you learn that events from this arc impacts major events from other arcs, and characters mentioned in passing come to play a major role later on

for example the line about the 一剑破云 keeps coming up, and with every arc we learn more about the characters within these stories

everyone feels interconnected, they don’t feel like a legend but truly multidimensional and complex characters

and what this novel does really well is showing how characters from both sides uphold the loyalty to their people/country (embodying the idea of 俠) the despite individual grievances/stances,