He did that because he was saddened by the deaths of Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng. The techniques used by Mei Chaofeng, including the Nine Yin Bone Claws, had been altered by Huang Yaoshi to reduce their vileness in the third edition. The Eighteen Dragon-subduing Palms had been omitted. The map revealed the location of the Book of Wumu, the Nine Yin Manual, and several other manuals in the Peach Blossom Island, including several of Hong Qigong’s techniques. In the third edition, they contained a metal map to the location of the Peach Blossom Island instead. The blades of the Heaven-relying Sword and the Dragon-slaying Sabre contained the Book of Wumu, the Nine Yin Manual, and the Eighteen Dragon-subduing Palms in the previous editions. Both swords could only be broken by striking them together at the chips. The Sword and Sabre had a small chip a few centimetres from the hilt. However, the Heaven Sword was reforged from Yang Guo’s Gentleman Sword and Xiaolongnü’s Lady Sword. In the third edition, the origin of the Dragon-slaying Sabre remained the same. In the previous editions, both the Heaven-relying Sword and the Dragon-slaying Sabre were reforged from Yang Guo’s Heavy Iron Sword, which was left with Guo Jing and Huang Rong when Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü left Xiangyang. Jin Yong made notable changes to the titular weapons in the third edition. He made another round of changes that was published in 2005 as the third edition.ĭo not hesitate to contact us if you know of any changes that we missed. The original version serialised in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao was revised by Jin Yong in 1979 and that was published as the second edition. The third edition of The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre was published in 2005 with significant changes.
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