Jiang Nan Seven – a brother/sisterhood of seven people, who become Guo Jing’s first teachers, after a long convoluted fight with Qiu Chuji (trust me, you’d be here until tomorrow if I didn’t shorten some of the cast listings) Qiu Chuji – a Daoist master, befriended the Guos and Yangs, leading to their deaths as ‘traitors’, later teaches Yang Kang martial arts, also known as Chang Chun Zi, meaning, he who is forever young Yang Tiexin – father of Yang Kang, younger sworn brother of Guo Xiaotian, adopts Mu Nianci and searches for his lost wife Li Ping – wife of Guo Xiaotian, mother of Guo Jin, becomes Mongolian herdswoman

Hua Zhen – Mongolian princess, daughter of Khan, in love with Guo Jingīao Xiruo – wife of Yang Tiexin, mother of Yang Kang, married Wanyan Honglie, 6th prince/warlord of the Jin dynasty Mu Nianci – also a beauty, and will fall in love with Yang Kang Huang Rong – smart, capable, pretty, has a quixotic temper inherited from her father and loves Guo Jing Yang Kang – supposedly the foil of Guo Jing, but we’ll see how this show is planning to treat him Click on the name of the characters to find out who’s acting as who! I’ve included links for any of the actors I could find in English, but not all of them are available. That being said … spoiler ahead? Also, long post warning.Ĭontains a character list, backstory explanation, brief synopsis of episodes 1-12, and thoughts.Ĭharacters: (lots of people in this thing, you sit forewarned)

First of all, let me tell you how excited I am that it’s come out!! (The versions on the net are from the VCD, unfortunately no subs yet.) After wrestling mightily with the issue of recapping this megalith of a drama, I’ve decided to go for a gradual recapping process, with several episodes at one go.

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