Ok...a few comments...
1. The pink/orange spots look like the early stages of scale rot, which is caused by overly moist and/or dirty substrate. At this early stage, changing to clean, dry paper should be enough, and the lesions will heal up and shed out.
2. In some pics, the pink belly looks like the start of the shedding process....but in others, it looks like it could be a burn. It could be that the different lighting simply made the belly appear differently in each picture, and only you can tell for sure in person. Is the entire belly an even light-to-medium shade of pink? If so, it's probably just the start of the shed cycle. If the pink is really dark, and/or if it is only located on portions of the belly, then it could be a burn.
If you can describe your set-up...what kind of substrate...what kind of heating element you have...what you use to measure temps...and what you use to control temps (if anything)...what your overall temps and humidity levels are....these sorts of details will help us help you.
Lastly...it's best to NOT soak a snake right before a shed. Doing so doesn't really help anything, and it might make it worse. AFTER a shed has gone bad and there are patches of dry skin that won't easily flake off...then a soak can do wonders. The best thing to help the snake be ready to shed as easily as possible is to have consistent proper humidity levels in the enclosure.
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