What was the relationship between the Eight Heavenly Dragons, Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre?

The Eight Dragons and Dragons, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre were all martial arts novels created by Mr. Jin Yong. They were closely related and had similarities. The Eight Dragons and Dragons was a martial arts novel created by Mr. Jin Yong. It was about the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Nine Yang Scripture. It told the story of the Jianghu people fighting for the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Nine Yang Scripture during the Southern Song Dynasty. It included the protagonists Duan Yu, Xu Zhu, Murong Fu, and others. The Legend of the Condor Heroes, on the other hand, used the love story of Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Yang Kang and others as the main story to tell the story of the Jianghu people fighting against the Mongolian Tartars during the Northern Song Dynasty. The Return of the Condor Heroes was based on the love story of Yang Guo, Xiao Longnu, and others. It told the story of the Jianghu people fighting for the Condor Heroes during the Southern Song Dynasty. In these novels, there were some righteous martial arts sects that had their own purposes and ideas, such as Shaolin Temple in the Eight Dragons and Dragons, Huashan Sect in the Legend of the Condor Heroes, and Ming Sect in the Condor Heroes. These sects all had their own disciples, some of whom grew into martial arts masters and fought fiercely with the masters of other sects. The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre was another martial arts novel by Mr. Jin Yong. It told the story of martial artists fighting for the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre during the Ming Dynasty, including the main characters Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, Zhao Min, and others. Different from the previous novels, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre mainly talked about the love and conspiracy between Jianghu people. It deviated from the theme of other novels.