Court of Illumination

Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master百眼魔君

Chapter end

Defeated

What it inflicts: Shock Poison Burn
Phases: 2 phasesa single health bar; at around a quarter to a third of his health, a golden dome covers the arena
Equipment: One setno shrine or checkpoint between the phases

Good to know

Get the Weaver's Needle before him: it breaks the golden dome of his final phase, which crushes your stamina. It is the Duskveil's reward, at the end of the Purple Cloud Mountain secret area, opened by your second win over the Venom Daoist.

Finish the purple talisman quest before beating him: after your win, it is no longer possible (Crane Immortal journal entry, Celestial Nonary Pill), and can only be done again in NG+. The 4th talisman is at the top of the steps, straight ahead of the shrine, and can only be approached once the other 3 are torn off in the Webbed Hollow.

Retrying after a death: the Court of Illumination shrine is your checkpoint, and you can change your gear there. On later attempts, the spider sisters don't come back, but he starts again with 15 to 20% less health, and 2 nooks of the arena open up before you engage (a chest guarded by Daoists on the right, a green wisp on the left).

Recommended gear

With what you can get before this boss, in your first cycle.

Editor's pick Shock comes back in both his phases: the 3 Loongscale pieces greatly shorten it, and the Thunderstone and the Thunderbolt Horn raise your Shock Resistance; the Cuo Jin-Yin Belt Hook limits his poison and the Wandering Wight adds Defense. Take the Golden Mask of Fury (2 Fine Gold Thread), which grants a lot of Focus after a spirit attack lands, otherwise See No Evil; as an alternative, the Golden set's Attack bonus right after your spirit or the Needle starts at 2 pieces, but the second Golden piece replaces a Loongscale piece and costs you the bonus against Shock. The Chitin Staff is the safe choice: its upgrade, the Spider Celestial Staff, makes your hits inflict Poison Bane while you are poisoned, but also needs 4 Gold Tree Cores and 8 Refined Iron Sand.

Weapon attack: 80
Armor defense: 142
Resistance: Shock: +8

Base values, before upgrades, from the registry.

Weapon
Chitin Staff Crafting: Venomous Hair × 1, Refined Iron Sand × 4, Yaoguai Core × 8, 20,000 Will
Otherwise: Spider Celestial Staff
Headgear
Golden Mask of Fury Crafting: Cold Iron Leaves × 4, Fine Gold Thread × 2, 6,600 Will
Otherwise: See No Evil
Chest
Loongscale Battlerobe Crafting: Silk × 5, Cold Iron Leaves × 2, 4,500 Will
Otherwise: Golden Embroidered Shirt
Arms
Loongscale Armguard Crafting: Silk × 1, Cold Iron Leaves × 1, 2,000 Will
Otherwise: Golden Armguard
Legs
Loongscale Greaves Crafting: Silk × 2, Cold Iron Leaves × 1, 2,700 Will
Otherwise: Golden Greaves
Vessel
Weaver's Needle Optional boss: The Duskveil
Spirit
Wandering Wight Optional boss: Wandering Wight
Otherwise: Commander Beetle
Transformation
Golden Lining Optional boss: Yellow Loong
Otherwise: Azure Dust, Red Tides
Spells
Curios
- Thunderstone
- Cuo Jin-Yin Belt Hook
Gourd
Medicine Buddha Gourd Optional: rescuing Shen Monkey (Marsh of White Mist)Optional: the Windrest Hamlet shrineOptional boss: Gore-Eye Daoist
Otherwise: Medicine Master Gourd
Soaks
- Thunderbolt Horn Optional: rescuing Shen Monkey (Marsh of White Mist)

At Xu Dog, put your celestial medicines into Defense and Shock Resistance; you can reassign them for free.

Apart from Azure Dust, immune to the Four Banes while transformed, no piece of the set covers Burn, which is limited to the final phase: keep Body-Cooling Powder on a quick slot, it removes the state and briefly raises your Burn Resistance.

The fight

A single fight, with no shrine or checkpoint. On your first attempt, the spider sisters attack him alongside you until he drives them off. Alone against you, he wields a big lightning-charged sword, electric talismans and poison, and burrows underground to grab you. At around a quarter to a third of his health, he covers the arena with a golden dome of countless eyes: your stamina collapses and his hits hurt more, until the Weaver's Needle breaks the spell. He then carries on without his sword, with his fists, his tail, lightning and flames.

One set: no shrine or checkpoint between his phases, and Shock comes back in both. Keep the Weaver's Needle, your spirit attack and some mana for the final phase.

Spells, transformation and soaks are set at a Keeper's Shrine (soaks also with the Shen Monkey), never during a fight: what you bring into a fight stays until the end. One spell per category: Cloud Step and Rock Solid exclude each other, pick one before the fight.

What it inflicts

Shock: lightning-charged sword, electric talismans and blasts, from start to finish; his talisman barrages shock you quickly.
Poison: he spits a wide arc of poison, or bursts his tail out of the ground spraying poison all around; if hit, you are poisoned almost at once.
Burn: in the final phase, he throws fire from his hand and ends some combos with a blast of flames; if hit, you burn, and 5 dodges put out the flames.

Attacks to watch

Burrow, then an unblockable grab, often right after a successful Rock Solid deflection: the ground cracks as it moves toward you. Run while watching behind you and dodge at the big vertical lightning bolt, as he bursts out.
Poison spray: he switches his sword to a reverse grip and leans his head back, then spits in a wide arc. Get behind him or to his side, and hit him during the long animation.
Thrown sword: it spins near you, then his tail bursts out of the ground spraying poison. He burrows again, the electrified sword drops from a corner of the arena and he comes out for 2 strikes: dodge the sword, then get away from the impact point at once.
Talismans: sword raised and charged with lightning, then a low wave, a diagonal wave and a lightning beam; or sword sheathed, a halo of talismans and a long barrage. Keep your distance and dodge the 3 shots; against the barrage, sprint or deflect it with the staff spin.
Final phase: a lightning combo ends with a blast of flames that can take more than half your health. Rearing up on his claws, electric orb raised, he also slams down a huge shockwave: run or dodge at the right moment, Pillar Stance won't protect you. Also beware of his somersault, which ends in a quick, long-reach grab.

What works

Weaver's Needle: use it as soon as the spell takes hold, right after the short cutscene that follows the golden dome; it cancels the spell, knocks him down and opens a big attack window. Weaver's Needle
Immobilize and heavy attacks stun him; you can only hurt him on his legs and centipede body, which never stop moving. Immobilize
On your quick slots: Shock-Quelling Powder and Antimiasma Powder, plus Body-Cooling Powder for the flames of the final phase. Shock-Quelling Powder, Antimiasma Powder, Body-Cooling Powder
Golden Lining after the Needle: immune to Shock, it sees through his big, slow attacks; failing that, Hoarfrost, Umbral Abyss or Azure Dust. Golden Lining, Hoarfrost, Umbral Abyss, Azure Dust

Strategy

At the start, the spider sisters do most of the work: hit him while he deals with them, without wasting your resources.
When he clutches his head, he no longer takes damage: use the transition to take your buff medicines and let your cooldowns come back.
Stay close to him, on his flank: from afar, he chains ranged attacks, and his sword planted in front of him deflects your frontal hits.
Rock Solid, if you take it instead of Cloud Step, even deflects his poison and point-blank talismans, but he often burrows right afterward.

Access

Temple of Yellow Flowers, Court of Illumination shrine, the chapter's last: take the passage on the right leading to a large field; a cutscene plays as you go down the steps, then the fight begins. Mandatory: he is the Chapter 4 final boss.

What it gives

to obtainGolden Glowing Eye
to obtainCelestial Ribbon
to obtainFine Gold Thread × 2
to obtainGold Tree Core × 2
to obtainKun Steel
to obtainMind Core
to obtainSky-Piercing Horn
to obtainEnvious Tongue

Will: 3,693

Unlocks

to obtainVisionary Centipede Staff
to obtainCentipede Hat of Transcendence
to obtainCentipede Qiang-Jin Armor
to obtainCentipede Spiked Armguard
to obtainCentipede Greaves of Transcendence

The Envious Tongue, a relic granted automatically, extends the duration of all medicine effects; you pick 1 of its 3 talents, then a 2nd in NG+ and a 3rd in NG++.

The Golden Glowing Eye unlocks the Visionary Centipede Staff, another upgrade of the Chitin Staff (plus 4 Gold Tree Cores and 8 Refined Iron Sand); the Centipede set can be crafted from the first Chapter 5 shrine.

Your win closes Chapter 4, unlocks the "Behold the Betrayal" trophy and adds the spider sisters you never fought to the journal.

Updates

Update 1.0.9: improved combat experience against him, with no published details.

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 16, 2026.