For those who highly rate Jin Yong's "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"...

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You probably read the old edition lol
If you read the new edition, things get too bogged down with unnecessary details, so that original sense of magnanimity? is cut in half.
And the "Ah, this villain actually had a past!" trope becomes too excessive.
(Of course, there were many behind-the-scenes stories starting from Duan Yan's sister, but those were all concentrated in the latter half)
The "cathartic feeling" when the protagonist defeats the villain
has decreased significantly.