Datang Youxia Zhuan is a wuxia novel by Liang Yusheng first published as a serial between 1 January 1963 and 14 June 1964 in the Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao.
On the other hand, Wang Botong forms a secret alliance with An Lushan, recruits many followers, and sends his children to be trained by martial arts experts.
After Duan Guizhang finds out, he brings along Tie Mole, Dou Lingkan's godson, to An Lushan's base to rescue Shi Yiru.
Seven years later, after Tie Mole has achieved a high level of mastery in martial arts, he returns to the wulin and finds himself caught up in the chaos of a rebellion started by An Lushan.
He embarks on a series of adventures, undermining the rebels by capturing Wang Botong's stronghold, and exposing the truth behind a 20-year-old mystery and helping to clear Huangfu Song's name.
Tie Mole, Han Zhifen and the other survivors continue their legacy by recruiting heroes to assist the Tang government in suppressing the rebellion.