Recaps

During the second round of Sea God's Fate, He Caitou received four lights, including one from Xiao Xiao, while Chen Ping received all nineteen. Chen Ping advanced with every Sea God fairy showing interest, leaving the later rounds poised to become more competitive.

• After the first round, thirty-eight male students remained, and He Caitou and Chen Ping took first and second place based on the hats they had removed.
• Bei Bei explained that the female students would light lamps for each contestant, eliminating any boy who received no lights.
• He Caitou received four lights from Jiang Nannan, Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao, while most of the other lamps went out.
• Zhang Lexuan called Chen Ping as the next contestant, and all nineteen lamps stayed lit for him.
• Zhang Lexuan remarked that Chen Ping had caught the Sea God fairies' attention and anticipated that the later rounds would be interesting.

During the Sea God's Fate event, the second round eliminated half the male students, and Chen Ping learned the rules for the third round. Ji Juechen opened the round by declaring he had come to challenge everyone, leaving Xuan Zi aghast at his choice to seek a fight instead of a partner.

• Xu Sanshi barely survived the lights-out round with help from Ning Tian and Wu Feng, while Xie Huanyue was eliminated and headed for the cafeteria.
• The second round ended with twenty-one male students and nineteen girls remaining, and Bei Bei explained the third round's introductions and numbered choices.
• Zhang Lexuan handed out lots, and Chen Ping drew number seven for his introduction.
• Ji Juechen took the first turn, introduced himself as someone who had come to fight, and challenged the students to face him during the bride-snatching round.
• Ji Juechen displayed seven Soul Rings and powerful Sword Intent, and Xuan Zi reacted with disbelief that he had come to Sea God's Fate seeking a fight.

Ji Juechen disrupted the Sea God's Fate matchmaking conference with his challenge to fight everyone before Bei Bei helped him choose a number. The event resumed with Chu Qingtian and Dai Huabin presenting themselves, while Dai Huabin focused on Chen Ping and drew the Inner Court students’ attention.

• Ji Juechen said he wanted to beat everyone present or be beaten to death, and Zhang Lexuan had Bei Bei help him pick a number.
• Chu Qingtian performed an aerial display with his Lightning Mad Leopard Martial Soul and privately gave Zhang Lexuan the number of the woman he favored.
• Han Ruoruo warned Wu Ming that Chu Qingtian seemed to spread his affection around, and Wu Ming blamed her for their bet.
• Dai Huabin demonstrated his White Tiger Martial Soul and introduced himself as a seventeen-year-old rank sixty-one Battle Soul Emperor.
• Dai Huabin stared at Chen Ping with fighting spirit, while the female Inner Court students took interest in his talent but hesitated over his White Tiger Martial Soul.

He Caitou introduced himself at the Sea God's Fate gathering as a prospective Level 7 Soul Engineer and demonstrated his exceptional soul-cannon control, drawing the boys' attention and interest from several Sea God Fairies. Zhang Lexuan persuaded him to keep speaking, but his awkward attempt to describe his hobbies and physique ended in laughter.

• He Caitou floated to the center of Sea God Lake and introduced himself as a nineteen-year-old Soul Emperor and prospective Level 7 Soul Engineer.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped He Caitou from returning early and urged him to tell the girls more about himself.
• A veiled senior student teased He Caitou for discussing only his strength and cultivation, then prompted him to talk about his interests.
• He Caitou explained that he could control 128 soul cannons at once and, under special circumstances, 256, surprising the boys and catching several Sea God Fairies' attention.
• He Caitou mentioned his strong physique and offered to carry things for the person he liked, making the female students laugh.

During the introductions, He Caitou impressed the students as a talented Soul Engineer, while Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi finally confronted their feelings. Chen Ping noticed that events were diverging from what he remembered, but the change seemed to have brought Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi a happy outcome.

• He Caitou introduced himself as an almost-Class 7 Soul Engineer, and Xiao Xiao blushed when Han Ruoruo teased her about liking him.
• Jiang Nannan's scholarship had let her visit her mother, where she learned that Xu Sanshi had cared for her during the holidays.
• After Xu Sanshi confessed and jumped into the water, Jiang Nannan followed him and agreed to think about giving him a chance.
• Xu Sanshi carried Jiang Nannan toward shore inside his Xuanming Turtle Shell Shield, while Chen Ping wondered what had changed the course of events.

At the Sea God’s Fate gathering, Chen Ping introduced himself as a seventeen-year-old rank forty-eight Soul Master and Level 7 Soul Engineer, stunning the Inner Court students. Ma Xiaotao revealed how decisively he had fought in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, while Chen Ping kept the details of his Academy contributions secret.

• Chen Ping introduced himself and displayed his certified Level 7 Soul Engineer badge, shocking the female students.
• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo questioned Chen Ping about his accomplishments, including his battles with Evil Soul Masters and his status as the Sea God Pavilion’s youngest Prospective Pavilion Elder.
• Chen Ping described his encounters with the Zhongli Three Brothers as unlikely coincidences and noted that Ling Luochеn and Xixi had not fought in the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that Chen Ping had forced the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Team to activate all seven shields and personally defeated a Soul Emperor and two Soul Kings in the finals team battle.
• Chen Ping said his contributions to the Academy would remain secret until he reached higher cultivation levels, leaving the students curious about what else he had done.

Chen Ping submitted number slips for two Sea God's Fairies, leaving Zhang Lexuan curious and Bei Bei troubled about her feelings for him. The introductions continued with Huo Yuhao, whose rare combination of abilities amazed the female students.

• Zhang Lexuan called Chen Ping back to collect the numbers of the girls he liked, and he handed her two slips.
• Zhang Lexuan gave the slips to Bei Bei and hinted that he should act before it was too late.
• Bei Bei realized Zhang Lexuan's feelings might be involved and decided he needed to speak honestly with her.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as a seventeen-year-old twin-martial-soul Soul King and Level 6 Soul Engineer, astonishing the girls with his Spirit Eyes and ultimate-ice Ice Jade Scorpion.
• Ling Luochеn and the female student with the Snow Woman martial soul were intrigued by Huo Yuhao but worried that he was already taken.

During the fourth round of Sea God's Fate, Wang Dong revealed herself as Wang Dong'er and chose to approach Huo Yuhao. The round continued with Bei Bei asking whether she would stand beside him.

• Zhang Lexuan began the fourth round, in which female students introduced themselves and chose a male student, while those left unchosen would be eliminated.
• Hua Yao introduced herself as a thirty-one-year-old Control System Battle Soul Saint and chose a male student.
• The mysterious female student wearing a bamboo hat flew to Huo Yuhao and revealed herself as Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao reacted with feigned surprise, while Chen Ping explained that Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul identified her as female.
• Wang Dong said her real name was Wang Dong'er and explained that she had accidentally disguised herself as a boy when enrolling.
• Bei Bei asked Wang Dong'er whether she would stand beside Huo Yuhao.

Wang Dong'er teased Chen Ping while watching the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference, and several girls chose partners, including Xiao Xiao choosing He Caitou. Ning Tian approached Chen Ping, who took her hand and tossed Wang Dong'er onto her Shuttle Boat.

• Wang Dong'er abandoned her attempt to approach Huo Yuhao, took Chen Ping's place on the lotus leaf, and ate his Hami melon.
• Chen Ping joked about the senior girls' repeated matchmaking attempts, drawing their hostile stares while Wang Dong'er watched with amusement.
• Xiao Xiao stepped onto He Caitou's lotus leaf and chose him, and He Caitou loudly announced that someone had picked him.
• Ma Xiaotao flew to Huo Yuhao on fiery wings, then calmed her evil fire with his help and invited the male students to challenge their match.
• Wang Yan decided to record the conference as Ning Tian introduced herself and glided toward Chen Ping on her Soul Tool.
• Chen Ping clasped Ning Tian's hand and lifted Wang Dong'er onto Ning Tian's Shuttle Boat.

Chen Ping froze Wu Feng’s ambush and caught her, leaving Wang Dong’er and the male students resentful as Ning Tian flirted with him. The chapter ended with Ling Luochеn and Su Tong choosing Huo Yuhao and competing for his attention beside Ma Xiaotao.

• Chen Ping froze Wu Feng as she charged at him and caught her in his arms, while Ning Tian teased them and Wang Dong’er watched from the soul-guided boat.
• Wu Feng became mortified in Chen Ping’s embrace, and he joked that there was no room for Wang Dong’er on the lotus leaf.
• The male students, including Dai Huabin, resented Chen Ping for attracting Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Ling Luochеn and Su Tong landed on Huo Yuhao’s lotus leaf beside Ma Xiaotao and teased her about sharing her boyfriend.
• Ling Luochеn and Su Tong released their Soul Emperor and Soul Saint auras as Su Tong declared her interest in Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.

The Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference turned chaotic as several women and even Ji Juechen tried to claim Huo Yuhao, while the remaining students searched for partners. The final veiled Sea God's Fairy revealed herself as Mu Jin and confessed her long-held feelings for Wang Yan, leaving Chen Ping to expect a new aunt in his family.

• Chen Ping watched Ma Xiaotao, Su Tong, and Ling Luochеn vie for Huo Yuhao while Ning Tian and Wu Feng questioned his delight in the spectacle.
• Zhang Lexuan announced the partner-stealing segment, and Xuan Zi compared Huo Yuhao's popularity to Mu En's younger days.
• Ji Juechen tried to steal Huo Yuhao, then Jing Ziyan announced that she wanted to steal Ma Xiaotao, forcing Zhang Lexuan to pause the segment.
• The female students chose partners until only one Sea God's Fairy remained and ten male students were still unpaired.
• The final fairy removed her veil, revealed herself as Mu Jin, and spoke of her feelings for Wang Yan, prompting Chen Ping to realize his second uncle might gain a second wife.

Wang Yan confessed his love to Mu Jin during Sea God's Fate, and the two teachers became a couple and left the event together. As Wang Yan arrived, Chen Ping briefly felt a strange stirring in response to the Coiling Dragon Staff.

• Xuan Zi kicked Wang Yan off the Ferry Skiff and sent him gliding toward the matchmaking event.
• Wang Yan appeared before Mu Jin with his Coiling Dragon Staff, stirring a strange sensation in Chen Ping that soon vanished.
• Wang Yan confessed that he loved Mu Jin and described how their years teaching together had drawn him to her.
• Mu Jin returned Wang Yan's feelings, declared herself eliminated from the event, and left with him after they bowed to the students.
• Chen Ping covered Ji Juechen's mouth when he asked whether they could challenge for a partner.

At Sea God's Fate, the bride-snatching stage exposed how Jing Ziyan had maneuvered Ji Juechen into posing as her boyfriend, while Chen Ping remained paired with Ning Tian and Wu Feng. Dai Huabin challenged Chen Ping, but Wu Feng stepped forward to fight him first.

• Zhang Lexuan explained the bride-snatching rules, including balancing combat strength, while Chen Ping kept Ji Juechen from disrupting the couples' ceremonies.
• The matched students thanked Chen Ping and hurried away, and Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan completed their ceremony after Jing Ziyan convinced him they needed to stay eligible for the challenges.
• Zhang Lexuan congratulated Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng as lovers and invited challengers to step forward.
• Dai Huabin challenged Chen Ping, claiming his higher Soul Power came from working harder.
• Wu Feng confronted Dai Huabin and summoned her Dark Gold Dreadclaw, insisting he get past her before reaching Chen Ping.

Dai Huabin tried to steal Chen Ping’s partners, but Wu Feng and Ning Tian blocked him, prompting Bei Bei to organize a Love Defense Team to balance the battles. Ning Tian revealed her Thousand Refinement Battle Armor and prepared to face Ling Luochеn, while the teams readied for combat.

• Dai Huabin demanded that Wu Feng move aside, but Ning Tian declared him unwelcome and joined Wu Feng in defending Chen Ping’s partners.
• Bei Bei proposed combining the groups whose ceremonies were incomplete into a Love Defense Team, and Chen Ping agreed to fight alongside them.
• Ma Xiaotao volunteered to hold off Ji Juechen and Su Tong for three minutes while Chen Ping assigned Ning Tian to face Ling Luochеn.
• Ning Tian summoned Silver Moon Wolf King and donned the Thousand Refinement Battle Armor, revealing shoulder cannons and preparing to support her fight against Ling Luochеn.

Chen Ping’s team faced a stronger but poorly coordinated group in a five-on-five bride-snatching battle on Sea God Lake. Su Tong froze more than half the lake to rally her side, while Dai Huabin’s resentment toward Chen Ping hardened.

• The two teams assessed their mismatched strengths and chose to fight individually because they lacked familiarity and coordination.
• Zhang Lexuan checked with Bei Bei, and Yan Shaozhe assured her that the elders would intervene if the battle became too dangerous.
• Chen Ping chose Sea God Lake as the battlefield and raised his team’s morale with his confident declaration.
• Su Tong unleashed Ultimate Ice and froze more than half the lake, linking Sea God Island to the Outer Court shore.
• Dai Huabin drew confidence from his team’s strength and blamed Chen Ping for taking the honors he believed should have been his.

Dai Huabin prepared to humiliate Chen Ping at Sea God's Fate, while Ma Xiaotao's group fought Su Tong, Ling Luochеn, and Ji Juechen amid powerful displays of ice and fire. Dai Huabin attacked Chen Ping inside Ling Luochеn's Ice Prison, but his claws only tore a corner of Chen Ping's clothes.

• Dai Huabin resolved to defeat Chen Ping during Sea God's Fate and take back the attention he believed should have been his.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged Su Tong, while Huo Yuhao revealed the terrifying aura of his Ice Empress Martial Soul and its four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Ling Luochеn trapped the group with five Ice Prisons, but Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao escaped or broke free as Ji Juechen and Su Tong advanced.
• Dai Huabin activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Demon God Transformation, then charged at Chen Ping, who remained inside an Ice Prison.
• Dai Huabin's claws could not break through the Ice Prison, and Chen Ping dodged his downward slash, losing only a corner of his combat clothes.

Chen Ping withstood Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Annihilation Strike with Red Dust Protection while the battle continued around them. Ning Tian and the Silver Moon Wolf King exhausted their attack on Ling Luochеn, then Ning Tian fled, leaving Ling Luochеn stunned by her speed.

• Chen Ping broke Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Protection Barrier with a staff thrust and paralyzed him with the staff’s toxin.
• Dai Huabin unleashed his sixth soul skill, White Tiger Annihilation Strike, against Chen Ping and the Ice Prison.
• Chen Ping survived the blast with Red Dust Protection, then taunted Dai Huabin while recovering with his Milk Bottle.
• Ning Tian and the Silver Moon Wolf King bombarded Ling Luochеn, who endured the attacks behind her Ice Prisons and Ice Armor.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King ran out of soul power, and Ning Tian fled at high speed in her battle armor, surprising Ling Luochеn.

Ning Tian used her Thousand Refinement battle armor to outrun her pursuers, while Huo Yuhao struck Ling Luochеn with Eye-Popping Lightning. Above Sea God Lake, Wu Feng’s Flame Dragon Battle Armor let her withstand Ji Juechen’s Falling Star Colossal Sword and launch a counterattack.

• Ning Tian inserted two Sealed Milk Bottles into her Thousand Refinement battle armor and used its ice blades to race across the frozen surface of Sea God Lake.
• Huo Yuhao intercepted Ling Luochеn’s attempt to trap Ning Tian and blasted her with Eye-Popping Lightning, forcing her to stagger back and focus on him.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Su Tong from the sky with Meteor Shower and Blazing Phoenix Fire, while Su Tong avoided the enhanced flames.
• Ji Juechen sent his Falling Star Colossal Sword at Wu Feng, but pieces of her deep red battle armor fused onto her body just before the strike landed.
• Wu Feng used her Dark Gold Dreadclaw to clash with Ji Juechen’s sword, leaving five claw marks on its edge before her armor and Flight Backpack carried her into a close-range counterattack.

Chen Ping steadily overwhelmed Dai Huabin, who relied on martial techniques after exhausting his soul power, until Dai Huabin activated a Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device loaded with five Level 6 Milk Bottles. The energy forced Dai Huabin into the Soul Saint realm, where he summoned White Tiger True Body and declared he would win.

• Chen Ping parried Dai Huabin's relentless martial techniques with his Jade Scorpion Staff while Dai Huabin's soul power and stamina dwindled.
• Dai Huabin acknowledged Chen Ping's growth but vowed to win their soul fighting match.
• Dai Huabin produced a Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device, leaving Chen Ping and the observers uncertain of his plan.
• Xian Lin'er noticed torrents of soul power surging into Dai Huabin from the device.
• The device's five Level 6 Milk Bottles drove Dai Huabin into the Soul Saint realm, and he summoned White Tiger True Body.

Dai Huabin used a newly developed technique to force out a solid White Tiger True Body and attack Chen Ping, but Chen Ping evaded his strikes and escaped his roar and blast with a decoy. Chen Ping appeared behind Dai Huabin, took the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device, and replaced its drained Milk Bottles with charged ones.

• Dai Huabin forcibly activated his White Tiger True Body and lunged at Chen Ping, who dodged with his Star Nodule Club and Shadow Clones Slaughter as One.
• Huo Yuhao used Ice Emperor's Wrath to push Ling Luochеn back and tried to reach Chen Ping.
• Dai Huabin unleashed a powerful tiger roar that immobilized Chen Ping, then fired a White Tiger Fierce Light Wave at him.
• Chen Ping's apparent destruction revealed itself as a decoy, and Dai Huabin rolled aside as Chen Ping appeared behind him.
• Chen Ping picked up the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device and replaced its drained Milk Bottles with fully charged ones.

Chen Ping used the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device to force his cultivation to rank forty-nine and unleash the Star Nodule Club’s Tool Soul True Body, defeating Dai Huabin with a barrage of strikes. Though the power badly strained his meridians, the Living Being Carving Knife began repairing the damage, and Chen Ping expected to recover in a few days.

• The Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device poured Soul Power into Chen Ping, pushing him to rank forty-nine and transforming the Star Nodule Club into its enormous Tool Soul True Body.
• Dai Huabin charged Chen Ping rather than evade, but Chen Ping’s stored afterimages joined his strike and sent Dai Huabin crashing onto the ice unconscious.
• Qian Duoduo stopped Chen Ping from attacking Ji Juechen, and Chen Ping ended his Martial Soul Avatar state before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Chen Ping used the Living Being Carving Knife’s Power of Life to repair his injured meridians and estimated he would recover within three to five days.
• Chen Ping decided the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device could remain a trump card, since the rare metals he had won from Long Xiaoyao could fund even a Class 9 device.

Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao unleashed a powerful fusion of their ice and fire martial souls, but Ji Juechen interrupted it with a desperate strike. The resulting explosion knocked all three unconscious or away, and Elder Song rescued Ji Juechen.

• Ji Juechen eliminated Wu Feng while Chen Ping recovered his soul power and worried that the bride-stealing team was badly outmatched.
• Huo Yuhao flew to Ma Xiaotao, and their martial souls merged into an Ice-Fire Taiji Disc that boiled the lake and chilled the sky.
• Ji Juechen attacked the forming fusion skill with his Falling Star Colossal Sword, destroying the sword but disrupting the technique.
• The explosion hurled Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Ji Juechen away, leaving Ji Juechen unconscious.
• Elder Song caught Ji Juechen and noted his satisfied smile.

Chen Ping stepped in to save the defeated Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao, claiming he could turn the match around despite Su Tong’s confidence that he was too injured to fight. As Su Tong struck, Chen Ping summoned a noble Snow Woman whose Emperor’s Palm overwhelmed Su Tong and left her frozen unconscious.

• Su Tong approached Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was interrupted and the bride snatchers gained the advantage.
• Chen Ping landed beside them and told Su Tong he had come to turn the tables.
• Su Tong unleashed her Soul Saint aura and struck Chen Ping and the others with her Frost Palm, believing he could no longer fight.
• A graceful Snow Woman appeared before Chen Ping as his orange-gold Soul Ring supplied her with Soul Power.
• The Snow Woman used Emperor’s Palm, Great Cold Without Snow, causing Su Tong’s Snow Woman Martial Soul to dissolve and Su Tong to freeze into an unconscious ice sculpture.

Chen Ping defeated Su Tong with a single strike, revealing the Snow Empress Soul Spirit’s overwhelming suppression of her Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, and the matchmaking conference concluded with Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng recognized as a couple. After the festivities, Yan Shaozhe wanted to summon Chen Ping to discuss Thousand Refinement Battle Armor, leaving Mu En exasperated by his disciple’s timing.

• Chen Ping used Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow to defeat Su Tong, and Mu En recognized the Snow Empress Soul Spirit’s bloodline suppression of her Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan declared the bride-stealing segment complete and congratulated the couples, while Ma Xiaotao thanked Chen Ping and took the unconscious Huo Yuhao away.
• Chen Ping teased Ning Tian and Wu Feng about being his wives, and they grabbed his ears before rejecting his plan to stay overnight in their dormitory.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting so Chen Ping could explain the Thousand Refinement Battle Armor, and Mu En lamented his disciple’s poor timing.

After a night of rest, Chen Ping found that his meridians had mostly recovered from using the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device, but he still questioned why he lacked the usual weakness after a Martial Soul Avatar. Beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, he discovered that one of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians had opened, increasing his cultivation speed by ten percent.

• Chen Ping woke in Ning Tian and Wu Feng's dormitory, tucked their blankets around them, and let Ning Tian return to sleep while he went out for breakfast.
• Chen Ping checked his condition and concluded that the Living Being Carving Knife had helped his meridians recover, leaving him with an estimated three-day interval between uses of the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Device.
• Chen Ping noticed he did not feel the severe weakness expected after using Martial Soul Avatar and wondered whether his Tool Soul True Body had lacked its usual effects.
• Chen Ping circulated his soul power beneath the Golden Ancient Tree and discovered that his cultivation speed had increased by ten percent.
• Chen Ping used his spiritual power to identify the cause: one of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians had opened.