The unofficial fan translation of The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre, also known as The Heaven Sword and Dragon-Slaying Dao, is a community effort based on the Second Edition of the novel. We have adopted this translation on WuxiaSociety.
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Fan translation
- Chapter 1 – Longing for you at world’s end part 2, part 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Chapter 2 – Atop Mount Wudang, pines and cypresses endure, part 2, 3, 4, 5
- Chapter 3 – A hundred-forged precious blade births arcane light, part 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Chapter 4 – Words wrought in chaos and turmoil part 4, part 2, part 3, part 4
- Chapter 5 – Pale arms like jade with plum blossom adornment, part 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Chapter 6 – A raft drifting in the vast Beiming Sea, part 2, 3, 4
- Chapter 7 – Who sends an ice barge to your birthplace
- Chapter 8 – Sailing home after ten years in Qiongfa
- Chapter 9 – Endless joy at the reunion of the seven swordsmen
- Chapter 10 – Heartbreak at the centennial birthday banquet
- Chapter 11 – Woman with a loose tongue sharp as a spear
- Chapter 12 – Acupuncture and medicines unable to remedy
- Chapter 13 – Junior Buhui crossed my wall
- Chapter 14 – Meeting the Zhongshan wolf while blocking the way
- Chapter 15 – The perfect plan was just a dream
- Chapter 16 – Wretched luck improves after mastering Nine Yang
- Chapter 17 – Coming and going of a messenger brings a laugh
- Chapter 18 – Cold edge of the flying Heaven-relying longsword
- Chapter 19 – Disaster strikes when the screen wall breaches the impregnable fortress
- Chapter 20 – Joining forces with son to capture the leader
- Chapter 21 – The six strongest take charge of resolving disputes
- Chapter 22 – Heroes embrace the three commandments
- Chapter 23 – Visitors drunk on magical lotus in the Green Willow Manor
- Chapter 24 – First lesson of Taiji: countering hardness with softness
- Chapter 25 – Starting a fire to light the sky so brilliantly
- Chapter 26 – Willingly disfigure a handsome face
- Chapter 27 – Hundred-feet tall tower prevents passage
- Chapter 28 – Broken marriage of the Purple Dress King
- Chapter 29 – What hope is there for four women in the same boat?
- Chapter 30 – East and west are forever apart like Orion and Antares
- Chapter 31 – Saber and sword go missing and one turns fugitive
- Chapter 32 – Being driven mad by unredressed Mongol injustice
- Chapter 33 – Long flute, short lute, and tan clothing
- Chapter 34 – The bride’s pale arms parts the red clothing
- Chapter 35 – Will the encounter while lion-slaying cause a calamity?
- Chapter 36 – Graceful movements of three pines in the lush green forest
- Chapter 37 – All over the world, no one can be a hero
- Chapter 38 – A gentleman is gullible because of his righteous conduct
- Chapter 39 – Secret manual and military treatise are hidden within
- Chapter 40 – Refusing to acknowledge Zhang as husband
- Afterword
Changelog
9 December 2024
- Created translation index, splitting it from the novel page
- Updated the Afterword translation