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''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' has been adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by original fanartist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]]. The chapters are published every Saturday GMT+8 1200 and can be viewed and bought by using Bilibili manhua coins on their website ([[https://oru-desu.livejournal.com/23475.html English guide to creating a Bilibili account]]) or via the Iphone mobile app since October 19, 2019.


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''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' has been adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by original fanartist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]]. The chapters are published every Saturday GMT+8 1200 and can be viewed and bought by using Bilibili manhua coins on their website ([[https://oru-desu.([[https://manga.bilibili.com/detail/mc26769 website)([[https://oru-desu.livejournal.com/23475.html English guide to creating a Bilibili account]]) or via the Iphone mobile app since October 19, 2019.

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The webnovel is split into five books, with a total of 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The chapters are published on JJWXC ('[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA English step by step guide to purchasing]]') while a licensed Thai translation has been announced in the works. The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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The webnovel is split into five books, with a total of 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The chapters are published on JJWXC ('[[https://docs.([[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA English step by step guide to purchasing]]') purchasing]]) while a licensed Thai translation has been announced in the works. The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.



''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by original fanartist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]]. The chapters can be viewed and bought by using coins on Bilili manhua website or via the Iphone mobile app since October 19, 2019.


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''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be has been adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by original fanartist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]]. The chapters are published every Saturday GMT+8 1200 and can be viewed and bought by using Bilibili manhua coins on Bilili manhua their website ([[https://oru-desu.livejournal.com/23475.html English guide to creating a Bilibili account]]) or via the Iphone mobile app since October 19, 2019.

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The webnovel is split into five books, with a total of 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The chapters are published on JJWXC ('[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA English step by step guide to purchasing]]') while a licensed Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is completed.

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The webnovel is split into five books, with a total of 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The chapters are published on JJWXC ('[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA English step by step guide to purchasing]]') while a licensed Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is completed.
The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.



The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The higher your status in life is, the more likely your martial arts skills are also high. This rings even truer for the Martial gods, with most badass of them all being the Heavenly Emperor. Similarly, the Supreme Demons are also greatly feared for their skills, considering that to become one, you must be the lone survivor of the undead Battle Royale at Mount Tonglu, with a significant power boost after exiting the kiln as well.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The higher your status in life is, the more likely your martial arts skills are also high. This rings even truer for the Martial gods, with most badass of them all being the Heavenly Emperor. Similarly, the Supreme Demons Ghost Kings are also greatly feared for their skills, considering that to become one, you must be the lone survivor of the undead Battle Royale at Mount Tonglu, with a significant power boost after exiting the kiln as well.



* BigEater: He Xuan is almost always eating, even when disguised as [[spoiler: Ming Yi]]. Despite being a Ghost King and not needing food to survive. His endless appetite starts out as a RunningGag... until it's revealed he starved when he was alive.
* BittersweetEnding: Book 4, which chronicles Xie Lian's first fall from grace, ends on this note.
* BodyHorror: Many examples here. Most notably the corpse brides, [[spoiler:who end up rotting when the one responsible for them is removed from the picture]]; a boy who was infected with a human face disease (yes, a disease where little human faces appear on your skin); the buried "mud face" from Banyue who not only has inhumanly long tongue, but is in fact [[spoiler: a skeleton with only his head intact]]; corpses hung upside down on the trees, with their blood raining down.

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* BigEater: He Xuan is almost always eating, even when disguised as [[spoiler: Ming Yi]]. Despite being a Ghost King and not needing food to survive. His endless appetite starts out as a RunningGag... until it's revealed he nearly starved to death when he was alive.
* BittersweetEnding: Book 2 and 4, which chronicles Xie Lian's first fall from grace, ends on this note.
* BodyHorror: Many examples here. Most notably the The corpse brides, [[spoiler:who end up rotting when the one responsible for them is removed from the picture]]; a boy who was infected with a human face disease (yes, a disease where little human faces appear on your skin); the buried "mud face" from Banyue who not only has an inhumanly long tongue, but is in fact [[spoiler: a skeleton with only his head intact]]; corpses hung upside down on the trees, with their blood raining down.



* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: Dropping from their [[spoiler: godhood status]], at least.
* ChekhovsGun: When Xie Lian's Crown Palace on Mount Tai Cang 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 there. [[spoiler: 800 years later Hua Cheng's and Xie Lian's first time together was confirmed in an interview to indeed occur there.]]
* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Le vs Yong An war was noted to be high, [[spoiler: which is partly why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]

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* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: Dropping from their [[spoiler: godhood status]], at least.
least. Subverted for [[spoiler: characters like Yinyu who was drained of all his spiritual energy in Book 5 but seemingly recovered off screen and is back serving Hua Cheng as hinted in an extra.]]
* ChekhovsGun: When Xie Lian's Crown Palace on Mount Tai Cang 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 there. [[spoiler: 800 years later Hua Cheng's and Xie Lian's first time together was confirmed in an interview to indeed occur there.]]
* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Le vs Yong An war was noted to be high, [[spoiler: which is partly why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]



* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: The Earth Master, Ming Yi. And the one posing as him is actually He Xuan, a high-ranking demon god.]]

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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: The Earth Master, Ming Yi. It is left up in the air as to whether He Xuan or Bai Wu Xiang killed him. And the one posing as him is actually He Xuan, a high-ranking demon god.ghost king.]]



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

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* HumiliationConga: Xie Lian's long, disastrous, lonely and very humiliating 800 years, and even after he ascends the third time, he still gets humiliated.humiliated and ignored even when on official business.



* 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.]]

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* 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.his believers.]]



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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: there has been an upheaval of Heaven's heirarchical structure, and the majority of Heaven's physical structure needing to be rebuilt.]]

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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: there has been an upheaval of Heaven's heirarchical hierarchical structure, and the majority of Heaven's physical structure needing to be rebuilt.]]



* 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 or 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 he notes both of them look exactly the same as they did 800 years ago.]]

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Official full art of characters the main cast outside besides Xie Lian (Xie Lian, Hua Cheng, Feng Xin, Mu Qing and Hua Cheng Ling Wen in the manhua) 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 or 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 an extra and thinks he's 17 again, upon meeting Feng Xin and Mu Qing he notes both of them look exactly the same as they did 800 years ago.]]



* 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 800 years ago (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).]]

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Hua Cheng destroys [[spoiler: all the villagers common folk 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 800 years ago (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).]]

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It has 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The original chapters are published on JJWXC ('[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA English step by step guide to purchasing]]'') while a licensed Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is completed.

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. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by original fanartist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]]. The chapters can be viewed and bought by using coins on Bilili manhua website or mobile app since October 19, 2019. The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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It has The webnovel is split into five books, with a total of 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The original chapters are published on JJWXC ('[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA English step by step guide to purchasing]]'') purchasing]]') while a licensed Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is completed.

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.

''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by original fanartist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]]. The chapters can be viewed and bought by using coins on Bilili manhua website or via the Iphone mobile app since October 19, 2019. 2019.

The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.
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It has 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The original chapters can be bought on JJWXC and a Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is ongoing.

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. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by artist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]] and was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019; but it was postponed to October 19, 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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It has 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The original chapters can be bought are published on JJWXC and ('[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA English step by step guide to purchasing]]'') while a licensed Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is ongoing.

completed.

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. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by artist original fanartist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember STARember]] STARember]]. The chapters can be viewed and was originally slated for release bought by using coins on October 5, 2019; but it was postponed to Bilili manhua website or mobile app since October 19, 2019. In addition, the The rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.
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* BigEater: He Xuan is almost always eating, even when disguised as [[spoiler: Ming Yi]]. Despite being a Ghost King and not needing food to survive. His endless appetite starts out as a RunningGag... until it's revealed he starved when he was alive.
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: In spades. Xie Lian's desperate efforts to save his people are rewarded by them labelling him a god of misfortune, burning his temples, and building statues of him grovelling and crying for people to spit at and step on.

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* UngratefulTownsfolk: In spades. Xie Lian's desperate efforts to save his people are rewarded by them labelling him a god of misfortune, burning his temples, and building statues of him grovelling and crying for people to spit at and step on. Interestingly, the novel emphasizes that showing mercy and trying to save people is still the right thing to do, regardless of what the majority are like.
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* UngratefulTownspeople: In spades. Xie Lian's desperate efforts to save his people are rewarded by them labelling him a god of misfortune, burning his temples, and building statues of him grovelling and crying for people to spit at and step on.

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* UngratefulTownspeople: UngratefulTownsfolk: In spades. Xie Lian's desperate efforts to save his people are rewarded by them labelling him a god of misfortune, burning his temples, and building statues of him grovelling and crying for people to spit at and step on.
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* ApatheticCitizens: [[spoiler: Xie Lian]] decides to do a social experiment of sorts before he [[spoiler: unleashes the human face disease on the citizens of Yong An.]] He stabs himself with his own sword and lies bleeding and starving in the middle of a busy street for three days, asking for help. A few people think about helping, but no one does [[spoiler: except a lone farmer.]]


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* UngratefulTownspeople: In spades. Xie Lian's desperate efforts to save his people are rewarded by them labelling him a god of misfortune, burning his temples, and building statues of him grovelling and crying for people to spit at and step on.
** The Crown Prince of Wuyong [[spoiler: went through a similar experience. When his people were threatened by a volcanic eruption, he chose the peaceful solution of building a bridge to the heavens instead of invading other territories. Even though his people *knew* he was focused entirely on saving them, once he stopped answering their prayers for a few months, they refused to pray to him any longer, which in turn sapped him of so much spiritual power that the bridge collapsed.]]

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Qi Rong. Xie Lian, Feng Xin, and Mu Qing only learn this after he lets them ride in his carriage. After a truly terrifying journey...
--> '''Qi Rong:''' What do you think, cousin Crown Prince? I drive pretty well, right!
--> '''Xie Lian:''' I'm going to tell Father and Mother to confiscate your coach.



* [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto Embarrassing Old Story]]: The General of Banyue [[spoiler:Xie Lian]] believes that the way he "died" trying to stop both armies 200 years ago (by accidentally tripping), that ended up with him being butchered by both sides is embarrassing enough. It doesn't help when the group comes across an epitaph that says the General tripped and fell between the armies, which prompts them to laugh at his very miserable and apparently funny death.

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* [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto Embarrassing Old Story]]: The General of Banyue [[spoiler:Xie Lian]] ([[spoiler: Xie Lian]]) believes that the way he "died" trying to stop both armies 200 years ago (by accidentally tripping), that ended up with him being butchered by both sides is embarrassing enough. It doesn't help when the group comes across an epitaph that says the General tripped and fell between the armies, which prompts them to laugh at his very miserable and apparently funny death.
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* MeaningfulEcho MeaningfulEcho: "I won't forget."
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Nope. My mistake, other official sources say "Xian Le". Going to leave it for now.


Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the Xian Yue kingdom, known by the title of the Crown Prince who Pleased the Gods, one who was beloved by his citizens and the darling of the kingdom. Unsurprisingly, he ascended to the Heavens as a martial god at a very young age. Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock of all three realms. On his first task as a god, he meets a mysterious demon who rules the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens... yet unbeknownst to Xie Lian, this demon king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.

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Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the Xian Yue Le kingdom, known by the title of the Crown Prince who Pleased the Gods, one who was beloved by his citizens and the darling of the kingdom. Unsurprisingly, he ascended to the Heavens as a martial god at a very young age. Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock of all three realms. On his first task as a god, he meets a mysterious demon who rules the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens... yet unbeknownst to Xie Lian, this demon king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.



* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Yue vs Yong An war was noted to be high, [[spoiler: which is partly why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]

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* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Yue Le vs Yong An war was noted to be high, [[spoiler: which is partly why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]



** The White Clothed Calamity/White No Face (Bai Wuxiang) is also greatly feared by Xie Lian especially because of the Supreme pulling the strings to cause the fall of Xian Yue.

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** The White Clothed Calamity/White No Face (Bai Wuxiang) is also greatly feared by Xie Lian especially because of the Supreme pulling the strings to cause the fall of Xian Yue.Le.



* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: After his first ascension, Xie Lian finds out that Yong An (under Xian Yue'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 Yue) 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, he 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 Yue and Yong An goes on and the Human Face Disease makes its appearance...

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* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: After his first ascension, Xie Lian finds out that Yong An (under Xian Yue's 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 Yue) 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, he 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 Yue Le and Yong An goes on and the Human Face Disease makes its appearance...



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

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



* YouCantFightFate: The Head Priest of Xian Yue lampshades this to Xie Lian, stating that Xie Lian's well intentions to save the people of Yong An who were supposed to initially die from the drought while supporting Xian Yue's army fighting back them only would prolong both sides' suffering and cause greater misfortune to occur to balance the scales e.g the White Clothed Calamity appearing and the Human Face Disease.

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* YouCantFightFate: The Head Priest of Xian Yue Le lampshades this to Xie Lian, stating that Xie Lian's well intentions to save the people of Yong An who were supposed to initially die from the drought while supporting Xian Yue's Le's army fighting back them only would prolong both sides' suffering and cause greater misfortune to occur to balance the scales e.g the White Clothed Calamity appearing and the Human Face Disease.
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* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Le vs Yong An war was noted to be high, [[spoiler: which is partly why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]

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* ChildSoldiers: The mortality rate of young soldiers in the Xian Le Yue vs Yong An war was noted to be high, [[spoiler: which is partly why Mu Qing didn't think he was doing anything wrong driving away Hua Cheng from the army.]]



** The White Clothed Calamity/White No Face (Bai Wuxiang) is also greatly feared by Xie Lian especially because of the Supreme pulling the strings to cause the fall of Xian Le.

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** The White Clothed Calamity/White No Face (Bai Wuxiang) is also greatly feared by Xie Lian especially because of the Supreme pulling the strings to cause the fall of Xian Le.Yue.



* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: After his first ascension, Xie 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, he 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...

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* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: After his first ascension, Xie Lian finds out that Yong An (under Xian Le's Yue'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) Yue) 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, he 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 Yue and Yong An goes on and the Human Face Disease makes its appearance...



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

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



* YouCantFightFate: The Head Priest of Xian Le lampshades this to Xie Lian, stating that Xie Lian's well intentions to save the people of Yong An who were supposed to initially die from the drought while supporting Xian Le's army fighting back them only would prolong both sides' suffering and cause greater misfortune to occur to balance the scales e.g the White Clothed Calamity appearing and the Human Face Disease.

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* YouCantFightFate: The Head Priest of Xian Le Yue lampshades this to Xie Lian, stating that Xie Lian's well intentions to save the people of Yong An who were supposed to initially die from the drought while supporting Xian Le's Yue's army fighting back them only would prolong both sides' suffering and cause greater misfortune to occur to balance the scales e.g the White Clothed Calamity appearing and the Human Face Disease.
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Yue is the correct reading of the 乐 character in this context


Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the Xian Le kingdom, known by the title of the Crown Prince who Pleased the Gods, one who was beloved by his citizens and the darling of the kingdom. Unsurprisingly, he ascended to the Heavens as a martial god at a very young age. Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock of all three realms. On his first task as a god, he meets a mysterious demon who rules the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens... yet unbeknownst to Xie Lian, this demon king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.

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Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the Xian Le Yue kingdom, known by the title of the Crown Prince who Pleased the Gods, one who was beloved by his citizens and the darling of the kingdom. Unsurprisingly, he ascended to the Heavens as a martial god at a very young age. Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock of all three realms. On his first task as a god, he meets a mysterious demon who rules the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens... yet unbeknownst to Xie Lian, this demon king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.
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*AmbitionIsEvil: Naturally, there are many who could only dream to one day attain the level of godhood and work all their lives in the hope of achieving it. Some just use less ethical ways than others, driving the plot of this novel.


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*AnachronicOrder: There are several jumps to flashbacks in the novel, with the entirety of Book 2 being about Xie Lian's first ascension.
*AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The higher your status in life is, the more likely your martial arts skills are also high. This rings even truer for the Martial gods, with most badass of them all being the Heavenly Emperor. Similarly, the Supreme Demons are also greatly feared for their skills, considering that to become one, you must be the lone survivor of the undead Battle Royale at Mount Tonglu, with a significant power boost after exiting the kiln as well.
*TheBeautifulElite: The gods, of course, are the prettiest and hottest people in the three realms, especially Jun Wu and Xie Lian. Hua Cheng, the feared Ghost King, is quite the looker himself.


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*CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: Dropping from their [[spoiler: godhood status]], at least.


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*FramingDevice: [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/12OYDxFXiHyufNFNvmuVJw34ut1sc9Fp45VSgfUfi0XY/edit?usp=drivesdk The novel uses these rather extensively.]]


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*NothingIsTheSameAnymore: At the end of the novel, [[spoiler: there has been an upheaval of Heaven's heirarchical structure, and the majority of Heaven's physical structure needing to be rebuilt.]]
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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. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by artist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019; but it was postponed to October 19, 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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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. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by artist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] STARember]] and was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019; but it was postponed to October 19, 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.
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It has 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The original chapters can be bought on the jjwxc website and a Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is ongoing.

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 [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019; but it was postponed to October 19, 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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It has 252 chapters (244 main chapters + 3 extras) and was officially completed in 2018. The original chapters can be bought on the jjwxc website JJWXC and a Thai translation has been announced in the works. An English fan-translation is ongoing.

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.episodes. ''Tian Guan Ci Fu'' was also confirmed to be adapted into a ''manhua'' drawn by artist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019; but it was postponed to October 19, 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama have been sold but currently no other details have been given.
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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 [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019; but it was announced in September 29, 2019 that the ''manhua'' is postponed until further notice. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama has been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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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 [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019; but it was announced in September 29, 2019 that the ''manhua'' is postponed until further notice. to October 19, 2019. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama has have been sold but currently no other details have been given.

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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 the laughing stock of heaven! ThirdTimesTheCharm...

Until he meets a young gentleman in red who is actually a notorious demon lord...



* 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: remebering the little ghost fire that Hua Cheng became after dying as a soldier]].

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* 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: remebering remembering the little ghost fire that Hua Cheng became after dying as a soldier]].
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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 [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and set to begin in October 5, 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.

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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 ''manhua'' drawn by artist [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and set to begin in was originally slated for release on October 5, 2019.2019; but it was announced in September 29, 2019 that the ''manhua'' is postponed until further notice. In addition, the rights for an audio drama and a live-action drama has been sold but currently no other details have been given.
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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 [[https://www.weibo.com/starember 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.

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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 [[https://www.weibo.com/starember Starember]] and set to begin in October 5, 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.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: After he and Hua Cheng get tossed and bumped around together in a small coffin and reunite with the Water Master, Xie Lian realises what their disheveled appearances must look like and hastes to explain.
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* 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]].

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* 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 remebering the little ghost fire that Hua Cheng became after dying as a soldier]].



* IHaveTheHighGround: Heavenly Officials are noted to like doing this. Xie Lian no longer does this after he once broke his leg upon trying to chase after Bai Wuxiang during the war, citing that his formerly injured leg aches if he does so.

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* IHaveTheHighGround: Heavenly Officials are noted to like doing this. Xie Lian no longer does this after he once broke his leg upon trying to chase after Bai Wuxiang White No Face during the war, citing that his formerly injured leg aches if he does so.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The common folk trapped in the temple by White No Face invoke this when the Supreme reveals that [[spoiler: in order to save themselves from being infected by the Human Face disease they must stab Xie Lian fatally with a sword. Arguments initially break out that even if he's immortal it's murder to do so but due to increasing desperation as people get infected they start stabbing Xie Lian.]]
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** Bai Wuxiang is also greatly feared by Xie Lian especially because of the Supreme pulling the strings for the fall of Xian Le.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Xie Lian's parents. Xie Lian attempts to hang himself with the same cloth his parents used, however due to his immortality he is unable to die. The Rain Master also committed suicide in order to save her country.]]

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** Bai Wuxiang The White Clothed Calamity/White No Face (Bai Wuxiang) is also greatly feared by Xie Lian especially because of the Supreme pulling the strings for to cause the fall of Xian Le.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Xie Lian's parents. Xie Lian attempts to hang himself with the same cloth his parents used, however due to his immortality he is unable to die. The Rain Master also committed suicide by slitting her throat in order to save her country.]]



* YouCantFightFate: The Head Priest of Xian Le lampshades this to Xie Lian, stating that Xie Lian's well intentions to save the people of Yong An who were supposed to initially die from the drought while supporting Xian Le's army fighting back them only would prolong both sides' suffering and cause greater suffering to occur to balance the scales e.g the White Clothed Calamity appearing and the Human Face Disease.

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* YouCantFightFate: The Head Priest of Xian Le lampshades this to Xie Lian, stating that Xie Lian's well intentions to save the people of Yong An who were supposed to initially die from the drought while supporting Xian Le's army fighting back them only would prolong both sides' suffering and cause greater suffering misfortune to occur to balance the scales e.g the White Clothed Calamity appearing and the Human Face Disease.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Xie Lian's parents. Xie Lian attempts to hang himself with the same cloth his parents used, however due to his immortality he is unable to die.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Xie Lian's parents. Xie Lian attempts to hang himself with the same cloth his parents used, however due to his immortality he is unable to die. The Rain Master also committed suicide in order to save her country.]]
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* THEREARENOTHERAPISTS: A sad lack of. God knows Xie Lian, [[spoiler: Shi QingXuan, and even the three Supremes]] need therapy after what they were forced to go through.

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* THEREARENOTHERAPISTS: ThereAreNoTherapists: A sad lack of. God knows Xie Lian, [[spoiler: Shi QingXuan, and even the three Supremes]] need therapy after what they were forced to go through.

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* TheScapegoat: Head Priest Fang Xin a.k.a. [[spoiler: Xie Lian]] is blamed for the deaths of Yong An's royalty, but [[spoiler: the real culprits behind it were Qi Rong and An Le]].


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* THEREARENOTHERAPISTS: A sad lack of. God knows Xie Lian, [[spoiler: Shi QingXuan, and even the three Supremes]] need therapy after what they were forced to go through.
* TheScapegoat: Head Priest Fang Xin a.k.a. [[spoiler: Xie Lian]] is blamed for the deaths of Yong An's royalty, but [[spoiler: the real culprits behind it were Qi Rong and An Le]].

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