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Massacring his way to the top to become emperor of the cultivation world, Mo Ran’s cruel reign left him with little satisfaction. Now, upon suffering his greatest loss, he takes his own life... To his surprise, Mo Ran awakens in his own body at age sixteen, years before he ever began his bloody conquests. Now, as a novice disciple at the cultivation sect known as Sisheng Peak, Mo Ran has a second chance at life. This time, he vows that he will attain the gratification that eluded him in his last life: the overly righteous shall fall, and none will dare treat him like a dog ever again! His furious passion burns most fiercely for his shizun, Chu Wanning, the beautiful yet cold cultivation teacher who maintains a cat-like aloofness in his presence. Yet despite Mo Ran’s shameless pursuit of his own goals, he begins to question his previously held beliefs, and wonders if there could be more to his teacher–and his own feelings–than he ever realized.
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Both are BL cultivation novels where the MC dies and gets reincarnated. In their second life they gradually realize that someone who they thought despised them was actually in love with them.
Both of these are tragic danmei. If you like one you are highly likely to enjoy the other. They are both well written and have happy endings, although the road to them has angst galore. They also have beautiful historical men.
Agreed, both of them are cultivation mangas. Both are also made by the same author which gives them some sort of connection.
Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom, Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty, strength, and purity. His years of dedicated study and noble deeds allowed him to ascend to godhood. But those who rise may also fall, and fall he does--cast from the heavens and banished to the world below. Eight hundred years after his mortal life, Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for the third time, angering most of the gods in the process. To repay his debts, he is sent to the Mortal Realm to hunt down violent ghosts and troublemaking spirits who prey on the living. Along his travels, he meets the fascinating and brilliant San Lang, a young man with whom he feels an instant connection. Yet San Lang is clearly more than he appears... What mysteries lie behind that carefree smile?
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They both are about two people who love each other but couldn't express themselves because they are afraid of the other persons rejection. But in the end they confess and lived happily.
At Linzhen High, Sheng Xu is the resident bad boy, while Zhan Shao is the by-the-book school genius. They’re polar opposites and butt heads every chance they get! But one day, their worlds get turned upside down when they mysteriously switch bodies. While navigating life trapped in an unfamiliar body and learning to work as a team to maintain their respective tough-guy image and perfect GPA, they discover hidden truths and deeper feelings for each other. But can opposites attract when the guy you like is... you?
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Even though the set up of the both story are different, the chemistry between the characters are samily. The top student who's cold, unapproachable and aloof. And the lovely mischievous student who's disliked by the teacher.
A former leader of a special organization who served under royalty, now leaving his past life behind and unintentionally getting involved with the martial world.
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The main similarity is that both novels are danmei and wuxia, and in both novels the main characters are soulmates, inseparable and have amazing chemistry. And in the novels the 2 main characters in each are very powerful, have a revenge subplot, a common enemy and show the stereotypes and rules set by the sects/world cannot always be considered right and what is considered wrong isn’t always wrong. Both also have one male lead who takes the ''wrong'' path -> Wei Wuxian from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by practising demonic cultivation and Wen Kexing from Faraway Wanders by becoming chief of the ghost valley.
Qin Yan was already a demonic cultivator when Fu Changling met him for the first time. He had killed Fu Changling’s entire family before he placed an old jade in his palm. He had said: Fu Changling, people are like jade. Only after they had weathered through the hundred sorrows of life and death, could they acknowledge their truest strength. With this, their swords clashed as they spent half their lives trying to kill each other. He had delivered Qin Yan to his trial on the Judiciary Platform to be hacked to death and watched as he cut out his love root. Fu Changling died and was reborn into the year when he was seventeen. This time, he met Qin Yan much earlier and was also informed of the truth that he hadn’t known in his past life...
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Both have:
- one silent and one talkative person in the relationship
- Stuff going on around their golden core
- one person going down the 'evil' pathway
- then hidden reason due to this
Difference:
- CJ is a relationship between shixiong and shidi
- MDZS is a relationship between two people from different sects
I am the best when it comes to taking divergent paths. With just a flip of my hand, I shall take the path less commonly travelled. I search far and wide, only to find myself unbeatable and unrivaled. So now I ask, who else can match my awesomeness? Acting tough is second nature to me and I am a lone wolf. The road is long and winding but I shan’t feel lonely as long as I am able to act tough! Life and death bore me and I do whatever I deem fit. “Young man, way back when I started acting tough, you were still learning how to put on your underpants!” Xu Que thus decided to take the path of acting tough. He decided to act tough every single god-damned day. If he wasn’t acting tough, he was scheming for the best way to act tough!
A boy that was imprisoned for millions of years has regained a mortal body. He became a disciple of the declining Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect where its patriarch used to be his disciple. Now he will bring this sect back to its former glory. This is his journey to reach the apex and take revenge on those who had imprisoned him. This is his story of meeting old friends and making new companions. This is his path of traversing the Nine Worlds and becoming the next ruler of the Heavens.
In the year 4223, the Spirit Sword Sect was established in the Nine Regions. For thousands of years, it has always been committed to producing first class talented immortal cultivators. Nowadays, it is among the five great sects within the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals. The sect leader, Daoist Master Feng Yin, is one of the seven great elders of the Union Of Ten Thousand Immortals; his cultivation shocked the world. Spirit Sword Sect adhered to subjects of peace and development. The sect’s core values are seeking the truth, seeking the good, and seeking the loyalty. To further expand the power of the sect and to add fresh blood, all elites and geniuses are invited to attend the Immortal Gathering.
Fate had never been kind to Ji Ning. Wracked by illnesses and infirm his entire life on Earth, Ning knew early on that he would die as a teenager. What he didn't know was that there really was such a thing as life after death, and that the multiverse was a far larger place than he thought. A lucky twist of fate (one of the few in Ning's life) meant that Ning was reborn into a world of Immortals and monsters, of Ki Refiners and powerful Fiendgods, a world where Dynasties lasted for millions of years. A world which is both greater...and yet also smaller...than he ever could imagine. He would have the opportunity to join them, and in this life, Ning swore to himself, he would never let himself be weak again! The Era he was born into was a Desolate one, but Ning would make it his era.
A hundred thousand years ago, there was a great war between cultivators. Immortals fell by the tens of thousands, the path of cultivation itself was severed, and after the dust settled, tombs forested the world. A hundred thousand years after the last legend faded, Lu Yun, commandant of tomb raiders, descends upon the world. Armed with the Tome of Life and Death, he has some burning questions to answer. “This isn’t how you raid a tomb!” Lu Yun smirked at the cultivators frantically scurrying about the ancient tomb. “Do you want me to teach you? … But ah, can someone teach him how to cure his new body’s erectile dysfunction?