Empyrean Dist. (Sanctum)

Comprehensive guide to The Factory and Apeman Facility in Nine Sols, covering navigation, enemy encounters, item locations, and the Celestial Spectre Shangui boss fight.

Walkthrough:

1. From the Pavilion, head west to the Cortex Center. Use a charge attack on the guard to proceed.
2. After a cutscene in a control room, find a Root Node and head left to a gate. Hack a node with your fairy to open it, then ascend using ropes and grapple points.
3. At the top, defeat the Yellow Hornet and collect the Treasure Chest on the right.
4. Head left and down. Break a rock to access the middle area. Defeat the rock monster and hack two ropes to reach a chest on the right.
5. Continue down the normal path, using walls and grapple points. Drop a rope on the right for a shortcut, then drop past a grapple point to find a chest containing the Kunlun Immortal Portrait.
6. Head left into the "Factory (Great hall)". Be wary of flame trap floors.
7. Kill soldiers and ascend using trap floors to an upper platform. Ride a platform up to encounter the Flying Blade enemy.
8. To the left, past a flame trap, is a room with a giant laser. Wait for it to end, then quickly go south. Kill the archer, go left to the center, and hit the machine to protect yourself from the laser. Kill the swordsman first.
9. Go to the lower left for a Treasure Chest. Return and watch for a turret.
10. On the next cycle, head to the upper left. Kill the archer, pass the flame trap, and find a Root Node.
11. Heal and hack a chest to the left for a Standard Component. Enter the next laser room.
12. Hit the green device to your left for protection, then get the Treasure Chest to your lower right. Drop down to reach the "Factory (Underground)".
13. Open the immediate Treasure Chest for the Swift Descent Jade.
14. Head right to exit back to the Factory and unlock the door, creating a shortcut.
15. Go back to the underground and head left. Hop over red spikes and choose the right path down to find the