As a young seer, Sojourner Ji always saw what future and predictions could occur by relying on his trusty hexagrams. As the Deputy Captain of the Fangshi Guild Elite Guard, he along with Yi learned the art of Tao from sensei Lear. When Lear left to live with the primordial roots in the spirit realm, Ji dedicated his years to bring hope to ones future and aid them on their journeys, giving them predictions to their next achievement. However, Ji was far more than just a fellow seer. His body possessed immunity to poison and sickness, while his age stopped completely. Ji became an immortal being, able to live generation after generation. He saw his friends die to the virus that infected Penglai, and watched as the grotto twisted and changed over time. He was like a god, worthy of being part of the Council. Even Eigong was fascinated, to the point of experimenting with his immortality, to make herself and the Sols immortal beings as well. To Ji however, he wished to end his immortality. He was tired of seeing death, and endured enough loneliness as if. He wanted release. And fortunately, he wasn't invincible. He knew he would be free of his curse the moment he was struck....And now....he can finally rest...
It's he. His name Ji (姬) is probably based on Ji Chang (姬昌), the founding father of the Zhou dynasty of China, who was known for his divination in Chinese Mythos
Pretty sure Ji and Yi are supposed to be perfect foil of each others. The ageless immortal vs the reincarnated immortal. The one who learned Tao from Lear vs the one who taught martial prowess to Lear. The Oracle vs the scientist.
"Ancient relics are like fireworks in the night sky. Their value comes from a fleeting moment of splendor. Compared to that magnificent moment, why should we cling to eternal beauty?"
I like that Ji's sudden growth wasn't shown in a horrifying or disgusting way. We see plenty of body horror through various methods, such as refining it purely to fight, or as a way to see the horrors of the mind, or as an infection grows on its host's corpse. But Ji still remains completely normal and in such a refined manner.
I realised that Ji is the only Sol who’s memory involved a recent one, which was his death, in fact, it was his most important one yet Yi ending Ji’s life was the most important memory
I don't think that's a memory. All the fragmented mirrors in the sol seal realm seem like their dreams / wishes - Kuafu's wish to follow Yi, Goumang's wish for no more hunger, Jiequan's wish for the Jie kingdom's resurrection, etc. Makes it even sadder to think that Ji's dream is just for him to be put down...
Also cause he wasnt an asshole like pretty much everyone else, the other sols were cruel and subjugated humanity, Ji meanwhile just didnt do anything, he neither helped nor fought back, all he did was see that if he fought Yi, he would die by his hands, and thus asked to spar with him, dude was chill till the end.
Since Ji died by the end of the fight, I assume his immortality was merely ageless and cannot be affected by any diseases or sickness. However, being physicially and fatally wounded would mean certain death as it would strip away the ability. To be honest, this form of immortality is not too bad, you can die but as long as you're not harmed physically by swords or any types of normal weapons,... (I guess?), you'll live for eternity.
@@passbyicecube I must agree with you. As the game suggests, life and death is one and the same, it is the nature of things. NOTHING should and will ever last forever.
@@passbyicecubeanother thing is that he said he doesn’t care about anyone and everyone abandons him, because he just outlives everyone, he has lost any form of sympathy
This game is so good. It made me like platforming for once. They got so many things right, and the devs clearly loved making it. Definitely game of the year material for me.
I think this soundtrack stood out to me the most compared to all the rest of the bosses, maybe except the true final boss. This game’s music is incredible man
Can we agree that Yi was basically fighting an actual f*cking GOD here?... Ageless, Immortal, lived so long he's basically the Scribe of their whole History, is extremely proficient with all sort of weapons and can conjure BLACK HOLES. Ji is a GOD and now I am laughing at how Yi must have reacted when first experiencing that mentioned black hole, running for dear life in the opposite direction to not get spaghettified in a "shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit-" manner. And the music, THE MUSIC!! Makes me think of what a traditional orchestra plays when trying to portray what Buddha's Congregation when floating down on the Purple Cloud sounds like, like in Pompoko. Actually, all the bosses' music are absolutely awesome but this one does take the cake.
@@JNJNRobin1337 Hello! So, basically, Yi WAS actually fighting an Actual GOD and Ji just let him win? Haha! Your input really put a whole ass new terrifying perspective of everything! Thank you a lot!
@@diabloo-666 Ji wanted to die a ''beautiful death'' or something like that. He witnessed a previous hero in history die that way which gave him the idea to do it himself. I genuinely don't think hes fighting you at full force as he wanted Yi to win so he could finally rest. Ji has outlived everyone hes known and as he mentions he was never special. He has no ambitions, keeps forgetting things he learned including the culture hes from due to the passage of time, and is just tired of everything. Interestingly he seems afraid of trying to kill himself though which is why he wants to die in battle with you. So he goads you into fighting him with a false prophecy that he will kill you first and yet during the fight if you play your cards right he will actually help you defeat him if you hit the heal/arrow bottle attack. I really doubt hes fighting at full force, more putting on a show before he finally passes. Hes a interesting Sol as hes detached but moreso because hes literally displaced in time by his immortality.
@@nitrosix3206 i know right, i just finished the game and i dont think there is any major boss i dont love, they are all well designed and fair while also being a good challenge.
Wonderful boss. Possibly the most honest of all bosses, with no broken hitboxes or abnormally difficult attacks, and at the same time the most varied, interesting. So far he was the last for me, about 2-3 left.
Ji was honestly one of my most favorite Sols to fight in the game. His fight was a beautiful dance overall and it was just so pleasant to do. On the other hand I felt incredibly irritated fighting the Fengs (I fought Ji first). There was just something about the Fengs fight that was...not fun, especially in the 2nd phase.
I think most people feel that way about the twins. It's a very chaotic fight with a lot of BS. Being knocked into the snake attacks by Fuxi's swipe attacks felt particularly unfair, though I guess there's a jade for that.
I feel like they need to fix the parry hitboxes for the inward ground swipe attack. I can’t ever parry it unless I move close to it, and it registers always as an imperfect parry. I agree to it not being fun. Ji on the other hand was probably the most fun boss fight I’ve had in this game.
From what I've seen, some of the fandom is treating Ji and Yi like Lace and Hornet (gay as hell ship between protagonist x recurring boss/character) and I love it
im an animation lover so i was disappointed by the puppet animation of the fengs fight, so imagine my hype when the ji fight began, everything single movement was so smooth
All the Tianhuo mutants use puppet animation, which I find is a great way to express how unnatural they are. Though I have no idea why Nuwa was also done with puppet animation
in all honesty, i have a theory that eigong was mind controlling fuxi to slow yi’s progress just like how i thought she put lady ethereal’s brain back in the cortex center to stop yi from getting the seal freely
@@VietDang-yk1yt It is not really a theory since Eigong already has said that the virus seems to work on a hivemind. Meaning that due to how Fuxi is now basically a rotting corpse, can easily be told by the tianhuo of Yi's plan on New Kunlun. It also brings an interesting fact that perhaps the reason Nuwa was not affected as much by the mutated virus was that it does not see her as a threat, either seeing her still as subservient to her brother or someone able to communicate to other sols with Fuxi being the medium.
I love the contrast of Fuxi's stiff motion between the other bosses. Makes sense since he's basically a reanimated corpse by now only held together by Nuwa's makeup and a SHIT TON OF STEROIDS
You can actually interrupt his black hole attack with a cloud piercer arrow. If you pair this with the enhanced Qi Blast, this makes it its most effective counter throughout the fight.
For where it is in the game it felt kind of easy and then i found out it was supposed to have a third phase that was completed but the developers had to cut it out but if it had it would have felt more complete. Still my favorite boss in the game but it just felt like it was missing something
This boss was maybe the easiest boss in the game for me, which is weird considering how much I usually struggle with difficult games, but I only needed a handful of attempts to beat him compared to the 50+ of everyone else! I actually thought there would be a third phase to this boss and was surprised when there wasn't
i believe its because he tests everything that we have learned and we just have become really good at what we learned, he is basically like fighting against Genichiro for the third time, he may be fast and have an entirely different moveset, but at the end of the day, we are just too good at this game.
@@VietDang-yk1yt Genichiro is gotta be Eigong's first phase. No surprising or complicated moves(except for the fast red dive-strike), just a quick series of attacks and dashes. Her other phase gives me such trouble that I manage to beat her first phase hitless most of the time.
Choosing pot is the same as choosing knives but you can fit some extra hits in when Ji places the pot down. It can also be useful for a casual run as it gives extra health/azure sand
after the Fengs and currently dealing this one, i realized the perfect parry suddenly still gives me internal damage did i do something to get that, because now its beyond challenging with that disadvantage
You might have the qi swipe jade equipped - it lets your perfect parry generate 2 qi instead of one, and increases your qi limit by one, but your perfect parries inflict internal damage on you. Good for ending fights quickly when you've mastered parrying, but if you slip up you'll probably get one-shot.
The other ones were afflicted with the disease they were trying to find a cure to. So to add to how their bodies are afflicted, the effects of the sickness, having merged with the energy of their old planet and New Kunlan, the bodies produced a Greater Tao Fruit. Because Ji is essentially an immortal, they can't get sick at all. So they just die of old age after being grievously wounded and putting their all into having Yi kill them.
I think this would’ve been the turning point boss in the game if we hadn’t JUST beat Lady Eternal. As a result, this boss came off as, while awesome, very “rinse & repeat” feeling. Thank Gawd there was no 3rd phase at least 😮💨
@@loafofchihuahua his name "ji" can also refer to either "princess" or an emperor of the zhou dynasty known for divination, which prolly explains the androgynous appearance and voice other characters also occasionally refer to ji as "they" so theres that
Bro it's so relative to me When I first saw him i thought he was a young girl and I realised that he's a male only after defeating the final boss and looking in his bio
When i met him for the first time i knew that hes a guy but after Ji pulled that height thing before the fight i started questioning everything, like bro looks like a nun
![Nine Sols 九日 - The Fengs Boss Fight + Sol Seals of Fuxi and Nuwa [No Damage]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oLkOKv1MHC8/mqdefault.jpg)
Yi: "Finally, someone who's actually shorter than me."
Ji: 😏
Yi: "What other secrets are you hiding?"
Ji: *suddenly becomes taller*
Yi:……go on
Yi: Damn it, am I seriously the only Sol that is short!?
Yi: DAGNAMMIT WHY AM I THE SHORT ONE HERE?!
@@joshthehollow5254 Yanlao: *hiding from Yi's wrath*
As a young seer, Sojourner Ji always saw what future and predictions could occur by relying on his trusty hexagrams. As the Deputy Captain of the Fangshi Guild Elite Guard, he along with Yi learned the art of Tao from sensei Lear. When Lear left to live with the primordial roots in the spirit realm, Ji dedicated his years to bring hope to ones future and aid them on their journeys, giving them predictions to their next achievement.
However, Ji was far more than just a fellow seer. His body possessed immunity to poison and sickness, while his age stopped completely. Ji became an immortal being, able to live generation after generation. He saw his friends die to the virus that infected Penglai, and watched as the grotto twisted and changed over time. He was like a god, worthy of being part of the Council. Even Eigong was fascinated, to the point of experimenting with his immortality, to make herself and the Sols immortal beings as well. To Ji however, he wished to end his immortality. He was tired of seeing death, and endured enough loneliness as if. He wanted release.
And fortunately, he wasn't invincible. He knew he would be free of his curse the moment he was struck....And now....he can finally rest...
He is actually much older than Lear based on the story he tells us in other boss section.
Isn't it she? Her name literally meant princess.
It's he. His name Ji (姬) is probably based on Ji Chang (姬昌), the founding father of the Zhou dynasty of China, who was known for his divination in Chinese Mythos
Thank you for the extensive lore on each boss fight video.
@@yachisan You're welcome!! I'll do Kuafu and Eigong's stories soon. Thanks for the likes and comments!!
Pretty sure Ji and Yi are supposed to be perfect foil of each others. The ageless immortal vs the reincarnated immortal. The one who learned Tao from Lear vs the one who taught martial prowess to Lear. The Oracle vs the scientist.
Watching back, I cried a bit. Realizing that in the true ending, all Ji's life work would be-
"Ancient relics are like fireworks in the night sky. Their value comes from a fleeting moment of splendor. Compared to that magnificent moment, why should we cling to eternal beauty?"
"-Like a Shooting Star that sears its mark between Heaven and Earth."
I like that Ji's sudden growth wasn't shown in a horrifying or disgusting way. We see plenty of body horror through various methods, such as refining it purely to fight, or as a way to see the horrors of the mind, or as an infection grows on its host's corpse. But Ji still remains completely normal and in such a refined manner.
I realised that Ji is the only Sol who’s memory involved a recent one, which was his death, in fact, it was his most important one yet
Yi ending Ji’s life was the most important memory
I noticed that, too... loved this detail
I don't think that's a memory. All the fragmented mirrors in the sol seal realm seem like their dreams / wishes - Kuafu's wish to follow Yi, Goumang's wish for no more hunger, Jiequan's wish for the Jie kingdom's resurrection, etc. Makes it even sadder to think that Ji's dream is just for him to be put down...
I find it interesting that Ji was the only Sol to achieve his dream. Probably because he did not try to fight the law of nature like the others.
Also cause he wasnt an asshole like pretty much everyone else, the other sols were cruel and subjugated humanity, Ji meanwhile just didnt do anything, he neither helped nor fought back, all he did was see that if he fought Yi, he would die by his hands, and thus asked to spar with him, dude was chill till the end.
Since Ji died by the end of the fight, I assume his immortality was merely ageless and cannot be affected by any diseases or sickness. However, being physicially and fatally wounded would mean certain death as it would strip away the ability. To be honest, this form of immortality is not too bad, you can die but as long as you're not harmed physically by swords or any types of normal weapons,... (I guess?), you'll live for eternity.
On paper, yes.
But immortality is very, very tiresome.
@@passbyicecube I must agree with you. As the game suggests, life and death is one and the same, it is the nature of things. NOTHING should and will ever last forever.
@@passbyicecubeanother thing is that he said he doesn’t care about anyone and everyone abandons him, because he just outlives everyone, he has lost any form of sympathy
It's called biological irmotality and it is real thing
This game is so good. It made me like platforming for once. They got so many things right, and the devs clearly loved making it. Definitely game of the year material for me.
yo what is ji from the hit game nine sols doing in a comment section under a video about beating ji
THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THIS BOSS ARE YOU KIDDING
I think this soundtrack stood out to me the most compared to all the rest of the bosses, maybe except the true final boss. This game’s music is incredible man
Can we agree that Yi was basically fighting an actual f*cking GOD here?... Ageless, Immortal, lived so long he's basically the Scribe of their whole History, is extremely proficient with all sort of weapons and can conjure BLACK HOLES. Ji is a GOD and now I am laughing at how Yi must have reacted when first experiencing that mentioned black hole, running for dear life in the opposite direction to not get spaghettified in a "shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit-" manner. And the music, THE MUSIC!! Makes me think of what a traditional orchestra plays when trying to portray what Buddha's Congregation when floating down on the Purple Cloud sounds like, like in Pompoko. Actually, all the bosses' music are absolutely awesome but this one does take the cake.
pretty sure ji already knew exactly what yi was doing, every single movement and attack
@@JNJNRobin1337 Hello! So, basically, Yi WAS actually fighting an Actual GOD and Ji just let him win? Haha! Your input really put a whole ass new terrifying perspective of everything! Thank you a lot!
He!? IM SORRY BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS A WOMAN
@@diabloo-666 Ji wanted to die a ''beautiful death'' or something like that. He witnessed a previous hero in history die that way which gave him the idea to do it himself.
I genuinely don't think hes fighting you at full force as he wanted Yi to win so he could finally rest. Ji has outlived everyone hes known and as he mentions he was never special. He has no ambitions, keeps forgetting things he learned including the culture hes from due to the passage of time, and is just tired of everything. Interestingly he seems afraid of trying to kill himself though which is why he wants to die in battle with you.
So he goads you into fighting him with a false prophecy that he will kill you first and yet during the fight if you play your cards right he will actually help you defeat him if you hit the heal/arrow bottle attack. I really doubt hes fighting at full force, more putting on a show before he finally passes.
Hes a interesting Sol as hes detached but moreso because hes literally displaced in time by his immortality.
I’m glad a lot of us here think that Ji’s fight was really fun. Probably my favorite Sol alongside Kuafu.
The Curse of Immortality. He needed this. Its like being unable to sleep.
Kaito’s description here: ji my beloved
Your like me fr
this one has to be my favorite fight in the game (so far)
VERGILIUS LIMBUS COMPANY????
@@trbg. Yes, i gotta find something to do when the sinners are out doing whatever stupid things they like doing.
Sol bosses in this game are high tier
@@nitrosix3206 i know right,
i just finished the game and i dont think there is any major boss i dont love, they are all well designed and fair while also being a good challenge.
@@Bla_bla_bla939 seriously... all of them blew my expectations away i'm genuinely so impressed
Wonderful boss. Possibly the most honest of all bosses, with no broken hitboxes or abnormally difficult attacks, and at the same time the most varied, interesting. So far he was the last for me, about 2-3 left.
I think Lady Ethereal is the best fight in the way you described, but Ji and Jiequan are definitely the runners up for me. All great fights.
Ji was honestly one of my most favorite Sols to fight in the game. His fight was a beautiful dance overall and it was just so pleasant to do.
On the other hand I felt incredibly irritated fighting the Fengs (I fought Ji first). There was just something about the Fengs fight that was...not fun, especially in the 2nd phase.
I think most people feel that way about the twins. It's a very chaotic fight with a lot of BS. Being knocked into the snake attacks by Fuxi's swipe attacks felt particularly unfair, though I guess there's a jade for that.
I feel like they need to fix the parry hitboxes for the inward ground swipe attack. I can’t ever parry it unless I move close to it, and it registers always as an imperfect parry.
I agree to it not being fun. Ji on the other hand was probably the most fun boss fight I’ve had in this game.
I dunno, i annihilated them with a cloud piercer x and improved qi blast, so it wasn't too hard-
From what I've seen, some of the fandom is treating Ji and Yi like Lace and Hornet (gay as hell ship between protagonist x recurring boss/character) and I love it
im an animation lover so i was disappointed by the puppet animation of the fengs fight, so imagine my hype when the ji fight began, everything single movement was so smooth
All the Tianhuo mutants use puppet animation, which I find is a great way to express how unnatural they are.
Though I have no idea why Nuwa was also done with puppet animation
in all honesty, i have a theory that eigong was mind controlling fuxi to slow yi’s progress just like how i thought she put lady ethereal’s brain back in the cortex center to stop yi from getting the seal freely
@@VietDang-yk1yt It is not really a theory since Eigong already has said that the virus seems to work on a hivemind. Meaning that due to how Fuxi is now basically a rotting corpse, can easily be told by the tianhuo of Yi's plan on New Kunlun.
It also brings an interesting fact that perhaps the reason Nuwa was not affected as much by the mutated virus was that it does not see her as a threat, either seeing her still as subservient to her brother or someone able to communicate to other sols with Fuxi being the medium.
I love the contrast of Fuxi's stiff motion between the other bosses. Makes sense since he's basically a reanimated corpse by now only held together by Nuwa's makeup and a SHIT TON OF STEROIDS
8:23 I just think Ji looks awesome right here.
He's giving me pure vanilla cookie vibes,he sounds just like Ji😅 and He's my favourite character in nine sols now😂
To be honest with you He gives me off Mystic flour cookie vibes 😭
I can’t escape crk no matter how far I go 😭
Ji is what happens when Jirachi "wishes he was big"
You can actually interrupt his black hole attack with a cloud piercer arrow. If you pair this with the enhanced Qi Blast, this makes it its most effective counter throughout the fight.
For where it is in the game it felt kind of easy and then i found out it was supposed to have a third phase that was completed but the developers had to cut it out but if it had it would have felt more complete. Still my favorite boss in the game but it just felt like it was missing something
Bro, The whole game I was thinking that he's a female until i read his bio
This boss was maybe the easiest boss in the game for me, which is weird considering how much I usually struggle with difficult games, but I only needed a handful of attempts to beat him compared to the 50+ of everyone else! I actually thought there would be a third phase to this boss and was surprised when there wasn't
Same he felt especially easy cause I did the Fengs first
i believe its because he tests everything that we have learned and we just have become really good at what we learned, he is basically like fighting against Genichiro for the third time, he may be fast and have an entirely different moveset, but at the end of the day, we are just too good at this game.
@@VietDang-yk1yt Genichiro is gotta be Eigong's first phase. No surprising or complicated moves(except for the fast red dive-strike), just a quick series of attacks and dashes. Her other phase gives me such trouble that I manage to beat her first phase hitless most of the time.
The grotto of scriptures pretty much trains you to get good at directional parrying, and that's the primary gimmick of the fight.
How did you fair against Eigong?
I'm wondering why everyone chooses the healing pot for their next attack? I always chose knives. Maybe there is a reason why people choose the jar?
Choosing pot is the same as choosing knives but you can fit some extra hits in when Ji places the pot down. It can also be useful for a casual run as it gives extra health/azure sand
@@KaitoMajima ok, thanks
the jar literally gives you health, instead all the other coin gives Ji a combo/blackhole
Nine Sols Boss 10 - Ji
after the Fengs and currently dealing this one, i realized the perfect parry suddenly still gives me internal damage
did i do something to get that, because now its beyond challenging with that disadvantage
You might have the qi swipe jade equipped - it lets your perfect parry generate 2 qi instead of one, and increases your qi limit by one, but your perfect parries inflict internal damage on you. Good for ending fights quickly when you've mastered parrying, but if you slip up you'll probably get one-shot.
you equipped the wrong jade. Read better the effect next time
Such an amazing fight I'm so sad it didnt get a phase 3
Why does he remind me of parappa the rapper
i wonder why his death doesn't give tao fruit
He's unaffected by Tianhuo and only Solarians infected with the virus turn into the flowers that bear tao fruits on death
Because tao fruits appear on decayed bodies. Ji's dead body showed no signs of decay according to the description when you inspect it
The other ones were afflicted with the disease they were trying to find a cure to. So to add to how their bodies are afflicted, the effects of the sickness, having merged with the energy of their old planet and New Kunlan, the bodies produced a Greater Tao Fruit.
Because Ji is essentially an immortal, they can't get sick at all. So they just die of old age after being grievously wounded and putting their all into having Yi kill them.
Ji was never infected by the Tianhuo, so you cannot obtain a Tao fruit.
Lore wise, Ji is literally the source of both immortality and the Tianhao, no wonder there's no usual death consequences.
What is the music called when ji is dieing
I think this would’ve been the turning point boss in the game if we hadn’t JUST beat Lady Eternal. As a result, this boss came off as, while awesome, very “rinse & repeat” feeling. Thank Gawd there was no 3rd phase at least 😮💨
Watched this one da big screen 😋
Yall cannot tell me that this is a guy. 💀
It really confused me too, maybe there's some kind of Chinese mythology reason for it
@@loafofchihuahua his name "ji" can also refer to either "princess" or an emperor of the zhou dynasty known for divination, which prolly explains the androgynous appearance and voice
other characters also occasionally refer to ji as "they" so theres that
Bro it's so relative to me
When I first saw him i thought he was a young girl and I realised that he's a male only after defeating the final boss and looking in his bio
When i met him for the first time i knew that hes a guy but after Ji pulled that height thing before the fight i started questioning everything, like bro looks like a nun
Immortal cat twink
Pro🎉😮