Character Relationship Map: Bat Without Wings

Characters

• Xiao Qi (played by Derek Yee) — protagonist
• Szma Dongcheng (played by Ching Li) — supporting
• Bat without Wings (played by Tang Ching) — supporting
• Lei-feng / Ximen Luoye (played by Susanna Au-Yeung Pui-San) — supporting
• Leng Qiuyun (played by Ai Fei) — supporting
• Linghu (played by Jason Pai Piao) — supporting
• Szma Zhongyuan (played by Ku Feng) — supporting
• Shangguan Wangsun (played by Ching Miao) — minor
• Wang Wuxie (played by Yuen Bun) — minor
• Xu Fang (played by Yuen Wah) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Szma Dongcheng → Szma Zhongyuan (Family Daughter)

  Szma Dongcheng explains that Szma Zhongyuan is her father and that he supposedly killed Bat without Wings.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Szma Dongcheng → Xiao Qi (Alliance Investigation Partner)

  Szma Dongcheng explains her father's motives during the investigation, while Xiao Qi and his companions pursue the clues toward the island.

• Xiao Qi → Leng Qiuyun (Narrative Investigator)

  Xiao Qi and the travelers arrive at Leng Qiuyun's residence while pursuing clues, but find his memorial tablet and learn that he died three days earli...

• Szma Zhongyuan → Linghu (Unknown Mission Successor)

  Szma Dongcheng insists that her father sought the Bat Blades to fulfill Linghu's dying wish and destroy two dangerous manuals.

• Szma Dongcheng → Bat without Wings (Conflict Opponent's Daughter)

  Szma Dongcheng explains that her father was the man who supposedly killed Bat without Wings, while Bat without Wings seeks revenge against him.

• Lei-feng / Ximen Luoye → Szma Zhongyuan (Conflict Accuser)

  Lei-feng / Ximen Luoye's dying testimony claims that Szma Zhongyuan pursued the Bat Blades because of greed.

• Xu Fang → Xiao Qi (Conflict Enemy)

  Xu Fang works with Wang Wuxie to use ventriloquism and poison against Xiao Qi and the other travelers.

• Wang Wuxie → Xiao Qi (Conflict Enemy)

  Wang Wuxie participates in using ventriloquism and poison to lure Xiao Qi's group toward a deadly pond.

• Wang Wuxie → Xu Fang (Alliance Collaborator)

  Wang Wuxie and Xu Fang jointly use ventriloquism and poison to lure Xiao Qi and the others toward a deadly pond.

• Xiao Qi → Lei-feng / Ximen Luoye (Alliance Companion)

  Lei-feng / Ximen Luoye receives the letter that begins the dangerous journey, and later travels with Xiao Qi's group before giving a dying testimony.

• Xiao Qi → Szma Zhongyuan (Conflict Investigator And Suspect)

  Xiao Qi investigates the disappearance of Szma Zhongyuan and later uncovers accusations that Szma Zhongyuan sought the Bat Blades for riches.

• Xiao Qi → Bat without Wings (Narrative Investigative Adversary)

  Xiao Qi is asked to investigate whether Bat without Wings is still alive and follows clues connected to the masked killer.

• Xiao Qi → Shangguan Wangsun (Alliance Ally)

  Xiao Qi saves Shangguan Wangsun, after which he asks Shangguan Wangsun to distribute recovered jewels to flood victims in Jiangnan.

• Szma Zhongyuan → Bat without Wings (Conflict Arch Enemy)

  Bat without Wings is described as the only known enemy seeking revenge against Szma Zhongyuan.

Story Analysis

A martial-world investigation exposes false heroism, hidden greed, and the unresolved survival of a supposedly defeated killer.

Plot Progression

1. The Masked Killer's Legend
2. The Letter Draws Blood
3. The Enemy May Survive
4. Traps Beneath The Clues
5. Greed Behind The Blades