The scariest day of the year is also a sacred one for fans of the Heaven Official's Blessing donghua adaptation, and the series' official X (formerly Twitter) account today celebrated five years since the series debuted on October 31, 2020, with a new piece of transcendent artwork. RELATED: Heaven Official's Blessing Donghua Shares New Short Film Trailer, 4th Anniversary Art From bilibili and Haoliners Animation League, Heaven Official's Blessing first debuted during the Fall 2020 season, with a simulcast on Funimation. The first season ran for 11 episodes, all adapted from the original novel by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, as well as an additional special episode. A 12-episode second season followed and was originally released between October 2023 and January 2024. Crunchyroll streams both seasons with English subs and dub, describing the overall story like so: Xie Lian, crown prince of Xian Le Kingdom, ascends to Heaven despite successive demotions. However, he accidentally breaks the Gold Palace of heavenly officials. With no human worshiping him, Xie Lian must descend to the secular world to exorcise ghosts. Source: Official X (formerly Twitter)
