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>Western Xianxia seems to be either full parody (Speedrunning the Multiverse, Beware of Chicken) or just playing it extremely straight and yet doing it surprisingly well (Axe Xia Rem Y). Well, the good ones, I have no doubt there's FAR more shitty ones.
West has basically only parodies or deconstructions of xianxias. I read stuff like Beware of Chicken, Arrogant Young Master Template A Variation 4 etc. before even reading my first real xianxia, Forge of Destiny. And even that was somewhat trope-savvy. And then I read Cradle. These things likely give me too big expectations of actual chinese xianxia. Especially because I used to browse /r/martialmemes and /r/Novel Translations, seeing all the memes and tropes all the time, so I felt like picrel when I finally saw my first face slapping of arrogant young masters in ISSTH.

Btw, Ave Xia Rem Y went downhill after the first arc, it still has some flickers of something better, but it's snoorefest right now. At least the characters are good, though. Maybe the author will have an idea where to take the story to make it better.