Saturday 28 April 2012

The Return of Condor Hero

 LOL...can resist to blog...Anyway, will revise after this blog. I wanna blog about The Return of Condor Hero (ROCH), one of my favourite series again. I always watch English movies and series and often get so obsessed by these movies. However, there is one Chinese series that really caught my attention way back in 2007, when i was 16 years old. It was aired on 8TV every weekdays from 8.30 to 9.30pm (still remember). It is based on one of the famous Chinese novels ever written by Jin Yong, a talented Chinese novelist. He wrote 7 famous novels with martial arts genre. ROCH is the second novel and a sequel of the first, The Legend of Condor Hero. This novel is made as TV series and with so many versions...the latest one is the best. It features Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nu. Yang Guo is a very young and handsome guy in the series and his love of life, Xiao Long Nu, who is 5 years older than him.
 The story starts when Guo Jing, the main character in the previous sequel brought Yang to Quan Zhen Sect to learn martial arts. Yang's father, Yang Kang was the protagonist in the previous sequel but Guo Jing adopted his son. Huang Rong, Guo Jing's wife never really liked Yang because he reminds her of his father. Guo has a daughter, Guo Fu and 2 disciples the Wu brothers. When they bullied Yang for not being able to fight back because he was clueless about kungfu, Yang used the Toad Stance, taught by his god-father, Ouyang Feng who happened to be the protagonist in the previous sequel too. Upon hurting one of the brothers, Huang Rong and Guo Jing were both shocked to see this deadly stance was performed by Yang. They decided to send him off to the sect so that he will not follow his father's footsteps.
  In the mean time, Li Muo Chou, protagonist in this novel and also the senior of Xiao Long Nu spread the rumours about when Xiao Long Nu turned 18, she will offer her hand in marriage to someone who can defeat her. Xiao Long Nu is the most beautiful girl in Jin Yong universe. She is featured as having long black hair, fair complexion, wears white attire and very ghostly-appearance. She had never stepped out of the Living Tomb aka Gumu since she was a baby. Her kungfu is said to have reached a very high level, being able to defeat anyone and equivalent to any martial experts in Jianghu. Upon hearing this, The Mongol prince, Huodu lead his army to the Gumu so that he can defeat her and marry her. Xiao Long Nu's living weapon, the Jade Bees drove them away. The Mongols used this opportunity to attack the Quan Zhen Sect on the Zhongnan Mountain. During the fight, the Quan Zhen disciples encountered Guo and Yang and mistook them as Mongols. A furious fight began where Guo defeated all of them including the eldest senior, Zhao Zhi Jing. Zhao was ashamed for his defeat and decided to avenge for his embarrassment. Seeing Xiao Long Nu did not come out of Gumu, Li retreated because Gumu was a place full of traps and she had not adapted the Gumu when she was young. The master expelled her from Gumu for poor conduct and she was back to claim the Gumu's highest martial art, The Jade Maiden Sutra.
  Back to Yang, he was placed under Zhao as a disciple and since then, he was constantly bullied by his master as a revenge to Guo for embarrassing him in the fight. Yang was only taught academically but not kungfu. One day, he was called to have a friendly fight with other disciples. He was beaten and Zhao scolded him for not improving his kungfu. Zhao did not teach him at all. Yang was furious and used his Toad Stance and severely injured his opponent. Seeing this kungfu, everyone was shocked and Yang ran away, thinking that he killed someone. The other disciples ran after him and they reached the restricted area, the Gumu. The Jade Bees drove the rest of them away but stung Yang and he passed out. An old lady came out and took Yang into the Gumu, healing his wounds using Jade Honey. The old lady is Granny Sun of Gumu. Yang told her his misfortunes and Granny Sun felt sorry for him. She loved him as a dear son and wanted him to stay with her but Xiao Long Nu refused to take him in. According to the Gumu's rules, no man is allowed to enter Gumu or else he will be killed. Since Yang was a small kid, Xiao Long Nu spared his life. She wanted Granny Sun to return Yang to the Sect and asked them not to bully him anymore. In return of their favour, she will hand over the Jade Honey to other disciples as some of them were stung.
  Granny Sun took Yang to the Sect but later fought with the disciples. Her kungfu defeated all of them abd when an elder of the Sect came to the fight, Hao Da Tong, he mistakenly injured Granny Sun severely. In the climax of the fight, Xiao Long Nu appeared. Her physical appearance charmed all the males present especially Zheng Zhi Ping, Zhao's junior. Granny Sun asked Xiao Long Nu to take care of Yang forever before she died. Xiao Long Nu agreed and she wanted Hao to commit suicide a tooth for a tooth. Hao refused and Xiao Long Nu fought with him. Her maneuver was so enhanced and she defeated Hao with her skills. When Hao wanted to commit suicide, Hao's senior, Qiu Chu Ji came and stopped him from doing so. Qiu and Long fought and this time, they were both equally skillful. Long broke his sword using her long white sash with golden bells before leaving with Yang and Granny Sun. Qiu and Hao were both amazed of her skills that overpower theirs even at such young age. Long was only 18 that time but both Qiu and Hao were 50s.
  Back in Gumu, Lng put Granny Sun in the coffin and Yang became her disciple, the first male disciple in Gumu. Zheng waited for Long outside to resolve the problem, Long told him that Yang was no longer belong to QuanZhen Sect and became her disciple. She also handed the Honey to him to cure other disciples. Zheng was madly in love with Long. Long taught Yang weird and unique kungfu. She told him that Gumu kungfu was created by their founder, Lin Chao Ying who happened to be Long's grandmaster. She hated the founder of QuanZhen Sect, Wang Chong Yang who happened to be one of the Greatest 5 in Jianghu. In a fight, Lin won Wang by tricks and got the Gumu. She created the Gumu kungfu to overpower the QuanZhen kungfu. This explains why Long was able to defeat all the QuanZhen disciples. After several years, Yang grew up to be a very handsome guy and finally finished learning all the Gumu stances, the first level. His kungfu was similar to that of Long's. Long told him that the second level is Yunu Xinjing (Jade Maiden Heart Sutra) but she had not master all. Her grandmaster died before teaching her master all the kungfu so Long's knowledge on this second level kungfu is even limited. When Yang read out the QuanZhen's kungfu script and Long tried to practiced it, she felt that her kungfu grew and this convinced them that QuanZhen's kungfu is a must-learn in the second level.
  Both of them studied together and this kungfu needed two people to have its maximum potential. During a practice, Long was injured due to distraction from Zhao and Zheng. They both returned to Gumu and Long thought that she was going to die so wanted to kill Yang first and then commit suicide as she had promised Granny Sun to take care of him forever. Yang ran out of Gumu while Li Muo Chou watched on. Li and her disciple, Ning Bo took opportunity and captured Long in Gumu. Yang returned to Gumu, fearing Long's safety. In the Gumu, Li wanted the sutra but Long refused to hand over. Both Long and Yang ran away from Li with the help of the traps. Long told Yang that Li's kungfu was beyond hers. During the escape, Long learned that Yang fell in love with her and she fell in love with Yang too. Long wanted Yang to escape and she will stay in Gumu with her senior forever by closing the main gate of Gumu. Once it was closed, there were no ways of opening it anymore. Before the door was closed completely, Yang made his return back to Gumu and all 4 of them were trapped. Long and Yang once again fought with Li and Ning. When they temporarily escaped from them, Long asked Yang to put her in a coffin and she will lay rest until she die. Yang joined her in the coffin and discovered that the coffin they were laying in was actually a passage to another secret chamber. They pulled the trigger and both dropped to another chamber, a second exit. On the wall of chamber, illustrated the Nine Yin Manual, written by Wang. This manual contained nine powerful kungfu ever existed. Yang and Long learned the kungfu before exiting. Upon learning, Long's injury had been cured. Li and Ning also exited the Gumu via this secret exit.
  Outside Gumu, Yang wanted to explore but Long hesitated as she had never been exposed to the world. During their stay in the woods, Yang encountered Ouyang Feng again and both were thrilled. Ouyang wanted to teach Yang kungfu but afraid that Long will learn so he hit her acupuncture point and she fell on the ground, motionless. Yang did not know that Long was hit by Ouyang and left the place with Ouyang. Long lay on the ground until Zheng saw her. Then, Zheng covered her eyes. Long thought he was Yang. Later, Zheng raped Long. After that, he left and Yang went to Long. Long was happy and thought her virginity was given to Yang. When Yang released her from motionless state, she indirectly confronted him but Yang did not understand. Long thought he did not want to be responsible and left him after hitting his acupuncture point. Yang went to look for Long madly after that and in his journey, he encountered some girls, one of them was Lu Wu Shuang and happened to be Li's second disciple but was escaping from Li after stealing her kungfu manual. Both Yang and Lu escaped from Li. Yang then only knew how a girl felt and knew that Long loved him. He blamed for his stupidity. In his journey, he also encountered Ouyang Feng and Hong Qi Gong. Both were of Greatest 5. They fought for days on the peak of snowy mountains and when both were exhausted, they taught Yang with their highest skill to overcome each other's. Ouyang with his Toad Stance and Hong with his Hit Dog Stance. Finally, Ouyang's kungfu defeated Hong's and Hong could not believe it. Both laughed and hugged before dying. Yang was sad that both were dead and buried them on the peak.
  Long also searched for Yang because she missed him. Guo and Huang called for heroes' meeting to defeat the invading Mongol army into China. Long and Yang went to the meeting separately. Guo was thrilled to see Yang and apologized for not being able to visit him for years since he was busy defending the country from Mongols. Huang was suspicious of Yang when he told them that he was clueless of kungfu. Jinlun, the Mongol's greatest warrior came with his Mongol team and wanted to win the Jianghu's leader position. The Mongol won the Chinese by tricks and when Long came, Yang was so happy that he reunited with Long. Then, when the Mongols were closed to victory, Yang offered himself in the battle to help Long to win the title as Jianghu's leader. He fought with Huodu and Da Er Ba. His skillful maneuver amazed everyone and no one had seen this kind of swordsplay before. After winning, Jinlun wanted to challenge Long. Initially Long refused to fight but when Jinlun wanted to fight with Yang, Long replaced Yang for the fight. Both fought and it turned out that Jinlun was more powerful. When Long was losing, Yang went to help which made Guo feared for Yang's safety, went to help too. Finally, Jinlun was defeated and left with his team. Long was then made the leader and Guo wanted to discuss Guo Fu and Yang's marriage with Long since Long was Yang's master. However, Long said that Yang will not marry his daughter and she herself wanted to become Yang's wife. Everyone present was shocked to hear this because during Confucian time, master and student's relationship was considered incest. Zhao then insulted both Yang and Long. They fought and when Long used Yunu Swordplay and Yang used QuanZhen Swordplay, they had a very maximum potential. Guo asked them to stop and asked Yang to leave since Yang insisted to marry Long. Both left and explored the Jianghu. Guo Fu was furious because she was rejected in front of many people and left. The Wu brothers followed. Later Huang ran after her daughter. They encountered Jinlun and the Mongols who were resting and all were captured. Huang was pregnant and could not win all of them. Both Yang and Long assisted. They once again combine Yunu and QuanZhen Swordsplay and realized that this was the highest level of Yunu Xinjing. Jinlun was not match to this swordplay and retreated. Huang was grateful to them and during their stay in an inn. Huang told Long to think of Yang's sake. Yang will be bored if he stayed in Gumu forever and will be looked down by others if he stayed with Long. Long decided to leave Yang and Yang was furious of Huang.
  Yang went to search for Long again and Long ended in th Loveless Valley. A middle-aged guy by the name of Gongsun Zhi and also the chief of the valley fell in love with Long and persuaded her to forget Yang by marrying him. In the mean time, Yang met Sha Gu and Huang Yao Shi, Huang's faather and also one of the Greatest 5. Sha Gu mistakenly told Yang that his father's death was actually Huang and Guo's fault. Yang was angry and decided to revenge for his father. He teamed up with Jinlun and Mongols to plan to kill Guo and Huang. In the meantime, Zhou Buo Tong, Wang Chong Yang's junior invaded the valley and stole Long's golden bells. He later invaded the Mongol army and Yang found the bells. He recognized those belong to Long and followed Zhou which lead Yang and the Mongol warriors to the valley. Long decided to marry Gongsun Zhi to forget Yang. In the valley, Gongsun's daughter, Lu er fell in love with Yang and assisted Yang to claim back Long. Finally when Long wanted to be with Yang again, Gongsun Zhi revealed his true and cruel self. Yang and Long fought with Zhi and he was defeated in the fight but during the fight, Long was attacked by Loveless Poison by the Loveless flowers in the valley. They lost in the fight and Zhi detained Yang. Seeing only one last cure left, he poisoned Yang by throwing flowers on him and made Long marry him. Later, he pushed both Yang and Lu er to the Crocodile Lake. Both encountered Qiu Qian Che, mother of Lu er and she revelaed how Zhi pushed her down to this lake too. Yang helped them to escape the lake. Yang also stole the last cure and planned to give it to Long. When Long and Zhi was about to get married, Yang, Lu er and Che arrived. Zhi was ahocked to see the alive Che for he thought he had killed. Yang fed Long with the cure and lied to her that he already consume it. When both Yang and Long wanted to fight with Zhi, Yang could not continue because of the poison and Long seek revenge for him and fought with Zhi. Zhi was more powerful than Long and she was losing to him. Che taught Yang how to defeat Zhi and finally, Yang defeated him, Che also blinded Zhi's right eye by shooting an almond seed from her mouth.
  Zhi quickly left the valley after that. Che had another cure which she kept before she was pushed into the lake. She wanted Yang to bring Guo and Huang's head for killing her brother in the exchange for the cure. She let Yang ate half of the cure which accelerated the poison attack. Yang and Long then went to Xiangyang City to kill both Guo and Huang. Defending the city, Guo did not know of Yang's intention to kill him but Huang was suspicious. Although Yang wanted to kill Guo several times, he couldnt do it. When Huang confronted Long, Long admitted that they had a mission to kill them. Huang also learned about Yang's poison. Huang agreed to Long that after she gave birth to her unborn child, she will let Long kill her and decapitate her for the exchange for the cure. Finally, Yang decided not to kill Guo and Huang. Both Long and Yang defended the city when the Mongols invaded. Jinlun set fire in the city the day Huang gave birth. Huang gave birth to a twin, a girl and a boy. The girl who was first given birth was named Guo Xiang and the younger baby boy was named Guo Puo Luo. Long carried Xiang to safety because of the fire. Yang distracted Jinlun and then both Long and Yang encountered Jinlun. They fought and Jinlun wanted to snatch the baby from Long knowing that she was Guo's daughter. In the fight, Long handed the baby to Yang so that Yang could exchange the cure with the baby but was later snatched by Li who joined the fight. She left with the baby.
  In the quest for the baby, Yang and Long separated and the Wu Brothers were killing each other over Fu's attention. Their father, Wu San Tong, disciple of Yi Deng Monk (one of the Greatest 5), asked Yang's help to resolve the problem. Yang said that Fu and him were together and asked them to give up. He also performed several Taohua Island's Kungfu to convince them that Huang and Guo will be handing over their daughter to him. Upon hearing this, Long was devastated and went to see Guo Fu. She handed over the Couple Swords (Junzhi and Chunu Swords) to Fu so that both Yang and Fu will be together. Fu was confused and ran after Long. Long eavesdrop Zhao and Zheng's conversation and realized that it was not Yang who slept with her but Zheng. Long was again devastated. Fu overheard and shocked. When Zhao and Zheng left Xiangyang City, Long hunted for them. Again, Yang and Long separated. Fu got to know the Wu Brothers gave up on her and left with their father. She confronted Yang and Yang admitted to have drive them away. She was carrying Junzhi Sword with her. In the middle of the conversation, she tarnished Long's name, saying that she was not innocent, slept with men and lost her virginity. Yang slapped her for tarnishing his beloved's name. In fact, Yang had already the slightest idea that Fu might be right since Long indirectly confronted to him about 'the incident at that night'. Fu was furious and slayed Yang's right arm. Then Fu was scared and hide in the room. Huang ang Guo got to know about this and went to see Yang but what was left was his right arm on the floor. Guo wanted to disarm Fu for this but Huang protected her. Both Huang and Fu left the city and in the meantime, searched for the lost Xiang.
  Zhao cooperate with the Mongols to take over China but Zheng refused. The Mongols then agreed to promote Zhao as the leader after taking over the sect, one of the most influential sects in China, this aids their conquer on China if they control QuanZhen Sect. Meanwhile, Long was waiting for the right time to strike since the Mongol army had many great warriors. Poor Yang passed out in stranded land but was later rescued by a giant Condor. The Condor fed him with snakes' gall bladder and his wound recovered fast. He later knew that this condor was a friend to a very lonely powerful warrior, Dugu Qiubai (translated-Alone and begged to be defeated). This Dugu's skill is very high and he could even use a stick as a sword. With the help of condor, Yang learned the Dugu's kungfu and picked a very heavy but blunt sword. This sword became Yang's main weapon in the future. Yang successfully master the kungfu and his skills were beyond others, probably Long's too. During the hunt down, the Mongols wanted to use Zhou Buo Tong to control the sect but when he refused, Jinlun poisoned him with spiders. Long came to help and both Jinlun and Long fought equally powerful. Long could not defeat Jinlun and Jinlun could not harm Long too. In the cave, Zhou expelled his poisons and taught Long to use both swordplays by herself. Long, being smart was able to master it. Left hand play QuanZhen Swordplay and right hand play Yunu Swordplay. Long's kungfu reached the highest and advanced form of Yunu Xinjing, becoming the first to utilized two swordplay in a peace harmony. She drove Jinlun and the Mongols with her bees. Zhou was interested in her conjuring-bees technique. Long taught him and Zhou stole the honey bottle from her so that he could conjure bees anytime.
  Huang saw Li with a baby and followed her, convinced that the baby was Xiang. Li and Huang fought and finally Huang won. In the middle of the fight, Yang stole the baby and appeared in front of Fu. Fu was scared and told Huang. Yang put the baby in a box near the secret exit of Gumu and looked for Long. Long hunted both Zhao and Zheng until they reached the sect. The 7 elders of the sect was meditating and the Mongols captured the Sect. Zhao killed whoever who disobeyed him and when he was about to kill Zheng, Long appeared and wanted to kill Zheng herself. Zhao bullshit and made Long wanted to kill him first before Zheng. Jinlun protected Zhao but this time, Jinlun was having difficult times due to the advanced swordplay Long had mastered. Finally, Long defeated Jinlun for the very first time. Everyone was shocked to see her great improvement in kungfu. The rest of the Mongol warriors helped to fight with Long but Long was able to fight them all. At the climax of fight, Jinlun threw a sharp -blade-wheel to Long. Zheng threw himself towards the wheel and was cut. Long turned to stab the oncoming wheel but stabbed Zheng instead. Zheng asked her to forgive him before dying in front of her. The elders came out and saw Long killed Zheng. Qiu Chu Ji hit Long and Long flew down the hill. Yang grabbed the seriously injured Long and both were happy to see each other again. Long learned that Yang's love for Fu was fake and she was also saddened that his right arm was slayed. The elders wanted to know why Long killed Zheng but Long only said he deserved it. Jinlun wanted to kill them but Yang was powerful already. Da Er Ba helped his master and stayed faithful but Huodu left his master. Seeing Da Er Ba being so faithful, Yang spared their life. Long and Yang then went to the Chong Yang Palace and Yang asked Long's hands in marriage. Long cried and asked Yang not to treat her so good since she was not 'as pure as he thought'. Yang did not care what happen and only ask Long to be his wife, he wanted to take care of her for the rest of his life. Although the elders prohibit them from getting married in the sacred place, they ignore and proceeded the ritual.
  After the marriage, they escaped from the palace and return to Gumu with the baby. Zhou reached the palace and told the elders that Long was a nice lady. It was Zhao who betrayed the country by cooperating with Mongols. Zhao who was trapped in a big bell by Zhou, was forced to tell the truth when Zhou conjured Jade Bees to sting him. He told the ellders that Zheng deserved to die because he broke the fundamental rule of the sect, that was to have intimate relationship (you know what i mean). The elders then decided that Zheng's death was his fault and would not blame Long for that. Zhao died in the bell due to constant bee stinging. Yang helped Long to heal her wound but to no avail. Fu, Yelu Qi, Huang and Li reached Gumu. Since Huang just gave birth, she could not immerse in water. Li went into Gumu with Fu and Yelu. Li left them trapped in the Gumu and looked for Long. When Li was about to kill Yang and Long, Yang borrowed her internal strength to break through Long's acupuncture point. Li's internal strength was poisonous and Long was again poisoned. Yang fought with Li and put her into a coffin. Then, both Yang and Long hide in another coffin but with Yang's clothe exposed. Fu and Yelu found Xiang and when they reached the coffins, Fu mistook the coffin where Long and Yang were hiding was Li. She used Li's poisonous needles and flew them into the coffin. The cure disrupted and Long's poison cannot be cured. Yang was furious and took Xiang away from Fu, never return. Li escaped from Gumu again. Both Fu and Yelu escaped from Gumu without Xiang. Long advised Yang to return Xiang to them, pitied on the child to grow in Gumu. Long wanted to explore Jianghu before her death. Yang and Long went out and enjoyed themselves when they encountered Monk Yi Deng. The Monk promised Yang to cure his poison since his junior was the Divine Doctor but Long's poison was hard to cure.
   It was later found out that QuanZhen Sect was destroyed by the Mongols. Huang, Fu, Yelu, Xiang, Monk Yi Deng, Long, Yang, Wu brothers, Wu San Tong, Divine Doc, Zhu, Lu Wu Shuang and her cousin Chen went to Loveless Valley to claim the cure. Che refused to give the cure. Li cooperate with Zhi. Zhi wanted to be the chief again and Li wanted the cure since she was poisoned too. Che asked Lu er to give fake poison to Yang but Lu er secretly gave the real one to Yang. Zhi snatched the cure from Yang and Lu er begged her father to return. Zhi later killed Lu er, her own daughter. Yang was furious and hit Zhi. All ran after Zhi since he had the cure. Che was devastated over her daughter's death. In the mean time, Li killed the Divine Doc but before his death, he lay next to a special herbs, cure to the poison. Monk Yi Deng discovered this. Long fought with Zhi to get back the cure and she won in the battle. She took the cure to Yang and asked him to eat it. Yang threw the cure to the valley since Long's poison cannot be cured, he was planning to die with her. Li was surrounded by the rest and no where to go.Finally, she gave up on her kungfu in front of everyone. The Loveless Valley was then on fire. Li ran towards the fire because she missed her beloved man. Her act was like a beautiful moth flying towards fire, destroying itself. A famous Chinese proverb. Long cried for her senior's death. After that, Che lured Zhi to the Crocodile Lake and die with him. Yang, Long and the rest stay at the valley for a while and Yang named a beautiful flower over Long called Long Nu Flower. That night, Long had something else in her mind and the next morning, Long had gone missing.Yang searched for her madly and accused Huang for driving her away again. Then, they saw a huge stone at the edge of the valley. It was Long's writing. Long said she was gone and would meet Yang again the same place after 16 years. Yang was devastated. Huang comforted Yang that maybe the Nanhai Nun took her away. She was a divine in curing poison and only emerge in Jianghu every 16 years. She did not let men to step on her Nanhai Island or else they will be killed.
  Since Yang wanted to meet Long again 16 years later, he consumed the herbs and soon he recovered. He taught Lu the Yunu Xinjing since she was a disciple of Gumu too. By the way, Ning Bo was killed by Li when Li used her to cushion the poisonous flowers. Yang left and wandered around with the Condor for 16 years. He did many good deeds including punishing the Song Dynasty corrupted officials. He met Ke also and Ke told him how corrupted his father was and his death was his own fault. Yang accepted this and never seek revenge for his father anymore. Guo Xiang was a beautiful 16 years old girl. Fu was married to Yelu. Guo Xiang heard of Condor Hero and wanted to meet him. Yang then discovered that she was the baby Xiang and on her birthday, gave her 3 surprising presents. Da Er Ba also killed Huodu for betraying Jinlun, then he went back to Mongol. Jinlun was practicing a powerful kungfu to defeat Yang. Yang met Huang Yao Shi on Xiang's birthday and both had friendly match. Huang was worried and told Xiang that Nanhai Nun story was created so that Yang will stay alive. She reasoned out that Long might be already dead but she wanted Yang to live, so asked him to wait for 16 years. After 16 years, by the time Yang knew Long was dead, he would not be so sad. Huang Yao Shi later told Yang that Nanhai Nun never existed and Yang knew he was conned. He went back to the valley as Long had promised him and waited for Long, hoping that she would come. Xiang also went to the valley to stop Yang from committing suicide. Jinlun saw Xiang and adored her, He wanted her to be her disciple but Xiang refused, for her, Yang was the greatest hero and she fell in love with him. Huang went after Xiang and saw Monk Yi Deng, Zhou Buo Tong and Ying Gu. Zhou was rearing Jade Bees and Huang noticed the bees' wings had writings. It wrote 'I am under the Valley's bottom', making Huang wondered who was under the valley. Yang waited for Long for days and he was devastated. He jumped down the valley, hoping to see Long again in the after life. Xiang followed his steps by jumping down but Jinlun could not stop her. Zhou, Huang, Ying and Mok thought he pushed her down and fought with him. Huang and the rest slowly descended down the valley . Xiang made Yang promised her not to do anything stupid and Yang promised her. Xiang was brought up safely where Jinlun was tied and everyone was down the valley. Xiang was tricked to untie Jinlun and was later kidnapped. When everyone except Yang ascended, Xiang was missing and was used by Jinlun to force Guo to open Xiangyang's door so that the Mongols can invade. On the other hand, YAng found the bees were circulating around the lake, he jumped into it and swam towards a cave. In the cave, he found a hidden place, very beautiful and he could feel the presence of Long. When he turned his back, he saw Long. Both Yang and Long were overjoyed to reunite 16 years later. Long had never changed and retained her 18 years old look but Yang grew old. Long told Yang that after she wrote on the stone, she jumped down to commit suicide but found this cave. She ate fish and bee honey everyday for years and her poison had been cured. She wanted to go out and find him but the cave was slippery and she could not go out. She wrote on the bees' wings and hoping someone will come to look for her here, believing Yang was the one. Yang pitied her for staying so long in this cave but Long told him it was ok since she grew up in Gumu too. Both Yang and Long somehow made their way out and exit the cave to help Guo and Huang in the war. Fu went to rescue her sister but was beaten...Yelu was losing too. Then a giant condor came and swept the Mongol army. Long saved Fu from the enemies and fought the Mongols. Yang saved Xiang and finally defeated Jinlun. Jinlun died protecting Xiang, before his death, Xiang called him Master.
  When Fu was begging Yang to save her husband, Yang asked her to kneel before him. She did but was quickly pulled up by both Yang and Long. Yang saved Yelu from the army. Fu realized that she had done so many wrongs in the past and repent on her wrong doings. Yang killed the Mongol emperor, retreating the Mongols for a while. The Chinese celebrated their short victory. Xiang praised Long as the most beautiful woman she had ever seen and a true match to Yang. Yang was considered as one of the new Greatest 5, replacing Ouyang along with Huang Yao Shi, Monk Yi Deng, Guo Jing replacing Hong Qi Gong and Zhou Buo Tong replacing Wang Chong Yang. In the end, Guo Xiang watched both Yang Guo and Xiao Long Nu left together with the Giant Condor. They went back to Gumu and was never heard again. The End.

Crystal Liu Yi Fei as Xiao Long Nu






             

Huang Xiao Ming as Yang Guo






Li Muo Chou












 Guo Xiang












Zheng Zhi Ping









Zhuo Buo Tong








Guo Fu

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