Protagonist
- Shi Potian (石破天 – Shí Pòtiān), also known as Gouzazhong (狗杂种 – Góuzázhǒng), Great Dumpling (大粽子 – Dàzòngzǐ), and Shi Yidao (史忆刀 – Shǐ Yìdāo)
Xuansu Manor
- Shi Zhongyu (石中玉 – Shí Zhōngyù) – Often mistaken for Shi Potian
- Shi Qing (石清 – Shí Qīng)
- Min Rou (闵柔 – Mǐn Róu)
Snowy Mountain School
Second generation
- Bai Zizai (白自在 – Bái Zìzài) – School leader
- Cheng Zixue (成自学 – Chéng Zìxué)
- Qi Zimian (齐自勉 – Qí Zìmiǎn)
- Liao Zili (廖自励 – Liào Zìlì)
- Liang Zijin (梁子进 – Liáng Zǐjìn)
Third generation
- Feng Wanli (封万里 – Fēng Wànlǐ) – Bai Zizai’s eldest apprentice
- Bai Wanjian (白万剑 – Bái Wànjiàn) – Bai Zizai’s son
- Geng Wanzhong (耿万钟 – Gěng Wànzhōng)
- Wang Wanren (王万仞 – Wáng Wànrèn)
- Ke Wanjun (柯万钧 – Kē Wànjūn)
- Huyan Wanshan (呼延万善 – Hūyán Wànshàn)
- Bao Wanye (包万叶 – Bāo Wànyè)
- Wang Wanyi (汪万翼 – Wāng Wànyì)
- Hua Wanzi (花万紫 – Huā Wànzǐ) – Bai Zizai’s youngest apprentice
Golden Crow School
- Shi Xiaocui (史小翠 – Shí Xiǎocuì), also known as Granny Shi (史婆婆 – Shǐ Pópó) – School founder
- Bai Axiu (白阿绣 – Bái Āxiù) – Bai Wanjian’s daughter
Changle Gang
- Situ Heng (司徒横 – Sītú Héng) – Former gang leader
- Bei Haishi (贝海石 – Bèi Hǎishí) – Deputy leader
- Chen Chongzhi (陈冲之 – Chén Chōngzhī)
- Mi Hengye (米横野 – Mǐ Héngyě)
- Zhan Fei (展飞 – Zhǎn Fēi)
- Shijian (侍剑 – Shìjiàn) – Shi Zhongyu’s servant
Ding family and associates
- Ding Dang (丁璫 – Dīng Dāng) – Shi Zhongyu’s lover
- Ding Busan (丁不三 – Dīng Bùsān) – Ding Dang’s grandfather
- Ding Busi (丁不四 – Dīng Bùsì) – Ding Busan’s brother
- Mei Wenxin (梅文馨 – Méi Wénxīn)
- Mei Fanggu (梅芳姑 – Méi Fānggū) – Shi Potian’s stepmother
Heroes’ Island
- Zhang San (张三 – Zhāng Sān) – Shi Potian’s sworn brother
- Li Si (李四 – Lǐ Sì) – Shi Potian’s sworn brother
- Island Lord Long (龙岛主 – Lóng Dáozhǔ) – Heroes’ Island lord
- Island Lord Mu (木岛主 – Mù Dáozhǔ) – Heroes’ Island lord
Guandong school leaders
- Fan Yifei (范一飞 – Fàn Yīfēi)
- Gao Sanniangzi (高三娘子 – Gāo Sānniángzǐ)
- Lü Zhengping (吕正平 – Lǚ Zhèngpíng)
- Feng Liang (风良 – Fēng Liáng)
Shangqing Monastery
- Tianxu (天虚 – Tiānxū)
- Chongxu (冲虚 – Chōngxū) – Tianxu’s junior
- Lingxu (灵虚 – Língxū)
- Zhaoxu (照虚 – Zhàoxū)
- Tongxu (通虚 – Tōngxū)
Other characters
- Xie Yanke (谢烟客 – Xiè Yānkè) – Sky-scraping Cliff martial artist
- Wu Daotong (吴道通 – Wú Dàotōng)
- Elder Dabei (大悲老人 – Dàbēi Lǎorén) – White Whale Island lord
- Cheng Dayang (成大洋 – Chéng Dàyáng) – Flying Fish Gang leader
- An Fengtian (安奉田 – Ān Fèngtián) – Golden Saber Stronghold chief
- Feng Zhenwu (冯振武 – Féng Zhènwǔ) – Golden Saber Stronghold chief
- Taoist Yuancheng (元澄道人 – Yuánchéng Dàorén) – Golden Saber Stronghold chief
- Zhou Mu (周牧 – Zhōu Mù) – An Fengtian’s subordinate