Chapter Summaries

Dr. Ratio taught Spirit Hall’s students about the Ten Core Competencies Theory while Bibi Dong considered driving her nominal son-in-law away. The chapter ended as Chrysanthemum Douluo reported Ratio’s lesson to Bibi Dong, who reacted angrily because the topic was taboo.

• Hu Liena’s classmates discussed Dr. Ratio’s concealed appearance, reputation, and strict lessons before his fourth class.
• Yan complained about Ratio, while Xie Yue warned the students that he was arriving.
• Ratio entered the classroom, reflected on his past and his interest in Soul Power, and began teaching the Ten Core Competencies Theory.
• Bibi Dong decided to find a way to drive Ratio away, comparing him to Yu Xiaogang and resenting his title as a theoretical Grandmaster.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Ratio was teaching the Ten Core Competencies Theory, and she reacted coldly to the taboo subject.

Dr. Ratio taught Spirit Hall’s students Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies Theory, provoking skepticism over how ordinary its claims seemed. After calling Yu Xiaogang a fool, Ratio promised to demonstrate the emergence of truth, while Bibi Dong listened outside the classroom.

• Dr. Ratio introduced Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies Theory, and Yan mocked the Grandmaster title.
• Xie Yue answered that Martial Souls were inherited through parents’ bloodlines, earning three points from Ratio.
• Bibi Dong listened from outside as Yan’s mockery angered her, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo stayed tense behind her.
• Ratio continued explaining the theories, and Yan derided them as basic knowledge before Xie Yue angrily told him to leave if he did not want to learn.
• Ratio praised the students for questioning authority, called Yu Xiaogang a fool, and promised to show them the emergence of truth.

Bibi Dong confronted Dr. Ratio for calling Yu Xiaogang a fool, but she could not refute his criticism of Yu Xiaogang’s theories. Dr. Ratio offered to present his own theory, leaving Bibi Dong ready to judge it harshly.

• Bibi Dong burst into the classroom and demanded to know who had insulted Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong insisted Yu Xiaogang was a true Grandmaster, while Dr. Ratio asked her to provide proof.
• Dr. Ratio argued that Yu Xiaogang had merely summarized others’ work without original contributions, and the students agreed.
• Bibi Dong could not defend Yu Xiaogang’s theories and struggled to restrain her urge to kill Dr. Ratio.
• Dr. Ratio proposed presenting his own theory, and Bibi Dong agreed while planning to belittle it.

Dr. Ratio presented a formula that he said could predict newborns’ Martial Souls, backed by records of three hundred successful predictions. Bibi Dong rejected his claim and challenged him to explain failed awakenings, leaving Dr. Ratio poised to answer.

• Dr. Ratio wrote Yu Xiaogang’s claim about inherited Martial Souls on the Blackboard, then filled it with a complex derivation formula.
• Dr. Ratio explained that his formula could predict newborns’ Martial Souls and handed Xie Yue a dossier documenting three hundred successful tests.
• Bibi Dong called the formula nonsense, but she read the dossier and saw that its cases could be verified.
• The students reacted with excitement and admiration, while Yan began to respect Dr. Ratio’s achievement.
• Bibi Dong destroyed the dossier and demanded that Dr. Ratio explain why some people failed to awaken a Martial Soul.

Dr. Ratio defended his formula for influencing which Martial Soul a child awakened, then explained its symbols and produced instruments to measure them. Bibi Dong’s anger continued to build as he presented his methods.

• Outside the classroom, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo worried that Bibi Dong would punish Dr. Ratio, while Light Feather Douluo revealed he had come under the Grand Elder’s orders to stop the announcement.
• Dr. Ratio praised Bibi Dong for questioning him, then invited his students to discuss the formula.
• Xie Yue asked how the formula’s symbols could be measured and replicated, and Dr. Ratio awarded him two points; Hu Liena corrected Yan’s misunderstanding of the formula.
• The students urged Dr. Ratio to remove his Plaster Head Sculpture, but he refused, and Yan failed to provoke him into revealing his face.
• Dr. Ratio explained the symbols and produced more than twenty precision instruments to demonstrate how he had measured them, while Bibi Dong’s anger intensified.

Bibi Dong confronted Dr. Ratio over his formula explaining why some people failed to awaken their martial souls, insisting that his claims insulted Yu Xiaogang. Dr. Ratio defended his argument and announced that he would demonstrate a Soul Tool, leaving the classroom awaiting his proof.

• Bibi Dong entered the classroom in a violent, uncontrolled state, and Dr. Ratio sent Hu Liena back to her seat.
• Bibi Dong demanded to know why some people could not awaken their martial souls, and Dr. Ratio explained that the Spirit Activating Factor determined whether awakening occurred.
• Bibi Dong rejected the formula and defended Yu Xiaogang’s achievement of reaching Soul Grandmaster with half a rank of Innate Soul Power.
• Dr. Ratio argued that people with low Innate Soul Power could still gain greater combat strength by following the right path.
• Bibi Dong challenged Dr. Ratio to prove his claims, and he announced that he would demonstrate his Second Truth Manifestation: a Soul Tool.

Dr. Ratio demonstrated that his Soul Tool Handgun could deliver a fast, concentrated shot more powerful than a Soul Elder’s attack, forcing Bibi Dong to recognize its strength. As her killing intent rose again, Light Feather Douluo arrived, and Dr. Ratio kept his attention on Bibi Dong.

• Dr. Ratio introduced his Soul Tool Handgun and claimed an ordinary person could use it to wield power exceeding a Soul Elder’s.
• Bibi Dong challenged Dr. Ratio to fire the handgun at her forehead, and he warned her before shooting.
• Bibi Dong caught the projectile between two fingers and realized its concentrated force exceeded a Soul Elder’s strength.
• Bibi Dong crushed the bullet and grew murderous as the students watched in fear.
• Light Feather Douluo entered, and Dr. Ratio handed him the handgun while continuing to question Bibi Dong.

Dr. Ratio demonstrated a Soul Tool Handgun and an Index Light Shield, proving their power in front of Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall's students. Bibi Dong's rage over his remarks about Yu Xiaogang overwhelmed her, and she lost control of her emotions.

• Dr. Ratio showed Bibi Dong the Soul Tool Handgun and argued that an ordinary person could use it to threaten powerful Soul Masters.
• Dr. Ratio revealed the Index Light Shield, and Light Feather Douluo shot him to demonstrate that it could stop the handgun's bullet.
• Dr. Ratio explained how the shield absorbed impacts, while the students and Light Feather Douluo praised his inventions.
• Bibi Dong crushed the shield with her Soul Power and erupted with a chaotic, black-mist aura.
• Dr. Ratio called Yu Xiaogang a hardworking fool who might improve, and Bibi Dong could no longer contain herself.

Bibi Dong’s suppressed injuries erupted after Dr. Ratio angered her, and she collapsed with no heartbeat or breath. Dr. Ratio used strange Soul Tools to revive her and carried her away for further care.

• Bibi Dong coughed up blood as the Rakshasa God’s influence ravaged her body, then collapsed unconscious.
• Dr. Ratio found that Bibi Dong had no heartbeat or breathing, and the people in the classroom panicked.
• Dr. Ratio used two Triangular Soul Tools to deliver emergency treatment to Bibi Dong.
• Dr. Ratio carried Bibi Dong out of the classroom, followed by Light Feather Douluo and Hu Liena.
• The students discussed Bibi Dong’s collapse and Dr. Ratio’s Soul Tools, while Yan noted that Light Feather Offering had left the Soul Tool Handgun behind.

Dr. Ratio tried to save the gravely injured Bibi Dong by using his electric Soul Tool to shock her back to consciousness. As Qian Daoliu arrived to intervene, Bibi Dong declared from inside the room that she was fine.

• Dr. Ratio carried Bibi Dong to his room, examined her, and determined that her despair and desire to die were driving her condition.
• Dr. Ratio sent Hu Liena, Light Feather Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo out before using the Soul Tool on Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena and the others waited anxiously outside as Dr. Ratio repeatedly shocked Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu arrived with the Divine Tree Elder and condemned the decision to let Dr. Ratio treat Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told everyone outside the room to leave because she was fine.

Ratio revived Bibi Dong after she collapsed from the Rakshasa Godhood’s influence, then explained his plan to spread his formulas and Soul Tools as a test of whether others would pursue the truth. He left with Qian Daoliu, insisting the inventions had to be shared despite Qian Daoliu’s warning.

• Bibi Dong woke and tried to slap Ratio, but he caught her hand and covered her with a coat.
• Bibi Dong accused Ratio of hiding his Soul Master abilities, but Ratio said he was not a Soul Master and had developed his inventions himself.
• Bibi Dong warned Ratio that his allegiance belonged to Spirit Hall, then remembered Qian Xunji had once used the same words against her.
• Ratio said he would spread his formulas and Soul Tools to see whether people would independently research the truth instead of worshipping geniuses.
• Bibi Dong mistook Ratio’s back for Yu Xiaogang’s and murmured that Yu Xiaogang would prove himself a genius.
• Qian Daoliu asked Ratio about his inventions and advised him not to share them beyond Spirit Hall, but Ratio insisted they must be spread.

Dr. Ratio rejected Qian Daoliu’s proposal to use his theories for Spirit Hall, while Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong independently ordered the theories and Soul Tool kept secret. Light Feather Douluo discovered that the students had already left the classroom, putting the secret at risk of spreading.

• Qian Daoliu learned that Bibi Dong had fainted after Dr. Ratio criticized Yu Xiaogang and agreed to suppress Dr. Ratio’s theories.
• Qian Daoliu encouraged Dr. Ratio to strengthen Spirit Hall, but Dr. Ratio said he intended to let the world see his work on its own terms.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong whether Dr. Ratio had caused her to faint, and Bibi Dong ordered the day’s incident, Dr. Ratio’s theories, and his Soul Tool kept secret.
• Light Feather Douluo returned to the classroom to seal off the information but found the students gone and feared they would spread it.

Yan publicly demonstrated Dr. Ratio’s formula for predicting a child’s Spirit and Innate Soul Power, drawing skepticism and the attention of Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo. The formula’s first public test ended as a gray wolf Spirit began awakening in a little girl.

• Yan and Xie Yue brought Dr. Ratio’s formula to Central Plaza, where Yan announced it to the crowd and invited someone to test it.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo watched the demonstration, with both intrigued by Dr. Ratio’s reputation and uncertain about the formula.
• A father brought his six-year-old daughter, and Xie Yue used Dr. Ratio’s tools and formula to predict an 87 percent chance she would inherit her father’s Gray Wolf Spirit and have level 4.6 Innate Soul Power.
• A soul master began awakening the girl’s Spirit in front of the crowd, and gray wolf ears appeared on her head.

Xie Yue demonstrated Dr. Ratio’s formula by correctly predicting a girl’s Gray Wolf Spirit and rank-four Innate Soul Power, convincing the crowd and impressing Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong summoned Ratio to demand Spirit Hall approval for his theories, but he ordered her to get out.

• A little girl awakened the Gray Wolf Spirit with rank-four Innate Soul Power, confirming Dr. Ratio’s formula and shocking Xie Yue and the crowd.
• The girl’s father celebrated the prediction, while Yan remained frustrated that the demonstration had made Dr. Ratio look impressive.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo recognized the formula’s significance, and Ning Fengzhi said they needed to meet Master Ratio before Spirit Hall concealed him.
• Yan invited the crowd to bring more children for testing and prepared to demonstrate another item with his Soul Tool Handgun.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena visited Ratio, and Bibi Dong told him Spirit Hall must approve his theories before they were taught.
• Ratio told Bibi Dong to get out.

Master Ratio drove Bibi Dong from his room after she tried to stop his theories from spreading, then announced he would teach the Three Elements Fusion Skill. As the crowd celebrated his predictions, Yan insulted his appearance before Light Feather Douluo removed him from the platform.

• Bibi Dong confronted Master Ratio, but her Titled Douluo pressure vanished before it could reach him.
• Master Ratio warned Bibi Dong not to obstruct truth, announced that he would teach the Three Elements Fusion Skill, and ordered her to leave.
• Bibi Dong took Hu Liena away and vowed to stop Master Ratio's theories from spreading for Spirit Hall and Yu Xiaogang.
• The crowd celebrated Master Ratio's accurate predictions, and Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo they needed to befriend him.
• Yan called Dr. Ratio an ugly freak, so Light Feather Douluo seized him and ordered the others to return as well.

Bibi Dong convened Spirit Hall’s leaders to restrict and confine Ratio, but Light Feather Douluo revealed that Ratio’s formulas and Soul Tools had already spread through Spirit City. While a crowd gathered outside the Pope’s Palace to see Ratio, he relaxed in a bath and worked on a new fusion-skill formula.

• Bibi Dong called a Supreme Meeting and proposed restricting Ratio’s theories, confining him to the Pope’s Palace, and assigning three Titled Douluo to monitor him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other Worship Hall members approved Bibi Dong’s resolutions, while Hu Liena and many officials worried about Ratio’s treatment.
• Light Feather Douluo arrived carrying Yan and announced that Ratio’s formulas and Soul Tools had already been spread, with a crowd gathering outside the Pope’s Palace to see Ratio.
• Bibi Dong realized she had acted too late to stop Ratio’s growing fame.
• Ratio took a bath and refined a formula for a Self Three Elements Fusion Skill that could increase combat power by at least seventy percent.

A crowd gathered outside the Pope's Palace to demand that Dr. Ratio reveal his formula, but he refused to meet them. Instead, he examined Xie Yue's martial soul and soul rings and invited him to study the Self Three Elements Fusion Skill.

• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall's leaders rushed outside after Light Feather Douluo reported that Dr. Ratio's name and theories were spreading.
• More than a hundred thousand people crowded the Pope's Palace entrance, praising Dr. Ratio and demanding the complete formula.
• Xie Yue told Dr. Ratio that the crowd admired him, but Ratio refused to meet them and warned Xie Yue against becoming one of the unthinking masses.
• Ratio examined Xie Yue's soul rings and Moon Blade, then invited him to study the Self Three Elements Fusion Skill.
• Ratio gave Xie Yue a booklet about the skill and ordered him not to share it with anyone.

Bibi Dong faced a furious crowd demanding to see Dr. Ratio, while Spirit Hall’s officials urged her to compromise and avoid a public clash. She refused to bring Ratio out and began addressing the crowd, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Bibi Dong to invite Dr. Ratio as the crowd surrounded the Pope’s Palace, and Spirit Hall’s senior officials silently pressed her to compromise.
• Light Feather Douluo warned Bibi Dong that the crowd would grow and that refusing to show Ratio could turn public opinion against Spirit Hall.
• The crowd accused Spirit Hall of hiding Ratio, surged past the Hall Knights, and entered the grounds of Spirit Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo warned Bibi Dong that using force would destroy Spirit Hall’s public support, but she insisted on offering the formula instead of showing Ratio.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to investigate the formula’s details, then addressed the crowd and asked them not to be anxious.

Bibi Dong tried to calm the enormous crowd demanding to see Dr. Ratio, but he refused to appear, leaving her furious and humiliated. As Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo watched from the crowd and planned to approach Ratio, Qian Daoliu discovered the siege and rushed down to investigate.

• Bibi Dong told the crowd that Dr. Ratio’s theory needed verification, while the people continued waiting for him to appear.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Dr. Ratio refused to come, so Bibi Dong ordered him and Ghost Douluo to bring Ratio to Pope’s Palace by force if necessary.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that he had helped organize the crowd and planned to meet Dr. Ratio, while Sword Douluo agreed Spirit Hall could not refuse them in public.
• Qian Daoliu heard the uproar from Pope Mountain, saw more than a hundred thousand people surrounding Pope’s Palace, and flew down to find out what had happened.

Bibi Dong tried to bring Dr. Ratio to the Pope's Palace as an enormous crowd demanded to see him, but none of the Titled Douluo sent to fetch him returned. The crowd grew increasingly furious and pressed toward the palace, leaving Spirit Hall on the brink of a public crisis as Golden Crocodile Douluo urged Bibi Dong to invite Ratio herself.

• Bibi Dong sent Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard to bring Dr. Ratio to her, ordering them to use force if necessary.
• As the Titled Douluo failed to return, Spirit Hall officials suggested that Bibi Dong let Ratio appear, while she resented how his reputation eclipsed Yu Xiaogang's.
• Bibi Dong threatened the crowd and ordered two more Titled Douluo to bring Ratio back dead or alive.
• The crowd renewed its demands and pushed against the Hall Knights, prompting officials to release their Martial Souls and help hold the palace entrance.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo advised Bibi Dong to invite Ratio herself, and she nearly fainted from rage.