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Hero Defeated by a Penny

**Hero Defeated by a Penny** (一文钱难倒英雄汉, *Yīwén Qián Nán Dǎo Yīngxióng Hàn*) is the 182nd chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

The following day, Xie Lian leaves the city with his parents and Feng Xin to hide from the Yong’an soldiers. The King and Queen of Xianle now live in a secluded area to keep them safe.

Xie Lian and Feng Xin try to search for work, but the results are the same as the previous city and so they find none. The queen cooks for the both of them when they return from their search, the two thinking her cooking is bad in taste and form, thus they only pretend to eat it.

The queen asks where Mu Qing is, which Xie Lian replies to with a lie, saying that he’s on a mission and won’t be back for a while.

Then, Feng Xin points out that her hands look awful, bleeding and covered in scratches. The Queen of Xianle says it’s fine, it’s just the result of cleaning clothing. Frightened, Xie Lian was going to tell her to not do the labor, but then he remembers that there isn’t anyone who can do the work. Normally Mu Qing would clean the clothes, cook, keep count of the money pouch and also buy food for his parents, but he was no longer with them.

Xie Lian says he’ll do the housework from now on. His mother refuses and insists since she has free time and she enjoys watching both of them eat her cooking, causing Feng Xin and Xie Lian to feel guilty about throwing the meals away.

The Queen of Xianle accidentally reveals that her husband coughs blood and has been hiding it for quite a while. Consequently, Xie Lian gets furious with worry for not telling him sooner. They couldn’t see a doctor, in fear of being discovered, so he sells Hong Jing, even though Feng Xin told him not to. When they obtain money, they buy all sorts of medication since they didn't know the specific illness.

Along the way, Feng Xin and Xie Lian see a servant beating his master due to mistreatment. Feng Xin agrees with the crowd that the master deserves the beating, which inflicts great fear into Xie Lian.

That evening, Feng Xin stews medicines for the King of Xianle. Xie Lian gives him a gold belt after he realized he had never given Feng Xin anything to show gratitude. The belt is also partially a bribe since he deeply fears that Feng Xin would leave him as well. The latter asks about the reason for this act, but Xie Lian tells him to just take it and think of it as regular gold. Feng Xin accepts the gift after Xie Lian insists.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Feng Xin
* Queen of Xianle
* King of Xianle
Ling Wen/Abilities

## Ling Wen

* Manhua
* Donghua
* Audio Drama

## Abilities

* **Management:** As the foremost Civil Goddess and the Heavenly Emperor's second-in-command, Ling Wen is responsible for managing heavenly personnel, which include assign missions to other officials in exchange of merits, provide them with information, handle their reports, as well as the accounts if they caused property damage. She stands by the throne on every court session and is usually entrusted to take charge when the Heavenly Emperor is away. In fact, her existence is so essential to the Heavenly Court that the moment she abdicated from heaven, the court seemed to fall into chaos as no other Civil God could do her job properly. After she was captured, she was brought back to the Heavenly Court without any further punishment as her skills were sorely needed.
* **High Intellect:** Ling Wen can twist any situation to her advantage in the blink of an eye, and remember every single report that passed her desk, two skills very vital at her work. She is observant enough to see through a Calamity-ranked Ghost's disguise almost immediately.
* **Spiritual Communication Array**: Ling Wen created and is in charge of the Upper Court's communication array. As a result, she seems to know everything that can be known in the three realms. The moment she abdicated, this array was taken out and caused an uproar among the Heavenly Officials.

## References

1. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 3: Scrap-Collecting Immortal’s Third Ascension to Godhood
2. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 56: In Search of the Past; Retracing Steps to Mount Taicang
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Novel, Book 3, Chapter 136: My Puqi Shrine Will Collapse Supremely II
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 242: Atop Mount Taicang; A Thousand of Kinds of Dust Settle
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Novel, Book 5, Chapter 203: White Emperor Comments on the Mysterious Guoshi
6. ↑ Novel, Book 5, Chapter 243: How My Lord Aches for the Flower; How I Ache for My Lord
7. ↑ Novel, Book 5, Chapter 216: Hard to Put On; Harder to Take Off
8. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 135: My Puqi Shrine Will Collapse Supremely
Shanyue Fern

* Manhua
* Donghua

**Shanyue Fern** (善月草, *Shànyuè Cǎo*) is a plant exclusive to the region of Banyue and the only antidote to the poison of the Scorpion Snake.

## Description

The Shanyue Fern grows in the garden of the Banyue palace and prefers shade. It is a small plant with large, deltoid leaves that are said to be like a heart-shaped peach with pointy ends. In the manhua the leaf blades are olive green with a vibrant red in the shape of a smaller heart surrounding the base and part of the midrib. The fern also has a short, dark stem as well as thin roots.

If the plant is crushed and applied to the bite of a Scorpion Snake, the healing effect will immediately take place.

## History

After the scorpion and snake were executed, the queen was the only one to show sympathy towards them. As she could not go against the king's orders, the only thing she was able to do was cover their corpses with a leaf of the Shanyue fern. Due to the kindness of the queen, the Shanyue Fern became the only antidote for the venom of the Scorpion Snake, the descendants of the scorpion's and snake's vengeful spirits.

At one point, Banyue soldiers started to bury people into the soil of the palace garden to act as a fertilizer for the Shanyue fern. They did this due to their fear of the Scorpion Snakes that did not vanish even after death. The fertilization caused the fern to become larger and fuller, but the plant would eat away at the flesh of the person buried.

Xie Lian and the others search for the fern after one of the merchants was bitten by the Scorpion Snake. They eventually find the Shanyue fern at the palace alongside the Human Fertilizer, but the group is captured by Kemo and the other Banyue soldiers. Tian Sheng and the other merchants escape however and manage to pick a new fern and aid the bitten merchant.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 21: Shortened Distance; Adrift in Sandstorms II
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 23: Shortened Distance; Adrift in Sandstorms IV
3. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 26: Dallying HuaLian; Night-Fall in Sinner's Pit III
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 24: Dallying HuaLian; Night-Fall in Sinner's Pit
5. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 29: Wind Master in White; Bellowing Sandstorms from Nothing
Yong'an

**Yong'an** (永安, *Yǒng'ān*) was a provincial city in the Kingdom of Xianle before it overthrew the nation after a civil war. It became an extremely prosperous kingdom on its own, but slowly declined after Lang Qianqiu's generation until it ultimately fell.

## History

### Xianle Civil War

*Main article: Xianle Civil War*
800 years ago, Yong'an was a provincial capital in Xianle located on the Lang-er Bay. It was a barren land where plants have a hard time growing which made the drought that hit Xianle even more pronounced as there were no more food, water and there are no income as there were no jobs.

This caused a mass refugee to trickle into Xianle Capital City and caused many conficts. Soon not only people from Yong'an come to the Capital City but also from the poor cities along the way. Finally, the tension culminates in the citizen of Yong'an being exiled from the city. But as they cannot live anywhere else without risking death they waited outside the fortress and survived off rations given out by the king.

The standstill was finally broken on the fifth day by the death of a family. The rebellion led by Lang Ying was successful in overthrowing Xianle royal family and from then on the kingdom became Yong'an kingdom.

### The Gilded Banquet

Happened 500 years after the creation of the Yong'an Kingdom.

### Banyue War

Around 200 before current events in the novel. It was responsible for the fall of the Banyue.

## Citizens

 Lang Ying | First King's Heir
 Lang Qianqiu | Crown Prince
 Pei Xiu | Army General

## Reference

1. ↑ Novel, Book 2, Chapter 70: Fallen Golden Statue; Boor Buries Suffering Son
2. ↑ Novel, Book 2, Chapter 75: Closing the Capital Gates; Survival of Yong'an Barred
3. ↑ Novel, Book 2, Chapter 76: Closing the Capital Gates; Survival of Yong'an Barred II
4. ↑ Novel, Book 2, Chapter 77: Xianle in Chaos; Crown Prince Returns to the Mortal Realm
Rain Master Hat

The **Rain Master Hat** (雨师笠, *Yǔ Shī Lì*) is one of Yushi Huang’s spiritual devices.

## Description

This device resembles a green bamboo hat. While it cannot create water, it has the ability to move the rain. By scooping up the water with it and flipping it over in the clouds, one can create rain in the desired area. The hat can only produce a small bout of rain however. Just moving the water once uses an immense amount of spiritual power and can be extremely time-consuming, ranging from five to six days.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Novel, Book 2, Chapter 74: Praying for Rain; The Rain Master Lends the Rain Hat
Shi Qingxuan/Abilities

## Shi Qingxuan

* Female
* Male

* Manhua
* Donghua
* Novel

* Manhua
* Donghua

## Abilities

* **Heavenly Official:** When he was still a god, he did not age and had no need for basic necessities. He possessed other benefits like immunity to temperature and the ability to wield spiritual powers.
* **Wealth:** As a god of fortune, Shi Qingxuan possessed an incredible amount of wealth. He was known for giving out big amounts of merits and he also used his financial status to his advantage, for example when he called off the play during the Mid-Autumn Festival together with Shi Wudu through a payment of one hundred thousand merits. After falling from godhood however, Shi Qingxuan lost his fortune and now lives a meager life.
* **Charisma:** Shi Qingxuan has a charming, generous and open-minded personality that allows him to be friends with anyone quickly. Even if the people are seen as outsiders, he is not hesitant to be friendly with them.

## Weapons

* **Wind Master Fan:** He had a fan that looks almost identical to his brother's. The fan allows him to control the air and wind, which is exceedingly strong in power. He has used it multiple times to drive away enemies, save his allies and for transportation.
* **Long sword:** Shi Qingxuan carried a long sword on his back.

## References

1. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 18: Puqi Shrine Talks the Guile Tales of the Half Moon Pass II
2. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 90: The Mid-Autumn Festival; Battling Lanterns on Moon Watch Eve II
3. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 35: Enter the Ghost City! Rendezvous with the Ghost King
4. ↑ Wind Master in White; Bellowing Sandstorms from Nothing
5. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 33: In the Great Martial Hall; Crown Prince Meets Crown Prince
Yu Jun Mountain

**Yu Jun Mountain** (与君山, *Yǔ Jūn Shān*) is a mountain region located in the north and where seventeen brides had gone missing due to the Ghost Bridegroom.

## Locations

* **Small Shop of Chance Encounter:** A little tea shop located near the actual mountain. The storefront is described to be small and the shopkeepers rather simple. The owner is unnamed, but called Tea Master.
* **Nan Yang Temple:** As Ming Guang temples were burned down shortly after being built, the people of the mountain decided to start erecting Nan Yang temples and worship Feng Xin instead. The small temple Xie Lian, Fu Yao and Nan Feng visit has a statue that Fu Yao describes to be deformed, bizarre and crude with tacky colours.
* **Ming Guang Temple:** Although all Ming Guang temples have been burned down, one remained hidden deep on the mountain. Xuan Ji used this temple to hide the seventeen brides that she kidnapped and murdered. It was presumably unable to be found due to the array that Hua Cheng ultimately crushed.

## History

As the mountain is located in the north it is part of Pei Ming's territory. However, at some point all Ming Guang temples were burned down by Xuan Ji due to all the women visiting to pray. The same fate would fall upon any new built temple following, thus the mountain residents began to build Nan Yang temples and worship Feng Xin.

Around a hundred years ago, there was a couple deeply in love and who wanted to get married, but on the day of the wedding the bride suddenly vanished. In the end they concluded she must have run off, yet soon another bride would go missing. In the span of that century a total of seventeen brides had gone missing and the legend of a Ghost Bridegroom who would take brides he took a liking in quickly spread. The Heavenly Officials originally didn't plan to investigate this matter as too little brides had been kidnapped and bigger issues were at hand, but the seventeenth bride was the daughter of a lord official. After his daughter was taken even with tight security, he organized big religious services until the Heavens eventually took notice.

Xie Lian was tasked to investigate the seventeen missing brides in the region in place of Jun Wu and was accompanied by Nan Feng and Fu Yao.

## Citizens

 Lang Ying | Homeless orphan
 Xuan Ji | Ghost Bridegroom
 Xiao-Pengtou | Resident
 Tea Master

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 3: The Scrap Immortal; Third Time Entering the Heavenly Capital II
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 9: Mountain-Locked Ancient Temple; Forest of Hanging Corpses
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 4: Three Clowns; Night Discussion on the Temple of Gigantic Masculinity
4. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 8: Ghost Takes a Bride; Crown Prince Mounds the Bridal Sedan II
5. ↑ Novel, Book 1, Chapter 11: Mountain-Locked Ancient Temple; Forest of Hanging Corpses III
To Meet You in the Mortal Realm; To Find Flowers Beneath the Rain

‎**‌‌To Meet You in the Mortal Realm; To Find Flowers Beneath the Rain** (世中逢尔雨中逢花, *Shì Zhōng Féng Ěr Yǔ Zhōng Féng Huā*‎) is the 72nd chapter of the  *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.‎

## Summary

Xie Lian registers Mu Qing’s wise words that he cannot save everybody. Xie Lian doesn't respond and goes to the royal palace.

He sees his mother fiddling with his golden mask from the Heavenly Procession Ceremony and his father is right beside her. The King of Xianle asks for a massage, which the Queen obeys to do so. She says he has more white hair than before, he dismisses and says he’ll dye it black again.

The King of Xianle can’t rest for now, because Yong'an refugees have come to Xianle and they’re making people feel uneasy. His father says not to mention any of this to Xie Lian because he wants his son to have a carefree life in the heavens. The Queen wishes heartily for Xie Lian to come back.

Xie Lian goes out of the palace to find answers in his disguise, he finds out the water level within Xianle is lower than the previous years. It was to verify Mu Qing’s claims, they’re indeed true since he has never let Xie Lian down before.

It starts raining and a passerby gives Xie Lian a red umbrella. He sees an inconspicuous shrine and walks towards it to meet Feng Xin and Mu Qing. It’s only a clay statue with few fruits as offerings. He looks closely and sees a small flower, white as snow on the hand of the statue.

Xie Lian senses hurried footsteps coming, so he hides. A young boy barges in, he might be twelve or thirteen and his clothes are soaked. The boy opens his hand, revealing the same flower on his statue.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Mu Qing
* Queen of Xianle
* King of Xianle
White Clothed Ghost Appoints Black Warrior as General

**‌White‌ ‌Clothed‌ ‌Ghost‌ ‌Appoints‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Warrior‌ ‌as‌ ‌General‌‌** (白衣鬼点将黑武者, *Báiyī Guǐ Diǎnjiàng Hēi Wǔzhě*) is the 192nd chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

A youth in black warrior attire addresses Xie Lian as His Highness.

He wears a mask with a crescent smile, his hair tied high, has a tall physique and his waist hangs a long sabre. The youth is a dead soldier who holds hatred towards Yong'an.

The white cloth man says not to refer to him as that, however the youth refuses to. Suddenly, Xie Lian’s white silk lunges at him but the black clad catches it with ease. Xie Lian concludes he’s an extremely powerful dead soul, he asks the youth for his name but he doesn’t have one. At the end Xie Lian names him Wu Ming, as in nameless.

Both of them go to the Palace of Yong’an, along the way Wu Ming destroys protection charms and talismans. The defense is meant to ward off evil, as if the new ruler of the kingdom is afraid of something that will come knocking at their door.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Wu Ming
* White silk
Red-Clad Ghost, the Burning of the Martial and Civil Temples

**Red-Clad Ghost, the Burning of the Martial and Civil Temples** (红衣鬼火烧文武庙, *Hóng Yī Guǐ Huǒshāo Wén Wǔmiào*) is the 12th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

The Bandaged child's face is covered in burn scars, except beneath those lie small, distorted faces which are symptoms of the Human Face Disease. Xie Lian is so visibly disturbed by the sight that the boy runs off into the forest. After failing to chase him, Xie Lian returns to the temple where he finds Fu Yao and other deputy gods from Xuan Zhen Palace cleaning up the corpses from the forest.

Nan Feng returns as well and Xie Lian asks the two to help him find the child. He explains that the boy has the Human Face Disease, the plague that contributed greatly to the fall of the Xianle Kingdoom. Fu Yao and Nan Feng are shocked, but quickly assist the search for the child that they have concluded to be a ghost.

They're unsuccessful, so Xie Lian takes Xiao Ying's body down the mountain and entrusts someone with her burial before going to the teashop with the other two. The topic of General Pei Junior comes up and Fu Yao and Nan Feng explain that despite his calm demeanor, he ascended by slaughtering an entire city.

Xie Lian makes his way back to the Heavenly Capital to report to Ling Wen and request a search for the child. Following Ling Wen's advice, he enters the communication array shortly after. Feng Xin is complaining about Xuan Ji being locked up in his palace and demands for Pei Ming to come see her, but General Pei Junior rejects the idea.

Xie Lian mentions that he met someone affiliated with silver butterflies on Yu Jun Mountain who turns out to be a ghost named Hua Cheng.

Ling Wen tells him about the Four Great Calamities, as well as the fact that Hua Cheng is quite notorious in the realms with many stories and legends about him circulating. He possesses worshippers and his power is feared, and when he first appeared he posed a challenge against thirty-five Heavenly Officials.

Should he lose, he would offer up his ashes. Should the gods lose, they would step down from the heavens. In the end, thirty-three Heavenly Officials lost against Hua Cheng in battle and debate. They refused to fulfill their part of the deal, so Hua Cheng burned down all their temples in one night, forcing them to be erased from existence.

Only Mu Qing and Feng Xin had rejected this challenge in the first place, but even then Hua Cheng would pick fights with them. His butterflies left a frightening impression on the two, but Xie Lian thinks they're rather precious.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Bandaged child
* Fu Yao
* Nan Feng
* Ling Wen
* Feng Xin (speaking)
* Pei Xiu (speaking)
* Mu Qing (speaking)
Enraged Nan Yang, Fistfight with Difficult Xuan Zhen

**Enraged Nan Yang, Fistfight with Difficult Xuan Zhen** (恚南阳拳打刁玄真, *Huì Nán Yáng Quán Dǎ Diāo Xuán Zhēn*) is the 46th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

Xie Lian warns Lang Qianqiu if he spars with him, he'll die for sure. Many Heavenly Officials find Xie Lian's declaration arrogant. Lang Qianqiu ignores his warning and chalenges him again in a spar. Xie Lian asks Jun Wu to be banished once more for his crimes.

Shi Qingxuan says that if Xie Lian wanted revenge against Yong'an royals, then why did he spare Lang Qiangqiu? He defends Xie Lian further by saying he protected Lang Qianqiu from Hua Cheng's E-Ming.

Pei Ming says Pei Xiu wasn't fortunate as Xie Lian to have Shi Qingxuan as a support. Just as Shi Qingxuan is about to argue that the two cases are different, Xie Lian stops him from saying more.

Jun Wu finally makes his decision, since Xie Lian isn't giving his full story about the massacre of the Yong'an royals his request of being banished is denied. He'll be detained in his own palace, so Lang Qianqiu and Xie Lian can't meet each other. Jun Wu will personally interrogate him afterwards. Heavenly Officials find it strange he protected the laughing stock of three realms.

A couple of martial officials take away Xie Lian, but before that he requests Shi Qingxuan to protect Lang Ying and Ban Yue, which he accepts. After reaching his palace, he goes inside the gates and passes out on the ground due to fatigue.

He dreams of Lang Qianqiu of being his discipline few hundreds of years ago. At that time everyone was afraid of him. Lan Qianqiu asked if he can learn the technique of using two swords at the same time, however Xie Lian declined. He explained it was impractical, to solve a problem you don't need two swords to end it.
Xie Lian has another dream, where a room who was once gold has turned into crimson. He was shakingly holding a sword and he was surrounded with dead bodies. Lang Qianqiu found out Xie Lian in the middle of his parents dead bodies, he accused him of killing them. Xie Lian said they all deserved it.

He wakes from from the dreams because he felt something poke his chest. It's the crimson dice Hua Cheng gave him back in Paradise Manor. Xie Lian is worrying how will he pay back Hua Cheng's destroyed residence.

Suddenly, floaty footsteps can be heard, it's Mu Qing. He gives Xie Lian a bottle of medicine, since his arms are injured. Xie Lian thinks Mu Qing is weird after his their ascension. Soon after Feng Xin comes, Xie Lian admits to the two of them he actually killed Lang Qianqiu's parents. Mu Qing and Feng Xin start a fight because Mu Qing pointed out he left Xie Lian because he didn't want to follow a broken man.

Suddenly, the doors of Palace of Xianle is kicked open, there's only darkness. Many silver butterflies comes out of the door.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Lang Qianqiu
* Xie Lian
* Shi Qingxuan
* Jun Wu
* Pei Ming
* Mu Qing
* Feng Xin
Xiao-Pengtou

Manhua

**Xiao-Pengtou** (小彭头, *Xiǎo Péngtóu*) is a young man who tries to hunt down the Ghost Bridegroom located in Yu Jun Mountain in order to get the financial rewards.

## Personality

Xiao-Pengtou is a hotheaded young man who is determined to hunt down the ghost groom to get reward money and refuses to listen to reason. When trying to convince someone, he can act nice, but when they refuse to come to Xiao-Pengtou’s aid he flips his persona entirely and becomes aggressive.

## History

Ever since Xiao-Pengtou learned about Yu Jun Mountain’s problem with the missing bride, he gathered a group of men to capture the ghost who’s responsible for this in order to obtain the rewards.

He tries to convince Xiao-Ying to dress up as a bride to lure out the Ghost Bridegroom, but she refuses. This leads him to use a mannequin as a fake bride. The puppet breaks

## Trivia

* Xiao-Pengtou is referred differently depending on the adaptation. While in the donghua he is called "Xiao Pengtou", in the manhua translation he is simply referred to as "the punk".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Novel, Book 1, Chapter 6: Ghost Takes a Bride; Crown Prince Mounds the Bridal Sedan
Blinded by the Heart; Brocade Immortal Forged by Blood II

**Blinded. by the Heart; Brocade Immortal Forged by Blood II** ( "Chīxīn Zǐ Xiě Huà Jǐnyī Xiān") is the 129th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.‎

## Summary

As Xie Lian explains what the scroll told about the Brocade Immortal, Quan Yizhen does not seem to listen. Nonetheless, he knows what its original form is: "a sleeveless, headless, gunny-sack-life blood-soaked robe", as he says.

To clarify this case, Xie Lian proposes to go into town and see if they can have more information. Asking Hua Cheng for help would be faster but Xie Lian does not want to bother him as he is currently busy. He is going to leave the Shrine when he notices Lang Ying is following him. He asks him to stay but before he can say anything more, Quan Yizhen falls on the ground, unable to walk.

The next day, the Martial God of the West looks slightly better. Xie Lian brings some porridge from the village and chops wood. Lang Ying comes along to help but Xie Lian tells him to take a bath instead. But the boy protests, unwilling to bath. Xie Lian decides to take the bath, but Lang Ying drags Quan Yizhen out of the shrine.

Xie Lian is reading the scroll when someone knocks at the door. He then realises the knocking is on the village head's house next door. The voice of a woman sounds, asking if anyone wants to exchange old clothes for a new robe. Xie Lian understands it is a trap from the creature they are searching for. When it knocks at the Puqi Shrine's door, he says he is interested. He gives his cultivation clothes in exchange of her robe, and as she leaves, Ruoye peeps out of the sleeve and hisses the girl who is not a "girl" anymore, but a eighty-year-old woman.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Quan Yizhen
* Lang Ying
* Half-Maquillage Woman

## Trivia

* According to the author's note, Hua Cheng switched Lang Ying out with himself today.

## References

1. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 128: Blinded by the Heart; Brocade Immortal Forged by Blood
Upon the Grand Avenue of Divine Might, A Fleeting Glimpse of Beauty II

**‌Upon the Grand Avenue of Divine Might, A Fleeting Glimpse of Beauty II** (神武大街惊鸿一瞥, *Shénwǔ Dàjiē Jīnghóng Yìpiē*) is the 59th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

Xie Lian catches the child who fell from the city wall. He’s about seven or eight years old, the child also has a bandage wrapped on his left eye. With his uncovered black eye, he’s staring at Xie Lian intensely.

The crowd gasp when his golden mask falls down. Xie Lian’s father is worried because the ceremony stopped abruptly, meanwhile the Queen of Xianle pales from fear.

Xie Lian gestures to Mu Qing to continue the act with him, to which he cooperates. Mu Qing grabs back the golden mask secretly and advises to pretend as if nothing is happening.

In the whole duration of the play, the child stays in Xie Lian’s arms while he spars with Mu Qing. They soon after return to the Palace when the ceremony is over. Feng Xin asks why Xie Lian brought the child over.

Xie Lian tries to give the child to Feng Xin to check his wounds, however he doesn’t budge. The Crown Prince urges the child to go since he has things to do, with no choice, he lets go and goes with Feng Xin.

An hour later; Xie Lian, Mu Qing and Feng Xin are kneeling before Guoshi. The old man explains that never in the history of Xianle did the ShanYuan ceremony circle the capital only three times. The kingdom would probably be protected for only three years.

Xie Lian explains that if he didn’t save the child then he would’ve died, so it would be equally ominous and a sign of bad luck. Guoshi is baffled that he talked back to him.

Xie Lian’s teacher adds one more thing, he asks why the Crown Prince didn’t inform he would be late today at the ceremony. Xie Lian answers that he asked Mu Qing to inform him. However, Guoshi says he never mentioned such a thing.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Rescued child
* King of Xianle
* Queen of Xianle
* Mu Qing
* Feng Xin
* Guoshi of Xianle
Upon BeiZi Hill; Crown Prince Falls into the Devil's Nest

**Upon BeiZi Hill; Crown Prince Falls into the Devil's Nest** (背子坡太子陷魔巢, "Bēi Zǐ Pō Tàizǐ Xiàn Mó Cháo") is the 79th chapter of the  *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.‎

## Summary

Xie Lian asks the soldier which troop he belongs to since he finds it weird that he was hiding from them. Feng Xin notes that it’s the same brat who kept charging to fight in front of Xie Lian during the battle against Yong'an. Xie Lian thinks this teenager is just there to see him out of admiration, so he let's him off the hook.

Suddenly, the young solider charges towards Xie Lian and catches an arrow that was aimed at his back. Xie Lian realizes the arrow was shot by Lang Ying from the distance. He notices fabric on the arrow, on which there’s a scribble of the word "Qi".

This signifies Qi Rong might have been kidnapped, so Feng Xin asks the soldiers search the palace for his whereabouts. Xie Lian plans to go alone, so he runs and leaves the others behind. He soon reaches a mountaintop called Beizi Hill where he finds Qi Rong hung up in a tree.

After releasing him, Lang Ying attacks Xie Lian, but he's immediately knocked back by the latter. Xie Lian says he should stop fighting, but Lang Ying asks if he thinks that what he's doing is truly right. Qi Rong urges Xie Lian to burn the hill down because Yong'an refugees are staying here.

Lang Ying explains that he wants the royal capital of Xianle to disappear and says even a god like Xie Lian cannot stop him.

Suddenly, a person appears, wearing half-crying, half-smiling mask and a white funeral garb. Suddenly, Lang Ying gets swallowed by the ground. Xie Lian tries attacking the masked person, but they vanish, so he grabs Qi Rong to leave.

Human forms fall down from the trees, which turn out to be binus. The young soldier comes back and helps Xie Lian to exterminate them. Xie Lian stuffs his sword in Qi Rong’s hands and commands him to go.

After an hour, all binus have been killed by the soldier and Xie Lian. Xie Lian asks why he followed him, but the soldier doesn't give a straight answer. Xie Lian compliments him and adds that he may be better suited with a sabre rather than a sword.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Mu Qing
* Feng Xin
* Young solider
* Lang Ying
* Qi Rong
* White No-Face
Adroit Dice Solely for the Safety of One III

**Adroit Dice Solely for the Safety of One III** (玲珑骰只为一人安,*Línglóng Tóu Zhǐ wèi Yīrén Ān*) is the 50th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng are in Qi Rong’s lair with Lang Qianqiu in a daruma doll form. Xie Lian looks at his kneeling statue as he remembers when Xianle fell his people were angry and thus they created multiple kneeling statues of his. People stepped and spit on them to get rid of misfortune.

A voice of a young man badmouths Pei Xiu and Pei Ming. This voice belongs to the Green Ghost Qi Rong. Xie Lian is confused, since he recognizes the name and the voice of a person he met before, but he could be wrong.

Qi Rong’s henchmen are loudly acclaiming him as king. Xie Lian learns Qi Rong had sent his underlings to the Ghost City but were decimated by Hua Cheng. When they were going to cause trouble again, they met their end by the exiled Pei Xiu on the road. That’s the reason why Qi Rong is cursing him. He then proceeds to trash talk other heavenly officials. Qi Rong is sitting on his throne while resting his legs on the kneeling statue. He’s planning to make Quan Yizhen and Pei Ming fight. The little ghosts went to a small crowd of people, the child among them is the best option to eat.

Before they can do anything, Hua Cheng steps out of the crowd and he walks lazily towards Qi Rong’s direction. Hua Cheng then suggests in his fake human shell to show a little respect to the Xianle royalty. Qi Rong snorts and asks who he is, to which Hua Cheng replies he is Prince An Le. Qi Rong says he’s lying since he is long dead, he then commands his henchmen to take him down. Hua Cheng suddenly appears behind him, he then grabs Qi Rong’s head and smashes it down hard.

After a lot of violence, his mask cracks open, revealing Qi Rong and Xie Lian are very much alike in appearance.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Qi Rong
* Hua Cheng
* Unnamed Child
From the Earth of Buyou Forest, Human Face Disease Breaks Out

**From the Earth of Buyou Forest, Human Face Disease Breaks Out** (人面疫出土不幽林, "Rénmiàn Yì Chūtǔ Bù Yōulí") is the 84th chapter of the  *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.‎

## Summary

Everyone is laughing at the man who holds his face while screaming. However, he crashes into a carriage and blood spills, making people scream. Xie Lian sets aside the young soldier and checks on the man. Few burly men try to arrest him, but they all back away screaming once they saw the man's face. The psycho cried for help, Xie Lian takes a closer look and sees this man has another face growing on the half of the cheek.

Xie Lian pulls out Hong Jing to see if he's human or something else. The blades reflection is the same, that means the man is normal apart from his second face. He then calls for Feng Xin and Mu Qing in the communication array and asks them to come. Xie Lian is worried that there's more people who have the "Human face" symptoms. He commands Feng Xin and Mu Qing to report to the palace about the infection and check if there's more people who have this disease.

After a night, the King of Xianle investigated and found five people who have faces growing on their bodies. Mu Qing says it would be best not to have people close together. Xie Lian and few other government officials build a quarantine for the infected people, this place is called Buyou forest, where Lang Ying buried his son.

The three try to search for the body, after a while a foul stench comes in the air. Xie Lian rushes to the source of the smell, it's coming from the soil. Feng Xin then digs up the ground with a shovel. A black thing is dug out and appears to be squirming, once it's completely out, Xie Lian's pupils shrink. It's a gigantic corpse and it doesn't ressemble like Lang Ying's dead son. Xie Lian burns the corpse, immediately a horn blows. That signifies Yong'an is going to attack. Mu Qing takes care of the situation in the forest, meanwhile Xie Lian and Feng Xin fight them. Xianle wins the battle.

Six days later, there's over fifty infected by the Human Face disease. Yong'an sieges are growing stronger, making Xie Lian have less time to create rain. He visits tents to relieve the pain of the infected people, but Xie Lian is unable to find the cause of the disease. The three have a conversation near a fire. They suspect Lang Ying's son is the source of the curse. Feng Xin says something is not right.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Young soldier
* Feng Xin
* Mu Qing
The Ghost King's Bedside Story

**The Ghost King's Bedside Story** (鬼王的床边故事,*Guǐ Wáng De Chuángbiān Gùshì*) is the 250th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

Hua Cheng is ill. Xie Lian tries to preoccupy him with practicing writing in an effort to keep him from overexerting himself. Hua Cheng tries to convince Xie Lian otherwise. Taking pity on him, Xie Lian decides to read to him instead. He had collected an old book earlier and it turns out this book is about the two of them.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* TBA
Lexie

Lexie is a female character and is a main character in Chyby. She's Shelton's lover.

## Personality

Lexie is a cruel and cruel girl. She is also false and disingenuous. Lexie loves to make others suffer, as does her lover and boyfriend Shelton. She is also rather petty with her family because of the bad influences she received from her lover and the Shelton's brothers.
To Ascend Is Human, to Fall Is Also Human II

**‌‌To Ascend Is Human, to Fall Is Also Human II** (人上为人人下为人, *Rén Shàng Wéirén Rén Xià Wéirén*) is the 67th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

Xie Lian says no to the Guoshi’s first solution to fix the Heavenly Procession, that is to bring Honghong-er back to the palace to seal one of his five senses. Guoshi then proposes a second method, that is Xie Lian has to publicly repent in front of the people of Xianle and ask forgiveness from the heavens. Then he would face the wall in reflection for a month. For the second time, Xie Lian says no. He says he did nothing wrong and Xie Lian adds his people agreed saving the child was the best option. Even if the heavens punish him, Xie Lian says he will always be right regarding this situation.

Suddenly, a loud alarm blasts. The four Guoshis and Xie Lian run to the back of the hall. Guoshi calls for Zhu An, the discipline explains that the door suddenly opened on its own. Guoshi then asks for a new soul-sealing jar. The spirits who were trapped in those objects are now free.

They are going in one specific direction, the Xianle Pavilion. The group runs over there, Guoshi demands what did Xie Lian put in there for the evil spirits surrounding the area. He then remembers he put Hong Hong-Er in there. The pavilion is now on fire, Xie Lian enters there and can’t see anything. He senses two silhouettes, he calls out Feng Xin and Mu Qing.

Feng Xin says the spirits are coming for the child. However, Honghong-er is screaming that it isn’t him. Xie Lian catches the leader of these spirits, they now flew haphazardly since they’re gone and have no lead. Guoshi comes inside, the spirits return to his seal with no choice. Guoshi then learns it’s the same child who disrupted the Heavenly Procession.

Feng Xin explains when the two of them brought Honghong-er into the pavilion, out of nowhere every spirit came at him and they couldn’t get out. The four Guoshis surround the Honghong-er, Xie Lian encourages him to talk to them. Guoshi asks the child for his birthday, he calculates his fortune with a dim expression. He explains the child is toxic, he’s born under the Star of Solitude. He’s destined to bring misfortune to anyone who’s close to him.

Suddenly, Honghong-er leaps to his feet and runs towards Guoshi while screaming. He was about to head butt him, but the other three Guoshis block him from doing so.

He keeps screaming he’s not, suddenly Xie Lian hugs from behind him. He says he knows Honghong-er isn’t. He then bursts out crying.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Guoshi of Xianle
* Zhu An
* Feng Xin
* Mu Qing
* Honghong-er
Three Clowns, Night Discussion on the Palace of Tremendous Masculinity

**Three Clowns, Night Discussion on the Palace of Tremendous Masculinity** (三活宝夜谈巨阳殿, *Sān Huóbǎo Yè Tán Jù Yáng Diàn*) is the 4th chapter of the Heaven Official's Blessing novel.

## Summary

The chapter continues with Xie Lian telling the legend of Yu Jun Mountain.

In total, 17 brides have gone missing in the span of hundred years. Due to a huge majority of brides all over the world marrying safely, the Heavenly Courts never actually took notice of this case. However, the father of the 17th bride was an important official and caused an uproar until Heavenly Officials finally agreed to investigate this case.

It's noted that there is no pattern or preference for the Ghost Bridegroom, which is the name given to the person who is kidnapping the brides. They conclude that it's very much possible that it could also be a woman.

Xie Lian, Fu Yao and Nan Feng then search for a place for the night. They ask a local Earth God, who directs them towards a Nan Yang Temple nearby. Once they enter, they notice how inaccurate and unpleasing the statue of Feng Xin is. Fu Yao points out all the flaws, which annoys Nan Feng.

At that moment, a girl called Xiao-Ying enters the temple. Xie Lian tries to ask why so many of Feng Xin's believers were women, as it was unusual for Martial Gods to have many female believers. Only he had been an exception because he was very handsome and his temples used to be friendly, often filled with flowers. However, he doesn't receive an answer yet.

When they finally see her face properly, they remark how ugly she is. She begins to pray, asking that the Ghost Bridegroom is captured very soon. She is completely oblivious to a big hole in her skirt that had probably been cut on purpose and thus, Xie Lian tries to subtly help her by letting his robe fly to land on her, but she still doesn't become aware of her ripped clothes and places the robe on the statue.

She turns to leave, but Xie Lian becomes visible and follows her with the robe in hand. Since his upper body is bare, she thinks she's about to be harassed when Xie Lian reaches out to her and slaps him. He quietly tells her that her skirt is ripped and she quickly rushes out of the temple with the robe.

Nan Feng asks him if his wounds opened, noticing the bandages wrapped around his upper body and neck, plus a lot of tiny injuries all over his body. Fu Yao asks who he fought against, but Xie Lian says he fell by himself. The chapter ends with Xie Lian revealing the Cursed Shackle around his neck.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Fu Yao
* Nan Feng
* Xiao-Ying (debut)
Toppled Phoenixes

**Toppled Phoenixes** (颠鸾倒凤 *Diān Luán Dào Fèng*) is a dish to described to look like an endless, bottomless darkness with burnt pieces that resemble a broken corpse.

The dish itself is odorles, although it emits a strange aura. The contents are quite graphic and it contains all sorts of ingredients, including one of Ban Yue's Scorpion Snakes, which turned into a spirit after being cooked.

## Victims

* Hua Cheng - commented that it "tastes just like its name".
* Pei Xiu - immediately collapsed after eating. After using the last of his strength to write a message, he passed out. It had very long-lasting effects since he was in a mortal body, which is significantly weaker. His sentences were broken for a long period of time.

## Trivia

* The name "Toppled Phoenixes" is a Chinese idiom that means to mess up or mess around sexually.

## References

1. ↑ Novel, Book 3, Chapter 150: Panic Left and Right; East or West Undecided
Rumours Of Death

**Rumours Of Death** (生杀谣, *Shēng Shā Yáo*) is Pei Xiu's character song on the official donghua season one album. It was performed by Yang Zongwei.

* Hanzi
* Pinyin

梦中见稚子正年少

城头嬉闹

耳畔是马蹄踏尘

山河仍飘摇

忽而都化作远去

嘶哑的歌谣

城下 只留我一抹笑

入飞升道 一朝称光耀

虔诚香绕 万人新庙

成王败寇非一言

向来死生轻易抛

却作夜中梦回

褪不去血潮

亡魂怨骨同悲啸

焚旗战火梦里烧

困缚原地

深陷泥沼

别来是岁月迢迢

故地无人扫

惊知

谁误入风沙道

忽觉思念

梦里的歌谣

罪业难销

原已今朝

当年摧城意决绝

后来几秋倦尘嚣

才知骨血堆砌

名誉多潦草

说尽生杀许多事

前尘因果太缥缈

原来世事

对错难料

窗外月光来独照

可惜春色未必好

该怨天意颠倒

却也忽自笑

说尽生杀许多事

兜转因果偏不饶

世事本就

对错难料
Vow to Never Forget, Never!

**Vow to Never Forget, Never!** (永志不忘永志不忘, "Yǒngzhìbúwàng Yǒngzhìbúwàng") is the 88th chapter of the  *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.‎

## Summary

Xie Lian's divine statue is currently holding the Celestial‌ ‌Pagoda‌. Feng Xin and Mu Qing are checking if there are any trapped victims. Xie Lian feels a ton of weight on his body suddenly, that means the pagoda is too heavy. His divine statue is having difficulty holding it up, so Xie Lian tries to cast a spell but it doesn't work. He then goes on the golden statue to cast it again, this time it corresponds and raises the pagoda. Xianle citizens cheer and they ask him to save them, Xie Lian says to back away with difficulty.

Qi Rong suddenly grabs his ankle, Xie Lian then asks his cousin to tell everyone to go away because the pagoda might collapse. Qi Rong then proposes an idea, he can help Xie Lian by inflicting the Human Face Disease on Yong'an. Xie Lian is against this, Qi Rong then asks if he knows how the soldiers weren't infected. The citizens heard that part and they ask him if that's true. Feng xin tries to drag him away, but Qi Rong becomes agitated an tells Xie Lian to hold on before being dragged away.

Xie Lian would stay where he is, the King and Queen of Xianle would visit him everyday. His father's hair is mostly white now and seems to be over fifty. His mother is sorrowful by seeing her son holding up the building with difficulty. She tries to shield him from the sun with a umbrella, but Xie Lian tells her to stop. His mother ends up crying and the king held her shoulders with comfort. The two of them left shortly after.

Suddenly, the man who gave him a umbrella shows up screaming. The young man shows a small face growing on his right leg, that signifies the method of chopping off limps didn't work. Xie Lian gives small amount of relieve for him, everyone then starts screaming at him for help and accuse him of not telling them of a cure. A horn comes blasting, that means Yong'an won a battle. Xie Lian's body bent down, at the same time the statue lost its might and let the pagoda collapse. Xie Lian doesn't mind and goes to the fortress towers, everything is ablaze.

He then sees White No-Face in the field, Xie Lian jumps out of the tower to catch him, however his leg breaks. After that day, Xie Lian's battles have been full of loses. People now call him a God of Misfortune, he also has to return to the Heavenly Capital now. Xie Lian goes to Holy Royal Pavilion for one last time with his two deputies, people are trying to burn down his first statue. However, someone takes down the fires. A boy then screams to scram.. He next hangs a painting on the wall and zones out. The boy feels something and calls if it's Xie Lian.

Mu Qing advises to go, however the boy declares he will build a better temple for him and no one will compete with him. Xie Lian tells the boy to forget him, he then tries to leave. However, the boy shouts he will never forget.

## Characters

**In order of appearance:**

* Xie Lian
* Feng Xin
* Mu Qing
* Qi Rong
* King of Xianle
* Queen of Xianle
* White No-Face
* Hong'er
To Ascend Is Human, to Fall Is Also Human III

**‌‌To Ascend Is Human, to Fall Is Also Human III** (人上为人人下为人, *Rén Shàng Wéirén Rén Xià Wéirén*) is the 68th chapter of the *Heaven Official's Blessing* novel.

## Summary

Honghong-er stuffs his face in Xie Lian’s chest and wails. Everyone is shaken by his cries, it sounds nothing how would a ten year old would cry.

Guoshi and Feng Xin try to convince Xie Lian to let go of him but fail at doing so. Zhu An goes to pull off the child because he’s smeering his snot and blood all over Xie Lian. Honghong-er however clings onto him tightly like a monkey.

Eventually, he fell asleep due to exhaustion. Xie Lian tucks him in the divan to bring him to the Sixiang Pavilion. Xie Lian asks Guoshi if there’s a way to take down his misfortune.

Guoshi reminds him when Xie Lian was six, he asked if two walked in the desert and were about to die from thirst. There’s only one cup, if he was a god, who would Xie Lian give it to? He answered that he'll bring another cup. Feng Xin and Mu Qing answered differently from him. Guoshi explains that fortunes in this world are limited, just like cups of water. He adds it’s difficult to change someone’s fate without influencing another.

Guoshi permits Xie Lian to travel for a while since he’s seventeen soon. In the very night, Honghong-er escaped the Royal Holy Pavilion.

After Xie Lian travels, he defeats a demon at the Yi Nian Bridge and ascends. This is a shock to the three realms.

## Characters

**In order of appearance**

* Honghong-er
* Xie Lian
* Guoshi of Xianle
* Feng Xin
* Zhu An
* Mu Qing