An Archrival Is an Archrival! 宿敌就是宿敌啊！

1. 1 我 My Dao Companion Has Something Wrong with His Brain 我道侣脑子有病 The Moon Sees Me明月见我Danmei (BL)345k WordsCompleted Shen Xuan and Lu Junheng were a notorious bickering couple in the cultivation world. By a twist of fate, the two were bound together by a marriage contract. Shen Xuan hated Lu Junheng for stealing his romantic prospects and keeping him from marrying the senior brother he’d grown up with. Lu Junheng hated Shen Xuan for ruining his path of ruthless detachment and forcing him to change paths and start cultivating again. They knew exactly where to hit each other, and gleefully attacked one another 16.1kFavorites13.2kClicks/ch17.7kGifts

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   What I hate most is your elusive, unpredictable nature; what I hate most is your departure. Waiting for you has been too long; I wish I could kill you so you could stay by my side forever. Actually, dislike is like, and hate is love.

2. 2 竹 Childhood Sweetheart and Fated Love: A Happy Ending 竹马和天降HE了 Off-Key and Out of Tune荒腔走饭Danmei (BL)479k WordsCompleted [Complete] My upcoming novels are listed on my profile. Fu Yuhan spent ten years secretly pining for his straight childhood friend. He never won him over, and all he got was a bellyful of jealousy. "Wen Yu and I are really close." "Wen Yu's handsome, and he gets good grades. Lots of girls at our school like him." "Wen..." ...Wen your mom. They say childhood friends can't compete with someo 96.5kFavorites140.1kClicks/ch51.6kGifts

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   Childhood sweetheart and new love interest get together; fake rivals become lovers.

3. 3 小 Little Frenemies 小恨侣 Hehua禾花Danmei (BL)361k WordsCompleted They say the person Xu Kuang hates most in the world is Yu Shuqing. “Do you two do it every day?” “Mm... But it's not love. It's hate.” Facing his friend's complicated expression, Xu Kuang set down his coffee cup. “Our marriage is just a transaction... What? No, I'm not under his spell. You don't understand. I have a plan.” “Really. For example, to get back at him, I'll personally teach him how to tie his husband's tie.” “I do it every day.” “Over time, he stopped stomping on my feet with his 19kFavorites18.3kClicks/ch9.7kGifts

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   Have you even acted as proper enemies?! All you do is hate each other, huh?

4. 4 稳EN I Keep Going Crazy [Interstellar] 稳定发疯[星际] A Fox of a Thousand Years有狐千岁Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted For upcoming stories, check my author page: The God Only Wants a Vacation and My Sword Started Spreading Rumors Like Crazy After I Died. Story description: Xu Qingran was originally the villain in an apocalypse novel. After he died, the System pulled him into the world of another interstellar novel about a miserable pr 83.5kFavorites121.8kClicks/ch88.8kGifts

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   He wanted to kill the other person as soon as they met. The late-game battles are fun.

5. 5 重 Reborn: My Archrival 重生之宿敌 Shu Ke蜀客Danmei (BL)836k WordsCompleted The man bent over him, looking at him as he lay dying. His bewitching eyes were full of mocking amusement. “In this life and the next, you’ll always be the loser, Gu Pinglin.” Brought to ruin by a lonely genius, he died clinging to his obsession with winning and woke up still clinging to it. The past was like a dream. His heart suddenly saw the truth, yet he still couldn’t let go of his obsession. Reborn, he swore to resolve his obsession and prove the Great Way once more! I’m here, my nemesis 55.4kFavorites47.7kClicks/ch53.6kGifts

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   You are my nemesis in both past and present lives.

6. 6 我 I Hate You 我讨厌你 A Piece of Lotus Root一节藕Danmei (BL)306k WordsCompleted Tao Zha was born prematurely. His mother was frail, and his father was timid and taciturn. Their whole family was ignored and mocked by the people in their alley. That left Tao Zha with an unhealthy mindset from a young age. He hated everyone and envied them all. But on the surface, he seemed unbelievably sweet and well-behaved, as cute and lovable as a little ball of glutinous rice. When he smiled, he made people want to rip out their own hearts and give them to him. Then his diary was discove 90.5kFavorites91.4kClicks/ch65.6kGifts

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   It's not true that I hate you. My love for you is the real thing.

7. 7 被 The Villain Targeted by a Creepy Male Ghost [Quick Transmigration] 被阴湿男鬼盯上的反派[快穿] Invincible Cilantro King无敌香菜大王Danmei (BL)350k WordsCompleted 1v1, both pure, quick transmigration with memories If you suspect plagiarism, please report it with evidence and a comparison sheet. Don't make baseless accusations T.T Xu Jiu plays a vicious antagonist in various quick transmigration worlds. He is rich, powerful, influential, young, and beautiful, with everyone fawning over him. His job is easy to understand: destroy everything the protagonist has, until the protagonist hates him to the bone. Then wait for the protagonist to take revenge. Once 28.5kFavorites26.4kClicks/ch9.8kGifts

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   This book is absolutely mind-blowing! Healthy love is important, but twisted love is truly captivating. The villainous masochistic bottom and the gloomy male ghost top are actually two perverts.

8. 8 被21+ After My Childhood Friend Finds Out I Inherited a Toy Company 被竹马发现继承玩具公司后 Qiao Liuzhou桥六舟Danmei (BL)347k WordsCompleted 98.2kFavorites95.1kClicks/ch95.1kGifts

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   Silly Huang Tian thinks of her childhood friend as her mortal enemy, but in reality, they secretly love each other.

9. 9 对 Against A 对A Returning Geese in Falling Snow归鸿落雪Danmei (BL)240k WordsCompleted Originally titled: What a coincidence, you’ve become an Omega too Question: What should you do when you start school and discover that you and your Alpha roommate share the same omega boyfriend? Answer: Dump the cheating omega and consider your Alpha roommate instead. Si Yun and Xie Tianhe met for the first time when they were both cheated on by the same omega. Later, they became roommates and couldn’t stand each other. Until they were assigned a top-secret mission, and Si Yun discovered that X 33.3kFavorites58.7kClicks/ch14.6kGifts

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   They were both cheated on by the same person.

10. 10 天 Tianyuan Manual 天元册 Shang Ling上灵Danmei (BL)310k WordsCompleted The physical edition of The Tianyuan Codex is published by Dayu Literature and will go on sale on April 30, 2026, at 7 p.m. On the third night after being stranded on a deserted island, Rong Qi has run out of patience. The vast ocean stretches beyond sight. Every nightfall, darkness fills his vision, and he can’t see a thing. There’s nothing but bone-chilling cold. Gu Yunxing says earnestly, “There’s always a way out.” A way out? Only members of those prestigious orthodox sects could be so na 79kFavorites57.6kClicks/ch64.2kGifts

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    A new work by the same author as "Feeding the Dragon," an ancient version of survival on a deserted island.

11. 11 君 My Lord, Are You Ill? 君有疾否 As Though I Heard如似我闻Danmei (BL)332k WordsCompleted “Shiyu, my feelings are true.” Chu Mingyun slipped a hand into his sleeve and pinched himself, putting all the sincerity he could muster into his words. Su Shiyu’s smile suddenly deepened. He narrowed his eyes and asked in a gentle voice, “Are you sick?” “ lovesickness.” Chu Mingyun answered without hesitation. “Pardon me.” Su Shiyu nodded, then turned and walked away. A story about one man pretending to be gay and ending up gay for real, and another who wanted nothing to do with gay men but en 713.2kFavorites771.3kClicks/ch290.4kGifts

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    I almost forgot about this ancient true god, a synonym for the love-hate relationship in ancient BL novels.

12. 12 饲 Raising a Jiao Dragon 饲蛟 Shang Ling上灵Danmei (BL)291k WordsCompleted The print edition of “Raising a Jiao” will be published by Qianshi Culture. Preorders open everywhere on February 12, 2024, the third evening of the Lunar New Year, at 7:00 p.m. Search “Raising a Jiao” or “Qianshi Culture” on major platforms for details. This dragon, beloved by the Heavenly Dao and free to roam between heaven and earth, is currently unconscious and completely unaware of what is happening... The jiao thought: Perhaps the chance to transform into a dragon that I’ve waited millio 250.6kFavorites289.3kClicks/ch127.9kGifts

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    This is such a sweet story! I read it a long time ago. The protagonist (uke) always wants to "eat" the other (seme), but the other mistakenly thinks he wants to get close to him. They're not really sworn enemies.

13. 13 合 What Do I Do If My Roommate Is My Love Rival? 合租对象是情敌怎么办 Zen Wine禅酒Danmei (BL)460k WordsCompleted [Writing is hard. Please don’t read pirated copies. This novel has been revised, and pirated versions are incomplete.] Xia Che has loved Zhou Yige for seven years, and for seven years he’s been at odds with his rival, Pei Liao. They’re cursed to keep crossing paths. They have the same sexuality and love the same person, compete for the top spot at the same school, and fight for promotions at the same company. It’s like they’re under some spell that makes them natural enemies. They can’t escape 75.3kFavorites81kClicks/ch54.3kGifts

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    A sweet romance novel where rivals become lovers.

14. 14 江 Dr. Jiang Is Pregnant with His Archrival's Baby 江医生他怀了死对头的崽 Gourd Sauce葫芦酱Danmei (BL)441k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication and an audio drama. Follow wb@Hulu Jiang Jiang Jiang~ for updates on the schedule.] Everyone knew that the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Jihua Hospital, affiliated with A Medical University, had two associate chief physicians who could never get along. From their first year of college to graduation with their PhDs, then through residency training and the professional title evaluations, Jiang Xu and Shen Fangyu competed like their lives depended on it. Th 787.6kFavorites893.3kClicks/ch832.6kGifts

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    Scientific childbirth is the top priority! After reading this, I feel like we can reasonably discuss male childbirth (not really), a complicated relationship that spans from birth to death, with the two main characters going from university to the workplace.

15. 15 我 My Archrival Finally Went Bankrupt 我死对头终于破产了 Jiang Zibei酱子贝Danmei (BL)429k WordsCompleted The rival who had annoyed Ji Ran for years has gone bankrupt. His friends ask what he's going to do about it. Ji Ran gives a cold laugh. “How is that even a question?!” Obviously, he's going to take the chance to torment, humiliate, and trample all over him :) So Ji Ran grandly flings a bank card at his rival and arrogantly announces that he'll “sponsor” him. But the next day, he sits on the edge of the bed, completely dazed, aching all over as he remembers last night's suffering, the “beati 770.6kFavorites1.2MClicks/ch497.7kGifts

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    This is a sweet story. The main characters are supposed to be mortal enemies, but the seme has actually had a crush on the uke for a long time.

16. 16 死 When My Arch-Enemy Became Possessive 死对头总想独占我 Jade Tasting翡酌Danmei (BL)585k WordsCompleted As the number-one ace of the White Moonlight Group at the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Sheng Zhiyu always had his work under control. Until one day, he got drunk and accidentally lost his virginity. And the person he lost it to was his nemesis: Qi Fan, a milestone figure in the Scum Seme Group, hailed as a peerless beauty among men. Sheng Zhiyu clutched the blanket. "You took advantage of me?" Qi Fan tugged down his collar, revealing deep red bite marks on his collarbone and wrist. "Did I? I t 23.5kFavorites38.4kClicks/ch12.5kGifts

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    It's a quick transmigration novel where both characters are working, but in different groups, and the relationship between the main characters and the main characters is somewhat like two kings who can't meet.

17. 17 揽 Embracing the Bright Moon 揽明月 Returning Geese in Falling Snow归鸿落雪Danmei (BL)736k WordsCompleted Wang Dian transmigrates. He’s wearing a suit and holding a bottle of red wine. To his left are fierce generals with swords and knives in hand; to his right, civil officials in wide-sleeved robes, proud and unyielding as frost. They all kneel together and call him Your Majesty. Wang Dian grips the wine bottle and tells them to rise. Being an emperor from the start isn’t so bad. But as soon as he enters the bedchamber, he sees a man who looks exactly like him. “I never knew such a strange thing co 396.7kFavorites447.9kClicks/ch552.6kGifts

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    One of the best ancient BL novels ever! It's a battle of wits between two highly intelligent individuals, who use and scheme against each other to the extreme.

18. 18 无 Infinite Trainees 无限练习生 Delusional Crow妄鸦Danmei (BL)953k WordsCompleted The down-on-his-luck magician Zong Jiu transmigrates into a book. He lands in a horror survival-game show novel, as the pretty-boy cannon fodder who dies horribly in the first round of evaluations. This competition is interesting: out of more than ten thousand contestants, only a hundred can debut, and the center position wins a universal wish coupon. Most people would probably be scared to death on the spot. But Zong Jiu isn’t afraid at all. He goes wild from start to finish, pulling off one o 790.9kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch1.5MGifts

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    I was reading it when it was being serialized; it's a genuine love-hate relationship.

19. 19 这 This Damn Will to Survive [Book Transmigration] 这该死的求生欲[穿书] Gazing at Three Mountains望三山Danmei (BL)945k WordsCompleted [Complete] 1. The book Evil Ghost is about Chi You, the protagonist who is killed by someone, then cultivates under the guidance of Feng Li, the male lead, to get revenge. Jiang Luo wakes up one day and finds himself transmigrated as the cannon fodder who killed the protagonist. Even worse, by the time he arrives, the protagonist has already been killed by the original Jiang Luo. At the funeral, Jiang Luo is pushed up to the coffin. The protagonist's face looks peaceful, with a smile on his li 782kFavorites1MClicks/ch1.1MGifts

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    I read this a long time ago when it was being serialized. The protagonist killed the other protagonist more than ten times at the beginning, which is a classic love-hate relationship between rivals.

20. 20 黑 Dark Sky 黑天 Mu Su Li木苏里Danmei (BL)407k WordsCompleted Outlaw x refined-looking scoundrel In the New Gregorian year 5711, Office 5 of the Security Building received three unauthorized access messages from a space prison: “Darling, I’m watching you.” “Don’t be nervous. It’s just on the prison’s broadcast screens.” “I’m suddenly looking forward to seeing you again. Will you welcome me with a smile, or put a bullet in my head?” Sitting behind his wide desk, Chu Si read the messages without changing expression and replied, “If I remember correctly, your 495kFavorites410.5kClicks/ch333kGifts

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    This is one of my favorite stories, a bit older than usual, and it has that love-hate dynamic I really like. Fugitive seme x Refined scoundrel uke.

21. 21 失 After Losing My Memory, My Mortal Enemy Became My Boyfriend? 失忆后死对头成了我男朋友？ Zhu Lin祝麟Danmei (BL)271k WordsCompleted In his sophomore year of college, Lu Yuxing went out for a walk in the middle of the night and was accidentally hit by a motorcycle, leaving him with amnesia. When he opened his eyes, the only thing in the hospital room was a pair of cold eyes staring at him. The other man had clear, handsome features, but for some reason, every inch of his face irritated Lu Yuxing. Suppressing his dislike, he aske 404.9kFavorites403.1kClicks/ch294kGifts

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    These are true sworn enemies. Others might have some feelings for each other, or a love-hate relationship, but these are true sworn enemies. Disliking each other is just a physiological reaction.

22. 22 水 Water and Fire Can't Mix 水火难容 superpandaDanmei (BL)345k WordsCompleted In the circle of spoiled heirs to corporate empires, only Jing Hong and Zhou Chang have successfully taken over the family businesses. The two have a great deal in common: both are in their early thirties, graduates of prestigious universities, with glittering resumes and ruthless methods. They are sharks in human skin, so their fathers, both born in the 1960s, retired behind the scenes early and in peace. They each control one of the four internet giants, and theirs are the two most successful. 193kFavorites167.5kClicks/ch160.3kGifts

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    This should be considered a business war novel, where the competition is mainly in the business sector.

23. 23 给 I Went to Bury My Mortal Enemy, but Angered Him Back to Life 给死对头上坟却把他气活了 Yuxi Cao鱼曦草Danmei (BL)143k WordsCompleted [The full novel costs only 2.49 yuan. Zhu Xiao’s nemesis, Wu Jiu, died suddenly and unexpectedly, so Zhu Xiao attended his funeral. There, he was told that Wu Jiu had left his entire enormous fortune to him. But there was one condition: he had to visit Wu Jiu’s grave every week. Zhu Xiao agreed. - Zhu Xiao always felt that Wu Jiu wasn’t really d 149.6kFavorites166kClicks/ch66.5kGifts

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    This is a funny story. The male lead is a primary school kid. It's good to read while eating.

24. 24 创 God of Creation 创世神[无限] Zhang Wusheng张无声Danmei (BL)2.5M WordsCompleted *My next infinite-flow novel, Infinite Arrival, is coming soon. *Quick recommendation up front: my sweetheart’s crime investigation novel, Major Crimes Investigation Team [Criminal Investigation], by Li Qingran. Synopsis Lu Hui (Jun Chaoman) writes no-romance novels for a certain website. The protagonist of his latest no-romance infinite-flow novel is so villainous that the website has sent him repeated demands for revisions. Looking at the latest murder scene he’d written, Lu Hui sighed. “What 67.6kFavorites61.8kClicks/ch132kGifts

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    I really loved this recently completed novel! The author, Octopus, writes incredibly fast. The male lead is my favorite protagonist in the novels I've written. This isn't exactly a pure rivalry story, but there's a lot of initial conflict between them.

25. 25 死 My Mortal Enemy Always Wants Me All to Himself 死对头他总想独占我 Ying Qi应祁Danmei (BL)559k WordsCompleted "After Pretending to Date, My Straight Roommate Fell for Me" is updating like crazy. Please, please add it to your favorites 🥹 And please add my upcoming novels to your reading lists too: "I Went Viral After Marrying My Ex by Contract" and "My Pretty Roommate in a Skirt Was Exposed"!!!! A sweet-faced, seemingly proper but secretly scheming green-tea top x a proud, short-tempered young master bottom On transfer student Shang Jue's first day at his new school, the homeroom teacher took his hand an 63.6kFavorites69.2kClicks/ch21kGifts

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    A sweet romance novel set on campus.

26. 26 S SHEEP Mountain Hymn山颂Danmei (BL)735k WordsCompleted Pre-release work in the same genre: BUNNY. SHEEP [Blurb] 1. In the year 3000 of the Star Calendar, a large number of artificial intelligences gained consciousness, bringing a major crisis to humanity's survival. To recover all the rogue AIs, a new profession called “hunters” came into being. Yi Heyе (bottom), a gold-medal hunter who had never once failed, had become a chilling legend among AIs with his ruthless decisiveness. Some even went so far as to say, “Ev 54kFavorites41.1kClicks/ch44.1kGifts

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    I read a story a long time ago that I really liked, though I don't think it's purely a rivalry story. It starts as a predator-hunter relationship, but their interactions are very sexually intense, so I always felt like they were flirting. I also really liked the character settings for the seme and uke.

27. 27 坏 Bad Seed 坏种 A Huge Pit一个巨大的坑Danmei (BL)547k WordsCompleted [An attempt at an emotional romance, with the classic enemies-to-lovers trope] CP: Xu Bai x Xue Ye Cool-headed, self-possessed, overpowered male lead x a scheming little villain with a belly full of bad ideas Full blurb: Xue Ye and Xu Bai joined the immortal sect on the same day. They had no grudge against each other to begin with. Both were orphans who had wandered the lands below the mountain, and they even had a little in common. But Xu Bai just had to make a name for himself, and Xue Ye 47.4kFavorites48.2kClicks/ch36.9kGifts

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    I quite liked this one, though the ending felt a bit rushed, but thankfully it wasn't abandoned. The protagonist in this story is unilaterally jealous of the other protagonist, so he constantly tries to trip him up.

28. 28 被 After Being Resurrected by My Nemesis 被宿敌复活以后 Dao Xuan道玄Danmei (BL)200k WordsCompleted [Complete! A 200,000-word romance-focused novella. The full edition costs just 3.93 yuan. Jiang Shi'an died. One wrong decision, and someone completely set him up. He was tortured with a thousand cuts until his body was reduced to scattered scraps. But he wasn't quite dead. When he opened his eyes again, Jiang Shi'an found himself following his old nemesis from his previous life. Yet the profoundly accomplished Daoist Xue couldn't see or hear him, and Jia 30.7kFavorites21.3kClicks/ch14.9kGifts

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    This isn't a typical antagonist story; they're supposed to be enemies, but they actually love each other terribly.

29. 29 装 Pretending to Have Amnesia, We Act Like a Couple with Our Mortal Enemy 装失忆后和宿敌互演情侣 Yuxi Cao鱼曦草Danmei (BL)180k WordsCompleted Chi Zhou and Lu Shen are sworn enemies who seem destined to clash. Whenever they meet, sparks fly, and they never miss a chance to trip each other up. One day, Chi Zhou has a little "car accident" and ends up in the hospital. His arch-enemy, Lu Shen, comes to visit. Chi Zhou deliberately points at his head. "Sorry, I've lost my memory. Who are you?" Lu Shen looks at his head. There' 22kFavorites26.9kClicks/ch8.9kGifts

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    An unconventional tale of sworn enemies, sweet and fluffy.

30. 30 宿 My Arch-Nemesis Cried and Begged Me Not to Die 宿敌哭着求我不要死 Qiao You乔柚Danmei (BL)444k WordsCompleted [The main story is told in third person and is complete. Next book launches in May.] By the time I made a name for myself among the immortal sects, he was already a demonic cultivation prodigy notorious across the land. Our paths crossed at the height of our power, and we fought for ten days and ten nights in the Endless Sea. He shattered my core, and I pierced his spiritual mansion. Neither of us came out ahead. The Demon Realm's guardian found him, and after a century of seclusion, he emerged 36.4kFavorites29.9kClicks/ch14.7kGifts

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    These are true rivals, true adversaries from the beginning to the extra chapters.

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