The unofficial fan translation of The Return of the Condor Heroes on WuxiaSociety is a community effort based on the Second Edition of the novel.
The novel’s official translation is currently on-going, with the first book of the Return of the Condor Heroes series released on 12 October 2023. The translation is done by Gigi Chang, who also translated the Legends of the Condor Heroes series.
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- Read: Use the fan-translation chapter list below, or return to the translation archive.
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Official translation
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 Book One: A Past Unearthed translated by Gigi Chang |
Fan translation
- Chapter 1 – Shocking events in the blizzard
- Chapter 2 – The seven freaks of Jiangnan
- Chapter 3 – Boundless desert
- Chapter 4 – Two killers in the tempest
- Chapter 5 – Drawing the bow to shoot condors
- Chapter 6 – Decoy deployment on the cliff
- Chapter 7 – Fighting contest to find a suitor
- Chapter 8 – Everyone showing off their abilities
- Chapter 9 – Iron spear, damaged plough
- Chapter 10 – Spectres of the past
- Chapter 11 – Changchun admits defeat
- Chapter 12 – Repentance of the haughty dragon
- Chapter 13 – The cripples of Wuhu
- Chapter 14 – Master of Taohua Island
- Chapter 15 – Divine dragon shakes its tail
- Chapter 16 – Scriptures of the Nine Yin
- Chapter 17 – Ambidextrous fighting
- Chapter 18 – The three test questions
- Chapter 19 – A shiver of sharks in the big waves
- Chapter 20 – Fake scriptures of Nine Yin
- Chapter 21 – Huge rock of a thousand jun
- Chapter 22 – Leisurely ride on a shark
- Chapter 23 – Havoc in the Jin palace
- Chapter 24 – Recuperating in a secret chamber
- Chapter 25 – Inn in a deserted village
- Chapter 26 – Fresh alliance of an old pledge
- Chapter 27 – Before the Xuanyuan dais
- Chapter 28 – On Tiezhang Peak
- Chapter 29 – Veiled woman in the black marshes
- Chapter 30 – Master Yideng
- Chapter 31 – Embroidered couple handkerchiefs
- Chapter 32 – Dangerous river rapids
- Chapter 33 – Impending disaster
- Chapter 34 – Drastic changes on the island
- Chapter 35 – Iron spear in the temple
- Chapter 36 – The great army heads west
- Chapter 37 – Descending from the sky
- Chapter 38 – Secret order in an embroidered pouch
- Chapter 39 – Right and wrong, good and evil
- Chapter 40 – Sword duels on Mount Hua
- Appendix – The Book of Changes, yin-yang, and numerology
- Afterword
Changelog
4 July 2024
- Created translation index
15 July 2024
- Added updated Afterword