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So I’m reading TGCF... (part 3)

Welcome to the third part of my TGCF readthrough. The story got really exciting so this part is even more incoherent than the previous one:D *WARNING: SPOILERS EVERYWHERE:)

Stick around if you’ve already read the book from chapter 43 to chapter 57.

Chapter 43

(Hua Cheng’s palace is full of traps and they keep falling into one after another. They have to fight with giant worms, then cannibals, then upon finally finding the Earth Master whom Hua Cheng captured, they fall right into....) - Well this was like a weird dream falling to scarier and scarier places every time they roll the dice. - Wind Master is a fun guy. I can’t help but laugh imagining him running from crazy cannibals in a sexy purple dress XD  - All these gods are so spoiled! Flipping out because of one tiny scratch?:D - And yet again, the end of the chapter is a cliff-hanger... asdasdasd

Chapter 44

(...Hua Cheng’s lap! At least Xie Lian does. It turns out that the Earth Master was spying on Hua Cheng for years, that’s why he got captured. They start to fight and even the crown prince of Yong’An gets involved. Xie Lian tries to stop them and gets injured and burns down Hua Cheng’s palace as a result) - He fell onto his lap! This is too good! Such a shame we can’t enjoy the situation! - This was painful to read. Xie Lian is powerful and really cool with a sword in his hand, but hell, this could crack a ‘friendship’ (I’m sure it won’t crack their relationship, but still). I mean, I’d be slightly annoyed if someone burned down my armory and rescued the person caught on spying. - Okay, what is going on. Xie Lian as Guoshi? That’s one hell of a cliff-hanger. AGAIN

Chapter 45

(When they get back to the Heavens, the crown prince of Yong’An declares that Xie Lian murdered his whole family, and he just now managed to recognize him from his swordsmanship. Xie Lian doesn’t deny the accusations. The princeling requests a duel, which Xie Lian refuses and asks to be banished instead. He gets house arrested for the time being) - kjsfkavféqabfb - Did I say that Xie Lian is not exciting? I’ve changed my mind! Damn, that was sexy:D - ‘Fight me, and you will for sure die.’ - very factual, very cold, and very cruel for a chapter ending line. <3

Chapter 46

(In the house arrest Xie Lian laments on the past. Turns out he really was the Guoshi of Yong’An. Two visitors appear - these are his past subordinates (Mu Qing and Feng Xin) who either came to laugh at him, or to give him medicine, that’s not clear:P And Hua Cheng also pops in. He casually breaks into the Heavens and ‘kidnaps’ Xie Lian) - They came~ It was so exciting to see these three together again. I heard a lot about them and I really like the dynamic between Mu Qing and Feng Xin. - Also it really was him! And I don’t mind. But I’m really curious, why? There has to be a reason. - Hua Cheng! I’m abnormally happy whenever I see him XD

Chapter 47-48

(Hua Cheng has no ill intentions, and he is not angry about that small arson either. Everyone who tries to follow them gets trapped in that dice labyrinth from chapter 43 and has to face their biggest fears. Only the prince of Yong’An is able to catch up to them, and he keeps pushing for a duel, which he basically gets, and Xie Lian wins with a sneak attack, then Hua Cheng turns the princeling into a daruma doll) - Was that dice labyrinth part really necessary? I was slightly bored for a few pages. And I really wanted the story to move on, since these were quite exciting chapters. (the woman’s bath trauma was funny, tho XD).  - My heart melted slightly when this exchange happened:  “I rolled snake eyes earlier. Does that mean every time snake eyes are rolled, I’ll be able to see you?” Hua Cheng replied, “No.” Xie Lian felt a little awkward and scratched his cheek. “Oh. So that’s not the case. I got it wrong.” Hua Cheng, walking in front of him, said, “If you wanted to see me, it won’t matter what you roll. I will appear.” Hearing this, Xie Lian swallowed hard, and forgot everything else he wanted to say. - They are too cute!!! <3 - This princeling really wants to die. He’s lucky, that Xie Lian doesn’t want to kill him. - Hua Cheng’s sword is crying. So cute! He didn’t want to cut Xie Lian. Can I pat him, please? - I never thought this arson incident will change their relationship, but I’m happy that it really didn’t.  - Also this quote: “That’s right, I ambushed you. So what? I succeeded. Yes, I was cunning, but so what? I won. If your opponent was anyone other than me, you would already be dead.”

Chapter 49

(Hua Cheng leads the group to a cave, because he wants to show something to Xie Lian and his daruma doll. The cave is the nest of the Night Something Green Lantern Qi Rong. They disguise themselves as dinner, and get close to Qi Rong, who happens to have a very familiar statue as a foothold) - And we’re sneaking again. Half of this book is sneaking into and sneaking out of places XD. This time they are sneaking into the cave of the Green Night Something-Something Qi Rong, who sounds like a real dick (also I just can’t seem to memorize his name) - A statue of.... who? O.o

Chapter 50-55 

(Qi Rong turns out to be a familiar face: the cousin of Xie Lian. They hate each other quite a lot. Hua Cheng brought Xie Lian and the daruma doll here, to let Qi Rong tell them (or more like to beat out of him) what happened at that banquette, where Xie Lian presumably killed the whole family of the princeling. As it turns out, Xie Lian, who was, by the way, the teacher of the prince, did kill the prince’s father, but did not kill everyone else. The murderer was Qi Rong and the prince’s best friend, the last living descendent of the Xianle bloodline An Le. After the daruma doll turns back into a prince, he cooks Qi Rong alive. (don’t worry, he’s a ghost, he can’t really die). When all is settled the Wind master and Mu Qing arrives just in time to see the aftermath of everything. The heavenly officials return to heaven.) - This was the point where the story picked up so much I couldn’t keep up with the notes. I just read it in one swing, and the only note I wrote down is this: Oh so we know Qi Rong? I shouldn’t be surprised. Xie Lian is 800 years old, he knows a lot of people... but that was sudden. - I really liked how emotionally brutal these chapters were. I don’t know whether I’m a masochist or a sadist, but I loved to see Xie Lian getting rude and violent and broken. The backstory was also very engaging, and Qi Rong was a fun antagonist, who you can hate wholeheartedly. - I also loved the way Hua Cheng comforted Xie Lian after everything went down. - Oh! One more thing! The gore. I loved the descriptions of Qi Rong getting... cooked ^^; (literally)

Chapter 56-57

(After reporting back to the Heavens, Xie Lian descends to the Earth to visit his family tomb, where he finds that someone burnt the remains of his parents. Who could that be? Of course it’s Qi Rong. He possessed a young father and dragging his child along he broke into the tomb. Qi Rong refuses to leave the body. Xie Lian gets really furious. He almost beats the man to death in front of his son.) - And that cliff-hanger! Dang! I was literally shaking by the end of these chapters. -The tomb parts were really creepy. When he realized that he can only see the ashes of his mother, my stomach turned. - His rage is so earthshaking that I can’t wait to continue reading. -This last sentence, tho: ‘With a flash of a swing, the ominous black blade struck down!’ I’d be raging If I’d have to wait for the next volume after reading this. 

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