The Romance of the Condor Heroes (2014)

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is a prequel story to the Condor Trilogy as the Northern Beggar of the Five Greats, Hong Qigong succeeds Qiao Feng as the new chief of the Beggars' Sect in The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Duan Yu is the fictional ancestor of the historical character Duan Zhixing

Both have the same aura where the main lead is a playfull character. Theres a wuxia world with few diferents section. Both is a typical wuxia drama and i find that it have a same vibe.

Similar genre, story involved with multiple sects and Wu Xia, romance, bromance, vengeance, martial arts competitions ...etc

They are based on the same novel. If you want to watch this drama I recommend watching The Romance of the Condor heroes first, I loved it, I hope this one is up to it as well.

RotCH (or any of the versions: 1983, 1995, 2006, etc.) is really similar in terms of:

- MC is an anti-hero that is misunderstood by others for their heretic/unorthodox ways
- plot talks about their journey, from childhood to adulthood and how they resolve their conflicts 16 years later (YES, both have a time-skip of exactly 16 years)
- themes of friendship, justice, righteousness, family, revenge, etc.

what's different is that there's romance in RotCH

Both have romantic relationship between an older women and a younger man. In ROTCH it is a master/apprentice relationships, The relationships in sword dynasty has a similar dynamic, male lead calls female aunt, its the same in ROTCH. When I was watching ROTCH I kept thinking of sword dynasty.

Both tell the same (kind of) story but the 2006 version is soooooo much better! Liu Yi Fei as Xiao Long Nu is an infinitely better choice of casting than that Michelle girl. The 2006 version is so heartfelt and addicting and Huang Xiao Ming (especially in the later episodes) is the perfect man for Yang Guo.

The 1st one to this trilogy is Legend of the Condor heroes. I liked it a lot. It was funny and had a great story line. I haven't seen the other versions but this is one should be a definite watch. The 2nd one to the trilogy is Romance/Return of the Condor Heroes. I liked the 2014 version a lot even though most people gave it a bad review. I've seen both Romance and Return of the Condor Heroes and both had its pros and cons.

well it is not like The Investiture of the Gods but at least it is a martial arts drama