Palace of the Illusory Serpent in Genshin Impact: How to Clear Abyssal Pollution

Palace of the Illusory Serpent in "A Dream of the Distant Sky", during which you will have to go to the ancient ruins found by the Saurian Koko. Explore the abandoned halls and clear them of the forces of the Abyss to find clues about the location of the Jade of Return and the legendary ship "Tonatiuh". However, in addition to ancient records, in the cache of the ruins you will find another pyrophosphorite, similar to the one that Bona has.

In this guide we will tell you how to complete the quest Palace of the Illusory Serpent from the cycle "The Lost Traveler in the Abode of Ashes" and find a way to cleanse the Abyss's pollution in order to investigate the suspicious fallen core.

How to start the quest Palace of the Illusory Serpent

To start the quest Palace of the Illusory Serpent, you will need:

• reach at least 28 adventure rank;
• complete the previous quest "A Dream of the Distant Sky".

After completing the mission "Adventure in the Kingdom of Mists" a new entry will automatically appear in the quest the section "The Lost Traveler in the Abode of Ashes. Chapter 2".

Walkthrough of the Palace of the Illusory Serpent quest in Genshin Impact

With baby zavrian Go to the ruins that Koko pointed out. Inside, in addition to strange mechanisms and their fragments, there will be several sources of the Abyss that poison the nearby lands. Clear the halls and corridors of the abandoned palace to clear the way for Bona and Koko, who do not dare to get close to the creatures of dark energy. After defeating the monsters in one of the caches of the ancient ruins, the Traveler will find another pyrophosphorite, which will probably be useful in the search for the Altar of the Primordial Fire.

Enter the ruins

After starting the mechanism in the last quest, go down the resulting stairs and jump into the crack in the floor of the small room.

Then, go through the cave until you see stone buildings ahead. Explore the ruins, reaching the tower, and go down the stairs. Enter the age from which the group of Hilichurls ran out earlier. Jump into the rift again until you reach the hall and trigger a cutscene with a strange core.

Approach the suspicious core

After the cutscene ends, move away from the barrier and find the glowing clot on the pedestal opposite the dark barrier. Pick it up Shining Shard and place it on Shining pillar near the source of the Abyssal Corruption.

This will destroy the barrier blocking the path, but will free a Mimiflora in the form of a Mitachurl that was hiding ahead. Fight the enemy with your own forces, or try to lead the creature to the Radiant Shard's aura to quickly destroy its Void Barrier.

Find a way to cleanse the pollution of the Abyss

In the hall you get to after defeating the Mimiflora, you will have to find 3 sources of Abyssal energy that feed the mysterious core and neutralize them by activating the Shining Pillars nearby. In total, the cave contains 3 main pillars и 5 Shining Shards. You can activate the monuments in any order, but for convenience it is better to follow a certain path.

First, return to the first room and find another Shining Shard lying not far from where you found the first one.

Bring it to the first Glowing Pillar along the road to remove the first source of Void Corruption.

Then head to the second pillar opposite the barrier through which you looked at the core. This monument will require you to find two fragments at once to activate it.

Turn your back to the barrier to see another pillar a little further down the road. Walk to it and pick up the Shining Shard on the pedestal nearby. Insert the fragment into the nearby pillar.

The action will remove the Abyss barrier from the nearby tower. Go inside to collect Pyrocule and go down below. Once you are in the room, you will see a cutscene in which the Hilichurl destroys the pillar and closes the barrier again. After it ends, examine the bookcase ahead and take from it Rusty key, which will come in handy a little later. Activate the switch to open the grate and go up on the platform elevator.

Once you return to the surface, pick up the Radiant Shard that dropped from the destroyed pillar and insert it into the main Radiant Pillar near the Fel clots.

To find the second particle, turn to face the barrier and approach the mechanism next to it. Activate the switch and insert the previously found one into it. Rusty key.

After destroying the barrier between the first room and the cave, extract the fragment from the pillar that you activated at the beginning of the mission and place it in the monument where you previously inserted the glowing fragment. This will destroy the second source of the Abyss that holds the core.

After climbing up to the third pillar, enter through the inactive barrier into a small room with Pyrocule behind the monument.

Without removing the fragment, activate the lift and go down to the floor below with the pillar. Once in the small room, first activate the mechanism to open the gate.

Then, extract the Shining Shards from both pillars in the room and bring them to the main monument at the top. You can get to it thanks to the door you opened earlier.

Investigate the suspicious fallen core

After destroying all the sources of the Abyss, the core hanging from the ceiling will fall down. Go down to the lowlands to the strange mechanism and try to study it.

Protect the fallen core and defeat the monsters

When attempting to inspect the core, Abyssal monsters will start to emerge from nearby portals. Defeat the first Mimiflora yourself, preventing it from hitting the core too often.

If you don't have time to protect the core, put characters with Kachina. Blows of the Natlans remove shields gloomy mimifloras faster than they do elemental attacks.

The automaton that appears will help you destroy the second and third waves of monsters. Together with the robot, deal with all the enemies that come out of the cracks.

Once you win, you will be able to read the second fragment of the researcher's notes, which will appear in your inventory as "The Journal of a Nameless Adventurer". There you will also find the second fragment of pyrophosphorite, similar to the one you received earlier from Bona. The find will also go to your inventory.

Meet Bona

Return to the surface and find Bona at the same fresco where you talked earlier. After showing the girl the artifacts you found, you will notice that the image on the wall has changed, and Coco has started pointing in a different direction.

The next quest in the chain is – "Road to Heaven".

Awards

After completing the quest Palace of the Illusory Serpent you will receive:

• × 50 source stones;
• × 400 adventure experience;
• × 5 hero experience books;
• ×4 pieces of magic gain ores;
• ×30 pestilence.

We hope this guide helped you learn how to complete the Palace of the Illusory Serpent quest in Genshin Impact. If you encounter any difficulties or questions during the walkthrough, you can report them in comments. Read other useful articles in the sections: builds.