Ouyang Feng
The film's story is a prequel to the renowned novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as it imagines the older characters when they were younger. It focuses on the main antagonist (Ouyang Feng) and humanizes him into a protagonist while retaining his despicable qualities. Feng, known as the Western Venom, crosses paths with the other powerful wuxia masters. Their backstories depict with great liberty and sometimes completely subvert the intended meaning from the novel.