“Fallen god Xie Lian reunites with ghost king Hua Cheng, seeking forgotten past mysteries together.”
Heaven Official's Blessing
天官賜福
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Synopsis
Fallen god Xie Lian reunites with ghost king Hua Cheng, seeking forgotten past mysteries together.
The heavens shake, the thunder rumbles, and Xie Lian appears with an apologetic smile—again! Eight hundred years prior, he was a beloved martial god, known as the Crown Prince of Xianle. Now, he ascends to the heavenly realm for the third time, but simply as a pitiful scrap-collecting god with no followers behind him. On his first mission, Xie Lian finds himself alone in the dark moonlit night. There, a gentle man dressed in red guides him through the forest. However, as abruptly as he appeared, the man suddenly dissipates into a swarm of silver butterflies. Xie Lian later learns that this mysterious stranger was none other than Hua Cheng, the Crimson Rain Sought Flower, a Ghost King feared by both demons and gods alike. But before Xie Lian can figure out why Hua Cheng would help a Heavenly Official like himself, he meets San Lang. A young man possessing great knowledge on not only the Ghost King, but also the now forgotten Crown Prince, San Lang decides to accompany Xie Lian on his journey of unveiling the mysteries of the past.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 57 sampled reviews
What 57 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.82 · split reception
5.4 pts
Recommenders 9.2 · others 3.8
↓ 1.56
Running avg · Nov 2020 → Sep 2025
- 8 “i just watched it this year, it's a really impressive visual masterpiece, only one thing is lacking.. if xie lian was made as a woman it would be perfect.. i speak as a man.. when there is a...”
- 10 “A complete masterpiece of animation, story, and characters that I couldn't stop watching and finished in no time. The gorgeous art and BL romance make it ten times better, though I wish there were...”
- 10 “A single episode was enough to fall in love with this uniquely original Chinese donghua whose story only gets more awesome the deeper you dig. Coming from a favorite author, it carries its own...”
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- Format 11 × 26′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 46m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2020 – Jan 2021
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-15877 catalog
Produced by
- bilibili Producer
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- Funimation Licensor