A parallel worlds theory to explain divergent Jin Yong continuity

[Ken Cheng]

I was just thinking that this sounded like the DC (and Marvel) universe.

Didn't Superboy prime punch reality or something? :P

Yes. Superboy Prime punched the dimensional barrier separating the "paradise dimension" where he, Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three, Superman of Earth-Two, and Lois Lane of Earth-Two had been living since CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS in 1985. The effect of his punches was to rewrite history in the DC Universe.

The Earth-1/Earth-2 stuff in this thread was definitely inspired by DC Comics.

[kidd]

Haha. Ken Cheng leading his own thread off-topic.

[kidd]

A bit OT. What time period was White Horse Neighing In The West Wind (Bai Ma Xiao Xi Feng) set in? Any connection with other JY novels?

[Extremer88]

A bit OT. What time period was White Horse Neighing In The West Wind (Bai Ma Xiao Xi Feng) set in? Any connection with other JY novels?

It was set in the mid to late Qing Dynasty. The novel is said to occur 1000 years after the reign of the 2nd Tang Emperor - I can't remember his name, which should be around late Qing Dynasty for this novel.

So which Earth does it qualifies then???

[PJ]

Interesting theory. As a practical alternative however, there might be an easier explanation for this:

however, that there exist several significant discrepancies between DGSD's connection to the CONDOR HEROES TRILOGY and DGSD's connection to STATE OF DIVINITY. For example, many of the significant martial arts that appear in SOD are watered down or modified versions of martial arts that appeared in DGSD, but none of the CONDOR HEROES TRILOGY martial arts (or characters or events) were referenced in SOD

And the reason is that Jin Yong wrote DGSD and SOD back to back (actually, I think Ode to Gallantry was written in between those 2, but it is often overlooked as a non-major work), and some ideas like Yijinjing and Xiaoyao Pai's martial arts are new to DGSD, so presumably he was interested in exploring them further in his next novel.