The method Yu Xiaogang came up with was indeed perfect.
After all, in the original story, Bibi Dong had fallen for it.
Back then, the naive and kind Bibi Dong had actually believed all the flawed theories Yu Xiaogang proposed and come to admire the "Martial Soul Theory Master," Yu Xiaogang.
She had even reached the point of wanting to elope with Yu Xiaogang.
She had been the ultimate foolish sweetheart!
But the one who had been deceived was the Bibi Dong of the past.
For Bibi Dong, a Reborn Person, once she no longer viewed Yu Xiaogang through rose-colored glasses, he looked like nothing more than a monkey hopping about in front of her—pathetically stupid!
After reliving the past and discovering that Yu Xiaogang had been using and deceiving her at every turn, Bibi Dong had forcibly suppressed the urge to slap him to death and played along with him.
All so that, in the future, she could make Yu Xiaogang utterly disgraced and abandoned by all.
When Yu Xiaogang said he wanted to become a Martial Soul theory researcher, Bibi Dong had endured the nausea rising within her and pretended to admire him immensely, encouraging him to pursue his dream.
The developments that followed were just as Bibi Dong remembered.
After suddenly telling her about his dream, Yu Xiaogang had thrown himself into Martial Soul research, as though he had truly begun devoting himself to the study of Martial Soul Theory.
Unfortunately, after researching for quite some time, Yu Xiaogang had produced no results.
In the end, Yu Xiaogang could only suddenly propose to Bibi Dong that he wanted to research a Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory and publish it to the Soul Master World.
He said it would allow countless low-level Soul Masters from ordinary backgrounds to know what age Soul Rings they could absorb, and hoped Bibi Dong would cooperate with his research to benefit the Soul Master World.
In Bibi Dong's memories, her foolish past self had readily agreed to Yu Xiaogang's request.
She had then helped Yu Xiaogang conduct research in Spirit City, visiting the various Soul Master Academies there to ask younger students about the ages of the Soul Rings they had absorbed.
Unfortunately, at Spirit City Advanced Soul Master Academy, the strongest students enrolled were only Soul Ancestors.
So she could at most help Yu Xiaogang gather data on the Fourth Soul Ring absorption years of Soul Ancestor-level Soul Masters.
As for data on Soul Ring Absorption Years after the Soul King level, there was nothing she could do!
Yet back then, with only her help, Yu Xiaogang had actually put forward his so-called Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory.
The First Soul Ring Absorption Limit was 432 years, the Second Soul Ring Absorption Limit was 764 years, the Third Soul Ring was 1,760 years... the Ninth Soul Ring was over 90,000 years.
When Yu Xiaogang had proposed his so-called Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory, Bibi Dong had been filled with admiration, believing that he had truly devoted himself to research for a long time.
And later, for various reasons, she had never doubted Yu Xiaogang.
But after being reborn, Bibi Dong discovered that much of the data Yu Xiaogang had given for Soul Ring Absorption Years had been recorded in books at the Spirit City Central Library, without even the slightest alteration.
She simply had not known it at the time.
Bibi Dong truly did not know what to say about it.
Calling Yu Xiaogang's conduct despicable was fair, but he had indeed published the data, which had benefited many low-level Soul Masters from ordinary backgrounds.
And since he had not altered the data, he had at least ensured that these Soul Masters would not easily suffer accidents when choosing Soul Rings based on his theory.
If he had fabricated the numbers recklessly, he might have gotten people killed!
But in Bibi Dong's current eyes, Yu Xiaogang's actions were indeed utterly disgusting.
Because Bibi Dong now understood Martial Soul theory research to some extent. In orthodox books on the study of Martial Soul Theory, it was clearly stated that every study required thorough and reliable data to support it.
Yet Yu Xiaogang had used only the tiny amount of data she provided, then substituted it with data from books he had seen in the library and put forward his so-called Martial Soul theory.
Such conduct was undoubtedly an extreme insult to the identity of a Martial Soul theory researcher. He was practically the scum of the field!
She had been too naive in the past and had been fooled.
But now, Bibi Dong would no longer be so foolish!
Still, Bibi Dong would not expose Yu Xiaogang directly. Instead, she found in advance the books he would need that recorded data on Soul Ring Absorption Years.
Then she placed them in designated locations and, immediately afterward, found suitable places to install Special Soul Tools capable of recording images.
Because Bibi Dong knew every theory Yu Xiaogang would propose.
Thus, she found in advance all the books Yu Xiaogang would use for his other theories and placed them in designated locations, then set up image-recording Soul Tools in suitable spots.
She merely waited for Yu Xiaogang to read the books so that everything could be recorded.
With those recordings, once Yu Xiaogang's title as a "Martial Soul Theory Master" resounded across Douluo Continent in the future—
Bibi Dong could use the footage to utterly disgrace Yu Xiaogang. And with some careful maneuvering afterward, making him abandoned by all would not be impossible either.
And over those three years—
Bibi Dong followed her memories and, on the surface, acted just as her former self had, playing along with Yu Xiaogang. While tormenting him, she also obtained all the video evidence that could ruin him in the future.
However, one thing during that time differed from Bibi Dong's memories.
That was, after she deliberately grew close to Yu Xiaogang and even had people spread the news that she and Yu Xiaogang had become boyfriend and girlfriend—
One day, Qian Xunji suddenly summoned her.
He told her not to get too close to Yu Xiaogang. Not only was Yu Xiaogang a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but he was also trash and unworthy of her!
With Bibi Dong's current wisdom, naturally, she did not simply explain that she and Yu Xiaogang were merely friends and tell Qian Xunji not to worry.
Instead, she seized the opportunity and innocently asked Qian Xunji whether there was anyone in Spirit City she could become boyfriend and girlfriend with.
But after Bibi Dong asked that question, Qian Xunji's expression became somewhat unnatural. With a forced smile, he said that Dong Er was still young and should not consider such things for now; cultivating diligently was the proper path.
However, after testing Qian Xunji this time, Bibi Dong's heart sank.
Because she realized that Qian Xunji had harbored some improper intentions toward her from the very beginning. Her past humiliation had definitely not happened merely because she wanted to elope with Yu Xiaogang and angered Qian Xunji!
After uncovering this, Bibi Dong felt even less hesitation in her heart about taking revenge and killing Qian Xunji in the future!
But if she wanted to take revenge and kill Qian Xunji without allowing the past to repeat itself, Bibi Dong had to do everything she could to obtain sufficient strength.
For that reason, during these three years—
Besides accompanying Su Mo, deepening her relationship with him, and tormenting Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong was also trying hard to recall everything in her memories related to Dugu Bo from her previous life.
And to be safe, Bibi Dong also used the power of Spirit Hall to gather all kinds of information about the Azure Phosphorus Clan, where Dugu Bo was located, painstakingly refining her plan.
Her goal was to subdue Dugu Bo in one stroke in the future, obtain the Immortal Spiritual Herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and use them to increase the strength of both herself and Su Mo, her younger brother and future lover.
The more one thought about the theories Yu Xiaogang proposed after reading Douluo Continent, the more something felt off. Their origins seemed deeply mysterious.
First, when Yu Xiaogang researched Martial Soul Theory, he had clearly left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so he could not have borrowed the clan's power.
And if one claimed Yu Xiaogang had relied on Liu Erlong and Flender, that was certainly impossible as well.
How could Liu Erlong and Flender possibly have had the ability to help Yu Xiaogang conduct research? They probably could not even have gathered the data.
Therefore, the most likely answer was that Yu Xiaogang had completed most of his theories while in Spirit City, using Bibi Dong's power.
But proposing a theory required a great deal of data, and Bibi Dong alone could not have gathered much.
At the very least, Soul Emperors, Soul Saints, and Soul Masters of even higher rank would not necessarily have given Bibi Dong face and cooperated with Yu Xiaogang's research.
So where had Yu Xiaogang's data come from? That was rather interesting. In any case, I feel it was entirely possible—and highly likely—that Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized Spirit City's data!
I know some people will definitely try to defend him, probably using excuses like compilation or aggregation.
But using Spirit Hall's data meant using it. Just admit it openly. There is nothing to be embarrassed about, so stop making excuses. It is disgraceful!
Also, the explanation in this chapter can explain why Yu Xiaogang's Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory only had accurate data from Soul Master to Soul Ancestor, but nothing afterward.
Because those were the data Bibi Dong had been able to help gather. As for what came later, Bibi Dong had no way to obtain it.
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