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The Promised Light: jade requirements, mirrors and the cavern descent

Meet the jade and exploration requirements, solve the mirrors and descend to Tian Ying’s grotto.

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The quick answer

Reach 6,000 Qinghe Exploration, obtain both Buddha’s Light Jades and speak to the Sundara Land Wayfarer. Place the jade at Wu hour atop the pagoda, solve the mirror route with Meridian Touch and finish Tian Ying’s encounter.

Quest requirements

Jianghu Legacy · Start with Sundara Land Wayfarer

  • 6,000 Qinghe Exploration
  • Both Buddha’s Light Jade halves
  • Wu hour at the summit

Rewards

  • Yaksha Rush
  • Halo Peak campaign access

Open the pagoda

The Yang jade comes from the Palace of Annals campaign; the Yin jade comes from Bodhi Sea. With both obtained and 6,000 Qinghe Exploration reached, speak to the Sundara Land Wayfarer and track the final Jianghu Legacy in Exploration.

Climb Buddha’s Light Pagoda at Halo Peak. Set the clock to Wu hour and use the summit pedestal. Once the lower entrance opens, go inside and follow the Wind Sense footprints to the hidden floor lever. Pull it to open the descent.

Route the light through the mirrors

Use Meridian Touch on the first mirror statue and rotate it clockwise once, directing light into the right-hand wall opening.

The larger hall requires a chain of reflections ending at the wall receiver. Follow the beam from its starting statue rather than numbering every decoration around the room. From the untouched arrangement, the five adjustments along the working chain are:

  1. Turn the first working mirror clockwise once.
  2. Turn the next mirror twice.
  3. Turn the next mirror twice.
  4. Turn the next mirror twice.
  5. Turn the final working mirror counterclockwise once.

If you have already moved mirrors, do not apply those counts on top of your changed layout. Follow the illuminated beam, turn the next receiving mirror toward the next receiver, and work outward. The door opening confirms the complete chain.

Deflect the bronze puppets

Crawl onward and descend through the collapse. Inspect the seated corpse and its journal to trigger three Mechanical Puppets. Normal weapon damage is ineffective here; deflect their attacks to defeat them and obtain the Arhat Hall Key.

Unlock the door. The barrel-blocked side branch contains a chest; the narrow continuation leads to more puppets and the stairs. Use the same defensive solution, then enter the Mural Corridor. Inspect the corpse’s Handwritten Copy and the mural before continuing.

Descend using the statue and ropes

Activate the checkpoint at the Thousand-Buddha Cavern entrance. Work down the wooden ledges onto the Buddha’s hand, then into the small passage obstructed by fallen pillars. Crouch through and collect Moon & Mountain: Tian.

Beyond that corridor, descend via the roof and wooden platforms. At the apparent rope dead end, look down: another rope lies underneath. Align over it from the middle of the upper rope and drop vertically. Trying to jump to the far wall misses the intended continuation.

Follow the platforms into the collapse sequence and respond to the on-screen escape prompts. Activate the Boundary Stone at the bottom.

Open the grotto and finish the escape

Turn the final mirror twice with Meridian Touch to direct the beam into the sealed gate. Use the Hero’s Tomb before challenging Tian Ying. His encounter has three phases, so preserve healing through the early exchanges and use the dedicated boss guide for the attack responses.

After victory, swim through the underwater passage toward the red-flowered island, Floral Expanse Beyond. Reaching that exit completes the quest. Yaksha Rush is a quest reward; Free Morph’s learning opportunity is a separate mechanic during the boss encounter.

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