tropes
Common Xianxia Tropes
Young masters, sect tournaments, heavenly tribulations, secret realms, auctions, alchemy, and why they keep returning.
Common xianxia tropes include arrogant young masters, sect entrance exams, hidden inheritances, auctions, pill refining, secret realms, heavenly tribulations, dao hearts, and tournament arcs.
These tropes are not automatically bad. The question is whether a novel uses them to create fresh pressure or simply repeats them as filler.