Do you believe that Dook Goo Kau Bai could have met/fought Wong Seung?

[Doc Kwok]

When Wong Seung first went to the Ming Cult's headquarters (Gwong Ming Peak?) to challenge them, he brought the Sung army with him. During his confrontation with the Ming Cult leaders, however, Wong Seung agreed to one-on-one wulin style duels instead of using the army to overwhelm them. If not exactly virtue, Wong Seung at least had some pride and was willing to settle things the wulin way.

Actually, HS repeatedly attacked the Ming Cult with his army, and ended up losing badly. It was at that point that he personally challenged the upper echelons of the Ming cult...

[Mandred Skavenslayer]

if Jin Yong is still up for writing another best seller, a short story about either DGQB or HS would be amazing. Even if the book is about DGQB, and HS makes a cameo, or vice-versa, that's fine too.

I don't think DGQB met/fought HS. Otherwise HS would have mentioned the fierceness of DG9J in his 9 Yin book, like he did when he recorded Heart Shattering Palms and White Bone Claws, techniques used by his opponents.

If HS dueled/sparred with DGQB, perhaps his 9 Yin manual would be even stronger? Maybe he would have written down some way to counter DG9J, if that is even possible. I'm not implying that HS and the current 9 Yin are inferior to DGQB's martial arts, I think the personal skill level of the user would determine the victor, both are wonderful skills.

There are a couple of explanations why DG9 sword did not feature in 9 Yin, but their creators may still have met.

1) 9 Yin was primarily a Chi cultivation martial arts as opposed to a combat martial arts. Maybe HS just thought it wasn't appropriate to include it.

2) HS strength seems to be Chi cultivation rather than technique, so perhaps he could not fully grasps the essence of DG9 sword when he met the Sword Devil. Remember the two offensive techniques within 9 Yin were not particularly sophisticated.

If we flip this around we can see HS influence on the Sword Devil.

If we assume HS was the Honourable Swordsman then the Sword Devil met him when he was using the Sharp Sword.

After their encounter the Sword Devil abandoned the Sharp Sword and started development on the Heavy Iron Sword, a Chi martial arts as opposed to a technique focused martial arts.

Its possible that the Sword Devil was inspired to develop HIS from seeing how powerful 9 Yin was.