Any Purely Historical Stories With Two Male Leads? No Transmigration or Rebirth 有没有纯古的双楠啊(不要穿越重生)

1. 351 如 How to Tame the Proud Dragon with Your Beauty 如何用美貌驯服龙傲天 Gathering Firewood at Nanshan南山捡柴Two Male Leads447k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + reborn + cultivation + flamboyant, vicious, selfish beauty bottom VS somewhat roguish, arrogant, and devious dragon-pride top] Qu Ying was the pampered young master of the Qu family. Everything changed after his father died. He suffered terribly and learned how important cultivation was. Desperate to make a breakthrough, he swallowed pills and exploded. Heaven gives him another chance, sending him back to when his father was still alive. He gets his revenge on those who torment 20.1kReads8.8Score3.8kShelves

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   It's incredibly beautiful; it's all about ancient people.

2. 352 小 Little General, the Chancellor Has Come to Drag You Home Again 小将军，丞相大人又来抓你回家了 Clear Skies Through the Mist晴见雾空Two Male Leads219k WordsOngoing Dual Male Leads + An Imagined Ancient Setting + Reunion After Years Apart + Both Pure in Love A sweet romance with a touch of angst; no transmigration or rebirth [A self-disciplined, courteous top who later wields power over the court and carefully plots every move] VS [A flirtatious playboy top at first, who later becomes a calm, clear-headed, iron-blooded yet devoted bottom] Shen Yan, the eldest son of the Shen family, was a refined young man who wore a scholar’s robe and a jade crown. Steeped 88Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 353 九 The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch? Don't Arrange Our Marriage! We Could Actually Kill Each Other! Your Majesty, You've Lost Your Mind 🥹 九千岁？别赐婚！我俩真能打死对方！陛下你糊涂啊🥹 I Want to Make Money我要搞钱钱11k WordsCompleted A Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch? Don't Arrange Our Marriage! We Could Actually Kill Each Other! Your Majesty, Have You Lost Your Mind? 🥹 3.3kReads—Score190Shelves

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   You can tell from the title, it's really super good!

4. 354 孤 I Like Wearing Women’s Clothes to Flirt with the General. So What? 孤乐意穿女装撩将军，怎么了？ Ling Lingling凌零灵Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted Two male leads + both virgins + lots of sweetness A prince who disguises himself as a woman, top × a straightforward young general, bottom While escorting the Crown Prince back to the capital on orders, General Xiao Zhou falls in love at first sight with a young woman as lovely as an orchid. The orchid maiden is wonderful in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, delicate and soft, and even taller than General Xiao Zhou. But the general just happens to like tall girls. Then, during an assassinatio 318Reads8.7Score104Shelves
5. 355 论 How a Beautiful Villain Became the Top Hero of the Martial World 论貌美反派如何成为江湖第一 Cat Treats and Canned Cat Food猫条猫罐头Two Male Leads444k WordsOngoing [Rating just released] [Two male leads + transmigration + villain beloved by everyone + everyone has a one-sided crush + wuxia] A villainous bottom who seems gentle and refined on the surface but is actually ruthless and will do anything to achieve his goals, paired with a devoted, appearance-obsessed, unhinged top. Content warning 1: The protagonist is a highly dangerous hypocrite and true villain, not some pretty boy who just talks big. He has tremendous self-worth and specializes in tormentin 47.9kReads9.2Score9.1kShelves

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   A pure ancient Chinese martial arts novel, without any time-travel or reincarnation systems. It's purely ancient in style and full of antique charm. Recommended.

6. 356 囚 The Captive Emperor 囚君 What a Huge Pot好大一口锅Two Male Leads128k WordsCompleted The day the messenger brought back the news was the Mid-Autumn Festival. He sat on the long steps beneath the Qianyuan Palace, gazing up at the chilly night sky. Suddenly, he remembered a late night eighteen years ago. A whistle had startled him, making him fall from a tree. The dates tucked in his clothes had rolled all over the ground, and the person below had laughed with such abandon. The clear, hearty laughter carried the sweetness of green dates, making him turn his eyes aside. “Ah.” In th 122Reads8.2Score—Shelves
7. 357 除 Who Dares Call Me Huahua Besides My Master? 除了师父，谁敢叫本王花花 The Great King One Two一二大大王Two Male Leads1.3M WordsOngoing Also known as My Lord, Please Stop. I Can't Take Any More [Accomplished regent bottom & miraculous healer and Flower God top] [Two male leads + secret identities revealed + sweet romance + raising a younger partner + happy ending] [Secret identities revealed + married] The reveal happens around Chapter 120 The twenty-year-old regent, a master of martial arts, met the twenty-five-year-old miracle doctor Hua Mobai. A wager brought Yan Lin face-to-face with the person who loved him, and whom he 10.8kReads9.4Score805Shelves

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   These two books are by the same author. The first one is a strong-willed couple story and is almost finished. The second one is also very good.

8. 358 影 The Shadow Guard Knows His Mistake, Please Punish Him, Master 影卫知错，请主子责罚 The Great King One Two一二大大王Two Male Leads401k WordsCompleted [Devoted dog + two male leads + unequal relationship + sweet romance + physical suffering, not heartbreak + equally powerful leads] The stench of blood in the torture chamber had not faded for three days. Chu Xuanzhao looked at the hands with every nail silently ripped out, watched steel needles pierce between the fingers, and watched the man choke on blood yet still say, “This subordinate did nothing.” Suddenly, he felt irritated. Want some water? Sure. Ever seen a dog? Learn to beg properly an 2.4kReads8.6Score258Shelves
9. 359 护 My Protective Little Husband 护短小夫郎 A Thousand Words语千言Two Male Leads554k WordsOngoing [Male-male romance + Tomato Original + Ancient farming life + One-on-one, mutual firsts + Adorable child + Family life + HE + Multiple supporting couples] Chu Jibai (gong) VS Pei Xuechi (shou) Chu Jibai marries Pei Xuechi by his parents’ arrangement and the matchmaker’s word. The day after the wedding, Chu Jibai heads off to war… In the first year of their marriage, Pei Xuechi becomes a father… In the fourth year of their marriage, Chu Jibai returns… 278Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   Shuangnan, an ancient native, neither time-traveling nor reborn, an arranged marriage that blossoms into love, a slow and steady relationship.

10. 360 残 Beyond a Scarred Face 残颜之上 The Xie Family's Fifth Son谢家老五Two Male Leads537k WordsCompleted Historical mystery | Two male leads | Fated entanglement | Beautiful but tragic | Secret favoritism | Groveling arc Gentle, righteous senior who pursues × broken vessel poisoned by baleful energy who is pursued Strange cases plague Qingxi. Xie Tao is disfigured by baleful poison and hides in a peach grove on the outskirts of town, shunned by the entire city. Only Su Xun isn’t afraid of the rumors. He enters the peach grove to find Xie Tao and investigate the cases. Falling petals drift throug 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A pure love suspense story.

11. 361 什 What? His Majesty’s Shadow Guard Faked His Death! 什么？朕的暗卫死遁了！ Ink Marks Gradually墨迹冉冉Two Male Leads305k WordsCompleted M/M leads + transmigration + shadow guard + faking his death + imprisonment + both pure + happy ending Modern office worker Mu Zhi works himself to death from overtime. When he opens his eyes, he has become Seventeen, a shadow guard serving an ancient tyrant. Blood is warm, swords are cold, and the emperor’s gaze is a bottomless pool of icy water. Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger, and this tiger crushes bones on a whim and treats human lives like weeds. Feeling the slave brand on his 6.5kReads8.6Score971Shelves

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    Who understands these three?

12. 362 殿 Your Highness, I Really Don’t Like Men! 殿下，臣真的不喜欢男子！ Meow Meow Says Nothing喵喵不言Two Male Leads229k WordsCompleted A clingy, silly beauty who likes men, the bottom + a sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, thinks-he’s-straight-until-he-falls top Two male leads + sickly bottom + happy ending + ancient setting + sweet romance Yun Yao landed a job making incense for His Highness Prince Zhao. The good news: It’s a respectable, well-paid job, and Prince Zhao treats him like a younger brother. The bad news: Prince Zhao has always despised men who love men, and Yun Yao happens to like men. On the first day he met Yun Y 3kReads9.1Score421Shelves

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    It's a pure historical romance, not a time-travel story. If you like sweet and romantic stories, you can read it without hesitation. [Note]

13. 363 以 I Offer Myself to You: My Dear, You’ve Run Away 30 Times. Try Again and I’ll Make You Cry 以身饲君：爱卿，逃30次了，再敢跑朕弄哭你 Read a Little Editorial Team读点编辑部Two Male Leads255k WordsCompleted [Historical Fantasy + Male-Male Romance + Short Stories + Imperial Court + Unhinged Characters + Grudges Between Ruler and Subject + Love and Hate] He chases, he runs, but he can't escape. Before the late emperor died, he entrusted the crown prince to the regent, asking him to guide the prince well. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the regent felt his task was complete and asked to resign and return to his hometown. But when he entered the emperor's bedchamber, his body suddenly went l 1.1kReads9.1Score124Shelves

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    The first book is a short story; you can read it if you like that kind of thing, it's sweet ❤️❤️ I can't really summarize the second book, so it's up to you guys. The third book is about forced, crazy, and imprisoned people; check it out if you like that kind of thing. The fourth book is a popular, trained dog-like story, which is also very enjoyable.

14. 364 亡 My Late Husband Is Above 亡夫在上 Wei Yiyun Who Loves the Bo Tree喜欢伯乐树的魏依云Two Male Leads633k WordsCompleted [Blind beauty on the bottom X obsessive King of the Underworld on top, one-on-one, happy ending, with foreshadowing and twists] At seventeen, the little blind boy with no memories and no one to care for him gropes his way through the darkness, keeping company with a vengeful ghost who has come to the mortal realm to claim lives. The ghost rarely speaks. Only when Fan Li loses his way does a cold hand reach out to lead him back to his room. The ghost's bites hurt, and his moods are unpredictable. 3.1kReads9.4Score434Shelves

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    The writing is excellent (✪▽✪), and the plot is original (really!). It features a general's spirit (King Yama) after death vs. A lively and cheerful man who becomes a sharp-tongued, blind beauty before age seven (who only regains his sight at the end). The seme is older than the uke, and there's a significant age gap. Initially, the seme wants to kill the uke, but the uke is unaware and longs for the seme to stay with him. (Because the uke doesn't know what others look like, he can see the seme's image in his dreams.) The tone is slightly angsty, but it has a happy ending. [Sending heart]

15. 365 暗 The Hidden Guard Just Wants to Retire and Farm at Home 暗卫只想退休回家种田 Flower-Knowing Guest花知客Two Male Leads298k WordsCompleted The story is complete. Enjoy! What's it like when the kid you raised wants to make you his wife? An Qi: Thanks for asking. I don't really feel anything. This is hard to deal with. An Qi taught Gu Huaian everything, except how to love someone. To Gu Huaian, love means possession and control, making sure An Qi has eyes for no one else. He cares for him wholeheartedly when he's hurt, but he also goes mad and repeatedly insists that An Qi belongs to him. An Qi is done with this. He wants to fin 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Purely ancient setting, prince and his secret guards, plot-driven, a mutually agreeable relationship, sweet moments after their reunion in chapter 82, guaranteed to satisfy! [Top post][Top post]

16. 366 奉 Married by Imperial Decree: The Heir's Consort Is One of a Kind 奉旨成婚，世子妃他与众不同 Mu Leng沐冷Two Male Leads591k WordsCompleted Two male leads, both faithful to each other, marriage before love. A royal edict turned the capital’s most refined young nobleman into the heir of Prince Jin’s consort, and cemented the reputation of the arrogant, unruly young war god as a man who loved other men. The Emperor was killing two birds with one stone. He wanted Prince Jin’s household to have no heir and produce no descendants. “Young Master Yan, what a clever scheme. Is this the outcome you wanted?” Li Jingheng raised an eyebrow and 3.3kReads8.9Score413Shelves

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    I absolutely have to recommend this! I wasn't initially inclined to read it based on the ratings, but then I couldn't find anything else I wanted to read, so I picked this one. Oh my god, I'm so glad I didn't miss it! It's a pure historical romance, the main couple is both strong, and it's incredibly sweet. The side couple makes you feel a little envious, but it's also very sweet.

17. 367 掉 After My Identity Was Exposed, the Chancellor Locked an Arm Around My Waist and Coaxed Me 掉马后，我被丞相锁腰哄 How About a Twist of Dough来根麻花嘛Two Male Leads397k WordsCompleted Also known as The Crane Steals the Cloud’s Joy He Quqin, the powerful prime minister who rules the court, casually buys a mute performer. Before the bridal curtains have even warmed, the man escapes. A few days later, the Duke’s household welcomes back their young master, who had been raised in Jiangnan. The prime minister gives a cold laugh and corners him in the rock garden during a palace banquet. “Mute? Performer?” He Quqin traces the red mole in the hollow of his collarbone. “I know this bo 697Reads8.3Score103Shelves
18. 368 公 The Young Master's Tea-Scented Charm: The Cool Shadow Guard Is Hooked 公子茶香四溢，清冷暗卫钓成翘嘴 Miao Qiqi喵柒柒Two Male Leads361k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Gong-Centric + Intense Push and Pull + Sweet Romance] A reserved, doting, secret-guard gong ✘ a stunning shou who plays dumb while hiding his true strength When an assassin suddenly grows tired of a bloody life, what should he do? One word: run. Gui Ren chose the same thing. He escaped from his assassin organization, was hunted all the way, and was rescued just as he was about to die. He thought the rest of his life would be spent waiting for death, but he never expected... Th 3.7kReads9.4Score527Shelves

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    Two male leads, ancient political intrigue 😘😘😘😘😘

19. 369 被 After My Own Father Married Me Off to My Archenemy 被亲爹嫁给死对头后 Fragrant Tuberose荼蘼生香Two Male Leads487k WordsCompleted Liang Yu and Mu Linfeng were born to clash. As children, Liang Yu studied the classics while Mu Linfeng climbed onto roofs and tore them apart. As adults, Liang Yu aspired to pass the imperial exams and enter government service, while Mu Linfeng became a famous bodyguard escort. Liang Yu thought Mu Linfeng was a boor, and Mu Linfeng thought Liang Yu was a fussy bookworm. Whenever they crossed paths, they would trade barbs, even if they never came to blows. They seemed to live in two different wo 703Reads9.1Score107Shelves
20. 370 是 A General, and an Emperor’s Dog 是将军，也是帝王的狗 Luo Huaifeng洛淮风Two Male Leads257k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + power imbalance + mild coercive romance + violence + obedience-training fiction] [Powerful, suspicious emperor (1) vs. loyal, long-suffering general (0)] [Original title: He Is a General, and the Emperor's Dog] A story about a loyal, patriotic general who gives in to the emperor's skill at ruling, persuades himself to accept his unusual preferences, and eventually comes to share his feelings. A lowborn soldier is humiliated by someone. He seizes the meager compensation offere 5.7kReads9.2Score682Shelves

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    Du Shuangjie Pure Ancient

21. 371 京 The Capital's Handsomest Man Gets Stuck with the Martial World's Biggest Mooch 京城第一帅被江湖第一赖缠上了 Young Master Changyu公子长玉Two Male Leads477k WordsCompleted A cool, abstinent young general vs. a shameless, uncouth rogue from the martial world Two strong leads flirting with each other + court and martial world + maximum sweetness and pampering Shen Yizhi, the General Who Guards the North, was stunningly handsome and every young woman in the capital’s dream. Unfortunately, he was cold and desireless, keeping everyone at a distance. Until the red-clad devil named Hua Wuyou dropped from the sky and landed in his arms, then kissed his chin. “General, you 522Reads8.4Score114Shelves

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    Purely ancient, truly dual-strength

22. 372 奇 How Strange! Why Does the Cold-Faced Guard Keep Flirting with Me? 奇怪！冷面侍卫为何总撩本王 Fire Comb火梳Two Male Leads396k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, equally matched, happy ending, mutually devoted] Jinzhou is the youngest Prince Jin of the current dynasty, a proud and unruly god of war who protects the nation. He never expected his imperial grandfather to assign him a palace guard named Qin Yue to serve at his disposal. On the surface, the young guard seemed upright and impartial, but in truth he opposed Jinzhou at every turn. Their clashes soon had Jinzhou grinding his teeth in fury and retaliating with one scheme after ano 244Reads9.1Score—Shelves
23. 373 谁 Who Says a Prince Can’t Fall for His Shadow Guard? 谁说王爷就不能喜欢暗卫了 No One Gets to Bully This Cabbage白菜不让拱Two Male Leads165k WordsCompleted “My lord, if I remember correctly, today’s event is the Shadow Guard selection, isn’t it?” Uncle Fu narrowed his eyes as he surveyed the tall, imposing guards, but his gaze settled on the most eye-catching one. “How did a beauty pageant contestant sneak in?” “Does being pretty mean you can’t kill?” Yan Qi crossed his legs and spun his teacup between his fingers. A smile tugged at his lips. “What if he makes it hurt even more?” On the day Shadow Seven was selected, Yan Qi had a mask made overnigh 869Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Pure ancient romance with genuine affection; I like all three couples. There are no messy, malicious third parties or supporting male or female characters. [Thumbs up]

24. 374 清 Aloof Sword Cultivator? He's Obviously a Cold-Faced Cutie! 清冷剑修？明明是冷脸萌好吧！ Little Fish Eats Tiny Fish小鱼吃小小鱼Two Male Leads84k WordsOngoing [Dual Male Leads + Both Powerful + Both Devoted + Younger Hero + Some Ensemble Cast + Flirty Top + Cool Bottom + Bottom’s Perspective] Contains some original worldbuilding! There will be a little angst later, but nothing too heartbreaking. At its heart, this is still a sweet romance. A solitary, cool-faced, adorable beauty as the bottom vs. a friendly, forward, shamelessly flirtatious top The most beautiful swordsman vs. the Demon Realm’s Holy Son Shen Qingci was a prodigy of the cultivation 68Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 375 什 What?! The Crown Prince Doesn't Want the Throne, He Wants to Get Married! 什么！太子他不想登基想嫁人 Fan Xinying梵心影Two Male Leads258k WordsOngoing Two male leads + 1v1 + transmigrating into a book + HE (sweet! sweet! sweet! We’re saying it three times because it matters!) Qi Chuyu transmigrates into a book as the tyrannical, arrogant Crown Prince who is eventually shot through with ten thousand arrows. The good news: His father is the emperor, and he’s an only child. As long as he doesn’t get himself killed, he can lie flat and inherit the throne. The bad news: In the original novel, the one who leads the rebellion is his tutor, Xie You 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sweetie~~

26. 376 督 The Commander Is Turned on His Head by a Cool, Aloof Miao Beauty 督军大人被苗族清冷美人反攻 Moonlight at Dawn月辉晨曦Two Male Leads246k WordsCompleted [Cool, mysterious beauty from the Miao people, the gong, vs. a dark-skinned, muscular warlord, the shou] First-person narration early on, switching to third person later. This novel contains some angst for the shou and forced romance. Please read responsibly. The night I forced him to marry me, I vowed to crush every ounce of pride in him. Three months later, all the elite troops under my command had defected, and my trusted aides were on their knees, begging him for the antidote. I crawled to h 1.5kReads6.6Score244Shelves
27. 377 蓄 Calculated Scheming 蓄意算计 The Taoist Nun Can't Say道姑不可说Two Male Leads352k WordsCompleted [Self-Restrained, Proper, Devoted Top vs. Viperously Beautiful, Cunning Bottom] [Both Are Each Other’s First + Two Strong Leads + Happy Ending + Love Grows Over Time] An accident forces Yu Xiwan and her enemy, Lu Yunsong, to live in seclusion in Qinghe Village. Taking advantage of Lu Yunsong’s amnesia, Yu Xiwan deliberately tricks him into believing she’s his lover. They act like lovers, and then another accident leads them to sleep together. But the village girls say it happened because the two 800Reads8.9Score117Shelves

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    The rivals become lovers, it's a great story!

28. 378 奸 The Eunuch Keeps Getting Bullied by the Emperor 奸宦又被皇上欺负了 Cloud Crane Locks Down the Court云鹤锁朝堂Two Male Leads372k WordsCompleted [A loyal guard who’s sensitive to pain and takes the receiving role] [“I don’t love you, but you have to love me” cold-blooded emperor who takes the giving role] Mention Chief Eunuch Ruan, and every minister in the Great Chu imperial capital falls silent, afraid that one wrong word might reach the treacherous eunuch’s ears and earn them a fate of being flayed and having their bones scraped clean. Yet the arrogant, doomed eunuch everyone despises outside the palace takes on a different air once 914Reads6.9Score104Shelves
29. 379 误 Imprisoned by a Mistaken Favor 误恩囚 The Deer and the Rabbit鹿与兔Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Mutual Devotion + Angsty Romance + Physical Abuse + Alternate World + Unequal Status + Happy Ending] [Not for Bottom-Leading Fans] Synopsis: After an accident, Ning Huairu, the young lady of Wangyue Manor, saves Wen Jinchuan, who has been poisoned. When he wakes, however, he mistakenly believes that Shiqi (Ning Huaizhi) saved him. And so he begins to indulge and favor Shiqi. He forgives Shiqi's methods, his cruelty, and his selfishness. Having never received such affection befo 4.9kReads9.1Score325Shelves
30. 380 启 Your Highness, the Young Master Is a General from an Enemy State 启禀王爷，公子他是敌国将军 Seven Seven, Two Eight七七二八Two Male Leads332k WordsCompleted [Love-at-first-sight, lovestruck prince top ✘ highly skilled enemy general bottom] [Mutually exclusive devotion + happy ending] In the first year of the Zhaohe era, a new emperor ascended the throne of the Jing Dynasty. Prince Jing conspired with his father-in-law to seize the throne, plunging the capital into warfare. The second young master of the Xie family was kidnapped by human traffickers. He thought he was in for the story of a true-born son who had fallen into the countryside, but the ma 1.8kReads9.2Score355Shelves

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    Hehehe, I love watching! Hehe, it's a double whammy! We're saved!

31. 381 神 Did the Divine Lord Lose His Disguise Today? 神君今天掉马了吗？ Lin Buling林布凌Two Male Leads436k WordsOngoing [An ancient ferocious beast, lonely for ten thousand years VS a drama-addicted, goofy prince] Li Chongxiao, the capital’s number one wastrel, spends his days cockfighting and chasing dogs, with no shame whatsoever. Everyone thinks he’s a good-for-nothing. Until he sneaks into Kunlun’s forbidden grounds and runs into the aloof, transcendent Divine Lord Bai Ze revealed in his true form, murderous aura surging, half man and half beast, with a pair of wings that blot out the sky. Anyone else would h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Xuanheng had guarded Kunlun for ten thousand years, witnessing reverence and worship, encountering greedy prying eyes, but he had never seen a mortal call out to his ferocious beast form, "Can I touch it?" Li Chongxiao's appearance was like an unexpected ray of light, piercing through his millennia of solitude, and that familiar feeling deep in his soul held an unresolved cause and effect spanning millennia.

32. 382 填 The Second Wife 填房夫人 Fine Thread细丝Two Male Leads396k WordsCompleted Shi Jincheng, the younger brother of the current empress, has an unusual fate. To stay alive, he needs four wives to keep his deadly fate in check until he meets his lucky star. That year, his first wife suddenly dropped dead, and the Shi family panicked, terrified that their only heir, Shi Jincheng, would suddenly drop dead too. In a frantic search for a new wife, they happened to pick up a young man, 1.4kReads8.9Score135Shelves

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    Pure ancient dual male protagonist novel

33. 383 雪 Snow Falls Over South Mountain 雪落满南山 Chuan Wang穿望Two Male Leads127k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + family rivalry amid imperial power struggles, and individuals caught in a fate they cannot control: loving but never having, longing but never meeting, hating but never letting go.] Eight years ago, Xu Zhiyan handed Jiang Xunxue a hand warmer and thought it would last a lifetime. Xu Zhiyan used to look forward to snow. When it snowed, he could return to the academy and see Jiang Xunxue. Xu Zhiyan promised to wait with him for the first snow every year from then on. Jiang Xun 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is good, but the katana has such a strong sense of destiny, it's so tragic, it made me burst into tears just looking at it.

34. 384 心 After I Lost All Hope, My White Moonlight Wouldn't Leave Me Alone 心灰意冷后白月光对朕死缠烂打 Young Master Guiyuan归远少爷Two Male Leads307k WordsCompleted [Upcoming novel] A beautiful, strong, and tragic obsessive, sinister top x a cold, heartless bottom with a wretched fate Qing Ling was haunted by a vicious ghost of unknown origin. From then on, his life, once as still as a dead pond, was swept up in stormy waves. A marriage contract bound him to a destiny already laid out for him. He couldn’t escape or hide, and no matter how unwilling he was, he could only endure abuse and humiliation. Some people are born with lives as fragile as paper. The g 4.6kReads9.3Score626Shelves

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    It's incredibly good, but it's so heart-wrenching it made my liver hurt [crying].

35. 385 仙 After the Immortal Lord's Death 仙君身死后 Nine Walnuts 0v0九个核桃0v0Two Male Leads215k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + one-on-one romance + Demon Venerable top x Immortal Venerable bottom] Though Lin Qingwei was revered as an Immortal Venerable, his entire sect despised him and drove him straight to the brink of death. Only after being gravely wounded at the bottom of the Valley of Despair did Lin Qingwei learn that he was merely an insignificant supporting character in a book, while his beloved disciple was the protagonist. His master would give up ascending to immortality for his disciple. Hi 9.1kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
36. 386 将 The General's Little Husband 将军家的小夫郎 Peach Tree Path桃下蹊Two Male Leads546k WordsCompleted His family once cheated him out of his life. After finally being reborn, he’s landed in another family mess?! Anyone who falls for the same trap twice is an idiot! Meng Ze won’t do it. He refuses to take the bait! But the taciturn man at the bottom of the trap grows more and more heartbreaking the longer Meng Ze looks at him. What’s he supposed to do now? 1kReads9.1Score132Shelves

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    Beautiful as an angel, with a heart as cold as iron

37. 387 怼 The Mouthy Young Marquis Acts Delicate in the Crown Prince’s Arms 怼天怼地小侯爷在太子怀里装柔弱 Rabbit Who Drinks Milk喝牛奶的兔Two Male Leads694k WordsCompleted The infamous “King of Hell Qin” has returned to the capital, and turned out to be a peerlessly beautiful man. After returning, Marquis Qin picks fights with everyone. He dares to insult princes and strike court officials, yet in the blink of an eye, he falls into the Crown Prince’s arms in tears. “Your Highness, you must stand up for me, or I’ll cry and throw a tantrum.” The Crown Prince: So he really is a fox reincarnated. I’m done for. The fox has carried my heart back to its den. Scene One: Q 3.1kReads8.3Score517Shelves
38. 388 大 The General's Bookish Darling 大将军的读书郎 First Kiss in Jianghu初吻江湖Two Male Leads2.4M WordsCompleted Wen Run transmigrated. Other people transmigrated, so why shouldn’t he? After doing good deeds in his previous life, his soul simply crossed over, and he gained the title of licentiate. The only problem was, he transmigrated while on his way to be married off, and his spouse was a soldier. Well, a soldier who doesn’t want to become a general isn’t a good soldier, so he decided to make this man a general! Wang Jun joined the army. While everyone else was serving their term, he’d been tricked into 2.3kReads8.4Score282Shelves
39. 389 卿 You Are Jade: Young Master Huai Jin 卿本玉：少爷怀瑾 A Juan Is So Tired阿倦倦倦了7k WordsCompleted Qing Ben Yu: Young Master Huai Jin 105Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please take a look at this book of mine. It's a short story with a pure ancient Chinese style, only about 7,000 words long. I hope you like it! (*´ω`*)

40. 390 嫁 Married to My Brother’s Archrival 嫁给哥哥的死对头 Star Painting星画Two Male Leads269k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + marriage before love + both sexually inexperienced + happy ending] [Adorkable, absent-minded uke x chaste, cold, domineering seme] To balance the power of the Prince of Huaibei and the General Who Guards the South, the emperor arranges for Su Ye, the general's younger brother, to marry Xue Beilin, the Prince of Huaibei. After the wedding, rumors spread from the prince's manor that the Prince of Huaibei, commander of a hundred thousand troops and a man whose name strikes fear in 99Reads6.6Score—Shelves
41. 391 殿 Your Highness Is Sobbing! The Mad Villain Is the One in Your Bed 殿下爆哭！疯批反派他是枕边人 Watching Lantern Flowers on Horseback走马看灯花Two Male Leads364k WordsCompleted [Complete, 1v1, both pure, powerful couple: a highly intelligent, cool-headed, domineering, battle-scarred beauty of a top vs. a dramatic, ruthless, rebellious, unruly, gloomy bottom; older partner dotes on the younger one; mutual salvation; they choose each other] “You keep going, and so will I.” Xiao Rongchuan's face was so beautiful it outshone all others, and it left Gong Yi completely lovestruck. Gong Yi racked his brains. He had been lying in wait beside Prince Chen, looking for a chanc 819Reads9.2Score101Shelves
42. 392 偏 Possessive and Spoiling Me Alone: You're Really Crazy! 偏执独宠：你真是个疯子！ Poem Fifteen诗拾伍Two Male Leads288k WordsCompleted [Experienced, flirtatious beauty bottom VS jealous, decisive top] [Happy ending + both virgins + unlocked scenes] “You and I are both traitors. We’re a perfect match.” The capital of Da’an was rife with intrigue. No one could have imagined that a pampered young nobleman with stunning looks and a pair of tender, soulful eyes would turn the Kingdom of Xuanqi upside down, even going so far as to seize the throne. Gu Chengxuan carried a folding fan, five bold, sweeping characters inscribed on it: “M 4Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 393 不 Not for Myself 不为己 Miyu弥屿Two Male Leads45k WordsOngoing Search tags: [Older Man + Fatherly Type + Nonhuman + Nurturing + Coercion + Character Traits + Henpecked + Discipline + Ancient Setting + Fictional World + A Touch of Fantasy + A Little Political Intrigue] Blurb: My adoptive father keeps trying to whisk me away Gentle beauty, dark on the inside, top × troublesome little puppy, dark on the outside, pure within, bottom Sheng Xiaoque: Help, save me, save me, save me! That old geezer’s going to hit me again! On the fifteenth day of the seventh mon 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Will my best friend watch this fantasy drama about an older, henpecked husband who's actually a cunning and manipulative woman?

44. 394 尊 Above the Throne: His Majesty Is Hard to Placate 尊位之上：陛下难哄 Wait, Climb, Wait, Climb, Wait等登等登等Two Male Leads324k WordsCompleted [Power Reversal + Strong Leads + Mutual Devotion + Happy Ending, Both Pure] Bai Chengjing is a gifted scholar and warrior, handsome and talented, and the most popular general in the Chang Dynasty. Ten years ago, he resolutely set off for the battlefield, winning victory after victory and becoming a pillar of the court. Xiao Xuancheng ascended the throne at a young age, becoming the youngest emperor in the Chang Dynasty. Cold and ruthless, he brought order to the court and quelled internal turmoi 725Reads8.7Score100Shelves
45. 395 路 Just Passing By: I Took Home a Handsome Little Guard 路过：拐了个俊俏小护卫带回家 Xiao Xiao Mu Yu魈魈沐雨Two Male Leads489k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Both Pure + Beautiful Top + HE] Yu Chi, a physician who roams the world, has no morals, no power, and no fighting skills. Aside from a little medical knowledge and a tiny bit of money, he has an absolutely unreasonable streak. He wanders the world alone, until he’s lucky enough to find a young companion. Together, they go through all sorts of things. Then one day, his young guard sits on Yu Chi’s lap and gently kneads his neck, over and over, as if soothing a cat. Yu Chi catche 2.3kReads9.4Score341Shelves
46. 396 夫 My Husband Is Both Delicate and Fierce; the Stutterer Soothes Him Through Tears 夫君又娇又凶，小结巴边掉泪边哄 Jun Buyu君不虞Two Male Leads324k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, a slow-blooming romance, mutual devotion, exclusive pairing, happy ending] [Sensitive, stammering, honest country boy x tsundere, forthright young master] Yu Tingzheng was thoroughly ordinary, and he stammered. He was a country boy who spent his days working from dawn till dusk. Then a wealthy family moved into the village. Their young master was handsome, with rosy lips and pearly teeth, and every time Yu saw him, he blushed. He never imagined his parents would trade him for se 1.9kReads9.2Score309Shelves

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    I'm currently reading a really good, pure ancient style novel that's already finished.

47. 397 权 The Power Minister's Gambit 权臣为局 Wu Fei忤绯Two Male Leads564k WordsOngoing [Genius Orphan Top Scholar X Stern, Scheming Chancellor] On the eve of the spring imperial examinations, Yuan’s chief examiner, Liu Dongli, is brutally murdered. Zhou Che, an orphan of the Jiangzhou massacre, risks his life to enter the survival gambit designed for him by Lu Heng, the powerful chancellor. He seeks to uncover both the truth behind his mentor’s death and the secret of his own origins. Outwardly, he suppresses the poor and humble, but in secret he turns his blade against the true e 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I stayed up all night to finish this political intrigue novel featuring two male protagonists. None of the characters are perfect; each has their weaknesses and obsessions. The civil official navigates the power struggles of an imperial family, constantly biding his time and concealing his true intentions; the military general, a warrior on the battlefield, is unfamiliar with the intricacies of court politics, yet always manages to protect the civil official with remarkable precision. The power struggles in the book don't rely on coincidences; the plots are intricately woven together. The interactions between the two are not overly sweet; their mutual protection during times of crisis is what truly resonates.

48. 398 我 My Dragon Demons Are Mine to Savor 我的龙妖任我采撷 Traveling Art Jia旅行艺术嘉Two Male Leads183k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + human/nonhuman romance + love at first sight + coercive love + seme protagonist + equal parts sweet and angsty + pseudo master-servant relationship + redemption + everyday life] Chen Xian & Jingzhe Rebellious Daoist & cold-faced, adorable dragon demon “The moment I first saw you, I wanted to spend my life with you.” Daoist Chen Xian has extraordinary talent for the Dao, but refuses to follow the rules. While traveling to gain experience after leaving the mountain, he blunders 64Reads—Score101Shelves
49. 399 笼 A Caged, Destitute Bird 笼中穷鸟 Yu Anyuan玉安缘Two Male Leads274k WordsOngoing Two male leads + entirely fictional ancient setting + two equally powerful leads + both devoted to each other + a little political intrigue and coercion + a combative married couple Young general top & cool, refined bottom The first time I saw my wife, I dropped to my knees, and I’ve been kneeling ever since. After returning from a great battle, Gu Liyan loudly begs for the hand of Su Yu, the Minister of Rites’ son, before the court. “One slap means one kiss from you. That’s a pretty good deal 5Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 400 两 The Two Little Shadow Guards 两个小暗卫 Dark Horse on the Beam梁上黑马Two Male Leads204k WordsCompleted The sharpest blade in the Ten Kings' residence learned how to shield the other from the rain. Two secret guards who had clawed their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood gave each other their lives, and entrusted each other with their hearts. No one can make it from hell back to the human world alone. Luckily, there was someone by his side. A mutual secret-guard romance, two equally matched men caught in a fierce push and pull, angst mixed with sweetness, and a happy ending. Dive ri 613Reads8.1Score120Shelves

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