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* LovesAShadow: Duan Yu's infatuation with Wang Yuyan; he saw the statue of an incredibly beautiful woman ([[spoiler: Wang Yuyan's maternal aunt]]) and was instantly smitten, so when he saw a flesh and blood person who resembled that woman he wanted to be with her forever. This is made much more explicit in the new edition, where he himself eventually comes to that realization.
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* LovesAShadow: Duan Yu's infatuation with Wang Yuyan; he saw the statue of an incredibly beautiful woman ([[spoiler: Wang Yuyan's maternal aunt]]) and was instantly smitten, so when he saw a flesh and blood person who resembled that woman he wanted to be with her forever. This is made much more explicit in the new edition, where he himself eventually comes to that realization.
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"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is the 11th novel of JinYong and widely considered to be his most critically acclaimed work. The story follows the adventures of three protagonists: Xiaofeng, Duan Yu and Xuzhu. The complex narrative switches from the initial perspective of Duan Yu to those of the other main characters and back.
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"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is the 11th novel of JinYong Creator/JinYong and widely considered to be his most critically acclaimed work. The story follows the adventures of three protagonists: Xiaofeng, Duan Yu and Xuzhu. The complex narrative switches from the initial perspective of Duan Yu to those of the other main characters and back.
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** The seventy two arts of Shaolin. If practicing without guidance of Buddhist scripture, it could lead to severe injury or even death.
** Tianshan Tonglao's Immortal Skill. It grants her great power but one of its side effects is that she will maintain her present body size regardless of age. She is already in her 90s when the events of the novel take place, but since she started practising the skill in her childhood, her body is that of a child's. Also, every 30 years she will lose all of her power for a period of time, the next will be longer than the last. This makes her extremely vulnerable for attacks.
** Tianshan Tonglao's Immortal Skill. It grants her great power but one of its side effects is that she will maintain her present body size regardless of age. She is already in her 90s when the events of the novel take place, but since she started practising the skill in her childhood, her body is that of a child's. Also, every 30 years she will lose all of her power for a period of time, the next will be longer than the last. This makes her extremely vulnerable for attacks.
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** The seventy two arts of Shaolin. If practicing without guidance of the proper Buddhist scripture, it could lead to severe injury or even death.
** Tianshan Tonglao's Immortal Skill. It grants her great power but one of its side effects is that she will maintain her present body size regardless of age. She is already in her 90s when the events of the novel take place, but since she started practising the skill in her childhood, her body is that of a child's. Also, every 30 years she will lose all of her power for a period of time, the next will be longer than the last. This makes her extremely vulnerable for attacks. Although these side effects would dissapear and continue growth normally upon complete mastery, but due to her love rival intentional disruption during a critical moment, she became stuck at this level.
** Tianshan Tonglao's Immortal Skill. It grants her great power but one of its side effects is that she will maintain her present body size regardless of age. She is already in her 90s when the events of the novel take place, but since she started practising the skill in her childhood, her body is that of a child's. Also, every 30 years she will lose all of her power for a period of time, the next will be longer than the last. This makes her extremely vulnerable for attacks. Although these side effects would dissapear and continue growth normally upon complete mastery, but due to her love rival intentional disruption during a critical moment, she became stuck at this level.
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* KissingCousins: Wang Yuyan's one-sided crush on Murong Fu.
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* OrwellianRetcon: The 2005 revised version.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Xiaofeng's life in a nutshell.
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* {{Ninja}}: The fighting style of Qin Hongmian and her daughter, Mu Wanqing resembles ninjas, with throwing daggers as their primary weapon. Wanqing is even masked when she first appears.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Xiao Yuanshan went to great length to avenge his family. [[spoiler: First, he sneaked into Shaolin Temple and read all the martial art scripture there. Then, he kidnapped the illegitimate son of the abbot and place him in the temple garden so the monks would adopt him, reenacted what happen to his own son. After he finished reading all the scripture in Shaolin, he started killing the people responsible for the death of his wife, one by one. Then, he revealed the affair of the abbot Xuanci, who is actually the Leading Big Brother of the group that attacked his family years ago, to the jianghu members present, forcing Xuanci to commit suicide. Then he threatened to bring Shaolin martial arts back to Liao Kindom so the Liao army could learn martial arts and gain advantage over the Song army.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Xiao Yuanshan went to great length to avenge his family. [[spoiler: First, he sneaked into Shaolin Temple and read all the martial art scripture scriptures there. Then, he kidnapped the illegitimate son of the abbot and place placed him in the temple garden so the monks would adopt him, reenacted what happen to his own son. After he finished reading all the scripture scriptures in Shaolin, he started killing the people responsible for the death of his wife, one by one. Then, he revealed the affair of the abbot Xuanci, who is actually the Leading Big Brother of the group that attacked his family years ago, to the jianghu members present, forcing Xuanci to commit suicide. Then he threatened to bring Shaolin martial arts back to Liao Kindom Kingdom so the Liao army could learn martial arts and gain advantage over the Song army.]]
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* GrayRainOfDepression: Happens when [[spoiler:Azhu dies.]]
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* DeusExMachina: The nameless monk, an impossibly strong character who only appears in one scene to solve the conflict between Xiaofeng family and Murong Fu family. Without him, there is nothing could prevent the confrontation from devolving into bloody combat.
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* DeusExMachina: The nameless monk, an impossibly strong character who only appears in one scene to solve the conflict between Xiaofeng Xiao family and Murong Fu family. Without him, there is nothing could prevent the confrontation from devolving into bloody combat.
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* WomanScorned: Kang Min. [[spoiler: Her attempt to get back at Duan Zhengchun directly lead to the death of Azhu.]]
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* WomanScorned: Kang Min. [[spoiler: Her attempt to get back at Duan Zhengchun directly lead to the death of Azhu.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:If Xiaofeng had asked Duan Zhenchun directly if the latter had been the one who caused ''his'' suffering, if Azhu had simply told Xiaofeng that Duan Zhenchun was her father while trying to persuade Xiaofeng not to kill him, Azhu wouldn't have to die, and Xiaofeng wouldn't have had to suffer the trauma of killing the woman he loved.]]
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* QuirkyMinibossSquad: the Four Evils.
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* DeusExMachina: The nameless monk, an impossibly strong character who only appears in one scence to solve the conflict between Xiaofeng family and Murong Fu family. Without him, there is nothing could prevent the confrontation from devolving into bloody combat.
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* DeusExMachina: The nameless monk, an impossibly strong character who only appears in one scence scene to solve the conflict between Xiaofeng family and Murong Fu family. Without him, there is nothing could prevent the confrontation from devolving into bloody combat.
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* CycleOfRevenge: The nameless monk explains this to Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo. Murong Bo's scheme leads to the death of Xiao Yuanshan's wife, so Xiao Yuanshan killed everyone involved and intends to kill Murong Bo to avenge his family. Then, Murong Bo's son will kill Xiao Yuanshan in return, and so on. The monk's solution: he will kill both Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo to end the cycle for good. [[spoiler: It's actually a ploy to treat their wounds. It's conplicated.]]
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* CycleOfRevenge: The nameless monk explains this to Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo. Murong Bo's scheme leads to the death of Xiao Yuanshan's wife, so Xiao Yuanshan killed everyone involved and intends to kill Murong Bo to avenge his family. Then, Murong Bo's son will kill Xiao Yuanshan in return, and so on. The monk's solution: he will kill both Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo to end the cycle for good. [[spoiler: It's actually a ploy to treat their wounds. It's conplicated.complicated.]]
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* EvilPlan: Murong Bo's plan to restore the Yan state.
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*OldMaster: Several. The three elders of Carefree Sects and the nameless monk are the most notable.
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"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is the 11th novel of Jin Yong JinYong and widely considered to be his most critically acclaimed work. The story follows the adventures of three protagonists: Xiaofeng, Duan Yu and Xuzhu. The complex narrative switches from the initial perspective of Duan Yu to those of the other main characters and back.
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* CulturedBadass: Leader of Carefree Sect tends to be one. Xuzhu is an exception.
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* TheCasanova: Duan Zhenchun.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Azi. Li Qiushui and Tianshan Tonglao are clingy jealous ''grandma''.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Xuanci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple.
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* BareFistedMonk: Shaolin Temple monks, of course. Several others from other countries.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Wang Yuyan. She has been through some serious stuff but still looks like a gooddess.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Wang Yuyan. She has been through some serious stuff but still looks like a gooddess.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Wang Yuyan. She has been through some serious stuff but still looks like a gooddess.
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* NotQuiteDead: Wuyazi. He survived being thrown off a cliff by his disciple Ding Chunqiu and later pass his inner energy to Xuzhu.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: Xuzhu is revealed to be the son of [[spoiler: Xuanci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple]]. Also, Duan Yu is also revealed to be [[spoiler: the son of Duan Yanqing, the leader of the Four Evils.]]
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* LukeIAmYourFather: All three main characters. Xuzhu is revealed to be the son of [[spoiler: Xuanci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple]]. Also, Duan Yu is also revealed to be [[spoiler: the son of Duan Yanqing, the leader of the Four Evils.]]. Xiaofeng is [[spoiler: the son of Xiao Yuanshan, a Khitan warrior.]]
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* ManipulativeBastard: Murong Bo. [[spoiler: He spreaded rumours about a group of elite Khitan warriors attacking Shaolin Temple to steal the martial art scriptures stored there. The abbot Xuanci hastily gathered a group and ambushed the Khitan warriors, actually Xiao Yuanshan's entourage, at Yanmen Pass which lead to the death of Xiao's wife. This caused conflicts between Song and Liao martial art communities. After thirty years, he offers Xiaofeng, now a high ranking noble in Liao Kingdom, the chance to kill him in exchange for the Liao army under Xiaofeng's command to attack Song Empire, allow Murong Bo's descendant the chance to reestablish Yan state. Xiaofeng doesn't buy it.]]
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* ActionGirl: Several, Li Qiushui and Tianshan Tonglao are the most notable. This is a rare example of female fighters being incredibly strong, rival that of male characters in wuxia novel.
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* DownerEnding: For Xiaofeng's story.
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* ManlyTears: Xiaofeng, tough as he is, sheds tears when his adopted parents and master die.
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* The Chessmaster: Murong Bo.
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* ForTheEvulz: Azi. She is a sadistic little girl that enjoys causing chaos and pain.
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* AlmightyJanitor: The nameless monk. He's the cleaning guy for the library in Shaolin Temple, most of the higher-up monks in Shaolin didn't even know about him, and he ends up being the strongest character in the entire Jin Yong universe.
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* AssholeVictim: Kang Min, Ding Chunqiu, etc.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Anyone subjected to Tianshan Tonglao's "Life and Death Talisman", which causes unbearable pain without special medicine from her.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Kang Min. Since she can't have Duan Zhengchun, she tricked Xiaofeng into believing Duan Zhengchun is the Leading Big Brother so Xiaofeng will kill him. [[spoiler: Azhu hears about this and decides to disguise as Duan Zhengchun to pay for his crime.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Li Qiushui and Tianshan Tonglao had tried to kill each other multiple times to keep Wuyazi for herself. They eventually died while fighting each other. [[spoiler: Too bad Wuyazi loved neither of them.]]
