Originally Posted by
PJ
For the first 30 years of his life, Xiao Feng was the perfect strong protagonist. He was like Guo Jing without the latter's flaws. Which inevitably made him a little boring: He always overcame stronger foes, came up through the ranks quickly, and had no major obstacles in life. Everything went too smooth, too perfect. When his trouble began, that's when he became more human, where in the process he experienced his first love and the pain of losing it, universal rejection and hate towards him, and mostly importantly, by being on the other side, he understood the value of universal peace and compassion. He was the first Jin Yong protagonist to see the light.
Ironically, when Xiao Feng was young, when he was Mr. Perfect and Mr. Robot at the same time, that's when he was the most trouble-free. When he became more human, when his character began to blossom, he experienced the inevitable pitfalls of human life, as all humans do, that's when he suffered the most. And yet, without the suffering, he could not have gained his wisdom that was beyond his time which few in his time could understand. Most importantly, he did not stop once the wisdom was upon him; he used it to save the lives of thousands, even giving up his most precious resource in doing so. In the end, Xiao Feng = Enlightenment + Courage + Compassion = Real Impact.