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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3 Reaction pt. 6 - We are going to Mt. Tonglu!

hahaha. So, funny thing. I got impatient and just breezed though the last two books and consumed all of the post-canon content I could find. But, even though I have finished TGCF, that doesn’t mean I didn’t leave notes that I want in big chunks like this. So I will continue working on this

Even though I read the novel, I will stay true to my notes to the best of my abilities.

Ch 138: Xie Lian remembering that he threw his meatballs like bullets without any spiritual strength, like how he went about the past 800 years

- Me: Why do people not realize that Xie Lian is buff. Buff Xie Lian art, where?

Qi Rong turns out to be a better chef than Xie Lian. Like possible House Husband material

- Me: Yo. WTF. I call hack! How did- *remembering Qi Rong’s backstory*... Okay, but how did he learn and hone his skills?

Heaven’s Eye cultivator group about to chow down on some hair when Xie Lian steps in with the pebble toss

- Me: Xie Lian saving cultivators from committing c*nn*bal*sm

Ch 139: Hua Cheng builds a little golden palace outside and then kicks it. The shady inn illusion crashes as well.

- Me: Can this get animated?

Feng Xin mentioning of an ascension acceleration method with dead babies

- Me: Wait! What if Feng Xin’s ascension is the suspicious one instead of Mu Qing

Ch 140: Xie Lian finds Guzi to be sick and dehydrated.

Mama Bear Xie Lian - Awaken

- Me: Oh shit. Xie Lian is pissed at his cousin.

Ch 141: Learning about who the father to the fetus spirit is. Learning that the fetus spirit is named Cuo Cuo. Secrets around Cuo Cuo’s birth abundant

- Me: WAIT! HE HAD S*X WITH LAN CHANG. HE F*KED?!

Xie Lian reassuring Hua Cheng, but Hua Cheng turning it around to saying that his actions are up to him. Xie Lian feels something.

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng had a moment when suddenly they see someone sitting at the table making tea

- Me: No! Is it Jun Wu?

Jun Wu is pouring three cups of tea

- Me: He saw the intimate scene between the two

Red flower that slips on the edge of the flower pot is about to fall when Xie Lian caught it like it’s the most precious thing in the world

- Me: Foreshadowing???

Xie Lian basically saying that Heaven will fall if the Heavenly Emperor is dead. Xie Lian basically saying that Heaven is floating in the sky because of the Heavenly Emperor

- Me: Man, I really hope that the Heavenly Emperor doesn’t die and make Heaven crash onto the ground, only to be upheld by the power of Xie Lian and then create a parallel of that scene in book 2, or Atlus holding up the world.

Ch 143: Heaven and the Ghost Kings have a mutual beneficial relationship

Hua Cheng using this fact to exploit Heaven singing him praises for a year.

- Me: Cunning bastard. I would have asked for praises sung to me and Xie Lian if I was in his shoes

Mt. Tonglu has the Klin and both places is that one poisonous jar where the last poisonous creature that is alive after x amount of time is emerged as the victor.

- Me: Battle Royale to the death.

Xie Lian sneaks with Ghost as a Puppet Master

- Me: Oh, nice disguise

Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade says he can find if a ghost is suspicious

- Me: Okay, but what if you are the suspicious one?

Xie Lian crouches down to hid behind the 8-12 year old looking Hua Cheng

Hua Cheng as the “Puppet Master” disguise: “No one shall touch what I love except for me”

- Me: Impressive acting there

There is a cloaked figure that Hua Cheng says they are wearing a fake face

- Me: Is it Pei Ming?

Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade dies from one slash. Xie Lian making an observation that sounds like a joke

- Me: lol

Ch 14-Mt. Tonglu gate

Some ghost ladies get hurt and the cloaked stranger immediately asks: “Are my ladies alright?”

- Me: I was right. It was Pei Ming

Pei Ming about to tease Hua Cheng when Ruoye whips out to hit Pei Ming

- Me: I don’t know if that was all Ruoye or influence from Mt. Tonglue, but go Ruoye.

Pei Ming’s mysterious candy he got to disguise his spiritual powers is revealed to be shady candy made form Ghost City. Consuming the candy is the equivalent to rubbing skunk spray all over yourself.

- lol

E-Ming has been affected like Hua Cheng. It is now a small sword

- me: Cute

Pei Ming can sense the atmosphere around Hua Cheng and Xie Lian

The Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade turns out to be alive still. Both halves are moving freely

- Me: It’s still alive. how?!

Pei Ming is revealed to be the “General Who Snapped His Sword”

- Me: *Four Tales of Heaven Background Understanding Update*

Wine: 100% Understanding & Truth of Creation

Flower Crown: 100 50% Understanding of Creation & History -Second Ascension & Third Ascension are Unknown-

Princess: 15% Understanding of Identity & History

Sword: 25% & Growing...Processing backstory now

A giant savage, dark skinned burly man in broken armour appears

- Me: Wait. Do I know this character?

It is revealed to be Ke-Mo

Xie Lian pulls a trick on Swift Life-Extinguishing Blade/Ming’Guang and Pei Ming saw it work. The trick was actually the most vile swear word of the Banyue kingdom that is the most disrespectful insult ever.

- Me: What did the army teach you Xie Lian?

Xie Lian calls out for Banyue & Pei Su knowing that they are not at Mt. Tonglu as a tactic to distract Ke Mo

- Me: lol. What if they actually come after Xie Lian called them.

When things start to look good, Xie Lian calls out on it. It is immediately changes into a bad thing

Tiny E-Ming grows with praises from Xie Lian.

Pei Ming does a big brain and smashes E-Ming’s hit to Xie Lian’s lips. E-Ming grows to a very long scimar

- Me: Pei Ming caught on what Xie Lian didn’t. Also E-Ming reflect’s Hua Cheng, so, affection makes E-Ming grow. Hua Cheng

As Ke Mo and Ming’Guang are abotu to beat Xie Lian and Pei Ming, Banyu and Pei Su do that badass entry of jumping down a cliff and kicking the opponents.

- Me: lol, Banyue and Pei Su actually appeared.

Banyue throws a scorpion-snake at Ke Mo fully knowing what she is doing and the 200 years of mutual dislike is behind it.

- Me: Ultimate betrayal.

Banyue: We came here with Rain Master

- Me: Wait. Rain Master is here?

Ch 148: Xie Lian thinks that if he does the same things he did to E-Ming to help him grow, it will help Hua Cheng grow

- Me: Awe. So cute.

Ke Mo vs. Banyue & Pei Su - Round 2: Banyue is too embarrassed to throw her snakes again at Ke Mo. Pei Su swoops in and yeets a basket full at Ke Mo who screams at them

- Me: For some reason I find this scene really funny.\

Xie Lian: Moves into kiss Hua Cheng. He kisses the forehead and is sad about it.

Pei Ming learns that Banyue is that Banyue while she backs away from Banyue as Pei Ming comes close to her

- Me: Oh wait. Does Pei Ming still smell of those Ghost Candies?

It is revealed that Banyue is weary of Pei Ming because of the candy scent

- Me: Lol, it was the candy

Rain Master is brought up

- Me: *random thought* Does Rain Master & Pei Ming have some history together?

Rain Master is at Mt. Tonglu because Qi Rong stole some of her farmers.

Pei Ming is revealed to be the opposing General of the Rain Master

- Me: Oh, they do have some history together.

Xie Lian & Readers learn about the ‘Tale of the General Who Snapped His Sword’

- Me: LORE!

Sword: 75% Understanding

Ch 149: Pei Ming insults Banyue for not knowing how to cook like other females

- Me: General Pei, I understand that in your time that might have been a norm. But modern times that is different.

Xie Lian says he will teach Banyue how to cook

- Me: Oh no. Someone please stop them.

Banyue is holding a pot of food

- Me: Oh shoit. Did Banyue?

Ch 150: Banyue’s chicken meal is a black mass of questionable origins

- Me: *sob* it’s over. Banyue is now added to the list. But at least she took up her cooking skills after her adopted dad.

Pei Su takes the dubious food and eats it after watching Hua Cheng try some.

- Me: RIP Pei Su

Hua Cheng telling Xie Lian about the history of Mt. Tonglu while Pei Su is dying in the background. Banyue’s cooking somehow turned into a spirit or eldrich horror

- Me: *sob* please. You two are so adorable together, but someone (Pei Su) is literally dying from food poisoning. You are like that one pool meme

Pei Ming has given up on Pei Su to hang with the oblivious couple

Xie Lian has heard of Wuyoung before from his past while training to Ascension.

- Me: Oh. Interesting.

Little Xie Lian learned how to recite the Ethic Sutras like nothing because he was a curious child about a forgotten kingdom and the Guoshi made him shut up through sutras.

- Guoshi, how are you real?

Xie Lian: Pei Su is talking weird. Is it because of the Scorpion-Snake?

Banyue: Pei Su has immunity from them

-Me: God you two are so oblivious.

Ch 151: What if Jun Wu is from Wuyoung? Nah. He has a 500 year difference from then.

- Me: *Remembers Qi Rong calling Jun Wu a faker and thinks there is some truth in those words* What if he became an immortal 500 years before his ascension and just loitered around for 500 years until he achieved ascension status.?

The group is Scooby-Doo investigation with Ace Attorney observation skills on the temples. of the Kingdom of Wuyoung to learn why it fell

- Me: intersting. I hope they find something interesting.

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Alright. Going to stop there cause the actual journey to the Klin starts and it is a long journey where there is actually more than what I commented on. Man, I just really picked and choose what to highlight while reading

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3 Reaction pt.3 - Wind Master’s Self-Designated Quest & The Events that Happen After

I am back again with reactions & comments for when I read book 3.

This is honestly fun for me because I can look back at what I read and remember my first reaction to everything. I can also see how things connect to make up each arc by going back and reading them.

I really want to start book 4, but completing this first so I compose myself and not be a mess of emotions reading it. Cause, any book that is mainly about Xie Lian’s past is bound to be filled with angst and possible tears for the guy.

Ch 102: The Love for All Seasons Stew, the stew Xie Lian made and Shi Qingxuan is enthusiastically wanting to try some, shares with Ming Yi. Hua Cheng eats it like nothing and gives Xie Lian feedback

- Me: Ah, RIP Shi Qingxuan and Ming Yi. It was nice knowing you two.

Start of the Venerable of Empty Words

Ch 103: The stew knocks out Ming Yi and sends Shi Qingxuan to tears. Then Shi Qingxuan hallucinates

- Me: You know, by this point Xie Lian should have his own warning label to prevent this from happening in the future. What if he made something for Jun Wu and kills him with his cooking? Actually, that sounds pretty funny. This just in: Heavenly Emperor Jun Wu defeated by a plate of questionable food made by his favorite Heavenly Official, Xie Lian.

103: Shi Qingxuan tells a horror story. Xie Lian feels a cold breeze and discovers it’s made by SQX.

- Ah, I think I’m understanding more that Heavenly Officials are really eccentric. Especially the upper court.

Xie Lian casually mentioning he has encountered a Venerable of Empty Words in the past and how that ghost left him after staying with the fallen god for almost a year.

- Me: *sobs* Xie Lian.

Wind Master talking about his past before ascension and then post ascension

- Me: Okay, but did you actually ascend?

Learns about Heavenly Calamities

- Me: Well, that will surely be relevant in the future.

105: Investigating for the Ghost. Learns that from a tampered list that Hua Cheng killed vengeful, malevolent tyrants

- Me: Hua Cheng, who else have you killed? How the fu-dge is it that you are more productive than Heavenly Officials in making sure nothing bad happens?

As the group was going to leave, Xie Lian remembers the kids (& Qi Rong).

Hua Cheng: I have already called a babysitter. Don’t worry about a thing Gege.

106: The group was teleported to the wrong place.

- Me: Well, aren’t things starting out just lovely.

Hua Cheng changed clothes and Xie Lian Noticed.

Hua Cheng & Xie Lian exchange verbal communication passwords. Hua Cheng’s password has Xie Lian blushing.

- Me: WHAT IS IT?

Xie Lian’s password: “Just recite the Ethics Sutra a thousand times.”

- Me: ...Is that a joke? Xie Lian, if they actually had to recite that, it’s like saying you don’t want people to talk to you.

Xie Lian’s password is revealed to be just that phrase. He set it up as a joke

- Me: goddamnit. I have been bamboozled.

Learning about the legend of the Potential Scholar He, who was mad smart but got a lot of people wanting to crush him out of jealousy. He died after getting his revenge against those who were gatekeeping him.

- Me: HI! WHERE IS THE SHRINE FOR THIS GUY. I NEED A SHRINE TO WORSHIP SCHOLAR HE AS WELL AS A CERTAIN DIANXIA AND HUA CHENGZU

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng now have to play Mafia in a four man group.

Ch 108: A game to sniff out the Word Ghost. The game reminds me of the Japanese Game, King’s Game.

- Me: Is there a Chinese equivalent to the King’s Game?

SQX -’king’- Xie Lian and Hua Cheng have to strip each other. Just one layer

- Me: If this was me to my crush, I would be weirded out to do this in front of my friends. Unless if I was drunk

SQX to Hua Cheng (from the book): “What’s the worse suffering in the world?”

Hua Cheng: “To watch with your own eyes your beloved be trampled and ridiculed, yet unable to do anything. That’s the worse suffering in the world.”

- Me: (ToT) Hua Cheng. I got to mark this down. Hua Cheng’s beloved and him need their happy ending.

Ming Yi to Xie Lian: “What’s the biggest regret of your life?”

Xie Lian: “My Second Ascension.”

- Me: !!! Xie Lian, what the F*CK happened during the shortest ascension recorded in Heaven?

Ch 109: Hua Cheng lends Xie Lian a ‘bit’ of spiritual power. Xie Lian does a palm thrust and blows off the roof of the temple.

- Xie Lian & Me: ...Hua Cheng, that’s a little bit?

Hua Cheng: Was that not enough? I can lend you more.

Ch 110: Hua Cheng puts on a mini fashion show to Xie Lian in the middle of something important.

Xie Lian: *focus is pulled away to stare at Hua Cheng*

- Me: Okay. Cute, but please focus. There is a time and place for everything. Now is not the time!

Water Master is suppose to prepare for the third Heavenly Calamity. SQX is kidnapped

- Me: What if this is the third calamity? Having to save SQX from the Venerable of Empty Words?

Xie Lian wants to do a soul-shifting spell, but Hua Cheng is stopping him.

- Me: Hm, does Hua Cheng know something? That is suspicious.

Ch 111: Venerable of Empty Words says: “Don’t worry, with your eyes wide open, you will watch the person coming to seek you die before you!”

- Me: *Thinks of Hua Cheng for Xie Lian* Shit, it got to Xie Lian. I really hope this doesn’t happen in the future. Cause, it’s not like Hua Cheng can die by conventional means since his ashes are ***** - Safe

Wind Master is revealed to be wearing a lot of treasures and gems on their person

- Me: Why is Wind Master wearing all of that?

Soul-Shifting spell ends, Xie Lian hears Hua Cheng’s voice

- Oh shit. I think Hua Cheng is mad.

SQX: “This is the Terrace of Cascading Wine. It’s where I ascended”

- Me: Wait, SQX is one of the Four Famous Tales? The odd one that is like Qi Rong that is about a guy who ascended for just pouring wine?

Learns that Xie Lian was actually sleeping when he ascended.

- Which ascension did that happen at?

SQX is in hysteria after Shi Wudu grabs him. SQX was acting suspicious before then SWD arrived.

- Me: Wow, what happened to SQX? D-did he actually fail his Heavenly Calamity and this is part of the punishment? Do Heavenly Officials get an advance notice that they have a Heavenly Calamity they have to face? Or is he behaving like this because of the removal of all of those artifacts and jewels?

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Ch 113: Hua Cheng sent a step-litter, a step-litter that is very extravagant, to Xie Lian. Hua Cheng is giving Xie Lian a fancy carriage ride towards somewhere.

- Me: Wow. What an obvious sign that Hua Cheng has deep feelings for Xie Lian

The whole Step-Litter Scene of Ghost calling Xie Lian Hua Cheng’s ‘lady’ while he was in the Step-Litter and everything after until they drop Xie Lian off at Puqi Shrine

- Me: THIS NEEDS TO BE ANIMATED

Xie Lian’s new banner: “Return Babes through Miraculous Hands”

- No words

Hua Cheng helping Xie Lian do a task of working in the field. There is an indescribable tension that has been created through Xie Lian’s dense brain

- Me: Man, you can slice the tension with a sword and they still wouldn’t realize anything.

Xie Lian has a mysterious donor who filled his donation box with gold bars. He decides to return them

- Me: Yes, good for you Xie Lian. You do you.

The Drama between the Wind and Water Masters

- Me: You know, there is someone on YouTube who animated this part. I can now only visualize that while reading through my notes.

Earth Master forged his shovel to be his spiritual device. Ming Yi, Shi Qingxuan and Xie Lian travel through the tunnels dug by the Earth Master’s Shovel under Heaven

- Me: Wait, does this mean technically anything can be made into a spiritual device?

SQX can’t access his spiritual powers

- Me: shit. Did he actually fail a Heavenly Trial against Reverend of Empty Words?

The three are forced to dig and end up at Quan Yizhen’s palace with Pei Ming behind them

Pei Ming: QYZ, help me out and capture them

QYZ: *sees Xie Lian and remembers what he did for him during the Lantern Festival* - Grabs bed and throws it at Pei Ming- YEET!

Xie Lian tosses dice and the three end up at Puqi Shrine again. Xie Lian is greeted to the sight of a shirtless Hua Cheng finishing up some labour work with using E-Ming.

- Me: Is this going to be Xie Lian’s gay awakening? Will he finally acknowledge he has feelings for Hua Cheng?

Xie Lian immediately calms down and gets back into action

- Me: dang it!

The group, now with Hua Cheng, teleports to the Rain Master’s land. They exchange what they know and Xie Lian is drawing a very terrifying conclusion.

- Me: So, if there was a chart of the four famous tales compared to the four great calamities based on comparing their authenticity of tales

- Xie Lian Hua Cheng (They have to match somewhat)

- Princess who slit her throat White No-Face (Both have very little knowledge and seem very much bamf)

- General who broke his sword Black Water (Just vibes based on their names)

- Shi Qingxuan Qi Rong (Don’t really match the others, but are famous enough to get on the list)

Xie Lian connects the dots on Scholar He's name

- is that even possible?

Pei Ming arrives and then the group moves to Shi Wudu’s Heavenly Trial ground cause mortals are in danger. Their mission is to help the mortals and not get in the way of Water Master.

Hua Cheng changes into a fisherman outfit

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng share a tender moment with a steam bun. General Pei watches them

- Me: Oh? Pei Ming, what did you notice? Did you notice the potential ship between the two of them?

118: The ship somehow wandered into the Ship-Sinking Black Water’s territory.

- Me: Oh no. The drama.

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Alright, here seems good. The next part will be the Wind & Water Master Arc pt 2 (?). At least I think so since the Wind part was discovered and now it’s the Water part that’s next.

You know, I really wanted to comment on a bunch of other stuff. Especially the Hualian moments, but decided against it cause there are some things that should be read

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3 Reaction pt.5 - Adventures before Mt. Tonglu, the REDUX

*Sigh* Tumblr crashed at the worst timing. I have to do this all over again. Or at least make a quick abridge version.

I’m just going to try my best, *sigh*

Anyways. Lots of stuff happening before Mount Tonglu opens that it should deserve it’s own post or two considering that there are like five things happening in there or something and like over twenty Hualian moments highlighted in pastel pink. Can’t wait to continue from my last post to this. Cause the ending of that post of the Wind & Water Masters Arc has me realing at times.

QYZ and Xie Lian have go on a mission. They hav to find the Brocade Immortal Robe. But first a short break at Puqi shrine and Lang Ying.

Ch 129: Everywhere Xie Lian looks, he is reminded of Hua Cheng

- Me: Dang. Xie Lian has it bad. He is missing Hua Cheng like a housewife waiting for husband to get home.

Lang Ying: *Eats Xie Lian’s cooking like it’s nothing, helps around the house, basically doing all of the tasks Hua Cheng usually does.*

Xie Lian: I’m going to take a bath

Lang Ying: *Enters and sees a half naked Xie Lian. Runs away. Come back to take away QYZ and runs away again.*

- Me: Oh, so Hua Cheng did switch places with Lang Ying. ((My son! Hua Cheng, why?!))

Ch 130: QYZ’s backstory is revealed.

- Me: Why does that sound familiar? Is it because of the story from the Lantern Festival? Some reference to another book read?

QYZ’s story reveals that a Heavenly Official named Yin Yu was banished

- Me: *gasp* Wait. Is Yin Yu the banished Heavenly Official that Xie Lian saw working for Hua Cheng?

Golden Step-Litter appears to give Xie Lian a ride to somewhere. QYZ sees the Step-Litter like it’s the coolest thing he has ever seen. QYZ wants to ride it, but was pushed off. Xie Lian almost got pushed off, but ‘Lang Ying’ caught him.

- Me: Dang, cause I know who ‘Lang Ying’ is, it feels so sad when Xie Lian was going to call for ‘San Lang’, but it ended up as ‘San- Lang Ying’

QYZ is so chaotic. Does he have ADHD? I feel like he has ADHD and/or some levels of Autism. Though I don’t know cause I’m no expert.

QYZ does something reckless without thinking. Xie Lian, mother hens him and convinces him to stop

- Me: QYZ and Xie Lian reminds me of that one D:BH comic with QYZ as baby Connor trying to put everything in his mouth and Xie Lian is Hank, trying to stop him.

Yin Yu(?) does a good job, looks like he will pass out.

- Me: Yin Yu(?) looks like he needs a vacation and more pay.

The robes move and circle around the two Heavenly Officials

- Me: This reminds me of that one clothing commercial where the outfits were chasing this group of people. Once cornered, they changed the group of people’s outfits.

Xie Lian is the person who grabs the one cursed article of clothing from the donations box out of any other clothing.

- Me: *sob* book. Please stop reminding me of Xie Lian’s E Rank (Cursed) Luck. He needs that curse removed. Please.

Ace Attorney Xie Lian strikes again. Target: Ling Wen

QYZ has taken a liking towards Xie Lian. Like a puppy who follows you home after you give it some food and head pats. He behaves like a young boy from a shounen slice of life anime or a kid with ADHD.

- Me: QYZ, what a person

Xie Lian asks Lang Ying some casual questions. Makes it seem as though nothing is wrong.

- Me: gasp is this when Xie Lian will pull a question like “So, how have you enjoyed everything so far these past few days San Lang?” ‘Lang Ying’: “It could have been better if these Heavenly Officials left you alone Ge...ge....oh.”

Xie Lian corners ‘Lang Ying’ with calligraphy writing until the boy had no choice but to confess he is Hua Cheng

- Me: Now that is smart. Played Hua Cheng like a fiddle somewhat.

Ch 134: Xie Lian: After meeting you, I remember how to be happy again

- Me: QAQ

Xie Lian made homemade meatballs. QYZ eats one and passes out.

- Me: Oh god. Xie Lian. Do you know someone named Bianchi from KHR? I feel like if you two were to meet, you will be knowledgeable in Poison Cooking

Heaven’s Eye to Xie Lian: You! Your lips are tainted. You have kissed evil.

Xie Lian: *sweats* N-no. I haven’t.

Hua Cheng: *Looks at Xie Lian suspiciously*

- Me: ohohoh, Alright Xie Lian. You say that

Xie Lian lies to cover up his status, but his lies crash down on him and harm his reputation with Puqi village.

Puqi Shrine takes hits from two Heavenly Official’s fighting and 40-50 Cultivators striking down it’s door. Puqi shrine, collapse

- Me: Farewell Puqi Shrine. You have served Xie Lian so well.

Xie Lian: Stands straighter, and has a certain expression on his face

- Me: oh, will he finally snap now?

Xie Lian: Yells at the Cultivators. Then weaponizes his homemade meatballs into a poison that can only be detoxed by drinking 80 cups of water

- Me: Xie Lian, are you trying to kill them? You are basically joking that if they drink over a week’s worth of water, they will be ‘cured’. No, what is most likely going to happen is that they will die from too much water consumption.

Xie Lian: Reporting what happened about Ling Wen to Ling Wen.

Xie Lian: *realization*.....oh.

- Me: (QAQ) Now Xie Lian’s group of people he knows in Heaven shrinks again. The amount of people he was close too was really small, after SQX, I think Ling Wen was next. Now who will fill that gap?

Ch 136: Hua Cheng transformed into Hong Hong-Er’s age. Xie Lian: *pinches cheeks*

- Me: Aww. So cute.

Hua Cheng: With Mount Tonglu opening, He Xuan is hibernating

- Me: Black Water =?= Black Bear

Ch 137: Xie Lian crossdress again for safety

- Oh, now that outfit is better on Xie Lian than the last time he had to crossdress.

Random Food Stall owner, gives up on life after his stall is ruined

- Me: Cabbage guy: “MY CABBAGES!”

On the run, Xie Lian and Hua Cheng enters an inn run by Ghosts. They hide in the second floor and the group of Cultivators follow soon after.

- Jeez, I wonder who they could be.

The comedic skit of the Cultivators & Heaven’s Eye dodging from eating Ghost Food just because of their harsh criticism over the dirty dishes.

- Me: Will they fall for it, dang it, they did not.

Ghost lady: oh yeah. We have some suspicious guests on the second floor. Guests on the second floor: Why do I/we feel like we’ve been ratted out?

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Okay. Going to stop here. Because I’m tired and still a bit salty that my og post was lost. However, I did go farther with this one than the og post. So that’s something at least.

Next time is more of the Inn, some Mount Tonglu entrance exam thing, and possibly a bit of Mount Tonglu...hopefully? Otherwise, I think I will split Mount Tonglu into three separate cause a lot happens in there, more than the Wind & Water Master’s arc.

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3: Ch 91

Three Thousand Lanterns?!

3000 LANTERNS?!

三千🏮?!

-Amazing things must be said three times-

Who could even do that? It is either amazing, a big flex, or romantic. Something full of devotion for their god.

*Reads Ch 92*

HUA CHENG?!

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3 Ch. 102 - Reaction

Xie Lian betting that if Hua Cheng walks around in clothing like his, then people won’t notice the Ghost King in disguise. Internally he thinks Hua Cheng would gain a lot of boon

- Me: I feel like Hua Cheng would see this as a challenge and go,

- “Bet.”

- Then he would proceed to attract a lot attention

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 2: Ch 1 (Ch 58)

Okay. Just started book 2, but I need to get this out

Opening starts with a sword.

Me: AHHH

Turns out to be a play

Me: o-oh. Oh thank god...But what about the thing between Xie Lian and Qi Rong

Kingdom of Xian Le prepare for a festival, festival of Shangyuan. Checking for attendance

Me: Hm, is this going into a shoujo manga intro?

Actor for God-Pleasing Martial Warrior is missing and revealed to be Xie Lian

Me: ASFDGHJK. It IS like a shoujo manga vibe

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3 Reaction pt.4 - Wind & Water Master Arc: The Water Master Side & Ghost City pt. 3, Party City in the Crimson Light

Here we are. At the second (?) half of the Wind and Water Master Arc. I don’t know about the rest of the community, but I now consider that the Wind and Water Master Arc to be split on which of the two Elemental Masters are focused. With Wind Masters’s arc first and Water Master’s arc second.

I am excited cause the Water Master side had a going in it. Especially since the Black Water Sinking Ship - He is going to be introduced. I wonder how his lair will be compared to Hua Cheng’s. Can’t wait

Obviously, what I forgot to mention earlier. If you haven’t figured it out already,

SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK

Ch 119: Xie Lian says Four Supremes, but someone corrects him that it’s the Four Calamities.

- Me: lol. He forgot Qi Rong is part of them.

Famous saying in the Underworld: “Crimson Rules the Land; Black Masters the Waters.”

- Me: Wow. What a quote from the book, got to note that down.

Pei Ming: Demon Xuan.

- Me: ...wait. Scholar He. Demon Xuan....SQX has He and Xuan as part of his birth name..... MF!

How to ride a Flying Shovel 101 with Ming Yi and Shi Qingxuan

1) Have the owner step on the handle

2) Have the guest stand on the spade of the shovel

3) Fly

Hua Cheng soaking in Xie Lian protecting him like a cat

- Me: That is one smug cat.

Fangxin is an old blade and has to fly for a long time

- Me: Oh, so it’s grand-sword Fangxin instead of Uncle Fangxin

Hua Cheng is standing on water while holding Xie Lian

- Hehe. Christianity reference could happen. Hua Cheng = J**us

The two get swept up by the waves and land on shore. Xie Lian sees Hua Cheng isn’t breathing. Xie Lian gives him CPR

- Me: Wait, do Ghost need to breath?

Hua Cheng opens his eyes

- Me: Oh! MF

Ch 120: Coffin Boat building

- Me: The ‘wilderness survival episode’

Xie Lian telling Hua Cheng that to him, “...what matters is you, not the state of you.”

- Me: *wipes tear away from eye* I-I’m not crying. Are you crying?

Riding the waves in a closed coffin that is designed to house only one person.

- Me: Well, I can think of a lot of ways where this can go wrong and horny.

The entire coffin scene until they break out to see who/what is whacking their ‘boat’. The are greeted to the sight of Pei Ming and Shi Wudu staring at them

- Me: Well, this is like what, the second time Pei Ming caught Hua Cheng and Xie Lian in a romantic situation?

Pei Ming taking Demon Xuan’s minions and forming them into a basketball

- Me: Hi, I need visual of this entire scene please

Action scene! The invisible water demons.

- Me: oh yay! I was wondering when that would happen.

- Also me: You know, I would love to see a book of spells and hypological structures of how ghost biology is

Lake mirror shows another realm. SQX is trapped in a prison with others. Everyone, except Pei Ming jumps into the Mirror Lake

- Me: Well, what reference can I put for that? Through the Looking Glass? Wonderland? Movie thing?

Xie Lian asks Hua Cheng for Spiritual Power and has to emphasize on the ‘little’

The other side of the mirror lake is a place where spiritual powers fail. Xie Lian is the only fighter of the group now...besides Hua Cheng if he decides to do something

- Me: Xie Lian, I hope you become a great MVP

Ch 122-123: Revealed that the group has ended up at the Nether Water Manor. They go to the manor and have a jump scare from a skeleton that literally jumps at one of them at a certain phrase said.

- Me: Oh, yeah. I think things are being pieced together in my head now...not a pretty picture.

They find a Distance-Shortening array that can only teleport one person at a time. Ming Yi is the only one who can activate it among the group.

- Me: Well, isn’t that the perfect timing to separate the group.

Xie Lian and Hua Cheng end up at the Puqi Shrine with the rest of the group is unknown. Xie Lian understands who the Reverend/Demon Xuan is.

- Me: Called it

Xie Lian learns that Hua Cheng and Demon Xuan had some agreement in the past that makes the two unable to sabotage if it’s something important to the other.

Ha Cheng seeing Xie Lian do a familar hand seal: “...gege?”

- Me: *sob* I can hear so much emotions from Hua Cheng when he said that as the Ghost King realizes what Xie Lian is going to do. Confusion, realization, fear, concern, and so much more

Xie Lian is now with SQX in the horror game: Survive on Nether Manor Island. It is filled with running, hiding your intentions from your ‘best friend’ and trying to find your brother. Try your best to survive, or else your fate will be decided by Black Water.

- Me: Well, that is a horror show that I didn’t put much notes in. Must be because of how absorbed I was in the story at that time.

Xie Lian monologuing about his discoveries of everything so far. How he connects the dots and realizations to everything about Ming Yi’s identity

"Ming Yi” utterly destroys Water Master’s fan attack with a flick of the wrist and takes the fan away from him.

“Ming Yi” dissolves into Demon Xuan like water flowing down paint to reveal the actual picture underneath.

- Me: I need visuals so bad.

He Xuan drags SQX and SWD to some dungeon like place. He Xuan gets his own brand of ‘justice’.

- Me: No comment. Read this for yourself

The horror of the climax of the Wind & Water Master arc ends with Xie Lian ejected from SQX’s body at the most crucial moment. He awakens to the sight of Hua Cheng sucking the spiritual energy out of his body to cancel the spell. Hua Cheng is kissing Xie Lian

- Me: Wow. Efficient. Don’t know how to react to seeing this romantic scene after something horrific though

Ch 125: Qi Rong ruins the moment

- Qi Rong, I would start running now.

The aftermath of the Wind & Water Master Arc ends with them picking up Pei Ming. Also learn a new side to He Xuan, he is a lonely man whose thirst for revenge fed him for so many years.

“No one can know what he’s thinking.”

- Me: Now I feel sad for He Xuan. Even moreso now then before.

It is revealed that the fisherman were dragged into the sea during the Water Master’s Heavenly Trial by a third party.

- We have a possible thi- fourth party. Previous three: XL & HC, Heaven, He Xuan

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Ch 126: Xie Lian and Hua Cheng try to learn who is this other mysterious party is for dragging Xie Lian to Banyue pass, and now this.

- Me: Concern. Who is dragging Xie Lian around? Why are they dragging him around?

After the funeral for Water Master, Qi Rong is behaving funny. Hua Cheng barges in and takes the two away to Ghost City.

- Me: Ghost City pt. 3, Party City in the Crimson Light? ((Oh, that should be the other header))

The group is at Ghost City, without someone.

- Me: Wait! They forgot Lang Ying ((MY SON!))

Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are by themselves. Hua Cheng practices calligraphy again at Xie Lian’s encouragement.

Ch 127: Ghost are going out of control, Qi Rong escapes, Hua Cheng is acting clingy to Xie Lian. In the background as Qi Rong escapes, it appears that he has a routine with Ghost City

- Me: lol. Even in this pain, they have a routine that is uninterrupted.

Qiandeng Temple is sealed shut. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are trapped. THAT ENTIRE SCENE OF XIE LIAN CALMING AN ALMOST BERSERK HUA CHENG

- Me: Wow. What a night that was for Xie Lian and Hua Cheng.

Next day, Hua Cheng doesn’t remember and explains that it was a sign of Mount Tonglu opening.

- Me: Man, Hua Cheng, you missed out big time.

Ghost have escaped from imprisonment in Heaven. Xie Lian is tasked to work with Qi Ying.

- Me: Qi Ying? That one guy that threw a bed at Pei Ming?

Xie Lian goes back to Puqi Shrine all mope. Lang Ying is around, though. He tries to help Xie Lian, but during lunch(?) Xie Lian burnt the food. He is about to throw it away, but Lang Ying eats it instead.

- LANG YING! Ahhh, no! Please be alright soon. Please don’t get food poisoning.

Xie Lian is laying down in bed thinking of Hua Cheng.

- Me: Xie Lian missing Hua Cheng like a wife missing her husband on a business trip

Quan Yizhen is on the floor choking on Xie Lian’s cooking. He is revealed to be the one giving Xie Lian the gold bars

- Me: Xie Lian. What kind of ally did you make? QYZ seems like an instinctive guy.

Lang Ying speaking up and being bolder.

- Me: Did Hua Cheng do something to Lang Ying to make him grow more of a backbone?

Now that QYZ is here, Xie Lian debriefs him on the new mission. Find the Brocade Immortal Robe

Ch 128 author (MXTX) notes: No one can eat Xie Lian’s cooking besides Hua Cheng.

- Me: Wow. Way to give a spoiler. But okay, that makes sense.

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Ahh, the Mount Tonglu arc is coming soon. First there has to be the chaos that the opening of Mount Tonglu brought.

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3 Reaction pt.2 - Ghost City pt. 2 & another Puqi Shrine Short

Wow, reading through my notes made me realize how much I have marked for book 3. Whether it’s romantic Hualian moments, shocking reveals, or speculations of what is to come. There is a lot in here and there is almost 100 chapters of content cause book 3 is almost 100 chapters apparently.

((Holy shit, book 3 is almost 100 chapters and I didn’t realize it until now *hehe* I’m in trouble cause how much is in the last two books?))

Well, going to try and divide this as much as I can. Might just continue splitting things off based on their sections cause of my impatience.

Ghost City Pt. 2 - The Electric Bongo

Ch 96: A mysterious masked man arrives who is the same guy with the cursed shakle

- Me: Who is this guy? Another banished god like Xie Lian?

Hua Cheng laughing brightens up Xie Lian any day

Residents of Ghost City’s attitude to Xie Lian change once they see him walking with Hua Cheng on a date because they all know that whoever walks with Hua Chengzu is Important.

Exploring Ghost City and having the residents flock towards Xie Lian while excitingly showing off their wares

- MF Shoujo manga vibes where the MC learns about the fun side to the ML’s demonic lair that very few *cough MC cough* ever experience

Ghost City call Hua Cheng grand-daddy and have collectively decided dub Xie Lian “Grand-Uncle”

- Does this mean Xie Lian is now Ghost City’s Grunkle?

Ghost City tries to feed Xie Lian Ghost City’s ‘delicacies’.

- Me: Oh god, I love the enthusiasm.

Ch 97: To Compose in Nuit Blanche; Fragrance Added by Red Sleeves

- Me: Okay Nuit Blanche either means a sleepless night or an art museum.

- Also Me: I’m going to be this chapter is going to be about an art museum

Introducing Qiandeng Temple and describing it as an obvious land mark of the city

- Me: How did Xie Lian miss that?

Hua Cheng causally mentions he built the temple and released the 3000 lanterns before the Mid Autumn Festival for Xie Lian

- Me: WHIPPED!

The design of the temple is like Xie Lian’s temples from long ago, but better.

Xie Lian discovers Hua Cheng’s handwriting quality

- Me: Hua Cheng writes Chicken Scratch!

“Xie Lian thought, “How come every time I come, Paradise Manor get set on fire?” (Ch 98)

- Me: Good question. That is also my question

Paradise Manor has an anti-theft protection on it, which means anyone can enter, but if they steal, they can’t leave.

- Me: So does this mean the vents/air passages have gremlins living in there?

Xie Lian has a new case to bring to the Heavenly Realm that involves a Fetus Spirit

- Me: Dang, what if this actually traces back to Pei Ming? Then Heaven would think Xie Lian has some beef against the palace of Pei

Fetus Spirit case is closed. It turns out that Xie Lian’s body did disappear and that it’s the same body traveling around.

Back at Puqi Shrine with Hua Cheng visiting

Ch 101

- Me: I have learned that E-Ming is like an excitable dog or cat. E-Ming and Ruoye are the excitable children while Fangxin is the tired uncle. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are talking in the background like a married couple while the kids play.

- Me: Realizing some ways into the story that there are like ten mysteries/story events that haven’t been resolved/are still on going.

Xie Lian gives his disastrous dishes cute names like that would help. Qi Rong b*tches about the taste

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Next time: The Wind Master’s prep & The Wind & Water Masters Arc

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 2 Reactions pt. 3

Hahaha...:’)

So, yeah...book two. I will say this, book two made me react so much with everything that I was sad at the end (and I hear that this angst will continue in book 4. I don’t think I will be ready for it).

Anyhow, my thoughts. Which are sorted in a scrambled mess cause my reading app couldn’t organize it by the page numbers. No, everything is organized in a weirdly organized way that doesn’t make sense. So I will do my best to sort everything out.

*sniff* Dianxia~

Ch 75: Close the Gates.

“People of Xian Le have purer blood than everywhere else”

- Me: Fudging Harry Potter Blood Purity, no. Discrimination to the rest of the country.

Tensions rising as the refugees of Yong’An tries to live in the Xian Le kingdom with the citizens of the kingdom. It breaks because of a dog and theft. Chaos as the citizens and refugees brawl

- Me: Ah yeah. Saw that coming a mile away. Cause there is no structure, or plan to house refugees in a Kingdom like Xian Le, it will all explode in the Kindom’s face in the worse way possible.

Lang Ying is reintroduced

- Me: *GASP* YOU

Xie Lian not understanding why Lang Ying didn’t go back to Yong’An.

With the tension between Yong’An and Xian Le rising, it is getting stressful for Xie Lian. He is learning that the world is bigger than what is taught in the palace. Add Lang Ying’s involvement makes Xie Lian feel lost. All of the people’s distress is piling onto him.

- Me: Xie Lian, that is a part of growing up. Learn about the vast world and all walks of life who live in it. Expand your perspective of what the world is and learn about all walks of life

- Me: ...why do I feel like I’m a hypocrite for saying that even though I am still learning myself?

King of Xian Le closes the gates and kicks out the Yong’An refugees after their numbers become overwhelming

- Me: I understand why the king has done that. Depending on the economy of Xian Le, it can’t support refugees that could double, if not triple the population if everyone was accepted. It would lead to economic collapse. Also, there is the fact of finding housing for all of them. What if there isn’t enough buildings, what then?

- Me: But I also think the king could have done it better and set up teporary relief stations that will assist Yong’An people find refuge somewhere else if he is worried of overpopulation and how the people of Xian Le will react to the other citizens of Xian Le. *Remembers that the capital thinks of themselves higher like discriminating others outside of the capital* Actually. The kingdom should have done something better, even if it will have a political backlash.

- Me: This will bite the kingdom of Xian Le in the bottom later. I can feel it in my bones.

Ch 76: “...GO, EASTWARD...”

- Me: Actually, now that I think about it. I need a map of Xian Le to figure everything out.

A family of three dies while trying to get help for their child who is suffering from a heatstroke.

- Me: Shit this is the breaking point. Will the Human-Face Disease follow? Shit, is the Human-Face Disease a curse from the people of Yong’An

The people of Yong’An are trying to climb up the wall. Lang Ying makes it to the top and the start of the coup(?) begins.

- Me: Shot! Fu-dge!

Ch 77: Xie Lian finally learning that the world is bigger than imagined. That everything isn’t as simple as he perceives. That hard choices has to be made for it to work out in the end. Not everything can be black or white, there is gray.

- Me: Oh, Xie Lian.

Ch 78: A trampled flower that barely has some of the original color on it

- Me: Oh, shit. Flower symbolism

Xie Lian descends to the battlefield.

- Me: Fu-dge. No! Nope! Not this shiiiiik *sigh* Xie Lian made this 10x graver with more political meaning among other representations behind it with him helping out to defend Xian Le.

Xie Lian’s aftermath of his first kill.

- Me: :(

Xie Lian: “I hope the sight of the three of us standing together fighting will become a tale of the ages.”

- Me: Oh that is too pure and something that should NEVER be said in a shounen manga.

Ch 79:A Young Solider with bandages pushes Xie Lian out of the way before an arrow hits him. Is revealed to try and show off in front of Xie Lian during battle.

- Me: HONG HONG-ER!?

Xie Lian finds Qi Rong hanging upside down like those corpses in book one.

- Me: Ah, is this where Qi Rong’s trauma and trademark comes from?

White-Clothed Ghost appears.

- Me: Fu-dge.

A swollen hand wraps around Xie Lian’s ankle.

- Me: *Inhale* Is it the same ankle as his cursed shackle? The forewarning.

Ch 80: It’s a trap for Xie Lian

- Me: Why not contact anyone and tell them about the white-clothed ghost you saw?

Author’s notes: There are many types of cultivation. You could cultivate by banging all the time, or never have sex.

- Me: Ah yes. The parallelism between Pei Ming and Xie Lian

Ch 81: Xie Lian hit with an aphrodisiac like drug.

- Me: Yikes. Good luck with that Xie Lian

Demon calling young soldier a “cursed little brat”. Then reveals some form that made him flintch.

- Me: It IS Hong Hong-Er! I wonder what that form is.

-Okay going to stop here. Didn’t realize I had a lot of notes for book two. ((Especially since this is the area in the book where my reading app glitched on my and told me this chapter has over 100 pgs. 10x more than the usual average)) So going go make a third post now

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 2 Reaction pt. 4

Okay. Let’s finish this for book 2, then I can post stuff about book 3 after this

I have decided to split instead of my OG plan because like I said last post, my reading app decided to cram Ch 82-88 into one reading count, so I got a counter that said that Ch 82 has like 100 some pages and I firmly decided that I will read that later.

I said and did what I promised and became a wreak after the end of book 2 cause of all of the drama and development that happened. Book two is literally about Xie Lian growing up and I got so emotional from the environment that forced him to.

Ch 82: The effects of the aphrodisiac-like drug were paused somehow.

- Me: Hm, was it cause Xie Lian cut himself and drained some of the blood away? Or was it cause some of his blood mixed with Hong Hong-Er’s blood was inserted into his bloodstream. Wait, if that is true. Xie Lian is lucky with his divinity he doesn’t get blood poisoning.

The affects of the curse-drug are affecting Xie Lian and the novel is slowly climbing to the R-18 levels based on sounds.

- Me: Oh, Hong Hong-Er. I wish you luck and that you NEVER find out what those sounds mean until you are older.

Xie Lian ties a piece of his hair to Hong Hong-Er’s finger on one hand.

- Me: Wait, if Hong Hong-Er becomes Hua Cheng in the future, then...oh! This is where the red string ring on his hand comes from?

* Learns about Ch 83 *

- Me: Wait. -checks table of contents- *sob* oh thank god. There are like four more chapters to go instead of one really long chapter

Ch 83: Xie Lian pulled a Nagito Komaeda.

- Me: *Sob* Xie Lian, no! I understand why, but nooooo!

Feng Xin and Mu Qing find Xie Lian on the ground with the sword and freaks out. Then once Xie Lian is out, they explain that Yong’An has hidden backers secretly supplying them supplies for war.

- Me: Fu-dge. It’s getting bigger than expected.

Xie Lian comments to his retainers that the Young Solider has the potential to wield the Sabre, like Mu Qing. Mu Qing: *Unreadable expression*

- Me: Oh, is Mu Qing jealous? I think Mu Qing is jealous of a teenager

Back at Xian Le: Xie Lian runs into Hong Hong-Er again. Hong Hong-Er says he got kicked out of the army because...

- Me: ...Did baby Hong get kicked out the army because the army found out about his cursed existence? *Gasp* What if Mu Qing did something out of spite/jealousy.

Ch 84: First victim found to possess the Human-Face disease is found in Xian Le. Everyone starts to freak out because of the large commotion it made. The ‘Face’ is revealed to be functional somehow.

- Me: *Reading the description* Oh gods. I think I’m going to be sick.

Hong Hong-Er tries his best to help Xie Lian do damage control

- Me: Awe, Hong Hong-Er. How adorable. You are trying to seek attention

Hey, remember the child of Lang Ying that was buried near the temple? Yeah, it became a curse/demon after being buried for over a decade without proper rites.

- Me: *Sigh* Why am I not surprised. Actually, I am very surprised. This was near a sacred place and NO ONE noticed this slowly growing into something dangerous an alarming rate.

Human-Face disease is growing and people are desperate. They turn to Xie Lian thinking he could do something instead of trying to find an alternative solution.

- Me: Man, I am so glad for modern medicine and the ability to have multiple paths taken to try and find the solution to this problem.

Learning about Human Face disease

- Me: Will make another post for theorization of how the disease come to be, but for now.

- Me: Wait, if the cursed child grew from almost over a decade ago, then that means Hong Hong-Er is like around 15 now...Holy shit.

Ch 85: Xie Lian created an idioms punishment if Feng Xin and Mu Qing’s arguing went out of control

- Me: Aww, how cute. This will also be good practice to familiarize one self with literature and language.

Guoshi asking Xie Lian the hard, but necessary hard questions. Scolding Xie Lian for his naive ways of thinking and he should have listened to Guoshi from the beginning. Says that this matter with the kingdom of Xian Le is going out of control cause of Xie Lian

- Me: I know that the Guoshi is trying to drill the important stuff into Xie Lian’s head. But he is also at fault for omitting/withholding important information that Xie Lian should have learned

- Me: Flipping balancing act, that is ugh.

Yong’An troops is now classified as an army. The battles become bigger. Lang Ying is shown in a one-on-one battle with Xie Lian that he has a Deus Ex Machina effect attached to him

- Me: Oh no. That is not good. That is a sign of the shift in power and Xian Le will, the inevitable is coming.

Human-Face Disease: Becomes sentient and eats and screams

- Me: O-oh *Blegh* Not good.

Ch 86: Xie Lian took a nap and woke up to a quilt on him

- Me: Who placed that on him? Hong Hong-Er? Did you do it?

The rapidly declining situation is now affecting Xie Lian to the point that he snaps. He punches a tree. Scared of the enemy and is getting desperate?

- Me: “To rise is human. To fall is also human” Shit, that is coming true now.

Xie Lian trying to call out for the White-Clothed Ghost. Said Ghost appears & tells how the Human-Face Disease came to be to Xie Lian

- Me: I already made a post about this. No need for repeat

- Me: The Human-Face disease. I am actually curious how it came to be.

Ch 87: Reveals the origin of the Human-Face disease in his bedroom to his retainers. Knows how to cast, but no cure

- Me: Oh god. It is a curse with no counter spell. Oh no.

Xie Lian and Mu Qing are fighting. Feng Xin, stays quiet until he can’t take it anymore and snaps.

- Me: Ah, a fallout? No, an argument. This is the start of the splintering between these three. Mu Qing always says the blunt truth with no consideration of how this will affect people later.

Earthquake? Happens later. Qi Rong jumps out from under the bed

- Me: Oh no. Fu-dge, it’s bratty Qi Rong. He is going to blabble, I can feel it

Ch 88: Xie Lian calls upon a giant golden statue of himself to hold up the Celestial Pagoda from falling

- Me: Wow! Gundam. Xie Lian can control an ancient Chinese Mecha. Wait, *inhales* o-oh. Atlas. Xie Lian is now representing Atlas.

Xie Lian’s strength is failing him. All he can do is hold up the pagoda.

- Me: Xie Lian is losing belief. No, not that. Also is anyone going to do anything to evacuate precious items form the Pagoda before it will eventually fall?

Qi Rong blabbles about the Human-Face disease. It makes everything more stressful for Xie Lian

- Me: Goddamnit, Qi Rong. I called it.

The outbreak of the Human-Face disease in the capital + Yong’An finally invaded the capital, people going to Xie Lian asking him to fix them even though he can’t. All of it builds up and then Xie Lian falls and breaks his leg. After, changes as something indescribable is lost.

= Me: ...oh Xie Lian.

- Me: Depression...?

Xie Lian thinks he is a god of misfortune. Watches his temples burn with no emotion. Empty.

- Me: ...Xie Lian. I can’t understand how you are feeling, but the void and empty feeling? I can relate.

There is one temple of Xie Lian that was going to burn, but stopped. It is revealed a young teen has been protecting this temple. A painting of Xie Lian is revealed.

- Me: ..Hong Hong-Er is that you?

Xie Lian decides to let this teen see him on whim for a second. His retainers and the teen are surprised. Xie Lian tells the teen to forget him,

The teen: “IN MY HEART, YOU ARE GOD!” “I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!”

- Wow. I can hear the theme music play in an uplifting tune.

MXTX Author’s note read

- Me: Wow. All of this story so far for this one image. Amazing.

Okay. Book two got me emotional like I said before that I read straight to book three next. Once I have a good place in book three, I will do a post then

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sunmaylight · 3 years

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TGCF Book 3 Reaction pt. 1

Ahh! I know I said I was going to post about the start of my book 3 reactions, but book 3 had so much in it that I couldn’t stop reading it. There are like 3-5 arcs that went down in book 3. You know, I feel as though book 3 takes up the majority of the content in TGCF. There was so much in it.

((Hm, I might actually have to split this into a lot of parts depending on how many notes I put in, should I divide the rest of this by what I think are arcs? I think I might do that))

Now onto the reactions, starting at the beginning

Ch. 89: Xie Lian stabs near Qi Rong

- Me: Oh thank god. Xie Lian didn’t stab him, but now the tension between them from book 1 is now redefined in my head

Xie Lian uses Hua Cheng as a threat towards Qi Rong

- Xie Lian now has an ally in Hua Cheng and isn’t afraid of asking him for help

Xie Lian actually feels guilty of asking Hua Cheng for help and it was just a ruse earlier. Think he is behaving too familiar with Hua Cheng

- Me: No you aren’t. It’s okay to ask for help

Shi Qingxuan and Pei Ming are confronting one another. Pei Ming is warning the Wind Master.

- Me: Hm, Pei Ming’s words towards the Wind Master makes me think of a weird parallel to Xie Lian

Descendant of Pei Ming’s got sentence to exile after the Rain Master beat him up

- Me: Who was thrown down, I wonder. Is it that same guy who is the officer of Ghost City?

Xie Lian suddenly remembers -his adopted child- Lang Ying.

- Me: *facepalm* Now you remember the child you pseudo-adopted

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Speed Run Through Lantern Festival Reactions. See the Book 3 post before this for summary

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Lantern Festival

- Me: Ling Wen can change genders? Is she considered gender fluid now?

- Xie Lian is skilled with Chopsticks if he can close a curtain with one

- Qi Ying of Quan Yizhen must be important and the tale connected to him must he more than what meets the eye.

- Feng Xin had a lover?

Lantern Festival shows the Banyue Arc stage adaptation by the merchants for Xie Lian’s play.

- Me: ... Alright. Props to that

- Is Shi Wu misogynist? I hope not, but considering the time period, there is not much to hope for.

- AHHH! THE LANTERNS

- Heaven believing Hua Cheng is doing something suspicious to Xie Lian

Xie Lian needs to find food & takes up random jobs. Thus a case with a strange spirit that attacks pregnant women

Ch 94: Xie Lian has to crossdress like a woman again, but this time a ‘pregnant’ woman. He hears the ghost child

- Me: Who is this Ghost Child?

The spirit is targeting the children who are eating

- Me: Fuk! NO! Not the kids

The spirit, if swallowed will make him look pregnant. Xie Lian thinks if that happens, he will swollow Fangxin after it

- Me: Xie Lian, no

Ch 95: Hua Cheng dives into the water after Xie Lian in his dream(?) and kisses transfers air to Xie Lian

- Me: AHHH! THAT WATER SCENE IS WOW. XIE LIAN IS CALLING IT A KISS. WOW

- Also me: You know, that’s not how it works. What the two of you are circulating is Carbon Dioxide since you are breathing it out... Unless if Hua Cheng’s weird ghost biology makes him breath out oxygen instead.

Xie Lian is so flustered that he can’t think straight and blurts random stuff. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian have a moment when it is revealed that Hua Cheng teleported them to Ghost City

- Me: Holy shit, that is something. Wait, isn’t Xie Lian technically asleep still? What happened to his physical body?

Ghost in Ghost City all know how lonely/thirsty Hua Cheng is and immediately tries to ‘help him in his woes of love’, but go about it the wrong way. Hua Cheng: “SCRAM!”

- Me: lol. Why do I find that so funny?

Going to stop this here cause Ghost City is chaotic and long. I might just divide by arcs instead of chapters with how much I have in here

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TGCF Book 2 Reaction

I’ll post a longer post later for the rest of the book from when I last went but for now.

* White Clothed Devil(?) appears before Xie Lian after Xie Lian screamed for him to come out*

White Clothed: Why don’t you take off my mask

Xie Lian: *aggressively takes off mask to reveal Xie Lian’s face*

- Me:*whispers* ...fuck

*Continues to read to next chapter*

White Clothed: *The body is revealed to be a shell. The real face of this person is unknown*

- Me: Oh thank god.

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TGCF Book 2: Reactions pt.2

AHHHH! So much is happening and Xie Lian, I pray that you can weather it.

I know that this is in the past, but I have one thing to say, then book reactions.

Why is Xie Lian so optomistic, yet so innocent? He has a great ideology that would work really well with this time, but everyone back then are so prideful. It’s like survival of the fittest and Xie Lian is the innocent man trying to do a group project made for 50 with only 3 people.

Ch 58: Ghost caught a teapot with a 9 ft. long saber & flung said saber to a pillar like it was nothing.

- Me: Well, sign me up as attracted and afraid.

Ch 58: THAT SCENE FROM EPISODE ONE OF THE FLASHBACK SEQUENCE

- Me: OH! It’s that scene. I can visualize it in my head perfectly cause of the donghua. *sob* It’s still beautiful in my head

Ch 59: Small child: *Awestruck by Xie Lian*

Xie Lian: Um, child. Why aren’t you speaking? Oh no, is he in shock? Feng Xin, is this child in shock?

Feng Xin: IDK, why are you asking me?!

Mu Qing: He is in shock.

Ch 59: Small child: *Stares at Xie Lian without showing anything else*

Everyone: Is this child possessed?

- Me: Aw, he can’t stop staring. Does he have a crush, or is curious about Xie Lian?

Ch 60: Guoshi group plays cards to alleviate boredom

- Me: Ah, guoshi are also human. That’s good, that means mistakes can be made.

Ch 60: A coral earring is missing

- Me: *GASP* IS this where the RED BEAD in Hua Cheng’s hair comes from? A memento that came from when Xie Lian caught the small child. *whispers* Small child is Hua Cheng. How could I forget about that fact?

Ch 67: Hong Hong-er’s cursed life is revealed. Footnote reveals that the curse can be nullified with meeting of a savior

- Me: Xie Lian caught Hong Hong-er and thus saved him. Does this mean that Xie Lian is Hua Cheng’s savior in more than that one incedent?

Ch 68: Xie Lian Ascended

- Me: Okay. WHO thought it was a good idea for a teen who hasn’t reached legal adulthood in any modern country’s laws to ascend so soon? That just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

Ch 69: No one can see Xie Lian anymore except for Feng Xin and Mu Qing after he ascended. Xie Lian can only be seen through dreams, or whn he descends for important matters. He can’t see his friends or family

- Me: Now that is just sad. That sound’s like there will be a lot of mental torment.

Ch 69: Lang Ying from Yong’an is introduced

- Me: Oh fuuu-dgecakes. The Lang from Yong’an. Does this mean the fall of Xie Lian is coming soon?

Ch 71: Guoshi: you shouldn’t have ascended so soon.

- Me: Bich. Do you think Xie Lian had a choice in this matter?! Fate fudging made that choice for him

Ch: All of the Chapters that reveal Xian Le is in a drought and a disaster is brewing for the kingdom. With Xie Lian slowly learning about this now

- Me: Shot! Fudge. Is, is this when Xie Lian’s ceremony mistake bites him in the but now? Oh, no. It’s coming. The disaster that is going to be the fall of Xian Le is coming. Does this mean the ‘human-face disease’ is coming soon as well?

Ch 73: Hong Hong-er: “For what should I live for in this world? What does it mean to live?”

Xie Lian: “If you don’t know how to live on anymore, then live for me... If you don’t know the meaning of your life, then make me that meaning, and use me as your reason to live.”

- Me: It’s that quote. The one Xie Lian has embarrassment for like its part of his embarrassing middle school days. The one where Hua Cheng took as his meaning for life.

Ch 74: Rain Master’s subordinate: Oh yeah, everyone knows that Xian Le will be going under soon. We see it like miles away. Are you just realizing about this now?

- Me: WTF. Why hasn’t anyone mention this to Xie Lian sooner?

#sunmay rambles #sunmay reads tgcf #sunmay reads tian guan ci fu #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #tian guan ci fu novel reaction #tgcf spoilers #hob #sunmay reads hob #heaven official's blessing #seriously #there is so much going on in here that it's amazing how much I am liking this #Also Xie Lian is oblivious to the world and no one is telling him shit #It will blow up in his face because people will blame him #even though he is as ignorant to what is happening as a child in the capital #but he is making it up now

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