History Literature / TianGuanCiFu

* RedStringOfFate: Present time Hua Cheng wears a red thread around the same finger that Xie Lian wrapped a lock of his hair long ago. Late in the story he gives one to Xie Lian when in Mount Tonglu so they can find each other if they're separated. The amnesia extra reveals that many among the common folk have taken to following their example.

* TheJinx: Xie Lian is ''the'' definition of bad luck. His luck is just... horrifying in contrast to Hua Cheng, who is blessed with good luck. [[spoiler:The real reason Xie Lian's luck is so bad because after his second ascension he asked Jun Wu to disperse his luck to everyone else.]]

* RedStringOfFate

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Hua Cheng destroys [[spoiler: all the villagers who gave Xie Lian a FateWorseThanDeath at the temple when he became a fierce ghost. His challenging and burning of the temples of the thirty-three Heavenly Officials was because they mocked and fought Xie Lian over a piece of cultivation land. It's also stated Hua Cheng has attacked Feng Xin and Mu Qing before, likely because they abandoned/left Xie Lian (though the circumstances were complicated with both sides having their reasons why they left; Xie Lian being under immense stress and fear leading him to not inform his retainers about certain things).]]

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020 with 12 episodes announced. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua drawn by artist Starember and set to begin in October 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama has been sold but currently no other details have been given.

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020 with 12 episodes announced. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist Starember and published in October 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama has been sold but currently no other details have been given.

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020 with 12 episodes announced. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist Starember in June 2019, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

* ChekhovsGun: When Xie Lian's Crown Palace on Mount TaiCang is being desecrated by thugs and Hua Cheng chases them off they mock him, asking if he's so protective of the shrine because his wife lost her virginity here. [[spoiler: 800 years later Hua Cheng's and Xie Lian's first time together was confirmed in an interview to occur there.]]

* CallForward: Partly because of LostInTranslation, it's clearer reading in the original text that when Hua Cheng first meets Xie Lian on the cart and Xie Lian asks him who is, Hua Cheng gives him the exact same answer he did when [[spoiler: Xie Lian asked him as a child 800 years ago.]] thus proving a nice EasterEgg on how they met once again.
* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Le vs Yong An war was noted to be high, [[spoiler: which is why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]

* CallForward: Partly because of LostInTranslation, it's clearer reading in the original text that when Hua Cheng first meets Xie Lian on the cart and Xie Lian asks him who is, Hua Cheng gives him the exact same answer he did when [[spoiler: Xie Lian asked him as a child 800 years ago.]] thus proving a nice EasterEgg they've known each other for a long time.
* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Le vs Yong An was noted to be rather high, [[spoiler: which is why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist Starember in June 2019, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Leans more towards idealism. Arguably, TGCF could be considered as having one of the most hopeful endings and motifs out of the author's three novels currently.

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist ''Starember'' in June 2019, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist ''STARember'' in June 2019, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

* HumiliationConga: Xie Lian's long, disastrous, lonely and very humiliating 800 years, and even after he ascended the third time, he still gets humiliated.

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist [[STARember]] in June 2019, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist Starember in June 2019, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Xie Lian chose to hide [[spoiler:the fact that Hua Cheng was traveling with him from the other gods, chose to go to him and apologise every time he did something in Hua Cheng's territory (rescuing a god from Ghost City, exploring his territory without Hua Cheng knowing)]]; and all of this because [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] was nice to him while they traveled together. He goes as far as to apologize to [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] for destroying his [[spoiler: armory]], which backlashes as [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] is the one who wants to apologize for [[spoiler: cutting him with his scimitar]].

** Bai Wuxiang is also greatly feared by Xie Lian especially because of Bai Wuxiang being responsible for the fall of Xian Le.

* FreudianTrio: The Xian Le trio is a perfect example of the trope, with Xie Lian being the Kirk, Feng Xin being the McCoy, and Mu Qing being TheSpock.

* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: After his first ascension, Xian Lian finds out that Yong An (under Xian Le's rule) is suffering from a terrible drought. Of course, almost all the other gods in Heaven don't care about helping mortals unless they gain benefits (e.g lots of offerings and merits to their temples). After investigating, Xie Lian finds out his parents (the royalty of Xian Le) are unable to supply resources to Yong An so even though Heavenly Officials are not supposed to interact with mortals once they first ascend for many years, Xian Le descends to save the common people. As punishment for breaking the rules, Xie Lian is banished from the Heavens. Things proceed FromBadToWorse as the war between Xian Le and Yong An goes on and the Human Face Disease makes its appearance...

* OlderThanTheyLook: Official art of characters besides Xie Lian and Hua Cheng have so far not been released, but Xie Lian and Hua Cheng definitely do not look their age (centuries old). It's likely once someone ascends/dies and is reborn as a ghost, their appearance doesn't change unless they want it to. For example when Xie Lian has [[spoiler: amnesia in one of the extras and thinks he's 17 again, upon meeting Feng Xin and Mu Qing both of them look the same as they did 800 years ago.]]

In short, it's about a world where anyone can become a god if they fulfill certain conditions! In this case, we have a prince who has become a god not once, but three times, each time more embarrassing, to the point that he became laughing stock of heaven! ThirdTimesTheCharm...

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist STARember in June 2019, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Official art of characters besides Xie Lian and Hua Cheng have so far not been released, but Xie Lian and Hua Cheng definitely do not look their age (centuries old). It's likely once someone ascends/dies and is reborn as a ghost, their appearance doesn't change unless they want it to. For example when Xie Lian has amnesia in one of the extras and thinks he's 17 again, upon meeting Feng Xin and Mu Qing both of them look the same as they did 800 years ago.
* OpenSecret: Xie Lian knew that [[spoiler: Fu Yao and Nan Feng were in truth his generals in disguise]] almost the entire time, but never told them about it.

An AnimatedAdaptation was announced. It will be produced by Haoliners (the studio that also did ''Webcomic/LingQi'') and is set to air in 2020. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a manhua that will be drawn by artist Starember, an audio drama, and a live-action drama; but currently no other details have been given.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Hua Cheng faced this as a child thanks to his one right eye, getting mercilessly beaten and attacked for it.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Xie Lian chose to hide [[spoiler:the fact that Hua Cheng was traveling with him from the other gods, chose to go to him and apologise every time he did something in Hua Cheng's territory (rescuing a god from Ghost City, exploring his territory without Hua Cheng knowing)]]; and all of this because [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] was nice to him while they traveled together. He goes as far as to apologize to [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] for destroying his [[spoiler:armory]], which backlashes as [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] is the one who wants to apologize for [[spoiler: cutting him with his scimitar]].

** Everyone is afraid of Hua Cheng, who has a very well deserved reputation, but for Xie Lian, he's the perfect gentleman and a friend.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Hua Cheng and Xie Lian met [[spoiler: 800 years ago at the Offering to the Gods ceremony when Xie Lian saved him.]] Xie Lian thinks they must have met a long time ago, but 50 chapters in and he still has no idea that Hua Cheng knows everything about him, nor their exact meeting. It's towards the end of the novel he realizes who Hua Cheng is thanks to the murals at Mount Tonglu and [[spoiler: Bai Wuxiang's hints about the identity of the little ghost fire that Hua Cheng became after dying as a soldier]] .

* TheDreaded: Everyone is afraid of Hua Cheng, who has a very well deserved reputation, but for Xie Lian, he's the perfect gentleman and a friend. Bai WuXiang is also greatly feared by Xian Lian especially because of BWX being responsible for the fall of Xian Le.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Hua Cheng and Xie Lian met [[spoiler: 800 years ago at the Offering to the Gods ceremony when Xie Lian saved him.]] Xie Lian thinks they must have met a long time ago, but 50 chapters in and he still has no idea that Hua Cheng knows everything about him, nor their exact meeting. It's towards the end of the novel he realises who Hua Cheng is thanks to the murals at Mount Tonglu and [[spoiler: BWX's hints about the identity of the little ghost fire that Hua Cheng became after dying as a soldier]] .

* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: After his first ascension, Xian Lian finds out that Yong An (under Xian Le's rule) is suffering from a terrible drought. Of course, almost all the other gods in Heaven don't care about helping mortals unless they gain benefits (e.g lots of offerings and merits to their temples). After investigating, X ie Lian finds out his parents (the royalty of Xian Le) are unable to supply resources to Yong An so even though Heavenly Officials are not supposed to interact with mortals once they first ascend for many years, Xian Le descends to save the common people. As punishment for breaking the rules, Xie Lian is banished from the Heavens. Things proceed FromBadToWorse as the war between Xian Le and Yong An goes on and the Human Face Disease makes its appearance...

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Xie Lian chose to hide [[spoiler:the fact that Hua Cheng was travelling with him from the other gods, chose to go to him and apologize every time he did something in Hua Cheng's territory (rescuing a god from Ghost town, exploring his territory without Hua Cheng knowing)]]; and all of this because [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] was nice to him while they traveled together. He goes as far as to apologize to [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] for destroying his [[spoiler:armory]], which backlashes as [[spoiler:Hua Cheng]] is the one who wants to apologize for [[spoiler: cutting him with his scimitar]].

* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: After his first ascension, Xian Lian finds out that Yong An (under Xian Le's rule) is suffering from a terrible drought. After investigating, he find out his parents (the royalty of Xian Le) are unable to supply resources to Yong An so even though Heavenly Officials are not supposed to interact with mortals once they ascend for many years, Xian Le descends to save the common people. As punishment for breaking the rules, Xie Lian is banished from the Heavens. Things proceed FromBadToWorse as the war between Xian Le and Yong An goes on and the Human Face Disease makes its appearance...
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Hua Cheng and Xie Lian met 800 years ago at the Offering to the Gods ceremony when Xie Lian saved him. Xie Lian thinks they must have met a long time ago, but 50 chapters in and he still has no idea that Hua Cheng knows everything about him, nor their exact meeting. It's towards the end of the novel he realises who Hua Cheng is thanks to the murals at Mount Tonglu and [[spoiler: BWX's hints about the identity of the little ghost fire that Hua Cheng became after dying as a soldier]] .