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YAS!!! A Xianxia! Finally! Xiao Zhan in a Xianxia. One of my favorite actors in one of my favorite genres! And the stills are so beautiful!

Xuanhuan is pretty similar to Xianxia, but with a more adventurous side to it. Xuan means mysterious while huan means fantasy. Xuanhuan also has Chinese mythology, but there are more realistic parts to it as well. It's quite hard to explain, actually, but some only sources may help. I'll also consider writing an article about Xuanhuan.

I guess we just have different preferences. I rather love unrealistic dramas, especially Xianxias. I'm fine with documentaries, but it's not always what I'm looking for.

Pfffff.....when were dramas realistic?

Yes, I can! As a matter of fact, I am almost done with my Wuxia article. :)

Yes, you are correct. And no, you did not annoy me. I just didn't want to go through a lot of explaining to prevent any potential arguments.

I won't say much of this topic, but the Untamed does have Xianxia elements.

BRUH I TOTALLY FORGOT. AM I BLIND???!!!

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Great clarification!

As I stated in the article, I used very recent dramas. Chinese Paladin is certainly great (but I don't remember much of it as I watched it at a very young age), but I mainly focused on the ones more popular on MDL. :)

Unfortunately, I have not watched any of the dramas you listed. I'm very sorry. :)

It's ending...I'm so sad....This drama is just delightful.

No matter what other people say, I still ended up giving this drama 11/10. Sure, some people have a problem with her personality, but I just love Mun Yeong. She's funny and bright, and makes great points. I also love Gang Tae and Sang Tae. They care about each other so much, and no matter the circumstances, the three are always there for each other.

So...you Deers out there...please don't attack me, this is just my opinion. :)

Wow! You've watched so many already!

Don't worry, I've started writing an Intro to Wuxia! :)

Glad this article was helpful!

Yes, it is.

Yes! Xianxia novels are awesome, and most Xianxia dramas are adapted from them!

Yes, great point! People tend to easily get disappointed by the CGI and special effects.

Omg! I love the 3 dramas you listed as well! :)

If you read my article, you'll notice that I mentioned that not all demons are evil.

"this does not signify that all demons are evil"

I don't have time to continue this baseless argument, but thank you for clarifying a few things for us.

Hi! You are absolutely correct. There are so many more things in the Xianxia genre than what I have written in this article. But please remember: this article is called "Intro to Xianxias", not "Elaborate descriptions of different ranks and species in Xianxias". This article is meant for Cdrama lovers who have just begun or are about to watch Xianxias and are not familiar with this genre. Some perhaps may be confused by all the different titles, but I have provided a few examples in this article to start them off on their journey.

If you scroll down this comments section, a few thoughtful MDL'ers have provided a link to a Xianxia terms glossary, which people may use if they are still curious about this genre.

Again, this is an introduction to a quite complicated genre. It's too overwhelming for both myself and everyone reading this article to fit all of these ranks and terms into an article that's meant to be a fairly short read. Of course, what you have written is very helpful, but I find that it might make things so much more confusing to people new to Xianxia. You could write an article about it, though!

And also: Considering the length of this comment, could you perhaps mark this as a spoiler? Thank you! :)

Extra P.S. I have included a few ranks and also emphasized the relationship between demons and evilness in this article.

Thank you for reading!