The quick answer
Finish the Jinming Pool campaign and The Eagle’s Shadow, deliver the Old Wooden Eagle to Shi Shouxin, then allow the real-day unlock wait before returning to Zhenzhen at Jade Mirror Pond. Give her the Wooden Eagle Diagram and follow the Masterwood Hamlet investigation; collect the Explosive Device Plans inside the hidden chamber.
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What must be finished before Zhenzhen appears
Complete Jinming Pool and The Eagle’s Shadow, including the assembled eagle handover to Shi Shouxin at South Imperial Garden. Soaring Eagle has a reported real-world day gate after that chain; repeatedly changing the game clock does not substitute for it.
Keep the Wooden Eagle Diagram from the secret chamber aboard the Quintadent Warship. This is the paper Zhenzhen requests, not one of the wooden parts handed to Li Shoujie. If it is missing, revisit the campaign’s painting-puzzle chamber.
If the earlier tale is incomplete, collect and deliver its three parts first.
Meet Zhenzhen and visit Masterwood Hamlet
- Return to Jade Mirror Pond when the prerequisite wait has elapsed and speak to Zhenzhen by the water.
- Lend her the Wooden Eagle Diagram.
- Advance to the following in-game day at Xu hour and meet her at Masterwood Hamlet.
- Follow her home, sit for the meal and finish the conversation.
- When she leaves upset, follow her and agree to hear the rest of her account.
This Xu-hour appointment uses the game’s clock. Keep it separate from the real-day requirement that unlocks the Encounter in the first place.
Find the secret chamber and explosive plans
Speak with Uncle Li and the old shipwright, then investigate the stone shrine indicated by the quest. It opens the underground passage. Search the chamber for the Explosive Device Plans, the invitation and the burned letter before following the memory sequence.
Return toward the entrance when the objective changes, defeat the pursuing soldiers and speak to Li Shoujie. Continue the letter delivery and General Shi conversation, then report back to Zhenzhen. Keep the plans: Tang Ji’an needs them for All Beauty Fades.
Finish the last wait and check the pond
After reporting back, advance the in-game date by at least two days for the final pond visit. Return to Jade Mirror Pond and complete Zhenzhen’s wooden eagle scene. If the task is still active, check whether you finished the family report before advancing time.
| Missing progress | Check |
|---|---|
| Zhenzhen never appeared | Jinming Pool, The Eagle’s Shadow, eagle delivery and the real-day gate. |
| Diagram handover unavailable | The Wooden Eagle Diagram from the warship, not the assembled eagle. |
| Family meeting unavailable | The following day at Xu hour. |
| Follow-up chest still locked | Collect the Explosive Device Plans and speak to Tang Ji’an after completing this Encounter. |
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Common questions
Can changing the clock unlock Soaring Eagle immediately?
The initial unlock includes a reported real-day wait after the prerequisite eagle chain. Later Xu-hour and several-day objectives within Soaring Eagle use in-game time.
Where are the Explosive Device Plans?
Inside the secret underground chamber reached through the shrine during Soaring Eagle. Search the room before proceeding through the memory sequence.