The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Starting at Iron Palm Peak

Synopsis

Lin Qi is reborn in the body of a third-generation disciple of the Iron Palm Clan.

His predecessor was publicly sentenced for injuring a bully in the clan who preyed on men and women: his martial arts would be crippled, his right hand severed, and he would be expelled from the clan. He did not even live long enough to be executed. One kick shattered his liver.

When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he was kneeling before Qiu Qianren, waiting to die.

In his despair, he remembered a famous scene from The Legend of the Condor Heroes: at the second Mount Hua Sword Debate, Hong Qigong publicly berated Qiu Qianren, shaming the Iron Palm Clan leader so badly that he nearly jumped off a cliff to end his life.

Lin Qi remembered every word.

So, in front of a hall full of martial arts experts, a third-generation disciple hurled Hong Qigong's exact words at Qiu Qianren.

The entire hall fell silent.

Everyone thought he had gone mad. Qiu Qianren flew into a rage, his killing intent surging like a tide. But after it faded, the overbearing leader of the Iron Palm Clan fell silent for a long time, then said something no one expected:

“Take him away and treat his wounds. When he has recovered, bring him to see me.”

It took Lin Qi no more than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to go from prisoner to the clan leader's personal disciple.

But this is not a story about turning the tables with nothing but a sharp tongue.

The Iron Palm Clan has tens of thousands of disciples, its factions at odds and undercurrents swirling. Han Duanyue wants to tear Lin Qi limb from limb, Jin envoys watch from the shadows, and no one can guess what Qiu Qianren, the man who took him as a disciple, is really thinking.

Worse still, Guo Jing is out on the Mongolian grasslands, hunting eagles. The events in the Central Plains have yet to begin. Lin Qi knows how the next twenty years are supposed to unfold, but what he doesn't know is this: every choice he makes is pushing history in an entirely new direction.