Soulclaimer boss guide: the counter-stance and nothing else

At a glance

Getting there

The route is entirely vertical — rooftops and chains:

1. With the Flaming Lion Head (烈焰狮头) in hand, teleport to Bagua Pavilion Junction (八卦阁前路口) in Pengzhen.
2. Climb the stairs, then clear the thorns in front of the left-hand staircase.
3. Take the stairs up to the top street.
4. Jump the plank on the right into the house and activate the Righteous Temporary Lodging bell (正道临时居所).
5. From that bell, jump the plank beside it up to the rooftop, grapple the chain across to the opposite roof, and follow the path down.
6. Activate the Docks Warehouse bell (码头货栈).
7. Jump down to the lowest street, take the stairs to the top — he is there.

The fight

The source’s assessment is flat: 非常平庸，没有什么难点所在 — unremarkable, no real difficulty. The Dread Blade + Greedy Wolf lifesteal pairing carries it, same as the rest of Pengzhen.

One thing to respect:

The counter stance. He drops into a guard where his blade glows. If you attack into it, the hit is reflected back at you and his Sha-Chi goes up — the two things you least want in a Sha-Chi fight. The answer is to stop pressing buttons and let the stance expire.

That is the whole fight. Everything else is standard trading.

Related

• Flame — where the Flaming Lion Head comes from
• Pengzhen chapter hub
• All bosses