Chapter Summaries

After feasting on the Nether Turtle Beast, Bi Tianyu entered the Black Vortex despite Zhang Lexuan’s warnings and endured its extreme pain. He emerged in a valley of intense Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice, where a blue-haired man sat beside a divided hot spring.

• Bi Tianyu and Gu Qiu'er ate the Nether Turtle Beast while Zhang Lexuan and Tian Yuhao gathered the nearby Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Zhang Lexuan and Tian Yuhao noticed that Bi Tianyu’s manner had become unusually aloof and dignified.
• Bi Tianyu told Gu Qiu'er to leave with Zhang Lexuan and Tian Yuhao, then approached the Black Vortex to investigate its source of Immortal Herbs.
• Bi Tianyu entered the Black Vortex, endured its black lightning and overwhelming pain, and told Gu Qiu'er to wait for his return.
• Bi Tianyu crossed the vortex and awoke in a valley with powerful Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice auras, a divided hot spring, and a blue-haired man.

Bi Tianyu remained inside the Ice Fire Secret Realm, where Bibi Han explained that he had to settle the danger threatening Douluo Star before returning to the God Realm. After spending two days gathering and upgrading herbs, Bi Tianyu returned to Martial Soul Academy two years later and was recognized by its stunned gatekeepers.

• Outside the secret realm, Gu Qiu'er, Zhang Lexuan, and Tian Yuhao emerged, and Gu Qiu'er told Ling Luochen that Bi Tianyu had entered the Black Vortex.
• Inside the Ice Fire Secret Realm, Bi Tianyu reunited with Bibi Han, who said he could return to the God Realm only after Douluo Star's troubles were settled.
• Bi Tianyu upgraded and harvested the Immortal Herbs, setting aside gifts for Wang Yan, Ling Luochen, Gu Qiu'er, Tian Yuhao, and Zhang Lexuan while keeping the rest.
• After two days inside the secret realm, Bi Tianyu opened a passage back to Sunset Forest and returned to the academy two years later.
• Bi Tianyu bypassed the academy's new Soul Tool gate, triggered its alarm, and stunned the gatekeepers when they found his name on the roster.

After returning alive from the Genius Burial Ground, Bi Tianyu entered Martial Soul Academy and learned that its three-yearly Eternal Fate event was a blind date intended to keep talented students loyal to the academy. Curious whether Gu Qiu'er would be there, he followed the other students to Eternal Lake as the event began.

• Bi Tianyu proved his identity to the elderly gatekeeper by summoning his Blue Silver God Martial Soul and entered Martial Soul Academy.
• Bi Tianyu learned from a student that Eternal Fate was a blind date event held every three years to pair students and prevent talented students from defecting.
• Bi Tianyu decided to attend Eternal Fate because he expected Gu Qiu'er to be there.
• Bi Tianyu followed the students to Eternal Lake, where female participants stood on lotus-shaped Soul Tools in the water, hidden beneath cloaks and robes.

At the Eternal Fate matchmaking event, Bi Tianyu spotted Ling Luochen and realized how much she had changed while he was gone. Ling Luochen mourned Bi Tianyu as dead and vowed to revive him, until he appeared before her.

• The hosts began the Mutual Appreciation segment, and most female students withdrew before the remaining participants lined up.
• The first male contestant revealed his face and displayed his Soul King cultivation before starting the hat-lifting round.
• Bi Tianyu searched for Gu Qiu'er, then spotted Ling Luochen and noticed her increased strength and cold, resentful demeanor.
• Ling Luochen recalled how Bi Tianyu had saved her, described her fight with Gu Qiu'er, and vowed to revive him.
• Bi Tianyu greeted Ling Luochen, and she turned toward him in shock as tears filled her eyes.

Bi Tianyu reunited with Ling Luochen after two years in the Black Vortex, where he reached Soul Emperor and found an Immortal Herb suited to her Ice Element martial soul. He gave her the herb and went to Eternal Lake, where he made a dramatic entrance at the matchmaking event as Gu Qiu'er recognized his familiar silhouette.

• Bi Tianyu told Ling Luochen he had reached level sixty-one Soul Emperor after breaking through in the Black Vortex.
• Bi Tianyu gave Ling Luochen an Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and explained how to consume and refine it.
• Ling Luochen tried to stop Bi Tianyu from going to Gu Qiu'er, but he said she knew he would return and continued to Eternal Lake.
• The host announced that Tian Yuhao had lifted seventy-two of the seventy-three cloaks in the arena.
• Bi Tianyu crossed the river on ice lotuses, drawing the crowd's attention as Gu Qiu'er began to recognize his silhouette.

Bi Tianyu appeared at Eternal Fate with six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and accidentally flooded the event with a single hammer swing. After the gathering resumed, the female host began the second stage, in which women chose which male students could continue.

• Bi Tianyu refused to reveal his face and displayed six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a hammer martial soul, which led Gu Qiu'er to recognize him.
• Bi Tianyu’s hammer swing sent enormous waves across Eternal Lake, soaking the contestants, spectators, and hosts and knocking most of the women into the water.
• Bi Tianyu apologized and fled, while the host paused Eternal Fate and announced that the women who fell into the lake would not be eliminated.
• The students returned after changing clothes, and the female host introduced the Love at First Sight stage, where women used lamps to select male students who could advance.

Bi Tianyu returned to Eternal Lake after two years and revealed himself as the final contestant, stunning the academy with his survival and overwhelming strength. His appearance left Tian Yuhao and the crowd reeling, while Gu Qiu'er still had not chosen Tian Yuhao.

• Tian Yuhao received lamps from all but three women, including Gu Qiu'er, who kept hers unlit despite his hopes.
• A woman condemned the masked final contestant, and Bi Tianyu asked Tian Yuhao to move aside before removing his mask.
• Bi Tianyu revealed himself to the crowd, which erupted in shock at seeing the presumed-dead prodigy alive.
• Bi Tianyu greeted Tian Yuhao, and Tian Yuhao welcomed him back as the crowd marveled at his strength, martial souls, soul rings, and appearance.

Bi Tianyu drew seventy lights in the Eternal Fate matchmaking event, including Gu Qiu’er’s, and the host began the decisive Love at Second Sight stage. Xu Sanshi was drawn first and used his introduction to confess again to Jiang Nannan.

• Gu Qiu’er left her light on for Bi Tianyu, while another contestant’s light brought his total to seventy and tied Tian Yuhao’s record.
• The host explained that the boys would introduce themselves and name the girl they admired before the girls made their final choices.
• A random draw selected Xu Sanshi as the first boy to introduce himself.
• Xu Sanshi glided toward Jiang Nannan on his Mysterious Turtle Shell Shield and confessed again, while she turned away from him.

At the matchmaking event, Xu Sanshi’s heartfelt confession led Jiang Nannan to call him back and agree to consider their relationship. Later, Bi Tianyu invited Gu Qiu'er to leave with him, and she gladly landed in his arms.

• Xu Sanshi confessed his love to Jiang Nannan, then fell backward into Eternal Lake when she gave no answer.
• Jiang Nannan begged Xu Sanshi not to go, and he resurfaced; she jumped into the lake and said she would think about accepting him.
• Qian Gu Yi joked that he had entered the matchmaking event to train his nerve, and none of the women chose him.
• After several students failed to win a match, Bi Tianyu called Gu Qiu'er to come with him.
• Gu Qiu'er flew into Bi Tianyu’s arms and teased him for taking so long to return.

Bi Tianyu reunited with Wang Yan and gave him an Earth Dragon Golden Melon that restored his vitality and boosted his cultivation. Bi Tianyu and Gu Qiu'er stayed at the matchmaking event for its final stage, where the remaining students began choosing partners.

• Bi Tianyu and Gu Qiu'er met Wang Yan, who had aged and resigned after blaming himself for Bi Tianyu's disappearance into the Black Vortex.
• Bi Tianyu gave Wang Yan an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and Wang Yan's cultivation rose from rank 67 to rank 69 as his hair turned black and his vitality returned.
• Bi Tianyu and Gu Qiu'er decided to stay for the final matchmaking stage so Gu Qiu'er could publicly claim him and challenge anyone who opposed them.
• During the third round, Jiang Nannan left with Xu Sanshi, while He Caitou and Xiao Xiao became a couple.
• The host announced the Fated for Three Lifetimes stage, where female students would choose male students and any unchosen men would be eliminated.

The fourth stage of the student selection continued as Ning Tian revealed her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and chose Bi Tianyu, hoping to secure a powerful partner for her mission to rebuild the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Bi Tianyu made her a small patch of ice to stand on but gave no answer to her proposal.

• Hua Yao introduced herself as a thirty-one-year-old Control and Healing System Battle Soul Saint seeking a peaceful life, then chose a male student.
• Ning Tian revealed herself as a Rank 44 Support System Tool Soul Ancestor with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.
• Ning Tian weighed Bi Tianyu and Tian Yuhao as potential partners and decided Bi Tianyu was the stronger choice.
• Ning Tian approached Bi Tianyu, praised his abilities, and offered to support him with her Martial Soul.
• Bi Tianyu smiled at Gu Qiu'er and froze a patch of water for Ning Tian to stand on, and Ning Tian thanked him.

Ning Tian demonstrated how her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda amplified her companions, though it had no effect on Bi Tianyu. The matchmaking stage ended with Wang Yan confessing his feelings to Han Ruoruo, who accepted him.

• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and explained that her four Soul Rings could amplify four attributes by fifty percent.
• Bi Tianyu found that Ning Tian's support had no effect on him because their strength gap was too great, and he praised her martial soul without revealing his power.
• Han Ruoruo asked the male students to step forward if they liked her, but none initially did.
• Wang Yan stepped forward and told Han Ruoruo he had grown to love her while they researched their martial souls together.
• Han Ruoruo accepted Wang Yan's confession and said she believed her happiness had arrived.

Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo became a couple, while Ling Luochen rejoined the matchmaking event to confess her love to Bi Tianyu. Bi Tianyu saw Ling Luochen as an older sister, but she insisted she would challenge him if he refused her.

• Wang Yan told Han Ruoruo that his devotion would never change, and she accepted him.
• Bi Tianyu considered which Immortal Herbs to give Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo, then decided to save the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid as a wedding gift for Wang Yan.
• Han Ruoruo left with Wang Yan as the fourth round continued, and Ling Luochen asked to rejoin the matchmaking event; the host allowed her.
• Ling Luochen confessed that she had fallen in love with Bi Tianyu after he protected her in Spirit City and later during their trials in the Ice Fire Secret Realm.
• Bi Tianyu told Ling Luochen that he saw her as a sister, but she said she would challenge him if he did not choose her.

During the Eternal Forever stage, Bi Tianyu chose Gu Qiu'er over Ling Luochen and Ning Tian, triggering challenges from the women he rejected and Tian Yuhao. The chapter ended with Tian Yuhao challenging Bi Tianyu for the chance to choose Gu Qiu'er.

• The hosts explained that male students would choose their partners in the final stage, with rejected students able to challenge them.
• Ling Luochen, Ning Tian, and Gu Qiu'er each expressed their wishes to Bi Tianyu, and he chose Gu Qiu'er.
• Ling Luochen declared she would challenge Gu Qiu'er and make Bi Tianyu her boyfriend for a month if she won.
• Ning Tian offered to support Bi Tianyu with her family's wealth, but he explained he wanted a partner capable of facing danger alone, and she tearfully challenged him.
• Tian Yuhao challenged Bi Tianyu for Gu Qiu'er and promised to stop pursuing her if he lost.

Ning Tian proposed a two-on-two duel with Gu Qiu'er and Ling Luochen, but they refused to fight together, so Tian Yuhao and Bi Tianyu began their own duel. Tian Yuhao equipped his Soul Tools and summoned the Golden Crocodile King as the students gathered to watch.

• Ling Luochen accepted Gu Qiu'er's challenge only if she fought at his level, and Gu Qiu'er agreed.
• Ning Tian challenged Gu Qiu'er and Ling Luochen to a two-on-two duel with Wu Feng and Xie Huanyue, but Gu Qiu'er and Ling Luochen refused to team up.
• Tian Yuhao suggested that he and Bi Tianyu fight first, and Bi Tianyu agreed to duel upstream on Eternal Lake.
• Wu Feng watched Bi Tianyu leave and grew jealous of Ning Tian's feelings for him, deciding to vent her anger on Gu Qiu'er and Ling Luochen.
• Tian Yuhao equipped his Rank 7 Soul Tools while Bi Tianyu stood on the lake, and Tian Yuhao summoned the Golden Crocodile King with six Soul Rings.

Bi Tianyu faced Tian Yuhao’s Soul Tool attacks during the bride-stealing contest and easily deflected them with his Clear Sky Hammer. After surviving a barrage of Rank 6 cannons underwater, he came up with the idea of creating a hammer-based fighting style for underwater combat.

• Tian Yuhao brought out a Rank 7 Fixed Soul Tool Cannon and warned Bi Tianyu that its shells could threaten even a Soul Douluo.
• Bi Tianyu used his Clear Sky Hammer and the Clear Sky Ten Absolutes’ Hook Formula to send the shells skyward, then kept batting away Tian Yuhao’s shots.
• Bi Tianyu returned a shell toward Tian Yuhao, who dodged it with his Rank 7 Flying Soul Tool.
• Tian Yuhao deployed around twenty Rank 6 Soul Tool Cannons and unleashed a combined barrage that swallowed Bi Tianyu in light and churned the lake.
• Bi Tianyu remained uninjured at the bottom of the lake and decided to develop a Clear Sky Hammer fighting style for underwater combat.

Bi Tianyu used his Clear Sky Hammer techniques to force Tian Yuhao into an underwater battle and defeated him despite the water’s resistance. After Tian Yuhao’s final mental attack failed and rebounded against him, Bi Tianyu asked the host to announce the result.

• Bi Tianyu used the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to manipulate the lake water and emerged after dragging Tian Yuhao underwater with his Blue Silver Grass Vines.
• Tian Yuhao used a Soul Ring to strengthen the Golden Crocodile King’s defenses and challenged Bi Tianyu to fight underwater.
• Bi Tianyu cleared the water around his Clear Sky Hammer and struck Tian Yuhao hard enough to damage his Soul Tools.
• Bi Tianyu surfaced and asked the host to announce the result after Tian Yuhao lost his will to fight.
• Tian Yuhao launched a Mental Blade at Bi Tianyu, but Bi Tianyu’s Mental Rebound struck Tian Yuhao and made him fall toward the lake.

After Bi Tianyu defeated Tian Yuhao, Gu Qiu'er and Ling Luochen challenged Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then began their duel. Ling Luochen hid in freezing mist and attacked Gu Qiu'er from all directions, but Gu Qiu'er's Golden Dragon body withstood the blows.

• Bi Tianyu caught the unconscious Tian Yuhao, stored the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and assured the elder that Tian Yuhao would recover.
• Gu Qiu'er and Ling Luochen chose to fight first, then face Wu Feng with Ning Tian supporting him; Ning Tian and Wu Feng protested, but the host rejected their objection.
• Gu Qiu'er and Ling Luochen released their Martial Souls, and Ling Luochen suppressed her Soul Power to match Gu Qiu'er's.
• Gu Qiu'er shattered Ling Luochen's Frost Ring and Ice Cones as she charged across the lake.
• Ling Luochen used Ice Mist Nether Chill to hide herself and attack Gu Qiu'er from the freezing mist, while Gu Qiu'er's Golden Dragon Martial Soul endured the assault.

Gu Qiu'er defeated Ling Luochen in their duel, but Ling Luochen consumed the Eight-angled Profound Ice Leaf Bi Tianyu had given her to transform her Ice Element Martial Soul. Bi Tianyu used Divine Power to save her, and the chapter ended with Ling Luochen awakening Ultimate Ice.

• Gu Qiu'er broke free of Ling Luochen's restraints and used the icy mist battle to sharpen her spiritual perception while dodging attacks.
• Gu Qiu'er unleashed Golden Dragon Roar to disperse Ling Luochen's mist, then escaped her Cage of Ice and knocked her and her staff across the lake.
• Ling Luochen refused to concede and revealed the Eight-angled Profound Ice Leaf Bi Tianyu had given her, then swallowed it to make her Martial Soul become Ultimate Ice.
• As Ling Luochen's life force rapidly weakened, Bi Tianyu used Divine Power to dissolve the leaf inside her, restoring her Soul Power and intensifying her Ice Element Martial Soul.
• Gu Qiu'er recognized the transformed Martial Soul as Ultimate Ice.

After reaching level 67 and gaining Ultimate Ice, Ling Luochen fought Gu Qiu'er to a draw, then challenged Ning Tian and Wu Feng. Wu Feng attacked with Ning Tian's support, and Ling Luochen prepared to freeze her.

• Ling Luochen and Gu Qiu'er fought with equal Soul Power until both were exhausted, and Ling Luochen admitted she had lost by the measure of Soul Power expenditure.
• Ling Luochen said she would keep trying to win Bi Tianyu back, and Gu Qiu'er accused her of breaking her promise.
• Ling Luochen challenged Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then grew furious as Bi Tianyu helped Gu Qiu'er recover in his arms.
• Wu Feng activated Fire Dragon Possession, and Ning Tian used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost her strength, speed, Soul Power, and defense.
• Wu Feng charged at Ling Luochen with Fire Dragon Speed Strike, and Ling Luochen raised her hand and told her to freeze.