Where Winds Meet: Flickering Hope Walkthrough (Ascendant Peak Part 1)

Flickering Hope is a Wandering Tale in Where Winds Meet that starts at a locked wooden house in Ascendant Peak, near the Wayfarer (Heaven’s Threshold) teleport point. Finishing it depends on switching the in-game time back and forth, stealing a room key from a night-only NPC, and then chaining into the follow-up tale, A Radiant Resolve. The whole run moves through three spots: the wooden house, a cliff ledge near the railway tracks, and Goldflow Slope.

Quick answer: Set the time to Zi (night) and use Celestial Seize on Pan Kui to grab Uncle Pan’s key, switch to Si (day) to unlock the door and free Yueya, then jump to the cliff ledge at night, beat two Qiangqi disciples, talk to A Wu, and at Goldflow Slope equip and activate Nightborne Glow to finish both tales.

What you need before starting

Two systems carry this quest. You must be able to change the time of day from the menu, and you need the Celestial Seize skill along with Wind Sense to spot and grab the key. Nightborne Glow is used only at the very end, so you do not need it equipped until Goldflow Slope.

Element	Detail
Start location	Wooden house in Ascendant Peak, near Wayfarer (Heaven’s Threshold)
Night hour	Zi — spawns Pan Kui and opens the cliff jump
Day hour	Si — required to unlock the door
Key skill	Celestial Seize to steal Uncle Pan’s key
Final skill	Nightborne Glow (Support tab) to summon fireflies
Rewards	Jade Fish, Trace Jade, and other materials per tale

Steal Uncle Pan’s key from Pan Kui

Walk up to the closed wooden house in Ascendant Peak and interact with the door. This begins Flickering Hope, and the first clue tells you to search the area at night to find Uncle Pan’s key.

Tracked objective Wait for developments shown outside the wooden house in Ascendant Peak — The tracked “Wait for developments” objective appears while you stand outside the locked wooden house. Image credit: Everstone Studio / via @marryperry

Open the menu and change the time of day to the Zi hour. Pan Kui appears outside the house once night falls.

Use Wind Sense to locate the key on Pan Kui, then use Celestial Seize to steal it. The item is a plain room key, described in-game as one you use to open a door during the day. A new clue then confirms Pan Kui was carrying it.

Wandering Tales Details panel listing the Flickering Hope clue recorded after taking the key — The Wandering Tales Details panel records the clue confirming Pan Kui held the key. Image credit: Everstone Studio / via @marryperry

Note: The key cannot be obtained after defeat, so take it with Celestial Seize rather than fighting Pan Kui down.

Unlock the door and free Yueya

Change the time back to the Si hour. The door only opens during the day, so you cannot unlock it while Pan Kui is still around at night.

Open the door with the key and speak to Yueya inside. She explains that she is searching for her “flying lantern” treasure, which points you toward the next location.

Reach the cliff ledge and beat the Qiangqi disciples

Teleport to Wayfarer (Heaven’s Threshold) and follow the cliffside path until you reach a broken platform near the railway tracks.

World map for Hidden Mountain with a nearby exploration point selected near Heaven's Threshold — The Hidden Mountain map with a nearby exploration point selected close to the Heaven’s Threshold area. Image credit: Everstone Studio / via @marryperry

Change the time to the Zi hour again, then jump down from the platform to the rocky ledge below.

Defeat the two hostile Qiangqi disciples guarding Yueya. Clearing them triggers a cutscene, and you then get a clue to help A Wu with his troubles.

Character standing on a forest rocky ledge with the Wait for developments objective tracked — After the fight, the “Wait for developments” objective stays tracked on the rocky forest ledge. Image credit: Everstone Studio / via @marryperry

Talk to A Wu to start A Radiant Resolve

Follow the path up to a gate and find A Wu standing on a wooden platform.

Interact with A Wu to speak with him. This conversation unlocks A Radiant Resolve, which is Ascendant Peak Part 2 and the direct continuation of the tale.

F interaction prompt labeled A'wu shown on a wooden platform near quest NPCs — The F prompt to speak with A’wu appears on the wooden platform near the gate. Image credit: Everstone Studio / via @marryperry

Light the fireflies at Goldflow Slope to finish both tales

Head to Goldflow Slope, where A Wu and Yueya stand together on a platform. Yueya asks you to talk sense into A Wu, which sets up the final scene.

Dialogue with Yueya asking the player to talk sense into A'wu with speed and recap options — Yueya’s dialogue asks you to reason with A’wu before the final firefly scene. Image credit: Everstone Studio / via @marryperry

Open the martial arts menu and equip Nightborne Glow from the Support tab. The skill summons a swirl of fireflies that cast gentle light for 30 seconds in the dark.

Activate Nightborne Glow next to A Wu and Yueya to summon the fireflies. This plays the closing dialogue and completes both Flickering Hope and A Radiant Resolve.

How to confirm both tales are done and claim rewards

Once the firefly scene ends, open the Wandering Tales menu. Both Flickering Hope and A Radiant Resolve show as completed, and you can claim rewards for each. Every tale hands over Jade Fish, Trace Jade, and other materials.

If the sequence stalls, the cause is almost always a missed time change. The door will not open unless you are in the Si hour, Pan Kui only appears in the Zi hour, and the cliff jump is meant to be done at night. Reset the clock to the correct hour for the step you are on, and the objective advances as expected.