Ladies and gentlemen: Survival of the Strongest Warrior in Wuxia

[K2Grey]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 27+
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 16
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 15
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 13
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 11
Xiao Feng 26
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 18
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[PJ]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 27
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 16
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 15
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14+
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 11
Xiao Feng 26
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 18
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[Exodus]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28+
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 16
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 15
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 11
Xiao Feng 26
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 18
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[Ji Xiang]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28+
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17+
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 15
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 11
Xiao Feng 26
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 18
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[Dirt]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 15
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12+
Xiao Feng 26
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 18
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[0-0-0]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16+
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 26
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 18
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[blueberry]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27+
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 18
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[Han Solo]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 19+
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 5
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

P/s: this voting is nuts. Dong Guo Xian Sheng is at least as good if not better than YPY and should be better than YSS or DP, yet he is on verge of being kicked out!

[Da Bao]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 24
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 19
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 6+
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[IcyFox]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 25+
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 14
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 19
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 6
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[PJ]

P/s: this voting is nuts. Dong Guo Xian Sheng is at least as good if not better than YPY and should be better than YSS or DP, yet he is on verge of being kicked out!

This is the kind of advertisement we need.

Indeed, Dongguo Xiansheng is like the Sweeper Monk of Gu Long universe.

If regulars like Tiger and Bliss and Ken Cheng participated more in this game, the result may be different.

[PJ]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 25
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 15+
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 19
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 6
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[PJ]

My latest advertisement will focus on Huang Shang, creator of the art of Nine Yin. Brother Laviathan says:

During the reign of Emperor Huizong, all Taoist manuscripts throughout the Empire were gathered by royal edict. The number of texts consisted of 5481 scrolls, and Emperor Huizong ordered Huang Shang to supervise the printing of the compilation of the Taoist Canon, the Zhenghe wanshou daozang. Huang Shang therefore had to read the entire canon in order to check misprinted characters, and after a few years he completely understood the Taoist way of martial arts and became an accomplished fighter. The Taoist Canon was printed in the period of 1116-1117.

the Taoist Emperor Huizong ordered Huang Shang to destroy the heretic Ming Cult. The Song army was defeated by the Ming Cultists, and the enraged Huang Shang challenged the Ming Cult martial arts experts to duel. Huang Shang then killed several Guardian Lords and Ming Heralds.

However, many of those who were killed by Huang Shang were originally members of great martial arts clans and their relatives and friends went to Huang Shang for revenge. Greatly outnumbered, Huang Shang was wounded and fled. These martial artists then killed Huang Shang's entire family.

Huang Shang then hid himself in the mountains and analysed all the techniques of his opponents, in order to find ways to counter them. His enemies were great in number and all came from different fighting schools, so Huang Shang must develop a martial art to surpass all thse styles. After more than 40 years, Huang Shang finally reached a stage in which he could singlehandedly defeat all his enemies together, and he re-appeared out of seclusion. Yet, all of his enemies had passed away except for an old lady who was still a teenage girl when Huang Shang first met her. This old lady was very ill and dying, and Huang Shang realised that vengeance was futile. (In the Third Edition, Huang Shang cared for the old lady untill she passed away)

The Art of Nine Yin, therefore, was meant to defeat all the martial arts schools that Huang Shang had encountered.

In LOCH, the book of Nine Yin caused great chaos among the highest achievers of Martial Arts. Everyone wanted a piece of it: Even the great Wang Chongyang went for it. To be able to create a style that singlehandedly overcomes all of your enemies, and then to have it be the focus of everyone's attention in wulin generations later, is surely one of the most profound achievements in Jin Yong's universe. Let's analyze Huang Shang's achievements further:

1) Killing Ming Cult's lords 40 years ago - in HSDS, all 4 Ming Cult Guardian Lords have roughly equal martial arts level. Can Zhang Sanfeng or Zhang Wuji, 40 years before their peak, duel the lords PLUS other cult experts, and kill several of the lords? I highly, highly doubt it (we know Zhang Wuji wouldn't be able to, since he wouldn't be born yet!).

As a side note, there is an expert reader who considers 9 Yin to be the greatest art ever. He noted: there is a possibility that Sweeper Monk can overcome 9 Yin...

2) Creating an all-encompassing style - who else in the Jin Yong universe has CREATED a style FROM SCRATCH, which can overcome almost all other known styles in combat? Dugu Qiubai and Zhang Sanfeng may have achieved this honor, while Wang Chongyang couldn't even counter the style of the Ancient Tomb.

3) Center of attention - Huang Shang's creation was deeply treasured by future generations. It is a complete system with impressive healing methods. After Zhang Sanfeng created Taiji or Dugu Qiubai created his stuff, there wasn't known struggle or endless bloodshed to obtain them. In all of Jin Yong's universe, I can only think of YJJ, 6MSJ, and Sunflower Volumes as sought-after treasures. But I don't think any of these manuals were as sought-after as Nine Yin.

[kidd]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 25
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 15
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 19
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 7+
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

Since he is so awesome. I'll give him some support. People who don't want lesser known (but powerful) characters to be kicked out should put up some advertisement for them. I don't think many voters here know who the hell are Dong Guo Xian Sheng, Old Man Gong and Night Emperor. That's why they are kicked out so fast.

[IcyFox]

This is the kind of advertisement we need.

Indeed, Dongguo Xiansheng is like the Sweeper Monk of Gu Long universe.

If regulars like Tiger and Bliss and Ken Cheng participated more in this game, the result may be different.

He's better than Ding Peng? What did he do? Can anyone point me to an excerpt where he does some fantasy stuff like the Sweeper?

(This kind of ads won't get much support from someone like me )

[Han Solo]

He's better than Ding Peng? What did he do? Can anyone point me to an excerpt where he does some fantasy stuff like the Sweeper?

(This kind of ads won't get much support from someone like me )

Old man Dong Guo was the preceptor of the universal sack, the strongest fighter , most feared fighter in TSATE.

The mere mention of his name would cause one of the Ten masters to wilt in panic.

And the Ten masters are much greater than the Thirteen School Leaders who was controlling the wulin at that time.

Old Man Dong Guo, together with his brother, and Master Feng (one of the Ten masters) was able to defend YPY from a massive wulin group led by the JI KUQING, JI BEIQING, and YU DUHE cohort.

He finally imparted "ephemeral form dexterity" to YPY enabling him to finally succeed in defeating that conspiracy that had plague him throughout the novel.

FWIW, "ephemeral form dexterity" is a formless, energy blast that can be launched through the air. (For JY analogy, similar to 6MSJ or YYZ).

Han Solo

[Han Solo]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 25
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 15
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 19
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 8+
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[PJ]

Duan Yu (@ end of novel) 28
Zhang San Feng 25
Dong Fang Bu Bai 14
Shi Po Tian 25
Xu Zhu 17
Sweeper Monk 20
Xiao Yao Elders 12
Demonic Swordsman Du Gu Qiu Bai 16
Huang Shang, creator of "9 Yin" 16+
Central Divinity Wang Chong Yang 12
Xiao Feng 27
Water Matriarch 14
Yu Pei Yu 19
Dong Guo Xian Sheng 8
Shen Lang 24
3rd Master Xie Xiao Feng 22
Yan Shi San 21
Ding Peng 16

[PJ]

If you guys want Dongguo Xiansheng to remain, you'll need to bump up his score and/or lower somebody else's score within the next 5 hours. Otherwise he will perish when retirement time comes.

[Han Solo]

I reckoned that he is toast anyway. Poor preceptor of the universal sack.