Where to Find the Parting Mists Bell in Phantom Blade Zero

Quick answer: In Crimson Forest, Parting Mists appears as a wooden cross beneath a leafless tree, with a big rock nearby. Descend the misty road from Burial Grounds, pass the Gilded Lotus flower, then step down from a plank ledge beyond a stone lamp at the cliff rim.

Where the Parting Mists bell is

During Chapter 1, find the bell in Crimson Forest along the road past the Burial Grounds bell. Its marker is a wooden cross beneath a leafless tree, with a big rock at its side. It is at the cliff’s base, directly below the ledge where a stone lamp stands. Open the bell menu to see “Parting Mists” in the bottom-left corner.

How to reach the Parting Mists bell from Burial Grounds

The trip is a steady walk downhill. Along the way you pass two of Inanis’ Memory Flower petals, see a scene with Illusion of Inanis, and later see her clear the mist.

Leave the Burial Grounds bell and enter the open area ahead. A group of enemies occupies it: one Shield Brute, two Corrupted Brutes and two Corrupted Arsonists. A blue-flower patch lies roughly 35 metres from the bell within the group’s territory; there you’ll find the petal “II. GRAVELY ILL” of Inanis’ Memory Flower.

Soul at the blue flower bed in the Burial Grounds clearing with the E prompt, Phantom Blade Zero

At the far side of the clearing, pass through the stone arch. From there, the road descends for about 50 metres, going by giant urns and a mound of wrecked machinery fitted with big gear wheels.

Soul on the road downhill past a giant urn beyond the Burial Grounds, Phantom Blade Zero

Continue downhill for about 35 metres, going past a small stone lantern before the road enters a foggy forest. Crows perch among the trees and remain there as you pass.

Soul on the low path through the foggy forest, Crimson Forest, Phantom Blade Zero

Stay on the lower trail through the fog for around 110 metres until you reach a rock. A small stone lantern stands beside it, and blue flowers grow at its base. Press E at the flowers to pick up the petal “III. THE GILDED LOTUS” of Inanis’ Memory Flower.

Soul at the blue flowers at the foot of the large rock in the foggy forest with the E prompt, Phantom Blade Zero

Travel about 50 metres beyond the rock, heading toward the stone lamp at the cliff edge. When you draw near, a scene featuring Illusion of Inanis plays. Once it ends, her talk menu opens.

End the conversation and continue toward the edge. A brief scene shows her dispelling the mist. Just beyond this point, a plank ledge projects from the cliff.

Soul walking out onto the plank ledge on the cliff above the Parting Mists bell, Phantom Blade Zero

Drop from the plank ledge’s end toward the bell below. The fall is about 10 metres and causes no health loss.

Approach the wooden cross beneath the bare tree until the E prompt appears. Press E to sound the bell and rest.

Soul beside the Parting Mists bell, a wooden cross under a bare tree next to a big rock, with the E prompt, Phantom Blade Zero

Illusion of Inanis at the stone lamp

Illusion of Inanis remarks that Soul moves through the deadly forest as calmly as someone strolling along a garden path. She says she created the Realm of Mirage, between the Waking Realm and the Discordance, beyond Zuo Shang’s reach. She cannot take Soul into it herself, but believes the pipa could help. Though she senses something farther ahead, she can barely enter the Waking Realm. She sends Soul onward and asks him to safeguard the Chord for her; Soul promises to do what he can.

The talk menu then offers “Ask about the road” and “Train Abilities”. Once you have finished a talk, “Leave” joins the list.

Talk menu with Illusion of Inanis showing Ask about the road and Train Abilities, Phantom Blade Zero

“Ask about the road”: She knows the forest’s most shadowed depths, warped by powerful Phantom Arts. She crafted the pipa herself, and its destruction gave rise to this illusion of her. She offers to dispel the mist ahead, warning that a mistake could leave Soul trapped forever. Soul proceeds anyway, and she laughs at his lack of fear toward either heaven or earth.
“Train Abilities”: She says Remnant Dust can return Soul’s abilities, which he lost when his heart was pierced. She also tells of a tree that absorbed Sha-Chi and flesh from the Mandate and the transcended, causing its trunk to twist into a human face. She thinks the Sha-Chi in the tree might let Soul reclaim something he lost. This points to the Heart of the Banyan tale about the Human-Faced Banyan Trees. No ability screen appears, and the talk menu returns.

What the Parting Mists bell unlocks

Ringing the bell reveals the area on the Crimson Forest map under the label “Parting Mists”. At this point, the region’s Map Completion reads “33%”.

The Crimson Forest map with the Parting Mists label, Map Completion 33%, Phantom Blade Zero

The bell menu has six entries, in order: Traverse, then Upgrade Equipment, then Store, then Train Abilities, then Save, and then Leave. Resting replenishes your health and heals you. Parting Mists is added as a Traverse destination, letting you return here directly from other bells.