Heaven Official's Blessing Vol. 1

The first volume of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s epic xianxia romance, published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. Xie Lian was once the beloved Crown Prince of Xianle, renowned for his beauty and strength, who ascended to godhood at seventeen. Then he fell. Twice banished from the heavens, he now wanders the mortal realm as a junk collector, eight hundred years old and the laughingstock of the three realms. When he accidentally ascends for a third time, he is sent on a mission to investigate a ghost terrorizing travelers on a mountain pass, where he encounters a mysterious man in red called Hua Cheng.

Why This One

Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu) is Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s longest and most ambitious work. Where Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation leans on mystery and suspense, this novel builds an entire cosmology: a heaven populated by petty, bureaucratic gods, a mortal world full of forgotten temples, and a Ghost City ruled by a feared and enigmatic king.

The emotional core is the relationship between Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, a story of devotion that spans eight centuries. It is a slow burn in the best sense, with revelations about their shared past arriving gradually and reshaping everything the reader thought they understood. Xie Lian himself is an unusual hero: endlessly kind, stubbornly optimistic, and quietly devastating in his refusal to give up on people, even after centuries of betrayal and humiliation.

The novel is also genuinely funny. Xie Lian’s interactions with the bickering gods of heaven, his cheerful acceptance of his own terrible luck, and the absurd situations he stumbles into provide constant comic relief alongside the darker themes of sacrifice, corruption, and the cost of doing the right thing.

What to Expect

A 420-page first volume in an eight-volume series. The tone balances adventure, comedy, and mounting emotional intensity. The world-building is layered and rewards attention. The story moves between the mortal realm, the heavens, and the ghost realm, with a large cast of gods, ghosts, and mortals whose stories interweave across centuries. This is the ideal choice for readers who want xianxia with a sweeping scope and a love story that feels genuinely earned.