(W) Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. The blockbuster danmei/Boys' Love novels from China that inspired the animated series! Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom* Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty* strength* and purity. His years of dedication and noble deeds allowed him to ascend to godhood. But those who rise* can also fall.. and fall he does* cast from the Heavens again and again and banished to the mortal realm. Eight hundred years after his mortal life* Xie Lian has ascended to godhood for the third time. Now only a lowly scrap collector* he is dispatched to wander the earthly realm. Aided by old friends and foes alike* and graced with the company of a mysterious young man with whom he feels an instant connection* Xie Lian must confront the horrors of his past in order to dispel the curse of his present.