The Legend of Heroes: Hot Blooded

Heroic tale of going from nothing to something and becoming a hero. I highly recommend this for it's great acting, script and plot.

The initial feeling is kind of similar - an older cast who do their own revenge-remembrance-redemption thing, young heroes finding their place in the world, maybe there'll be some tragedy, lots of action scenes. And there's a promise of sworn brothers in Hot Blooded, just like there is in WBDS.

Both are based on the same novel by Jin Yong.

I feel these new adaptations are good!

Watch the Eastern Heretic first, followed by Nine Yin Evil Sutra and lastly Hot Blooded.

It's basically the same story. The movie condenses as much of it as it can, the drama is starting the journey (two more parts/seasons planned IIRC).

Both are based on the classic drama / novel, so for who watched the older versions there won't be many surprises.

For me, TBH, though the story is very short-summarised, the movie comes ahead with amazing cinematography and good special effects (you can tell they're CGI, but that's the usual trend for cinema.)

Similar story telling, similar leads on remarkably similar trajectory.
You get to watch both set of leads start in life, their sudden launch in to the real world, society at large and struggling with basic human interactions, figuring out what duplicity looks like and that in fact very few are honest.