Whether Lan Gang, the Lan Chou Executioner in The Heavenly Sword Heroes, died in the finale was still controversial. In the ending of the novel, Lan Gang and Bai Yunfei met at Dongting Lake and joined forces to defeat the important figures of the Blood Moon Sect, including Bai Choufei, the leader of the Blood Moon Sect, Chu Zhaonan, the leader of the Iron Palm Gang, Xie Xun, and so on. Although Lan Gang successfully defeated these enemies, he was also seriously injured and finally fainted at the end of the plot, suspected of death. However, this ending wasn't perfect in the eyes of some readers. They believed that Lan Gang wasn't really dead, but Bai Choufei had used drugs to control his consciousness so that he could continue to serve the Blood Moon God Sect. Therefore, there was still some debate about whether Lan Gang was dead or not.