At a glance
- A healer who charges a price. Behind a mask studded with copper coins he cures the ill of Pangzhen, paying for those cures with the Sha-Chi of the Transcended.
- One of two students. Both he and Xie Xiaorong were taught by the healer Xie Huichun. The pharmacy is Xiaorong's work, whereas Qiudong operates in the backstreets.
- Access via a well. This battle follows right on from Gu Wanyue: chase the falling well mouth downward, then climb back out to reach his arena.
- Target the adds instead. Blows he lands on you restore his health. However, healing the creatures around him costs him health on every use, so the roaming adds are what you should actually go after.
- Everflow. Everflow, a flask worth 20% HP per use that gets a use refilled each time an enemy dies to you, is what he leaves behind.
Overview
Xie Qiudong, called the Divine Healer, is a Pangzhen boss in Phantom Blade Zero, a physician in a mask who has claimed the backstreets of the town.
Copper coins decorate his mask and jingle while he works. The Transcended are people with bodies rebuilt to produce Sha-Chi, at the price of their sanity; they look for him because his ability surpasses that of other healers, and the patients he treats name him the finest physician alive.
His teacher is the same as that of Xie Xiaorong, the pharmacist whom Soul meets in Pangzhen. Qiudong comes later in the region, once Soul has fought Gu Wanyue and dropped into the well next to her arena.
Relationships
- Xie XiaorongYounger fellow student
- Xie HuichunTeacherXie HuichunTeacher
Each of the two healers trained with him.
- Baishan Sect womenPreyBaishan Sect womenPrey
He tempts Transcended women from the Baishan Sect into the backstreets, where he drains their Sha-Chi.
- SoulOpponent
- Gu WanyueEarlier boss on the pathGu WanyueEarlier boss on the path
The well in her arena is the route down to where he fights.
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Background
Ruin of a master, obscurity of a junior
The healer Xie Huichun taught both Qiudong and Xie Xiaorong. From the fates of those near him, Qiudong drew a pair of lessons. What happened to his master convinced him that kind healers seldom end well, and Xiaorong's anonymity convinced him that many years of diligent study can go unnoticed.
He leaned on the two examples as a handy alibi for a wasted middle life and for a career in medicine that never took off.
Role in the Story
Perfect Transcension and the clinic in the backstreets
Qiudong saw a chance to turn his luck around once Perfect Transcension swept across Pangzhen. Using his practice as a front, he lures Transcended women of the Baishan Sect into the backstreets, where their Sha-Chi is drained from them. A share of the loot is passed to several destitute individuals, enough to keep each alive for another few days.
This is how his name was made. Patients he keeps alive sing his praises, and barely anyone notices the Transcended corpses stacking up behind his clinic. In his own eyes, he alone determines who survives and who perishes.
Duel at the bottom of the well
Once Soul has beaten Gu Wanyue, the route goes on by tracking her falling well mouth and jumping into the well. Soul travels through the Well of Wei Sanchuan and, after a brief ascent of the back stairs, emerges on Qiudong's battlefield.
Past his body the road runs on to the Green Serpent House, a place for upgrading medicine.
Missions Featured
| Appearance | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Xie Qiudong, the Divine Healer | Boss fight | Story boss in Pangzhen who comes after Gu Wanyue. He drops Everflow, and his defeat clears the way to the Green Serpent House. |
Gameplay
Think of this as a puzzle of mechanics, not a straight duel. Each strike that connects with you heals him, and no exchange of blows can outpace that recovery. He tends to the creatures near him as well, and pays for it in his own health. Leave him be, kill the adds free to wander first, and put off the ones fastened in position, because rousing them early exposes you to attacks from both sides.
Everflow is the prize. It recovers 20% HP, and once its uses are spent, killing any enemy gives one back.
Quotes
His belief
“Sacrifice a few to save the many. That is how you save the world!”
A line credited to Xie Qiudong.
“Master... spent his whole life healing others... and in the end...”
A line credited to Xie Qiudong.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Xie Qiudong fought?
Within Pangzhen, down in the well next to Gu Wanyue's arena. Once she is beaten, follow the falling well mouth downward, go across the bottom of the well, and ascend the back stairs to get outside.
What is the way to defeat Xie Qiudong?
Avoid exchanging blows with him. Kill the roaming adds before anything else, since he loses health whenever he heals them. Leave the bound adds until the end.
Who are Xie Qiudong's relatives?
He studied alongside Xie Xiaorong, the pharmacist of Pangzhen, and both were taught by Xie Huichun.