Fics in which Jin Guangyao survives the ending (or is reborn, or timetravel shenanigans happen)
Where JGY is kept at Gusu by Lan Xichen
The Deep Dominion by Madrana
14234 words, Explicit
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31988605
After the clan leaders finally turn against Jin Guangyao, he is saved from his execution by Lan Xichen asking for him to be instead imprisoned in a house near the Cloud Recesses. Here, his freedom and all his power taken from him, with not much to do but remember all he once had and wait for Lan Xichen to visit him, A-Yao tries to figure out whether love alone is enough when everything else has crumbled into dust.
After Cruelty by Yen
1385 words, Not Rated
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25970539
Lan Xichen swallowed hard. Just the thought of the inevitable outcome made his blood run cold. The mental image of Jin Guangyao, forced to his knees before the baying mob, neck bared and waiting for the executioner’s blade to fall… he could not even bear to think of it.
Really, there was only one way out.
Epistle from Gentian by zebaoth
5552 words, Mature (check the tags this one is pretty dark)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23330995
Jin Guangyao survived the confrontation at the Guanyin temple. Now he lives in exile, under house arrest, at the Gentian House in the cloud recesses. Lan Xichen resides with him, ensuring that he does not leave his gilded prison.
This is the story of how their shared past and their shared present forces Lan Xichen to unravel.
Give no Quarter by thefaceofno
1500 words, Teen and up
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20910713
When you die, how long does it take for people to forget you?
If they forget you before you die, is that the same as dying?
Confinement by clockwork_spider
2668 words, Mature (also pretty dark)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17533835/chapters/41312477
After the events of the GuanYin temple, Lan XiChen took Jin GuangYao back to Cloud Recess and hid him away. Isolated with only Lan XiChen for the occasional company, Jin GuangYao slowly loses his mind.
Content warning: solitary confinement, Stockholm syndrome, suicide ideation, self-harm, cat murder
In the smoke and dying ember, I’ll find you by Aria_Chu
3641 words, General Audience
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20041918
Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao live happily away from the cultivation world following the events of Guanyin Temple…
Defying Your Fate by Fortune Maiden
6219 words, Teen and Up (Xiyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32674597
After the clan leaders finally turn against Jin Guangyao, he is saved from his execution by Lan Xichen asking for him to be instead imprisoned in a house near the Cloud Recesses. Here, his freedom and all his power taken from him, with not much to do but remember all he once had and wait for Lan Xichen to visit him, A-Yao tries to figure out whether love alone is enough when everything else has crumbled into dust.
RoundTwo by theRecorder
9,853 words, Mature (Sangyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/series/1828003
Nie HuaiSang and Meng Yao suddenly wake up in the time and bodies before all of it
And now they meet for round two after three different previous lifetimes
Contemplate the darkness, crawl your way out by Gotcocomilk
7323 words, Teen and Up (Xiyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20216506/chapters/47907925
It began, as it always did, above the stairs.
It would end at the bottom, where he pulled himself up and the beast in his skin roared. It would end standing above the stairs again, with gentle fingers gripping his.
But it began where he made every one of the most fateful decisions in his life.
Empathy by clockwork_spider
30062 words, Mature (Gen but centered on Nie Mingjue and JGY’s relationship)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16571534/chapters/38830160
Stuck in the same coffin, Nie MingJue and Jin GuangYao’s souls were pulled together in an extended Empathy. Having experienced Jin GuangYao’s entire life from his perspective, Nie MingJue finds himself back in his younger body.
Before the Sunshot Campaign. Before Meng Yao was kicked down from the Koi Tower.
Where did the Stygian Tiger Amulet Go? By WangYue
24704 words, Teen and Up (Xiyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16342619/chapters/38236091
Inspired by the movie “Source Code”
This is the story of Jin Guangyao’s repeated deaths in the goal of changing history, getting out of the coffin after his (first) death, and getting together with Lan Xichen, not in that exact order.
Reevaluation by Nirejski
2734 words, General Audience
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28653915
First order of business: don’t underestimate Nie Huaisang, Jin Guangyao decided when he figured out that the bizarre talisman he’d found that promised to abrogate his greatest regrets had actually somehow implausibly worked and he was back in the past.
As for the rest of it, though - for Nie Mingjue, for Lan Xichen…
It was time to reevaluate.
Grief Negotiation by Nomette
17513 words, Teen and Up (Xiyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/20016826/chapters/47395921
Five years after the events of Guanyin Temple, Lan Xichen is gifted a folio of songs written by Jin Guangyao. But the music he plays is more than just a song, and soon Lan Xichen’s life and happiness hang on the brink as he struggles to unravel the mysteries surrounding him and save Jin Guangyao before it’s too late.
Written for XiYao week 2019, for the prompt of “Alternative Ending.”
A Troublesome Charge by Moonsheen
14208 words, Teen and Up (Xiyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/23301232
Sixteen years after the collapse of the Guanyin Temple in Yunping, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji must investigate a new mystery: the curious case of Nie Huaisang’s entirely too knowledgeable young cousin, who has arrived at the Cloud Recesses with a peculiar set of skills, a shady past, and smile that’s just a touch too familiar…
Spirits come back, after all.
Further than I ever had by SetsuntaMew
6279 words, Teen and Up (Xiyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21256811
One day, when the skies are blue and the sun is shining brightly, things will feel small and less inconceivably impossible. When fields are green, when they’ve shed the skins and scars of the past, perhaps it will be better.
Life is a never-ending flow, a place for second or third or sixth chances, until one of them is right.
The sun shines overhead, time marches onward, and the many threads of fate weave together to bring two broken and repaired souls towards each other once again.
The Fox and the Deer by mercyandmagic
59308 words, Mature (Xiyao)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19975780/chapters/47289019
When Jin Guangyao finds himself resurrected through another body-sacrificing ritual, he plans to fulfill the caster’s wish and flee as soon as possible. Unfortunately, it seems the previous owner of his body had business with Lan Sect. Post-canon. Written for XiYao Week 2019, with each chapter loosely corresponding to the day’s prompts.
