Between the Condors

With the curtain falling on The Legend of the Condor Heroes and the events of The Return of the Condor Heroes yet to begin, Guo Jing and Huang Rong have withdrawn to Peach Blossom Island. Yet the jianghu does not fall silent. Though the chance to apprentice under the Five Greats is lost to him, Yu Hong finds the Five Patriarchs of the Southern Sect—and Bai Yuchan in particular—to be more than worthy substitutes. What he never expects to uncover, however, is the astonishing and ancient connection that binds the Frog-Catching Art to the fearsome Toad Stance.