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[inkandinstability]

Chapters: 9/40 Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Audio Drama), 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Webcomic) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Additional Tags: Female Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Everything’s the same except Xichen is now a woman and somehow even more majestic, Xichen Supremacy because I am but a humble worshipper, Overachiever siblings who would burn the world for each other, Twin Jades appreciation society, Huaisang has receipts and no one is safe, NieLan invented yearning, Canon Compliant™ but also genderbend sorcery, Elders can choke, Sect Politics but make it Patriarchy, NieLan Endgame because muscles and morality met grace and tragedy, Jin Guangyao is a backstabbing manipulator and I respectfully want to fistfight him, (But also he’s so complex I might write an essay), Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are gay disaster twins in love, For at least 3 chapters: Wangji is 5 years old and already Done™, Shufu Supremacy, Lan Qiren drinks bitter tea and defends his kids like a champ, Until he meets the chaos incarnate : Wei Wuxian, Major character death - Freeform, Because canon said “if it’s not tragic it’s not cultivation”, Protective Nie Mingjue, Nie Mingjue Deserved Better 2k25, Lan Jingyi is their (accidental) child and already more emotionally intelligent than his ancestors, Emotional Repression As A Coping Mechanism, Childhood trauma but make it elegant, Stoic Girls Don’t Cry (but sometimes they do, Alone, into a zither), Dramatic robes and even more dramatic trauma, “Why does everyone in this family have so much baggage”, Slow burn but like… Sect Approved™, 8-year-old Xichen is better at diplomacy than the adults, Angst with a 97 percent chance of internal screaming Summary:

Lan Xichen was born to silence—daughter of a mother locked away, heir to a title she was never meant to inherit and burdened with a father's shame he dared not voice. In the halls of Cloud Recesses, where truth is forbidden and obedience sacred, a young girl dares to exist loudly. This is not the story of the man she could have been. It’s the story of the girl she chose to become.

[inkandinstability]

Don't pretend you're not reaching for greatness—own it. But stop bleeding yourself dry to prove it. Even in your darkest hour, just be you. That’s always been enough.