#calamity shi qingxuan

[kimbapchan]

“Get in the water, He Xiong. Or I’ll make tidal waves so profound, both your wife and child will drown.”

I just wanted to sketch out a reverse version of the pretty famous four tales illustration 🤗 I’m too lazy to finish this lol. So it remains a sketch.

[marykedoesart]

Beefleaf Week 2024 Day 2: Role Swap

[spitzobsessed]

"Breath Stealing Spring Gale"

Calamity! Shi QingXuan from a reverse!AU fic

[yaoigoddess9158]

I’ve read one too many Calamity/Supreme!Shi Qingxuan fics for my own good

(Ignore the hands ignore the hands ignore the hands ignore the hands ignore the—)

[frostfires-blog]

The Four Famous Tales ×The Four Great Calamities 四名景 × 四大害

[stareirei]

❝ Body in abyss, heart in paradise ❞ - Xie Lian

[vinzulu]

[anne-bsd-bibliophile]

New TGCF Videos!

[ruiniel]

For fun

...I made a compilation of various reactions to Xie Lian's cooking.

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[white-flower-blooming]

Ghost king little dilemma

•When you're trying not to rely on the brother of your nemesis but still have to rely on them....

Shi Qingxuan: Hey Ming-Xiong didn't you say you were good at fighting?? How come you're so miserable

He Xuan (grumbling): Shut up don't mention it

In the calamity bros communication array:

HX: Bastard did you have to punch me so hard!!

HC (innocently): it has to look credible right

HX: MY ASS!!! YOU WERE CLEARLY ENJOYING THIS!!!

《Previous Next》

[moonbor-n]

"Espero que nos veamos de nuevo"

[kimbapchan]

TGCF Reversed AU - Catching my fallen god

No Calamity Lian Lian’s were harmed in the making of this episode. Cant say the same for Qi Rong…

[oneweirdbean]

We need a fic where after Shi Qingxuan gets cast out of the Heavenly Courts, he dies from the injuries and becomes a ghost - his reason for existing? Trying to make it up to He Xuan for what happened to him, but they end up being together and happy in their ghost "lives"

[mrcformoso]

Chapter 21 of Mind in Madness, Heart in peace is now up!

Xie Lian has been working in secret for the past 800 years, decisions he made that he had been secretly monitoring over the years. Meanwhile, we look back at Jun Wu through the past 800 years and his conflict about Xie Lian and the Mad Calamity.

Chapter Summary: The game of golden foils held a lesson that Xie Lian was unable to learn when he was still a prince. It was a lesson he had learned from his time as The Mad Calamity. Now, it was time to remind Heaven of that lesson.

FIC SUMMARY:

The Martial God of Death, Hua Cheng, ascended with little to no memory of his mortal life before godhood. What he did know was that he did it for…Someone. Someone so beloved and so ingrained in his heart that, even when he had lost all memory, he remembered he needed to look for them. Even without knowing who they were.

With his mission in mind, he made an agreement with Heaven to allow him to stay in the mortal realm to look for that Someone.

Except…he seems to have caught the eye of The Scourge of Heaven, the Lord of the Ghost City, and The Mad Calamity: Fangxin, the Crimson Sword Deathly Flower.

Or: A HuaLian Reverse!AU resulting from a very specific canon divergence point.

[2007whatten]

Beef leaf idea wind master becomes a ghost by finding out what her brother was going to do and killing themselves to stop it. He Xuan ascends because the water master doesn't get to switch their fates and the rage wind master feels about having his autonomy almost stolen like that leads to them becoming a calamity

[ariiiiih]

Since the blackwater arc in the radio drama of TGCF began (also a new song for blackwater arc, really great!), I plan to write a few posts to talk about He Xuan, and some of ideas are came from the conversation with my friends in weibo and lofter.

(The outline & conclusion is bold if it’s a bit long for you to read:), and all citations are from book 4)

First, his original plan for vengeance.

1. Shi Qingxuan knew the truth of his fate was altered to save his life and five people died because of it, and he turned to be a mortal.

From chapter 53-56 showed the first part of his original plan, which was not disturbed by Shi Qingxuan’s decision and not greatly affected by HuaLian:

The time of the Reverend of Empty Words appear--the day before Hanlu(the official end of autumn)—indicated that He Xuan wanted to show Shi Qingxuan this story. If without Xie lian, He Xuan will be the only friend he would ask for help, like what he did in Ban Yue Kingdom. And He Xuan could draw the teleportation array to take him to Fu Gu and explain the Bloody Fire Social himself.

What he did in the Terrace of Cascading Wine indicated that He Xuan wanted to “tell” Shi Qingxuan the truth (Xie Lian had speculated Shi Qingxuan may see the gory scene from the Bloody Fire Social (chap 60, pp. 133)), and extracted all his power to let him be the mortal that he supposed to be.

2. Shi Wudu’s remorse and death because of his crime.

3. Ming Yi (fake) died.

When He Xuan pretended to be the Reverend of Empty Words, his prophecies were his plan. For instance, at the beginning it said Shi Qingxuan would never see his brother and Fu Gu would be his nightmare, which turned out to be true. So, another prophecy he made at Fu Gu— “Your closest family, your best friend—they’ll all die a disgraceful death because of you!”—could also be his plan/intention, though how Ming Yi would die was not clear (maybe in Shi Wudu’s third tribulation or in the Black Water Demon Lair).

He Xuan asked Shi Wudu to kneel before the altar and kowtow before the urns (chap 65, pp.239), and he said you have no remose (chap 65, pp. 249), which indicated that he didn’t simply seek for punishment, but for Shi Wudu’s remorse.

4. Not let Shi Qingxuan know Ming Yi=He Xuan=Black Water.

Based on his original plan, all Shi Qingxuan knew was his fate was exchanged with a person called He Xuan and his brother did this, and because Ming Yi died, there’s no way for Shi Qingxuan to relate his best friend with He Xuan. Black Water may never appear. Even in the Black Water Demon Lair, when his original plan was changed, He Xuan still pretended to be Ming Yi until he couldn’t.

Then, why it was changed?

The main reason was Shi Qingxuan chose to cover up what his brother did, or at least not determined enough to against Shi Wudu. This let He Xuan down.

When He Xuan, Shi Qingxuan, and Xie Lian escaped through tunnels, He Xuan asked: “Was it the Reverend of Empty Words?” Shi Qingxuan answered, “No matter who did it, this whole thing is over and done with.” (chap 58, pp. 114). So, what does “the whole thing is over” mean? Based on current situation, Shi Qingxuan was a mortal, and he decided to be because he knew his fate was exchanged, but he never said anything about Shi Wudu. If thing were just over, Shi Wudu would still be a heaven official that nobody else know his crime, and the justice was not fully executed.

When they arrived at Yushi Country, Shi Qingxuan said again let’s end it here, only Xie Lian asked him and he then told the truth. And he said: “But I must beg everyone here to keep this a secret! Don’t say anything yet! Just for now. Only for now…Give me time to think properly…about what is to be done. Even though I’ve been thinking for days now and still came up empty…Anyway, let me cool my head first.” (chap 60, pp.136).

All these indicated that he didn’t want to tell the truth (at least just for now) in the first place.

So, why he wanted to keep this just for now and thought for days without a solution?

Actually, this matter was not complicated. The crime and evidence were clear. If it was exposed, Shi Wudu would be punished, turned to be a mortal or the worst case, he died. And since Shi Qingxuan had already been mortal, it was unlikely he would receive further punishment (The worst case could also be dying though). Then, what solution did Shi Qingxuan want and kept him from telling the truth? Because his relationship with his brother. He didn’t want his brother to be punished, so he tried to figure out a way that avoided or at least reduced the punishment his brother would receive while also not against the morality and justice. However, Shi Wudu had committed the crime, and there’s no way to have both. This was also proven in his later action, when He Xuan blocked Shi Qingxuan’s way, and Shi Qingxuan decided to help his brother pass the trial first (chap 61, pp. 142-143), which Xie Lian also questioned: “was it really appropriate to help him climb to a new level of power before investigating the matter?”

There’s a Chinese idiom, “大义灭亲”, which means placing righteousness above family loyalty. As Shi Qingxuan couldn’t do it, He Xuan changed his plan, both Shi brothers will be punished in the Black Water Demon Lair.

And why this let He Xuan down?

Because He Xuan thought Shi Qingxuan was the one who would choose justice/righteous over personal benefit (include family relationship). For instance, when they were in the Ban Yue Kingdom, Shi Qingxuan prosecuted Pei Xiu, who was committed a crime by feeding the ghosts by living people. Besides covering his own crime, Pei Xiu did this for Ban Yue, the girl he secretly loved and wished to rest in peace, but Pei Xiu’s relantionship with Ban Yue was not an excuse of his crime. And as Shi Qingxuan not let the ghost Ban Yue compensated for Pei Xiu's crime, it showed that he cared justice more. However, when thing turned to himself, he realized it was hard to choose between family and justice, and that’s where He Xuan disappointed. This was also shown as He Xuan said in the Nethor Water Manor: he didn’t know at first, but after that he was still ignorant? And He Xuan gave chances (chap 65 pp.241-242).

Back to his original plan, even though it was changed, his main goal was almost achieved (1,2,3) besides’ Shi Wudu’s remorse, and for 4, he tried to keep this friendship as much as he could until there’s no way to keep. He still pretended to be Ming Yi until Shi Wudu killed him. I guess if Shi Wudu didn’t, he would let Blackwater kill Ming Yi so Shi Qingxuan would never know he was the reason that his best friend died.

And why he didn’t want Shi Qingxuan know? Because he knew it would be too cruel for Shi Qingxuan to learn this truth (and Shi Qingxuan did broken as he learned it), and telling this didn’t have anything to do with his purpose of vengeance. Besides, I think he want to see, if Shi Qingxuan only knew He Xuan as a stranger not a best friend, what will he do? Will he still want to die for this? Or be the beggar in the end? What he wanted Shi Qingxuan to do was no matter how others related to this matter, it shouldn’t affect the righteous, for a stranger or a friend.  

So above all, it was not He Xuan who betrayed this relationship first, but Shi Qingxuan. I think He Xuan did his best to keep this relationship, but he had his bottom line.

All in all, from his plan and purpose, what he really wanted was the truth to be revealed and justice be executed, letting the criminal knew it was wrong and regretted for it. Rather than physical punishment, I think what he sought was an admit of crime in heart. So to me he’s actually an idealistic person and had his softness in this vengeance.