Master Bi Yuan

Master Bi Yuan of the Tianxuan Sect is a required Phantom Blade Zero boss at the Statue Grounds in the Village of Lu, Chapter 5. Stay close so he swings instead of throwing blades, parry his blue-glint slash, never attack into his parry stance, and perfect dodge his red leaping slash. He drops the Tianxuan Bronze Sword.

Master Bi Yuan punishes impatience: he often blocks, then counterattacks, and a swing into his parry stance is fully parried and answered, so the fight is won by staying close, parrying his sword chains and attacking only when he is staggered. On Pathbreaker (Difficulty Modes) about four mistakes can end the attempt, since his sidestep lunge alone does 801 HP. He is required, in a fenced yard of red strings northeast of the Statue Grounds Entrance bell in the Village of Lu, and 56.0% of Steam players had beaten Mu Xiaokui, the boss at the end of the same chapter, by Nov 9, 2026, so at least that many have got past him. Beating him clears the first part of the thread covering the village's well; Master Bi Hai's fight clears the rest.

He is already swinging at 0:17 of PowerPyx's Oct 29, 2026 recording: a robed swordsman in a stone yard lined with rows of small statues under a red sky, "Master Bi Yuan of the Tianxuan Sect" on the boss bar.

Quick facts

Where	Statue Grounds, Village of Lu
Chapter	5, Heartless Remnants, by Game8
Health	41,800 HP, no shield bar
Rewards	Tianxuan Bronze Sword (240 damage, 106 Guard Break) and 15,000 Remnant Dust
Respawn bell	Statue Grounds Entrance

Up the stairs, no cutscene

Follow the main quest Heartless Remnants, which tracks his location. From the Statue Grounds Entrance bell, AllThings.how says to climb the stairs beside it to a gate threaded with red strands. No cutscene plays: he attacks as soon as you enter. PCGamesN calls him the first of two Master Bi fights.

Patience against a parrying swordsman

Stay close. At range he sends blades flying at you; up close he uses his sword, which you can parry.
Stop attacking the moment he blocks; block most of his attacks and hit back once he is staggered or out of an animation.
Never swing into his parry stance (the sword held in a special pose). Game8 says the hit is fully parried and punished, though you can still block or dodge the counter in a brief window.
He does a lot of Sha-Chi breaking attacks: dodge those and parry the follow-ups.

His sword chains and blade arcs, by range

Close sword chain (about 2 to 4 m): two or three cuts of about 160 HP each, with a harder 320 HP strike in the string. Parry every cut.
Crescent sweep: often the last strike of a chain, landing about a second after the swing starts. Parry it.
Blue-glint vertical slash: alone or after a combo. It has a distinct windup pose before the glint; a perfect parry triggers a Ghoststep counter.
Hand parry counter: he parries your attack with his left hand and answers with a red-glint counter. Dodge after the red glint.
Leaping slash: a vertical slash leaped from long range, the only move he attacks with after jumping. It cannot be blocked: dodge right after the red glint for a perfect dodge and a Ghoststep counter.
Sidestep lunge: 801 HP in one hit, about 1.7 seconds after he steps aside. Dodge as the sidestep ends and he turns to you.
Forward dash cuts: after a retreat or sidestep, a teal wave that lands 1.1 to 1.2 seconds in. Parry the weaker cut (about 112 HP on Wayfarer) and evade the stronger one (about 336 HP).
Teal blade arcs (about 5 to 8 m): two or three blades of about 160 HP each. Dodge through them or close in.
Flying slash (about 12 m): about 112 HP on Wayfarer. Dodge sideways.
Heavy skill: he pulls back and releases a large teal wave, 561 HP on Wayfarer. Dodge as soon as the pullback begins.

The Tianxuan Bronze Sword

His sword is worth carrying into the next fight. AllThings.how found it has "high Shield-Breaking power" and used it to break Master Bi Hai's golden bell; its Natural Order trait lowers the Sha-Chi that blocking costs but disables parrying. See Weapons.

Frequently asked questions

How do you counter Master Bi Yuan's leaping slash? Dodge just after the red glint. It is the only move he attacks with after jumping, it cannot be blocked, and a perfect dodge opens a Ghoststep counter, Game8 says.

What happens if you attack into his parry stance? He parries the hit with his left hand and answers with a red-glint counter. Game8 says you still have a brief window to block or dodge it, so stop swinging the moment you see the sword held in that special pose.