
Since then, he has to routinely consume the warm blood of living creatures (including humans) to keep the freezing poison in his body under control. He once accidentally infected himself with an icy venom while practising the skill 'Icy Palm'. Wei Yixiao ( 韋一笑 Wéi Yīxiào), nicknamed "Green Winged Bat King" ( 青翼蝠王 qīngyì fúwáng), is unmatched in his qinggong prowess in the jianghu.He eventually becomes a Shaolin monk to seek peace and redemption for his past sins. The families and associates of Xie Xun's victims later forgave him after his final confrontation with Cheng Kun. His insanity was cured when he heard the cry of Yin's newborn son, and agreed to Zhang and Yin's offer of him becoming the godfather of the baby, whom he named "Wuji" in memory of his own deceased son, Xie Wuji. After he kidnapped Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, Yin blinded him with her needle darts in self-defence when he was in a violent fit of insanity. Guided by fury, he went on a rampage to kill many people and push the blame to Cheng Kun, in the hope of forcing him out of hiding, but to no avail. His family was murdered by his former mentor Cheng Kun, who disappeared after committing the atrocity. His most powerful skill is the Lion's Roar, which allows him to project his inner energy with his voice and cause internal injuries to everyone nearby who hears his roar. Xie Xun ( 謝遜 Xiè Xùn), nicknamed "Golden Haired Lion King" ( 金毛獅王 jīnmáo shīwáng), is Zhang Wuji's godfather.He later dies from exhaustion while trying to save Xie Xun by fighting against the three Shaolin elders. He left the Ming Cult during its internal conflict and founded the Heavenly Eagle Cult in his home region of Jiangnan. Yin Tianzheng ( 殷天正 Yīn Tiānzhèng), nicknamed "White Brows Eagle King" ( 白眉鷹王 báiméi yīngwáng), is Yin Yewang and Yin Susu's father, and Zhang Wuji's maternal grandfather.She disguises herself as an old hag and calls herself " Golden Flower Granny" ( 金花婆婆 Jīnhuā Pópó) to avoid being identified by the Persian Ming Cult. Later, she broke her vow of celibacy when she fell in love with Han Qianye, exiled herself from the sect, and settled on Divine Snake Island with Han Qianye, and bore him a daughter, Xiaozhao. She was later made one of the cult's guardian kings after defeating Han Qianye, a man who challenged Yang Dingtian to a vengeful underwater duel.
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A half-Persian half-Chinese ambassador from Persia, she was originally sent to China to search for the lost manual of the skill "Heaven and Earth Great Shift" and became Yang Dingtian's goddaughter. Daiqisi ( 黛綺絲 Dàiqǐsī), nicknamed "Purple Dress Dragon King" ( 紫衫龍王 zǐshān lóngwáng) for her underwater fighting skills, is one of the three "Sacred Maidens" of the Persian Ming Cult.The Four Guardian Kings assist the leader in overseeing the cult's activities.He disfigured himself and disguised himself as a mute monk called Kutoutuo ( 苦頭陀 Kǔtoutuó) so that he could infiltrate Chaghan Temür's army and work as a spy for the Ming Cult. Fan Yao ( 范遙 Fàn Yáo) is the Bright Right Messenger ( 光明右使 guāngmíng yoùshǐ).Despite having been named as the cult's new leader, he is unable to stop Zhu Yuanzhang from seizing control of the cult. He is Ji Xiaofu's lover and Yang Buhui's father. In the earlier revisions of the novel, Zhang Wuji names him the new leader of the Ming Cult before leaving with Zhao Min and they remain friends and in contact with each other. He is also a close friend and confidant to Zhang Wuji. He served as the cult's acting leader during its period of internal conflict, and later as an adviser to Zhang Wuji after the latter became the cult's leader. Yang Xiao ( 楊逍 Yáng Xiāo) is the Bright Left Messenger ( 光明左使 guāngmíng zuóshǐ).The Bright Left and Right Messengers serve as the cult leader's deputies.At the same time, Zhang Wuji is wounded severely by the Xuanming Elders. 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. When he is 10 years old, he returns to the Chinese mainland with his parents. 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. 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. 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. (So this is the last / third part of The Condor Trilogy). 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.
