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March 20 - July 21, 2024
“Fuck! I refuse to believe that I can’t give birth to a big, chubby brat!”
crazy prayer
what a beautiful metaphor
I’m no longer afraid of his neglect, so why should I be afraid of his condemnation?”
sick as hell line
The state preceptor stared hard at him. “I’ve seen your future, and it’s pitch black.” Xie Lian looked him straight in the eyes. “You must be mistaken. I only like to wear white.”
fucking gag him xie lian
A meter of ice isn’t formed by a single cold day. His Majesty the King is the one responsible for the Mortal Realm, this is his duty—if even he can’t manage it, how will you fix it when you’ve already got your hands full of countless prayers from your devotees? If you concern yourself with this and that, in the end you’ll only bring problems upon yourself. Besides, that would only cure the symptoms, not the root cause.”
i love how literally everyone from the state preceptor to mu qing just tell the audience what happens
“They absolutely cannot come. Looking after a few more people is not as simple as placing a few more sets of chopsticks down at the table.
xie lian’s sentiments of his water analogy to tai hua matching his fathers with the chopsticks
Grasped in the left hand of that crude, clay crown prince statue was a flower that was white as snow. Crystal dew clung to the delicate, pure-white petals. A wisp of its fresh fragrance wafted in the air, the scent lovely and endearing. The signature pose of crown prince statues was “Sword in One Hand, Flower in the Other,” but the flower held in the left hand would, of course, be a finely crafted flower of gold, gems, or jade. This was the first time Xie Lian had seen a real flower clasped in his statue’s hand, and he couldn’t help but lean in for a better look.
know that this is hong hong-er’s shine and he built that statue and picks the flowers AAHHH
“I have no answer to the question you asked. However, if you do not know the meaning of your life, then make me that meaning, and use me as your reason to live.”
But before they could fully cover his mouth, Xie Lian managed one last shout: “Thank you for your flower! It’s beautiful—I like it very much!”
“It blew up this badly because both sides have been putting up with each other for too long. Even petty things can become a big deal. Both sides swear that the other side started it, that it’s the other’s fault, and this nonsensical scuffle just got bigger and bigger.”
resentment grows very slowly but it’s a powerful thing that can blow up with something so simple as a missing dog
“It doesn’t matter if it rains or not. There’s no going back.”
the yong’an people have already seen how little the kingdom of xielia cares about them as a territory of xielia, even if the drought is resolved, the injustices still remain. the resentment still remains. there truly is no way for yong’an and xielia to go back to how they were prior to the drought
“I hear that the girl’s father once wanted her to enter the harem and fight for the position of the prince’s consort. Your Highness must’ve seen her face a few times long ago. I’m surprised you don’t recognize her.”
love how xie lian just completely ignored the fact that a harem was being set up for him
It was a single flower. After being trampled by so many, it was almost the color of the dirt below. Only a few ripped petals remained, with just a little of their original purity peeking through. That faint fragrance didn’t last; it soon dispersed.4 Now
love the symbolism of this. xie lian, as a god being correlated with flowers, having the weight of all the people of yong’an and xianle on top of him, their hopes, their prayers, their expectations, and their the very same people who “trample” him
His other arm circled around Mu Qing’s shoulders, and Xie Lian sighed. “Thank goodness you two helped today. Thank you for staying by my side.”
fucking shot to the stomach
“You’re pretty good with that sword.” The boy gripped his weapon harder, and although he was still panting, he instantly stood at attention again. “Y-yes, sir.” “I wasn’t giving you orders, so why are you saying ‘yes, sir’?” Xie Lian asked. “When I ordered you to run, why didn’t you say ‘yes, sir’ then?” “Yes, sir!” that boy answered, but he realized that his response was strange and stood even stiffer. Xie Lian shook his head, pondered briefly, and suddenly his lips curled up. “But you’d be better suited to a saber.”
the fact that hua cheng took this so heavily to heart and created eming to be a saber
“So what you’re saying is that if I leave now, the one who planted you will hunt me down on the road, but if I stay here, he won’t come. Correct?”
jun wu used every method he could think of to destroy xie lian’s spirit. by planting land of the tender flowers to weaken and disorient him so the flowers could rape him and ruin his “purity” would not only be incredibly traumatizing but would also ruin his cultivation, thus depleting his powers as a god significantly so he could not help xianlia
“My root! My root is hard!”
i low-key forgot how crazy sexual the land of the tender was, like i knew but i forgot it was this intense
But the darkness made him clumsy, and with Xie Lian’s long locks tied cleanly behind his back, his first contact wasn’t with the man’s hair. Instead, his fingers met the skin of Xie Lian’s chest—skin that was soft and supple with a light mist of sweat. Xie Lian was already in torment from that touch when the boy accidentally brushed against something sensitive. It was like a bolt of lightning jolted through his chest. Pleasure spread throughout his whole body, forcing a soft moan from him.
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH BITCH
In the end, the only way he found Xie Lian’s hair was to trace his hands up that bare chest, sparking unspeakable pleasure and agony in Xie Lian.
this scene is better than any sex scene i’ve ever read
I will still be loyal to you, Your Highness. At your command, I will be the first to charge forward,
i love feng xin’s devotion to xie lian (even after everything happens) but the irony
A giant golden statue—its glowing body over fifteen meters tall, a sword in one hand, flower in the other, its body streaked with rays of light—was striding toward the palace! “Isn’t that the crown prince statue from the Royal Holy Temple’s Palace of Xianle?!” someone shouted in amazement. Soon, many more recognized it. “It’s true! It’s the golden statue! Look, it’s coming from Mount Taicang!” Every step that golden statue took spanned kilometers, but it didn’t step on a single person. Thump-thump, thump-thump, it strode into the palace as if in flight and caught the collapsing Celestial
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oh period
“That brat will definitely grow up to be a good man!” Feng Xin commented.
god every line from feng xin is so ironic in this arc
“Well, are you afraid of Hua Cheng?” Xie Lian asked.
i LOVE xie lian using hua cheng to theaten people; hua cheng literally being xie lian’s guard dog is just so good
Truthfully, for the time being, he wouldn’t be delivering Qi Rong to the Upper Court, and the reason for that was specifically Lang Qianqiu. If Xie Lian surrendered Qi Rong, and Lang Qianqiu learned of Qi Rong’s whereabouts, Lang Qianqiu would immediately charge in with his sword to kill Qi Rong. Should Qi Rong be killed? That was a headache-inducing question. If he was killed, then what next?
xie lian only spares qi rong for the nostalgia of a happier time in his life. when he was human, before his ascension, when he was only the cultivating crown prince
“If you’re so impressive, keep talking. I’ll keep count of every word, and each one will take you a step closer to Hua Cheng’s blade.” Without realizing it, Xie Lian had somehow grown used to leveraging Hua Cheng’s name.
SASSY XIE LIAN
but every time he opened his mouth to call for “San Lang,” although the tone didn’t rise up and down or brim with yearning, Xie Lian thought it was somehow even more unsettling than when “Lady Wind Master” had called “Lord Water Master” her “hubbyyyyy” earlier that night.
the mortal/ghost realm are such fudanshi’s
Children’s bodies had terribly weak defenses when it came to such things; the spirit might be able to intrude even without permission. Xie Lian had no time to think about swimming. In a split-second decision, he shouted. “Close your mouth! Run!”
he truly is mother; i love how maternal xie lian is towards children
A grown man with a fulsome baby bump wasn’t the least bit funny to imagine.
ghost city wants you pregnant, as do i
But the muffled sound of sloshing water came from above, and suddenly a vast expanse of burning, vivid crimson red flooded his vision.
ASHAHHAH THE JISS, ITS COMING
But in reality, it was only because Xie Lian had never experienced something like this, and the shock was too great… You see, he had simply lost control a little.
i would also be dazed if fine shit kissed me for that long
Xie Lian immediately tried to pull his leg out of that grip. “Nothing, nothing, nothing, it doesn’t hurt at all, it’s fine!” Hua Cheng was slightly angered by this. “How can it not hurt?!”
hua cheng getting angry, not at xie lian necessarily but at his self destructive tendencies; xie lian being hurt being the only time hua cheng overrides xie lian’s words is such a good fool to those self destructive behaviors
“Chengzhu! Are you trying to rape someone?! Do you need help?! We’ll help you hold them down!”
i know this is ghost city and the devotes will do anything for hua cheng but crazy thing to just lob out there
“This might hurt a bit,” Hua Cheng murmured. “Don’t hold it in, gege. Say something if it hurts.”
again, hua cheng making himself a safe place for xie lian to show vulnerability to and express when he’s in pain
After a pause, Xie Lian said, “Could this be the flower which Crimson Rain sought?” Hua Cheng smiled. “Gege has such godly premonitions.”
the flirting in the temple, xie lian’s letting loose, let’s fucking go
