Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

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Her second novel had a lot of interesting characters (i could read 300 more chapters of the MC and ML just doing nothing) and a complex plot that was deftly handled. Obviously books 4 and 5 were a lot more to my taste because the writing was a lot more concise and the pacing was less slow and pointless, as well as actually incorporating fantasy elements and shaking up the status quo. Not because of the storyline, but because I read all 252 chapters in a short amount of time cause I was so freaking invested in the whole story!

A lot of this novel was very surface level, and it's pretty on paper, but when you think about the characters a bit longer, the more bland and shallow they become. Heaven Official’s Blessing basic plotline is about a prince-turned-martial god, Xie Lian, who has ascended to the heavens for the third time (it has also been 800 years since his first ascension), and as he starts to get involved in the matters of the heavens thanks to some mysteries he is investigating, there is a whole hidden tapestry of issues that start to unravel. Xie Lian just walks around in the story with no purpose and he says that he wants to help the common people, but he really hasn't done that! This review is purely subjective, and if you want to read this go ahead, but I'll be seeing myself out. The MC is supposed to be super intelligent, but he literally misses all of the super obvious hints the ML drops at him, which is so weird.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I also find the repeated emphasis that Hua Cheng considers Xie Lian his god and himself as his most devoted believer just a bit uncomfortable for the romance. more>> MC is an typical hero (similar to WWX) who always tries to do the right thing, but sometimes fails because that's just how life works.

Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom, Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty, strength, and purity. The flashbacks between Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian showed how close they had grown and how they were a significant existence in each other's life. Xie Lian, having an interest in Hua Cheng would definitely examine his reactions, so this is purely for convenience's sake. Aside from telling us how HC and XL met, the flashback didn't tell us anything we weren't told already.

The story is actually like a snowball which gets bigger and bigger, finally creating an avalanche finale.

Among the artifacts is a tablet with details the life of a Lieutenant from the army which opposed Banyue. Setting on a journey of a not so simple task to find new devotees for MC we dive into solving mysteries of the present with . This felt very fan-service like, and it felt like the author stopped trying and just fed us dog food after an emotionally taxing arc so that she wouldn't have to close out the arc properly, completely destroying the tone. Everything that would be cool, all the fantastical elements, get shoved into side-stories, flashbacks, and weird moments of the characters standing around telling each other stories?

Aside from the main characters, the story also has a rich cast of secondary characters whose stories form part of the plot – Shi Qingxuan (SQX) is a favorite not just because of how vibrant a personality he is, but also how he makes for such a good friend for Xie Lian. I was also in a reading slump at the time, so reading something different for a change really perked me up. I really wanted to like this story and I started out enjoying it, but it was a real struggle after a while because XL and HC were just the worst people in the story. It is all about the gods, the demons, the ghosts, etc, but the entire plot is political and action based, so you are going to love it. And, I know fictional relationships don't need to be healthy; sometimes you want to read questionable content but when they are romanticised this intensely it feels weird.

Perhaps one of the biggest reasons I was uninterested through most of the book was due to the lack of tension and suspense. Now only a lowly scrap collector, he is dispatched to wander the earthly realm to take on tasks appointed by the heavens to pay back debts and maintain his divinity. Qi Rong, growing up with an abusive father, having to face the shame because a mistake his mother made developed such negativity inside him. Chapters 90-124 was amazing - the character development, sense of mystery and discovery the reader gets as they follow the MC's logic/deduction was suspenseful and rewarding. The first chapter was posted on October 18, 2019 and is currently on-going and updated weekly on Bilibili.MC on the surface seems like a soft, innocent angel, but in reality that's all because he's been worn down by 800 years of struggling to climb his way out of the mud. Don't get me wrong, I love that other piece, but (this is my personal opinion) it pales in comparison to this one. The only problem I encountered was the poor english translation I was reading painfully, and also had a hard time distinguishing names. The thing is someone like say Shi Qingxuan has done every bit as much for XL as HC has, but we don't see XL fall in love with SQX, do we?