The initial plan for the Ice Crystal Garden challenge was for Spirit Beasts skilled in crafting ice sculptures to create ice sculptures to battle against each other, with victory conditions based on who shatters the opponent's sculpture first.
However, during testing, they found that the conditions didn't need to be so rigid. Similar combat effects could be achieved with creations like vine constructs, so eventually, aside from the name, other aspects were broadened.
Unfortunately, just as Feng Yuan guessed, the Ice Crystal Garden challenge does not support Big Cat's special summoning. It's inevitable; even among Data-based Spirit Beasts, few can summon NPCs for battle like Big Cat does.
Besides Big Cat, even Xiao Ji can join the combat, which Feng Yuan didn't anticipate. However, considering the number of Death-type Spirit Beasts, it's not surprising that a fitting judge can be found among the Beastmasters of Maomu City.
