Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu

Name: Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu
Author: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu; novel art: ZeldaCW (interior), tai3_3 (cover), Arisk_k; manhua art: STARember

Chinese original

天官赐福 (Tian Guan Ci Fu)

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu; novel art: ZeldaCW (interior), tai3_3 (cover), Arisk_k; manhua art: STARember

Eight centuries after his first rise to godhood, the twice-banished Xie Lian ascends again and must work off his debts on earth.

Format: novel + manhua
Status: novel completed (8 vols); manhua on hiatus on Lezhin; Inklore print ongoing
Volumes: Novel · 8 vols / Manhua · 3 vols
Age rating: manhua print: 16+ (Inklore)

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Track record Volume 7 of the English edition reached number 5 on the New York Times paperback trade fiction list in October 2023. The animated series began in 2020 and returned for a second season in 2023. Source: Wikipedia

Our take

The big one. A god who has ascended three times and now collects scraps, and the ghost king who has believed in him for eight hundred years. Read it if you want an epic that pays off slowly and completely.

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Synopsis

Xie Lian was once an adored crown prince who became a god, then fell from Heaven twice. Eight hundred years on he ascends a third time, but nobody worships him and he scrapes by collecting junk. To pay what he owes, he takes jobs in the mortal world, where old friends, old enemies and a strange young man he clicks with right away start dragging his past back into view.

Good to know before you buy

Next English release: manhua vol 4, 12 Jan 2027.
Also adapted: Donghua: Heaven Official's Blessing (Bilibili; streams on Crunchyroll, Netflix, Prime). Aloha Comics publishes a separate donghua anime-comic (6 vols, season 2 licensed 16 Jun 2026). Chinese audio drama on MissEvan.
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