Chronology of Jin Yong's novels

997

• Tianshan Tonglao

1003

• Tianshan Tonglao starts practising the "Longevity Skill".

1023

• Tianshan Tonglao is distracted by Li Qiushui and goes out of control during practice.

1034

• Emperor Xingzong of Liao names Yelü Chongyuan as the Imperial Brother.

1048

• Murong Bo injures Reverend Huangmei.
• Emperor Xingzong dies. Yelü Hongji succeeds him as Emperor Daozong of Liao.

• Li Qingluo

• Emperor Xingzong of Liao

1061

• Murong Bo instigates conflict between Song and Liao by spreading false information.
• A group of Han Chinese pugilists led by "Leading Big Brother" attacks Xiao Yuanshan and his family near Yanmen Pass.
  • Xiao Yuanshan's wife is killed.
  • Xiao Yuanshan slays several enemies and carves his last words in the Khitan language on a rock.
  • Xiao Yuanshan leaps off the cliff with his wife's dead body and their son. He regrets and throws his son up the cliff during his fall.
• Murong Bo goes into his reclusive life.
• The infant Xiao Feng is saved by "Leading Big Brother" and adopted by Qiao Sanhuai and his wife.
  • Xiao Feng is named "Qiao Feng" in accordance to his adoptive family's name.

• Xiao Feng

1063

• Tianshan Tonglao returns to her youth for the second time.
• Yelü Chongyuan starts a rebellion in Liao.
• Ding Chunqiu attempts to [...] his teacher Wuyazi by pushing him off a cliff.

• Murong Fu

1066

• Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo spar with each other.

1069

• Xuzhu

1072

• Dao Baifeng finds out about Duan Zhengchun's extra-marital affairs and leaves him in anguish.
  • Dao Baifeng has a "one night stand" with Duan Yanqing.

• Duan Yu

1075

• Duan Zhengchun has an affair with Gan Baobao.
• Gan Baobao marries Zhong Wanchou.

• Zhong Ling
• A'Zhu

1077

• Qiao Feng joins the Beggars' Sect and he is accepted by the chief Wang Jiantong as a disciple.
• Duan Yanqing masters the ability to speak by using energy from his abdomen and without opening his mouth.

1082

• Duan Yanqing, Ye Erniang, Nanhai Eshen and Yun Zhonghe form the "Four Evils".

1084

• Xuandu of the Shaolin Sect teaches Xuzhu the "Arhat Fist".

1089

• The Hundred Flowers Gathering is held in Luoyang.

1091

• Duan Yu meets Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing.
• Xuanbei of the Shaolin Sect is murdered in Dali.
• Duan Yu is held captive in Wanjie Valley and rescued later by Duan Zhengchun's bodyguards.
  • Duan Yu chances upon the beautiful statue of "Fairy Sister" Li Qiushui.
• Jiu Mozhi of Tibet kidnaps Duan Yu.
  • A'Zhu and A'Bi help Duan Yu escape from Jiu Mozhi.
• Duan Yu meets Wang Yuyan in Mantuo Mountain Manor and is attracted by her beauty and resemblance to the statue of "Fairy Sister".
• Duan Yu meets Qiao Feng in Wuxi.
  • Duan Yu and Qiao Feng become sworn brothers.
• The incident at Apricot Forest
  • Qiao Feng leaves the Beggars' Sect.
  • The Beggars' Sect members are captured by Western Xia warriors from First Class Hall.
  • Qiao Feng saves A'Zhu and A'Bi.
  • Duan Yu narrowly defeats Murong Fu in disguise while protecting Wang Yuyan.
  • Duan Yu and A'Zhu disguise themselves as Murong Fu and Qiao Feng respectively to rescue the Beggars' Sect members.
• Qiao Sanhuai and his wife are murdered by Xiao Yuanshan.
• Xuanku is mortally wounded by Xiao Yuanshan and wrongly accuses Qiao Feng of being the attacker before dying.
  • Qiao Feng meets A'Zhu by coincidence in Shaolin Monastery.
• Qiao Feng brings A'Zhu to Heroes' Gathering Manor to seek medical treatment from the renowned physician Xue Muhua.
  • Qiao Feng severes all ties with his former friends and associates at the manor. He kills several Han Chinese pugilists in the ensuing fight.
  • Qiao Feng is rescued by Xiao Yuanshan in disguise.
• Qiao Feng travels to Yanmen Pass and finds A'Zhu there. He confirms that he is a Khitan.
• Xu Chongxiao, the Tan couple, Zhao Qiansun and Shan Zheng are murdered by Xiao Yuanshan.
• Reverend Zhiguang dies after giving Qiao Feng a piece of cloth imprinted with Xiao Yuanshan's last words.
  • Qiao Feng renames himself as "Xiao Feng".
• Xiao Feng and A'Zhu trick Kang Min into revealing the identity of the "Leading Big Brother". Kang directs them to Duan Zhengchun.
• Xiao Feng and A'Zhu meet A'Zi at Ruan Xingzhu's house.
  • Xiao Feng schedules a duel with Duan Zhengchun.
  • A'Zhu realises that Duan Zhengchun and Ruan Xingzhu are her parents and A'Zi is her sister. She disguises herself as her father to save him from death.
  • Xiao Feng kills A'Zhu before mistaking her for Duan Zhengchun. He confirms that he has been tricked by Kang Min.
• Kang Min reveals the truth behind the deaths of Ma Dayuan and Xu Chongxiao to Xiao Feng.
  • Xiao Yuanshan kills Bai Shijing in the dark.
  • Kang Min is mutilated by A'Zi and dies of grief.
• A'Zi follows Xiao Feng on his journey northward. She is injured by Xiao accidentally.
  • Xiao Feng arrives in the Jurchen camp in the Changbai Mountains and befriends Wanyan Aguda.

• Qiao Sanhuai and his wife
• Xuanku
• You brothers (You Ji and You Ju)
• Xi Shanhe
• Xu Chongxiao
• Tan Gong and Tan Po
• Zhao Qiansun
• Shan Zheng and his family
• Reverend Zhiguang
• A'Zhu
• Kang Min
• Bai Shijing

1093

• A'Zi practises the "Energy-Sucking Skill". You Tanzhi is poisoned and survives after practising the skills from the Tendon-Altering Sutra.
• Tianshan Tonglao returns to her youth for the third time. She is captured by Wu Laoda.
• Xuzhu participates in the Zhenlong Weiqi game and solves the puzzle by luck.
  • Wuyazi transfers 70 years worth of inner energy to Xuzhu and names him as the new leader of the Carefree Sect before dying.
• Xuzhu interrupts the meeting of the Lords of the 36 Caves and 72 Islands. He rescues Tianshan Tonglao without recognising her true identity.
  • Tianshan Tonglao teaches Xuzhu some of her skills during their escape from various enemies pursuing them.
  • Xuzhu and Tianshan Tonglao hide in the ice cellar in the Western Xia palace to escape from Li Qiushui.
  • Tianshan Tonglao brings Princess Yinchuan to make love with Xuzhu in the dark every night.
• Tianshan Tonglao and Li Qiushui die after a fatal fight.
  • Tianshan Tonglao names Xuzhu as her successor to the rulership of Lingjiu Palace and its subjects before her death.
• Duan Yu and Xuzhu becomes sworn brothers. They honour Xiao Feng as their eldest brother.
• A'Zi leaves the palace and wanders into Song.
  • A'Zi is blinded by Ding Chunqiu and rescued by You Tanzhi.
• You Tanzhi removes his iron mask and his face becomes scarred.
  • Quan Guanqing manipulates You Tanzhi into becoming the new puppet chief of the Beggars' Sect under the new alias "Zhuang Juxian".
  • Quan forces Zhuang to issue a challenge to the Shaolin Sect and call for a Wulin gathering in Shaolin.
• Xuzhu returns to Shaolin to accept his punishment for breaking the Buddhist code.
• The great battle at Shaolin
  • Ding Chunqiu holds A'Zi hostage and forces Zhuang Juxian to submit to him.
  • Xiao Feng arrives in Shaolin and saves A'Zi. He returns her to her parents.
  • Xuzhu defeats Ding Chunqiu and has Ding imprisoned in Shaolin.
  • Duan Yu fights with Murong Fu.
  • Xiao Feng defeats Zhuang Juxian and Murong Fu.
  • Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo expose themselves.
  • The truth behind all the mysterious murders and Xuzhu's birth is revealed.
  • Murong Bo admits to instigating the attack on Xiao Yuanshan's family at Yanmen Pass.
  • The Sweeper Monk defeats Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo. He enlightens them and accepts them as his disciples.
  • Duan Yu is wounded by Jiu Mozhi.

• Wuyazi
• Tianshan Tonglao
• Li Qiushui
• Xuanci
• Ye Erniang

1108

• Duan Yu becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of Dali as Emperor Xianzong.
  • Duan Yu instates Wang Yuyan as his empress, while Zhong Ling, Mu Wanqing become his concubines.
• Murong Fu becomes insane. Wang Yuyan and A'Bi decide to stay behind to continue serving him.

c.1120

• Huang Shang learns martial arts from an imperial book on Taoism.
  • Huang Shang challenges pugilists in the Wulin but is forced to go into hiding.
  • Huang Shang lives in seclusion for about 40 years to deduce the method of defeating his opponents.

c.1155

• Hong Qigong
• Ouyang Feng
• Zhou Botong
• Duan Zhixing

1173

• Qu Lingfeng

1186

• Chen Xuanfeng

November

• Feng Heng

c.1192

• Liu Ying

1200

• Mei Ruohua, then a servant of the Jiang family, is ill-treated by the Jiang couple.
  • Mei Ruohua is saved from the Jiang family by Huang Yaoshi and becomes his disciple.
  • Huang Yaoshi renames Mei Ruohua to Mei Chaofeng.
• First martial arts contest held on Mount Hua.
  • Wang Chongyang emerges as overall champion and wins the Nine Yin Manual.
  • The Five Greats - Wang Chongyang, Huang Yaoshi, Ouyang Feng, Duan Zhixing and Hong Qigong, take their respective titles of "Central Divine", "Eastern Heretic", "Western Venom", "Southern Emperor" and "Northern Beggar".

1203

• Qu Lingfeng is expelled from Peach Blossom Island by Huang Yaoshi.
  • Qu Lingfeng takes on the alias Qu San and settles down as a bartender in Niu Family Village.

• (Qu Lingfeng's wife)

1205

Spring (during the Yuanxiao Festival)

• Massacre at Niu Family Village.
  • Li Ping is captured by Duan Tiande.
  • Bao Xiruo is "rescued" and brought back to Jin by the sixth prince Wanyan Honglie.
  • Yang Tiexin is severely wounded and presumed to be dead.
• Qiu Chuji makes an agreement with the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" for a match between their respective students, scheduled to take place eighteen years later.

• Guo Xiaotian

1207

• Duan Zhixing's concubine Liu Ying has an extra-marital affair with Zhou Botong and gives birth to a son.

• Huazheng
• (Liu Ying's son)

1209

• Ke Bixie and Ke Zhen'e fight the "Twin Killers in the Dark Wind".
  • The Killers slay Ke Bixie.
  • Ke Zhen'e is blinded, but manages to escape.

• Ke Bixie

1211

• Jebe is saved by Guo Jing and he pledges allegiance to Temujin.
• Guo Jing and his mother join Temujin's tribe.
• Guo Jing learns martial arts from the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan".
• The allied forces of Temujin, the Kerait tribe and Jamukha defeat an attacking army from the Naiman tribe.
• Guo Jing and the Seven Freaks fight with the "Twin Killers in the Dark Wind".
  • Zhang A'sheng is killed by Chen Xuanfeng.
  • Guo Jing kills Chen Xuanfeng by accident while defending himself.
  • Mei Chaofeng is blinded by the Freaks.
  • Mei Chaofeng escapes and vows to avenge her husband's death.
• Wanyan Kang (Yang Kang) acknowledges Qiu Chuji as his martial arts teacher.

• Zhang A'sheng
• Chen Xuanfeng

1221

• Yin Zhiping travels to Mongolia to remind Guo Jing of the scheduled match with Yang Kang.
• Guo Jing learns inner energy skills from Ma Yu of the "Seven Immortals of Quanzhen".
• Guo Jing shoots down a couple of black condors with a single arrow and adopts a pair of white condors as his pets.

April

• Guo Jing meets Huang Rong for the first time.
• Wanyan Kang engages Mu Nianci in a fight during the contest for a spouse and they fall in love with each other.
• Yang Tiexin reunites with his wife Bao Xiruo.
  • Wanyan Kang learns of his true ethnicity and parentage but refuses to acknowledge Yang Tiexin as his father.
  • Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo commit [...] together.
• Guo Jing and Huang Rong meet Hong Qigong and learn martial arts from him during their brief stay with him.

• Yang Tiexin
• Bao Xiruo

August

• Guo Jing is stabbed by Yang Kang.
  • Guo Jing heals his wounds inside the secret room of the inn at Niu Family Village.
  • Lu Guanying and Cheng Yaojia are married.
  • Yang Kang murders Ouyang Ke.
  • Yang Kang finds the Dog-Beating Staff and attempts to use it to seize control of the Beggars' Sect.
• The "Seven Immortals of Quanzhen" fight Huang Yaoshi using their Big Dipper Formation.
• Ouyang Feng kills Mei Chaofeng and Tan Chuduan.
• Guo Jing rejects Huang Rong to fulfill his earlier promise to marry Huazheng.
• Huang Rong exposes Yang Kang's evil plans and claims her rightful position as chief of the Beggars' Sect.
• Guo Jing and Huang Rong arrive on Iron Palm Peak.
  • Guo Jing and Huang Rong find Yue Fei's military textbook Wumu Yishu.
  • Huang Rong is injured by Qiu Qianren.
  • Qiu Qianzhang falls to his death at Iron Palm Peak.
  • Yinggu directs Guo Jing and Huang Rong to Yideng, who heals Huang Rong.

• Ouyang Ke
• Tan Chuduan
• Mei Chaofeng
• Qiu Qianzhang

1224

• Guo Jing joins the Mongolians in the campaign against the Khwarezmid Empire and the empire collapses with the fall of Samarkand in the same year.
• Wanyan Honglie is captured by Genghis Khan and dies.
• Guo Jing reunites with Huang Rong briefly.
• Mu Nianci gives birth to Yang Guo, who is named by Guo Jing.

• Yang Guo

• Wanyan Honglie

c.1187

• Lin Chaoying dies.
• Wang Chongyang visits the Ancient Tomb to pay his respects to Lin Chaoying and discovers the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.
  • Wang Chongyang tries to counter the skills of the sutra.

• Lin Chaoying

c.1202

• Qiu Qianchi

1220

• Xiaolongnü is abandoned by her parents shortly after her birth.
• Xiaolongnü is taken into the care of the Ancient Tomb Sect.

• Xiaolongnü
• Yelü Qi

1224

• Mu Nianci gives birth to Yang Guo.

• Yang Guo
• Hong Lingbo
• Gongsun Lü'e
• Wanyan Ping
• Yelü Yan

1226

• Wu Xiuwen

1228

• Guo Fu
• Cheng Ying
• Lu Wushuang

1234

• Lu Zhanyuan and his wife are murdered by Li Mochou.
• Xiaolongnü's teacher dies, leaving behind Xiaolongnü and Granny Sun in the Ancient Tomb.

• Lu Zhanyuan
• He Yuanjun

1237

• Li Mochou massacres Lu Liding's family.
  • Lu Wushuang survives and becomes Li Mochou's slave.
• Wu Sanniang dies of poisoning after saving her husband Wu Santong's life.
  • Wu Santong turns insane.
• Ouyang Feng accepts Yang Guo as his godson and disciple.
• Guo Jing and Huang Rong accept Wu Dunru, Wu Xiuwen and Yang Guo as their disciples.
  • Guo Jing teaches Guo Fu and the Wu brothers martial arts.
  • Huang Rong teaches Yang Guo literary arts.

• Lu Liding
• Wu Sanniang

1239

January

• Yang Guo escapes from Chongyang Palace and is taken into the care of Xiaolongnü and Granny Sun.
• Hao Datong kills Granny Sun unintentionally.
• Xiaolongnü promises Granny Sun to take care of Yang Guo for the rest of her life.
• Yang Guo acknowledges Xiaolongnü as his teacher and becomes the first male member of the Ancient Tomb Sect.

• Granny Sun

c.1241

• Zhao Zhijing and Zhen Zhibing interrupt Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü's meditation.
  • Xiaolongnü is severely injured when her energy flow is disrupted.
• Li Mochou comes to the Ancient Tomb with her disciple Hong Lingbo and demands that Xiaolongnü hand over the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra to her.
  • Yang Guo releases the Dragon-Severing Rock at the entrance to the tomb and traps himself together with Xiaolongnü, Li Mochou and Hong Lingbo inside.
  • Yang Guo finds an alternative exit out of the tomb by coincidence and discovers the Nine Yin Manual's carvings by Wang Chongyang.
  • Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü practise the Nine Yin Manual in a valley outside the Ancient Tomb.

• Ma Yu

• Lu Wushuang escapes with Li Mochou's Five Poisons Manual.
  • Yang Guo wanders around the Jianghu in search of Xiaolongnü and meets Lu Wushuang.
  • Yang Guo helps Lu Wushuang evade capture from Li Mochou by using a variety of tactics..
  • Yang Guo fights Li Mochou together with Yelü Qi, Wanyan Ping, Cheng Ying, Guo Fu and the Wu brothers, successfully freeing Lu Wushuang.
• Yang Guo meets Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng on Mount Hua.
  • Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng engage in a fierce battle and they injure themselves critically after pitting all their energy against each other for days.
  • Yang Guo learns the "Dog Beating Staff Technique" from Hong Qigong and a more advanced version of the "Toad Skill" from Ouyang Feng.
  • Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng die amidst laughter after finally resolving their past feuds and are buried on Mount Hua by Yang Guo.

• Hong Qigong
• Ouyang Feng

• Yang Guo meets Cheng Ying, Lu Wushuang, Huang Yaoshi and Shagu.
  • Yang Guo learns from Shagu that Guo Jing and Huang Rong caused his father's death and seeks to avenge his father.
  • Yang Guo meets Feng Mofeng while defending himself, Lu Wushuang, Cheng Ying and Shagu from Li Mochou.
  • Feng Mofeng helps them drive away Li Mochou and joins the Mongolian army as a spy.
• Yang Guo allies himself with Jinlun Guoshi, Kublai Khan and the Mongolian mercenaries to kill Guo Jing and Huang Rong.
• Xiaolongnü ventures into Passionless Valley, where she meets Gongsun Zhi.

October 1243

• Battle of Xiangyang:
  • Guo Jing and his family move to Xiangyang to join in the defence of the city from the Mongolian invaders.
  • Wu Xiuwen and Wu Dunru infiltrate the Mongolian camp and attempt to assassinate Kublai Khan. They fail and are captured.
  • Guo Jing travels to the Mongolian camp with Yang Guo to negotiate with Kublai Khan for the Wu brothers' release.
  • Huang Rong gives birth to the twins Guo Xiang and Guo Polu in Xiangyang during the battle.
  • Guo Jing and Yang Guo fight their way out of the Mongolian camp.
  • Feng Mofeng sacrifices himself to buy time for them to escape.
• The baby Guo Xiang is taken away by Li Mochou and later by Yang Guo.
• Yang Guo meets the Condor for the first time.
• Yang Guo stops a fight between the Wu brothers by claiming that Guo Fu will marry him instead of either one of them.
  • The Wu brothers reunite with their father Wu Santong.
  • Xiaolongnü, believing Yang Guo's words, passes her Lady sword to Guo Fu and departs in grief.
• Xiaolongnü learns that Zhen Zhibing is the one who raped her the previous year and follows him to Mount Zhongnan.
• Xiaolongnü meets Zhou Botong and learn the "Technique of Ambidexterity" from him.
• Yang Guo's right arm is sliced off by Guo Fu in a heated argument.
  • Yang Guo is rescued by the Condor and lives with the Condor temporarily.

• Guo Xiang
• Guo Polu

• Feng Mofeng

1244

January

• The battle of Passionless Valley:
  • Qiu Qianchi is reunited with her brother Qiu Qianren, who is now a monk called Ci'en.
  • Qiu Qianchi burns down the Passionless Valley.
  • Gongsun Lü'e sacrifices herself to save Yang Guo.
  • Li Mochou commits [...] by throwing herself into the blaze.
  • Gongsun Zhi and Qiu Qianchi die after falling into an underground chasm.
• Xiaolongnü leaves Yang Guo and leapts off the cliff.
  • Huang Rong comforts Yang Guo by lying to him about the "Divine Nun of the Southern Sea", who has apparently taken Xiaolongnü away to be her disciple.
• Cheng Ying and Lu Wushuang become Yang Guo's sworn sisters.
  • Yang Guo leaves Cheng Ying and Lu Wushuang to join the Condor and practise his martial skills.

• Gongsun Lü'e
• Hong Lingbo
• Li Mochou
• Gongsun Zhi
• Qiu Qianchi

1246

May

• Zhang Junbao

1259

April

• Guo Xiang meets the "Condor Hero" Yang Guo and follows him on adventure.
  • Yang Guo challenges the Ghosts of the Western Mountain Cave and the Five Shi Brothers.
  • Yang Guo persuades Zhou Botong to meet Ying Gu and Reverend Yideng in exchange for the Nine-tailed Divine Foxes.
  • Qiu Qianren is forgiven for his past misdoings and dies in peace.
  • The Ghosts of the Western Mountain Cave and the Five Shi Brothers pledge allegiance to the "Condor Hero".
  • Yang Guo gives Guo Xiang three golden needles and promises to attend her 16th birthday party before his departure.

• Qiu Qianren (Ci'en)

1260

January

• Yang Guo is reunited with Xiaolongnü at the bottom of the cliff in the Passionless Valley.
• Battle of Xiangyang:
  • Guo Xiang is held captive by Jinlun Guoshi.
  • Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü return to Xiangyang to join the battle.
  • Jinlun Guoshi sacrifices himself to save Guo Xiang when she is almost hit by a pillar on fire.
  • Yang Guo slays Möngke Khan and forces the Mongolian army to retreat.

• Jinlun Guoshi
• Möngke Khan

1260

Qingming Festival

• Yin Kexi and Xiaoxiangzi steal the Nine Yang Manual from Shaolin Monastery.
  • Jueyuan and Zhang Junbao pursue the thieves to Mount Hua to retrieve the manual.
  • Yin Kexi and Xiaoxiangzi hide the manual in the stomach of a white gorilla. They kill each other later after fighting for the manual.
  • Yin Kexi confesses the whereabouts of the manual to Kunlun Sect elder He Zudao with his dying breath. He Zudao mishears it as "The book is in the oil."

• Yin Kexi
• Xiaoxiangzi

c.1270

• Origins of the Heaven-Reliant Sword and Dragon-Slaying Saber:
  • Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü's Gentleman and Lady Swords are melted and reforged into the Heaven-Reliant Sword.
    • Guo Jing writes the "Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms" manual and Nine Yin Manual from memory and hides them inside the sword's blade.
  • Yang Guo's Heavy Iron Sword is melted and reforged into the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
    • Guo Jing conceals Yue Fei's military textbook Wumu Yishu inside the Saber's blade.
  • Guo Xiang inherits the Heaven-Reliant Sword while Guo Polu inherits the Dragon-Slaying Saber.
• Zhang Junbao renames himself as "Zhang Sanfeng".
  • Zhang Sanfeng founds the Wudang Sect.

c.1284

• Guo Xiang becomes a nun and founds the Emei Sect.

c.1313

• Zhang Cuishan

c.1319

• Daiqisi is sent from Persia to the Ming Cult in China.
• Han Qianye travels to Bright Peak to challenge the Ming Cult.
  • Daiqisi represents the Ming Cult to fight Han Qianye and defeats him in the Icy Pool.
  • Daiqisi is given the title of "Purple Dress Dragon King".
  • Daiqisi falls in love with Han Qianye and the Ming Cult's members despise her for that.

c.1321

• Yang Dingtian disappears mysteriously and is presumed to be dead. The Ming Cult experiences chaos.
• Yin Tianzheng leaves the Ming Cult and founds the Heavenly Eagle Cult.

• Yang Dingtian

c.1326

• Xie Xun commits several atrocities in Cheng Kun's name to force Cheng to face him.
• Xie Xun meets the Shaolin head abbot Kongjian.
  • Xie Xun kills Kongjian with the "Seven Injuries Fist".

• Kongjian

1336

April

• Yin Yewang and Yin Susu take the Dragon-Slaying Saber from Yu Daiyan without his knowledge.
  • Yu Daiyan is wounded.
  • Yin Susu forces Du Dajin of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency to escort Yu Daiyan back to Mount Wudang.

June

• Zhang Cuishan meets Yin Susu for the first time.
• Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu attend a meeting organised by the Heavenly Eagle Cult.
  • Xie Xun disrupts the meeting.
  • Xie Xun uses his deafening "Lion Roar" to injure everyone present at the meeting and drive them insane (except for Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu and Bai Guishou).
• Xie Xun takes Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu with him on a journey far out at sea.
  • The strong South Wind forces Xie Xun to travel north instead.
  • Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu fall in love with each other.

• Ouyang Qing
• Yuan Guangbo
• Mai Jing
• Guo Sanquan

1337

• Yin Susu gives birth to Zhang Wuji.
  • Xie Xun is soothed by Zhang Wuji's cries and recovers from his berserk rage.
  • Xie Xun transfers his love to Zhang Wuji by becoming Zhang's godfather and names him after his own deceased son Xie Wuji.
  • Xie Xun becomes sworn brothers with Zhang Cuishan.

• Zhang Wuji

c.1340

• Zhao Min

c.1344

• Hu Qingniu of Butterfly Valley refuses to cure Han Qianye of his injuries under pressure from Wang Nangu.
  • Hu Qingniu and Golden Flower Granny become enemies.

May

• Zhang Cuishan is reunited with the Wudang Sect.
• Zhang Sanfeng celebrates his 100th birthday.
  • Wulin pugilists visit Mount Wudang to force Zhang Cuishan to reveal the whereabouts of Xie Xun under the pretext of offering birthday wishes to Zhang Sanfeng.
  • Zhang Cuishan commits [...] after being cornered by pugilists.
  • Yin Susu confesses her misdeeds in front of everyone and commits [...] after her husband.
• Zhang Wuji is injured by the Xuanming Elders.
  • Zhang Sanfeng and the Wudang Sect's members attempt to cure Zhang Wuji of his injuries.

• Zhang Cuishan
• Yin Susu

1351

May

• Golden Flower Granny injures 15 pugilists and forces them to seek medical aid from Hu Qingniu.
  • Zhang Wuji heals all 15 pugilists.
  • Golden Flower Granny kills Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu.
  • Zhang Wuji refuses to follow Golden Flower Granny and the little girl with her to Mystic Snake Island.
• Abbess Miejue finds Ji Xiaofu in Butterfly Valley.
  • Miejue kills Ji for defying her orders to kill Yang Xiao, who is Ji's lover and an enemy of the Emei Sect.
  • Zhang Wuji flees from Butterfly Valley with Yang Buhui.
  • Zhang Wuji finds Wang Nangu's Poison Manual and takes it along with him.
• Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui are cornered by a group of pugilists who attempt to kill them for food.
  • Zhang Wuji kills the pugilists by adding poisonous mushrooms into the soup and luring them to drink it.
  • Xu Da, a passerby and member of the Ming Cult, praises Zhang Wuji and introduces him to a few Ming Cult members.

• Han Qianye
• Ji Xiaofu
• Hu Qingniu
• Wang Nangu
• Jian Jie
• Xue Gongyuan

1352

• Zhang Wuji meets Zhu Jiuzhen near Mount Kunlun and is taken in by her family.
  • Zhu Changling collaborates with Wu Lie to trick Zhang Wuji to reveal the whereabouts of Xie Xun.
  • Zhang Wuji discovers Zhu Changling's plot and attempts to commit [...] by jumping down a cliff.
  • Zhu Changling tries to stop Zhang Wuji and falls off the cliff as well.
• Zhang Wuji and Zhu Changling fall on a landing below the cliff.
  • Zhang Wuji discovers a tunnel. He burrows through it and reaches a valley.
  • Zhang Wuji discovers the Nine Yang Manual in the abdomen of a white ape.
  • Zhang Wuji spends the next five years in the valley studying the manual and helping other animals.
  • Zhu Changling is unable to enter the valley and relies on Zhang Wuji for providing him with food for the five years.

• The Ming Cult and Heavenly Eagle Cult are besieged by the six major orthodox sects of the Wulin at Bright Peak.
  • Zhang Wuji defeats Abbess Miejue while trying to protect the Ming Cult members under the alias Zeng A'niu.
  • Yin Li is taken hostage by Wei Yixiao.
  • Zhang Wuji encounters Shuobude while chasing Wei Yixiao and is taken to Bright Peak in his sack.
• Zhang Wuji meets the leaders of the Ming Cult and learns the truth behind Yang Dingtian's mysterious disappearance from Cheng Kun.
• Zhang Wuji meets Yang Buhui and Xiaozhao.
  • Xiaozhao leads Zhang Wuji into the secret passage on Bright Peak and they find the "Heaven and Earth Great Shift" manual in a secret room.
  • Zhang Wuji finishes practising the martial arts on the manual within hours and leaves the passage with Xiaozhao.
• Zhang Wuji attempts to make peace between the Ming Cult and the six major orthodox sects.
  • Zhang defeats the leaders of the sects under the alias "Zeng A'niu".
  • Zhang reveals his true identity to the Wudang members and reunites with his disciple uncles.
  • Zhang Wuji becomes the new leader of the Ming Cult.
  • The Heavenly Eagle Cult merges with the Ming Cult.
• Members of the six major orthodox sects are captured by Zhao Min and the Mongolian military and escorted to Wan'an Monastery in Dadu.
  • Zhao Min tricks the captured pugilists into displaying their skills by lying that she will set them free if they defeat her men.
  • Zhao notes down the pugilists' skills secretly and practises them. She becomes familiar with the martial arts of the six major sects.

• Cheng Kun and Chen Youliang [...] Shi Huolong, chief of the Beggars' Sect. They replace Shi with an impostor, who is actually a puppet leader under their control.

c.1507

• Xie Yanke

1524

• Mei Fanggu

c.1536

• Hua Wanzi

1543

• The second round of La Ba invitations are sent to leaders of sects and organisations in the Wulin.
  • A group of Wulin pugilists, led by the three elders of Emei Sect, lie in ambush to kill Zhang San and Li Si.
  • The plot is discovered; the involved pugilists' entire family and all sect members are massacred.

1553

• The third round of La Ba invitations are sent to leaders of sects and organisations in the Wulin.
  • All pugilists accepted their invitations and "disappear" from the Jianghu.

1557

January

• Shi Zhongyu attempts to [...] Bai A'Xiu, the daughter of Bai Wanjian.
  • Shi, upon being discovered, escapes from the sect.
  • Bai A'Xiu jumps down the chasm behind Lingxiao City in shame.
  • Bai Zizai slices off one of Feng Wanli's arms in anger.
• Bai Zizai engages in a heated argument with his wife Shi Xiaocui.
  • Shi Xiaocui departs Lingxiao City.
  • Shi Xiaocui saves Bai A'Xiu from the snow valley behind Lingxiao City.

• Bai A'Xiu (apparent death)

1560

• The Nie Family Fist members commit several atrocities in the Jianghu.
  • The Nie Family Fist members are massacred by messengers from Heroes' Island.

• Nie Family Fist members
  • Nie Liren
  • Nie Zongtai
  • Nie Zongfeng

1564

April

• The Two Lords of Heroes' Island find out about the truth of the diagrams in the inner caves of the island.
  • The Lords die in peace after causing the inner caves to cave-in and collapse.
  • All the Wulin pugilists remaining on Heroes' Island return to the mainland.
• Shi Potian save Shi Xiaocui and Bai A'Xiu from jumping into the sea.
• Shi Potian returns to his home in the Xiong'er Mountains accompanied by Shi Qing, Min Rou, Bai Zizai and other pugilists.
• Shi Qing rejects Mei Fanggu's love for the last time. Mei Fanggu commits [...] dejectedly.
  • Shi Potian faces an identity crisis.

• Two Lords of Heroes' Island
• Mei Fanggu

1621

• Feng Xifan

1644

• Qing forces capture Beijing.
  • Li Zicheng, Princess Changping and Tao Hongying are forced to go into hiding.

• Chongzhen Emperor

1646

• Southern Ming resistance is crushed by Qing forces.
• Koxinga leads the Ming remnants to resist the Qing.

• Su Quan

c.1648

• Zheng Keshuang

1652

• Fang Yi

1655

• Princess Jianning
• A'Ke

1657

• Jiunan takes the infant A'Ke away with her.

1660

• Empress Consort Donggo dies. The fake empress dowager gets the Empress Consort's volume of the sutra.

• Empress Consort Donggo

1662

• Koxinga

1666

• The Fat and Thin monks exchange their appearances under the influence of Hong Antong's drugs.

c. July

• Wei Xiaobao is abducted into the palace by the eunuch Hai Dafu.
  • Wei impersonates a younger eunuch called Xiaoguizi after [...] the latter and blinding Hai.
  • Mao Shiba is injured and is later taken in the care of the Heaven and Earth Society.
• Wei Xiaobao befriends several eunuchs in the imperial palace.
• "Xiaoguizi" (Wei Xiaobao) meets "Xiaoxuanzi" (Kangxi Emperor) and they become friends.
• Wei Xiaobao tells Hai Dafu about his brawls with Xiaoxuanzi.
  • Hai Dafu realises that Wei Xiaobao is actually a fake "Xiaoguizi". He does not expose Wei yet and secretly adds a slow-acting poison to Wei's food everyday.
  • Hai Dafu teaches Wei Xiaobao simple Shaolin martial arts techniques.

• Xiaoguizi

• Oboi is killed by Wei Xiaobao.
• Wei Xiaobao is captured by members of the Heaven and Earth Society and taken to their headquarters.
  • Wei becomes one of the society's lodge masters after agreeing to be the society's "mole" in the palace.
  • Wei acknowledges Chen Jinnan as his martial arts teacher.

• Oboi

1670

• Fang Yi and a group of assassins from the Mu Prince Residence impersonate the subbordinates of Wu Sangui. They enter the palace and fight with Rui Dong and other imperial guards.
  • Fang Yi is injured and takes shelter in Wei Xiaobao's room.
  • Wei Xiaobao heals Fang Yi and hides her and Mu Jianping in his bedroom.
  • Wei Xiaobao kills Rui Dong, acidifies his body and gets his hands on the Bordered Red Banner's volume of the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters.
• Wei Xiaobao evades interrogation from the empress dowager.
  • Wei kills Liu Yan with the help of Fang Yi.
  • Wei sneaks into the empress dowager's room and steals the three Sutra of Forty-two Chapters.
  • Wei witnesses a fight between Tao Hongying and Deng Bingchun. He kills the latter and helps Tao escape.
  • Wei acknowledges Tao as his aunt.
• Wei Xiaobao helps Mu Jianping, Fang Yi and three assassins from the Mu Prince Residence to escape from the palace.

• Ruidong
• Liu Yan
• Deng Bingchun

1671

• Wei Xiaobao is tricked by Fang Yi and taken to Divine Dragon Island.
  • Lu Gaoxuan of the sect discovers the truth about the "secret" from Wei and is forced to make up a story about it.
  • Wei becomes the sect's White Dragon Marshal by flattering its leader Hong Antong.
  • Wei is taught simple defending skills by Hong Antong and his wife Su Quan. He set his eyes on the latter.
  • Wei is given orders to retrieve the eight books of the Sutra.
• Wei Xiaobao returns to Kangxi's side and tells him about Shunzhi. Kangxi is moved to tears.
  • Kangxi sends Wei to Shaolin Monastery to be a monk.
• Wei is cornered by pugilists of Wangwu Sect.
  • Wei lies his way out and falls in love with one of his would-be assassins, Zeng Rou.
• Wei Xiaobao becomes a high-ranking monk in Shaolin under the title "Reverend Huiming".
  • Wei is attracted to A'Ke when she visits the Shaolin Monastery. He is despised by many of his fellow monks.

• Zhong Zhiling
• Ge Tong

• Wei Xiaobao and Jiunan head in search for Jiunan's disciple A'Qi, accompanied by A'Ke, Zheng Keshuang and servants of the Zheng family.
  • Wei meets 13 Tibetan Lamas led by Sangjie, who set their eyes on Wei's Sutra.
  • Wei murders 12 of the Lamas.
• Wei acknowledges Jiunan as his martial arts teacher just to be able to get near A'Ke.
• The Tortoise-[...] Meeting takes place.
• Wei plots his "wedding" with A'Ke.
• The Thin Monk of Mystic Dragon Sect hides the Bordered Blue Banner's copy of Sutra of Forty-two Chapters in the empress dowager's room.
  • Kangxi and Wei Xiaobao enter the empress dowager's room.
  • The Thin Monk escapes with Mao Dongzhu, allowing Kangxi and Wei to free the imprisoned empress dowager.
  • Wei Xiaobao gets the Sutra. He passes two of his own to his subbordinates from Mystic Dragon Sect after removing the map pieces concealed within them.
• Chen Jinnan is involved in a fight with Zheng Keshuang and Feng Xifan.
  • Wei Xiaobao saves Chen and is reunited with the Heaven and Earth Society.
  • Feng Xifan kills Guan Anji of the Heaven and Earth Society in retaliation before escaping with Zheng Keshuang.

• Hubayin (and other 11 Lamas)
• Guan Anji

• Wu Liuqi befriends Wei Xiaobao.
  • Wu Liuqi and Shuang'er become sworn siblings.
• Shuang'er collects the map pieces from the eight Sutras and puts them together to form one single map.
  • Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er memorise the locations on the map before burning the map.
• Kangxi tests the cannons given by the Europeans.
• Wei Xiaobao takes orders from Kangxi to lead the imperial army and attack the Mystic Dragon Sect.
  • Wei is lured by Fang Yi and captured by the leaders of the sect.
  • Wei attempts to push the blame on the other marshals, but fails and is imprisoned.
  • Wei is saved by Shuang'er. They escape into Siberia.

May-June

• Sophia Alekseyevna is imprisoned by the Tsarina.
  • Wei provides strategies to aid Sophia in gaining power.
  • Sophia instigates the Moscow Uprising and eventually becomes the Regent of Russia.

• Feodor Alekseyevna

1674

Spring

• Wei Xiaobao returns home to Yangzhou.
  • Wei is reunited with his mother Wei Chunfang in Lichun Brothel.
• Wei eavesdrops on a discussion between A'Ke and Zheng Keshuang in the brothel and adds drugs in their beverages to knock them out.
• Wei is cornered by Prince Ge'erdan, Tibetan Lama Sangjie and A'Qi.
  • Wei talks his way out and successfully persuades Ge'erdan and Sangjie to turn allegiance to the Qing government.
  • Wei becomes sworn brothers with Ge'erdan and Sangjie.
• Seven members of the Mystic Dragon Sect enter Wei Xiaobao's room in disguise.
  • Wei knocks everyone in the room out by secretly adding drugs in their drinks.
  • Wei brings his six love interests and Mao Dongzhu together on a large bed in the brothel and has non-consensual [...] with each of them.
• Wei Xiaobao meets Wu Zhirong, the governor of Yangzhou.
  • Wu Zhirong tells Wei about his attempted framing of Gu Yanwu and Zha Yihuang.
  • Wei warns Zha Yihuang and his friends about the attempt.
  • Zha helps Wei write a letter to frame Wu Zhirong for aiding Wu Sangui.
  • Wei arrests Wu Zhirong and has him bound and sent to Huzhou to be killed by the Zhuang family widows.
• Wu Sangui rises in rebellion in Yunnan.
• Wei Xiaobao and his group meet the Gui family.
  • Gui Xinshu and his family are tricked by Wu Sangui and kill Wu Liuqi by mistake.
  • A fight ensues between the Heaven and Earth Society and the Gui family.
  • Wei is saved by He Tishou and given the device Hansha Sheying.
  • Gui Xinshu bows his head in remorse for [...] Wu Liuqi and vows to kill Wu Sangui and Kangxi.
  • Wei provides information about the imperial palace to the Gui family.

• Wu Zhirong
• Wu Liuqi

Winter

• Wang Jinbao finds Wei Xiaobao on Tongchi Island.
  • Wang brings food and supplies for Wei and his wives on the island.
  • Wen Youfang, a eunuch who followed Wang on his journey, brings the message from Kangxi that Xiaoxuanzi has forgiven Xiaoguizi for all his past misdeeds.
  • Wei is appointed Tongchi Duke of the Second Order.

• Wei Hutou
• Wei Tongchui
• Wei Shuangshuang

c.1681

c.February

• Zheng Jing dies.
  • Zheng Kezang, heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Tungning, is murdered by his grandmother Madam Dong, who replaces him with his brother Zheng Keshuang.

• Zheng Jing
• Zheng Kezang
• Wu Shifan
• Xia Guoxiang
• Ma Bao

• Qing forces capture Albazino in the war between China and Russia.
• Wei Xiaobao is appointed as Duke of Mount Deer Cauldron.