Life Senjou No Bokura

Oof 💯 truth right there..Initially it was hard to understand him being overprotective and over cautious over a very powerful martial God who is immune to many things. But then book 6 arc 4 happened. Hua Cheng is the normal one in this relationship!

At first, Hua Cheng mostly gives off the impression of a normal over-protective broody love interest in a romance novel, overly paranoid over anything that might potentially hurt Xie Lian, but then you get to the White Clothed Calamity arc and realize, oh god, oh fuck, that’s actually a completely reasonable response to having to watch someone go through that, he’s actually showing remarkable restraint by allowing Xie Lian to go off and do his own thing as much as he does

And this is why everybody should love Xie Lian! And he deserves all good things in life!!✨

Obsessed with Xie Lan as a character. Like I know everyone reads these books for the romance but the individual character concepts are hilarious.

Xie Lan is a prince. He eats poison on the reg. He’s forever stuck looking like he’s nineteen. He’s the oldest guy in the communication array. He knows kung fu. He dressed in drag to catch a ghost on two separate unrelated occasions. He’s the world greatest detective. He’s kind. He was forced into a trolley problem and chose to pull the lever. His cooking is awful to the point it could kill a god. He’s kind. He tried to give CPR to a ghost. He’s the unluckiest man alive. He’s been kicked out of heaven multiple times. He’s kind. He caught a kid from certain death and everyone was pissed at him forever about it. He regrets nothing but coming back to heaven.

Habits of people living in blue zones:

-drinking tea

-eating till 80% full

-drinking alcohol in moderation

-social bonding

-no strenuous exercise but moving everyday

-low stress

-low meat consumption

Okinawan diet:

-rich in tofu, sweet potatoes, fish (3 times a week), vegetables (at least 11 ounces per day)

-served in 4 small plates and 1 slightly bigger plate

Faith is like a flame. Sometimes it burns brightly, sometimes it's just a flicker. But, it's still there, always there, waiting to grow strong again....!✨

Hmm.. I'm new to tumblr and this is my proper first post.

I read Heaven official's blessing and I had so much to talk about, gush about. I read the whole thing in 1 week. So daily 1 or 2 books😅 Honestly I inhaled it like it was oxygen and now that I finished it, I don't know what to do.

Well..anyways, the opinions I had during chapter 1 and the opinions I hold now are grossly different!!!! Hence..here I am..Willing to reread the whole book again😅

To keep myself from getting bored (HIGHLY UNLIKELY!), I'm going to read another book on the side and talk about that too.

It's more to dump whatever's going inside my head and to collect my thoughts. Feel free to ignore.✌🏻

Whatever you do, don’t retire!

-Keep doing what you do, for as long as health allows

For many, helping others might be an ikigai strong enough to keep them alive

-Studies suggest that sense of community, clearly defined ikigai and healthy diet ==> almost eternal youth

tgcf quotes that make u inhale

“only after having met you did I rediscover that it’s such a simple thing to be happy.”

“to some, the mere existence of a certain person in this world is, in itself, hope.”

“there was a period of time in my life that wasn’t easy, and during that time, I’d constantly think that, should someone witness the me who rolled in the dirt, unable to get up, yet still love me for who I was, that’d be great.”

“If I could, I would have you use me as your stepping stone, the bridge you burn after crossing, the corpse bones you need to trample to climb up, the sinner who deserved the butchering of a million knives. but I know you wouldn’t allow it.”

“something like a genuine heart is made to be trampled.”

“to watch with your own eyes your beloved be trampled and ridiculed while unable to do anything - that’s the worst suffering in the world.”

“to me, the one basking in infinite glory is you; the one fallen from grace is also you. what matters is you, and not the state of you.”

“those who have known each other for decades can become strangers in a day. we met by chance and we may part by chance. if we like each other, then we shall continue to meet; if we don’t, then we shall part. there’s no banquet in the world that doesn’t come to an end, so I’ll say what I want to say.”

“I will fight for what I don’t have. I will change fates I don’t possess. my fate is up to me, not the heavens!”

“I might not be able to decide whether the road is easy or not, but whether I walk it is entirely up to me.”

“I do not worship gods - I am God!”

What the prologue said:

"The second ascension was truly grand and spectacular.

What was even more spectacular was that, after he ascended, he charged all the way into the Heavenly Realm and rampaged in full fury. Thus, he had only been ascended for the span of one incense time before he was knocked back down again."

What actually happened:

Bravely Xie Lian overcame his inner hatred towards people of Yongan. He wanted to take back the human disease curse on himself. But Wuming got it himself and dissipated because of the curse on behalf of His Highness. Xie Lian ascended. But he asked and earnestly requested for banishment. And thus, he got banished.

He deeply regretted. And wanted a reminder to live with the guilt of killing his ghost general and almost ruining lives of people, that he got not one but two cursed shackles and sealed his spiritual power.

History was twisted beyond belief and poor Xie Lian was mocked as laughingstock of 3 realms. Nobody knew the truth but everybody gossiped. My poor baby LianLian..