Has anyone ever finished this adaption? I had it for the longest time but never bothered watching as the storyline is quite boring to me. The novel itself is very boring and not very attractive. Everyone praises Rebecca Wang and Victor Huang in their roles respectively (funny because both are villains). I had only watched the 2003 version and I actually liked it because they changed a lot of details. (i.e Xiao Die is a highly skilled martial arts expert, not a weakling and crybaby). Also the dubbing was great as well and Adam Cheng and Norman Tsui were in it. The 1997 ATV version titled Swordsman is loosely based on it and I didn't really like it either. It dragged too much and Damian Lau was just too old for the role.