Phantom Blade Zero · Character
Master Bi Yuan
Master Bi Yuan leads the Tianxuan Sect, though he would rather wander, driving ghosts out of villages and hunting fiends in the fields. He is the one who called his friends to the Village of Lu, and in Chapter 3 Soul finds him there with them, his mind in a puppet and his body in the statue grounds.
- FactionTianxuan Sect
- Where you meetVillage of Lu
- Quests2 in the quest log
- Boss fightFight page
Who is Master Bi Yuan?
Months ago, passing the Village of Lu, Bi Yuan saw puppets spreading through the land and red flowers covering the faces of gods and Buddhas. He wrote to an old friend, Master Bi Hai, left his sect and came back to investigate. Before he went he told his junior sister that she had lived in the mountains too long to see how far the world had fallen, and left the Tianxuan Sect in her hands if he did not return.
He found villagers and puppets alike lost in the Herald of the Veil’s lies. When Soul reaches the village well in Chapter 3, Bi Yuan’s voice comes from a red-threaded puppet: he, Bi Hai and Sect Leader He of the Shenji School resisted the Herald’s Soul Displacement, the ritual failed, and now they cannot die. Their will has become the red threads sealing the well, and he asks Soul to find their bodies and grant them death.
His body stands in the statue grounds in worn Daoist robes, still wielding the Tianxuan Bronze Sword, a blunt, heavy blade.
Who Master Bi Yuan is to the others
Old friend
Bi Yuan wrote to him about the Village of Lu and asked him down from his mountain. Bi Hai came, though he was past seventy.
“Master, has Daoist Bi asked you to leave the mountain?”
In-game dialogueTrapped with him
Sect Leader He of the Shenji School, the third master caught in the village, whose mind is held at the same well.
“I am... Bi Yuan of the Tianxuan Sect. These two... Master Bihai of Kuye Temple... and Master He of the Shenji School...”
In-game dialogueJunior brother
Daoist Bi Di, who feeds the fish at The Order’s tavern in Pangzhen. He calls Bi Yuan his senior brother, a man who could not bear to see the righteous path stained.
“My Senior Brother cannot bear to see the righteous path stained. He devoted himself to destroying evil and upholding justice.”
In-game dialogue
1 more ties the story reveals later
Caught in his strings
Bi Yuan raised his sword against the Herald, but the puppets’ anguished cries made him hesitate, and in that moment the Herald’s strings bound him.
“The Herald... sought to displace our souls... but we resisted. The ritual failed!”
In-game dialogue
Every quest with Master Bi Yuan in it
Story
Heartless Remnants
The well over the way to the Smuggler’s Tunnel is sealed by the three masters’ puppets. Bi Yuan asks Soul to find their bodies and lay them to rest; his is in the statue grounds. With all three at peace, the well opens.
Tales
The Sword and the Way
Bring Bi Yuan’s Tianxuan Bronze Sword to his junior brother, Daoist Bi Di, at The Order’s tavern in Pangzhen. Bi Di calls it an old relic with a curse on it that might still fight evil in Soul’s hands, and sends you to an abandoned smithy on Pangzhen’s backstreets for Bronze Essence. Soul Temper the sword with it and come back to him: “Senior Brother may finally rest easy.”
In the game’s own words
The game’s bestiary note on each form you fight. They are folded shut because some of them give away what happens later.
Master Bi Yuan of the Tianxuan Sect
Within the statue grounds stands the body of Master Bi Yuan. His worn Daoist robes cannot hide his unyielding spirit. He wields Tianxuan Bronze Sword, a blunt heavy blade with faintly gleaming diamond patterns. Sword and body move as one, flowing between offense and defense as he scatters countless blades of sword chi, making him difficult to approach.
Bi Yuan cared little for the mysteries of Heaven's Way or martial mastery. He wandered freely, driving ghosts from villages and hunting fiends in the fields. Months ago, while passing Village of Lu, he saw puppets spreading through the area and red flowers covering the faces of gods and Buddhas. Alarmed, he wrote to an old friend, left his sect, and returned to investigate.
He found people and puppets alike lost in confusion, believing the Herald of the Veil's lies. Bi Yuan raised his sword to resist, but the puppets' anguished cries made him hesitate, allowing the Herald's strings to bind him.
Now his body has fallen, and the puppets by the well have released their souls to wander free once more. The Dao is ever nameless, hidden beyond name. Bi Yuan has no regrets. Given another chance, he would make the same journey again.
What happens to Master Bi Yuan
The end of the story for this character
When Soul cuts down his body, the puppets by the well release their souls to wander free once more. Bi Yuan has no regrets: given another chance, he would make the same journey again.
Keep reading
How to beat Master Bi YuanThe boss fight page- QuestHeartless RemnantsStory
- QuestThe Sword and the WayTales
- MapVillage of LuWalkthrough for this region
- FactionTianxuan SectWho they are and who leads them
- WeaponTianxuan Bronze SwordHis sword
- AllEvery character in Phantom Blade ZeroEveryone who appears in the story or a quest
Frequently asked questions
What does Bi Yuan drop?
The Tianxuan Bronze Sword, a blunt, heavy bronze blade with faint diamond patterns. Take it to Daoist Bi Di in Pangzhen for The Sword and the Way.
Who is Bi Yuan’s junior sister?
She appears only in his memory in the Village of Lu, and the game never names her. He leaves the Tianxuan Sect in her care if he does not come back.
Sources for this page 1
- Phantom Blade Zero Official Phantom Blade Zero launch build: the game’s own dialogue, documents, bestiary, quest log and loading screens, read 3 November 2026. Quotes are the game’s English text, unchanged.