Episodes

  • S1 E1 - TGCF chapter 1-3 deepdive
    Jun 1 2022

    Deep dive into Heaven Official’s Blessing novel by MXTX. Also known as Tian Guang Ci Fu. It’s a webnovel about Gods in Chinese Fantasy. After having been banished from Heaven twice, Xie Lian ascends to heaven for the 3rd time as a celestial God. He's lived over 800 years as the God of Misfortune. Despite that he goes about life with a patient smile. But ghosts from his past are coming to help solve the mystery of his 800 year suffering.

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    56 mins
  • S1 E2 - TGCF chapter 4-9 deepdive
    Jun 8 2022

    Deep dive into Heaven Official’s Blessing novel by MXTX. Also known as Tian Guang Ci Fu. It’s a webnovel about Gods in Chinese Fantasy. We focus on the events from chapter 4-9 Mount YuJun (Bride) Arc. The case of the missing brides and Xie Lian's fateful encounter with the mysterious red clad man.

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    48 mins
  • S1 E3 - TGCF chapter 10-15 deepdive
    Jun 15 2022

    Deep dive into Heaven Official’s Blessing novel by MXTX. Also known as Tian Guang Ci Fu. It’s a webnovel about Gods in Chinese Fantasy. Our hero Xie Lian is trying to solve the mystery of the Ghostgroom of YuJun Mountain. The culprit, Xuan Ji, reveals herself. Jealousy and resentment is the theme of today's episode.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • S1 E4 - TGCF chapter 16-19 deepdive
    Jun 22 2022

    Deep dive into Heaven Official’s Blessing novel by MXTX. Also known as Tian Guang Ci Fu. It’s a webnovel about Gods in Chinese Fantasy.
    Main characters Xie Lian and San Lang are resting at Puqi shrine doing cozy slice of life stuff. Their bliss is interrupted by a human corpse puppet who gives them a quest for the Banyue Arc.

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    44 mins
  • S1 E5 - TGCF chapter 20-25 deepdive
    Jun 29 2022

    Deep dive into Heaven Official’s Blessing novel by MXTX. Also known as Tian Guang Ci Fu. It’s a webnovel about Gods in Chinese Fantasy.

    Our heroes travel towards Ban Yue and encounter resentful ghosts from 200 years ago. San Lang princess carries Xie Lian into the Sinners Pit!

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    56 mins
  • S1 E6 - TGCF chapter 26-29 deepdive
    Jul 13 2022

    We learned about the truth of the fall of Banyue, and that Pei Su (the god Pei Ming’s descendent) is the true culprit behind the Banyue pass disappearances. The Banyue general ghost Ke Mo and Pei Su are apprehended and taken to heaven for judgment by the Wind God, and Xie Lian and San Lang return home to Puqi shrine. As they are getting ready for dinner, Xie Lian reveals that he has learned San Lang’s true identity: Hua Cheng.

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    58 mins
  • S1 E7 - TGCF chapter 30-34 deepdive
    Jul 20 2022

    Xie Lian and San Lang talk more in Puqi Shrine as they lie in bed, and they talk about their pasts. San Lang leaves the next day, leaving behind a diamond ring as a gift to Xie Lian. After a few days of rest, Ling Wen summons Xie Lian back to heaven for a meeting at the great martial hall, where Xie Lian meets the crown prince of Yong’An Lang QianQiu. Pei Su is also put on trial and exiled, and Jun Wu has a new secret assignment for Xie Lian. He is told to infiltrate Ghost City with Lang QianQiu and the Wind God.


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • S1 E8 - TGCF chapter 35-38 deepdive
    Jul 27 2022

    Xie Lian and Shi QingXuan travel into ghost city and end up at the gambling house. There they witness a human man betting his daughter’s life in order to kill his enemies. Unable to stand for this injustice, the god Lang QianQiu interferes with the game and gets himself caught by the lord of Ghost City: Hua Cheng. Xie Lian offers to win Lang QianQiu’s freedom in a game of dice. There is a lot of dice cup flirting. Xie Lian eventually wins, and the three gods leave to figure out a plan. As they’re talking they suddenly hear a desperate scream.


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    1 hr and 8 mins