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Love Your Library by Rainewritesfanfics

Love Your Library

by Rainewritesfanfics

G, 1k, Wangxian

Summary: Lan Zhan’s local library is closed for renovations, so he takes his son to the Yiling Branch. They happen to arrive in time for Story Hour, and Lan Zhan meets (and falls for) the head children’s librarian. Kay's comments: Always fun to see Lan Zhan falling hard and fast in love with Wei Wuxian and here's the added bonus of them technically being co-workers. Excerpt: A few children skirt around Lan Zhan and skip over to the laughing man. “Mr. Wei! Mr. Wei! When is storytime starting?” a little girl asks, almost stepping behind the desk to reach the man. Lan Zhan suspects she very much wants to pet the bird puppet. Mr. Wei, for that seems to be his name, squats down so he’s level with the gaggle of small children. “Aiyah, please forgive Mr. Wei! I lost track of time. Storytime is starting in two minutes. A’Qing, go grab your adults and I’ll let you in soon, okay?” The little girl nods, her pigtails bouncing. Mr. Wei smiles again as the children scurry off. A’Yuan nudges at his thigh, and Lan Zhan looks down. “A’Die! Can we go to storytime?”

pov lan wangji, modern setting, modern no powers, pre-relationship, librarian lan wangji, librarian wei wuxian, co-workers, fluff, single parent lan wangji, books, good parent lan wangji, meet-cute

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Proud Author Spotlight

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I’m thinking about starting to write the third fic in this series, and I figured getting more people to read it might be a good way to start.

Post CQL (slight frankencanon) Wei Wuxian wanders the jianghu aimlessly. He doesn’t realize how dangerous it is. Thankfully, someone else does.

like mayflies wandering

by RoseThorne (@rosethornewrites)

E, Series, WIP, 21k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian wanders after parting from Lan Wangji, looking to understand the changes in the world since his death, seeking to understand his place in it. He doesn't realize he's being watched. Frankencanon, so this has a liberal mixture of CQL and MDZS, but largely tied to CQL.

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You Meddlesome Kids by 1397Rats

You Meddlesome Kids

by 1397Rats

G, 1k, Wangxian

Summary: In all of Lan Sizhui's life, he's never known his A-Die to have a wife or lover of any sort. Lan Jingyi is trying to rope both him and Jin Ling into trying to change that. Or! Lan Sizhui, Lan Jingyi and Jin Ling meddle in Lan Wangji's love life. Kay's comments: Poor Hanguang-Jun has the juniors attempt to meddle in his love life during Wei Wuxian's thirteen years of being the dead wife and even more sympathy for Hanguang-Jun because the juniors assume he's straight T_T This was a lot of fun to read. Excerpt: Weeks had passed and there was still no progress with their plans. They were certain that Hanguang-jun was getting a bit suspicious at how often they were trying to drag him to Caiyi town to go to Hua Lainfu's shop. They managed to take him again today. Hua Lianfu bowed as they walked in. "Ah, Hanguang-jun, welcome in once again." Lan Wangji simply nodded and returned the bow. As they all walked around the shop Lan Jingyi prattled on about how beautiful and kind Hua Lianfu was to Lan Wangji. "Hanguang-jun! Wouldn't Hua Lianfu make a lovely wife for you? You two look good together!"

pov outsider on lan wangji/wei wuxian, canon divergence, adorable juniors, mpreg, lan wangji and wei wuxian are lan sizhui's parents, wei wuxian lives, reunions, thirteen years of wei wuxian's death, established relationship, humor, bad matchmaking

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Follower Recs

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If anyone likes this story on ao3, it just updated again after like a 2yr hiatus. 2 new chapters already out! - Anon

A Mother's Love

by FirefliesNLightningBugs

M, WIP, 191k, Wangxian

Summary: The Cultivation World is Old. Filled with legends and stories about terrible Monsters and perpetrators of great feats. Some of which are lost to time even as new ones are written and rewritten, unceasing as the flow of the changing tides. With tales of the infamous Yiling Laozu being but a recent addition. Three years after the Sunshot Campaign life has moved on. Wei Wuxian is still the Jiang First Disciple, and feels as ineffective as ever. Still haunted by the dead, his own secrets, and his failing relationships; still cursed for the red eyes he sometimes wears. An unplanned occurrence shakes him from the stupor that his life has become. But the dangerous thing about wakeful eyes is that they sometimes land on things that they weren't looking for. - Old Summary (to help find fic/story still same): Cultivators say that Wei Ying is a monster, and he's beginning to agree. But that's ok so long as his family is safe, that will always be the most important thing. Unplanned pregnancy, intrigue, mob mentality, mysterious past/abilities. Siblings live, Jiang Cheng is a good brother, Jin Zixuan is alright to. Diverging AU, combo Mo Dao Zu Shi (novel) and The Untamed (spinoff TV show). Canon typical violence. LZ/WWX.

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❤️ no step had trodden black by Stratisphyre

❤️ no step had trodden black

by Stratisphyre (@stratisphyre)

T, 32k, Wangxian

Summary: “Pardon me,” a low voice said from behind them. Almost as one, the Wen all turned and Wei Wuxian had to crane his neck to get a look at the speaker. Through the sweat and pain stinging his eyes, he could still say the man was probably the handsomest he'd ever seen. A cultivator, then, but not one Wei Wuxian would ever associate with one of the established sects. "You are disturbing my mother," he said. Mojo's comments: Love, love LOVE Li Zhan, the young man who has never set foot in Cloud Recesses. His character is still very much Lan Zhan but with small differences, like the willingness to let escape small smiles, and also fall in love nearly immediately and also kiss in public. (Lan Wangji!!! PDA!!!). Much of their getting acquainted phase is done through dream sharing (via incense) while WWX is unconscious. Story will occassionally touch on canon events with this different slant, and moves delightfully quickly. I feel like I only just now sat down to start, and here we are, so soon at the end! Maybe I'll read it again right now….

pov lan wangji, canon divergence, madam lan lives, lan wangji leaves the gusu lan sect, lan xichen leaves the gusu lan sect, dream sharing, rogue cultivator lan wangji, rogue cultivator lan xichen, golden core reveal, strangers to lovers, falling in love, good person lan qiren, mentor lan qiren, different first meeting, sunshot campaign, hurt/comfort

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Throwback Rec

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Original Rec by Mojo. Bookmarked on September 13, 2025.

Kay's comments: 💙 Finally came around to reading this story and it's sooo good! I especially loved how divergences get revealed slowly throughout the story, because of course things happened differently with Mama Lan and her children disappearing before Lan Wangji was even born. I loved the dream-sharing and how that made Wangxian immediately be on the same wavelength.

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Proud Author Spotlight

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My submission to the 2026 bottomji big bang event - be sure to check out the art too!

Dealing with more serious and darker themes, this fic follows trans male Lan Wangji in the devastating aftermath of his clan's near total slaughter as circumstances force him to make difficult decisions that put his family's well-being above his own. He suffers a great deal as a result, separated from them and under the power of an honorless Jin Guangshan, at the mercy of him and his merciless wife both.

Its got a lot of whump but I promise that it really does get better by the end!

Green Pines

by somevariationofgay (@somevariationofgay)

E, 58k, Lan Wangji/Jin Guangshan | Pre-Wangxian

Part of the Bottomji Big Bang 2026

Summary: After the destruction of Cloud Recesses, Lan Wangji gives his body and his service to Jin Guangshan in exchange for the means to secure the future of Gusu Lan. Left defenseless and alone by his own actions, he is resigned to a life of cruelty and degradation in Golden Scale Tower, entirely cut off from events happening beyond its filigreed walls. This isolation is abruptly broken when, part of a subtle scheme, he is sent as payment to the ancient and powerful immortal the sects bargained with to achieve victory against Qishan Wen. Caught between the keen eyes of the great immortal and the threats of the Jin sect, Lan Wangji gathers his wits and his courage, committing to a desperate plan that he hopes will save his family - one last time.

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sounds fishy, i'm in [love] by chefmanardee, Green_Riot, lumipoke and Omg_its_Birdie

sounds fishy, i'm in [love]

by chefmanardee, Green_Riot (@green-riot), lumipoke and Omg_its_Birdie

E, 2k, Wangxian

Part of the Three Bows Wangxian Server Events

Summary: A curious, playful mer pulls Lan Zhan into the water. They kiss (and more) about it. Kay's comments: Exactly what the summary says and also featuring beautiful art! I feel like I missed out on MerMay a little this year, so I'm catching up now and this story was fun. Good for Wangxian! Love what they have going on! Excerpt: Carefully, Lan Zhan swims slowly back to the pier to hoist himself up just far enough to reach the sardines. He falls back into the water, because he really isn't sure he has a real choice in the matter, and holds out the fish. "Here." The mer almost visibly brightens and dips under the water. Rather than swim away, though, Lan Zhan watches the red of that tail swim closer at an alarming speed. Lan Zhan's heart jumps, wondering just what kind of danger he might actually be in. Thankfully, Lan Zhan isn't dragged to a watery grave—shufu would have been so disappointed in him—but he is grabbed again. He finds himself held by the wrist, the mer having surfaced just in front of him and nearly making him drop the offering. His hands are vaguely human, but webbed and speckled with iridescent red scales. It leans toward the sardine still being held out, as if inspecting the dull-eyed fish. It grins, a mischievous glint in its eyes as their gazes meet. “Do you have any chili oil?” Lan Zhan nearly screams.

pov lan wangji, merpeople, canon era, merperson wei wuxian, human lan wangji, interspecies sex, interspecies relationship(s), first meetings first time, strangers to lovers

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Follower Recs

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Hi I’d like to submit this fic. These fic really blew me away in terms of characterisation and pining. Furthermore, I love the portrayal of Lan Zhan as a lovesick artist writing love songs about his totally-unrequited-love. Jin Lings pov was also great. Thanks - Anon

shorthand of emotion

by sarahyyy (@sarah-yyy)

G, 6k, Wangxian

Summary: Lan Zhan nods. “Who should I make it out to?” he asks. “Wei Wuxian,” Jin Ling says. Lan Zhan drops his pen. “Who?” he croaks. Ouyang Zizhen lets out a soft gasp beside him. “Oh fuck, it’s happening.” “Wei Wuxian,” Jin Ling says slowly. This doesn’t look like someone who thinks sixteen years is too long to fix a misunderstanding. Jin Ling is going to get his dajiu a husband today. “My dajiu really liked your new album. There are a lot of details in your songs that feel very personal to him.” (Or, Jin Ling schemes to reunite his dajiu with his dajiu's high school sweetheart.)

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Don't Know Where I've Been by trickybonmot

Don't Know Where I've Been

by trickybonmot (@trickybonmot)

T, 8k, Wangxian

Part of the MDZS Two Cakes Event 2021

Summary: It’s not the first time someone has cried in his cab, but it’s the first time Lan Zhan has cried in his cab, or, as far as Wei Ying knows, anywhere at all, ever. “Lan Zhan?” he says. Lan Zhan takes a deep, wet-sounding breath. “My mother is in the hospital,” he says. “Oh. I’m sorry,” says Wei Ying. He says this instead of the first thing that comes to mind, which is since when do you have a mother? Kay's comments: Was really hesitant before I started this story, because I wasn't sure whether I should get myself emotionally destroyed, but am so glad that I let myself be emotionally destroyed by this fic. It was beautifully written. Really, this story is a gift you can't turn down. Excerpt: “I always thought my mother was dead,” says Lan Zhan, after a careful sip of water. “Yeah,” he says, then realizes how callous it must sound, but Lan Zhan doesn’t seem to notice. “Then, about a month ago, she got in touch with my uncle. He revealed that he helped her disappear, back then, from the hospital where my father had her committed.” “Whoah.” Yes, Wei Ying is doing an excellent job with this conversation.

pov wei wuxian, modern setting, modern no powers, reunions, lan wangji whump, loss of parent(s), grief/mourning, getting together, taxi driver wei wuxian, emotional hurt/comfort, sad with a happy ending, hopeful ending, burial mounds ensemble as family, found family, podfic available

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The Dragon's Bride

by jaws_3

T, 34k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian has only ever seen Hanguang-Jun from a distance, and often in the light of the full moon which reflected off his scales, blurring his figure to any who dared look at it straight on. Many villagers claimed it was then bad luck to do such a thing, but Wei Wuxian had found such logic ridiculous and always opted to stare when the mysterious god drifted high above their tiny village. Even now, in the bright afternoon sun, with Hanguang-Jun descending on him, Wei Wuxian can’t find it in himself to look away. once upon a time, there was a dragon, a curse, and a sacrifice.

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To love you every night by dragontrappedinhumanskin

To love you every night

by dragontrappedinhumanskin (@dragonselkie)

E, 3k, Wangxian

Part of the Wangxian Gotcha for Gaza

Summary: Wei Ying is too wired to go to bed, luckily his husband is happy to humor him, even if he might fall asleep doing so. __ Wei Ying turned, stripping off his robes, as Lan Zhan continued his meticulously folding of his own layers until he was down to his last. “I was thinking,” Wei Ying continued. “Should we get chickens?” The sound of a pause in clothes rustling made Wei Ying look over his shoulder to see Lan Zhan slow-blink at him. “I mean, don’t you like eggs, Lan Zhan?” “I have nothing against eggs.” Lan Zhan confirmed. Kay's comments: A very somft story about Wei Wuxian yapping while him and Lan Wangji go through their bedtime routine. This really reminded me of that one extra. So cute and so them!! Excerpt: “Did you ever consider making your rabbits little ribbons to wear too?” Wei Ying asked. “No. They do not need the pressure,” Lan Zhan said. Wei Ying laughed, kicking his feet behind him and disrupting Lan Zhan’s thoughtfully placed blanket. “Of course, their hearts are so small!” “Mn,” “I’ve ate one,” Lan Zhan’s brow furrowed in mild disapproval, and Wei Ying giggled, tracing a mindless pattern over Lan Zhan’s heart with his finger. “It was a long time ago! I’m sure the rabbit is reincarnated by now,” “Mn,” Lan Zhan agreed, seemingly appeased.

pov wei wuxian, post-canon, soft lan wangji/wei wuxian, married lan wangji/wei wuxian, established relationship, sharing a bed, cuddling & snugging, fluff and smut, top lan wangji/bottom wei wuxian, sleepy kisses, sleepy cuddles, sleepy sex

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Follower Recs

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I'd like to rec a fantastic new fic on ao3. It's so good, diverging au set during bm days and starts just before jin ling's 100 days. The imagery is vivid and great worldbuilding. Love that wwx also has established relationships with more than just jc in the Jiang sect - like there are other disciples there too who know wwx and have their own opinions of him. Great characterization - Anon

Bribery and Babies and Blather, Oh My!

by VLhysMaerwynth

Not rated, WIP, 62k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian is confused. He just wanted a lift to Golden Carp Tower so he had time to complete his gift for little Jin Ling… How did it all go so very sideways? Gossip in the cultivation world truly is its own beast to reckon with. Based primarily on the novel canon.

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No Refunds by miss_yap_a_lot

No Refunds

by miss_yap_a_lot (@miss-yap-a-lot)

T, 3k, Wangxian

Part of Wangxian Gotcha for Gaza

Summary: "Did you hear? The Lan clan of Gusu is hosting the jianghu's annual Bachelor Auction!" "No way… you mean the Lan clan of Gusu? Holding a bachelor's auction?" "There's only one Lan clan, idiot! It's not like they have any choice—they're being pressured by the other sects to do it. Besides, their Twin Jades are already eligible to marry. Everyone's curious who they'll choose." Wei Wuxian enters a bachelor's auction. He doesn't expect Lan Wangji to bid the highest. Kay's comments: I loved how the entire fic Wei Wuxian was like: I'm doing this just to annoy Lan Zhan, teehee, because it's so fun. I think there's not a single thought in his head that doesn't revolve around Lan Zhan. His crush is so cute. Excerpt: And that was exactly why Wei Wuxian wasn't worried in the slightest. Who'd muster up enough money to bid for him, out of all the eligible young ladies who truly did seek marriage? Either way, it would be a damn good waste if they did. Hence why he was just here to have fun! And maybe Lan Qiren would force him to copy down the Lan clan precepts over a hundred times once this was all over, but he couldn't do anything about it now while the auction was in full swing. Hell, maybe Wei Wuxian would copy with Lan Wangji watching over him. Ah, Lan Zhan… so uptight all the time.

pov wei wuxian, canon divergence, cloud recesses study arc, auction, bachelor auction, cloud recesses shenanigans, humor, crushes, idiots in love, getting together, first kiss, teenage lan wangji/teenage wei wuxian, teenagers, lan wangji is so whipped, romantic comedy

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Proud Author Spotlight

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Hi all! This is a shameless plug for my own fic series!. But I wrote a short series (like 1-2 chapters each) specifically focused on Wei Ying. It explores Wei Ying as genius head disciple, but then also as the Yiling laozu. I hope you all enjoy and thank you for checking me out!

are you a familiar stranger, senior wei?

by magicintheroom

Gen, Series, WIP, 32k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian has been called many things in both his lives. The junior generation of cultivators know this. Yet for the group of juniors who knew their Wei-qianbei it is hard to reconcile their silly goofy eccentric genius senior with the legendary feats attached to his name. Even before Wei Wuxian was the Yiling Patriarch, he was the Head Disciple of Yunmeng Jiang.

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Rainy Day Delight by kakera

Rainy Day Delight

by kakera

T, 4k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian loves walking in the rain. Lan Wangji does not. One rainy evening, after being dragged away from his lab (he isn't tired, honest!) Wei Wuxian decides to convince Lan Wangji to change his mind. Kay's comments: This story really made me want to take a walk in the rain. Sadly, as someone wearing glasses, I won't be able to enjoy it as much as the Wei Wuxian in this story. Very cute story and I loved how Wei Wuxian kept flirting with Lan Wangji and being slightly disappointed that Lan Wangji wasn't taking the hint. Excerpt: Somewhere behind him, he heard the lab door click open. He immediately sat up straight and started arranging equipment on the bench, wanting to look busy and alert even though he'd not got started yet, and wasn't alert in the slightest. If he looked busy, he was less likely to get interrupted. "Wei Ying." Wei Wuxian's breath caught in his throat. Okay, so there were some interruptions he didn't mind. Lips stretching into a bright smile, he spun around on his stool. "Lan Zhan!"

pov wei wuxian, modern setting, modern no powers, scientists, professor lan wangji, professor wei wuxian, mutual pining, rain, sharing an umbrella, kissing in the rain, implied/referenced past accident, love confessions, first kiss, getting together

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