Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
- Writer
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (MXTX) is a Chinese author well-known for her danmei (the Chinese equivalent of the Yaoi Genre) novels, and is one of the most successful authors of the genre. Her three published works are officially translated into English by Seven Seas Entertainment, all three have also received animated adaptations and Manhua adaptations. Although she did not like writing as a child, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu loved reading and making up stories. Her origin goal was to be a mangaka. Her interest in danmei began by reading a fanfiction about the anime D. Gray-Man in middle school, wherein the male main character fell in love with a male side character. Ultimately, as she loved reading the works of others, she decided she wanted to try writing as well.
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's pseudonym originates from the fact that while she wished to study literature in college, her mother insisted she study economics. Her mother told her that she could smell the fragrance of ink in one hand and the smell of money in the other. (Mo Xiang) means 'black fragrance' and (Tóng Xiù) is a phrase meaning 'the stink of money.'
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Mo Xiang Tong Xiu first conceived of the idea for Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation during her last year at college. Worried about her thesis, she took to walking at night while listening to music. As she let her mind daydream, the image of a man came to her. He was clad in black, with a pale complexion and blood on his face, snapping something in his hand that could have been a flute or an arrow.
Curious, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu began to try to determine who he was and why he would have made such an expression. Eventually, this idea became Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, which she considers an "experimental" work.
According to her 2018 interview, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu did not expect Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation to become popular. She considered transmigration the only popular trope included in the novel, which was originally intended to be a story about revenge. After outlining, she realized her story was less about revenge than expected. Ultimately, she described the completed novel as a story about complicated revenge, as well as relationships and gratitude.
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's pseudonym originates from the fact that while she wished to study literature in college, her mother insisted she study economics. Her mother told her that she could smell the fragrance of ink in one hand and the smell of money in the other. (Mo Xiang) means 'black fragrance' and (Tóng Xiù) is a phrase meaning 'the stink of money.'
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Mo Xiang Tong Xiu first conceived of the idea for Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation during her last year at college. Worried about her thesis, she took to walking at night while listening to music. As she let her mind daydream, the image of a man came to her. He was clad in black, with a pale complexion and blood on his face, snapping something in his hand that could have been a flute or an arrow.
Curious, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu began to try to determine who he was and why he would have made such an expression. Eventually, this idea became Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, which she considers an "experimental" work.
According to her 2018 interview, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu did not expect Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation to become popular. She considered transmigration the only popular trope included in the novel, which was originally intended to be a story about revenge. After outlining, she realized her story was less about revenge than expected. Ultimately, she described the completed novel as a story about complicated revenge, as well as relationships and gratitude.
