Synopsis
Serialized in newspapers from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966, this Jin Yong novel centers on three main characters whose paths drive the story forward.
At its core, the novel deals with the tangled, often painful connections between people from different kingdoms and sects, and the thread that runs beneath all their conflicts regardless. It looks at how these connections form and fall apart across five distinct levels that mirror each other: the individual, the family, society, ethnic group, and nation.
