Chapter Summaries

Dr. Ratio succeeded in guiding the Azure Sky Bull Python to produce a Soul Ring without dying, and the 100,000 Year Soul Ring flew toward Xie Yue. The Soul Beasts witnessed the breakthrough, but a figure suddenly attacked Dr. Ratio, accusing him of harming Soul Beasts.

• As the waiting Soul Beasts grew impatient, the Emerald Swan asked them to give Dr. Ratio more time, and he completed his calculations.
• Dr. Ratio announced that he had succeeded and asked the Azure Sky Bull Python to cooperate in an experiment.
• The Azure Sky Bull Python agreed despite the Titan Giant Ape's warning, and Dr. Ratio guided his Soul Power while Xie Yue prepared to receive the Soul Ring.
• A red 100,000 Year Soul Ring emerged from the Azure Sky Bull Python, whose life force weakened only slightly, and drifted toward Xie Yue.
• A figure leaped down and attacked Dr. Ratio, accusing him of harming Soul Beasts.

Dr. Ratio helped the Azure Sky Bull Python produce a pure 100,000-year soul ring without killing him, and Xie Yue absorbed it as his fifth soul ring. The Red Demon Mastiff Chieftain hurried off to report the discovery, which could change the soul beast world.

• The Red Demon Mastiff Chieftain swooped in to stop Dr. Ratio, but the Azure Sky Bull Python blocked him and explained that no soul beast had died.
• Dr. Ratio guided Xie Yue to absorb the Azure Sky Bull Python’s self-produced 100,000-year soul ring as his fifth ring.
• Xie Yue discovered that the ring had not increased his soul power, and Dr. Ratio explained that its purity preserved his potential and would aid his Three Elements Fusion Skill.
• The Red Demon Mastiff Chieftain examined the Azure Sky Bull Python, realized the soul ring had cost him almost no soul power, and rushed away to report the discovery to his father.
• The Titan Giant Ape and the other soul beasts checked on the Azure Sky Bull Python, who said he felt only a little sleepy and praised Dr. Ratio for proving that soul beasts could produce rings without dying.

Dr. Ratio taught the soul beasts how to produce their own Soul Rings and urged them to spread the method. Scarlet King arrived and accused Dr. Ratio of deceiving the soul beasts for the benefit of Soul Masters, while the beasts rallied to defend him.

• The soul beasts mistook Dr. Ratio for a god after hearing about his Soul Ring breakthrough, and he explained the method’s limits and requirements.
• Dr. Ratio taught the gathered soul beasts to produce their own Soul Rings, and they mastered the technique by nightfall.
• Dr. Ratio asked the soul beasts to spread the method through the Synesthesia Beacon, and the Azure Sky Bull Python agreed.
• Scarlet King and the Red Demon Mastiff Chieftain arrived, but the soul beasts formed a line to protect Dr. Ratio.
• The Titan Giant Ape confronted Scarlet King, who accused Dr. Ratio of helping Soul Masters grow stronger at the soul beasts’ expense.

Ratio defended his Soul Beast Self-Produced Soul Ring proposal to Scarlet King, explaining how it could benefit soul beasts. When Scarlet King rejected his reasoning and threatened him, Ratio chose a direct demonstration of force.

• Scarlet King condemned the soul beasts protecting Ratio as traitors, but Ratio calmed the confrontation by explaining that soul rings could return Soul Power to their donors after soul masters died.
• The soul beasts accepted Ratio’s explanation and denounced Scarlet King, while the Red Demon Mastiff Chieftain accused them of betraying the Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff Clan.
• Light Feather Douluo arrived and urged Scarlet King to trust Ratio, but Scarlet King dismissed them as human lies.
• Ratio concluded that Scarlet King would only be convinced by direct action, and hurled a piece of chalk at him as Scarlet King’s body unleashed its strongest power.

Dr. Ratio trapped Scarlet King in a prism and revealed that he had used him as bait to draw out the Star Dou Great Forest’s Ferocious Beasts. Di Tian arrived with the others, turned against Dr. Ratio and the soul beasts protecting him, and faced resistance from the Azure Sky Bull Python, Titan Giant Ape, and Emerald Swan.

• Dr. Ratio sealed Scarlet King inside a prism, and the soul beasts praised him while Scarlet King’s son failed to break the prison.
• Light Feather Douluo asked Dr. Ratio not to kill Scarlet King, and Dr. Ratio explained that he had restrained him as bait.
• A spatial rift opened, and Di Tian emerged with Zi Ji and other Ferocious Beasts.
• Di Tian mocked the soul beasts for siding with Dr. Ratio and released his Dragon Might.
• The Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape stood between Di Tian and Dr. Ratio, and the Emerald Swan flew forward to defend Dr. Ratio.

The Emerald Swan and Bi Ji defended Dr. Ratio, while Di Tian questioned his plan to establish peace between Soul Beasts and Soul Masters. Dr. Ratio asked for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to transform and help him test Soul Ring creation, and Di Tian hesitated over whether he could trust him before sensing an approaching aura.

• The Emerald Swan told Bi Ji and the Ferocious Beasts that Dr. Ratio had never harmed a Soul Beast and had worked toward peace.
• Bi Ji supported Dr. Ratio, and Zi Ji suggested taking him somewhere safe while hinting at her desire to keep him.
• Bear Monarch called for Dr. Ratio's death, but Di Tian stopped him and asked how Soul Masters could create their own Soul Rings.
• Dr. Ratio said he needed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to take human form and cooperate in an experiment, prompting the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to think of Xiao Wu.
• Di Tian considered the danger outside and whether Dr. Ratio could be trusted, then sensed an aura and turned toward it with delight.

Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts discovered the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and assumed she had come to punish Ratio and the Soul Beasts who sided with him. Instead, she attacked Bear Monarch for threatening Ratio, then showed affection toward Ratio and let him pet her, leaving the gathered Soul Beasts bewildered.

• Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Bear Monarch blamed the Soul Beasts for angering her and prepared to attack them and Ratio.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion charged in, but Bear Monarch ordered the Soul Beasts not to move and forbade them from resisting her.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion bit Bear Monarch's hind paw, made him lower his head, and slapped his nose for disrespecting Ratio.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Ratio, sniffed him affectionately, and settled beneath his hand so he could stroke her.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion glared at Light Feather Douluo when he tried to pet her, making him pull back.

After the Three-Eyed Golden Lion became attached to Dr. Ratio, he sought a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to become his assistant in exchange for a chance to become a god. The chapter ended with Di Tian agreeing to help pursue peace between Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, while Bear Monarch threatened Dr. Ratio.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion rejected Di Tian’s invitation to stay with the Ferocious Beasts because she wanted to remain beside Dr. Ratio.
• Dr. Ratio offered an assistant position to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, promising a chance to become a god and peaceful coexistence with Soul Masters.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion volunteered, but Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts refused to let her leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian agreed to teach the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and fulfill Dr. Ratio’s requests where possible, then agreed to accompany him to Spirit Hall to speak with the Grand Elder.
• Bear Monarch threatened Dr. Ratio beneath the Triangular Prism imprisoning Scarlet King.

Dr. Ratio demonstrated his overwhelming power by trapping Bear Monarch in a Triangular Prism, then explained that the terrifying pressure had come from a weapon being activated in his laboratory. With his work among the Soul Beasts complete, he left for Spirit City with Di Tian and Xie Yue, ignoring the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's pleas to come along.

• Bear Monarch attacked Dr. Ratio's Triangular Prism, but it absorbed all four of his claws and left him helpless in midair.
• Di Tian asked Dr. Ratio whether a god had appeared and what had caused the frightening pressure; Dr. Ratio said one of his weapons had been accidentally activated.
• Dr. Ratio released Bear Monarch and Scarlet King, then told Di Tian his work on the Soul Beast side was complete and urged him to move forward without delay.
• Di Tian agreed to leave for Spirit City with Dr. Ratio and Xie Yue as the Phase Spirit Fire prepared to transport them.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Zi Ji asked to go with Dr. Ratio, but he ignored them and vanished with Di Tian and Xie Yue.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City to join the Scholars Alliance, confident he would reclaim his reputation and surpass Dr. Ratio. Meanwhile, Ratio revealed his continent-spanning surveillance system to Di Tian and proposed negotiations to secure Soul Beast acceptance and new ways to obtain Soul Rings.

• Yu Luomian and representatives of the major factions welcomed Yu Xiaogang to the Academic Building, where Yu Luomian praised him as the Scholars Alliance's hope.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Dr. Ratio's theories had surpassed long-standing limits, and Yu Xiaogang declared that he would surpass Ratio and reclaim what he had lost.
• Di Tian recognized the red-covered device in Ratio's laboratory as the source of the ominous sound that had awakened him, strengthening his wariness of Ratio.
• Ratio showed Di Tian and Xie Yue screens displaying locations across Douluo Continent, revealing that his laboratory could monitor the entire world.
• Ratio told Di Tian that he would arrange a meeting with Spirit Hall's Grand Elder to help persuade the Two Great Empires to accept Soul Beasts, while Di Tian would handle the negotiations.
• Ratio said he would enable soul masters to produce their own Soul Rings and make Soul Rings inheritable.

Master Ratio brought Di Tian, the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beast Co-master, to Spirit Hall to discuss Soul Beast Self-Produced Soul Rings with Qian Daoliu. After leaving, he rejected Bibi Dong’s demand to restore her Soul Power, while the newly formed Scholars Alliance began studying his theories through Yu Xiaogang.

• Master Ratio introduced Di Tian to Qian Daoliu and the Spirit Hall Elders, who were shocked to learn that Di Tian was a powerful soul beast and that Master Ratio had developed Soul Beast Self-Produced Soul Rings.
• Di Tian praised the Angel God for preserving peace and eliminating Evil Soul Beasts, and Qian Daoliu invited him to talk while arranging a banquet.
• Master Ratio declined to join their discussion and walked down the mountain, where Bibi Dong demanded that he restore her lost Soul Power and Spirit Kite Douluo apologized for tampering with his laboratory equipment.
• Master Ratio told Bibi Dong to focus on cultivation and learned from Spirit Kite Douluo that the Scholars Alliance had formed and was offering support to him.
• Yu Xiaogang studied Master Ratio’s first formula through the night as Yu Luomian praised him to the alliance’s leaders, while Ning Fengzhi remained distracted by hopes that Master Ratio would take an interest in his martial soul.

Yu Xiaogang pretended he had made progress on Master Ratio’s theories and publicly attacked Ratio’s research into self-produced soul rings. While Spirit Hall held a banquet to introduce Di Tian, Ratio stayed in his laboratory and became interested in why Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters could not reach Soul Douluo.

• Yu Xiaogang falsely claimed he had grasped Master Ratio’s theories, and Yu Luomian and the visiting Soul Masters praised him and sought to recruit him.
• Ning Fengzhi announced Spirit Hall’s banquet invitation and explained that Xie Yue would demonstrate the Soul Beast Self-Produced Soul Ring theory.
• Yu Xiaogang denounced Ratio’s research, arguing that self-produced soul rings would violate nature and harm Soul Masters, while Ning Fengzhi suggested they judge it at the banquet.
• Spirit Hall held a banquet for its elders and invited faction leaders to meet Di Tian, but Ratio remained in his laboratory to study research materials.
• Ratio read Ning Fengzhi’s account of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limit and contacted the Scholars Alliance to summon Ning Fengzhi.

At a Spirit Hall banquet, Qian Daoliu and Di Tian announced progress toward peace between humans and soul beasts, including soul beasts producing soul rings without dying. As guests praised Ratio, Yu Xiaogang grew resentful and headed for the stage, while Ratio considered a new research direction and Spirit Kite Douluo offered to assist him.

• Qian Daoliu introduced Di Tian to the banquet guests and announced that Ratio had begun promoting a method for soul beasts to produce soul rings without dying.
• Di Tian said humans and soul beasts would need fair treatment and proper agreements, prompting the guests to praise Ratio’s accomplishments.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned whether the self-produced soul ring theory was dangerous, then decided to go to the Ceremony Stage after Ning Fengzhi left to answer a summons from Ratio.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ratio about the difficulty of absorbing an eighth soul ring, and Ratio considered whether a self-produced ring could offer a shortcut.
• Spirit Kite Douluo entered Ratio’s laboratory and offered to help him with his research.

Master Ratio examined Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to investigate why he could not absorb an eighth soul ring. At the banquet, Yu Xiaogang regained his courage with Bibi Dong and Yu Luomian’s support and challenged Master Ratio’s theories.

• Master Ratio sent Spirit Kite Douluo to bring Ning Fengzhi from the banquet to the laboratory.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Master Ratio his martial soul and seven soul rings, then answered questions about his cultivation and soul rings.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped onto the Ceremony Stage, but Qian Daoliu intimidated him into retreating.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang and urged him to speak, while Yu Luomian encouraged him as well.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that Master Ratio’s theoretical achievements might contain flaws.

Yu Xiaogang questioned Master Ratio’s theory of Soul Beast Self-Produced Soul Rings at a banquet, prompting Bibi Dong to stop the Spirit Hall soul masters from attacking him and allow him to speak. He raised concerns about soul beasts producing defective rings and the method providing less Soul Power, leaving the crowd reconsidering the proposal.

• Yu Xiaogang declared that Master Ratio’s theoretical findings could contain flaws, and the enraged Spirit Hall soul masters moved to confront him.
• Bibi Dong ordered the crowd to stand down and argued that scholarly claims deserved scrutiny, then invited Yu Xiaogang to continue.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Soul Beast Self-Produced Soul Rings, asking how soul masters could verify their quality or avoid hidden defects.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that self-produced rings would contain less of a soul beast’s accumulated Soul Power than rings obtained by killing it, causing the crowd to reconsider the method.

Yu Xiaogang questioned Dr. Ratio’s Self-Produced Soul Ring at a banquet, provoking Di Tian and threatening the fragile peace between humans and soul beasts. Xie Yue challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims and kicked him to the ground.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Dr. Ratio’s Self-Produced Soul Ring of possibly harming soul masters, and Di Tian threatened a Beast Tide if the slander continued.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang while Di Tian prepared to leave, and Qian Daoliu tried to preserve the peace.
• Xie Yue offered to disprove Yu Xiaogang’s accusations and condemned him for questioning Dr. Ratio.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to defend himself, but Xie Yue kicked him in the abdomen and sent him crashing to the ground.

Xie Yue defended Dr. Ratio’s experiments against Yu Xiaogang’s accusations, arguing that conventional Soul Ring acquisition harmed soul masters and that Ratio’s adjustments restored their potential. Bibi Dong remained furious over Yu Xiaogang’s treatment, while witnesses rallied behind Xie Yue and Ratio.

• Xie Yue kicked Yu Xiaogang off the Ceremony Stage, and Di Tian blocked Bibi Dong when she tried to retaliate.
• Qian Daoliu allowed Xie Yue to present his evidence, while Bibi Dong warned Xie Yue not to hurt Yu Xiaogang again.
• Xie Yue declared that conventional Soul Ring acquisition was flawed and harmful, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong to challenge his claim.
• Xie Yue argued that Dr. Ratio’s adjustments had raised soul masters’ Soul Power and restored their potential, and experimental subjects stepped forward to testify.
• Demon Bear Douluo credited Dr. Ratio with helping him reach Rank 96 and threatened Yu Xiaogang, leaving Yu Xiaogang frightened as the crowd sided with Ratio.

Xie Yue recounted how Dr. Ratio took him to the Star Dou Great Forest and demonstrated power far beyond that of a soul master, leaving the assembly struggling to believe the claims. Yu Xiaogang was intimidated by Di Tian, while Bibi Dong sensed that her authority had weakened.

• Bibi Dong silenced the crowd as the Scholars Alliance dismissed Yu Xiaogang and awaited Xie Yue's explanation.
• Xie Yue said Dr. Ratio took him from Spirit City to the Star Dou Great Forest by tearing open space, prompting Yu Xiaogang to question whether the trip was possible.
• Xie Yue claimed Dr. Ratio could effortlessly crush a Titled Douluo, and Di Tian threatened Yu Xiaogang for mocking soul beasts.
• Bibi Dong rebuked Di Tian, but the assembly's muted response made her recognize that her authority had waned.
• Xie Yue said Dr. Ratio had subdued a Ferocious Beast over two hundred thousand years old, and Di Tian confirmed that the claim was true.

Di Tian and Xie Yue convinced many observers that Dr. Ratio had enabled Soul Beasts to produce their own Soul Rings, and Xie Yue demonstrated his genuine 100,000 Year fifth Soul Ring. As Sword Douluo began testing Xie Yue’s Soul Skills, he sensed that Ning Fengzhi had succeeded at something and rushed away, drawing the crowd after him while Yu Xiaogang remained devastated.

• Di Tian recounted how Dr. Ratio subdued a Ferocious Beast and developed a way for Soul Beasts to produce their own Soul Rings, persuading about half the crowd.
• Xie Yue confirmed Di Tian’s account and revealed that his fifth Soul Ring, obtained from the Azure Sky Bull Python, was a self-produced 100,000 Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang broke down over Xie Yue’s fifth Soul Ring contradicting his Ten Core Competencies, while Bibi Dong’s image of him faded.
• Xie Yue explained that his Soul Ring granted no Soul Power but gave him genuine Soul Skills, then demonstrated one against Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo sensed that Ning Fengzhi had succeeded at something, rushed away, and prompted Qian Daoliu and the others to follow.

Yu Xiaogang regained his confidence after Bibi Dong encouraged him and decided to challenge Ratio by raising doubts about Self-Produced Soul Rings. Ratio’s experiment had allowed Ning Fengzhi to break through his sect’s limit, but Yu Xiaogang’s questions prompted Ratio to condemn denial without evidence.

• Yu Xiaogang felt defeated by Ratio’s reputation and considered returning to Notting City until Bibi Dong urged him to stand firm.
• Bibi Dong left, and Yu Xiaogang resolved to rise by challenging Ratio and questioning his theories.
• Qian Daoliu led everyone to the laboratory, where Ratio, Ning Fengzhi, and Spirit Kite Douluo emerged.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that a Self-Produced Soul Ring had given him an eighth soul ring and raised his Soul Power to rank eighty-seven.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned whether Self-Produced Soul Rings could harm soul masters and how their Soul Skills were created, while Bibi Dong shielded him from Ratio’s supporters.
• Ratio said that denial without logic or evidence was foolish and condemned those who blindly followed Yu Xiaogang.