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    In the end, it had been the Yiling Patriarch’s stratagems and his fierce fighting which had turned the tide of the war. He had killed both Wen Ruohan’s sons, and floored the traitor so that Meng Yao could strike the final blow. His status as the strongest warrior on the field had been undeniable.

    Thus, the offer extended to him by the Lan court. Take his place as the Emperor’s consort, the only one permitted to lay hands upon the Emperor, the only one to share his bed with him while he sleeps, unaware and vulnerable. His last, best line of defense.

    Or: Forced by his court to accept a consort, Lan Wangji is certain he has seen enough of the so-called Yiling Patriarch to know what he's getting: an uncouth ruffian. Slowly, he begins to realise that even an emperor's assumptions can be misplaced.

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    24 Aug 2024

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    AU - no cultivation palace drama. Magnificent in its span and delightful in its attention to the small details. Completely immersive. Wangxian are infinitely sexy and intelligent in turn as they work together. They take no time at all to fall for each other after Emperor LWJ is (arrange) married to WWX - LWJ’s initial wariness and high walls falling slowly then very quickly to romantic and sexual besottedness and trust. Political intrigue and relationship restoration. This is so so good. Can’t ask for anything more.

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    Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch, demonic cultivator and perpetrator of the massacre at Qiongqi Way, destroys the Stygian Tiger Amulet three days after his nephew’s one-month ceremony.  

    His family's safety has been assured: Jiang Cheng is in command of Lotus Pier, Jiang Yanli, Jin Zixuan, and Jin Ling are ensconced in Koi Tower. The Wen Remnants will be secluded and guarded in the Cloud Recesses, where Wei Wuxian trusts Lan Wangji to look after them, even when Lan Qiren disapproves.

    Wei Wuxian destroys the amulet before negotiations over his own life start, which may, in retrospect, have been foolishly shortsighted.

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    In which Wei Wuxian survives a negotiated cease-fire, the Yin Iron is destroyed, and being alive when you expected to be dead is much harder than anyone expected.

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    03 Oct 2025

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    This is cry on the train good angst. A diminished depleted depressed WWX shrinks his existence down to a room in the Unclean Realm for years as agreed punishment after QQP (JZX lives) and is slowly coaxed back to life by NHS. Hopeful ending in tandem with its also excellent predecessor story charting JGY’s return from the dark side courtesy of four niblings’ affections and JYL’s battle to recognise him.

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    Wei Wuxian resolved to prove Nie Huaisang's drunken accusations wrong. Being unable to stay friendly? Peculiar courting behaviors? Of course he had always teased Lan Wangji within minutes of seeing him, who could have resisted taking a crack at that icy facade!

    Well, for the sake of proving a point, he was willing to play a perfectly polite young master or even that stickler's gracious friend.

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    Two and a half years after the Discussion Conference in Qishan and the tragic end of the Wen clan, another gathering of the Great Sects is finally taking place in the Unclean Realm.

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    02 Oct 2025

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    In the macro, what if WRH and his line were killed before doing any damage? In the micro, what if NHS opened WWX’s eyes to his behaviour towards LWJ being not quite you know… straight? And what if LWJ went to a discussion conference with WWX determined not to be so hostile? Well then that’s what we call a happy ending!

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    Eight months after surviving the First Siege of Burial Mounds, the Yiling Patriarch, stronger than ever before, asks for Hanguangjun's hand in marriage.

    To refuse Wei Wuxian is not really an option and Lan Wangji, still recovering from the events of Nightless City, is left learning to live with a man he barely recognises.

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    16 Sep 2025

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    WWX in YLLZ mode marries LWJ to prove that he isn’t worthy of LWj’s love (he hears the cave confession - and obviously survives its aftermath). He PUNISHES LWJ mercilessly for the love and the whole time LWJ is just barely bearing his whip wounds (WWX unaware). Goes too far and LWJ is seriously hurt and then it’s time for WWX to suffer for and make up for his meanness. More grovelling would have been nice but it’s a pretty potent mix of angst and comfort.

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    Lan Zhan literally ties their wrists together in Lan Yi’s cave and then says they’re not married. Because it’s true, or because he doesn’t want to be? Wei Ying doesn’t want to ask until he knows everything being a secret family member will let him do.

    (Eventually he'll realize he got distracted from his mission of mischief by falling in love. Worth it.)

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    08 Sep 2025

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    Read this delightful wish fulfilment with a tea kettle whistling in my chest and imaginary feet kicking in the air. These boys are just so gorgeous! They do everything right after accidentally tying the knot in the Cold Pond Cave to formalise their engagement and fall in love: think about what they like about this person, think about whether this person likes them, think about what this person likes and is like and then act on those thoughts.