"mo dao zu shi" was adapted for a live action web series titled "the untamed" (), produced by tencent penguin pictures and new style media. this stars xiao zhan as wei wuxian and wang yibo as lan wangji. it aired in china on tencent video from june 27, 2019 till august 20, 2019 for 50 episodes; with two episodes every thursday and friday (gmt +08:00), but was changed to every monday till wednesday (gmt +08:00) starting july 1, 2019. the theme song, sang by xiao zhan and wang yibo, was titled "忘羡" () before being renamed to "无羁" ().