Heaven Official’s Blessing
Type
Genre
Tags[ ]
Rating(4.7 / 5.0, 2653 votes)
5 | 84% (2237 votes) |
4 | 8% (210 votes) |
3 | 4% (100 votes) |
2 | 1% (32 votes) |
1 | 3% (74 votes) |
Language
Support Book (#ad)
Author(s)
One entry per lineArtist(s)
One entry per lineYear
Example: 2012
2017
Status in COO
Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
244 Chapters + 8 Extras (Complete)
5 Volumes (Complete)
5 Volumes (Complete)
Licensed
Yes
Completely Translated
Original Publisher
One entry per lineEnglish Publisher
One entry per lineRelease Frequency
Every 107.2 Day(s)Activity Stats [Graph]
Weekly Rank: #977Monthly Rank: #4058
All Time Rank: #390
Reading List [Graph]
On 20620 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #1718
All Time Rank: #28
Description
Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the Xian Le kingdom. He was loved by his citizens and was considered the darling of the world. He ascended to the Heavens at a young age; however, due to unfortunate circumstances, was quickly banished back to the mortal realm. Years later, he ascends again–only to be banished again a few minutes after his ascension.
Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock among all three realms. On his first task as a god thrice ascended, he meets a mysterious ghost who rules over the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens, yet, unbeknownst to Xie Lian, this ghost king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.
Associated Names
One entry per lineLa bendición del Oficial del Cielo
TGCF
Thiên Quan Tứ Phúc
Tian Guan Ci Fu
Благословение Небожителей
สวรรค์ประทานพร
天官賜福
天官赐福
천관사복
TGCF
Thiên Quan Tứ Phúc
Tian Guan Ci Fu
Благословение Небожителей
สวรรค์ประทานพร
天官賜福
天官赐福
천관사복
Related Series
N/ARecommendations
The Founder of Diabolism (25)The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System (17)
Thousand Autumns (10)
The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love (7)
The Legendary Master’s Wife (7)
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (7)
Recommendation Lists
Date | Group | Release |
---|---|---|
11/23/19 | Deep Dream Translations | c29 part2 |
11/04/19 | Deep Dream Translations | c29 part1 |
10/28/19 | Deep Dream Translations | c28 |
10/20/19 | Deep Dream Translations | c27 |
10/12/19 | Deep Dream Translations | c26 |
10/11/19 | Deep Dream Translations | c25 |
08/12/17 | Snail Paced Translations | c2 |
08/06/17 | Snail Paced Translations | c1 |
Go to Page...
Go to Page...
- I liked her other works but this writing style was a miss for me
- Romance and plot often have very little correlation. It's like the plot is happening, to other characters, while XL & HC are observing and flirting occasionally.
- MXTX writes gore and misery in more detail than everything else, which was especially the case for this novel. Obviously some people will like it but some won't
- IMO the misery is excessive. It's supposed to provide contrast to the romance but I feel it's so overdone that it's in poor taste. Like 20 chapters of straight misery is not necessary... You would only need 5 At Most. Her writing style is about being efficient but when it comes to suffering she seems compelled to write it incessantly.
- There's little to no resolution to the suffering. The romance is the only positive aspect and suggests romantic love is the end goal and the solve all to your problems. Not to mention that the characters betray each other every 5 minutes; you can't trust anyone unless they... Worship you?
- I'm a softie so maybe you'd like TGCF if you need a lot of simulation to feel anything. Then again the tragedy was so exaggerated that it brought me out of immersion completely
- Comedy is not a strong point unlike Scum Villian
- She doesn't write the gong's thoughts which means it's left to your imagination. I feel it doesn't work as well for this particular novel, and only seeing Hua Cheng through Xie Lian's eyes greatly reduces character depth.
- The other novels trick you into thinking there's hate instead of love, which is why the singular perspective works. There was never any misunderstanding with Hua Cheng for the audience, so there's no need to narrate from Xie Lian's perspective. Seeing Hua Cheng's thoughts and reactions would be so thrilling yet we get almost nothing. It's also contradictory. Xie Lian, having an interest in Hua Cheng would definitely examine his reactions, so this is purely for convenience's sake. I find that there a are a lot of small "ooc" details like this
- Randomly introducing new arcs for side characters feels jarring. Many mini arcs come and go, and it feels like an episodic anime where you have 'monster/crime of the week' but you just want to find out the main plot. I'm probably quite biased because I tend to struggle with episodic anime ^^;
CHARACTERISATION- Characters don't have enough depth...
- Hua Cheng's main flaw was insecurity about his appearance but he's confident and self assured 99% of the time (not to mention, this is a baseless insecurity because he looks fine). This is basically his only flaw other than not caring about anyone but Xie Lian, and it manifests like once every 50 chapters.
- He also is quite relaxed around Xie Lian despite being obsessed with him. I also consider this an 'ooc' detail. Maybe he can feign composure, but to the extent that he does, it's not believable. I would honestly like him more if MXTX made him something like a socially awkward character; it would feel much more dimensional and make room for humour too (side note: imagine if his hand was trembling during the ghost groom scene? more interesting, more believable)
- Xie Lian's creed is compassion and Hua Cheng just doesn't... adopt any of the qualities that he praises Xie Lian for, which is incredibly strange/not thought out?? He says he admires Xie Lian for wanting to save the common people, yet despite having the power to help civilians now, it's not as if he is actively seeking out ways to better the people. He runs a casino so others won't and that's probably the only mention I've seen
- Xie Lian's flaws are also quite... Mild. 'Being too nice' with 'unable to cook'...
- In all honesty I struggle to enjoy the story overall because of Xie Lian. His fundamental positive personality trait is that he wants to help people. But to say that Xie Lian helps others on the basis of nothing in return, all the while being unaffected by slander and mistreatment is just dehumanising... he.. just doesn't feel relatable or human
- Even just from a writing point of view, having a protagonist that rarely stands up for themselves isn't satisfying
- Well let's look at his other traits. He's 'savage' sometimes, and it's interesting to see him throw away his inhibitions, but this only happens when he's under intense emotional pressure, which is also very rare
- I think familial or sect bonds are a beautiful thing. When she writes about Yunmeng trio or disciples or Cang Qiong Mountain it's beyond precious and emotional, but there isn't anything like that here... Only mentions of a shixiong that wants to kill his shidi and many other passing, unpleasant relationships
CHEMISTRY- The constant blue balling was annoying and tested my patience to be honest.
Spoiler
[collapse]
starts to become absurd, especially when these characters have been around for hundreds of years. In truth, there is very little preventing them from being together, there is not much romantic plot to speak of.
- The romance is really vanilla... when they each started liking each other, they didn't know the other that well at all. Gratitude and admiration can lead to love, but they legitimately only met a few times, so it's bewildering how Hua Cheng liked him for 800 years. The basis of the relationship seems to have been mainly idol worship, which is obviously not that wholesome or romantic. (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.)
-
Spoiler
- TBH Hua Cheng is a straight up stalker lol. He's definitely a charming character but I was turned off at the thousands of statues he made of Xie Lian... whew.....
- They kissed several times before getting together which was a turn off. Like the only action we could get between them had to be physical because MXTX wouldn't write true pining or romantic hurt. So rather than getting a nice, bitter-sweet, heart squeeze you just read about making out every now and then...
- What bothered me moreso was the really Anime esque pretenses like 'spiritual energy is best transferred via kiss', and you don't see any of the other characters making out, it's just them...? Like kisses should be for love not for transferring energy or air!! Or relentlessly under the guise of doing so.
[collapse]
- Their romance is really cheesy. Maybe that's why some people like it so much, but personally I read danmei to get away from those kinds of 'he fell on top of me', 'he needs mouth-to-mouth', removed from reality shoujo tropes
END NOTE Overall I was desperate to fall in love with this novel but couldn't. That frustration was furthered upon seeing people make fun of the characters as dumb gays or making incredibly elaborate fan theories to justify why characters act inconsistently (ooc even), and why certain things happened, when a lot of it was just ill-conceived writing. I want to end on a more positive note by saying that I have the utmost respect for MXTX and I know that she put a lot of work into tgcf. Thanks for reading and I hope people find this constructive.180 chapters to get together is just ridiculous, and I know there are longer waits out there but bottom-line is anything longer than 150
- This story is about pure devotion, unconditional dedication and love -over a period of 800 years- = thanks to our ML; Hua Cheng.
- MC: despite the fact that he is deprived of his powers, the main character is absolutely not weak. He's intelligent, strong and calm (when ML doesn't make him lose his means).
- The romance between the MC and the ML is built throughout the whole story (not only at the very end). In other words, you're gonna fangirl/boy a lot because there're a bunch of sweet moments between them (specially in the last chapters).
- There're many humor's scenes! Almost all characters are concerned. For example, the relationship between Mu Qing and Fen Xin is hilarious (frenemy). Here is another example (not a spoiler) : " However, it was too late. PuQi Schrine was only so big and had no place to hide. Immediately the two saw behind Xie Lian's person stood a SuPrEme GhOsT KInG who was in the middle of doing dishes" LMAO
- In my opinion, there weren't too many characters. Everyone has a role to play. Even the minor characters come back throughout the story. I didn't find it had any "useless" characters.
- The scenes are very detailed (nature, feelings, sceneries,...). It's very easy so imagine the story in your head (?)
- Every arc is somehow related to the final one.
- Volume 2 & 4 are flashbacks about the MC's past. It's coherent and not boring at all since there're constantly new revelations and links with the present time. OH and you're gonna LOSE YOUR SOUL while reading volume 4. It's the saddest one. Even when you think the MC's past can't be more sad and tragic, it becomes worst :))))
- Very satisfaying & happy ending! The last chapters are a big emotional rollercoaster. Be ready to cry from sadness & happiness.
- No "smut" scenes, but it's implicitely confirmed that they had s*x at the end of the story and many times in the extras ;-)
Aaaah there're so much to say, it's definitely my favorite MXTX novel! A manhua is also available! The art style is insane omg go have a look! (Sorry this is my first review & my english sucks)Ahahahahahahahaha read some reviews from the mighty critics! Honestly guys, do you ever feel yourself as humans like a REAL HUMAN BEING? Would you love a child like Cuo Cuo? I don't think so. You guys are just like those mortal believers who stabbed and stabbed Xie Lian, burnt down his temples after not getting their wish fulfilled. Or should I say the remaining people of Jun Wu's Kingdom who are basically responsible for the man to go CRAZY to the point of no return? This is exactly why this story felt sooooooooo boring to you LOL! 'Oh MXTX usually writes so good. But this one lacks so much. We must not show any mercy while criticising it.' Please, all literary gods, do write a story with all the lacking this one has. I will be the first one to read! You have heart this narrow and self centered, you couldn't really grasp onto the messages this novel tried to give. Yes it has some lacking but that makes it more humane. A HUMANE story told by gods and demons that live inside us. We can be the god and also the demon. Hua Cheng refused to be a God and became a demon king who didn't exactly act like one. Jun Wu was both God and Demon. At the end he only needed a FRIEND to stay beside him. A kind gesture which he yearned for but never received.
Black Water was forced to become a demon but after he accomplished his revenge he was just lost and embarrassed. Victim who felt ashamed to face the person who is basically the reason for his own ill fate. Hello psychological storyline.
Qi Rong, growing up with an abusive father, having to face the shame because a mistake his mother made developed such negativity inside him. In modern world he would have needed therapy. Guy only looked up to his cousin brother who never really recognized him, tried to understood him. HUGE flaw in Xie Lian and we see how he regrets his carelessness later. Anyway his fall caused the guy to go full on crazy. Who stabilized him? Gu Zi. What did we learn? Qi Rong always yearned for a father figure. He found that being one. What else do you need him to do?
And the protagonist Xie Lian, a talented yet spoilt prince with a good heart learnt the truth of this bitter world after experiencing it. We all say this world will never change, full of bad people claiming we are the only good ones and we start to criticise a fictional character for trying to be someone who helps common people. See that's our psychology? There's no need to point out other characters in details. Because it's very hard to think stepping out of your safe, happy bubble and see what exactly is happening in the real world and how humans actually crave to see any simple human gestures. Humanity is becoming rare. Anyway I loved this story and you didn't and that's that. Remember to write a man booker prize worthy story mate!
I tried to like this, I really did, but this novel really makes me frustrated. It clearly has so much potential, but so much of that potential was wasted on pandering romance and shallow caricatures of main characters. Overall 1.5-2 stars because it gets worse the more you think about it.
CHARACTERS:
1. The main character, Xie Lian was wildly bland and boring. He is presented as the kindest, purest, most selfless person in the world, but really he was just a bland white lotus. With Xie Lian, his personality can be described in just a sentence or so, while the author's other two MC's (Wei Wuxian and Shen Qingqiu) are both charming, funny, and deep with their own motivations. 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! He's barely helped anyone at all, and those times he did help people are quickly followed by flirting with the ML and forgetting all about the people he was supposed to help. Honestly, in the past, Xie Lian was also the biggest jerk ever. He gave up his own friends and family's well being for his own sense of justice and was stubborn to a fault and refused to listen. What's worse is that none of these flaws are actually addressed, and the story just lets him roll with it and never actually calls him out on it. If you want to see all the reasons why he's a poorly written character, check out this reddit post: https://www. reddit. com/r/MXTX/comments/j2l9ye/why_xl_is_a_poorly_written_character_in_my_opinion/ 2. The ML, Hua Cheng, is equally as bad. He is extremely shallow and such a static character, with his development in the present times being nonexistent and his development from the past to the present being wholly nonsensical. His personality is very cliche and his motivations and thoughts are left entirely up to the reader's imagination, which significantly reduces character depth. He could've been such a great character, a ghost king who rules over hell and is morally grey, but instead he is dumbed down to a Xie Lian fanboy. Everything about him not related to Xie Lian is thrown at us in a few paragraphs if at all, and what little motivation and thoughts about him we do get always fall flat. [Like apparently this guy saved him once, and he fell in love with him and became devoted to him for 800 years? Like people get saved all the time and we don't see them going 800 years and 3 deaths for a guy they've barely talked to] Also, he is wildly unlikable. Of course, this is purely subjective, but he is irritatingly smug and lords over literally everyone he meets. It doesn't help that he's an insufferable Mary Sue with an endless array of powers, intelligent as hell and knows literally everything, really good at painting, sculpting, woodworking, and on top of that the richest, most powerful, most handsome, and most charismatic man in the book. His biggest flaw is supposed to be his insecurity and inferiority complex, but that barely ever comes up and 90% of the time he is arrogant and smug. More information on why he's badly written here:
https://www. reddit. com/r/MXTX/comments/iskkp5/why_hc_is_a_bad_character_in_my_opinion/ 3. The side characters in my opinion are written far better, but obviously quite underdeveloped. They are all three dimensional and have their own thoughts, emotions, and feelings as well as a believable backstory, but so many of them are quickly offed to make way for the main couple, some of them not only not becoming better, but actually getting quite a whole lot worse. Qi Rong, who was supposed to be super strong demon that is one of the 4 great evils becomes a comedic relief gremlin who just shows up for some comedy and then leaves. Feng Xin and Mu Qing, the MC's childhood caretakers disappear for like 100 chapters after we're given their backstories and then once they reappear, they don't do anything either. Shi Qingxuan, who in my opinion is by far the best character in the book, has his arc left open with no ending at all, only to be forgotten about for 80+ chapters only to reappear completely the same with no character growth at all. All of this is because the main couple take up so much of the book, and the rest of the side characters and their character growth is sabotaged for the author's ego so that the main couple can look better and get more screen time. 4. I lost interest in the story pretty quickly due to the bland characters and their out of place romance and how unlikable they were. 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. PLOT:
1. The plot was... There was no plot. It was just a collection of monster of the day arcs that aimlessly meander about and then everything returns to the status quo once they return to Xie Lian's temple/home. 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. However, the other 3 books, especially books 1 and 2 had way too much fan service, pointless romance, and plot lines that don't go anywhere and don't contribute to the story. 2. The past plot line, or the flashbacks were pretty interesting, except for how b*tchy the MC was. Book 2 has a lot of important information and some action, but a lot of it was boring fluff that didn't really contribute to the story other than introducing the villain and showing how XL and HC met. The rest, we're literally told already and there's no new information. Book 4 was supposed to be suffering heavy, and I agree that the character development was alright, but it was too brooding and oppressive. In the end, I just stopped feeling bad for Xie Lian because of how bad the story was trying to make you feel for him. I was not invested in him, and although he was significantly more deep in this book than in the other 4, the bad logic is still there. [you wanna kill people but then someone gives you a bamboo hat and you're all sunshine and rainbows again?] The suffering is excessive in my opinion, and although it's supposed to provide contrast to the romance, it just feels done in poor taste. seriously, 20 chapters straight of suffering is not necessary, and the pacing and tone suffers because of this. The flashbacks really don't contribute too much to XL or HC's character development, but is just there to be angsty and cryp*rn. 3. The final battle was the most unbelievable thing I've ever read. All the gods got together and the first part seemed pretty epic as we got to see all the side characters finally showcase their powers.... Until the MC and ML show up. The MC and ML show up, and instantly the background extras—excuse me I mean side characters, go back into hibernation as the main couple show off how cool and powerful they are. And then we get to the final confrontation, which has our MC, ML, and MC's two friends face off against literally the most powerful being in the freaking universe. I thought it would be a tense fight scene with lots of close calls, but I was so disappointed. Instead the ML is so OP that he breaks the spells binding MC's powers, and MC becomes so overpowered and slams the big boss into the wall with the power of love while his two friends just stand there doing nothing. 4. A lot of what happens in the flashback is directly Xie Lian's fault, but the book never seems to register it? I won't go into detail on this point since it's already covered in the first Reddit thread, but basically because of XL's s*upidity and refusal to listen to anyone else, the people around him suffer. WRITING:
1. The writing wasn't great. It was very choppy and as I said previously, very monotonous and monster-of-the-day. Yes there were great scenes which got to me, but most of it was really boring and descriptions and dialogue dragged on and on with no end, and with the bland MC, it wasn't even interesting such as the dialogue in MDZS was. Side arcs were introduced with no warning and ended with no warning, leaving the reader wondering "Why was that even there in the first place if it was just going to be forgotten about?" 2. The water demon/wind god arc. The opening and most of the middle of this arc was extremely good, the logic and mystery was written well, and Shi Qingxuan's (the wind god) antics were funny. But after the big reveal and the tense climax, the story just... stops. Like it's literally forgotten about. [The MC gets dragged out by his all powerful lover, they romance some more, and forget all about Shi Qingxuan who is literally left in the hands of the second or third most powerful demon ever who is also his mortal enemy] 3. The incessant flirting really got on my nerves. The tension and tone of the entire story got completely ruined because of the MC and ML flirting and the MC blushing and giggling while the ML teases him and everyone else is literally fighting for their lives. 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. Speaking of the tone, the tone whiplash was just... wow. You're fed fluff and romance during or after a high tensity and highly emotional scene with no connection at all, and you're just supposed to accept it instead of wondering what's happening to the characters you actually care about. 4. Romance and side arcs quite disconnected from the story. Quite frankly, most of this book is just romance with the plot and characters put in second place because "lOOk hOw CuTe the COuPLe iS!" You could literally take out all the side arcs and the story would literally be no different. The romance overtakes the entire plot and becomes the main point of the story. With her other two books, the romance is like the icing on the cake. With this book, the icing overtakes the cake and becomes the cake. 5. Perhaps one of the biggest reasons I was uninterested through most of the book was due to the lack of tension and suspense. The flashbacks were better in the sense that Xie Lian was helpless and couldn't figure anything out, which was why he was just as likely to get hurt as anyone, making the stakes significantly higher. But in the present, with the existence of Hua Cheng, that tension is completely gone. This is because HC knows basically all there is to know, and what he doesn't know he can figure out in seconds. Additionally, he is super powerful to the point that anything that can harm XL can be one shot K.O'ed by him. At this point the conflict becomes trivial to the point where I'm just asking "why are we solving this mystery anyways when HC can just blast it into oblivion?" 6. The fact that HC does the bare minimum in arcs frustrates me. If you're going to include a character with powers that will basically deem any threat against them null, then actually use them at least! HC's apathy does not feel like a coherent part of his character, but an excuse for MXTX to drag out plot lines and make things unnecessarily long and winded. Additionally, his apathy is contradictory. On one hand, he is super overprotective of XL and wants to make sure he won't get hurt a single bit, but on the other hand, he has this advanced ideology of the 21st century that he believes XL is capable so won't constrain him as much. If anything, they should start out with HC as this overprotective follower and have a dysfunctional relationship, and end up with XL teaching HC that he is able to do things and doesn't mind doing them, and that HC can live a life outside of him as well. That would've introduced some narrative stakes and romantic tension, but no, MXTX just had to make these characters perfect in every way. ROMANCE:
1. The logic is so flawed here. The reason that HC started loving XL is literally because Xie Lian saved him once as a child and therefore he will devote his entire life to XL, not caring about literally anything else. The reason that XL started loving HC is even more so. 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? HC literally listens to him talk and XL falls in love with him, and although it does make sense due to XL being lonely for 800 years, how low the bar is set really bothers me. 2. The constant blue-balling was annoying. At some point, the ignorant MC became annoying and self indulgent instead of cute, and having it be drawn out over nearly 200 chapters makes it even worse. 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. 3. It felt like MXTX (the author) went overboard on the romance here. Like she tried way too hard to the point where it was obvious she wanted to make this "the most romantic CP ever". The aesthetics went so overboard with butterflies and flowers as romantic themes, thousands of lanterns, the red string of fate (which didn't even do anything in the actual story), poetry, etc. 4. The romance could almost be described as kind of creepy. Like the ML obsesses over the MC for 800 years, isolating himself from the world and not taking any side of the story besides MC's is supposed to be romantic, but it really isn't. The ML carves thousands of statues of the MC, which is sweet in a way, but also really, really creepy. To quote someone from NovelUpdates who put it 100x better than I could:
" They don't feel like equal lovers, HC obviously worships XL to an unbelievably amazing degree while XL only knew he existed from only a while ago (Is this obsession? Stalker-ish? I know his stalker-ish tendencies are usually played for laughs, but realistically?) HC very very very rarely calls XL by his given name but with GeGe or CrownPrince, dude has a name you know. I know you feel lower than XL, but seriously man, the guy's your life partner. HC would destroy the world if XL said to. He'd probably try to talk to XL first, confirm things, but if at the end XL really does want it, HC would do it. He lives for XL, he has no other reason to do something aside for XL. No reason to say NO for himself. They're not equals in which one wanna do something bad, the other would stop him because they have their own convictions. You can't tell me one only lives for one person's sake, will do anything for that guy, and has no attachments in the world aside from that guy, is a healthy person. It may seem romantic, but when you actually think about it, it becomes uncomfortable." 5. The romance was really cheesy. There were some powerful moments, but it was mostly flirting and "he fell on top of me" or "he needs mouth to mouth". Most of it was just the ML flirting with the MC, which you may like if you like this kind of stuff, but I really didn't enjoy it.
Overall, I was desperate to love this novel, but I couldn't because of the shallow characters, unlikable main pair, and the constant abandonment of great plot lines in favor of the shallow romance. It felt like MXTX was constantly trying to one-up MDZS in angst, drama, and romance, but at the same time it felt like she didn't know what to do with the characters and world, and therefore fed us fan service and took the easy way out. This review is purely subjective, and if you want to read this go ahead, but I'll be seeing myself out.