xiping gallery

what could have been

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It was unhealthy,

It was controlling,

It was immature,

It was doomed from the start.

But goddammit, the love was there!

On one hand, we have Mizi claiming "I did not love her enough"

On the other hand, we have Ivan claiming "He did not love me in the slightest"

And both of them were so wrong

- How blue is the Cuban sky? - So blue. Couples fall in love and go to the beach 'cause there's no one there. We go there to be alone. Beneath the palm trees.

10DANCE / テンダンス (2025)

Perhaps dance is the perfect vesself for love to grow. Flawless steps. Impeccable form. He dances beautifully, but something crucial is missing.

in chronological order (by first publishing date on jjwxc)

compiled this for myself but figured it might be of some use to others too

Titles: in pinyin for untranslated stories; whichever title I remember them by for the rest.

Duologies: prequel, sequel. Novels set in the same universe but with different MCs; reading both usually not required, but strongly recommended.

Categories: BG = het, BL = slash, no CP = gen.

Chapter counts without extras.

Tags from jjwxc, might be translated incorrectly, hmu if you catch smth.

MCs: if separated by comma = copied directly from jjwxc, second character most likely ML but not for certain;

if separated by slash = couple, ML / MC (+ ship name if i know it).

TLs: in progress, complete. Full translations given priority if available.

2007

Guang Ze Jiu Shi: Jin Yang Pian (广泽旧事·锦阳篇) - prequel to Guang Ze Jiu Shi: Shang Hua Pian BL, novel; fictional history, drama locked by the author on jjwxc

2008

Meng Ji (梦祭) BG, short story (1 chapter); historical setting, fantasy; jianghu debts, supernatural MC: Feng Mo

2009

Yueguang Canlan Chouxiaoya (月光灿烂丑小鸭) BG, short story (5 chapters); modern setting, romance; youthful love, childhood friends to lovers

Guang Ze Jiu Shi: Shang Hua Pian (广泽旧事·上华篇) - sequel to Guang Ze Jiu Shi: Jin Yang Pian BL, novel; fictional history, drama locked by the author on jjwxc

Yiqian Nian Yihou (一千年以后) BG, short story (7 chapters); modern setting, romance; supernatural, urban romance, youthful love

A Returning Journey (逆旅来归, Nilu Laigui) - prequel to Huai Dao BL, novel (87 chapters); modern setting, romance; do-over, privileged character, supernatural, tyranical revenge MC: An Jie; support: Mo Cong TL (in progress): 1-36 by veraluc tl

Yi Shu Rensheng (一树人生) BL, novel (43 chapters); modern setting, romance; childhood friends to lovers, bickering couple MCs: Xie Yi, Wang Shumin

2010

The Way of the Evil (坏道, Huai Dao) - sequel to A Returning Journey BL, novel (94 chapters); modern setting, drama; horror, bickering couple, privileged character, competition MCs: Shen Yexi / Jiang Hu TL (complete): 1-94, extra by woc translations

Qi Ye (七爷, Lord Seventh) - prequel to Tian Ya Ke BL, novel (76 chapters); fictional history, romance; power couple, court drama, reincarnation, do-over MCs: Wu Xi / Jing Beiyuan (XiYuan) TL (complete): 1-76, extras 1-3 by chichi

Liuguang Shiwu Nian (流光十五年) BG, novel (66 chapters); modern setting, romance; privileged character MCs: Liu Rong, Hu Die, Chang Luyun, Liang Xue

Tian Ya Ke (天涯客, Faraway Wanderers) - sequel to Qi Ye BL, novel (77 chapters); fictional history, romance; power couple, jianghu debts, outsider protagonist, competition MCs: Wen Kexing / Zhou Zishu (WenZhou) TL (complete): 1-30 by sprklingwatertranslations; 31-67 by wenbuxing; 68-77, extras 1-4 by chichi; extras 1-5 by kexingzishu; + alt TLs in progress: 1-67 by xuxunette; 1-26 by lianzi

2011

The Ultimate Blue Seal (终极蓝印, Zhongji Lanyin) - prequel to Itinerant Doctor BL, novel (103 chapters); modern setting, drama; fantasy elements, urban romance, kept apart by fate MCs: Hu Bugui / Su Qing TL (complete): 1-103, extras 1-3 by e.danglars

Jin Se (锦瑟) BL, novel (79 chapters); fictional history, xianxia; jianghu debts, love war MCs: Shi Wuyuan, Bai Li TL (complete): prologue-10 by wangxianbot; 8-79, extras 1-2 by halfdeadhulijing

Itinerant Doctor (游医, You Yi) - sequel to The Ultimate Blue Seal BL, novel (60 chapters); future setting, romance; fantasy elements, bickering couple, knights&swords MCs: Huang Jinchen / Kou Tong (HuangKou) TL (complete): 1-60, extras 1-3 by e.danglars

Ziben Jianke (资本剑客) BG, novel (63 chapters); modern setting, romance; urban romance, bickering couple, privileged character, powerful families MCs: Yang Xuan, Li Boyong

fanwai (番外) BL, discontinued (1 chapter); unknown setting, romance crossover between Tian Ya Ke, The Ultimate Blue Seal, and Qi Ye TL (complete): by noodesoup

The Final Protectors (最后的守卫, Zuihou De Shouwei) BL, novel (88 chapters); modern setting, drama; ancient to present, power couple, magic, getting back together MCs: Karlos, Aldo TL (in progress): 1-25 by woc translations

2012

Dazhan Tuoyan Zheng (大战拖延症) BG, novel (52 chapters); modern setting, romance; urban romance, soul change MCs: Ye Zilu, Yan Ke

Bеstial Blade (兽丛之刀, Shou Cong Zhi Dao) BL, novel (100 chapters); fictional history, romance; fated lovers MCs: Hua Yi / Chang An TL (in progress): 1-9 by flower, 10-66 by lizonka

Guardian (镇魂, Zhen Hun) BL, novel (106 chapters); modern setting, romance; power couple, supernatural, fictional modern world MCs: Zhao Yunlan, Shen Wei TL (complete): translations masterlist

2013

Dage (大哥, Big Brother) - prequel to Guomen BL, novel (69 chapters); modern setting, romance; younger top, power couple, outsider protagonist, urban romance MCs: Wei Qian, Wei Zhiyuan TL (in progress): 1-44 by sparks translations

Da Yingxiong Shidai (大英雄时代) BG, novel (98 chapters); future setting, romance; space setting, futuristic setting MCs: Fu Luo, Yang Ning

2014

Gou (狗) short story (8 chapters); dark tone; modern setting, suspense

Of Mountains and Rivers (山河表里, Shan He Biao Li) BL, novel (77 chapters); modern setting, fantasy; fantasy elements, different world MCs: Nanshan / Chu Huan (NanChu) TL (in progress): 1-2 by isotls, 3-34 by phoenix walk

Liu Yao (六爻) BL, novel (109 chapters); fictional history, romance; cultivation, epic MCs: Yan Zhengming / Cheng Qian (MingQian) TL (complete): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9-33 by nanming, 34-73 by pizzilations, 35-85 by rustycol, 85-109, extras 1-3 by chichi

Tuogui (脱轨) BG, novel (67 chapters); modern setting, romance; fantasy elements, fictional modern world, inspirational, transmigration MCs: Jiang Xiaoyuan, Qi Lian

2015

Sha Po Lang (杀破狼, Kill The Wolf | Stars of Chaos) BL, novel (127 chapters); fictional history, romance; younger top, fantasy elements MCs: Gu Yun, Chang Geng TL (complete): by northwest flower

Guomen (过门, Through The Strait Gates) - sequel to Dage BL, novel (69 chapters); modern setting, romance; urban romance, bickering couple MCs: Xu Xilin, Dou Xun TL (complete): 1-69, extras 1-3 by chai translations

You Fei (有匪, Bandits) BG, novel (168 chapters); fictional history, wuxia; jianghu debts, outsider protagonist, privileged character MCs: Zhou Fei, Xie Yun TL (complete! 🎉 sans extras): by enormousheep

+ Assassinate (刺杀, Cisha) short story, not on jjwxc TL (complete): by northwest flower

2016

Mo Du (默读, Silent Reading) BL, novel (180 chapters); modern setting, romance; mystery/suspense, urban romance MCs: Luo Wenzhou / Fei Du (ZhouDu) TL (complete): 1-180, extras 1-6 by e.danglars

2017

Can Ci Pin (残次品, The Defectives) BL, novel (197 chapters); future setting, romance; outsider protagonist, epic, space setting, futuristic setting MCs: Lin, Lu Bixing TL (complete): 1-90 by gpstranslations, 49-197, extras 1-10 by beans

2018

No Pollution, No Public Harm (无污染、无公害, Wu Wuran Wu Gonghai) BG, novel (115 chapters); modern setting, romance; fantasy elements, urban romance, jianghu debts, outsider protagonist MCs: Gan Qing, Yu Lanchuan TL (complete): 1-115, extras 1-2 by chai translations

Liehuo Jiao Chou (烈火浇愁, Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire) BL, novel (137 chapters); modern setting, fantasy; power couple, fantasy elements, ancient to present, urban fantasy MCs: Sheng Lingyuan, Xuan Ji TL (in progress): prologue-77 by vermilionbird

2021

Taisui (太岁) no CP, novel (247 chapters); fictional history, fantasy; fantasy elements, magic, fictional science, ancient fantasy MC: Xi Ping TL (complete! 🎉): 1-247, extras 1-7 by e.danglars

2022

What I love about good prison scenes is that they often reveal which of our characters are truly free.

For Yan Lin, Jiang Xuening, and Xie Wei, Episode 20 poses the following question: to what extent are we prisoners of the fate we've created for ourselves?

Yan Lin

Ironically, Yan Lin is an actual prisoner but he’s probably the freest of all our characters. He's finally free from his unrequited love of Xuening, free from the politicking of the palace, and, as @tomorrowsdrama beautifully observes, free from the burden of revenge. However he meets Xie Wei next, it won't be as the ruthless man from the story's original timeline who was hellbent on destroying those who had betrayed him.

Despite Xuening's worries, Yan Lin's exile grants him the opportunity to grow into the impressive man he always had the potential to be. @dangermousie used the word irrepressible to describe him and it's such a perfect word that encapsulates Yan Lin's boundless love and spirit. As Yan Lin and his father are taken away to Huangzhou because of their crimes, he shouts to Xie Wei the poem that inspired his courtesy name:

There will come a day when the roc finally goes up against the wind, flying up to the highest sky. I, Yan Hui, will return safely."

He will return as a great general, one who upholds peace in the world.

Jiang Xuening

I think it's a lovely touch how both Yan Lin and Xuening are symbolically represented by birds flying through the sky. Episode 1 kicked off with a bird of prey soaring above Xuening's poor childhood home and descending upon the palace. Young Xuening had always dreamed of escaping her difficult life but found herself in a different type of prison once she entered the palace. Empress Xuening narrates:

"If I knew this would happen, I would not have wasted my life chasing after fame and power. I should have traveled far and wide, to see the vast land and waters, to be free like the birds."

So when Xuening fails to escape the prison after visiting Yan Lin and she encounters an undercover Zhang Zhe, she's also granted a rare freedom: to figure out what she truly wants from life.

In previous episodes, Xuening mused about what it would be like to forsake palace life and be with Zhang Zhe, but at this point, her feelings for him are largely based on their interactions during the original timeline, not the current one. When she suddenly finds herself joining him to infiltrate the rebels, it is both a chance to explore the world beyond the constraints of the palace while also getting closer to him.

As viewers, many of us have been wondering when Xuening will realize her feelings for Xie Wei and abandon her pursuit of Zhang Zhe. And I think that shift will happen soon. Look at how dark, almost sinister, it looked when the doors of the prison were opened and they began their journey to the rebel hideout. Together, Xuening and Zhang Zhe are embarking on a dangerous adventure that will most likely illuminate just how ill-matched they are.

Xie Wei

Up until this point, everything has gone according to plan for Xie Wei. Like he fine-tunes his qin, he has fine-tuned his revenge plot against the Xue Family to perfection. Ruthless and methodical, he is the puppet master of everyone's fate.

But what I've found so tragic about Xie Wei's character is that even with all the power he has amassed, he still lives within the confines of a prison he has created for himself. Like he had sacrificed himself to save the Crown Prince and those 300 other children when he was a boy, he is now sacrificing his goodness and true sense of self to execute his revenge. "I am not a good person", he warns Xuening over and over again--and he isn't, not really (despite some evidence to the contrary).