Mount Mei > Mei-Jian Peak

Erlang Shen二郎神（法天象地）

Secret ending

Defeated

What it inflicts: No status effect
Phases: 2 phasesaround 70% health, he switches to a flaming sword; below 50%, a scripted scene powers you up
Equipment: Fixed form

Good to know

Mount Mei opens after 5 secret bosses, in any order: Elder Jinchi (Chapter 1), Fuban (Chapter 2), the Green-Capped Martialist at the end of the Treasure Hunter quest (Chapter 3), The Duskveil (Chapter 4) and the Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast (Chapter 5). You must also have reached Chapter 6: a mural is added in The Great Pagoda for each chapter completed, and Maitreya only appears once they are all in place. At the earliest, that means the start of Chapter 6, and the final boss doesn't need to be beaten.

3 back-to-back fights: Erlang, the Sacred Divinity, at human size and with your own gear, then the Four Heavenly Kings and finally Erlang Shen, those two as the giant Stone Monkey. If you die after beating Erlang, the Sacred Divinity, you don't have to fight him again.

After beating Erlang Shen, you are sent back to The Great Pagoda, and Mount Mei becomes the only hidden area you can't return to until a New Cycle.

For the secret ending, then beat the final boss. If you have already defeated him, continue your journey instead of entering a New Cycle: you are put back before him and can fight him again.

Recommended gear

As against the Four Heavenly Kings, you play the giant Stone Monkey, with fixed moves: light attacks for Focus, heavy attacks that heal you, Rock Solid, then the ice and fire the fight grants you. Your items and gear don't apply. The fight that matters for your gear is Erlang, the Sacred Divinity, at human size, 2 fights earlier: see his page.

The fight

The last fight of the sequence, still as the Stone Monkey, against the giant Erlang. He opens with a beam from his third eye, then chains weapon strikes, grabs and feints. Around 70% health, he switches to a flaming sword, which he also turns into a red lightning whip; around 50%, his axe joins his combos. Later, he grabs you and breathes fire on you: your health seems to drop to zero, but it is scripted, you absorb the flames, come back to full health and hit harder.

Imposed form: the whole fight is played as the giant Stone Monkey, with fixed moves.

What it inflicts

No status effect reported against the Stone Monkey: descriptions mention fire and lightning damage, and a scripted burn that powers you up.

Attacks to watch

He licks his weapon: at the end of the combo, he fires a beam from his mouth. Dodge sideways, he is left open afterward.
A third-eye beam sweeping the battlefield, and grabs mixed into his strikes, with feints to catch you off guard.
Flaming sword and red lightning whip, from 70% on: more reach and damage. Dodge through, then spend your Focus to heal.
Axe combos around 50%: more hits to avoid, but a well-timed Rock Solid deflection cuts the combo. He can also throw his axe or shoot a lightning arrow.

What works

Rock Solid: his sweeping strikes never stop, there is rarely a bad time to deflect. Rock Solid
Keep Focus points for a heavy attack when he hits hard: it heals you.
The ice spell the fight grants you: keep it active as much as possible, you deal more damage.
After the fire scene: fiery fists in your varied combos and a shower of flames by spending your Focus.

Strategy

Slip dodges in between your charged heavy attacks: he attacks relentlessly.
The scene where he burns you doesn't kill you: you come back to full health, powered up.
Much easier than Erlang, the Sacred Divinity, if you deflect and dodge often; he still hits hard.

Access

Mount Mei, Mei-Jian Peak (Chapter 3 secret area). Pagoda Realm, Snow-Veiled Trail shrine: rather than climbing the stairs, take the snowy path down, cross the wooden bridge and follow the path to the big gate of The Great Pagoda. At the top of the steps, Maitreya waits in front of the blank central mural and opens Mount Mei for you. Climb to the Mei-Jian Peak shrine, then take the next flight of stairs. Erlang Shen is the last of the 3 fights, right after the Four Heavenly Kings. Optional.

What it gives

to obtainAzure Dome
to obtainTri-Point Double-Edged Spear
to obtainCelestial Ribbon × 2
to obtainKun Steel

Azure Dome turns you into a small stone monkey immune to Shock and Poison, which absorbs Chill and Burn to power up and keeps access to your spells. The Tri-Point Double-Edged Spear is given to you as is, with no crafting.

Meet the Match achievement.

Free Mind, the 6th relic, is obtained at the start of NG+ if you beat Erlang, then the final boss. Each win against Erlang unlocks one of its 3 bonuses: you must redo the sequence over 3 cycles to get them all.

Updates

No update targets Erlang Shen. Update 1.0.13 fixed skills of Erlang, the Sacred Divinity, that dealt abnormal damage, and 1.0.14 fixed his guard gauge in the Brothers of Mei challenge.

In NG+

In NG+, you keep your gear, spells, transformations and spirits, and bosses are tougher. Key items don't carry over: the chapter's quest items must be taken again.

Page checked on October 19, 2026.