The Legend of Yun Feiyang

[After Gu Long, read Huang Ying] The third book in the Tiansilkworm trilogy; the conclusion of Tiansilkworm and the original novel for the television series Golden Silkworm Rain, starring Wu Jing. A new-school wuxia novel. Yun Feiyang: At the summit of Mount Tai, Yun Feiyang takes on Dugu Wudi's Annihilating Demon Art and Heavenly Demon Disintegration technique. Though he wins, most of his meridians are severed. Knowing he cannot recover, he quietly leaves Fu Xiangjun. He meets Xu Tingfeng, the Marquis of Anle, and generously gives him the “Millennium Renewal” before escorting him to Shaolin Temple. There, Master Wuwo uses golden needles to reopen his meridians. Yun spends the next three years recovering in a small building in Shaolin's Tingtao Courtyard. After regaining seventy to eighty percent of his strength, he once again steps forward to defend Shaolin and Wudang, facing the White Lotus Cult leader, the Undying Immortal, and his Seven Fiends Zither Melody. He wins, but his meridians are severed again and again, leaving him with little time to live. He stoically rejects Fu Xiangjun's affection once more. Convinced that nothing can save him, he quietly leaves Shaolin to find a deserted place where he can die alone. Instead, he encounters the eccentric elder Yuan, a man from beyond the world, who confines him and restores his meridians. Together with the Yi Jin Jing bestowed by Master Wuwei, this gives him a new lease on life. He meets a young man who is also being held by Elder Yuan, teaches him martial arts, and helps him escape...