How to Unlock the Halo Peak Campaign in Where Winds Meet

Halo Peak in Where Winds Meet hides one of Qinghe’s most demanding side activities. The underground pagoda beneath Buddha's Light Pagoda only opens once you’ve effectively “finished” the region: exploration, Jianghu Legacy chain, and earlier campaigns all feed into it.

Halo Peak vs. The Promised Light (what actually unlocks what)

The key detail is that Halo Peak is not a standalone dungeon you walk into whenever you like. It is tied directly to the Jianghu Legacy quest The Promised Light:

• The Promised Light is the final Jianghu Legacy quest in Qinghe.
• The underground Buddha’s Light Pagoda sequence at Halo Peak is The Promised Light’s dungeon.
• Clearing The Promised Light once unlocks the repeatable Halo Peak Campaign as a boss challenge where you fight Tian Ying again for gear and cosmetics.

So if you can’t get into the underground area at Halo Peak, the problem is not “how do I start the Halo Peak Campaign?” but “how do I unlock The Promised Light in the first place?”.

Requirements to unlock The Promised Light at Halo Peak

The game gates The Promised Light behind three clear conditions in the Qinghe region:

Only once all of these are done can you actually open the pagoda at Halo Peak.

Tip: Players often assume they can “just jump down” somewhere to reach the caverns. That is not enough. You must hit around 6,000 Qinghe exploration points and finish Bodhi Sea and Palace of Annals first, or the pagoda will stay sealed and the pedestal will not accept the jade.

How to hit 6,000 Qinghe Exploration Points

Qinghe exploration points are designed as a long-term score that tracks how deeply you’ve engaged with the region. The 6,000‑point threshold is high on purpose: The Promised Light is meant to sit at the end of that journey.

Exploration points in Qinghe come from a wide mix of activities, including:

• Side quests and Jianghu Legacy steps in Qinghe
• Local boss fights and outposts
• Boundary Stones, oddities, chests, and other exploration objects
• Dungeons and events scattered across the region
• Parts of the main story that run through Qinghe

There is no shortcut toggle to skip this requirement. If your exploration score is below 6,000, you simply need to spend some time clearing more content in Qinghe until the threshold is met.

Tip: regularly check the Exploration menu for Qinghe to see which sub‑categories still have low completion, then target those. This is more efficient than wandering randomly hoping the number will climb.

How to start The Promised Light once you qualify

When all requirements are satisfied, The Promised Light becomes selectable as the Final Jianghu Legacy entry for Qinghe.

Step 1: Open the Exploration screen and switch to the Jianghu Legacy tab for Qinghe. Look for the entry labeled The Promised Light (marked as the final Legacy for the region).

Step 2: Inspect that entry to reveal its location and start tracking it on your map.

Step 3: Travel to Sundara Land and speak with the Wayfarer there to fully register the quest and confirm that you meet the exploration and campaign requirements.

Once this setup is complete, the quest directs you toward Halo Peak and Buddha’s Light Pagoda.

Opening the underground pagoda at Halo Peak

Getting into Halo Peak’s underground area is a two‑stage process: using the fused Light Jade at the right time of day, then opening the hidden trap door with Wind Sense.

Step 1: Make sure you have both halves of the Light Jade:

• Buddha’s Light Jade: Yang from the Palace of Annals campaign
• Buddha’s Light Jade: Yin from the Bodhi Sea campaign

The game grants these on your first clear of each campaign. You don’t need to farm them repeatedly.

Step 2: Travel to Halo Peak and climb to the top of Buddha’s Light Pagoda. At the summit is a pedestal meant for the Light Jade.

Step 3: Set the in‑game clock to the Wu Hour. You can manually adjust time in the system menu; you do not need to wait in real time.

Step 4: During the Wu Hour, interact with the pedestal at the top of the pagoda to place the combined Light Jade.

When this ritual is done correctly, the door at the base of Buddha’s Light Pagoda opens, granting access to the interior.

Step 5: Enter the pagoda and activate Wind Sense to locate a hidden lever. Pulling this lever reveals the trap door leading down into the cavern system where The Promised Light unfolds.

Only after these steps are done will “you can just jump down” into the larger underground area people talk about. Until the pagoda opens and the trap door is revealed, that shortcut does not exist for you.

The Promised Light: Overview of the underground run

The Promised Light is a long, multi‑room sequence beneath Halo Peak that mixes puzzles, traversal, and combat before culminating in the Tian Ying fight.

• Light puzzles: You repeatedly use the Meridian Touch mystic art to rotate Buddha statues holding mirrors, redirecting light into specific holes or doors.
• Mechanical Puppets: Several arena rooms spawn puppet enemies. These are best handled by deflecting their attacks, which both protects you and quickly builds your advantage.
• Cavern descent: After a collapse, you work your way deeper through caverns, rope bridges, and ledges. Falling is lethal in this section and sends you back to the last Hero’s Tomb you used.
• Outrun the collapse: A set‑piece sequence forces you to sprint ahead of a collapsing path while hitting occasional quick‑time prompts.
• Thousand‑Buddha Cavern and Buddha Grotto: Near the bottom you unlock the Thousand‑Buddha Cavern Boundary Stone, solve one last mirror puzzle, and move into the Buddha Grotto for the Tian Ying encounter.

Rewards for finishing The Promised Light itself include:

• Yaksha Rush (Mystic Art)
• Medicinal Tales
• Lv. 1 Ebon Iron x4
• Echo Jade x54
• Qinghe Exploration x80
• Enlightenment Point x100
• Character EXP x17,000
• Zhou Coin x17,000

Finishing the quest once also flips Halo Peak into its proper campaign state, letting you rematch Tian Ying on demand.

Halo Peak Campaign: fighting Tian Ying on repeat

Once The Promised Light is complete, Tian Ying becomes a dedicated campaign boss tied to Halo Peak. You can challenge this fight repeatedly as an energy sink and a way to chase specific drops.

First‑clear rewards for Tian Ying in the campaign context typically include:

• Yaksha Rush (if you haven’t already obtained it)
• Echo Jade
• Medicinal Tales
• Ebon Iron
• Coins
• Stored EXP
• Qinghe Exploration

Subsequent clears of the Halo Peak Campaign challenge award a more standardized loot package focused on armor and cosmetics:

• Greaves x2 (tiered greaves pieces)
• Halo Peak Cosmetic Chest
• Crimson Leaves Chest
• Oscillating Jade
• Zhou Coins
• Character EXP

Greaves from this fight are a core way to build out certain armor setups, and many players use Halo Peak as their primary greaves farm.

Cosmetic farming from Halo Peak

The cosmetic side of Halo Peak is built to be grind‑friendly but random:

• The Halo Peak Cosmetic Chest has a low chance to drop actual cosmetic items tied to the Enlightened Mind set.
• Most clears instead give 1 Cosmetic Ticket from each chest.
• Collecting around 360 Cosmetic Tickets lets you buy the complete Enlightened Mind exclusive appearance in the Season Shop.

In practice that means you should treat cosmetic drops from Halo Peak as a long‑term side project while you farm greaves and Oscillating Jade, not as a quick outfit unlock.

What to expect from the Tian Ying boss fight

Tian Ying is one of the more complex human‑sized bosses in Where Winds Meet, with multiple phases and a heavy emphasis on deflect timing and ranged pressure. The fight shifts drastically between phases:

• Phase 1: Tian Ying uses a heavy golden staff, mixing slow telegraphed slams with faster follow‑ups, molten ground smacks, and mid‑range golden projectiles. Staying just outside close range and deflecting projectiles is safer than face‑tanking his melee chains.
• Phase 2: You’re transported to a sandy arena surrounded by Buddha statues. Tian Ying drops the staff and fights with martial arts combos and a sand Buddha summon. Combos are longer, and many attacks require several consecutive deflects or dodges to escape.
• Phase 3: Tian Ying shifts into an assassin‑like dagger style with frequent teleports, fast thrusts, and clone mechanics. This phase is notorious for feeling “janky” because of how quickly he warps and chains attacks, especially on higher difficulties.

A few patterns define the fight:

• Several attacks are Red or Golden, meaning they cannot be blocked conventionally and must be dodged, deflected at the red flash, or jumped over in the case of golden shockwaves.
• Some large telegraphed casts (for example, the wide golden shockwave in Phase 1) can be interrupted with Meridian Touch when the prompt appears, knocking Tian Ying down.
• In the clone segment of Phase 3, deflecting the real Tian Ying’s thrusts dispels his sand clones one by one. After three successful deflects he collapses, opening a long damage window.

Companion choice matters. Yuan Jin’gang is particularly effective: his bow deals heavy Qi damage at range and can stagger Tian Ying out of dangerous actions or even knock him down, giving you breathing room between phases and during the sand Buddha barrages.

Reaching Halo Peak’s underground pagoda is meant to feel like the end of your time in Qinghe: the region’s exploration, earlier campaigns, and Jianghu Legacy threads all converge in The Promised Light. Once you accept that you do, in fact, need those 6,000 exploration points and both Light Jade halves, the path becomes straightforward: finish Bodhi Sea and Palace of Annals, talk to the Wayfarer in Sundara Land, place the Light Jade during the Wu Hour, and drop into the caverns. From there, Halo Peak turns into a reliable late‑game loop for Tian Ying, greaves, and cosmetics whenever you have spare energy to burn.