Snow Eagle Lord Episode 16 Recap
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Upon returning to Changfeng Academy, Kong Youyue and Pu Yangbo inform Dongbo Xueying about the situation at Moyang's Fort. Feeling her martial skills were insufficient to help, Kong Youyue expresses regret and offers to accompany Dongbo Xueying back to the fort with Pu Yangbo, citing their previous experience there. Dongbo Xueying refuses, deeming it too dangerous. Yu Jingqiu then offers to go with him, stating she would worry if he went alone.
Dongbo Xueying accepts her offer, which visibly disappoints Kong Youyue. Pu Yangbo cheers her up by pointing out that he is the only one who gets to see her angry expressions, calling it his special privilege, which makes her smile. Meanwhile, Ji Rong continues her search for the Demon Well, growing impatient after five days with no results. Aware that her healing injury will soon eliminate her reason to stay, she intensifies her efforts.
She discovers Dongbo Lie's tomb on a mountain peak and realizes this location aligns with descriptions of the weakest point connecting realms—a place with a thin crust and higher temperature. Deducing it as the potential site for the Demon Well, she understands it is key to her mission of helping the Demon Clan enter Xueying Territory. She observes the guards in the area acting strangely. Encountering Xiong Qi, a commander, she feigns a foot injury to get closer to him.
Later, Tong San arrives and discovers Xiong Qi has replaced legitimate soldiers who took leave with unauthorized villagers without proper reporting, a serious violation of army rules. Tong San reprimands Xiong Qi and orders the villagers removed. Afterward, Ji Rong offers Xiong Qi a large sum of money for a small favor, but he refuses. She then employs threats and manipulation, warning that if he reports her, she can make him and his family vanish without a trace.
After the academy's rankings are posted, Situ Hong notes that his rank is significantly lower than Dongbo Xueying's. He then observes Chi Qiubai giving Dongbo Xueying individual guidance on focusing his Dou Qi, confirming Situ Hong's belief that Xueying is receiving special attention. Chi Qiubai praises Xueying's rapid progress, though Xueying humbly feels his spear technique lags behind his advanced Dou Qi.
Situ Hong approaches Chi Qiubai for similar personal guidance, but Chi Qiubai explains that the technique requires a level of Dou Qi control that Xueying possesses but Situ Hong currently lacks, advising him against impatience. Feeling unfairly treated and believing his master favors Xueying, Situ Hong inwardly vows to surpass him through his own efforts. Driven by his desire for rapid advancement, Situ Hong targets the forbidden section of the academy library.
Using the pretense of needing a damaged family chronicle restored by Teacher Tan Shi, he steals the key to the forbidden area. Believing it holds advanced martial arts manuals suitable for his talent, he finds and begins practicing a forbidden technique. Lacking the necessary foundation, he suffers a severe backlash from the uncontrolled energy and is injured. Dongbo Xueying discovers him and offers assistance, but Situ Hong angrily rejects his help.
Situ Hong later confronts Yu Jingqiu, asking who she would support if he and Dongbo Xueying were to fight. When she doesn't immediately answer, he leaves in frustration. Dongbo Xueying asks Yu Jingqiu about their conversation, and she reveals Situ Hong's question. Xueying then asks her the same, to which she replies she would always support the one in the right, regardless of their relationship. Concerned for Situ Hong's injury, Yu Jingqiu gives him Shennong Pills for internal healing.
Misinterpreting her kindness as affection, Situ Hong declares his intention to have his aunt propose marriage to her after he finds Si Borong. He imagines a future where they become Transcendent and revitalize the Si Family army. Yu Jingqiu firmly rejects him, stating their paths are incompatible and that the responsibility of restoring the Si Family army rests solely with him.
Hurt and confused, Situ Hong questions her feelings for Dongbo Xueying and makes unfounded accusations about their time alone at Black Wind Cliff, prompting Yu Jingqiu to tell him he is causing her to lose respect for him. At breakfast the following day, Situ Hong glares at Yu Jingqiu. He grows increasingly jealous watching Dongbo Xueying share a warm meal with Yu Jingqiu, Pu Yangbo, and Kong Youyue. Situ Hong makes disparaging remarks about their camaraderie, calling them sycophants.
Pu Yangbo retorts, but Situ Hong escalates the confrontation by insulting Xueying's friends and their upbringing. When he brings up their parents, Dongbo Xueying warns him to stop. The argument intensifies, with both declaring their prolonged tolerance of the other has ended. Situ Hong challenges Xueying to a fight. As they prepare to clash, Chi Qiubai arrives and stops them. Though Situ Hong tries to blame Xueying, Dongbo Xueying admits to initiating physical action and accepts the consequences.
Chi Qiubai punishes Xueying by ordering him to clean the library without using magic and sends him immediately. He punishes Situ Hong by restricting him from eating for three days. Later, Chi Qiubai expresses his concern that Situ Hong's impulsive nature could lead him down the same destructive path as Moyang Chen. While Dongbo Xueying begins cleaning the library, Yu Jingqiu, Pu Yangbo, and Kong Youyue arrive to help.
Kong Youyue uses her magic to assist, rationalizing that only Dongbo Xueying was forbidden from using spells. During the process, she accidentally knocks over a pile of books with her magic, which fall on Yu Jingqiu and render her unconscious. While unconscious, Yu Jingqiu dreams of two figures she believes are her parents battling a "Snowflake Demon"—an entity with snowflake marks on its hands—near the Demon Well. Upon waking, she recounts the dream to Chi Qiubai.
Chi Qiubai, unfamiliar with such a demon, gives her an incense burner as a token and advises her to seek out Si Lianghong in Nanqin City for information. Driven by the vivid dream and the discovery of a similar snowflake mark on her own shoulder, Yu Jingqiu resolves to go to Nanqin City. She initially tries to leave alone, but Dongbo Xueying insists on accompanying her, reminding her of his promise to help her find her past.
As they prepare to depart, Kong Hai arrives at the academy with gifts, intending to finalize his daughter Kong Youyue's arranged marriage to Dongbo Xueying. Kong Hai attempts to enforce the engagement, but Xueying politely declines, stating that he already loves someone else while taking Yu Jingqiu's hand. Angered by the public refusal, Kong Hai instructs a subordinate to eliminate Yu Jingqiu, seeing her as the obstacle to his daughter's marriage.
Later, as Dongbo Xueying and Yu Jingqiu are being escorted out of Nanqin City by soldiers on Si Lianghong's orders, they are ambushed by two assassins from the Bloodshed Tavern. The assassins seize Kong Youyue, who had followed them, and demand Yu Jingqiu in exchange. Though Dongbo Xueying refuses, Yu Jingqiu offers herself to protect Kong Youyue. As she approaches the assassins, she swiftly subdues them.
Recognizing the assassins' affiliation, Yu Jingqiu devises a plan to use one of them to lead them to their employer. Following the trail, they arrive at a restaurant owned by Kong Youyue's family. In a private room, they discover that the person who hired the assassins is Kong Hai. When confronted, Kong Hai confesses that he hired the Bloodshed Tavern to eliminate Yu Jingqiu on Mo Feng's advice.
Deeply ashamed and distraught by her father's actions, Kong Youyue takes a dagger and cuts her own arm, declaring that she will bear the consequences of his mistake. Witnessing her remorse, Yu Jingqiu spares Kong Hai for Kong Youyue's sake but warns him of severe consequences for any future attempts. As she and Dongbo Xueying leave, Yu Jingqiu tells Kong Hai he should be grateful to have such a daughter.
