Mount Soulrend.

Soul's journey ends at Mount Soulrend, a chain of snow-covered ridges that rise to the north-west of Meigu Lake. Entry comes directly after the Mirage Estate, and the story handles it across Chapter 11 and Chapter 12, A Soul's Worth. The principal route is a single ascent that begins at Mountain God Temple and finishes at the cliff top.

From the first moments of the game, the name of this mountain has loomed. Right at the beginning Zuo Shang speaks to Soul of a massacre of Wulin masters on Soulrend Cliff, the loftiest and deadliest part of this range. By coming here you climb toward the site that tale described.

Look at the area as a final tick-list as well as a hike up. Waiting here are half a dozen Memory Flowers, a trio of weapons and the closing chapters of the Cui tale. Higher up is The Last Chance, the bell signalling that the game's last irreversible threshold lies ahead. Your arrival at the mountain also alters the map elsewhere, thawing nothing but instead opening an icy part of Crimson Forest.

Terrain and Weather

Ridge follows ridge up Mount Soulrend, with Soulrend Cliff at the crown. The summit has been under snow for years without interruption while the valley beneath remains hot and humid, so two climates meet along the cliff. A Wulin saying holds that gods and ghosts die when the frost comes down.

At first the route is a stroll uphill beside small shrines, followed by wooden platforms and a mountain trail, then it crosses a Mandate camp that includes a wooden fenced area. A cave with icy sections comes next, and the way to the summit leads out of it.

Keep the mountain distinct from the places around it. Although the Mandate Encampment region comes much earlier in the game, The Last Mandate Encampment is a different camp, found on this mountain. Likewise Soulrend Cliff is merely a section of Mount Soulrend and not a second title for the whole.

The Last Chance

Though only a bell and no separate zone, this spot is more important than any other along the mountain. Once The Giant’s Lair is cleared you arrive here, at the game's last irreversible threshold. Stepping beyond means the final boss sequence is locked in, and the way out stays shut while an ending plays.

Since this warning shows regardless of whether everything has been completed, it says nothing about how you are doing. Inanis is a more reliable gauge. Before you cross, talk to her: should a True Ending requirement still be outstanding she warns about loose ends, and with everything done she tells you nothing else remains within her power.

What Can Still Be Fixed From Here

Until you cross, you may backtrack, and earlier regions stay accessible.

Advice on Saving

Before continuing, save manually at this bell. At the end of A Soul's Worth, selecting "No turning back now. Forward it is!" stores a return point as well, so once the Annihilation ending is over you can go back to the last place of redemption. 66 Days offers no such return.

What Can Still Be Fixed From Here

Effects on Other Areas

Once the Mirage Estate is finished and Mount Soulrend is open, snow blankets south-east Crimson Forest. Its water, now frozen, can be walked across to reach spots that were out of reach earlier.

Do both prior to crossing The Last Chance, although after the final fights the free roam offers another chance at whatever is not missable.

Background Lore: The Massacre at Soulrend Cliff

Long ago the masters of every Wulin school assembled on the cliff to look at a treasure. The book The Order identifies that treasure as a remaining fragment of the Celestial Tome. A strange bell rang out, the masters present lost their minds, and they slaughtered each other.

Accounts differ about that night. Ten masters, Zuo Shang says to Soul, left no bodies, and their whereabouts are unknown. The Order instead says ten people survived together with the orphaned child of one who perished there, and that the Tome fragment gave life anew to these Eleven. Nothing settles whether the two accounts describe the same event.

Local memories of the place vary from person to person. Mu Tianmiao cautioned Soul about the cliff, explaining that the bell resonated with Sha-Chi in the people there; Soul had been born with Sha-Chi too. Captain Twin-Scar's master set out to look into things and was lost, so the remains are what the captain wants, not the relic. According to Captain Qing Long, the dead masters' Sha-Chi can still be felt lingering, and hardly anyone in the Mandate there has kept their senses.

Characters Connected to the Region

• Soul
• Inanis
• Zuo Shang
• Leng Tu
• The High Elder
• Spectral Blade
• Mu Tianmiao
• Old Man Gen
• Uncle Zhong
• Blizzard Blademaster

Spoiler Warning: The Final Fights

From this point, the game's last bosses are named and its endings explained.

Bosses

The figures for HP, Sha-Chi and Remnant Dust are base values; on higher difficulties and in later playthroughs, HP and Sha-Chi increase.

Riding on the Crusher's neck, the Saw slashes at him to whip him into a frenzy. Once it is knocked off, the battle becomes the Earthshattering Form, which is hardly milder: with no head and no rider, the Crusher blazes with Sha-Chi.

Leng Tu and Meng Hua are fought consecutively, without any chance to retreat. In the normal ending Meng Hua serves as the last boss. Herald's Lingering Threads are used to temper the Puppeteer's Bell, and The Lady's Crown is what tempers The Lady's Fan.

Zuo Shang comes in two forms, and three of his patterns are worth memorising. Finger snap: keep guarding while the swords rain down, then avoid the heavy strike and the flying mace. Sword thrown upward: parry the sword, then the lunge behind it. Lunge plus four kicks: avoid the ranged attacks and the heavy finisher, and strike back. Broken Lóng Body is the tempering material for Aureate.

Ways the Mountain Ends

Your requirements are assessed by the game when Leng Tu and Meng Hua are both defeated.

Undying Grudge, the fourth ending, is exclusive to 66 Days mode, so the region has no bearing on it. Want a pair of endings off a single save? Complete all content except the Mirage Estate Lóng Pillar, save at The Last Chance, choose Lóng's Roar, then load again, clear the pillar and take Final Battle.

Plan of The High Elder

The High Elder led forbidden illusionists who made their home on this mountain. He selected Soulrend Cliff to open the Rift for the Merciful Lady, because the Eleven were born there, the ground is saturated with Sha-Chi, and his followers practise nearby. From a distance their minds worked via puppets; Soul climbed the cliff, destroyed their bodies, and the Rift was sealed for good.

Characters Connected to the Region

The following characters are noted as present on Mount Soulrend.

Boss Fights

Ways the Mountain Ends

Quests

Scene with Spectral Blade

Spectral Blade appears once more to the south of The Last Mandate Encampment bell. If the earlier quests are finished, the Statue of the Loyal Hero is given in this scene.

Rewards and Collectibles

There are no accessories, no medicines, no challenges, and no Sha-Chi Amber or Blackstone on Mount Soulrend. Along the way up lies a brief list of finds.

Memory Flowers

Soul's maximum HP rises once enough flowers are gathered. Each piece is shown with a number and a title.

Tempering Materials and Weapons

All of these can be collected ahead of The Last Chance. Rewards from the final bosses appear in the spoiler section.

Key to the Soulrend Storeroom

This chest-only item is the sole key in the region. Of the plain lock-key type used among Mandate ranks, it is split by the mountain's wind and snow, and with it the mountain storeroom opens.

Bells by Name

Named Bells:

• Mountain God Temple
• Path of Silver
• The Last Mandate Encampment
• The Giant’s Lair
• Soulrend Cliff
• Frostcliff Cavern
• The Fallen Dream
• The Last Chance
• Phantom of The Old House

Memory Flowers

Tempering Materials and Weapons

Walkthrough of the Region

Following the main path, these steps gather every pickup on the way.

1. Come in via the story sequence from the Mirage Estate and go uphill. The first Memory Flower sits by the small shrines, before the bell.
2. Light the Mountain God Temple bell, then open the chest immediately beside it.
3. Go along the wooden platforms, where the following Memory Flower lies on the main path, then take the mountain trail up to The Last Mandate Encampment.
4. Light the bell there. South is the Spectral Blade scene; west is where Cui is finished and a Memory Flower is taken.
5. Stay on the main path, pick up the Memory Flower on the left shortly before the following bell, and light the bell at The Giant’s Lair.
6. Head north-west from the bell to the icy cave and collect a Memory Flower. Afterwards go into the arena and fight The Crusher and the Saw.
7. Claim Bonesaw and whatever other rewards there are, then continue through the cave. The final Memory Flower is yours as you climb out.
8. Halt at The Last Chance. Make a manual save, review your quests, improve your equipment and go back for whatever is incomplete.
9. Only move on when you feel prepared for the last fights.

Nearby locations

Crimson Forest · Mirrorwood · Crimson Forest Sha-Chi Tower · Village of Lu · Green Serpent House · Mandate Encampment · Mountain of Imprisonment · Meigu Lake · Mirage Estate · Mirage Estate Lóng Pillar · Willow Pavilion · Mountain God Temple · Path of Silver · The Last Mandate Encampment · The Giant’s Lair · Soulrend Cliff · Frostcliff Cavern · The Fallen Dream

Characters

Soul · Zuo Shang · Leng Tu · Inanis · Old Man Gen · Spectral Blade · Mu Tianmiao · The High Elder · Meng Hua · Uncle Zhong · Blizzard Blademaster · Captain Twin-Scar · The Hunt · Captain Qing Long · Yucong · The Crusher and the Saw

Weapons

Baishan Stormswords · Crescent Blade · Bonesaw · Aureate · The Lady's Fan · Puppeteer's Bell