In the frame above Close-up, three seconds before the plate “Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope” appears: a figure in pale robes and a tall square hat hangs upside down, a round red glow where its face should be.
Key facts
Boss · Bounty
Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars
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Official Chinese name: 七星剑阵：大师兄OfficialChineseChinese name plate: 2025 demo, player’s recordingName sources for Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars
The formation. He leads six other warriors. His followers heal him at the cost of their own health. Press-reported IGN
First shown: The Year of the Snake trailer of January 2025 (its own name plate at 0:42 reads “Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars”) and the 2025 demo, where he is the final boss. A Chinese report describes what appears to be the same fight in that trailer, so it is the same boss.
Sources so far: the first phase in two official videos, the second phase in the same two, write-ups from IGN, Gamer Guides and two gcores writers, and the official site’s own description of both phases.
Watch the full fight
The player below starts the official Year of the Snake gameplay trailer (January 2025) at 0:39, which may be an edited cut of the first phase; the button under it opens the 2025 demo walkthrough at 16:55, which plays the fight through into its second phase. YouTube loads only when you press play.
Third-party demo recording by IGN China, Bilibili BV1BJ8xz8EN1 · 16:57
Phases and mechanics
Chief Disciple’s Fallen HopeThe second phase of the Chief Disciple fight, a marionette. 
Red Wraith, if left unfinished, returns to join this last phase. Press-reported IGN
- Two phases: the seven-swordsman formation, then a marionette phase under a new name (Chief Disciple's Fallen Hope) Press-reported · IGN
- Mechanic: as followers fall, he spends his health to keep at least three alive. Press-reported · IGN
- Mechanic: each warrior has its own health bar. Press-reported · IGN
- Phase change: three disciples leap onto the towers and puppet the others with threads. Press-reported · gcores
- Raised arms in unison. Several disciples raise their arms together in front of the burning tower. Seen in the Year of the Snake trailer at 2:10. Official · Snake trailer
- Blue flash. A bright blue star-shaped flash appears at a disciple as the group closes in. Seen in the 2025 demo walkthrough at 17:44. Official · 2025 demo
- Dodge executions. Disciples lean back to stay out of execution range. A Bilibili creator’s claim (BV1Qmf8YbE6x, 01:35). Unconfirmed · Bilibili creator
- Rope heal. A disciple at the back heals the Chief Disciple with a rope. A Bilibili creator’s claim (BV1Qmf8YbE6x, 02:01). Unconfirmed · Bilibili creator
- Revives disciples. The Chief Disciple raises fallen disciples again with blood. A Bilibili creator’s claim (BV1Qmf8YbE6x, 02:15). Unconfirmed · Bilibili creator
Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars attacks and how to counter
Attacks seen 9
These labels are our plain descriptions; the game has published no move names.
- Formation assaults Seven swordsmen alternate coordinated group assaults and single strikes. Official · game site
- Surround thrust Whole group converges in a coordinated thrust from all directions. Press-reported · IGN
- Screen of disciples He dodges and calls ordinary disciples in front of him to attack. Press-reported · gcores
- Form-up group attack With many of them alive they form up and attack together often. Press-reported · gcores
- Encircling strike The white-robed disciples close in around the player and strike at once; blue arcs flash where the blades meet. Seen in the Year of the Snake trailer at 0:50. Official · Snake trailer
- Red line across the arena A thin red line stretches horizontally between the figures by the burning tower. Seen in the Year of the Snake trailer at 1:00. Official · Snake trailer
- Group rush The whole group rushes the player at once while the player meets them with a red-edged blade. Seen in the 2025 demo walkthrough at 17:23. Official · 2025 demo
- Thin red thread A fine red thread runs across the yard from a disciple as the player strikes. Seen in the 2025 demo walkthrough at 18:19. Official · 2025 demo
- Flank from behind White-robed disciples circle behind the player to ambush. A Bilibili creator’s claim (BV1Qmf8YbE6x, 01:49). Unconfirmed · Bilibili creator
How to counter 8
- Thin the disciples quickly so they cannot heal him. Press-reported · gcores
- Kill enough followers, or he heals himself. Press-reported · Gamer Guides
- Look for gaps between their attacks and hit the core, the Chief Disciple, directly. Press-reported · gcores
- A perfectly timed dodge leaps the group thrust. Press-reported · IGN
- When swarmed, a leaping Bashpole smash sends everyone flying. Press-reported · IGN
- When he spends his health keeping three followers alive, punish him (the writer used a thrown Seamless Death barrage) Press-reported · IGN
- White Serpent & Crimson Viper: the long blade's wide spins suit being surrounded, and the short blade triggers executions from range to clear the field fast. Press-reported · gcores
- After the Chief Disciple drains a junior disciple, that disciple can be executed. A Bilibili creator’s claim (BV1TufUYME4N, 02:45). Unconfirmed · Bilibili creator
Frame by frame
Frames from both official videos, in the order of the fight: the Year of the Snake trailer first, then the 2025 demo walkthrough. No official names for his moves have been published.
1:23Year of the Snake trailer · Phantom Blade Zero
- Still Pale-robed swordsmen, each with a small health bar over its head, close in around the player in a muddy yard; one strikes from the right.
- Seen Every swordsman in the formation carries its own health bar, as IGN describes.
- Counter gcores’s second writer: cut the number of enemies down fast, so the Chief Disciple gets no chance to heal. Press-reported gcores, 26 Jan 2025 (in Chinese; our translation).
Official frame at 1:23.23, YouTube Ogm8X8SSyxs · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
2:36Year of the Snake trailer · Phantom Blade Zero
- Still Red threads ribbon across the ground to a swordsman beside the burning tower, with a triangle button prompt hanging over him.
- Seen A button prompt appears over the swordsman the red threads trail to.
- Counter A Bilibili creator says a junior disciple the Chief Disciple has drained of health can then be executed; no press or official source says so. Unconfirmed a Bilibili creator’s breakdown of the trailer (BV1TufUYME4N, 2:45), not press or official.
Official frame at 2:36.60, YouTube Ogm8X8SSyxs · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
17:422025 demo walkthrough · Phantom Blade Zero
- Still The player stands over a swordsman knocked to the ground, blade raised; four more pale figures run in from the burning tower behind.
- Seen One swordsman is down; the rest of the formation is still coming.
- Counter When swarmed, IGN’s writer used a leaping smash from Bashpole to send everyone flying. Press-reported IGN, 2025.
Official frame at 17:42.35, YouTube kwVgxmwgkfI · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
18:192025 demo walkthrough · Phantom Blade Zero
- Still Two red lines shoot across the yard toward the player as the green arc of a swing passes through a swordsman; another swordsman stands to the right with a short blade.
- Seen Red lines reach across the yard from the formation as the player swings through it.
- Counter Look for gaps between their attacks and strike the core of the formation, the Chief Disciple, directly. Press-reported gcores, 22 Jan 2025 (in Chinese; our translation).
Official frame at 18:19.18, YouTube kwVgxmwgkfI · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
18:372025 demo walkthrough · Phantom Blade Zero
- Still A close shot in a cutscene: two pale-robed swordsmen in tall square hats, their faces dark and featureless, one holding a bright blade, in front of the burning tower.
- Seen The first phase ends in a cutscene at the burning tower; by 18:47 the yard is red and the plate reads “Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope”.
Official frame at 18:37.77, YouTube kwVgxmwgkfI · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Where Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars is fought and what it drops
- The final boss of the 2025 demo. Press-reported · IGN
- On-screen objective just before the fight: "Justice Camp — Reach the deeper part of Justice Camp.". On screen in the 2025 demo walkthrough, 16:37. Official · 2025 demo
- Drops No drop recorded in the sources we read.
- After the fight the Chinese demo’s interface shows the item 大师兄的记忆之花, our translation “Chief Disciple’s Memory Flower” (“Memory Flower” is the official English term for this item type, State of Play 7:52; this item’s own English name has not been shown). From a player’s recording of the demo (Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 50:35). Unconfirmed · player recording
Where, in detail
- Both videos show an open, muddy yard ringed by wooden watchtowers, one of them burning, under a smoky sky. Official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 17:42.
To be confirmedWhere: the chapter of the burning-tower yard; the on-screen objective just before the fight reads “Justice Camp”, but nothing ties that to a chapter. What it gives: what he gives at launch; the demo item above appears after the fight, but no source names a drop.
Chief Disciple
