The story takes place during 14th Century China during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, roughly 100 years after the events of Return of the Condor Heroes. (So this is the last / third part of The Condor Trilogy). It revolves around a pair of priceless and extremely powerful weapons, the Heaven Reliant Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, which are coveted by many martial artists.
Zhang Wuji, is of mixed heritage. His father, Zhang Cuishan, is an apprentice of Zhang Sanfeng, the highly revered leader of the Wudang Sect; his mother, Yin Susu, is the daughter of Yin Tianzheng, the chief of the "unorthodox" Heavenly Eagle Cult. He spent his childhood on a reclusive northern Fire And Ice island, where he was born, with only his parents and his godfather, Xie Xun The Golden Lion, to keep him company. When he is 10 years old, he returns to the Chinese mainland with his parents. They soon find themselves the target of several martial artists, who try to force them to reveal the whereabouts of Xie Xun and the Dragon Slaying Saber. His parents refuse and commit suicide. At the same time, Zhang Wuji is wounded severely by the Xuanming Elders...
ORIGINAL STORY BY JIN YONG
TO BE CONTINUED TO : HEAVEN SWORD DRAGON SABRE - BOOK 2 OF 2
#101 highest rank in Historical Fiction, on May 7th 2018
SECOND PART OF THE CONDOR HEROES' TRILOGY, A CONTINUATION FROM LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES. ORIGINAL STORY BY JINYONG.
Yang Guo, the orphaned son of Yang Kang and Mu Nianci meets crazy Ouyang Feng and becomes his adopted son and also disciple. Guo Jing sends Yang Guo to Quanzhen Sect with hope that the young boy will be guided both in moral and martial arts. But Yang Guo is always being picked on and bullied so he runs away wandering into The Tomb Of The Living Dead. There he grows up and falls in love with his beautiful martial art teacher, Little Dragon Maiden a.k.a Xiaolongnu.
Growing up isn't easy for Yang Guo. Got his right arm chopped off by Guo Jing's ignorant daughter Guo Fu, and he has to bear the bad name of his father, Yang Kang, the villain. People, including Huang Rong often misjudge him of having similar traits of Yang Kang. Yang Guo hates Huang Rong and Guo Jing and wants to kill them when he thought they have murdered his father.
Yang Guo's and Xiaolongnu's romance is forbidden by the prevailing norms in the martial arts world. Their love story faces a lot of ordeals. Xiaolongnu is raped. Later, she almost married a bad guy. And then both she and Yang Guo are poisoned and aren't sure if the other survived or not. It comes to the point where they have to separate for 16 years before reuniting for good. During that time, Yang Guo undergoes many adventures and learn from many great teachers. He manages to improve his martial art skill and turns into a courageous hero. In the end, before going into a seclusion, he and Xiaolongnu help Guo Jing and Huang Rong fight the Mongolians from invading the Song Empire.
TO BE CONTINUED TO THE THIRD (LAST) PART OF THE CONDOR HEROES' TRILOGY : HEAVEN SWORD DRAGON SABRE