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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 4 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

3 reviews

keddy4306's review

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is phenomenal from start to finish. There isn't a second of "down-time".

We jump right into the blackwater arc and as we all know, the ships sink in black water demon lair

RIP BEEFLEAF.

THE COFFIN SCENE

and

Hualian rolling around on the floor fighting for spiritual power

are my tgcf Roman Empire.

At the very end we're left off with a delightful and heavily Princess Bride-esque conversation between Xie Lian and

Ling Wen while he proves she is the original creator of the Brocade immortal.

Sparky Sparky Boom Man showed up at the very end and reveals there is evil demon qi

on Xie Lian's lips (hehe)

and Xie Lian runs away

carrying a small bandaged child - we're back to our roots.

Xie Lian reporting the theft of the brocade immortal by Ling Wen to Ling Wen - peak comedy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship

graphic beheading

nevermoregothic's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Cannibalism

wickedgrumpy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This volume has a lot of turmoil and some big reveals.  It kind of feels a bit like monster/ghost of the week, intended with tragic backstories and convoluted backstabbing plots.

There's still some wholesome moments between Xie Lian and Hua Cheng but I wouldn't say no to more.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Medical content, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Physical abuse, and Torture