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Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
First let me just say, this book was fantastic and I love it and I’m always going to love any of the books in this series because they’re wonderful. Now moving on lol
The first, I’d say half of this book, is a look into the past and Xie’s life when he was human/his first ascension. This gives so much context to his life and decisions and I have to say I did love that. I also wanted to get back to the present so bad because I wanted more Hua Cheng and Xie interactions lol
That being said seeing the past and how his decisions impacted Xianle and was so interesting. We start out with him having ascended and getting prayers and are immediately thrust into the problem by a man from Yong’an which was wild. This poor man had been through hell and needed help, but no one would help him or his people. And Qi Rong, like always, helps none of this situation.
Hearing the man’s story and seeing the impact of a drought in the people is, incredibly real and made me understand beyond a doubt why things happen they way they did.
My heart goes out to the people of Yong’an and to Xie who just wanted to help. Without spoilers, this blast to the past gives us all the context about the snippets we’ve gotten through book one and two and how they happened. Including the downfall of Xianle, and the human face disease. It gave so much context and I feel so sorry for everyone involved. There’s is nothing gold can do to stop a drought and there is nothing to do when you don’t have the water to give to refugees. They tried to help but it wasn’t enough and it was gut wrenching seeing the impact Xie’s decisions kept having and the pain and suffering people were having to go through. Everything happened and it all made sense and it all made my heart hurt for the people of Xianle and Yong’an. The first part of the book was incredibly impactful because it gave us the context we were missing for those incidents and also let us know even gods can’t fix everything. Despite what the people think, a god can’t fix all the problems of the world and Xie had to learn that in a very hard and painful way.
Also seeing Honghong-er being told by Xie that he should live for him, was so funny. I’m glad we got the context for that snippet we got in book one or two and the context makes it even better because of Hua Cheng.
With the end of the past segment we finally get back to current times and the festival was so funny. I love the other gods absolutely confused by San Lang and Xie’s relationship. Because it’s so funny how easy they are around each other and the gods are just so confused. And Hua’s complete domination of the festival for Xie was so fucking cute and I still can’t get over it.
ALSO HIM TEACHING HUA HOW TO WRITE. My heart can’t handle this.
The fetus spirit threw me for a loop but it also gave us the beautiful scene of Shi trying to tell everyone that Xie had never held hands or kissed anyone for it to be a lie and I just….that was so beautiful. Just perfection.
And I forgot to say how much I love Eming, so much and Ruoye, they’re both adorable and I love them.
And we get Shi back to give us the start of the next book and it was wonderful.
I can’t stress enough how much I love this book and this series. I recommend it a thousand percent and everyone should read it. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are wonderful.
The first, I’d say half of this book, is a look into the past and Xie’s life when he was human/his first ascension. This gives so much context to his life and decisions and I have to say I did love that. I also wanted to get back to the present so bad because I wanted more Hua Cheng and Xie interactions lol
That being said seeing the past and how his decisions impacted Xianle and was so interesting. We start out with him having ascended and getting prayers and are immediately thrust into the problem by a man from Yong’an which was wild. This poor man had been through hell and needed help, but no one would help him or his people. And Qi Rong, like always, helps none of this situation.
Hearing the man’s story and seeing the impact of a drought in the people is, incredibly real and made me understand beyond a doubt why things happen they way they did.
My heart goes out to the people of Yong’an and to Xie who just wanted to help. Without spoilers, this blast to the past gives us all the context about the snippets we’ve gotten through book one and two and how they happened. Including the downfall of Xianle, and the human face disease. It gave so much context and I feel so sorry for everyone involved. There’s is nothing gold can do to stop a drought and there is nothing to do when you don’t have the water to give to refugees. They tried to help but it wasn’t enough and it was gut wrenching seeing the impact Xie’s decisions kept having and the pain and suffering people were having to go through. Everything happened and it all made sense and it all made my heart hurt for the people of Xianle and Yong’an. The first part of the book was incredibly impactful because it gave us the context we were missing for those incidents and also let us know even gods can’t fix everything. Despite what the people think, a god can’t fix all the problems of the world and Xie had to learn that in a very hard and painful way.
Also seeing Honghong-er being told by Xie that he should live for him, was so funny. I’m glad we got the context for that snippet we got in book one or two and the context makes it even better because of Hua Cheng.
With the end of the past segment we finally get back to current times and the festival was so funny. I love the other gods absolutely confused by San Lang and Xie’s relationship. Because it’s so funny how easy they are around each other and the gods are just so confused. And Hua’s complete domination of the festival for Xie was so fucking cute and I still can’t get over it.
ALSO HIM TEACHING HUA HOW TO WRITE. My heart can’t handle this.
The fetus spirit threw me for a loop but it also gave us the beautiful scene of Shi trying to tell everyone that Xie had never held hands or kissed anyone for it to be a lie and I just….that was so beautiful. Just perfection.
And I forgot to say how much I love Eming, so much and Ruoye, they’re both adorable and I love them.
And we get Shi back to give us the start of the next book and it was wonderful.
I can’t stress enough how much I love this book and this series. I recommend it a thousand percent and everyone should read it. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are wonderful.