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A review by adelphiereads
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 4 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I loved this book, obviously. There’s so much that I love about it that I would probably bore you with them. The romance is undoubtedly the best in this volume because we can really see a significant progress between Hua Cheng and Xie Lian. I won’t dive deeper into that. Nor will I talk about the other characters that I am attached to.
What I would like to talk about is the underlying tones in this volume. It’s difficult to do this without spoilers so here it goes:
So we saw from the previous volumes or chapters how the Heaven Realm along with its officials were held in high regard. That even though they had blood in their hands, that’s all in the past. They did that to achieve greatness and to ascend. But once they have become heavenly officials, they have changed and did nothing but for the good of humanity. If anything, only Xie Lian seemed to be the one who caused harm to humans after his first ascension.
But now we saw that that’s not the case. That even as heavenly officials they never stopped. That if they paved their way to heavenly greatness with blood, they will continue doing so because even in heaven there is still competition. No one is equal.
We saw that despite their power and greatness, men will still strive for more or use their power to control fate. The Water Master played with fate, used his power to change fate. Even though it is with good intentions, it doesn’t make it right. He caused the ruin of a man and his family to protect his brother and make him ascend. He stole the fate of an innocent man to save his brother. As shown in Xie Lian’s case, it’s not entirely impossible to chase away the curse placed on the Water Master’s brother. But he still cheated, he thought that because he became a god, he can change fate. He can say who gets to be god and who gets to die. This soon bite him in the back. He got his karma, of course.
This was like a jab on men rising to power declaring that they’re a philanthropist. Even though they’re in power they would still serve humanity. But in reality, if given the opportunity, they would still use their power to serve themselves at the cost of others’ suffering.
I loved the title in one of the chapters where it said “Gods appointing gods is beneath ghosts devouring ghosts.”
I have so much to say but I can’t write them down. I feel like I should say it. Should I start a podcast about this? Hahaha kidding
What I would like to talk about is the underlying tones in this volume. It’s difficult to do this without spoilers so here it goes:
So we saw from the previous volumes or chapters how the Heaven Realm along with its officials were held in high regard. That even though they had blood in their hands, that’s all in the past. They did that to achieve greatness and to ascend. But once they have become heavenly officials, they have changed and did nothing but for the good of humanity. If anything, only Xie Lian seemed to be the one who caused harm to humans after his first ascension.
But now we saw that that’s not the case. That even as heavenly officials they never stopped. That if they paved their way to heavenly greatness with blood, they will continue doing so because even in heaven there is still competition. No one is equal.
We saw that despite their power and greatness, men will still strive for more or use their power to control fate. The Water Master played with fate, used his power to change fate. Even though it is with good intentions, it doesn’t make it right. He caused the ruin of a man and his family to protect his brother and make him ascend. He stole the fate of an innocent man to save his brother. As shown in Xie Lian’s case, it’s not entirely impossible to chase away the curse placed on the Water Master’s brother. But he still cheated, he thought that because he became a god, he can change fate. He can say who gets to be god and who gets to die. This soon bite him in the back. He got his karma, of course.
This was like a jab on men rising to power declaring that they’re a philanthropist. Even though they’re in power they would still serve humanity. But in reality, if given the opportunity, they would still use their power to serve themselves at the cost of others’ suffering.
I loved the title in one of the chapters where it said “Gods appointing gods is beneath ghosts devouring ghosts.”
I have so much to say but I can’t write them down. I feel like I should say it. Should I start a podcast about this? Hahaha kidding