Are There Really No BL Xianxia Novels Without Transmigrating into a Book or Being Reborn? 世界上真的没有不穿书、不重生的双楠仙侠文吗？？

1. 1 古 From Ancient Times to the Present: Is the Demon Lord a Top-Tier Star Today? 古穿今：魔尊今天顶流了吗？ Wen Daiyu文黛玉Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted Showbiz + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + transmigration and rebirth Possessive, doting, and dangerously lovesick top × spoiled, dramatic powerhouse who does as he pleases Ye Xingzhou was the greatest demon in the cultivation world. After his ascension failed, he transmigrated into the body of a scandal-plagued idol from a thousand years in the future. Apart from his stunning face, the idol had nothing going for him. He smoked, drank, fought, and cursed people out. Most importantly, he ha 379Reads9.2Score109Shelves

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   Well, how should I put it? Do you want one? It's so hard to find a Xianxia novel that doesn't involve transmigration or reincarnation! I searched my entire summer shelf for ages before finally finding one with two male leads that fit my criteria 🤦. I want to read one too, could any of you help me find one? Love you all, mwah 💕 In short, please help me~

2. 2 救 Help! My Disciple Keeps Thinking He's a Sword! 救命，徒弟总觉得自己是把剑！ Flowers Bloom Beneath the Clouds云下生花Two Male Leads521k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + devoted couples, equally matched, mutual nurturing + sweet indulgence with double standards. Cool, gentle beauty of a master, sword scabbard shou × arrogant, scheming tea-green disciple, demon sword gong; master-disciple filter eight hundred meters thick] After the demon sword Xue Xinglan awoke from a seal that had held him for tens of thousands of years, he discovered that the sword scabbard he'd lovingly nurtured into sentience was gone. When he found his little scabbard, it 1.6kReads9.3Score266Shelves
3. 3 情 From Rival to Cultivation Partner: The Heir of the Hehuan Sect Drags Me Home 情敌变道侣，合欢宗少主强拐回家 Chu Sandao楚三刀Two Male Leads548k WordsCompleted Reader's guide: [Two male leads, no female lead, transmigrate, System, rivals become lovers, cultivation, both devoted to each other] CP: Ming Xiyue, young sect master of the Hehuan Sect (top) × Chu Xinglan, who has wanted to go home ever since he transmigrated (bottom) Chu Xinglan is kidnapped by a System and taken to a cultivation world, where he's forced to carry out all kinds of missions. When he loses his golden core, he stages the System's murder and regains his freedom. At the moment of h 10.5kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
4. 4 那 That Poor Fortune-Teller Is Actually a God! 那个穷算命的竟然是个神！ White Ash白色炭灰Two Male Leads620k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + one-on-one + both virgins + xianxia + mystery + evenly matched leads + younger gong] (Not a brainless wish-fulfillment story. The rating just went up and will rise.) [Plot-driven story warning: the plot has both sweet and angsty moments, but the romance won't break your heart.] [Earnest, righteous, shamelessly devoted True Lord × slightly frail, cunning, flirtatious God Emperor] Don't flirt with people so casually! You might find yourself unable to shake them off! Cang Ti, Empe 71Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   Let me recommend a couple of novels: Shuang Nan (双楠), no reincarnation, no transmigration, a fairly traditional Xianxia (fantasy/martial arts) story.

5. 5 反 The Villainous Undercover Agent Wants to Go Straight 反派卧底想上岸 Seven Bowls of Gold七碗金Two Male Leads361k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + equally matched leads + amnesia + rekindled love + fake substitute + mutual devotion] A sinister, scheming, sweet-on-the-inside amnesiac villain bottom × a proud, domineering, pent-up, tragic beauty of a top They don’t recognize each other, but their souls do. Their bodies meet by chance, while their souls reunite after a long separation. This is the story of a villain who’s tired of being bad and decides to give up trying. Ye Shao is a notorious fiend of the demonic path, guil 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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   No transmigration, no rebirth. The male lead is a notorious villain who, after losing his memory, dons a white vest and redeems himself. It's a combination of a male-oriented straight-male romance and a dual-male-lead story. The initial interactions between the two are entirely hard-boiled, with their romance developing slowly. Furthermore, the male lead is in a dementia state in the early stages, preventing any chemistry from developing. Overall, however, the story is quite enjoyable. Skip the initial background setting; it gets increasingly exciting later. I'm eagerly awaiting a shift from the cultivation-themed style of Qidian's male-oriented novels to the pure romance style of Jinjiang.

6. 6 刺 How Shocking! The Aloof Immortal Lord Is Imprisoned and Doted on by the Snake King! 刺激！清冷仙君竟被蛇君囚宠了！ The Clouds Return悠云归Two Male Leads248k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Younger Man + Some Angst + Cool, Aloof Shou + Cultivation + No Female Lead + 1v1 + Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One + Happy Ending + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Mutual Salvation + Secret Identity] [Dark, Unhinged, Black-Bellied Nonhuman Snake Lord Husband VS. Fallen-from-Grace, Cool Beauty with a Sharp Tongue and a Soft Heart] Mu Xuechen was once a renowned prodigy in the cultivation world. With a single wood spirit root, he reached the peak of the Deification Realm bef 902Reads—Score193Shelves

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   No transmigrating into a book, no time travel.

7. 7 仙 After the Immortal Venerable Was Publicly Jilted, She Became the Emperor’s Wife 仙尊被当众退婚后，成了帝尊夫人 Nan Qilu南亓鹿Two Male Leads496k WordsCompleted Powerful Master of the Six Realms VS Beautiful, Cold Immortal Venerable 1: Su Wenqing was unlucky. He had just sealed the Demon Venerable and lost all his cultivation when his fiance publicly broke off their engagement. Su Wenqing was glad to be rid of the fuss. No one knew that beneath his cold heart, he had a cherished corner where, for thirty years, he had used his heart's blood and all his spiritual power to nourish a fragment of a soul. Then, on the very day his engagement was broken off, t 8.5kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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   This book is so good!

8. 8 穿 Book Transmigration: My Twisted, Lovesick Disciple Goes Mad and Falls to Darkness for Me 穿书：病娇孽徒为我黑化成狂 Wen Daiyu文黛玉Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [No female lead + obsessive + master and disciple + sweet romance] Reborn as a villainous, lovesick, mad disciple x a sunny master who transmigrated into a book Liu Buli transmigrates into the story as the villainous BOSS’s perverted master. To protect both his disciple and himself, he gives the villain his whole heart, caring for and spoiling him to the utmost. He thinks his disciple is upright and destined for a smooth path, but the moment he takes his eyes off him, the disciple raises his swo 3.8kReads9.3Score731Shelves

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   I think these books are all very readable. The main characters are intelligent, the authors have good writing skills and logical thinking, the plots are innovative and rigorous, and the ideas are fresh and original. They're not too bad. I think these books are all quite good. They are all treasures on my bookshelf, highly rated masterpieces, with good plots and decent writing.

9. 9 穿 Book Transmigration: My Obsessive Disciple Turns Evil and Becomes a Demon for Me 穿书：偏执孽徒为我黑化成魔 Fishy Goose鱼鱼鹅Two Male Leads753k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Reborn + No Female Lead + Master and Disciple] Liu Hanqing wakes up to find he’s transmigrated into a Mary Sue novel as a sanctimonious, heartless master. Worst of all, he’s the character he hates most in the entire story. To stay alive, he has no choice but to follow his heart and dote on his little Demon Lord disciple. But who could have guessed that the little Demon Lord would treat him like a wild beast, avoiding him whenever possible and, if she can’t, looking f 432Reads9.2Score104Shelves
10. 10 孽 My Wicked Disciple Is on Top: A Manual for the Villainous Master to Raise His Child 孽徒在上：反派师尊御儿手册 Buying Spicy Strips Takes Coupons Too买辣条也用劵呀Two Male Leads524k WordsCompleted [An ethereal, aloof master vs. a gorgeous, cunning ghost king of a disciple who plays the pig to eat the tiger] Mu Lian transmigrated into a book and became the male lead’s villainous master. In the original story, the villain raised the male lead with ulterior motives, and ultimately caused him to be hunted down and killed by the various sects. Then the male lead was reborn. He took revenge for every betrayal and false accusation he had suffered, and in the end, the villain was framed and kille 3.7kReads9.4Score570Shelves
11. 11 孽 The Wicked Disciple Flirts with His Sickly Beauty Master 孽徒撩宠病美人师尊 Snow on the Bamboo Tip竹尖雪Two Male Leads232k WordsCompleted [Black-hearted, lovesick disciple bottom × upright, powerful master top] [Two male leads + master and disciple + everyone’s favorite heartthrob + one-on-one] In his previous life, Wen Tinglan’s body was taken over by someone from another world. He watched helplessly as his disciple, Chu Junchi, became the Demon Lord. Wen Tinglan was devastated. So when the Heavenly Dao reversed time and sent him back to before it all began, he got another chance. But while traveling through time, Wen Tinglan’s s 326Reads8.9Score100Shelves
12. 12 报 Report! The King of the Underworld Is Scheming Against the Little Immortal Again 报告！冥王大人又在套路小神仙了 Xie Kefeng谢客风Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, no female lead + ancient setting + sweet romance + devoted to each other + one-on-one + deep love + mildly yandere and possessive + jealous and clingy] [A kind and gentle little immortal with expert flirtation skills × the supreme green-tea, sickly, scheming King of the Underworld] After a mistake in the fates, Cheng Mushen, Star Lord of Destiny, was banished to the mortal realm. The Heavenly Emperor: “If you can't set the fates right, don't come back!” And so, Heaven lost a 58Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    [Specializing in sweet romance novels! Only sweet romance novels are recommended!] The first three are Xianxia novels (I guess they count) without transmigration or rebirth. The last two are Jianghu/courtly romances?!

13. 13 报 Report: Lord Yama Has Run Away Yet Again! 报告：阎君大人又双叒叕跑了！ Xie Kefeng谢客风Two Male Leads98k WordsCompleted [Sequel on the author’s page: Lord Hades] [+ Ancient setting + Sweet romance + A little silly] Out of curiosity, Yun Mu went to the mortal realm one day and fell in love at first sight with a prince of the dynasty. From then on, he began shamelessly pursuing him without letup. Pretend to be weak? Easy! Block his way? Sure! Crash into his carriage? Block his door? Climb over his wall? Piece of cake! As for scaring his subordinates, threatening the City God, and things like that... Yun Mu said rig 13Reads8.6Score—Shelves
14. 14 神 Divine One, Hurry! Your Demon Lord Wants to Get Married! 神尊快来！你家魔尊要联姻！ Su Yubai苏语白Two Male Leads101k WordsCompleted The Demon Venerable had defeated every opponent in the Demon Realm, leaving all its monsters trembling and bowing before him. So he decided to go wreak havoc in the Divine Realm, never expecting to find himself a perfect match. What was he to do? Marry into the Divine Realm, of course! 159Reads7.0Score—Shelves
15. 15 月 Beneath the Moon, Facing the Abyss 月下临渊 How Can I Speak of Joy?怎言欢Two Male Leads526k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + evenly matched + revenge and punishing scumbags + one-on-one happy ending + switching roles] [Scheming prince x sweet-faced, dark-hearted green-tea heir] Warning: Two male leads, they dote on each other and both take the initiative. Don't read if that's not your thing! Shen Linyuan, the only son of the Marquis of Wu'an, lost both his parents at a young age. The Empress Dowager took him into the palace to raise him, and there he met the second prince, Xiao Junyue, who brought l 113Reads8.7Score—Shelves
16. 16 武 The Martial Arts Alliance Leader Is Whipped by His Wife 武林盟主夫管严 Xiao Yunjiu霄云九Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted Shen Xiaocheng, with nothing but a sword, defeated the leaders of all nine major sects. He slaughtered the evil sect and the righteous alike. Wherever he appeared, people met their doom, and ghosts followed in his wake. His bewitchingly handsome face was both righteous and wicked, striking terror into countless people in the martial world. Everyone believed he was cold-hearted by nature, never knowing that everything he did was for one person: Sheng Qing'an, Prince Yi of the Kingdom of Qixing. T 113Reads8.9Score103Shelves
17. 17 玄 Born of Mystic Snow 玄雪生 Though Reckless, Still Imaginative虽妄任想Two Male Leads281k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Angsty Romance + Secondary Couple + Chasing His Husband After the Breakup + Happy Ending] [The cover is a character design I commissioned myself, not a template, not a template, not a template!!! Do not use it!!!] Fu Ling thought that when forced to choose between the realm and him, Pei Yi had abandoned him. Everything that had happened between them turned into hatred. But when the truth was finally laid before him, he understood: No one could ever love him more than Pei Yi did 397Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a dual male lead romance, with a tragic subplot and a side couple experiencing a heartbreak ending. The third book is also a dual male lead ancient romance. After Mu Xi, the personal disciple of Immortal Yan Zhen, tragically dies while fighting a ferocious beast, Immortal Yan Zhen retires from worldly affairs, returning to the Nine Heavens with only a cat as his pet. The immortals of the Nine Heavens don't quite understand why Immortal Yan Zhen's pet is a cat.

18. 18 疑 Perhaps an Immortal Lord Has Fallen from the Ninth Heaven 疑是仙君落九天 Zhi Nian之年Two Male Leads385k WordsCompleted What's it like to have your own founding master set his sights on you? Song Yingxing accidentally transmigrated into the role of a demonic cult's young master, only to unexpectedly meet his own founding master, the renowned Immortal Venerable Beichen. The demonic cult's leader was so broke he could barely scrape together three coins. He offered his own son to Immortal Venerable Beichen as payment, calling it “a chance to learn.” What? The founding master wants to take me as his disciple? What a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 上 How to Win Over an Immortal 上仙扑倒攻略 Falling Feathers, Ever So Gently落羽微微Two Male Leads336k WordsCompleted After Mu Xi, the personal disciple of Immortal Yanzhen, is killed while helping to hunt down a ferocious beast, Immortal Yanzhen stops concerning himself with worldly affairs. Taking a cat with him, he returns to the Ninth Heaven. The immortals of the Ninth Heaven cannot understand why Immortal Yanzhen's beloved pet is a cat. It has no trace of immortal energy at all; it is just an ordinary house cat from the mortal realm. But Immortal Yanzhen pays no heed to the other immortals. What kind of pe —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 徒 Granddisciple, Stop! You’re Defying Your Elders! 徒孙住手，你这是以下犯上 Double Eleven双拾壹Two Male Leads206k WordsCompleted [Master and Disciple + Mutual Devotion] [An aloof, immortal-looking beauty of a grand-disciple vs. a devilish grandmaster who loves to wreak havoc but is too powerful to keep a low profile] Where you are is where my Jianghu is! After waking from nearly a century of slumber, the great demon Yuan Cen had even forgotten his own surname. He ended up living as a beggar, stealing chickens and dogs all day, and eventually managed to steal his “beauty” away... From then on, the two lived a shamelessly c 14Reads8.9Score—Shelves
21. 21 药 The Immortal Medicine Master 药仙 Half a Year Old半岁Two Male Leads132k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Devoted Husband] Si Luo has always lived by the belief that “treating the sick and saving lives is a doctor’s duty,” working as an intern at the City People’s Hospital. Just as he is about to become a full-time employee, he faces a life-or-death dilemma: an elderly man suddenly collapses on the street and needs immediate CPR, while a provincial department director suddenly falls ill and needs emergency surgery. Should he stand by and let one die, or arrive late to the surgery? —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 剑 The Unbound Sword Immortal 剑仙无羁 Qu Lanlan曲懒懒Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted Have you ever seen a yao? Whether you have or not, the ordinary young man Zhou Qian has long since grown used to them! Have you ever seen an immortal? Whether you have or not, the ordinary young man Zhou Qian has unexpectedly met one! One night, on some day in some month of some year, an exceptionally handsome sword immortal dressed all in white descended from the sky and barged into his once-peaceful life. From then on, Zhou Qian began his journey to become an apprentice sword immortal, and his 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 刈 Slaying Immortals 刈仙 Sweet Orange Princess甜橙小主Two Male Leads165k WordsOngoing He met him two hundred years ago and wanted only to have a child with him, to make up for his own regret. But how could a fated encounter turn into a doomed relationship? When he first entered the Immortal Realm, the immortals mocked him as the Scythe Immortal: his beauty was so striking, he seemed neither male nor female, and his sex was impossible to discern. By the time his name was known across the Three Realms, he wielded the power of a moxie serpent and possessed a mysterious spirit. Every —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 仙 Beyond the Immortals 仙之上 Fishing for Fun in the River江里摸鱼Two Male Leads84k WordsOngoing In an ancient age, the immortal arts and sacred lands of the world were monopolized by powerful clans. The clans held a monopoly on the path to immortality, dividing all people into mortals and immortals. Even those with extraordinary talent could not escape the clans’ control. Then came the Dawn Era. A cataclysm caused the clans to vanish, breaking the powerful families’ million-year monopoly on the path to immortality. Later, a Great Emperor spread the teachings throughout the world, ushering —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 本 I Just Wanted to Cultivate Immortality, but Things Kept Going Off Track 本想好好修仙，奈何事情越走越偏 Unjustly Blamed不摆之冤Two Male Leads258k WordsOngoing [Two male leads, both pure, one-on-one, happy ending, bottom-focused] Once upon a time, there was a mountain. On that mountain was a cave, and in that cave lived a great demon and a little demon. Kongsang was the little troublemaker of Kongling Mountain. One day, he met a handsome man and fell for him at first sight. What bad intentions could a little fox possibly have? He just wanted to bring his beauty home. So, with his extraordinary looks and tea-drinking skills, Kongsang finally managed to —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 惊 A Men’s University: The God of War and the Demon King Become Roommates 惊！男子大学，战神和妖王成室友 Zhizhi's Coral Bug吱吱的珊瑚虫Two Male Leads457k WordsCompleted Two male leads + romance + equally matched leads + campus + past and present lives Two top students at Haishi Men’s University both drop out? When they meet again eight years later, who is whose, after all? Can their emotional push and pull overcome the grudges between their elders? It turns out this was only a tribulation in the mortal realm. The God of War from the Heavenly Court and the thousand-year-old demon king: see you again in heaven! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two male protagonists, experiencing tribulations in the mortal realm, is that okay? No transmigration, no rebirth.

27. 27 恨 Endless Grief 恨绵绵 Meimei and Hehe美美与和和Eastern Fantasy101k WordsCompleted Heaven’s laws are merciless, yet foxfire burns through the Ninth Heaven. Nine hundred branches of apricot blossoms, ninety thousand years of delusion, all become a heart-searing blaze of karma. Xuanzhi is the highest deity in the Heavenly Realm, the “axis” that keeps the Three Realms in balance. He took form from the fundamental laws that coalesced at the creation of the world. Free of emotion and desire, he has but one duty: to descend and restore balance whenever Heaven’s laws stray. He is the 15Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 等 Wait, My Weapon Doesn't Seem to Obey Me 等会，我的武器好像不听话 Monster Reader读读怪物7k WordsCompleted Wait a second, I think my weapon has a mind of its own. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No transmigration into a book, no rebirth

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