I wanted to shout out to our long running (going on 6 years?) translation of "A Step Into the Past" by our various wonderful translators in the Translation Forum.
For me, there is no doubt the main character Xiang Shaolong is the best and most interesting character of the story. For the last two years, he has graduated to my favorite male wuxia character of all time which is saying something because I am stacking him against Guo Jing, Linghu Chong, ZWJ, WXB, Xiao Yu'er, Chor Lau Heung...
He does not have any fantastic supernatural martial arts to rely on, only superior 21st century tactical knowledge and advanced (for the Qin period) weaponry. He is neither shy or reticent about showing feelings for the women he wants (romantically or simply to bed). XSL has to train to become one of the best in martial arts but equally has to hone his political and speaking skills at the court.