[Silentwolfie]

Originally Posted by Lhklan

Spoiler:

I though it was 3 generations? The grandfather, the father and the son? With the protagonist being the son?

Anywho, the protagonist's family being executed/exterminated is a rather standard situation found in Wuxia - either before the series start or during the series run.

Spoiler for spoiler:

The earlier spoiler I gave is an example of Chinese historic word usage, not involving the story itself. There are 9 official Chinese words 高祖, 曾祖, 祖父, 父, 子, 孙, 曾孙, 玄孙 and the person himself, in the case of 诛九族, meaning across the people crossing 9 generations will be executed. In the historic annals, Fang Xiao Ru http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Xiaoru , offended King Cheng and 873 people were killed.

Another meaning of 诛九族 can be the father's spanning across 4 generations, mother's side spanning 3 generations, the wife's side spanning 2 generations.