16 Works by starvingwritist
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Chance Encounters by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing - Moxiang Tongxiu
08 Jul 2026
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Ever wonder what was going on in Hua Cheng’s mind the day Xie Lian ascended for the 3rd time? Of course you do. We all do. But sadly MXTX won’t tell us and we just have to imagine for ourselves.
This fic follows Hua Cheng’s point of view from Xie Lian’s ascension up through their first sleepover at Puqi Shrine. It includes what Hua Cheng might have been doing just off screen, waiting for those perfect moments to reveal himself, and what he was thinking during their first conversation in eight hundred years.
This fic details three “chance” encounters with His Highness: once as a butterfly, once in his true form, and once as ‘San Lang’.
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Maybe Next Year by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing - Moxiang Tongxiu
03 Jun 2026
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Year after year, on the same day, the banished god Xie Lian returns to the town where his last believer dispersed and pays his respects. On the thirty-second year of this somber tradition, he comes across an unusual butterfly.
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- Part 2 of Whumptober Fics + #Aftercare
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Paper Memories (Part Two) by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
20 May 2026
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This is the sequel to "Paper Memories (Part One)." This is Part Two of Two.
Part Two is about Faith and Forgiveness.Xie Lian has found himself in a rather unusual and dire situation.
Not only does he have two amnesiac ghost kings cooped up in his shrine, but Hua Cheng has mysteriously regressed into the form of a child. While Xie Lian is determined to return his Beloved's memories, he also has the help of Shi Qingxuan who is equally driven to restore and confront the person he once considered his best friend. It will be up to the two of them to track down the powerful memory-eating steam spirit who has done this, and with any luck, find a way to return all that has been stolen away by her. This includes Xie Lian’s own lost memories. What could have driven him to nearly commit genocide?
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- Part 8 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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Wulian Week Prompt Arts by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
08 Nov 2025
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I hosted a little Wulian Week Fan Event on tumblr and bluesky, and I made chibi drawing for each day. Here's all of them together. That's about it!
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Whumptober Ficlets! A TGCF tasting menu with 31 Flavors by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
31 Oct 2025
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This "fic" is a collection of prompts for 2025's Whumptober Challenge. Its about equal parts Emotional and Physical Whump, mainly aimed at Xie Lian and Hua Cheng but there's a sprinkling of others too.
To challenge myself, I've put a word cap at 2500 words per prompt. Just a lil bite.
The vast majority of them are canon compliant bc AUs often take too many words to set up haha. In the Chapter Summaries I will note Canon Compliance/Divergence, Time Period, & Ships to give you a snapshot and there will be individual Content Warnings in the Notes.
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- Part 1 of Whumptober Fics + #Aftercare
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PM Extra: You want to make up for it now? by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
15 Jul 2025
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A Birthday Fic for best boy Xie Lian.
This is part of a bigger AU, but I think it /can/ still stand alone so long as the reader understands that this is 600 year old post-coffin Xie Lian, a short time after ascending for the third time. It's not actually Xie Lian's birthday, but they talk about birthdays.
Hua Cheng gives him a new straw hat.
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- Part 7 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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Deceiving the Heavens to Cross the Sea by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
17 May 2025
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Mu Qing has to send a clone down to answer a prayer and it runs into a long forgotten crown prince.
This is just a silly little story about Xie Lian and Mu Qing meeting by accident about 200 years into Xie Lian's banishment.
It involves a stolen spiritual item, an ugly dog, and several rogue clones.
Remember when Xie Lian mentioned not recognizing Mu Qing's voice because he hadn’t seen him in ‘five or six hundred years’? This is that time!
This story is for @Ameji’s TGCF Clone Week, and each chapter (day) follows as many of the prompts as I can manage to get in there. There are clones, but I will not /exactly/ be using these prompts for their intended clone-related purpose jsyk lmao. At least not all of them. Honestly, I have no idea what I was doing with this.
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Paper Memories (Part One) by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
23 Apr 2025
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This is the sequel to "Never Forget, Never Forgive." It's Part One of Two.
Part One is about healing and anger and love.Xie Lian, still fresh from his seventy years in the coffin, has ascended once again.
Having finally found some measure of peace and happiness living with his savior and new beloved, this 'god of forgiveness' now finds himself all mixed up in grudges, rumors, and heavenly politics. Though still struggling under the weight of his recent trauma, he must now reconcile strained, age-old relationships and determine just what he even wants out of this new position that was suddenly thrust upon him.
He doesn't have to face anything alone, of course, with his ghost king by his side, but considering what has recently crawled from the bowels of Mount Tonglu to terrorize the Ghost Realm, Hua Cheng's new place in his life suddenly feels less than guaranteed...
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- Part 6 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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A Soft Touch by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
16 Apr 2025
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A small lump rose up into his throat. Despite this, Xie Lian let out a chuckle.
“It doesn't really matter what I want. Wherever I might I go, and whatever I might do, I’d be recognized eventually. My reputation is… a bit of a curse following me.”
His fingers were digging absentmindedly into the backs of his arms. It hurt, but he didn’t let up. This always helped keep him focused and level whenever things were spiraling out of his control.
Hua Cheng was thoughtful, his long fingers drumming idly on the plush armrest.
“Gege… what if we could fix that?”
Xie Lian blinked at him in confusion. “What do you mean?”
Hua Cheng slowly sat forward, resting his elbows on his knees. He fixed Xie Lian with a surprisingly dastardly grin and Xie Lian’s stomach did an unexpected little flip.
"We might have to break a few laws to do it, but what if we can prove you were telling the truth? What if we can clear your name?"
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TLDR: Hua Cheng helps Xie Lian bring down the man who ruined his life. This fic will be cute dates, trust issues, minor felonies, and probably the occasional mental breakdown.
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Never Forget, Never Forgive by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
08 Jan 2025
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"In the distance, something caught his eye. There was an unassuming little peach tree on the side of a hill. He could feel something about it was unusual, a slight glow to it against the gloomy sky. As he drew closer he realized the tree was growing out of the massive hollow stump of an old dead one. Though it appeared ordinary, there was an energy to it- a very faint spark of the divine that drew Hua Cheng like a moth to a flame.
He knew, whether intentional or not, this was a grave marker."
A coffin rescue fic with an alternating PoV.
Before he can begin to recover from his experience, Xie Lian first must accept he's actually out of the coffin. Hua Cheng wants to avenge his God, even if that's not what he would want.Don't worry too much about Lang Qianqiu. He'll have a bad time, but I promise I won't kill him.
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- Part 1 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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NFNF Extra: There's a ghost king in Heaven by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
25 Oct 2024
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Takes place right after the end of "Never Forget, Never Forgive"
Xie Lian takes Hua Cheng up to Heaven. Not everyone up there is happy about this.
This fic explores the reactions of four Heavenly Officials: Feng Xin, Ling Wen, Shi Qingxuan, and Lang Qianqiu.(If you said the title in John Mulaney's voice, good)
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- Part 5 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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NFNF Extra: The first time I laid eyes on you by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
17 Aug 2024
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Takes place between Chapter 19 & 20 of “Never Forget, Never Forgive.” (I swear this is the last time)
Hua Cheng and Xie Lian once again seek out the perfect location for a new shrine, and in the process assist a troubled village whose children are going missing. While Xie Lian is focused on this task, Hua Cheng must contend with some lingering issues that have been plaguing him since he and his God became a couple.
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- Part 4 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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NFNF Extra: San Lang is Mine by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
15 Jul 2024
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Takes place between Chapter 19 & 20 of "Never Forget, Never Forgive".
Xie Lian has been stuck in heaven for a couple weeks as his body continues to recover.
Today happens to be his birthday, but Xie Lian hasn't even realized it.
Thankfully, several others have remembered.Series
- Part 3 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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NFNF Extra: Do you think you deserve forgiveness? by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
02 Jul 2024
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Takes place between Chapter 19 & 20 of "Never Forget, Never Forgive".
Xie Lian has been stuck in heaven for about a week and it hasn't been an especially good one. At this point he's locked himself up in his new palace (that he hates) just to avoid mockery or drama. Just when he's beginning to despair and think this whole third ascension thing won't work out after all, he gets a strange visitor.
This bright, cheerful person might just be the new friend he needs.
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- Part 2 of (NFNF) Coffin Rescue AU
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Land of the Callous by starvingwritist
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
22 Jun 2024
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Xie Lian finds himself in a strange village where everyone appears bewitched to speak truthfully and without restraint, causing discord and fighting amongst themselves. Now hardly anyone will speak, for fear of causing offense and starting a fight. However, holding it in seems to also have consequences.
It's up to Xie Lian, the two gods of this shared territory, and a his husband to get to the bottom of it and cure them of this affliction.
Sure would suck if all four of them ended up cursed to speak the brutally honest truth themselves....
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Years ago, a young boy full of anger and sorrow wanted to die. He fell from a high city wall, only to be caught midair by a handsome young prince.
Years later, the boy, now dead, returns the favor when the grieving prince's own suicide attempt fails.
OR: What if Wu Ming walked in on Xie Lian's attempt at hanging himself?
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- Part 1 of Wulian AU?