Kirin Tor (Enigmatic)

I don´t know... does anyone else have huge problems with that task? The path is visible way to short, it seems pretty hard, especially since we must start from 0 again, if we fail one.

Is there something I am missing and everyone is doing these type of quests with ease?

Edit:

I managed to finish it now, but I still hope a few others here, have some insight about these tasks. May be, that I am just doing it wrong :)