Heaven Official’s Blessing Comes to Life in Third Year Anniversary Key Visual

Heaven Official’s Blessing has released a new key visual in honour of the donghua’s third year anniversary.

Illustrated by Gearous, the new key visual features Hua Cheng sitting, a long scroll laid across his lap. Emerging out of the scroll, the vision of artwork coming to life, is Xie Lian in his full Crown Prince glory. Wisps of smoke and clouds follow after while cherry blossom trees grow out of the tapestry. A serene expression on his face, Xie Lian reaches out to Crimson Rain Sought Flower’s outstretched hand.

The donghua aired its first season on Oct. 31, 2020 on Bilibili and Funimation, making it the first danmei on the latter platform. Season 1 aired for 11 episodes with a special episode launching, appropriately, on Feb. 14, 2021. The donghua remained silent for nearly two years before returning with Season 2 on Oct. 18, 2023.

Jiang Guangtao voiced Xie Lian in Season 1 with Ma Zhengyang voicing Hua Cheng, but Heaven Official’s Blessing has since revealed Jiang would not return for Season 2 due to “personal reasons.” Jiang was arrested for misappropriating approximately $2 million of public funds in late 2022, resulting in his studio Houlang Studio terminating their contract with him. Ding Youxi will voice Xie Lian in Season 2. Luhan performs the opening theme song “怜城辞,” with Tan Jing performing the ending theme song “归于尘.”

Based off the best-selling novel series written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Heaven Official’s Blessing received a donghua adaptation in October 2020 with Li Haoling as the director. Season 1 contained 11 episodes and a special episode that released on Feb. 14, 2021. The story follows a thrice-ascended god named Xie Lian who unravels the mysteries of his past from 800 years ago when he meets a red-robed man named Hua Cheng who has been waiting for Xie Lian for a long time.

Season 1 of Heaven Official’s Blessing is available to stream on Netflix. Season 2 is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

Source: Weibo