Yan Hongchen

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yan Hongchen (晏红尘)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Hongchen Family; Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy reserve team
Occupation/Role	Support-type Soul Master; Soul Engineer
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate full soul power; twin martial souls awakened	2	Awakened the Phantom Water Spirit Toad and a heart-based body martial soul. His family concealed the heart martial soul because of the Body Sect's potential interest.
Rank 20	25	Reached Rank 20 through the combined effects of the Mystic Water Pill, a hundred-thousand-year head soul bone, and the Gathering Source Crystal Crab's sacrificial energy.
Rank 25	27	Absorbed the Emeraldsong Rain Crane's soul; gained a healing skill and external soul-bone wings.
Rank 27 → Rank 29	40	Advanced over six months while cultivating the Thousand Illusions Realm and refining his spiritual-power control.
Rank 40	65	Prepared to obtain a Water Evil Tyrant soul ring suited to his spiritual and water attributes.
Rank 42, Soul Ancestor	115	Publicly identified himself as a Rank 42 support-type Soul Ancestor during the reserve-team trial.
Six soul rings	128	Displayed six black soul rings and used his sixth soul skill to immobilize Yi Hongchen through direct eye contact.
Heart martial soul: Black Iron → Silver rank	101	A snow lotus triggered its second awakening and created the Snow Lotus Heart external soul bone.
Heart martial soul: first soul ring	109	Obtained a more than two-hundred-thousand-year snow lotus soul ring with two golden patterns.

Background / History

Yan Hongchen is the third child of Yi Hongchen and Liu Yueming, younger brother to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. From early childhood, he was notably independent in study, training, and daily life. During his awakening, he manifested the Phantom Water Spirit Toad rather than either sibling's inherited toad martial soul, then discovered a second martial soul located in his heart. His parents immediately ordered him to hide the heart martial soul due to the Body Sect's practice of forcefully claiming valuable body-martial-soul users. 1 2 9

He chose to develop the Phantom Water Spirit Toad as a functional support martial soul, prioritizing spiritual and water-compatible abilities over raw ring age. During the family's expedition to the Extreme North, he negotiated with the Snow Empress for his family's safe withdrawal by revealing the location of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave. This began a continuing alliance in which the Snow Empress provided resources, soul-ring assistance, and the Snow Empress Token. 9 18 22 27

After returning, Yan Hongchen became increasingly involved in planning for the Hongchen Family's cultivation, political neutrality, Soul Tool development, and tournament preparation. He also sought methods to cure Liu Yueming's damaged spiritual sea, eventually extracting its Spiritual Fire and cultivating it into a Soul Snow Lotus, allowing her recovery. 32 59 117

He later left the Sun Moon Empire independently, using concealment and his external wings to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest. There, he extracted and altered witnesses' memories to protect his family's secrets, deepening his cooperation with Electrolux. 83 84 86

Appearance

When using Martial Soul Possession, Yan Hongchen's skin develops a glossy, water-ripple sheen and his eyes become Glazed Rainbow Eyes with motes of light within them. 34 45

• Possesses azure external soul-bone wings for flight. 27 84
• Can form a dark-blue crown with silver light and an Eye of Life on his forehead. 66
• His head soul bone and external soul bone can fuse into a translucent azure helmet. 86
• The Snow Lotus Heart manifests as a lotus-shaped shield of light over his chest. 125

Personality

Yan Hongchen is observant, restrained, and unusually strategic for his age. He plans soul-ring configurations well in advance, evaluates political risks to his family, and prefers to avoid taking sides in the Sun Moon Empire's succession struggle. 9 32

He is deeply family-oriented. He repeatedly directs resources toward Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and his parents, accepts responsibility for curing Liu Yueming, and expends considerable effort to help Jing Hongchen break through. 59 80 109 117

Although generally gentle and support-oriented, he can be coldly pragmatic when protecting the Hongchen Family's secrets. He chose to extract or alter witnesses' memories after the Star Dou operation and views Huo Yuhao as a future enemy whose growth should be suppressed. 84 107

Martial Souls

Phantom Water Spirit Toad

A mutated spirit toad martial soul with spiritual and water attributes. It is primarily support-oriented, but Yan Hongchen develops it into a versatile control, detection, healing, illusion, and defensive toolkit. 1 5 9

• Can be manifested simultaneously with his heart martial soul. 5
• Guides Yan Hongchen's spiritual cultivation and taught him the principle of “forgetting form” in the Thousand Illusions Realm. 40
• Its compatibility with appropriately matched soul-beast abilities can effectively produce dual benefits. 32

Heart Martial Soul

Yan Hongchen's second martial soul is a body martial soul located in his heart. It strengthens his body and enables a close-combat path distinct from the Phantom Water Spirit Toad's support specialization. 2 9

• Initially concealed from outsiders because of the Body Sect. 2
• Its powerful heartbeat drives bloodline power through his body, supporting hand-to-hand combat. 71
• Completed a Silver-rank second awakening after absorbing a snow lotus. 101
• Grants mind reading after its second awakening. 102
• Possesses martial-soul-fusion reactions with Su Tong's Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul. 109

Abilities & Skills

Spiritual Sharing and Omniscient Vision

Yan Hongchen's head soul bone grants spiritual sharing, while the Glazed Rainbow Eyes provide innate detection and illusion-piercing perception. Together, they allow silent shared vision over a wide area. 32 45

• Shares perception with multiple allies.
• Detects targets and sees through illusions.
• Provides a soothing effect through the spiritual link.
• Enhances Soul Tool engraving, remote design, and battlefield coordination. 33 45

Simulation

A head soul-bone skill that alters Yan Hongchen's apparent soul-ring colors and arrangement; he later applies it to concealment, illusions, and manifested constructs. 33 40

• Disguised two ten-thousand-year rings as one yellow and one purple ring. 33
• Can produce invisibility with further mastery. 33
• Combines with Thousand Illusions to create “real incarnations” within roughly five meters. 40
• Can manifest spiritual constructs, though their offensive strength depends on Yan Hongchen's power and the construct itself. 67

Thousand Illusions Realm

A spiritual-power cultivation method that teaches Yan Hongchen to transform spiritual power instantly by “forgetting form.” 40

• Creates illusions in the real world within a limited range.
• Can combine with Simulation for more convincing incarnations.
• Has high spiritual-power consumption when layered with other abilities. 40

Source Gathering Reflux

A soul skill obtained from the Gathering Source Crystal Crab. 25

• Its Reflux effect can halve the soul-power consumption of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's martial soul fusion skill.
• Yan Hongchen pays the corresponding soul-power cost himself. 36

Healing and Purification

Yan Hongchen possesses healing-type power from the Emeraldsong Rain Crane and later develops purification techniques. 27 61

• Heals injuries and restores fatigue and soul power. 80 114
• Uses Purifying Spirit Baptism to wear down the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife over three months. 61
• Extracted Liu Yueming's Spiritual Fire and cultivated it into a Soul Snow Lotus, resolving her spiritual crisis. 117
• Used Lotus Flower Purifying Seat to assist Jing Hongchen's breakthrough to Rank 94. 109

Mental Force Field

Yan Hongchen's fourth soul skill, used for battlefield control. 115

• Causes surrounding water elements to cling to targets and slow their movement.
• Produces dizziness and momentary visual disruption.
• Provides control support for allies during combat. 115

Mind Reading

An ability gained through the Silver-rank second awakening of his heart martial soul. 102

• Reads thoughts at the soul level.
• Its exact practical limits are not specified. 49 102

Soul Spirit Techniques

Yan Hongchen collaborates with Electrolux to create soul spirits, offering soul beasts a new form of existence. 111 119

• Helped Meng Hongchen integrate the Icefire Mystic Phoenix. 120
• Helped Xiao Hongchen integrate the Twin-Winged Golden Tiger. 124
• His Mirror Shadow Beast soul spirit can act as an avatar replicating ninety percent of his overall strength. 113

Sixth Soul Skill

Yan Hongchen's sixth soul skill is an illusion-based control ability associated with the Lost Illusion Realm. 128

• Activated through direct eye contact.
• Immobilized Yi Hongchen for approximately one minute.
• Is most effective when its target is caught off guard. 128

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hundred-thousand-year Golden-Pattern Ice Silkworm head soul bone — opened his sea of spirit and grants Spiritual Sharing and Simulation. 22 33
• External soul-bone wings — acquired from the Emeraldsong Rain Crane; enable flight without a Soul Tool. 27
• Spirit Devouring Carving Knife — secretly purified using Purifying Spirit Baptism. 43 61
• Snow Empress Token — identifies Yan Hongchen's connection to the Snow Empress and guides him toward her in the Extreme North. 27 49
• Snow Lotus Heart — more than two-hundred-thousand-year external soul bone formed in his chest; provides Heart Link and contributes to soul-bone armor. 101 109 125
• Sealing God Altar — ninth-grade Soul Tool used to seize five of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual origins. 107 108
• Eight-compartment storage belt — given by Liu Yueming before his independent journey. 83
• Bi Ji's feather — a gift with tracking and potentially additional functions. 124

Relationships

• Yi Hongchen — father; Yan Hongchen trusts his combat ability and plans cultivation resources for his breakthrough. 2 32 86
• Liu Yueming — mother; he works extensively to resolve her burned spiritual power and ultimately restores her. 2 25 117
• Jing Hongchen — grandfather; advisor, resource provider, and recipient of Yan Hongchen's purification support. 32 43 109
• Xiao Hongchen — older brother; close collaborator in martial soul fusion, Soul Tool development, and combat. 36 59 115
• Meng Hongchen — older sister; Yan Hongchen supports her cultivation, toxin removal, and Icefire Mystic Phoenix soul-spirit integration. 65 110 120
• Snow Empress — powerful ally and benefactor; their relationship began with a life-or-death negotiation and developed into mutual trust. 18 22 51
• Electrolux — spiritual mentor and collaborator; assists with memory manipulation, the Gate of the Undead, gray soul-ring power, and soul-spirit methods. 53 86 119
• Su Tong — possesses high martial-soul compatibility with Yan Hongchen; they have two martial soul fusion skills requiring further coordination. 101 109 111
• Ye Guyi — ally and martial soul fusion partner; Yan Hongchen supports her growth and treats her injuries. 110 117 129
• Huo Yuhao — future enemy; Yan Hongchen considers him responsible for harms to the Hongchen Family and deliberately suppresses his opportunities. 107

Story Role / Major Arcs

Martial Soul Awakening

Yan Hongchen awakens twin martial souls and exceptional innate talent, forcing the Hongchen Family to conceal his heart martial soul and protect him from outside attention. 2 3 5

Extreme North Expedition

He negotiates with the Snow Empress, gains major spiritual resources and soul-bone benefits, obtains his first two ten-thousand-year soul rings, and leaves with the Snow Empress Token. 18 22 25 27

Family Planning and Academy Training

Yan Hongchen develops support abilities, pursues the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife's purification, helps guide Xiao Hongchen's forging path, and prepares the family for future political and tournament pressures. 32 59 61 80

Independent Journey and Star Dou Operation

He departs the Sun Moon Empire, handles the aftermath of the Hongchen Family's operation through memory extraction, and assists during Yi Hongchen's Titled Douluo breakthrough. 83 84 86

Heart Martial Soul Awakening

Yan Hongchen acquires the Snow Lotus Heart, advances his heart martial soul to Silver rank, gains mind reading, and reveals its first soul ring to Jing Hongchen. 101 102 109

Reserve Team

He joins the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's reserve team, demonstrates healing and field-control support, and fuses with Xiao Hongchen as the Phantom Water Golden Body. 114 115

Soul Spirit Development

Working with Electrolux and the Snow Empress, Yan Hongchen develops soul-spirit contracts and helps Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen obtain the Icefire Mystic Phoenix and Twin-Winged Golden Tiger respectively. 119 120 124

Trivia

• Yan Hongchen's Phantom Water Spirit Toad originated from an object he had worn for the longest time in his previous life on Blue Star. 2
• He studies music and guqin performance, believing that wind, flowing water, and all things possess musical rhythm. 80
• He is poor at operating flying Soul Tools because he became accustomed to relying on his external soul-bone wings. 131