Is it really over?
Summary:
- There hasn't been a new Heaven Official's Blessing manhua chapter for months.
- The manhua illustrator is leaving the project.
- Fans think it might mean the end of the manhua.
Heaven Official's Blessing (Tian Guan Cifu) is originally a Chinese novel series written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu that started serializing in 2017. The series also has a manhua adaptation, illustrated by STARember and published by Bilibili, and an anime adaptation by Haoliners Animation League.
As of now, the manhua is 101 chapters long, but the latest chapter was released four months ago, and Chapter 102 is nowhere in sight.
Fans have been worried and asking for the next chapter for quite some time, but some upsetting rumors have started appearing online: the manhua might be discontinued and never come back.
No Illustrator Anymore
The rumors have been around for months, but fans didn't really want to believe them, since nothing was official. And it's true that there haven't been any official announcements about the future of the manhua, so don't get disappointed just yet, but STARember has confirmed their withdrawal from the production of Heaven Official's Blessing, so the project is left without an illustrator.
Fans are anxious about the announcement and want to know more details. They're worried that STARember might have been harassed into leaving the project, but no official reasons have been revealed.
Readers don't think the chances of Heaven Official's Blessing getting a new illustrator are that high, since there is hardly anyone who'd want to continue the work that other people have been doing for over 100 chapters.
No Future?
The Heaven Official's Blessing manhua is incredibly beautiful, it's everything the fans of the light novels could've asked for, and they're extremely upset by the unfortunate news. They don't want to lose the series like that and hope that some miracle will happen to save their favorite manhua.
STARember's art was what got so many people into reading Heaven Official's Blessing, and losing them as an illustrator hurts anyway, even if another brave person decides to pick the series up.
There's still a wild hope that Heaven Official's Blessing is just on a really big break, since it's not the first time there isn't a new chapter for months. The series has experienced a five-month hiatus before, so there's still a chance it's coming back one way or another.
Of course, fans have the light novel series and the anime adaptation to experience the story of Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, but the manhua was such an incredible addition to the series that no one wants to say goodbye to it.