In my own understanding and words of this genre beside the above link, "wuxia" genre is about a martial artist in a fantasy world mostly set in some ancient Asia like background setting. "xianxia" is a sub-genre of "wuxia" of that. To describe it in a easy to understand way; "wuxia" genre would be like a "battle mage", while "xianxia" genre would be just a "mage". That the difference.
Normal Wuxia/Xianxia-like World vs. Non-Wuxia/Xianxia-like World:
Normal Wuxia/Xianxia-like World is set in an ancient Asia like background setting with fantasy stuff, where it normal to be ridiculous in their story. While Non-Wuxia/Xianxia-like world such as modern, parallel, or even future setting with Wuxia/Xianxia theme, it not so great being too ridiculous in their story as sometime they steal idea from other media and made their own.
- To describe the Wuxia/Xianxia world in another way and compare it with dark fantasy world. Wuxia/Xianxia world would like an African Savanna, while a dark fantasy world would like a snake pit. If you read a Wuxia/Xianxia novel before then you might understand my metaphor.
Common Comments/Reviews from others about these genre:
Great start but most will state that some (Wuxia/Xianxia-like Genre Novel) will become less interesting during the midpoint or near the end of the novel or the ending "suck".
Ending?:
I have yet to finish any Wuxia/Xianxia-like genre novel to the end but here what I know and read. Some will have Multiple Ending while very few will have One Ending.
MC Route in the Novel (MC Goal):
Majority of most Wuxia/Xianxia genre MC have the same route or pattern in the novel. Get stronger and beat and/or kill any one that try to harm MC or MC love one.
Mature Content (Mainly Sex):
If that novel have any; they rarely imply it like for an example they went in the room and you can hear whatever. But most of the time they don't imply but they will not uses sex term. They will uses metaphor and other similarly.
Reincarnated/Summoned into a Wuxia/Xianxia-like World: (Sample)
Normal Wuxia/Xianxia World: (Sample)
Modern World with Wuxia/Xianxia Element/Theme: (Sample)
Future World with Wuxia/Xianxia Element/Theme: (Sample)
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Chinese
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------**Full-Time Magister/Quanzhi Fashi (Novel) (Re) (Modern w/Wu/Xia)
**Library of Heaven's Path/Tian Dao Tu Shu Guan (Novel) (Re)
**Long Live Summons/Zhaohuan Wansui (Novel) (Re)
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