Heaven Official’s Blessing Previews Season 2 and Hualian Character Visual
Heaven Official’s Blessing Season 2 is arriving in just one day. Are you ready?
Welcome to Ghost City.
Heaven Official’s Blessing Season 2 is coming rapidly soon and with one day left, the social media account for the danmei donghua has dropped the final character visual with the only and only Hualian. The two are in Ghost City and Hua Cheng is dressed in his customary red robes, one hand on his deadly scimitar E-Ming and the other hovering below a silver butterfly. Curiously, he wears an eyepatch over his right eye.
The donghua has also dropped the preview for Season 2, Episode 1, where the Heavenly Emperor Jun Wu has descended in his palace. Jun Wu warns Xie Lian to be careful of the Crimson Rain Sought Flower, one of the Four Great Calamities, much to the god’s confusion. The Hua Cheng that Xie Lian knows is nothing like what the stories say: Hua Cheng has always treated Xie Lian with courtesy and kindness.
In addition, Tian Guan Ci Fu, the Chinese name for Heaven Official’s Blessing, also released a new piece of artwork in anticipation of the Season 2 drop. The art showcases Xie Lian embracing Hua Cheng from behind, his arms wrapping around the Ghost King’s waist and his face buried into a slightly stunned Hua Cheng’s back. The two seem to be in a dark cave with what appears to be a statue standing behind them. The only source of light emanates from the silver butterflies that flutter around them.
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.
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.”
Catch Heaven Official’s Blessing Season 2 when it premieres on Oct. 18 on Crunchyroll.
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