Xie Lian ascends to godhood three times and falls twice, which leaves him collecting scrap in the mortal world while the heavenly officials treat him as a joke. On his third ascension he is sent to investigate a ghost bride and meets a mysterious young man in red who seems to know him far better than a stranger should.
Adapted from Mo Xiang Tong Xiu’s novel, it is the most ornate of the danmei adaptations: temple architecture, ceremonial robes, and a slow unfolding of a centuries-long relationship through flashbacks rather than declarations. The donghua is unusually faithful to the source and unusually patient with it.
In English the manhua is published as print and digital volumes by Inklore, so the comic and the animation live in different places — check both rows above.