Quick answer: Break Master Bi Hai’s golden bell with heavy shield-breaking hits from the Tianxuan Bronze Sword and charged Dread Axe cleaves, and kill his summoned monks. The bell shields him from all damage while it stands.
Master Bi Hai at a glance
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Name bar | “MASTER BI HAI OF KUYE TEMPLE” |
| Health | 37,520 HP on PATHBREAKER |
| Location | Past the pink fog beside the Smuggler’s Tunnel Entrance bell, Village of Lu, Chapter 1 |
| Shield | Golden bell; his health does not move while it stands |
| Adds | Three bronze monks per bell, then iron monks, then gold monks |
| Respawn | Smuggler’s Tunnel Entrance bell |
| Reward | Kuye Temple Prayer Beads (Phantom Edge, Summoning) and 15,600 Remnant Dust |
PATHBREAKER is the default difficulty. On it, Soul has 1,275 max HP and three healing gourds, so the monk damage numbers below add up quickly.
How the Master Bi Hai bell fight works
The fight opens with Master Bi Hai sitting cross-legged inside a giant golden bell. He summons three bronze monks and stays put while they do all the fighting. Each monk carries its own shield bar.
Your job in this phase is the bell. Once it breaks, he drops out into the open and fights you hand to hand. While the bell stands, your attacks do not move his health bar; killing a monk reduces his health.
The bell does not stay gone. It returns later with a fresh set of monks, first iron monks carrying ring blades, then gold monks after that.
Bronze monk attacks and damage
The bronze monks are the real threat in the opening phase. They keep up pressure while you are busy hitting the bell.
- At point-blank range, they throw punches and quick fist combinations.
- They leap forward with a flying kick to cover ground quickly.
- Coordinated attacks from three sides at once, often while you swing at the bell.
| Difficulty | Damage per hit | Over two minutes |
|---|---|---|
| PATHBREAKER | About 60 to 300 HP | 26 hits in under two minutes |
| WAYFARER | About 65 HP on average | About 1,900 HP over 29 hits |
Watch the monks while you attack the bell: they deal damage, and killing one cracks the bell. Each monk you kill also chips away a substantial section of the bell and reduces Master Bi Hai’s health.
Breaking the golden bell: Weapons that work
Heavy attacks that break shields wear the bell down; killing a monk also takes a large piece off it. Twin blades like Sanguine Twin barely scratch it, so equip a different loadout.
| Weapon | Effect on the bell |
|---|---|
| Dread Axe (charged cleave) | Roughly a fifth per cleave |
| Tianxuan Bronze Sword | A visible chip every combo |
| Sanguine Twin | Barely scratches it |
Each charged Dread Axe cleave consumes one Remnant Spark from your reserve. If you have none stored, the screen displays “Out of Remnant Spark”; landing hits restores Sparks, but only gradually. Use your saved Sparks for cleaves as soon as the fight begins.
The Tianxuan Bronze Sword card reads “high Shield-Breaking power when attacking and rock-solid defense when blocking”. On WAYFARER, three charged cleaves plus the sword bring the bell down to about a fifth in under two minutes. On PATHBREAKER, twin blades with three cleaves leave it near 40 percent.
During this fight the game shows the hint “Press 1 to switch weapons and fully restore Sha-Chi!” Carry the Tianxuan Bronze Sword in a main weapon slot, then switch to it for the bell to refill Sha-Chi at the same time.
The sword’s trait, Natural Order, “Reduces Sha-Chi consumption when blocking attacks, but disables parrying”, so block with it instead of trying to parry.
Iron monks in the later bell phase
When the bell returns, the monks become darker iron figures. Some wield large ring blades and sweep them through wide arcs.
Others jump in with a blade held overhead. Each has a separate shield bar, and defeating one still cracks the bell, so stick with the same plan.
Master Bi Hai’s moveset outside the bell
Out of the bell, Master Bi Hai mixes close-range strikes with a ranged projectile. Between attacks he backs off and keeps his distance, so expect to chase him.
| Attack | What it does |
|---|---|
| Close strike | Steps in, hits with hands and feet at arm’s length |
| Fist wave | Golden shockwave that crosses the arena and bursts on impact |
| Palm strike | Straight palm thrust; can be parried or blocked |
| Golden glow | A golden flash spreads across the arena before he unleashes a burst of attacks. |
The fist wave is the attack that reaches you at range, and on PATHBREAKER it lands for about 76 HP early in the fight.
When he starts glowing gold, a flurry is coming, so get your guard up.
The palm strike is the cleanest opening to answer with a block or parry, though parrying is off the table while you hold the Tianxuan Bronze Sword.
The fight rewards the Kuye Temple Prayer Beads and 15,600 Remnant Dust. For the arena and what to expect on the way in, see where to find Master Bi Hai.
