Quick answer: Broken Lóng Body is only on the Final Battle route: finish Secrets at the Heart of the Lake and win all five Lóng Pillar trials before the Leng Tu fight. It Soul Tempers Aureate.
Where to get Broken Lóng Body
Broken Lóng Body comes only on the Final Battle route. Both Secrets at the Heart of the Lake and all five Lóng Pillar trials must be done before the Leng Tu fight starts, since that is when the route is set. The item arrives after that, in the same stretch that hands you Aureate. The endings guide explains each path.
Aureate comes at the same stage. The endings guide explains what each path leads to.
Broken Lóng Body item description
The item card reads:
A fragment from Zuo Shang’s “Sacred Lóng Vessel.”
Cunning, strength, the Golden Sword Energy he was born with, and the “Sacred Lóng Vessel” bestowed upon him by the Herald. Zuo Shang has always excelled at making use of everything within his reach… Unlike that old friend who was every bit as gifted, yet always took life as it came and had little desire to contend with others. And yet, that very man became the greatest variable in all of Zuo Shang’s schemes.
Its effect line reads: “Used to Soul Temper Aureate.”
What Broken Lóng Body does
It sits alongside the other Soul Tempering materials, each of which is tied to its own weapon.
In Pangzhen, go to Myst at the Order’s underground tavern to perform Soul Tempering. The upgrade requires:
- 5,000 Remnant Dust
- Broken Lóng Body
Soul Tempering the Aureate gives it The Grand Design, which reads:
After triggering Sword Energy Burst, gain Grand Design Empowerment, greatly empowering the phantom weapon summoned by the next Grand Design skill:
Phantom Firearms: Increases the number summoned to 5.
Phantom Great Hammer: Becomes a flaming great hammer, creating a burning area on impact.
Phantom Iron Umbrella: Fires homing darts in four directions.
