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i think xie lian is the funniest mf out there. literally ascends to heaven gets kicked out ascends again gets himself kicked out AGAIN and then comes back for a third time after 800 years. he makes his communication array password “just recite the ethics sutra a thousand times” just because he thinks it would be funny to tell that to the other deities. literally builds himself his own temple bc no one else was gonna do it. he finds out who heaven is most terrified of and proceeds to fall in love with them.

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Chapter 8 / 15 "Guilt"

Summary: Hua Cheng finishes his research; Xie Lian comes to several realizations.

Additional Tags: Coffin Rescue, Coffin AU, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Different First Meeting, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Identity Reveal, Revenge Plot, POV Alternating, Blood and Injury, Dream-Reality Confusion, Canon-Typical Violence, Hua Cheng AND Xie Lian have Self Esteem issues, Hua Cheng & Xie Lian Invented Love, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Hua Cheng bout to make it 34 gods

Chapter 8 is up. I gotta give a content warning for this one for some self-harm related thoughts on HC's part. Not like anything he actually would act upon but he's... upset in this one, so fair warning.

Also, this chapter ran a bit long at almost 7K words, jsyk. Thank you very much @afanbeingatheart for being my backup beta-reader!

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My friend was watching the show for the first time and they brought up a misconception that I think we see a lot in fandom. So I want to talk about The Gamblers Den and specifically this scene in particular:

My friend genuinely wondered what Hua Cheng would do and then when they heard his explanation they were even more confused:

They basically messaged me saying, wait Hua Cheng would have made the bet. He bets people’s lives and some how Xie Lian is okay with that. How???

And to anyone else who’s thinking the same thing or falling for the Demon King vibe Hua Cheng is trying to sell here I am here to tell you, you have all been duped.

What’s import to understand is that Ghost City actually came from making one of Xie Lian’s ideas work:

Xie Lian is talking about a specialised market here, a place where the common people couldn’t just stumble into without reason and that’s what Ghost City is and The Gambers Den is the foundation of it. While Xie Lian didn’t say hey go gamble, Hua Cheng is taking a risk and playing into his greatest strength and then showing of for his crush is the most dramatic way possible when talking about it.

For Hua Cheng the house always wins! Literally. Or at least what he wants the bet to be will always happen. His luck is just that good. If the gambler wins it’s genuinely because Hua Cheng let him.

In the Den he is acting as Judge and Jury with Xie Lian as his moral code but he can’t just turn down the deals. If he does then these people could go to less safe options (looking at you Qi Rong) to get what they desire which negates the reason he built Ghost City in the first place.

Hua Cheng has to let these people play by his rules if he wants to follow his Gods wishes. So he has to be creative and look at loop holes, phrasing and Xie Lians most important teaching finding the third path.

For this moment specifically giving the options I think Hua Cheng would have taken the 20 years of his daughter’s life. Why you may ask? Well the phrasing is easier to manipulate. While the eradication of his competitors is pretty well laid 20 years of his daughters life is pretty vague.

Option 1) Hua Cheng could take her away from her shit father and put her in an apprenticeship and marry a man of her choosing since her hand is now her own to decide since Hua Cheng doesn’t want it.

Option 2) She has to work in Ghost City for 20 years and is married to Yin Yu in name only (because Hua Cheng can’t have a wife at all or he won’t win Gege) then gets pleasantly divorced and giving a severance payment after 20 years.

Option 3) He could decide life is a vague term and after she dies she has to spend 20 years in Ghost City and matchmake a future marriage between her and another ghost.

Option 4) He could decide what she has to do with the next twenty years of her life which could include an actual good marriage and education. Where she has to worship his shrine and be only his devotee for 20 years.

Option 5) He can literally say I’ll collect when I decide and never cash in.

He can do anything because the wording is so fluent and for Hua Cheng debater and Civil God Killer it’s probably easy. He’s not a demon king, he’s a crafty trickster spirit basically a fae lord.

He’s playing the system and he’s winning that’s what Xie Lian figured out and why he supports it. He knows Hua Cheng well enough even back then to trust that he would make the right decision because he believes in Hua Cheng and he’s right too.

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Hua Cheng answering prayers from kids in the TGCF revised version and ignoring the ones from noble and rich people is so him. I feel like it reminds him of himself as a kid, feeling helpless and wanting to give many things to Xie Lian but can't except a few flowers because of growing up in an abusive and poor family.

Also Xie Lian wanting to squish Hua Cheng's cheeks. He is so real for that.

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hua cheng's arms, empty:

xie lian: it's free real estate

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Hua Cheng (And Hualian) but as Textposts I’ve found.

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Chapter 7 / 15 "Mistakes"

Summary: Hua Cheng makes a bad decision; Xie Lian also makes a bad decision.

Additional Tags: Coffin Rescue, Coffin AU, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Different First Meeting, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Identity Reveal, Revenge Plot, POV Alternating, Blood and Injury, Dream-Reality Confusion, Canon-Typical Violence, Hua Cheng AND Xie Lian have Self Esteem issues, Hua Cheng & Xie Lian Invented Love, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Hua Cheng bout to make it 34 gods

Chapter 7 is up.... everything's great, nothing but fluff and rainbows from here on out!

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looks like a fool in love to me..

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Btw Israel let Palestinians celebrate not one (1) holiday in peace. They didn’t grant Christian Palestinians access to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, they actively attacked families who were already starving at Iftar during Ramadan, and now there are several reports of families being killed on Eid al-Fitr—a sacred multi-day holiday practiced by lots of Arabs. It breaks my heart imagining the Palestinian families in Gaza right now, most of whom are spending Eid mourning loved ones who were taken by Israeli strikes. Most of us will never understand the sheer magnitude of that pain.

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drew my favorite quote from tgcf

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goodnight everyone (:

do your daily click

spreadsheet of families in Gaza you can help today

donate to:

Buy an e-sim

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Sudan Tarada Initiative

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Darfur Women Action

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Period products in Sudan

Sudan Emergency Appeal

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The Southern Generals? Well...

General Xuan Zhen said something about an issue in his territory before strategically retreating fleeing like the coward he is San Lang, please behave... going back to his martial god duties, and General Nan Yang is nowhere to be found. Huh, they both seem pretty busy!

Xie Lian will be sure to save some for them later, even if they won't be as fresh. He still thinks that they'll taste just as good though, it hasn't stopped him from eating them before 😋 (Hua Cheng does not approve and is very jealous because they won't appreciate his gege's cooking like it deserves to be appreciated.)

Xie Lian is offering you some mantou! He might've taken a small tumble (don't worry, he's okay), but he assures me that the mantou is just fine, and totally not off of the floor! (They are...)

I usually don't do anything chibi but I just ??? I totally did and I don't regret it (I want to nom on his cheeks he looks so soft and squishy I'M GONNA CRY)

couldn't decide if I like the veil on or off more so uh, have both teehee

⚠⚠ Please do not use my art for PFPs/banners/AI/reposts, thank you!

#teehee I love interacting w you guys #thank you so much for letting me ramble a lil bit #Hua Cheng Has Things To Say #and Xie Lian is here to moderate and make sure his San Lang doesn't bully his friends too hard lol

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chibi fox fafa and stoat lianlian :3

xie lian talks about what he loves, like, a lot 💜 his san lang is there to gladly listen !

threw in a bg bc didn't want it to be blank

⚠ Don't use my art for PFPs/banners/AI/reposts, thank you!

the individual parts under the cut

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He says to not worry about it, San Lang ate one and enjoyed it (though it's uncertain if that was before or after the fall)!

Xie Lian is offering you some mantou! He might've taken a small tumble (don't worry, he's okay), but he assures me that the mantou is just fine, and totally not off of the floor! (They are...)

I usually don't do anything chibi but I just ??? I totally did and I don't regret it (I want to nom on his cheeks he looks so soft and squishy I'M GONNA CRY)

couldn't decide if I like the veil on or off more so uh, have both teehee

⚠⚠ Please do not use my art for PFPs/banners/AI/reposts, thank you!

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chibi fox fafa and stoat lianlian :3

xie lian talks about what he loves, like, a lot 💜 his san lang is there to gladly listen !

threw in a bg bc didn't want it to be blank

⚠ Don't use my art for PFPs/banners/AI/reposts, thank you!

the individual parts under the cut

#digital art #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #tian guan ci fu #hua cheng #hualian #xie lian #花城 #谢怜 #天官赐福 #chibi

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#oh I'm in LOVE #so soft aaaa #im gently putting them in my mouth