Originally Posted by
30Rocker
In The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber, the Mongols already had China under its rule for more than half a century. As a result, there was always strong tension between the Han Chinese and the Mongolians. In addition to this, there was also plenty of internal strife within Chinese Wulin and its several sects. What was the source of this conflict? The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber, forged by Guo Jing and Huang Rong. Cheng Kun definitely had his hand in stirring the pot, but it was possession of the legendary weapons and a hunger for power that most of Wulin coveted.
The Guo couple had become legends that permeated the current Mongol-ruled China through their heroic actions alone, but their standing legacy in the HS and DS accounted for many, many casualties in the novel. Would there have been people who cursed the couple for making these weapons, thinking that they were the reason the people were so divided? Would there have been a stronger, unified China who could have overthrown the Yuan Dynasty much sooner than it did?