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

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Some relationships are bittersweet, but it's never one-direction, everything is moving and changing with the point of going somewhere. MC and ML's romance was by far the weakest link for me, as every development between them was completely lacking in any sort of tension. All it did, though, was make me think that XL is a stubborn idiot who could have avoided major disasters if he just listened to people. The entirety of Book 2 was a flashback of XL's life from before he ascended to just before he was banished, and it is entirely pointless. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

The more you learn about the Xie Lian and, later, Hua Cheng, the more unlikable those two start to become. There were also some tropes used more than once for different characters and the repetition felt less like foreshadowing and more like, well, recycling. She uses and abandons great characters throughout the series: Yi Rong becomes comedic commentary after acting out his part in book 1 despite being one of the 4 evils, Feng Xin and Mu Qing become increasingly petting/childish after giving them great background story in book 2, the Black Water Demon becomes s*upid and worthless after acting out his ingenious plot in book 3, and every side arc MC collects random children/other pets etc. Like she tried way too hard to the point where it was obvious she wanted to make this "the most romantic CP ever".

Together they are just too OP over all the other characters to the point where it becomes condescending and annoying. This seems like an flaw inherent to how the story refuses to leave the protagonist, even though he does the bare minimum in most arcs.

This follows the story of Xie Lian, our bubbly protagonist, and his adventures after ascending to Heaven for the 3rd time (you've got it rough buddy). Among the artifacts is a tablet with details the life of a Lieutenant from the army which opposed Banyue. adopt any of the qualities that he praises Xie Lian for, which is incredibly strange/not thought out? One thing is clear, there's a set of character that will follow thorugh entire story, some will appear, surve their purpose and are never mentioned again. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.The only time he has helped anyone is because either someone told him to (a mission), he was curious (the whole desert adventure), or he needed something like food or supplies from the villagers, so he helps them out in exchange for praying at his temple or giving him food. more>> The MC's past is hinted at and slowly unfolds in a series of emotionally devastating flashbacks, revealing his tremulous fall from grace: from his position of coddled crown prince beloved by all, to being able to pick food off the ground and eat it without a care.

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.Xie Lian sets a trap to catch the bridegroom in the act with the help of two middle heaven junior officials, Fu Yao and Nan Feng. 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. The romance is the only positive aspect and suggests romantic love is the end goal and the solve all to your problems.

There's something The Founder of Diabolism got very right, and that is the chemistry and backstory between its two main characters. Shi Qingxuan prefers to be in a female form, Ling Wen (the top literature god, and also the only one who keeps heaven running, someone give her a vacation) occasionally comes in her male form; Ming Yi also dons a female form at times. More importantly, I never felt like the romance was developed well enough to warrant such sweeping dramatics. UPDATE EDIT: In a fit to convince myself that the author didn't really drop the ball on such an interesting world, I read the last 20 chapters or so.

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, also known as MXTX, is an author from China whose three novel series Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Heaven Official's Blessing, and The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System have all been turned into multimedia franchises, driving the huge popularity of the danmei genre throughout China and the world. But please we warned of the looong flashbacks and sad stories along the way as their bitter history unfolds. It's supposed to provide contrast to the romance but I feel it's so overdone that it's in poor taste. Aside from telling us how HC and XL met, the flashback didn't tell us anything we weren't told already. Having read the author's other two novel's (FOD and The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System), I must say the story's execution and pacing is quite similar to FOD's, which contains an interesting plot, intriguing chain of events, action-packed scenes, and unexpected plot twist.