the Yin Iron and nourish it with resentful energy took quite the toll on his mental state.
[[/folder]]

!! ''The Living Dead''

[[folder:Xiao Qing (萧情)]]
!!! '''Played by''': Wang Yifei (live-action) [[note]] Not the same actress as the one who plays Luo Qingyang in ''The Untamed''. [[/note]]

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The first-born child of the Xiao clan, a family famous for the lanterns they craft.
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* CanonForeigner: She doesn't exist in the novel or in any of the other adaptations that more closely follow the novel's canon.
* TheLostLenore: Xiao Yi's motivations are purely driven by his desire to see her again. It's initially platonic but then romanticallly when it's revealed that they're not actually siblings and that Zhao Yi has feelings for her.
* NiceGirl: From what's seen of her, she was gentle and kind-hearted, and was the only one in the Xiao family to treat Zhao Yi nicely.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Xiao Yi (萧忆)]]
!!! '''Played by''': Gao Han (live-action)

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The second-born child of the Xiao family, and Xiao Qing's younger half-brother. However, in truth he's not all who he seems to be, and he's directly linked to the secrets surrounding the now nearly-abandoned town of Fufeng.
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* BadPowersBadPeople: He's a demonic cultivator, and has managed to create his own version of a piece of the Yin Iron.
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: While he's mainly lying to avoid being exposed as the true killer, there are hints that he's deluded himself with those lies to justify his motives to resurrect Xiao Qing.
* CanonForeigner: He doesn't exist in the novel or in any of the other adaptations that more closely follow the novel's canon.
* CruelMercy: Wen Ning decides to not kill him, outright stating that he deserves to live with the pain of his crimes for eternity.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Wen Ning refuses to kill him and states that it's a more fitting punishment for him to live with the consequences of his actions. This fate causes Zhao Yi to scream at his endless suffering.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He turns on the Xiao family after being abused by the clan's disciples one too many times.
* SerialKiller: He's the true murderer of the Xiao household.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: He gets rid of his disheveled appearance and puts on red robes once his true colors are revealed.
* SoleSurvivor: He's the last one of the Xiao household who's still alive. Eventually subverted when it's revealed he's not really a member of the Xiao family and is actually the one responsible for all the murders.
* UnreliableNarrator: All the things he tells Wen Ning and Lan Sizhui are complete lies.
* {{Yandere}}: For Xiao Qing. One of the reasons why he snapped was because Xiao Qing fell in love with Zhou Zishu, and he spent the next few years trying to resurrect her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zhou Zishu (周子殊)]]
!!! '''Played by''': He Longlong (live-action)

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A talented lantern-maker that gained the favor of the Xiao clan. He is also Xiao Qing's fiancee.
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* CanonForeigner: He doesn't exist in the novel or in any of the other adaptations that more closely follow the novel's canon.
* GoodAllAlong: He's actually one of the victims of the Xiao family massacre, and Xiao Yi is the real culprit. Zhou Zishu even attempted to apprehend Xiao Yi and have him face trial.
* RedHerring: The promotional posters and trailers set him up as the BigBad. However, the real villain of the film is Xiao Yi.
* SerialKiller: Strongly implied to be responsible for killing off the entire Xiao clan at first. The late half of the movie reveals he's a RedHerring.
[[/folder]]

!! ''Fatal Journey''

[[folder:Nie Zonghui (聂宗辉)]]
!!! '''Played by''': He Xiang (live-action)

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Nie Mingjue's second-in-command, and at times he also serves as Nie Huaisang's bodyguard.
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* DualWielding: Nie Zonghui fights with two sabres, which is an unusual fighting style in both the Nie Clan and the cultivation world as a whole.
* NiceGuy: Downplayed, since he's of the Nie Clan and is thus a fierce warrior. However, he is completely loyal to Nie Mingjue and doesn't look down on Nie Huaisang, even telling him that he's not useless.
* NumberTwo: He's Nie Mingjue's right-hand man in the film.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He's never seen nor mentioned in ''The Untamed'' yet is a significant figure to the Nie brothers in the movie. His death near the end of the movie doesn't do him any favours.
* UndyingLoyalty: No matter what happens, his faith in both the Nie brothers never wavers.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Nie Huaisang remarks on how others may be thinking that he's useless, Nie Zonghui sincerely reassures him that he's not and that his strengths simply lie somewhere else.
[[/folder]]
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* AdaptedOut: She's not present in any way in ''The Untamed'', unless the viewer counts Anxin as one of the ghosts Jin Guangyao sees in a hallucination near the finale.

* AdaptedOut: Since ''The Untamed'' doesn't cover the extra chapters, Young Master Qin doesn't appear in the live-action drama.

* TrueBlueFemininity: Combined with PinkIsFeminine. In ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q'', her entire getup consists of blue and pink colors.

* LineageComesFromTheFather: Downplayed. He's not acknowledged as a candidate for the position of the Jin Clan leader, but he was still enlisted as a disciple. While he got kicked out, it's due to his alleged harassment of [[spoiler: [[BrotherSisterIncest Jin Guangyao]]]] rather than his mother's background.

* LineageComesFromTheFather: Downplayed. He's not acknowledged as a candidate for the position of the Jin Clan leader, but he was still enlisted as a guest disciple. While he got kicked out, it's due to his his preference for men rather than his mother's background.

* HiddenDepths: There are hints of him knowing more than one would expect from him despite his reputation as a lunatic, and that the reason he got kicked out was very different than claimed: the ritual he used to summon Wei Wuxian [[spoiler: is found in a book hidden in one Jin Guangyao's secret chambers]] and he definitely had ''some'' skill with demonic cultivation to pull off said ritual. Additionally, [[spoiler: the fact it's officially told that he made a pass at ''[[ConsummateLiar Jin Guangyao]]'' as to why he was kicked out, could imply that the man had a reason to need him removed from Koi Tower and blacklisted.]]

* HiddenDepths: There are hints of him knowing more than one would expect from him despite his reputation as a lunatic, and that the reason he got kicked out was very different than claimed: the ritual he used to summon Wei Wuxian [[spoiler: is found in a book hidden in one Jin Guangyao's secret chambers]] and he definitely had ''some'' skill with demonic cultivation to pull off said ritual. The Jin Clan was trying to gain the power of demonic cultivation that Wei Wuxian had, which implies that Mo Xuanyu was enlisted into the clan because of his talent for TheDarkArts. Additionally, [[spoiler: the fact it's officially told that he made a pass at ''[[ConsummateLiar Jin Guangyao]]'' as to why he was kicked out, implies that the man had a reason to need him removed from Koi Tower and blacklisted.]]

* FriendlyZombie: There are a few fierce corpses that have no intention of being a threat. [[spoiler: The blood corpses in the Second Siege arc]] are a good example of that, and another is the fierce corpse that keeps on stalking Young Master Qin's household in the ''Intrusion'' extra.

* NonMaliciousMonster: The Damsel of Annual Blossoms is a benign spirit, not a ''yao''/beast, and is one of the few supernatural presences mentioned in the novel to ''not'' be a threat to anyone.

* BigFriendlyDog: A certain cynophobe's fear of it aside, Fairy is a husky (a breed of dogs that are as large as wolves) and is generally energetic and playful when their master isn't in danger.

* TheDreaded: Wei Wuxian either pales or shrieks in fear at the sight of Dairy and already tenses up whenever he hears its barking even from far away.

* DemotedToExtra: In the drama she's still needed to expose [[spoiler:Jin Guangyao]]'s misdeeds, but the adaptation never shows [[spoiler:Jin Guangyao's flashback during his life in the brothel]] which would have explained why [[spoiler:he spared only Sisi and not the other prostitutes]].

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* CompressedHair: When Wei Wuxian first reincarnated into Mo Xuanyu's body, the latter's hair is styled in a cross between a bun and a short ponytail, but not much loose hair is shown. When it gets retied later, it's easy for the viewer to assume that Wei Wuxian suddenly grew out a long and full ponytail.
* DeaderThanDead: The ritual he used to summon Wei Wuxian's soul requires the destruction of his own; meaning his soul can never return to the mortal world.
* DepravedHomosexual: How he came to be known by just about ''everyone''.
* DestroyTheAbusiveHome: Mo Xuanyu summoned Wei Wuxian in the hopes that Wei Wuxian would kill his family.
* {{Expy}}: It's easy to see Mo Xuanyu as one to Shen Qingqiu/Shen Jiu from ''Literature/RenZhaFanPaiZiJiuXiTong'', since both are characters who had to die for the protagonists -- who already died once -- to get reincarnated (in a sense) and get the plot rolling. The difference is that in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi'', there's no transmigration or A.I.-like system involved.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: In the ''donghua'', he is this instead of a DepravedHomosexual. Rumor is that he would harass anyone and ''anything'' he found pretty, including animals and plants. It's never confirmed on whether this is true or merely the result of gossips exaggerating his homosexuality or whatever his ''actual'' sexuality is.
* FailedASpotCheck: Zigzagged. Mo Xuanyu was savvy enough to write down his story first so that Wei Wuxian would understand why he was summoned into the former's body. However, he failed to specify the exact terms of his dying wish. Wei Wuxian was able to correctly guess that Mo Xuanyu wanted his family dead, but tested the waters first by seeing if humiliating them in public was sufficient enough. It wasn't, although an undead arm saved Wei Wuxian the trouble of killing the Mo family.
** The part where Mo Xuanyu leaves behind a journal for Wei Wuxian is omitted in the ''donghua'' and in ''The Untamed'', but Wei Wuxian is still able to surmise why Mo Xuanyu summoned his soul after he gets accosted by Mo Ziyuan.
* HiddenDepths: There are hints of him knowing more than one would expect from him, and that the reason he got kicked out was very different than claimed: the ritual he used to summon Wei Wuxian [[spoiler: is found in a book hidden in one Jin Guangyao's secret chambers]] and he definitely had ''some'' skill with demonic cultivation to pull off said ritual. The Jin Clan was trying to gain the power of demonic cultivation that Wei Wuxian had, which implies that Mo Xuanyu was enlisted into the clan because of his talent for TheDarkArts. Additionally, [[spoiler: the fact it's officially told that he made a pass at ''[[ConsummateLiar Jin Guangyao]]'' as to why he was kicked out, implies that the man had a reason to need him removed from Koi Tower and blacklisted.]]
* IdenticalStranger: While the ''manhua'' shows that his appearance and Wei Wuxian's original appearance have some similarities but are still distinguishable from the other, his character design in the ''donghua'' makes him look as if he ''is'' Wei Wuxian himself. The only differences are that Mo Xuanyu has longer hair and a shorter and slightly less masculine build, but that's about it.

* {{Revenge}}: The whole reason he summoned Wei Wuxian was so he could get back at his abusers.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: His death is [[PlotTriggeringDeath starts off the entire novel's plot in the present time]], but he only has one small speaking role at the beginning of the story before bringing Wei Wuxian back to life.
* UncannyValleyMakeup: When Wei Wuxian first wakes up in Mo Xuanyu's body, he sees that his face is garishly covered with white powder, with the eyes caked in red. Some characters likened it to a "hanging ghost".
* UnwittingPawn: It can't actually be proven, but Wei Wuxian's hypothesis was that [[spoiler: Nie Huaisang used Mo Xuanyu to deliberately summon Wei Wuxian back into the world, kicking off the long XanatosGambit that Nie Huaisang [[BestServedCold had prepared for the downfall of Jin Guangyao as revenge for Nie Mingjue's death]]]].

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* CoolMask: His habit of [[UncannyValleyMakeup wearing ghostly makeup]] is replaced with donning a mask that hides the upper half of his face. According to Jin Ling, however, there are times that Mo Xuanyu went with the makeup instead of the mask.

* UnwittingPawn: ''The Untamed'' plays around with this. Whether or not he remains a [[spoiler: pawn in Nie Huaisang's plans]] isn't confirmed, but either way his role as one is diminished since [[spoiler: in the adaptation he actively sought revenge against both his family ''and'' Jin Guangyao. Whether or not Nie Huaisang used him in his plans, Mo Xuanyu would have found a way to have both his family and his half-brother killed]].

* AdaptationDeviation: The ''donghua'' has Wei Wuxian witness, through Nie Mingjue's memories,[[spoiler: Mianmian's defense of him when the cultivation clans began to slander Wei Wuxian, including her secession from her clan after being fed up with their nonsense]]. This didn't happen in the novel.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mianmian stands up for Wei Wuxian when [[spoiler: the other clan leaders begin to badmouth him. The others pass it off as her having a crush on Wei Wuxian from him saving her life]], but she is genuinely grateful he saved her life and knows he's a good person despite the cultivation path he chose.
* ChekhovsGun: Her medicinal pouch -- which she gave to Wei Wuxian either in an embarrassed fit (in the novel) or out of guilt for him getting hurt from protecting her (in the ''donghua'') -- as it ended up being of great help to Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji when they got trapped in the Xuanwu Cave. On a more hilarious note, her pouch also shows [[spoiler: how petty Lan Wangji can be when jealous]], since the epilogue reveals that [[spoiler: he stole it from Wei Wuxian and has been using it as his wallet ever since]].
* DamselInDistress: She was this during the Xuanwu Cave arc. This is justified, however, since her weapon was confiscated and she was surrounded by ''armed'' Wen soldiers.

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Downplayed. Nevertheless, it takes plenty of bravery to tell off [[spoiler: an entire group of cultivation clans filled with people who rank higher than her before walking out on them in the middle of a conference]], something that many would see as extremely disrespectful.

* EnragedByIdiocy: Seeing just how quick the cultivation world is to [[spoiler: spread libel over baseless rumors and immediately degrade anyone who disagrees and isn't of the right social status or even gender]] is more than enough to anger her into telling them off before cutting ties with them.

* HappilyMarried: She marries a merchant who quit his job to accompany her during night hunts, and bore a daughter with him.
* LuminescentBlush: She becomes flustered and red-faced once she gets the joke behind Wei Wuxian introducing himself as "Yuandao".
* NamesTheSame: InUniverse; her nickname is Mianmian, and she gave her daughter the same nickname.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Played with. Up until the epilogue, where her real name is finally revealed, she's known only as Mianmian since everyone InUniverse calls her by said nickname. The only exceptions are Lan Wangji, who refers to her as "Maiden Luo"; and her husband, who calls her by her given name. In the ''donghua'', her real name is already revealed in her introduction.
* OnlySaneMan: Gender-inverted; she's the only other person besides Lan Wangji who [[spoiler: doesn't buy the BlatantLies that the Jin Clan is feeding to the other clans]].
* PinkIsFeminine: Her character design in the AnimatedAdaptation and in the ''manhua'' features her with pink clothing and hair decorations.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Her [[spoiler: defense of Wei Wuxian shows]] that she won't side with an unconscionable crowd even if it meant saving her own skin and retaining her privileges.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She leaves [[spoiler: her clan out of disgust when she defended Wei Wuxian after the Sunshot Campaign but was dismissed by everyone on the sexist pretext of her being a woman who Wei Wuxian saved once]].
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: After the TimeSkip, she married a man who isn't a cultivator yet loved her enough to leave behind his old and safe job as a merchant to be able to travel with her during night-hunts.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her presence is the (unintended) root cause of [[spoiler: the fall of Lotus Pier. However, there is still the strong possibility that even though she did catch Wen Chao's attention (which caused Wei Wuxian to incur Wen Chao's wrath after he defended her), the Wen Clan was going to launch a siege on Lotus Pier either way]].
* StayInTheKitchen: She gets this treatment from the other cultivators when [[spoiler: she attempts to defend Wei Wuxian]], with her statements being dismissed solely on the account that she's a woman, [[EnragedByIdiocy much to her justified indignation]].
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: When she sees just how unreasonable and sexist the other cultivators are, she [[spoiler: chooses to leave her clan]], even when no one takes her claim seriously.
* TookALevelInBadass: Her main role in the story is being a DamselInDistress. Then the epilogue reveals that since she left her clan, she's been going on night-hunts solo.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Zigzagged. Her looks caught Wen Chao's attention, which caused Wang Lingjiao to become jealous of Mianmian to the point she wanted to see the girl dead. Wei Wuxian defended her, which directed Wen Chao and Wang Lingjiao's wrath on him. Granted, [[spoiler: the attack on Lotus Pier]] was inevitable, and even though Wei Wuxian believes otherwise, the narrative shows that neither his nor Mianmian's presence would have changed the outcome that was [[spoiler: the fall of the Jiang Clan]].

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: She appears long before the Sunshot Campaign began. See AscendedExtra below as to why. After the TimeSkip, she appears shortly before the start of the Second Siege arc instead of the epilogue, which is when she reappears in the novel.
* AscendedExtra: In the LiveActionAdaptation, she's a guest disciple of the Jin Clan rather than a servant of an unnamed and lesser-known clan like she was in the original story; thus she's given a bit more screentime.

* ShipperOnDeck: She's this for Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: The series shows her getting along well another female disciple of the Jin Clan. Unfortunately, said disciple was quick to turn on her and lambaste her when [[spoiler: the other cultivators started accusing Mianmian of defending Wei Wuxian on the false basis that she fell for him. This helped Mianmian realize just how shallow the people of the cultivation world are]], driving her to cuss them out for their hypocrisy before leaving.

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* ActionDad: Despite his status as a subordinate to Jiang Fengmian, Wei Changze seemed to be skilled enough in cultivation to study with his master in the Cloud Recesses. He and his wife would also go night-hunting together.
* ChildhoodFriends: Wei Changze previously served the Jiang Clan and was on good enough terms with Jiang Fengmian that the latter quickly took the initiative to take Wei Changze's son under his wing after Wei Changze's death.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: He's one of the ''very'' few fathers or father figures who was kind to his wife and nurturing towards his child. As such, he's dead.

* GoodParents: Although very little is known about him compared to his wife, there's no proof that points to the contrary. Wei Wuxian's only memory of his father involves him being carried on the latter's back while the entire family is traveling merrily.
* HappilyMarried: Almost every other parent duo in the story are bound by {{Arranged Marriage}}s, hence marital problems were inevitable. Wei Changze's married life with Cangse-Sanren is even a complete contrast of Jiang Fengmian and Yu Ziyuan's marriage, as both chose to marry each other without being forced or obligated to. As such, they were perfectly content together.
* MaliciousSlander: An indirect example; Wei Wuxian is occasionally mocked for being a "son of a servant" strongly hints that the people who make that insult also look down on Wei Changze for not being of high social standing.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Averted. While he eventually left the Jiang Clan and married the woman Jiang Fengmian was rumored to be in love with, there's no mention or hint of him falling out with his former master. And unlike the circumstances behind Wei Wuxian leaving the Jiang Clan and drifting apart from Jiang Cheng, there's no implication that Wei Changze left the Jiang Clan on bad terms or that Jiang Fengmian didn't give him his blessing when he left.

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* ActionMom: Cangse-Sanren is a disciple of Baoshan-Sanren, which is saying something.
* AffectionateNickname: In the audio drama, she calls her husband "Young Master Wei" with the same fond tone her son uses when he calls Lan Wangji "Second Brother Lan".
* ChildhoodFriends: She studied in the Cloud Recesses with Wei Changze and Jiang Fengmian when they were younger.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She's the only other known female character besides Jiang Yanli and Luo Qingyang to have no issues with ''both'' her marriage or raising a son. It's no surprise then that she kicked the bucket when Wei Wuxian was still a child.
* DudeMagnet: According to Xiao Xingchen, Cangse-Sanren had many men vying for her hand in marriage, but she chose to be with Wei Changze.

* GoodParents: Like mother, like son indeed. Wei Wuxian took a lot after her, including a soft spot with children and good knowledge in dealing with them.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: Cangse-Sanren fell in love with a man who is kind but quiet in nature, and so did her son.
* MaliciousSlander: A posthumous example. Cangse-Sanren is on the receiving end of backtalk from many people, ''especially'' Yu Ziyuan, with them encouraging and spreading the rumor that she's Jiang Fengmian's secret mistress.

* NiceGirl: The little that's known of her already implies her to be this, considering the words she imparted to Wei Wuxian about remembering only the kindness others do for him and not the other way around.
* NoodleIncident: According to an interview with the author, Cangse-Sanren once pranked Lan Qiren by cutting off his beard in retaliation for him nearly getting Wei Changze and Jiang Fengmian killed during a night-hunt and refusing to apologize for it.

* UndyingLoyalty: To Jiang Fengmian and Wei Changze when they attended the same school together.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Subverted. She studied with Jiang Fengmian and Wei Changze when they were younger, and it's clear she cared for both of them as she even went as far as to chop off Lan Qiren's goatee when he refused to take responsibility for nearly getting Wei Changze and Jiang Fengmian killed while they were on a night hunt. After she ran off with Wei Changze to be rogue cultivators, she naturally drifted apart from Jiang Fengmian; although there's no implication that the two ever got on bad terms after she married Wei Changze.

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* AdaptationExpansion: Baoshan-Sanren gets to make an appearance in ''The Untamed'' via a brief flashback involving her and Lan Yi.

* AmbiguousGender: Played with. As the Chinese language uses genderless pronouns, whether Baoshan-Sanren is truly a woman or a man is unknown. Even the ''manhua'' adaptation was initially unsure on which gender to portray the character with [[note]] The ''manhua's'' artist initially drew Baoshan-Sanren as a man before changing them to a woman [[/note]]. ''The Untamed'' portrays Baoshan-Sanren as a woman, and majority of the fandom goes with the interpretation that Baoshan-Sanren is a woman since the fan English translations also make use of female pronouns whenever the character is mentioned.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the ''manhua'', Baoshan-Sanren was initially drawn as a man before the artist changed it to a woman, [[spoiler: alluding to Wen Qing and how she's really the one who restored Jiang Cheng's golden core]].

* MentorOccupationalHazard: Inverted. All her three students didn't die peaceful deaths, and the reader even gets to witness the exact circumstances of how her third student dropped dead.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Xiao Xingchen said that Yanling-Daoren died under "a thousand swords", although whether he meant this literally or metaphorically is uncertain.

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Played with; Yanling-Daoren only became evil long after he left Baoshan-Sanren's tutelage, according to the legends, at least.

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Mo Xuanyu's cousin. He abuses Mo Xuanyu often out of envy because his cousin has an aptitude in cultivation whereas he has none.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In ''The Untamed''. While it would be far-fetched to call him handsome, he's nowhere as obese as he appeared in the AnimatedAdaptation.

* AssholeVictim: Almost. The only one who mourns his death is his mother, but not even Wei Wuxian feels even a smidgen of pity for his death.
* BackFromTheDead: Briefly, when Wei Wuxian brings him back as a fierce corpse to fight the possessed Madam Mo.
* DirtyCoward: Played with. He gets violent and is quick to attack whenever he's mad or just feels like beating up someone, but he's clearly out of his element when his "cousin" starts to fight back against him. Played straight in the ''donghua'', where he runs away after "Mo Xuanyu" kicks him in the face and verbally challenges him.
* FatBastard: In the ''donghua'' and the ''manhua'', compared to the novel where he's described with a "sickly-looking constitution".
* ForWantOfANail: Mo Xuanyu wouldn't have any reason to summon Wei Wuxian if Mo Ziyuan wasn't cruel towards him.
* GreenEyedMonster: The main reason he treats Mo Xuanyu like dirt is because he's envious of Mo Xuanyu for having the cultivational abilities that he himself lacks.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He does this often to Mo Xuanyu, literally even. Too bad he failed to realize that [[TheDogBitesBack even lunatics are more than capable of snapping and fighting back]].

* SpoiledBrat: Although his age makes him qualify as an adult by ancient China's standards, he immediately gets mad and starts throwing violent tantrums when things don't go this way.
* StickyFingers: He tends to steal all of Mo Xuanyu's belongings, believing that he's entitled to own them. In the end, this is what does him in as the last thing he stole was a Spirit-Attraction Flag, which is essentially a death magnet to those who don't know how to use it.
* TooDumbToLive: Despite being instructed clearly and repeatedly by full-fledged cultivators to not go to the courtyard and touch anything, he ignored their warnings and did just that. Guess what happens to him next.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Based on his appearance in the ''donghua/manhua'', it's difficult to believe that he's only ''seventeen'' years-old.

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* EvilAunt: To Mo Xuanyu. While she's not a villain, per se, she's still a nasty woman and is as abusive as her son is to her nephew. There are even hints that she's actually the most abusive in the family, because Wei Wuxian observes that among the cuts on his arm (which represent the people that Mo Xuanyu wants dead, and the scars disappear when they do die), the cut that represents Mo Xuanyu's revenge against Madam Mo is the largest and most gruesome.

* NeverMyFault: In a way; when Wei Wuxian bluntly reminds her that Mo Ziyuan's refusal to listen to warnings resulted in his death, Madam Mo refused to admit that her son brought his doom on himself.
* NoNameGiven: She's only referred to as "Madam Mo" by the others.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: When she's angered enough, she'll address everyone in the room in an extremely rude and harsh manner.
* WickedStepmother: She's just as bad as her son in her treatment of Mo Xuanyu. Constantly calling him a lunatic is just icing on the cake.
* YourMom: She does a subtle one in the novel when she calls "Mo Xuanyu" a "son of a bitch", but she plays this straight in the ''donghua'' when she tells him that his mother is a whore. Keep in mind that Mo Xuanyu's mother is her own sister.

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* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear at all in the ''donghua''. Either he doesn't exist at all in the adaptation or was already dead prior to Wei Wuxian's resurrection is anyone's guess.

* NoNameGiven: Like his wife, but all the more so in his case as he's not even called "Mister Mo" -- which is how he is referred to in the credits of the audio drama. InUniverse, the only time he's ever addressed by another character is when Wei Wuxian refers to him as "Mo Ziyuan's dad".
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While little is known about him, he's introduced as an ExtremeDoormat to his wife. So when he ''shoves'' her while she's ranting about their son's death, it's a sign that something's off. And it is -- he's possessed by a malevolent spirit.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, he snapped his own neck in half after getting possessed by the ghost arm. In the ''donghua'', he immediately becomes a fierce corpse after his possession, and he's finished off by a possessed Madam Mo when she impales him in the chest with her bare hands.

* NeckSnap: What's notable is that he does this to ''himself''.

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* AdaptedOut: She doesn't make an appearance in the ''donghua''. In this case, her presence isn't needed because in the adaptation, the Dancing Goddess isn't an entity of its own but is instead a statue that came to life only after the ghost arm possessed it.

* CompositeCharacter: She takes the place of another woman who gave Wei Wuxian's donkey an apple to eat.
* EmptyShell: She was this for a while after making her wish to the Dancing Goddess. After her father wished for her to come back, she's no longer this trope, though her mind and soul still remain damaged.
* InvoluntaryDance: She tends to break into a dance every now and then, imitating the way the statue in the mountain would dance and smile.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Her presence helps Wei Wuxian figure out the mystery behind the Dafan Mountain arc and the true threat that the Dancing Goddess posses.

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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Her hopes of a prosperous life for herself and her son]] are ultimately left unfulfilled and ruined. [[spoiler: She died some time before her son became an official member of the Jin Clan, and while Jin Guangyao managed to secure power and wealth in time, he lost both and then some after his misdeeds are revealed to the public. To add insult to injury, his corpse is sealed away, and Meng Shi's body is implied to be desecrated after it was exhumed from the Guanyin Temple. It's a popular belief in China that if the mortal body is dishonored in any way, the deceased person is less than likely to reincarnate into a new life]], which is the most probable fate for both mother and son.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Despite her profession, she wholeheartedly loved her son and is one of the very few positive influences in Jin Guangyao's life.
* DesecratingTheDead: Implied. Her body was buried [[spoiler: underneath the Guanyin Temple after her death, but her grave was emptied some time before Jin Guangyao attempted to retrieve her remains]]. What happened to her corpse is unknown, but Wei Wuxian speculates that [[spoiler: her corpse was dismembered and scattered to spite Jin Guangyao, since he did the exact same thing to Nie Mingjue's corpse after sending him into ''qi'' deviation]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Nie Huaisang''']]: I think that if this person hates Jin Guangyao so much, they'd probably be entirely merciless towards something he cherishes more than his life.
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After Jin Guangyao burned down the temple where he and his mother used to work at, he built a temple over its remains and modeled the Guanyin statue after her so that people would honor and worship her.]]

* HighClassCallGirl: She was ''formerly'' one, but her worth as a prostitute dwindled after she gave birth.

* MoralityPet: Zigzagged. She is one of the few people who Jin Guangyao truly loved and cared for, and the only person who he never dared to trick or manipulate. That being said, [[spoiler: it's because she gave her son the goal to be accepted into the Jin Clan and grant them the chance to escape their life in the brothel that he started to commit several unscrupulous actions in an attempt to achieve that]].

* {{Pride}}: Meng Shi gets accused of being too proud by her co-workers and some of her patrons as well, since she used to be a famous prostitute but held on to the glory of being one even long after she had a son and was no longer in her prime. Even Sisi, the only one who was nice to her, called her out on this, albeit not because she looked down on her but because she knew that such an attitude would invite only the disdain of others.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As she didn't have the wealth or the means to constantly take care of herself, giving birth to a child slowly weathered out Meng Shi over the years which made her less and less desirable for customers. Naturally, this didn't work out in her favor. In one instance, it got her beaten up by a client.

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* AdaptedOut: Not her, exactly; although the series never showed [[spoiler: Jin Guangyao's flashback during his life in the brothel]] which would have explained why [[spoiler: he spared only Sisi and not the other prostitutes]].

* CatFight: She got into one with Anxin in the past. Sisi is notably the one who struck first since she heard Anxin badmouth Meng Shi, and she was having none of it.
* CoveredInScars: Her face is full of cuts, and in the novel they're said to be so gruesome that the others are immediately creeped out. This is why she covers up her scarred face with a veil.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After telling her story to the cultivators, Wei Wuxian asks her why she's the SoleSurvivor and who helped her escape from prison. Both times, Sisi honestly answers that she doesn't know. [[spoiler: Who tends to respond to any question aimed at him with "I don't know"?]]
* FullyClothedNudity: In ''The Untamed'', she wears a dress that shows some skin of her neck, shoulders, chest and back. By modern standards, her attire is rather modest. But by ancient Chinese standards, this is considered to be an ''extremely'' improper way for women to dress, and as such it's usually something one would only see from those who work in the red light district.

* CatFight: She and Sisi engaged in a violent one after Sisi slapped her for talking smack about Meng Shi.

* {{Jerkass}}: From what little the reader knows of her, Anxin is catty, unpleasant, and talks about people behind their backs.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Anxin is just a BitCharacter, but it's through her memories that the main cast realize more vital information about [[spoiler: Jin Guangyao]].

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: While she told Qin Su about [[spoiler: how she and her husband are half-siblings]], she never accounted for the possibility that [[spoiler: her mistress would kill herself out of despair]]. Wei Wuxian even calls her out on it.
* EarlyBirdCameo: While she and Sisi appear in Episode 45, it's easy to forget that Bicao had actually appeared five episodes earlier during the Koi Tower arc as the maid accompanying Qin Su, albeit in a completely different get-up.
* HaveWeMet: The cultivators gathered in Lotus Pier eventually recognize Bicao when Lan Qiren points out that she looks familiar.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Wei Wuxian suspects that Bicao disobeyed Madam Qin's orders to never [[spoiler: tell anyone the truth about Qin Su's birth]] is because she was offered a hefty sum of money. The fact that Bicao quickly hides her expensive jade bracelet when Wei Wuxian points it out further supports the possibility.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Downplayed; when the fierce corpse finally breaks into Young Master Qin's house, the worst it does to him is knock him out with one punch before deciding that its business is done. However, the experience does scare Young Master Qin straight in the long run.
* NamesTheSame: InUniverse; he has the same family name as the Qin family of the Laoling Qin Clan, although they don't seem to be related in any way, especially since Young Master Qin is not a cultivator.

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* AmazonChaser: Downplayed. Between him and his wife, his wife is the fighter. Not that it stopped him from falling in love with her and marrying her.
* BadassBystander: Implied, considering that even though he's not a cultivator, he's still willing to accompany his wife whenever she would go night-hunting.

* PapaWolf: When Wei Wuxian realizes that Luo Qingyang named her daughter with her nickname, the man became confused and quickly asked how Wei Wuxian knew his daughter with a suspecting tone. While Wei Wuxian coos over little Mianmian, he refrains from squishing her cheeks since her father was present.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Possibly. Unlike with her mother, it's never confirmed if Mianmian is her birth name or simply her nickname.

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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the ''donghua'', Little Apple appears in the Mo Village arc rather than the Dafan Mountain arc, which is when they makes their first appearance in the novel.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In every adaptation, Wei Wuxian initially had difficulty in getting the animal to come with him. Although in the ''donghua'', its stubbornness seems to come from personally disliking Wei Wuxian rather than from simply being a PickyEater. There's also when it intentionally harasses the rabbits in the Cloud Recesses just because. In the novel, it was only acting aggressive because it was hungry but couldn't eat from the grass because of the rabbits running around it.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the ''manhua'', Little Apple is still overall prickly, but a few panels show them to be more affectionate towards Wei Wuxian. When the two see each other after the conclusion of the Yi City arc, Little Apple starts running to Wei Wuxiian with tears in its eyes, as if it's saying that it missed its owner.
* AnimalJingoism: In RealLife, whether donkeys and dogs can get along is a mixed issue; there are cases when they do, and there are other cases when they don't. In Little Apple and Fairy's case, it's the latter.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As one would expect from a donkey, Little Apple is stubborn and difficult to have around; but they willingly continued to tag along with Wei Wuxian during the Dafan Mountain arc when they could have just left, and didn't make any noise when they sensed that the latter wasn't in a good mood.
* MeaningfulName: The donkey is called ''Xiao Pingguo'' in Chinese, which literally translates to "Little Apple". [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Three guesses as to why.]]
* MrMuffykins: While they're not a dog, but their finicky and stubborn attitude perfectly fits this trope.
* PickyEater: As stated in the novel, they're very particular about what kind of grass they eat.

* SilentSnarker: In the ''donghua'', where they're almost as expressive as [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Khan]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Guess.

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Jin Ling's pet Husky, a spiritual dog. It was gifted to Jin Ling by Jin Guangyao when Jin Ling was still a child.

* AmbiguousGender: Because of the lack of gendered pronouns in the Chinese language, Fairy is referred to as "it" in the fan translations, albeit with the rare occasion of being referred to with male pronouns. In ''The Untamed'', they're played by a ''female'' dog, and the [=WeTV=] subtitles occasionally makes use of female pronouns.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Fairy manages to [[spoiler: understand and imitate the events at the Guanyin Temple enough to convey it to other people]], something that no real dog is capable of doing. They're a lot smarter than the average Husky, and Huskies in RealLife aren't noted for their intelligence.
* AnimalJingoism: In RealLife, whether donkeys and dogs can get along is a mixed issue; there are cases when they do, and there are other cases when they don't. In Little Apple and Fairy's case, it's the latter. According to the juniors, it's even Fairy who attacks first, causing Little Apple to return the favor with a hard kick.
* BigFriendlyDog: Downplayed, given that they're often called to spook a certain cynophobe, but they're a Husky (a breed of dogs that are as large as wolves) and are generally energetic and playful when their master isn't in danger.
* CanineCompanion: To Jin Ling. That being said, they're not always accompanying him.
* TheDreaded: To Wei Wuxian, who either pales or shrieks in fear at the sight of the dog and already tenses up whenever he hears its barking even from far away.
* EvilDetectingDog: They're a spiritual dog and one that's good at detecting evil creatures and evil intentions.

* MundaneUtility: They're a spiritual dog, and serves as both a scent tracker and AttackAnimal. Jin Ling and Jiang Cheng also use them to intimidate Wei Wuxian.
* UndyingLoyalty: This is a common trait shared among all spiritual dogs; they'll never abandon their owner no matter what.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: They're a dog whose name is "''Xianzi''", which translates to "Fairy". Even Wei Wuxian and Lan Jingyi lampshade the silliness of the name. When Jin Ling initially tries to explain it to Wei Wuxian, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he claims it was because he couldn't call them "Little Fairy" anymore after they got bigger]].

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Originally a pair of rabbits that Wei Wuxian gave to Lan Wangji; but when Wei Wuxian finds himself in the Cloud Recesses once again, he finds that Lan Wangji now owns an entire warren of them.

** In ''The Untamed'', the rabbits served as companions to Lan Yi, who was trapped in a cave within the Cloud Recesses for some time. After Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji meet the latter's predecessor, whose spirit then leaves the mortal world in piece, Lan Wangji decides to take the rabbits into his own care.

* TheUnreveal: In the ''Lotus Seed Pod'' extra, Lan Xichen stated that Lan Wangji named the rabbits, but Lan Wangji was reluctant on telling him their names. Even the author confirmed that the bunnies' names are a secret that only Lan Wangji knows.

[[folder:Yin Tiger Seal (阴虎符)]]
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A weapon which Wei Wuxian forged to turn the tide of war in the Sunshot Campaign. While not a sentient entity on its own, its mere presence drives part of the plot.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: The origins of the Yin Tiger Seal's creation in ''The Untamed'' is different what was depicted in the novel's canon. In the novel, Wei Wuxian created it from an old sword found in the belly of the Tortoise of Slaughter, and the sword was teeming with the resentful energy of the monster's victims. While this is also the case in the live-action series, the sword's history is now changed such that it is the [[spoiler: secret fifth missing piece of the Yin Iron]].
* AmplifierArtifact: It drastically increases its user's ability to use demonic cultivation. For example, Wei Wuxian's use of the Yin Tiger Seal allows him to control thousands instead of hundreds of fierce corpses.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Simply put, several things went downhill in the past because of [[spoiler: Jin Guangshan's desire to obtain the Yin Tiger Seal and use it to rule over the cultivation world]]. This is taken further in ''The Untamed'', [[spoiler: where the battle at the Nightless City shows that almost every other cultivator also wishes to get their hands on it]].
* HappyFunBall: At first glance, it looks somewhat mystical but otherwise there is nothing otherworldly about its appearance. However, it holds so much power that it's desired by many, most notably the Jin Clan.
* LostInTranslation: Although Exiled Rebels goes with the term "Stygian Tiger Seal", it would be more contextually and culturally accurate to call the artifact the "Yin Tiger Seal" or the "Yin Tiger Tally".
** While "stygian" is a synonym for "dark" or "pitch-black", and ''yin'' does refer to either the darkness or the night, the ''yin'' in the name is more based on the Daoist concept of ''yin-yang'' duality -- which represents how two opposing forces are what help maintain wholeness and balance.
** In Chinese culture, a tiger tally (''hu-fu'') is a two-piece item used by a king for commanding armies. One piece is entrusted to the government officials, whereas the other half is issued to the commanders; and the latter had to show their piece of the tally as a means of gaining permission to dispatch troops. This serves as a meaningful symbolism to how Wei Wuxian used the amulet to control fierce corposes, and why the Jin Clan needed to recreate the other half after Wei Wuxian had destroyed it.
* MadeOfEvil: Wei Wuxian created the Yin Tiger Seal from reforging an ancient sword that had absorbed the resentful energy of ''hundreds'' of men.
* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: In a sense; when Wei Wuxian destroyed half of the seal, the Jin Clan enlisted Xue Yang's help to recreate the lost half. [[spoiler: While it proved to be functional, it was still lacking in power compared to its original version and would lose its effectivity after enough uses... if Jin Guangyao is telling the truth, as he claims that he wouldn't have any use for it in his attempt to escape.]]
* UncertainDoom: In the final arc, [[spoiler: Jin Guangyao]] claims that [[spoiler: the Yin Tiger Seal is destroyed]], although Wei Wuxian doubts his words as there's no physical proof. [[spoiler: But what can be said is that even if it isn't destroyed, no one else has their hands on it]].

[[folder:Fierce Corpses (凶尸)]]

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* AdaptationDeviation: In ''The Untamed'', fierce corpses are instead referred to as "ghoulish puppets" -- humans who aren't dead but are nevertheless placed in a mindless, zombie-like state. This change is due to Chinese media not being very approving of showing zombies and the like on television.
* EliteZombie: The [[RevenantZombie sentient fierce corpses]] are considered this; since not only do they retain their intelligence and awareness from when they were alive, but they also have heightened strength and senses.
* FriendlyZombie: There are a few fierce corpses that have no intention of being a threat. [[spoiler: The blood corpses in the Second Siege arc]] are a good example of that, and another is the fierce corpse that keeps on stalking Young Master Qin's household in the ''Intrusion'' extra.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Invoked ''on'' them; they can only be summoned by one master. Once said master has placed them under their control, they can no longer be commanded by anything or anyone else.
* TheNoseKnows: Some fierce corpses can figure out friend from foe from the scent of their blood.
* NotUsingTheZWord: While they function similarly to undead zombies, they're only referred to either as "corpses" or "fierce corpses".
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Again, they're not zombies, but dead humans reanimated by resentful energy. To become a fierce corpse, one has to have harbored regrets or grudges in their life.
* StrongerWithAge: Inverted. The sooner a human turns into a fierce corpse after their death; the more powerful and threatening they are.
* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The living corpses are this; they became such not because they were reanimated with necromancy, but because they were afflicted with corpse poisoning, which slowly affected their organs until their entire bodies functioned similar to that of an actual fierce corpse.
* ZergRush: While a single fierce corpse isn't too difficult for a cultivator of decent skill to deal with, it's a whole other issue when one is facing a massive horde of them. Not even a hundred cultivators will have an easy time fending them off.
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* CompositeCharacter: Combined with AdaptedOut; the entire subplot focusing on the trouble the Dancing Goddess has caused throughout the years is nonexistent in the ''donghua'', and the only reason why it's even a threat is because the ghost arm has possessed it.

* RockMonster: It is exactly as it looks.
* SoulEating: It does this to the people whose wishes it grants.

* ToServeMan: After Jin Ling made a careless wish to it, the Dancing Goddess decided that human souls weren't enough to satisfy it anymore and started to consume human flesh as well.

[[caption-width-right:345:Click [[labelnote:here]]\\
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* HumanSacrifice: It requires one every now and then to keep it pacified, otherwise it would create trouble.

* NotYourProblem: Inverted; the Waterborne Abyss that Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji fought originally came from the waters of Qishan, not Gusu. It ended up in Caiyi Town because the Wen Clan drove the creature there on purpose for the Lan Clan to deal with.
* SeaMonster: What else would it be?

* AdaptedOut: Played with. She still exists in the LiveActionAdaptation's lore since her name is mentioned when Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji and Nie Huaisang stumble upon a festival celebrated in her honor. However, the backstory involving Wei Wuxian annoying her with horrible poetry so she would eventually show her face to him never happens and is thus omitted.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Depending on the fan translation you go with, she's either the Damsel of Annual Blossoms, the Flower Damsel, the Flower Maiden, the Lady Florist, and so on.

* TheUnseen: InUniverse; she never shows her face to anyone, and only Wei Wuxian is the exception as he repeatedly annoyed her so that she would show her face to him. Once she did, he immediately bragged that she's pretty. However, one of the image covers of the audio drama does show the viewer what the upper half of her face looks like. She also makes a full appearance in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q''.

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An ancient monster that resides in a cave on Dusk Creek Mountain. A failed imitation of the legendary divine beast Xuanwu, it has devoured hundreds of humans centuries ago, but has been in hibernation since then.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The way it's killed in the ''donghua'' is more or less similar to how it's described in the novel; the difference is that the death happened in a flash in the former adaptation, whereas in the novel it took Lan Wangji six hours of pulling the ''guqin'' strings to decapitate the monster.
* MixAndMatchCritters: While referred to as a tortoise, the creature is actually a hybrid between a tortoise and a serpent.
* NighInvulnerable: Downplayed. Its skin is almost impenetrable and can't be wounded with normal arrows and swords. Certain weapons ''can'' cut through it, but even that's another challenge of its own.
* OffWithHisHead: It meets its demise this way after Lan Wangji uses the Chord Assassination Technique to slice its head off.

* TurtlePower: Averted; the real Xuanwu is associated with the trope. On the other hand, [[SadlyMythtaken this "fake" version of the mythological creature is basically a large and dangerous beast that resembles the aforementioned divine being]]. Not that the fact stops it from still being a massive threat once it's waken from its slumber.

* AdaptationDeviation: The novel never specifies just how large a Measuring Snake is, but in the ''donghua'' it's portrayed to be as large as a giant anaconda or python. In ''The Untamed'', it has the size and length of a normal snake instead.
* AdaptationExpansion: It gets a larger role in the ''donghua'', as both Jiang Yanli and Jin Ling's lives were nearly endangered by a Measuring Snake. In the novel, it's only mentioned in passing as one of the beasts that Jin Zixuan shot down. They also get a moment in the spotlight in ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q''.
* LoopholeAbuse: ''Mo Dao Zu Shi Q'' shows that the person doesn't necessarily need to be physically taller than the Measuring Snake in order to defeat it non-lethally; all that's required is that they need to ''stand'' taller than it. If the person is standing on the platform high enough to tower over the snake, it will consider said person as the victor and not eat them.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: A few characters have speculated that he may be Xue Yang's ancestor in Episode 10, although this is never touched upon again.

* CanonForeigner: Xue Chonghai's existence is what influences the series' canon-divergent plot, which involves the existence of the Yin Iron and why both Wen Ruohan and Xue Yang have been practicing demonic cultivation ''before'' Wei Wuxian.
* EvilSorcerer: He's this in a nutshell, complete with creating an artifact fueled with evil power and living sacrifices.
* GreaterScopeVillain: His creation of the Yin Iron is what gave Wen Ruohan the opportunity to subjugate the cultivation world. The Yin Iron's existence is also what filled the Jin Clan with ambition, leading to their attempts to try and take over after the Wen Clan was defeated.
* LaughingMad: His only two appearances have him doing this.
* MadnessMakeover: After he got mad from using the Yin Iron, when Wen Mao finds him, he appears completely disheveled and has a maniacal expression on his face.

* CanonForeigner: She doesn't exist in the novel or in any of the other adaptations that more closely follow the novel's canon. However, her role in the movie's plot can easily remind the audience of the Yi City arc.
* {{Expy}}:
** She has a lot in common with Wen Qing. Same name whether written in ''hanzi'' or ''pinyin''? Check. Has a younger brother who she cared for? Check. Burned to death? Also check. Except that Xiao Yi isn't really her younger brother.
** She's also similar to Xiao Xingchen. While she's neither a Daoist priest, blinded or tricked into killing anyone like he was, nor did she commit suicide, she's a PosthumousCharacter that the villain tries in vain to revive.
* TheLostLenore: For Xiao Yi, in a platonic sense. This is then played straight in the romantic sense when it's revealed that they're not actually siblings and that Zhao Yi has feelings for her.
* NiceGirl: From what's seen of her, she's gentle and kind-hearted, and is the only one in the Xiao family to treat Zhao Yi nicely.

* CanonForeigner: He doesn't exist in the novel or in any of the other adaptations that more closely follow the novel's canon. As seen in {{Expy}} below, however, the plot of ''The Living Dead'' is similar to the novel-canonical Yi City arc.

* {{Expy}}:
** To Wen Ning, minus being a fierce corpse. Both have an older sister that they lost in tragic circumstances. This is eventually subverted, as the real truth is a lot more sinister and complicated.
** Another character who he's more heavily based off of is Xue Yang. They're both practitioners of demonic cultivation who have killed everyone that abused and looked down on them. When someone else attempted to make them face punishment, they violently retaliated. But in the midst of their vengeance, they end up causing the death of the one person they had begun to care for. Ever since then, they had spent years trying to revive said person in vain. The difference is the fate they're ultimately met with: Xue Yang dies from his wounds, while Xiao Yi is spared as a CruelMercy.
* FateWorseThanDeath: He suffers this in the climax; Wen Ning refuses to kill him and states that it's a more fitting punishment for him to live with the consequences of his actions. This fate causes Zhao Yi to scream at his endless suffering.

* CanonForeigner: He doesn't exist in the novel or in any of the other adaptations that more closely follow the novel's canon. That being said, his role in the movie has quite the few [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to the Yi City arc.
* {{Expy}}: To Song Lan. Both were turned into fierce corpses against their well by either Xue Yang or an {{Expy}} of Xue Yang. Song Lan was freed of Xue Yang's control and left Yi City to go WanderingTheEarth, while Zhou Zishu was killed by Wen Ning and Lan Sizhui before they found out the truth about him being under Xiao Yi's control.
* GoodAllAlong: He's actually one of the victims of the Xiao family massacre; and Xiao Yi is the real culprit. Zhou Zishu even attempted to apprehend Xiao Yi and have him face trial.

* SerialKiller: Strongly implied in the trailers, where he seems to be responsible for killing off the entire Xiao clan. The late half of the movie subverts this.

* RememberTheNewGuy: He's never seen in ''The Untamed''. This is partly explained that the production for ''Fatal Journey'' started months after that of the main series, and there's also the possibility that Nie Zonghui was promoted to the position of lieutenant some time during the sixteen-year TimeSkip. Of course, there's also how he gets killed near the end of the movie, which explains why he doesn't appear in the present time.
* SlashedThroat: A possessed/berserk Nie Mingjue kills him this way.

* AdaptationDistillation: While she still appears in the ''donghua'', she doesn't make an appearance in the second season which features flashbacks of Wei Wuxian's time as the Yiling Patriarch, [[spoiler: because the emergency conference where many clans gathered to slander Wei Wuxian -- a conference she also attended]] -- doesn't happen in the adaptation.

* RealityEnsues: As she didn't have the wealth or the means to constantly take care of herself, giving birth to a child slowly weathered out Meng Shi over the years which made her less and less desirable for customers. Naturally, this didn't work out in her favor. In one instance, it got her beaten up by a client.

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* TheFaceless: The artists for the audio drama give the viewer only the faintest idea of what his face might look life, in contrast to his wife. In the ''manhua'', his wife is the only one of the pair to make a brief appearance, at least so far. Only in ''The Untamed'' is he given a full appearance, even though it's only for a few seconds.

* AdaptationalSexuality: While the novel described him as a homosexual, the live-action series makes him straight due to the rumors which state that he made a move on Jin Guangyao's wife instead of Jin Guangyao himself. However, in the very latter case there are some hints where not all is at it seems (see HiddenDepths below).

* WithFriendsLikeThese: The series shows her getting along well another female disciple of the Jin Clan. Unfortunately, said disciple was quick to turn on her and lambaste her when [[spoiler: the other cultivators started accusing Mianmian of defending Wei Wuxian on the false basis that she fell for him]].

* ActionDad: Despite his status as a subordinate to Jiang Fengmian, Wei Changze seemed to be skilled enough in cultivation to have studied with his master in the Cloud Recesses. He and his wife would also go night-hunting together.
* ChildhoodFriends: Wei Changze previously served the Jiang Clan and was on good enough terms with Jiang Fengmian that the latter quickly took the initiative to adopt Wei Changze's son after his death.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: He's one of the ''very'' few fathers or father figures who was kind to his wife and nurturing towards his child. Naturally, he's dead.

* AffectionateNickname: In the audio drama, she calls her husband "Master Wei" with the same fond tone her son uses when he calls Lan Wangji "Second Brother Lan".

* TheGadfly: It's easy to see where Wei Wuxian got his trolling personality from. An extra from the audio drama shows her teasing Wei Wuxian, with Wei Changze gently chiding her for putting a fish in her son's shirt, which is similar to how Wei Wuxian would tease Wen Yuan despite his affection for the boy.

* HappilyMarried: Compared to the most of the other female characters who were in an ArrangedMarriage, Cangse-Sanren eloped with Wei Changze on her own free will. As such, both were completely content together.

* MaliciousSlander: A posthumous example; Cangse-Sanren is on the receiving end of this, with many spreading the rumor that she's Jiang Fengmian's secret mistress.

* NoodleIncident: According to an interview with the author, Cangse-Sanren once pranked Lan Qiren by cutting off his beard in retaliation for him nearly getting Wei Changze and Jiang Fengmian killed during a night-hunt and not apologizing for it.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Subverted. She studied with Jiang Fengmian and Wei Changze when they were younger, and it's clear she cared for both of them as she even went as far as to chop off Lan Qiren's goatee when he refused to take responsibility for nearly getting Wei Changze and Jiang Fengmian on a night hunt killed. After she ran off with Wei Changze to be rogue cultivators, she naturally drifted apart from Jiang Fengmian; although there's no implication that the two ever got on bad terms after she married Wei Changze.

* GoodOldWays: She's the only living cultivator left who follows the school-based instead of the bloodline-based cultivational system, since the cultivation world previously ran on the former system before Wen Mao introduced the latter system.

* TheHermit: She chose to isolate herself from the rest of the mortal world so as to not get involved with their conflicts, and she encouraged her disciples to do the same.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Xiao Xingchen said that Yanling-Daoren died under "a thousand swords", although whether he meant this literally or metaphorically in that Yanling-Daoren was killed in a battle against several cultivators is uncertain.

* StrongAndSkilled: Xiao Xingchen described him to be a powerful and talented cultivator.

* DirtyCoward: Played with. He still gets violent, but he's clearly out of his element when his "cousin" starts to fight back against him. Played straight in the ''donghua'', where he runs away after "Mo Xuanyu" kicks him in the face and verbally challenges him.

* LargeHam: While he's far from the kind of character who restrains himself in both actions and words, he's nearly wailing all of his lines in the Japanese audio drama.

* SpoiledBrat: Although he's technically an adult by ancient China's standards, he immediately gets mad and starts throwing violent tantrums when things don't go this way.

* YourMom: She does a subtle one in the novel when she calls "Mo Xuanyu" a "son of a bitch", but she plays this straight in the ''donghua'' when she tells him that his mother -- and her sister -- is a whore.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, he snapped his own neck in half after getting possessed by the ghost arm. In the ''donghua'', he immediately becomes a fierce corpse after his possession, and he's finished off by a possessed Madam Mo.

* AdaptedOut: She doesn't make an appearance in the ''donghua''. In this case, her presence isn't needed because in the adaptation, the Dancing Goddess isn't an entity of its own but rather, it's merely a statue that came to life after the ghost arm possessed it.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She could have enjoyed the happy marriage she was looking forward to had she never prayed to the Dancing Goddess. Her father would have also remained alive and well.

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After Jin Guangyao burned down the temple where he and his mother used to work at, he built a temple over its remains and modeled the Guanyin statue after her so people would honor and worship her.]]
* HiddenDepths: As stated in her description, she's known to be rather well-educated for a prostitute, as she can read, write, and play the ''guqin''. Not that many think it amounted to much because in the eyes of the public, the stigma of her profession outweighed her talents.
* HighClassCallGirl: She was ''formerly'' this, but her worth as a prostitute dwindled after she gave birth.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: In her defense, she's not the first to be blind to Jin Guangshan's true character and how he doesn't care for any of his mistresses or the children he conceived with them.

* {{Pride}}: She gets accused of this by her co-workers and some of her patrons as well, since she used to be a famous prostitute but held on to the glory of being one even long after she had a son and was no longer in her prime. Even Sisi, the only one who was nice to her, called her out on this, albeit not because she looked down on her but because she knew that such an attitude would invite only the scorn of others.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: She's often on the receiving end of this, since whenever someone calls Jin Guangyao a SonOfAWhore, they mean to insult both him and his mother just because of their background and/or profession.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: ''Plenty'' of events would have never happened if Meng Shi didn't encourage her son to earn Jin Guangshan's favor and nurture the belief that climbing up the social ladder would solve most of their problems.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: While not much is known about her, it still requires a lot of kindness for someone to show concern towards people everyone else either slandered or treated poorly. And whenever she's defending those people, it usually involves her yelling at the others to piss off or getting into a violent catfight with someone who decided to get a little too mouthy.

* HairTriggerTemper: Anxin described to a customer how Sisi had a fierce personality. The fact that Sisi defended Meng Shi from any mocking onlookers by yelling at them to quit gawking and move along attests to this. After her time in captivity, her personality became more mellow; although this could be because she's speaking to an entire room of esteemed cultivators, and she's sharing the story of a dark incident rather than trying to do her usual business with them.

* ProperlyParanoid: She's the only one who realized how suspicious it was for someone to hire several prostitutes who were past their prime and take them somewhere without informing anyone else. [[spoiler: She's also the only one who gets spared, albeit for a completely different reason.]]

* AdaptedOut: She's not present in any way in ''The Untamed'', unless the viewer counts her as one of the ghosts Jin Guangyao sees in a hallucination near the finale.

* {{Jerkass}}: From the little the reader knows of her, she's catty, unpleasant, and talks about people behind their backs.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She's just a BitCharacter, but it's through her memories that the main cast realize more vital information about [[spoiler: Jin Guangyao]].

* AdaptedOut: Since ''The Untamed'' doesn't cover the extra chapters, he's not present in the live-action drama.
* BlatantLies: Wei Wuxian initially refuses to be helpful with him regarding the fierce corpse because he can tell that the guy is hiding vital information from them.
* CharacterDevelopment: Implied offscreen, where his experience with the fierce corpse that hounded him might have taught him a thing or two about treating servants better.
* DueToTheDead: After the fierce corpse that's been trying to break into his household finally accomplishes his goal, Young Master Qin pays for the corpse's burial services.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Downplayed; when the fierce corpse finally breaks into his house, the worst it does to him is knock him out with one punch before deciding that its business is done. However, the experience does scare Young Master Qin straight in the long run.

* ChildrenAreInnocent
* NotInFrontOfTheKid: She accidentally walks in on Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji about to get intimate, causing her to run away in fright; although it's unclear if she knew exactly what she saw or not.