#finally and most importantly: the yiling laozu fucks

[esshades]

I finally finished my watchthrough of the 2 MDZS shows and here are my thoughts from my notes

[amosaicofmagic]

The Untamed Fic recs. p. 4

The Yiling Wei Sect AU

Restoration

They say he was thrown into Luanzang Gang by the man who killed his parents; they say that he is an immortal cultivator who had been in a deep trance until the Wen sect disturbed his rest and incurred his wrath; they say that he is the fierce corpse of a cultivator who had somehow regained his mind and his spiritual powers. When Lan Wangji sees him for the first time, he understands why people talk.

Meng Yao wants safety. Xue Yang wants vengeance. The Sunshot Campaign wants victory. Yiling Laozu provides, for a price.

[Alive?burialmounds AU with time shenanigans + intrigue + great ensamble]

Bury My Heart on the Lonely Mountain

In this alternate universe, WWX did not die during the first siege at the Burial Mounds, and has raised A-Yuan as his son and only disciple, living with the rest of the Wens. He does not leave Luanzang Hill, and A-Yuan meets with other sects on his behalf. The outside world has not seen him since he closed himself off within the "strongest fucking barrier known to the cultivation world." But now, with the return of ferocious corpses that the cultivation world cannot handle, the blame falls to the Yiling Laozu. LWJ has not seen WWX since rescuing him from Nightless City and confessing to him in the Demon-Salughtering Cave. He has taken WWX's distance as a rejection of his love.

[Dark!A-Yuan AU based on this amazing comic.]

A Narrow Bridge

Once, Lan Wangji made a choice to step aside. Ten years after Wei Ying’s death, he finds a way back to choose again.

[Time Travel AU; Slow burn that more than pays off]

The Murder of Crows

By the Heavens, did you hear? The Yiling Patriarch has been invited to the Discussion Conference in Qinghe!"

Gossip was, by far, the fastest way for information to spread.

"What! Whose idea was that!?"

It was not the most accurate or most reliable method, but people were people, and the tedium of daily life would always bore them.

"I heard it was the Nie Sect leader's suggestion."

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After thirteen years in the Burial Mounds, the Yiling Patriarch finally makes a public reappearance. Civilians are scared. Cultivators are outraged. Sect Leaders are concerned. Wei Wuxian has been too quiet, they say, and nobody knows what dark horrors the Burial Mounds may now contain.

Wei Wuxian wouldn't quite call them dark horrors, but the description wasn't too far off.

[WIP]

Yiling Laozu extraordinaire

holding hands with you in this rain-flooded street

After the war, the sects come together to write out peace treaties and contracts. As the Wen Sect is all but destroyed, the most terrifying thing in the cultivation world is the Yiling Laozu. Unfortunately, the sects owe him for ending the Sunshot Campaign in their favour.

When Yiling Laozu demands Hanguang-jun as compensation, no one is able to say no.

(or, wei wuxian marries himself to lan wangji for political immunity; but more importantly, he needs to dual cultivate with someone with a strong core or his demonic cultivation will kill him.)

Echo, Murmur, Dream, Here

Lan Wangji was not delusional. He knew Wei Ying was dead. The sharp stab of hope had spread out and dulled.But there was something firmer than hope, firmer also than fantasy, which he would not leave behind. Even if Wei Ying was gone and would never come back, nothing would take his place in Lan Wangji’s heart. He thought about that occasionally, when he glimpsed the moon through stark branches on a forest trail, or when he felt drowsy and distant in the seat of honor at banquets.It was simple. He would always love Wei Ying.-Over 16 years, Lan Wangji’s faith is rewarded as rumors solidify: The Yiling Patriarch survived Nightless City and became a powerful sect leader in a distant land.Mirthless, jaded, aloof: this stranger sounds nothing like the Wei Wuxian whom Lan Wangji loves. But as political backstabbing and a monstrous magic threaten to destroy the cultivation world, Wei Wuxian will return one last time.

the shadow of a name in skin

Wei Wuxian doesn’t let the Wen Remnants hand themselves over after Jin Zixuan’s death. Instead he makes one last sacrifice to ensure they survive. Months later, a Lan cultivator kneels at the edge of the Burial Mounds, ready to offer himself to the feared Yiling Patriarch.

Or: Sacrifice is an old magic, but love is even older.

[Awesome premise and awesome characterization]

tie a knife with a ribbon

The Yiling Patriarch makes a bargain with the cultivation world. He'll give them the power to defeat Wen Ruohan. No more death. No more war.

All he wants in return is Lan Wangji.