Road to Empress II continues right where the first game left off and wastes no time throwing you into difficult decisions. If you’re trying to unlock every ending, achievement, voice message, and route, this guide covers everything currently available. I’ve kept all important choices, Bad Endings, achievements, and route splits together so you can easily track your progress while playing.
Before starting, make sure to check your Mail on the main menu for 5000 free Coins.
Info & Misc Achievements
History Buff
Click the All Chapters button in the lower-right corner of the Storyline screen.
Golden Butterfly Chase
Click the Current button in the lower-right corner of the Storyline screen.
Perfect for the Lazy
Click Claim All at the bottom of the All Chapters list to collect progression rewards.
You can also use the same button from the Feats section.
Lingering Echoes
Listen to 30 voice messages.
This unlocked during Chapter 18: Ganye Temple, No Escape 2 during my playthrough.
Spread the Word
Use the Share feature after completing a main chapter.
Click the Share button in the lower-right corner and save the image.
Always Right
Use the Trait Sketch feature after completing a main chapter.
Open Trait Sketch from the lower-left corner and press Resume several times.
Master Detective
Enable Hint Mode using the toggle at the bottom of the Storyline screen.
A Long Road Ahead
Unlock 50 endings.
This unlocked during Chapter 22: Another Life 1.
Flow of the Past
Reach the Chapter Summary found in any True Ending route.
Screenshot Addict
Take 10 screenshots using the in-game screenshot button.
Saving them isn’t required.
Prologue: Make-or-Break Choice
Make-or-Break Choice
Leave this place for another life
→ Liu Xi’s Terms
Return to the palace and claw to the top
→ Chance to Meet Li Zhi
Liu Xi’s Terms
Seize the hairpin and take Liu Xi out
Beg her not to mess up your face
→ BE 1
→ Achievement: All Part of the Experience
Give up to keep the Prince of Wei safe
→ BE 2
Seize the Hairpin
Pass QTE
→ Achievement: Nimble Moves
Fail QTE
→ BE 5
Clutch Moment
Pass QTE
Fail QTE
→ BE 6
Liu Xi’s Death
Finally, what a relief
Bittersweet, can’t shake it off
Couldn’t care less
What Now
Stash her corpse
Bolt out of here
Make it look like an assassin’s work
NOTE: All choices lead to Chapter 17: Ganye Temple, No Escape 1.
Chance to Meet Li Zhi
Bust through
→ BE 3
Slip the hairpin to the nun
→ BE 4
Scream Li Zhi’s name
Never Another Chance
Pass QTE
→ Chapter 17: A New Era
Fail QTE
→ BE 7
Side Chapters 17 & 18: Ganye Temple, No Escape 1 & 2
Prince of Wei’s Promise
Take me with you
→ BE 8
→ Voice Messages +1
→ Achievement: Distant Echoes
Kill him
Handle Liu Xi’s Death
Hide the body and stay at Ganye Temple
→ BE 9
→ Voice Messages +3
Shift the blame and call it an assassin’s work
→ BE 10
→ Voice Messages +2
Dress as Liu Xi and slip away into the night
What Will You Leave Behind?
PIVOTAL CHOICE
Amulet
Sun and Moon Hairpin
Soaring Red Kite
Danger Approaches
Run / No Response
→ BE 11
→ Voice Messages +1
Pretend to be Liu Xi
NOTE: There are 3 separate scenes at the well depending on which object you left behind.
Deal with Official Xia
Push her into the well
→ BE 13
→ Voice Messages +2
Force her to keep your secret
Confess your identity and ask her to elope
→ BE 12
→ Voice Messages +2
Which Item to Pawn
PIVOTAL CHOICE
Peony Hairpin
→ BE 14
→ Voice Messages +2
Amulet
→ Loops back to the same choice
Sun and Moon Hairpin
Soaring Red Kite
NOTE: You’ll need to change your earlier item choice since not every option appears immediately.
Witness Yue’s Crisis
PIVOTAL CHOICE
Stay out of it / No Response
Step in and save her daughter
→ Achievement: Time to Step In
A Choice Within
Take Liu Xi’s hand and fall into the abyss
→ BE 15
→ Voice Messages +1
No way! I’m not giving up!
Mirage Pavilion’s Offer
I’m worth more to them than the risk
We’re tied together now
NOTE: If you traded the Sun and Moon Hairpin, go to A Chance to Live. If you traded the Soaring Red Kite, go to The Relationship.
A Chance to Live
Agree
→ BE 16
→ Voice Messages +3
Refuse
→ BE 17
→ Voice Messages +3
→ Achievement: Prerequisite Clue
The Relationship
I’m carrying Li Tai’s baby
→ BE 18 & BE 19
→ Voice Messages +3 each
→ Achievement: That Sounds Familiar
He wronged me
→ BE 20 & BE 21
→ Voice Messages +2 and +1
I wronged him
NOTE: The first two options have different outcomes depending on whether Yue’s daughter was saved.
Did You Kill Her?
I was set up for Liu Xi’s death
→ BE 22
→ Voice Messages +2
I’ve taken more lives than I can count
Liu Xi’s death was an accident
→ BE 23
→ Voice Messages +2
Reveal Her Identity?
PIVOTAL CHOICE
Tell her
Keep it from her
NOTE: Only available if you saved the daughter.
Assassin’s Blade
Don’t kill me, I can help you
That won’t work, we don’t even look alike
→ Achievement: Not a Good Match
He’s too clever to fall for something like that
NOTE: If the daughter wasn’t saved:
→ BE 25
→ Voice Messages +1
Cast It on Her
Pass QTE
Fail QTE
→ BE 24
→ Voice Messages +1
Fight Back
Pass QTE
→ Chapter End
→ Achievement: Ganye Temple, No Escape
Fail QTE
→ BE 26
→ Voice Messages +1
Side Chapters 19 & 20: Dangerous Reunion 1 & 2
A Reason to Be Here
I wanted to see what lies beyond the palace walls
I wanted to meet Your Highness
I came to see Your Highness one last time
Assassin’s Identity?
She has admired the Prince of Wei for many years
→ BE 27
→ Voice Messages +1
One of Mirage Pavilion’s agents
→ Mirage Suspicion -1
The less you know about me, the safer you’ll be
→ BE 28
→ Voice Messages +1
Find a Way to Stay
I don’t want to become someone from your past
So am I already your past, Your Highness?
A Dagger That Kills
No one’s around, perfect moment to kill him
→ BE 29
→ Voice Messages +2
Your Highness, I like this dagger
Guard’s Suspicion
We don’t just sell goods, we sell stories
Careful. My true identity might scare you
→ BE 30
→ Voice Messages +2
A small token of goodwill. Please accept it
→ BE 31
→ Voice Messages +1
Gaoyang’s Interception
A Calculated Retreat
Gaoyang, come with me!
→ Li Tai +2
NOTE: A Calculated Retreat has an auto-split depending on whether you left the Amulet or Sun and Moon Hairpin at the well in Chapter 17.
What Intel to Deliver
PIVOTAL CHOICE
…met General Yuan Lichen
→ Mirage Suspicion -1
…split into two groups
→ Mirage Suspicion -2
…personally killed Xiao Nian
→ Mirage Suspicion +9
→ BE 32
→ Voice Messages +2
A Deadly Choice
Leave now and trade news
→ BE 33
→ Voice Messages +3
Honor your promise and help Li Tai
Your Dagger
Strike at Yuan Lichen
→ BE 57
Send a signal to the Prince of Wei
Deal with Yuan Lichen
Run
Stay
Scatter Dust
Pass QTE
Fail QTE
→ BE 34
→ Voice Messages +2
Throw the Wine Jug
Pass QTE
Fail QTE
→ BE 35
→ Voice Messages +1
Win Over Yuan Lichen
Harming a prince cost your life!
→ BE 36
→ Voice Messages +1
Have you forgotten your comrades?
Yuan Lichen’s Concerns
Do not worry, I can win over Xu Xiaode
→ BE 37
→ Voice Messages +1
You should’ve said so sooner
Apply Medicine?
Yes, this is a good chance to increase his Affinity
Yes, he was injured because of me
No, this is a rare chance to get some rest
NOTE: Additional scenes are available if either YES option is selected.
Time to Deliver Intel
Yuan Lichen set a trap
→ Mirage Suspicion +9
→ BE 38
→ Voice Messages +2
Prince of Wei and Yuan Lichen have formed an alliance
→ Mirage Suspicion -1
Prince of Wei’s abs may drop
→ Mirage Suspicion +99
→ BE 39
→ Voice Messages +2
NOTE: An auto-split occurs afterwards depending on the intel delivered earlier in Chapter 19.
Why Learn to Fight?
To protect myself
→ Li Tai +1
To protect you, Your Highness
So I’d never need protection again
→ Li Tai +2
NOTE: If you selected “…met General Yuan Lichen” earlier, proceed to Li Tai’s Question.
If you selected “…split into two groups”:
→ BE 40
→ Voice Messages +1
Li Tai’s Question
Because some people are worth everything
→ Li Tai +2
Because you have something I want
→ Li Tai +1
Reveal His Whereabouts?
Tell them
→ Mirage Suspicion -1
Keep it to yourself
→ Mirage Suspicion +9
→ BE 41
→ Voice Messages +2
Remind Prince of Wei?
Show kindness
→ Li Tai +2
Say nothing
Why do you care so much about me
→ Li Tai +1
Side Chapter 21: Beyond the Chains
Ominous Dream
Tell him about the dream
→ Li Tai +1
Say nothing
A Proposal of Marriage
Knock some sense into him
→ Li Tai +9
→ BE 42
→ Voice Messages +3
Ask Xu Minhui what she wants
→ Loops back
Your Highness, maybe you should just accept it
The Prince of Wei’s Inquiry
That sounds like a good thing
No matter how much it hurts
Your Highness, do you really care
The Guard Approaches
Hide in a nearby crate
→ BE 43
→ Voice Messages +2
Keep working
Knock Them Out
Pass QTE
Fail QTE
→ BE 44
→ Voice Messages +1
Persuade Xu Minhui
Your father misses you
→ BE 45
→ Voice Messages +1
The Prince of Wei is more appealing
→ BE 46
→ Voice Messages +2
Don’t you want your family’s blessing?
His Majesty is more appealing
→ BE 47
→ Voice Messages +2
→ Achievement: Raise Your Standards
No response
→ BE 45
→ Voice Messages +1
Minhui’s Resolve
Persuade Xu Minhui to return home
→ BE 48
→ Voice Messages +2
Let her go
The Letter to Xu Xiaode
I am already with child
→ BE 49
→ Voice Messages +1
I am already married to Danlichi
→ Chapter End
→ Achievement: Beyond the Chains
Side Chapters 22 & 23: Another Life 1 & 2
To Be, Or Not To Be
PIVOTAL CHOICE
Take the evidence
→ END 52
→ Voice Messages +2
NOTE: There is also a split Yes/No outcome for Wei’s fate.
Confess to Li Tai
→ BE 51
→ Voice Messages +1
Leave the evidence behind
→ BE 50
→ Voice Messages +2
Risk it and make him hand over
NOTE: Achievement: A Long Road Ahead unlocked here during my playthrough.
Feelings for Prince of Wei?
Stay silent
Always
Does it matter, Your Highness?
The Antidote in Hand
You’re truly moved
You’re only pretending
After Rebirth
I’m finally free to chase a new life
→ GOOD END
→ Achievement: Another Life
I’ll help him, and wait for his return
That wraps up everything I’ve found so far in Road to Empress II. Between all the Bad Endings, hidden achievements, voice messages, and branching routes, getting 100% completion can take quite a few replays, but hopefully this guide saved you some time along the way.
If you’re still missing an ending, double-check the Pivotal Choices throughout the guide, as several later routes depend on decisions made much earlier in the story.
Since the game has a lot of different outcomes, there’s always a chance I may have missed something during my playthroughs. If you find an alternative route, missing ending, or additional achievement requirement, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll take a look.
Thanks for reading, and good luck collecting every ending and achievement in Road to Empress II!