Mo Dao Zu Shi is a donghua following the life of Wei Wuxian. Wei Wuxian is a powerful cultivator who learned a forbidden evil cultivation. He played a major part in leading the sun shot campaign but all of a sudden he is betrayed. His Comrades turn against him wanting not only his death but his power. Before he dies he makes sure they can’t get what they want but why is he awake again? And in somebody else’s body. But most importantly why is Lan Zhan trying to keep him close despite always arguing with him in the past?