Recaps

Yan Hongchen deepened his bonds with Su Tong and his family, helped heal Liu Yueming, and advanced his Soul Spirit method with Bi Ji’s support. The group prepared for the competition after gaining new Soul Spirits and soul bones, but an Illusory Snake threatened their companions.

• Yan Hongchen absorbed the snow lotus, gained the Snow Lotus Heart and a two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, then fused with Su Tong to summon Ice God Descends and the Rin-River Barrier.
• Yan Hongchen met Xiao Xiao, advised her about her cultivation, and sent her and Su Tong toward Shrek City while he pursued Huo Yuhao and seized four of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual origins.
• Yan Hongchen returned to Mingdu, warned Jing Hongchen about the royal family’s cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult, and helped his siblings strengthen their cultivation and prepare for the tournament.
• Yan Hongchen created the Mirror Shadow Beast Soul Spirit, then used it and a Soul Snow Lotus to remove the ice and flames harming Liu Yueming and restore his family.
• Yan Hongchen helped Meng Hongchen contract with the Icefire Mystic Phoenix, which became her fifth soul ring, and took his family and Snow Empress to meet Bi Ji in Emerald Valley.
• Yan Hongchen helped Ye Guyi contract with a Sky Dragon Horse and Xiao Hongchen contract with a Twin-Winged Golden Tiger, giving both new soul rings and special abilities.
• As the group prepared to leave for the competition, Xiao Hongchen sensed an Illusory Snake threatening their Soul Spirits, and Yan Hongchen identified it as a sixty-thousand-year beast suited to him.