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Wang Chongyang supposedly sent an invitation to Iron Palm Sect to the first Huashan Tournament, probably with Shangguan Jiannan in mind. But...

...and as for fighting Gwok Jing. Ogodei's orders to the Golden Wheel Monk were to collect data on Chinese wulin, identify potential threats, and...

Well I wonder did Tibetan Lamaism allowed non-Tibetan people to become "Lama" even as a Grand Lama/Dharma King/Fawang..

In earlier editions of ROCH, the Golden Wheel Monk was an ethnic Tibetan and presumably had become a monk at a very young age. In the most recent...

Monks live in isolation (except with other monks). Presumably, he belonged to some important Tibetan Lama Buddhist monastery where he presided as...

The Golden Wheel Monk consistently gets flummoxed by fancy techniques (of which there are many in Chinese wulin). Double Sword Attack, Dog Beating...

Is his "ongoing issues" with his technique known to be a 'weakness' though? He did fairly well against both YG and XLN's duo swordplay many times...

Yeah exactly..

Exactly. Foreman would have punched his lights out if Ali's strategy had been to just stand there and tank it (the Rocky Balboa strategy). Ali had...

Yeah that's why Mohammad Ali never going "toe to toe" against George Foreman 🤭🤭🤭🤭

Yeah honestly Dragon/Elephant Wisdom very powerful that even Zhou Botong and Yideng didn't dare to meet Jinlun Fawang's strike "head on" but in JY...

The Golden Wheel Monk had lots of raw power with his attainment of the Lung Jeung Bor Yeh Gung, but I'm not convinced that his great power fully...

They will move onto male & male type romance soon for these "wuxias". The fangirls are pretty much the same ilk as the Yaoi/BL crowd or they share...

Both Tolui and Jebe could have long and peaceful life. Unfortunately, they were born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wow, this crazy. ...

1-3 agree 4. In terms of power Divine Finger ~ Sad Palm but I highly doubt Huang Yaoshi would able to "neutralize" all of 17 stances from full...

It also has several more serious limitations: 1. Dependent on emotion/mood to work. This is a BIG strike against it. 2. Good for fighting,...

With both hands Sad Palm wouldn't "work" since one of Sad Palm stances using empty sleeve simultaneously with palm to strike opponents that sleeve...

Sun Bu'er inner strength might be more refined than Yelu Qi but her external skills much inferior than Yelu Qi since Zhou Botong taught him his 72 of...

Well though Qiu Qianren might be couldn't do these "tricks" but Guo Jing once say that his skills not inferior than Greats which mean he is around...

Yeah he is one generation older than Greats since his mentor/master was one of Yu Fei comrades..

Maybe. He's the last known user of the skill in the Jin Yong canon.

He was likely a generation older than the Greats and perhaps was one of those warriors said to have lost to Dook Goo Kau Bai.

Such was life in premodern times, especially for the wealthy and the privileged. I think it's likely that most of the Chinese emperors suffered from...

When they were poor they did NOT eat all that much of meats and did NOT drink much alcohol. After the conquests with endless wealth, they drank like...