Chapter Summaries

Master Ratio humiliated Yu Xiaogang and ordered him to leave, prompting Demon Bear Douluo and other Spirit Hall members to move against him before Ning Fengzhi intervened. After Yu Xiaogang left, Master Ratio requested two thousand soul masters for an experiment the next day, and the gathered factions argued over who would provide them.

• Master Ratio called Yu Xiaogang an idiot and ordered him to get out, enraging Bibi Dong and leaving Yu Xiaogang shaken.
• Demon Bear Douluo, the elders, and the Platinum Bishops approached Yu Xiaogang despite Bibi Dong ordering them to stand down.
• Ning Fengzhi stepped between them and Yu Xiaogang, who fled with Yu Luomian after Yu Luomian warned the crowd not to bully him.
• Bibi Dong left after confronting Demon Bear Douluo, and Master Ratio ordered the Scholars Alliance to prepare two thousand soul masters for the next day.
• The factions argued over how to divide the two thousand places, eager to become subjects of Master Ratio's experiment.

Yu Xiaogang reconsidered competing with Master Ratio after Bibi Dong encouraged him to study Master Ratio’s theories, while Ning Fengzhi demonstrated his new Soul Ring to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders. In the laboratory, Master Ratio turned his attention to making Soul Rings inheritable, just as Spirit Kite Douluo announced that Demon Bear Douluo and others were waiting for him.

• Yu Xiaogang felt discouraged and considered abandoning the competition until Bibi Dong urged him to keep studying Master Ratio’s theories and invited him to tomorrow’s experiment.
• Inspired by Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang sat down to write and work on deriving a formula.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Sword Douluo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders how his new Soul Ring could draw Sword Douluo into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi told the elders about Master Ratio’s theory and said the sect had received one hundred experimental spots.
• Master Ratio began considering how to package and pass Soul Rings on through inheritance, and Spirit Kite Douluo told him Demon Bear Douluo and the others were waiting outside.

Ratio planned to develop a method for transferring soul rings while Spirit Kite Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo sought to follow him. After Demon Bear Douluo pledged his loyalty and knelt, Ratio tested his theory by pulling one of his soul rings from his body.

• Ratio considered how to seal a soul ring and fuse it with another soul master, intending to advance both theories at once.
• Spirit Kite Douluo approached Ratio to uncover his face, but he startled her and left the laboratory.
• Demon Bear Douluo declared his loyalty to Ratio and asked to follow him, despite Ratio saying he did not need servants.
• After Spirit Kite Douluo challenged him to kneel, Demon Bear Douluo knelt and said he wanted to leave his name in history.
• Ratio ordered Demon Bear Douluo to reveal his martial soul, then pulled his second Hundred Year Soul Ring from him.

Master Ratio removed Demon Bear Douluo’s soul ring and began testing a method to preserve it, while Spirit Kite Douluo sought to become his secretary and joined his experiment. Elsewhere, a fight over experimental slots turned deadly before two Titled Douluo stopped the gathering.

• Master Ratio removed Demon Bear Douluo’s Hundred Year Soul Ring and promised to replace it after the experiment, prompting Demon Bear Douluo to pledge his loyalty.
• Master Ratio preserved the soul ring in an inscribed jade jar and decided to establish a production company to fund the pursuit of knowledge.
• Spirit Kite Douluo asked to become Master Ratio’s secretary, received a booklet to memorize, and lay down for an experiment as he instructed.
• In the Academic Building, factions fought over the allocation of experimental slots, and a Soul Emperor killed an opposing Spirit King.
• Two Titled Douluo suppressed the crowd and ordered everyone to avoid disturbing Master Ratio’s experiment.

Bibi Dong struggled with her disillusionment over Yu Xiaogang and resented Ratio’s growing influence, while Hu Liena tried to persuade her to cooperate with him. In Ratio’s laboratory, Spirit Kite Douluo discovered that his experiments had destroyed four of her nine soul rings.

• Bibi Dong reflected on Yu Xiaogang’s disappointing true nature and felt that Ratio matched the ideal she had once imagined.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that a fight over experimental quotas had turned deadly and that Demon Bear Douluo was still guarding Ratio’s laboratory.
• Hu Liena suggested that Bibi Dong get along with Ratio, but Bibi Dong insisted that he should be the one to show her goodwill.
• After a night of experiments, Ratio told Spirit Kite Douluo that his theory was half complete and that two thousand experimental subjects were arriving.
• Spirit Kite Douluo saw that four of her nine soul rings had gone dark and pleaded with Ratio to return them.

Ning Fengzhi, Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and a thousand experimental personnel gathered outside Ratio’s laboratory, where Demon Bear Douluo explained that he wanted to follow Ratio to draw closer to truth and leave his mark on history. Ratio arranged the soul masters into rows for the experiment, but old disputes over the allocation of places quickly sparked fresh chaos.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Daoliu to help keep the Scholars Alliance factions under control so their conflicts would not disrupt Ratio’s experiment.
• Ratio came out of the laboratory and criticized Demon Bear Douluo for guarding the door, but Demon Bear Douluo declared that following Ratio was his path toward truth and a lasting place in history.
• Bibi Dong resented Demon Bear Douluo’s wholehearted loyalty to Ratio, while Hu Liena noticed that the Scholars Alliance personnel seemed unusually agitated.
• Ratio ordered the soul masters to form forty rows, placing those at every tenth Soul Power Level at the front and arranging the rest from weakest to strongest.
• The soul masters argued over their places in line, and the crowd descended into chaos again.

Soul Masters from the Scholars Alliance erupted into a fight over the allocation of experimental slots, while several powerful figures let the conflict unfold. Ratio stopped them by summoning a statue that suppressed everyone’s Soul Power, then ordered the troublemakers removed, leaving the remaining crowd in awe of his strength.

• Soul Masters argued over the experimental slots and began fighting, while Ning Fengzhi, Yu Luomian, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu each reacted to the escalating conflict.
• Qian Daoliu sent Spirit Hall Soul Masters to separate the experimental participants from the rioters, hoping the disturbance would give him grounds to restructure the Scholars Alliance.
• Ratio summoned a massive statue that suppressed Soul Power and martial souls throughout the area, leaving even Di Tian and Qian Daoliu powerless.
• Ratio ordered everyone who had caused trouble to leave, and Demon Bear Douluo directed the Hall Knights to escort away around two hundred Soul Masters.
• Di Tian watched Ratio closely and concluded that Master Ratio was very likely a god.

Ratio guided the soul masters in attempting to create their own Soul Rings, and some succeeded in forming basic rings and Soul Skills. The experiment left many disappointed by the weak results, while Yu Xiaogang saw Ratio's setback as a chance to regain his standing.

• After Ratio demonstrated his power, he told the gathered soul masters to release their martial souls and Soul Rings and follow his guidance.
• Ratio led the group in meditation, but only about one-tenth entered the required state; Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong mistook the failures for Ratio's mistake, while Hu Liena sketched his statue's face.
• Di Tian explained that pure hearts and soul power helped soul beasts produce their own Soul Rings, and Qian Daoliu agreed that not every soul master could do so.
• Ratio taught those who had succeeded to connect with their martial souls and construct basic Soul Rings and Soul Skills, then guided Demon Bear Douluo as he made his second ring.
• The successful soul masters complained that their self-produced rings did not increase soul power and their Soul Skills seemed weak, and Yu Xiaogang decided Ratio was facing a major setback.

Soul Masters realized that Self-Produced Soul Rings could be passed down and improved across generations, while Demon Bear Douluo demonstrated the overwhelming power of a new skill created with Master Ratio's guidance. In the laboratory, Bibi Dong found Spirit Kite Douluo after she had become involved with Master Ratio and confronted her in shock and anger.

• Di Tian mocked the Soul Masters for dismissing weak Self-Produced Soul Rings, prompting Yu Xiaogang to realize their creation methods could be inherited and developed over generations.
• Demon Bear Douluo unleashed his Self-Produced second Soul Skill, Law Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, and grew into a giant that surpassed his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Daoliu and Di Tian recognized the strength of Demon Bear Douluo's new Soul Skill as the gathered Soul Masters watched in astonishment.
• Bibi Dong entered the laboratory and found Spirit Kite Douluo disheveled on the Experiment Table.
• Spirit Kite Douluo told Bibi Dong that she bore Master Ratio's mark and could no longer be his enemy, leaving Bibi Dong stunned and furious.

Demon Bear Douluo intimidated the crowd into silence and revealed that his inherited Self-Created Soul Skill came from Ratio’s guidance. Ratio then explained how Original Soul Rings eroded Soul Masters’ talent, and Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to support his theory and attach himself to Ratio’s work.

• Demon Bear Douluo threatened to crush anyone who disrespected Ratio, frightening Yu Xiaogang and prompting Yu Luomian to warn him against competing with Ratio.
• Demon Bear Douluo returned to his original size and said Ratio had guided him in developing a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill that could be inherited by his descendants.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that his Self-Produced Soul Ring could also be inherited, giving Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters a minimum upper limit of level eighty-nine.
• Ratio explained that Original Soul Rings contained vengeful Soul Beast remnants that eroded a Soul Master’s Innate Soul Power, and said a Soul Master with level-three Innate Soul Power could potentially become a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang publicly claimed that his own research supported Ratio’s theory and offered himself as evidence.

Ratio explained the advantages of Self-Produced Soul Rings and announced that he would release their basic methods before introducing Soul Ring Inheritance. Bibi Dong confronted him over his conduct, but Demon Bear Douluo struck her down to defend Ratio, leaving her shaken and isolated.

• Yu Xiaogang used his rise from half a level of Innate Soul Power to Soul Grandmaster to support Ratio's theories, earning Yu Luomian and Yu Yuanzhen's approval.
• Ratio listed four advantages of Self-Produced Soul Rings, refused to provide more examples, and said he would release their basic methods.
• Yu Xiaogang urged the Soul Masters to study their existing soul skills and offered to help them develop their theories.
• Bibi Dong stormed out of the laboratory and tried to seize Ratio, but Demon Bear Douluo stopped her and slapped her to the ground.
• Yu Xiaogang defended Ratio, while the Spirit Hall elders stayed silent and Bibi Dong felt betrayed; Ratio told Demon Bear that the conflict was his own matter.

Ratio introduced Soul Ring Sealing and the Jade Containers needed to preserve sealed Soul Rings, announcing plans to sell them through a company managed by Spirit Kite Douluo and direct its profits toward a charity foundation. After sending the remaining Soul Masters to study the theory, Ratio heard Qian Daoliu’s concerns about growing disputes within the Scholars Alliance over experimental personnel quotas.

• Bibi Dong accepted Ratio’s slap as a misunderstanding and left after glaring at him and Spirit Kite Douluo.
• Ratio explained that Soul Rings could be sealed and passed down, but Soul Masters needed special containers to hold them.
• Ratio revealed a Jade Container inscribed with Soul Power runes and announced a company to sell containers and future experimental instruments, with Spirit Kite Douluo managing it.
• Ratio ordered all Soul Masters who could not produce their own Soul Rings to leave, then had Spirit Kite Douluo take the two hundred who remained to the Experiment Field to study written copies of the theory.
• Qian Daoliu told Ratio that disputes over experimental personnel quotas were escalating within the Scholars Alliance and sought his authorization to discipline the Soul Masters involved.

Bibi Dong plotted to sabotage Dr. Ratio’s company after rejecting Hu Liena’s advice, while a cleaner found and planned to sell Hu Liena’s portrait of him. At the Academic Building, Ning Fengzhi tried to settle a dispute over the experiment’s participant allocations, but Yu Luomian considered escalating the conflict.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena she would support Dr. Ratio’s company only to ride its momentum and bring it down.
• Bibi Dong found Hu Liena’s portrait of Dr. Ratio, crumpled it, and threw it out the window.
• A cleaner named Aunt Wang found the portrait, recognized Dr. Ratio, and ran off to sell it.
• Ning Fengzhi addressed the gathered factions about their dangerous disruption and warned that Spirit Hall might sanction the Scholars Alliance.
• The crowd protested the unequal allocation of experiment slots, and Sword Douluo and Yu Yuanzhen suppressed their uproar.
• Yu Luomian grew jealous of Ning Fengzhi’s position and decided to make the dispute worse.

A dispute over experimental-subject quotas at the Scholars Alliance turned into accusations that some factions had bribed Master Ratio, while Qian Renxue quietly left and Yu Luomian recruited Nan Hao Hao to help secure more slots. Meanwhile, Spirit Kite Douluo built Ratio’s company with Bibi Dong’s support, but Bibi Dong arrived with a list of impoverished people who qualified for its aid program.

• Hu Yan Zhen tried to force the Scholars Alliance meeting to a vote, but attendees continued demanding experimental-subject quotas and accusing the Elephant Armor Sect of receiving favored treatment.
• Qian Renxue privately amused herself as Hu Yan Zhen took the blame for her attack on the Fire Departure Sect’s sect master, then left after telling Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall’s Grand Elder had summoned her.
• Hu Yan Zhen proposed that everyone swear not to give Master Ratio money, and the meeting ended with attendees agreeing to punish anyone who did.
• Yu Luomian learned that the Earth Dragon Gate had received only sixteen slots and asked Nan Hao Hao to help him fight for more.
• Spirit Kite Douluo trained company receptionists while Bibi Dong watched, then Bibi Dong gave her a list of impoverished people who met the company’s aid-distribution standards.

Spirit Kite Douluo was overwhelmed by the Charity Foundation’s projected costs, but sects soon donated enough Gold Soul Coins to cover its first year, leaving Bibi Dong embarrassed. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu and the two empires’ representatives continued negotiating peace with Di Tian.

• Bibi Dong showed Spirit Kite Douluo a roster of more than 46,700 people needing aid and explained that supporting them, educating scholars, and expanding assistance would cost millions of Gold Soul Coins.
• The Fire Bird Sect’s sect master donated 50,000 Gold Soul Coins to the Charity Foundation, and the Xuan Ming Sect’s sect master contributed 200,000.
• More than twenty groups arrived over the next hour, bringing Spirit Kite Douluo’s donations to over eight million Gold Soul Coins.
• Bibi Dong left after realizing that the company had received abundant funding instead of becoming a failure she could mock.
• Qian Daoliu, Xue Qinghe, Xue Xing, Prince Zhu, the imperial princes, and Di Tian continued negotiations, which advanced after Di Tian threatened a Beast Tide against any empire that refused to cooperate.

Di Tian, Qian Renxue, and the imperial representatives discussed peace between humans and Soul Beasts, while Ratio continued his Soul Ring Container experiments and appointed Spirit Kite Douluo as his assistant. Spirit Kite Douluo then went to the Scholar Building with the stored-value cards and found the faction leaders meeting upstairs.

• Qian Renxue and Prince Xue Xing promised Heaven Dou's support for peace with Soul Beasts, while Prince Zhu said Star Luo would not attack and asked to meet Ratio.
• Di Tian left the bickering representatives, recognizing Ratio's influence and considering asking him for help protecting Soul Beasts.
• Ratio confirmed that the Soul Ring Containers had stabilized roughly two hundred Soul Rings, bringing his sealing theory close to publication.
• Spirit Kite Douluo recited her equipment training successfully, and Ratio appointed her his assistant and secretary.
• Spirit Kite Douluo told Ratio that factions had offered the Charity Foundation money, and he ordered her to return all the sponsorships.
• Spirit Kite Douluo brought the stored-value cards to the Scholar Building and discovered the faction leaders were meeting on the top floor.

Yu Luomian convened a meeting to promote Yu Xiaogang’s research and rally support, but Spirit Kite Douluo exposed that most attendees had secretly donated to Master Ratio’s charity fund. After the meeting collapsed in embarrassment, Yu Luomian urged Nan Hao Hao to act against the Cloud Mist Sect the next morning.

• Yu Luomian praised Yu Xiaogang’s research and claimed it would soon increase newborns’ chances of awakening as soul masters.
• The attendees applauded Yu Xiaogang and publicly swore that they would not give gifts to Master Ratio.
• Spirit Kite Douluo returned the Soul Coin Stored Value Cards that more than a hundred people had given the charity fund, including Yu Luomian’s card.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed the embarrassed attendees, while Sword Douluo mocked Yu Luomian for trying to challenge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s authority.
• Yu Luomian told Nan Hao Hao to make his move the next morning, and Nan Hao Hao said he would target Yun Shan of the Cloud Mist Sect.

Master Ratio’s portraits sparked a frenzy in Spirit City, where Zi Ji and Bi Ji arrived hoping to meet him. Meanwhile, Nan Hao Hao attacked the Cloud Mist Sect Master over his broken promise to give Ratio a gift, and the hotel room erupted into chaos.

• Master Ratio’s portraits spread through Spirit City, prompting women to openly proclaim their desire for him.
• Zi Ji and Bi Ji arrived in Spirit City to find Di Tian, and Zi Ji revealed she had come because Master Ratio was there.
• A newsboy showed Zi Ji a suggestive portrait booklet of Ratio, which she bought and declared would help her win him over.
• Nan Hao Hao burst into the Cloud Mist Sect’s hotel and accused its master of breaking his promise to withhold a gift from Master Ratio.
• Nan Hao Hao grabbed the Cloud Mist Sect Master, the sect members rushed him, explosions shattered the windows, and someone shouted that their sect master was dead.

Bibi Dong dismissed concerns about rising tensions among soul master factions while Ratio completed his Soul Ring Sealing research and prepared a Product Launch Conference. Nan Hao Hao remained at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s hotel after killing the Cloud Mist Sect’s sect master, and Yu Luomian allowed him to attend Ratio’s conference.

• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang would present his theory in March and said Ratio could be forgotten once Yu Xiaogang’s work spread.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that a portrait of Ratio was circulating through Spirit City and that Nan Hao Hao had accidentally killed Yun Shan; Bibi Dong dismissed both matters and refused to intervene.
• Ratio reviewed Spirit Kite Douluo’s data from two hundred people, confirmed that his Soul Ring Sealing research had succeeded, and ordered her to tell Qian Daoliu about his Product Launch Conference.
• News of Ratio’s conference spread through Spirit City, intensifying the public’s curiosity about his appearance.
• Yu Luomian told Nan Hao Hao to stay quiet about Yun Shan’s death, then agreed that he could attend Ratio’s conference.

At Ratio’s Product Launch Conference, he announced practical theories for self-produced Soul Rings and Soul Ring Inheritance, along with a Soul Ring Container and a charity-funded education plan. Rumors stirred a crowd outside the square, and Zi Ji grew furious after hearing that Bibi Dong had supposedly abducted and abused Ratio.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Ratio’s fame was fading as the crowd focused on his appearance and fewer Soul Masters attended.
• Ratio announced that his Self-Produced Soul Ring and Soul Ring Inheritance theories were ready for practical promotion, and that his company would sell Soul Ring Containers and fund a Charity Foundation.
• Spirit Kite Douluo displayed the supporting data and product information, leaving the audience stunned and reverent.
• Rumors drew huge crowds toward the square, including women hoping to see Ratio’s face and conspiracy-minded people claiming Spirit Hall had imprisoned him.
• A burly woman told Zi Ji and Bi Ji that Bibi Dong had taken Ratio by force, and Zi Ji declared that Ratio could only be her man.
• Zi Ji grew purple Dragon Scales and let out a Dragon’s Roar as Bi Ji tried to stop her.