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One Shots
- Rain Sought Flower
by Fallowfield- Rating: G
- Summary: Little did this gardener know that the most beautiful flower he’d ever seen would grow in these palace halls, traveled here from afar to marry the king.
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- Take Me by the Waist to the Water by etymologyplayground
- Status: Complete
- Summary: "Ge ge, want to get married?"
- "... Aren't we already married?"
- Instead of freezing, Xie Lian teases back. It Kills The Man.
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- Matchmaker, Matchmaker by pengiesama
- Status: Completed
- Summary: Every night, Xie Lian visits the Ghost City to tutor its king. Every morning, Xie Lian leaves; still single and unsmooched. Luckily, Shi Qing Xuan is a professional(?) matchmaker, and is here to HELP OUT.
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- Black Commands Shake The Earth by Nomette
- Rating: Mature
- Warning: violence, major character death
- Summary: "Ling Wen, you wanted to help General Bai Jing in becoming a Supreme, and have him wake to his senses, right?”
- Ling Wen gave a small laugh,
- “Your highness, don’t say it like I would do anything for him. After all, I’m cold-blooded and recognize no loved ones, so why would I do anything like that?”
- “Is that right?”
- "Let it be."
- Ling Wen becomes a supreme.
- anyone can start again, not through love but through revenge by Nomette
- Rating: T
- Warning: violence, major character death
- Summary: Disaster – good fortune adheres therein; good fortune – disaster lurks therein.
- He Xuan, from the mountain to the abyss.
- the heart and all its chambers by etymologyplayground
- Warning: sexual content
- Rating: Explicit
- Summary: "Really, Xie Lian, you don't even jerk it??" Shi Qingxuan insists. "I mean it's none of my business and you can tell me to fuck off, but holy shit, lady."
- Xie Lian laughs, feeling her cheeks color, and shrugs again. **"I don't know, something about the mechanics of it just never made sense to me," she admits.
- "And anyway that's time I should be spending studying."
- It comes out that Xie Lian's never had an orgasm. She goes to Hua Cheng for help.
- theyre lesbians
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- Swordplay by beneaththebrim
- Warning: sexual content, violence
- Rating: explicit
- Summary: Somehow, somewhere between the hazy recesses of passing aeons and the swirling nebulae of thought, these scenes merged with other, hotter ones—fuel and fire pressed tight in some unholy crucible—and Hua Cheng found himself, his dream self, begging Dianxia to run him through, chop him up, tear him apart. It was these fantasies that seemed to seep through the cracks, charging the armory with the special resonance that thrives between death and love.
- Content Warning: I'm not joking about the 'Graphic Depictions of Violence' warning. There's a lot of blood.
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- When It Hurts to Remember by Naamah_Beherit
- Summary: He comes to his senses in a dark, empty cave, amidst the rocks and rubble he brought down with himself. Somewhere above him, a sliver of a red sky can be seen, far enough that he can’t reach it. Not now, when he barely moves.
- It’s a funny thing, moving as a ghost. It’s the idea, the will and determination to transfer consciousness in iterations, to slither one’s thoughts into the cracks of the world where there are none. He’s done it, he thinks. He has never tried it, he fears. He sees no point in doing it, he knows. But
- There is something he should remember.
- 10 years of madness. Hua Cheng in Mount Tonglu.
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
The Good Times by Ayam_Cemani
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Status: Oneshot
- Synopsis: Xie Lian still isn’t quite sure who ‘she’ is. That little girl he handed a measly mouthful so she wouldn’t eat his cooking off the ground. He only knows sort of what she looks like. He knows she’s definitely a street kid in her tattered robes- Desperate and hungry. He knows she’s alone from the way she clings to his shadow. He knows she hasn't stopped following since that day either. [] Around the corner Xie Lian goes on his lonely patrol. He could have passed this duty on to one of the other soldiers, but they were only human. They needed the rest more than he did. Just like that girl did. [] Somewhere behind, time suspends itself with a harsh breath and a soft thud of a body with too little fat to protect it. She’s run the wall a little too hard.
Add ReviewA Gift of Silver by Kingfisher Prince
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis:
Xie Lian certainly liked being asked. It was an easy sort of reassurance, that affection could be given and received so easily between them. That they were learning to accept a soft touch after so long alone.
As Xie Lian dug their beautiful wooden comb through his husband's more beautiful black locks, he was drawn away from the rhythmic motions by the easy voice of the other.
“Gege, I was wondering. Can I do your hair next?”
—
Hua Cheng gives Xie Lian a little something extra to wear to the Heavenly Court. It gets some questionable reactions.
Multi-Chapter
- the ghost king's bride by arahir
- Warning: sexual content
- Status: Complete
- Summary: Ghosts won't stop giving Xie Lian flowers, Hua Cheng won't stop teasing, and Xie Lian is out here doing his best, man.
- Xie Lian is momentarily frozen. Outside of heaven, no one calls him Highness except in jest, and there was a time people threw flowers at his feet as if to make a carpet for him to walk upon, but those years are long past. “Thank you. This is a—a princely gift.”
- The spirit’s black-pit eyes go wide and then he grins, revealing long, wicked teeth the color of tarnished silver. “Yes! Yes, I knew it was meant for his Highness.” The spirit nods to Hua Cheng, too, whose grin has widened to something almost obscene.
- “Truly,” Hua Cheng agrees.
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- Halloween Town Official's Blessing by beneaththebrim
- Warning: none apply
- Status: Complete
- Summary: “Granduncle Hua, what do you think Xie Lian is up to now?”
- Xie Lian feigned a contemplative look. “Oh, who knows? Probably trying to figure out how to enter the world wide web or work a VHS machine or one of those other newfangled things…”
- “Huh. Well I think he’s still out there, using his powers to help orphans!”
- Xie Lian sniffed, then ruffled Ban Yue’s hair and pinched her cheek. “If you say so, Ban Yue. But remember, it is just a story. Xie Lian isn’t real, and neither is Halloweentown.” He clapped his hands together. “Okay! Time to go to bed! Granduncle Hua’s gonna go do some scrap collecting, alright?”
- (Only, before Xie Lian can go scrap collecting, he's called on an important mission to Halloweentown, and, instead of going to sleep, Ban Yue follows him for the adventure of her life!)
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- the ghost holds a wedding by Naamah-Beherit
- Status: Complete
- Rating: Explicit
- Warning: None
- Summary: San Lang’s fingers ghost down the nape of his neck, reverent and hesitant, leaving a tingling trail that keeps on burning. In slow, long, purposeful strokes, he writes a story of adoration on the canvas of Xie Lian’s skin.
- His hands slow down when he brushes against the bandages wrapped around Xie Lian’s neck. Xie Lian stiffens involuntarily; then those hands come to rest on his shoulders, grounding and comforting. What would it feel like if San Lang were to venture lower, down his back and sides, what if he untied the worn-out silk and let his fingers trace the line of the shackle hidden beneath it, what if—
- Xie Lian takes a deep breath and thinks of the Ethics Sutra.
- Life goes on as Xie Lian settles in Ghost City. For the first time in centuries, he's content. For the first time in centuries, the future is hopeful.
- (Then why is he feeling so empty?)
- Pairing: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian
- Part of the Crimson and Clover series
- I would never let you down by beneaththebrim
- Status: complete
- Warning: violence, major character death
- Rating: T
- Summary: Shi Qing Xuan was always meant to be a mortal. So, naturally, he dies.
- A few days later, in a fishing village on the northeast coast of China, a girl is born, though her parents don't quite know it yet. Once again, she's a normal mortal in normal circumstances.
- -That is, until strange characters enter her life and a disaster devastates her town, changing the course of her life for good.
- Will she be able to determine her own fate this time around?
- Pairing: He Xuan/Shi Qing Xuan
- The Strange Silence by Alterz
- Status: Complete
- Warning: none
- Summary: He has carried out his vengeance, but He Xuan lingers on, alone and unsatisfied. If he should have, would have done anything differently, it doesn't matter: his plans are done.
- Now what?
- Pairing: He Xuan/Shi Qing Xuan
- let's get drunk again when the flowers bloom by salemcries
- Status: Incomplete
- Warning: none
- Rating: mature
- Summary: Shi Qingxuan was fine with living his life down in the mortal realm.
- Really, he was.
- After all, he has no right to complain about it anyways. He deserved it.
- Only people who do good will receive good will.
- He knows this.
- Therefor he deserves every misfortune that comes his way.
- Pairing: He Xuan/Shi Qing Xuan
and yet we still bloom by gdgdbaby
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: When the Crown Princess of Xian Le, Her Highness Xie Lian, saved a tiny street urchin from falling to her death during the nation's biggest parade, she could never have predicted that same street urchin would eventually become her greatest spymaster. Xie Lian hadn't anticipated the heavens-upending events that followed the drought either, but sometimes these things just happen.
Of Marriges and Ascensions series by Naamah_Beherit
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: A collection of canon divergent stories in which Xie Lian gets married to Hua Cheng before his third ascension.
- To each his day is given : One late afternoon, on the day the early autumn painted maple leaves crimson, the village head kowtowed before Xie Lian and begged, “Please, Daozhang. Please save us." And the story was this: Once upon a time, a mortal man won in a game of dice against a ghost. ..A story of how Xie Lian got caught in a ruse meant to pacify a certain ghost king and ended up with a husband.
- "Have You Heard?!" : "The laughing stock of the three realms is married to the Ghost Realm's number one bigshot!" Or: a story in which Xie Lian ascends for the third time and freaks the hell out of Heaven by claiming he's married. He would also want to hand in his resignation, thank you very much—if only someone was willing to accept it.
- Local Man Ascends to Heaven, His Husband is Not Amused : Ascension is a difficult thing to adjust to - even more so when you're a full-time parent of 5-year-old twins spoilt beyond belief. Or: a story in which Xie Lian has no time to deal with Heaven's shit, because he'd rather stay at home with his husband and raise their kids in peace.
- To each his day is given
No Paths Are Bound by Cataclysmic Event
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: A version of TGCF where Jun Wu places Xie Lian’s cursed shackle over his eyes during his first banishment, blinding him, and he goes off on his own rather than becoming a burden on his parents and his friends. But there’s still someone watching over him.
- Now has a Trope page.
Crossovers
Ashes and Moonlight by Anonymous
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Crossover with: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: For a long time, what separated gods and demons was defined only by where they went: up or down.
''Why Me?' by no_temporis
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Crossover with: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: After dying in Maigu Ridge, Shen Yuan got transmigrated into Heaven Official Blessing as Shi Wudu. Since Shen Yuan was able to change Shen Qingqiu's fate from turning into a human stick, would he be as successful in changing Shi Wudu's fate as well?
let this soul be your whisper by merthurlin
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Crossover with: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: “I think…” Xie Lian says slowly, not taking his eyes off the bag. “I think I knew this person. Who this soul used to be.” He can hear Hua Cheng suck in a breath. “Gege, maybe it’s better if you don’t—“ But Xie Lian ignores him, and reaches out with one trembling hand to touch the bag. A second passes, and then another, and Xie Lian almost lets out a breath in relief, before he feels something in the bag reaching back. “A-Ying?”
For Who the Bell Rings by Dawn Cloud
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Crossover with: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi
- Status: Oneshot
- Synopsis: “Why are you still here?” Xie Lian asked a small ghost flame. It was green with a purple tint, flickering in and out of existence, yet its core was oddly bright. The flame bobbed up and down slightly. “There are people I care about greatly, and I want them to stay safe,” the ghost flame said, and Xie Lian felt distantly that he’d heard those words before somewhere.
Back From The Dead by Suibian_613
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Crossover with: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: To the humans and the cultivators, when Wei Wuxian stepped out of the Burial Mounds with the resentful energy successfully harnessed under his belt, he was known as the Yiling Laozu. ... To the heavens and ghost realm, he was a Wrath ranked ghost who needed to be treated with extreme caution. Having popped out of nowhere, they feared he would become another Supreme.
Me and My Penpal by pengiesama
- Recommended by: eeveelutionlover2000
- Crossover with: Game/Okami
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Xie Lian finds himself hosting a pair of displaced foreign guests for the afternoon, and does his best to prevent an international incident. (Or, two fallen gods who like swords, calligraphy, and performing petty mortal errands walk into a bar...)
