Hu Qingniu (胡青牛) – a physician residing in Butterfly Valley."Peng the Monk" Peng Yingyu ("彭和尚" 彭瑩玉)."Iron-crowned Taoist" Zhang Zhong ("鐵冠道人" 張中)."Monk with the Sack" Shuobude ("布袋和尚" 說不得)."Cold-faced Gentleman" Leng Qian ("冷臉先生" 冷謙).Xu Da studies it and uses his knowledge to lead the rebel armies to victories in the battles against the Yuan forces. Zhang Wuji presents him with Yue Fei's Book of Wumu, a military treatise on strategies and warfare tactics. Xu Da (徐達) – a minor leader of the cult.Chang Yuchun (常遇春) – a member of the cult who travels with the young Zhang Wuji to Butterfly Valley to seek treatment from Hu Qingniu.He betrays the cult later and becomes the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋) – an ambitious minor leader of the cult who eventually takes full command of its military and overthrows the Yuan Dynasty.They are said to be expecting a child near the end of the story. She falls in love with Yin Liting, her mother's original fiancé, and marries him eventually despite their large difference in age. It also made her extremely protective towards her father and Zhang Wuji, whom she sees as what is left of her family. This is evident in her treatment towards Xiaozhao, when she and her father suspect the latter of being a spy from the Emei Sect. The trauma of witnessing her mother's death made her become suspicious of anyone who could be a potential enemy, in addition to her bitter hatred towards Miejue as she gets older. She regards Zhang Wuji as an older brother figure for his care and concern towards her. Zhang Wuji helps her escape from Miejue after her mother's death and he leads her on a long and perilous journey to bring her safely to her father. Her name literally means "no regrets" to reflect her mother's love for Yang Xiao. Yang Buhui (楊不悔) – the daughter of Yang Xiao and Ji Xiaofu.Zhang Wuji cures him using the "Nine Yang Divine Skill" later. Since then, he has to suck the warm blood of human beings (and sometimes animals) to keep the icy venom in his body under control. He infected himself with an icy venom once during a practice session with the "Icy Palm", which went horribly wrong. Wei Yixiao (韋一笑) – the "Green Winged Bat King" (青翼蝠王).However, he still becomes a monk to seek peace and redemption from his past.
After the final confrontation with Cheng Kun, the families and associates of Xie Xun's victims forgive him. He is the godfather of Zhang Wuji, whom he names in memory of his deceased son, Xie Wuji. Yin Susu throws her darts at him in self-defense when he is about to attack her during a fit of insanity and is blinded as a consequence. He goes on a rampage to kill several innocents out of fury, seeking revenge on his former teacher, Cheng Kun, who murdered his family in cold blood. Xie Xun (謝遜) – the "Golden Haired Lion King" (金毛獅王).He dies from exhaustion after trying to save Xie Xun from his captivity by fighting Shaolin's Three Elders of the Bodhidharma Hall with his grandson and Yang Xiao. He is the father of Yin Yewang and Yin Susu, maternal grandfather of Zhang Wuji, and paternal grandfather of Yin Li. He leaves the cult during its period of internal conflict and founds the Heavenly Eagle Cult.