Jiuyin Zhenjing - Peach Blossom Island

Peach Blossom Island

After Wang Chongyang's death, Zhou Botong travelled to Peach Blossom Island, where Huang Yaoshi lives, to warn Huang not to think about stealing the manual. Huang tricked Zhou into allowing his wife Feng Heng to have a glance at the manual. Feng had eidetic memory and she memorised the text of the second volume after browsing through it once. She lied to Zhou that the manual was worthless, by reciting the text and claiming that it came from a book of childish rites she had read before. Zhou believed her and destroyed the book in anger.

Feng wrote the second volume of the manual from memory for her husband after Zhou left. Two years later, Huang's disciples Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng decided to elope as they fear that their teacher might oppose their relationship. They stole Huang's copy of the manual and fled from Peach Blossom Island. Huang was furious when he found out and he broke the legs of his other four students in anger and banished them from his island. Feng attempted to write another copy for her husband but it was too stressful for her as she was in pregnancy. She died after giving birth to their daughter Huang Rong. Huang Yaoshi was filled with grief and he vowed to kill anyone who dared to learn anything from the book that cost his beloved wife's life.

Meanwhile Zhou Botong realised that he had been fooled by Huang Yaoshi and he returned to Peach Blossom Island to confront Huang. He kept pestering and harassing Huang to hand the book to him. Huang was unable to defeat Zhou and could only imprison the latter on his island by sealing off all exit routes. As for Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng, they started practising the skills in the manual but interpreted wrongly the underlying principles and mastered an unorthodox version of a skill known as the Nine Yin White Bone Claw (九陰白骨爪). This evil skill requires human sacrifice during practice and instills fear in many pugilists by mere mention of its name. Apart from that, the couple also learnt the Heart Shattering Palm (摧心掌) and Mei mastered the White Boa Whip Skill (白蟒鞭法). Chen and Mei become known as the "Twin Killers in the Dark Wind" for using those skills to commit heinous crimes and terrorise the jianghu.

The couple settle in Mongolia to avoid pursuit from their enemies in China. They meet Guo Jing and the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" and engage in a fierce battle. Chen was stabbed and killed by Guo while Mei was blinded by Ke Zhen'e's poison darts but she managed to flee with her husband's dead body. As Chen had tattooed the text of the manual on his chest, Mei skins her dead husband and takes the grisly text with her. She later meets Yang Kang, who offers her shelter in an underground room in his house, and teaches him the Nine Yin White Bone Claw in return.