Inanis' Radiant Fan Guide: How to Get and Heal

The Inanis’ Radiant Fan is the most quietly generous Phantom Edge in Phantom Blade Zero — an 8-second circle of light that refunds both bars you spend in a boss fight. It is also the most commonly half-obtained: players beat the boss, see no reward drop, and walk away. There is a second step, and this page covers both, plus how the fan’s regeneration loop earns its keep in long encounters.

Overview

The Radiant Fan is a Summoning-class Phantom Edge per Game8’s subtype listing, earned not from a drop table but as the true reward of Whence the Weeping — the purple Story quest that has been sitting in your log since the first hour. Its combat skill, per the community wiki’s capture: “Press R2 to create a field around yourself that lasts for 8 seconds. While inside the field, HP and Sha-Chi gradually recover. Consumes 2 Remnant Sparks.” That is the whole kit, and it is enough. Our all Phantom Edges list summarizes it as an 8-second field restoring HP and Sha-Chi — the only Edge at launch that repays both resources at once — and adds the verdict that it “pays for its own activations in long boss attempts.”

How to Get: A Two-Step Acquisition

Rock Paper Shotgun’s boss index lists Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade at #50 of 61 in the Mountain of Imprisonment, and his reward field lists both the Flying Guillotine and Inanis’ Radiant Fan. That dual entry is the trap. The fan is not in his drop table — it is granted by the quest that his death unlocks. Game8’s acquisition page agrees: complete Whence the Weeping.

The sequence:

1. Reach the Lady’s Shrine. The Mountain of Imprisonment is the optional true-ending region north of Meigu Lake, opened through the Spectral Gate — which itself requires the restored Illusory Pipa to dispel the Weeping Mistgate. If you are not there yet, the Huangxing boss guide covers the approach through Jade-Face’s court.
2. Defeat Huangxing. The fight pays out the Flying Guillotine Phantom Edge and the silver Crossroads of Blood trophy. Many players stop here.
3. Trigger the mechanism. Inside the boss arena, fire the Flying Guillotine at the mechanism in the base of the Lady statue. The floor opens into a shaft.
4. Descend and speak to Inanis. The cutscene at the bottom completes Whence the Weeping, and Lady Inanis gifts you the Radiant Fan — “Either way, you have done me a great favour.”

Step four is the one players fumble. If your quest log still shows Whence the Weeping active after Huangxing falls, the mechanism prompt is waiting in his arena. The full objective trail is mapped on our Whence the Weeping walkthrough.

Combat: The 8-Second Economy

Mechanically, the fan is simple; the economy around it is the skill. Every activation costs 2 Remnant Sparks and returns a slowly regenerating pool of HP and Sha-Chi. Three rules make it sing:

• Stand in it. The field is stationary around Soul and the regeneration only ticks inside the circle. Pop it during a boss’s recovery animation or after a successful parry string, not while repositioning.
• Treat Sha-Chi as the real payout. HP healing extends attempts, but Sha-Chi is what fuels Phantom Edges, defensive arts, and Ghoststep chains. A field window mid-fight converts directly into more tools — see the combat system guide for what full Sha-Chi buys you.
• Bank Sparks before boss attempts. At 2 Sparks per activation, you get two, maybe three fields per full Spark pool. Enter the arena topped up.

Exact regeneration rates per second are community mapping in progress; community testing consistently reports a full field recovering a meaningful fraction of both bars, enough to matter across a five-to-ten-minute Hellwalker attempt.

Long Boss Fights: The Self-Sustain Loop

Where the Radiant Fan earns its slot is attrition. Late-game and Hellwalker fights stretch long enough that medicine stocks and Spark economy become the real health bars. The loop: fight aggressively, spend Sha-Chi on Edges and Ghoststep defense, then buy a safe window — a guard break, a phase transition, a downed boss — and pop the field. You exit the window with restored HP, refilled Sha-Chi, and no medicine spent. Repeat. Against Huangxing himself on rematches, or the endgame gauntlet, the fan effectively extends your effective HP pool well past what flasks allow, which is why sustain-focused players slot it alongside damage Edges like the Flying Guillotine rather than instead of them.

It is not a speedrun tool: in a ninety-second fight, the 2-Spark cost is damage you did not deal. But the longer the attempt, the better the exchange — a rarity among Edges, most of which scale the opposite way.

Verdict

Inanis’ Radiant Fan is the Edge you feel most after the fight is over: fewer flasks burned, fewer attempts ended by chip damage, longer stretches of full-resource aggression. Clear Huangxing, fire the Guillotine at the statue, take the elevator down, and say hello. Then slot the fan for every fight you expect to outlast your medicine pouch.

FAQ

Do I need to defeat Huangxing to get the fan?

Yes. He gates the region finale, and the floor mechanism sits in his arena. The good news: the fight also pays the Flying Guillotine and a silver trophy, so the quest and the boss reward each other.

Does the field heal companions or co-op partners?

No co-op exists at launch; the field affects only Soul. Summoned companions from other Edges do not benefit.

Can I get the fan before the endgame?

Effectively no. The Mountain of Imprisonment opens only after the Illusory Pipa dispels the Weeping Mistgate, which itself is a mid-to-late-game repair chain. Treat the fan as an endgame sustain pickup.

Does the Radiant Fan have a Soul Tempered form?

No confirmed Soul Tempering path at launch across the major trackers. If S-GAME adds one in a patch, the upgrade will appear at Myst’s tavern with the standard Remnant Dust cost.

Sources

• Rock Paper Shotgun — All 61 Phantom Blade Zero bosses in order (#50 Huangxing, reward cross-check)
• Game8 — How to Get Inanis’ Radiant Fan (Whence the Weeping requirement, Summoning subtype)
• Fextralife — Inanis’ Radiant Fan (8-second field, 2 Remnant Sparks)
• All Phantom Edges — internal reference
• Huangxing — internal reference

Cross-checked November 8, 2026. Per-second regeneration values: community mapping in progress. Rock Paper Shotgun lists the fan among Huangxing’s rewards; community walkthroughs and Game8 confirm it is granted by the subsequent Inanis interaction, not the drop itself.