Dugu Yan

Biodata

Appearance

Dugu Yan is a young woman with an uncanny charm 13.

• Hair: Purple 13
• Eyes: Green 13
• Scent: Her Jade Phosphorus Toxin gives her skin a faint, fishy poisonous smell, which Life Essence temporarily suppresses 13 14.

Personality

Dugu Yan is playful with her close friends, teasing and scolding Ye Lingling when she exaggerates the sacrifices she made to buy a gift. She is also generous: after learning how Life Essence helped her, she promised to share any she bought with Lingling 13 14.

Proud and unwilling to remain indebted, she insisted on compensating Jiang Taichu with resources for producing Life Essence. She also enjoys a challenge, offering to pay him for a spar after hearing of his combat ability 15.

Abilities & Skills

Jade Phosphorous Serpent

Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul specializes in poison-attribute attacks. During her spar with Jiang Taichu, she was a level 27 Soul Grandmaster with two yellow Soul Rings 15.

• First Soul Skill — Jade Phosphorous Red Poison: Releases a dense red mist that paralyzes a Soul Master’s nerves and prevents them from fighting 15.
• Limitations: Jiang Taichu’s Blue Silver Domain blocked the mist, and his spear’s vitality-infused radiance shattered it. He defeated her before she could use her second Soul Skill 15 16.

Jade Phosphorus Toxin

Dugu Yan suffers periodic stabbing pains in her meridians, soreness and swelling in her limbs, and a faint poisonous odor. Ye Lingling gave her two drops of Life Essence, which improved her skin and temporarily relieved her symptoms 13 14.

The Life Essence suppresses the toxin’s spread rather than curing its cause; her symptoms began to return after a few days. She subsequently arranged to buy ten drops each month from Jiang Taichu for 600 Gold Soul Coins 14 15.

Jiang Taichu later theorized that his bloodline could gradually cause her Martial Soul to evolve. He believed such an evolution would dispel her poison, but it had not occurred in the provided chapters 27 30.

Story Role

Jiang Taichu initially viewed Dugu Yan as a way to reach her grandfather, Dugu Bo, and ultimately the Immortal-Grade Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 4.

After Ye Lingling introduced Dugu Yan to Life Essence, the two visited Jiang’s stall. Dugu Yan offered a higher price for a supply and later paid him to spar. Despite her higher Soul Power, she lost when his vitality and Blue Silver Domain countered her poison. She and Lingling subsequently became close friends with him 14 15 16.

Dugu Yan wrote to her grandfather to ask him to look for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for Jiang. When Jiang prepared to hunt one, she offered to summon Dugu Bo to help, but Jiang declined because of the delay 20 23.

After Jiang returned, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling noticed that being near him made them feel unusually comfortable. Hoping his bloodline could eventually evolve their Martial Souls, both moved into his courtyard. At Jiang’s later request, Dugu Yan contacted her grandfather and brought him back to meet Jiang 26 27 31.

Relationships

• Dugu Bo — Her doting grandfather, known as Poison Douluo. He returned to Heaven Dou City at her request and was angered to see her serving Jiang Taichu tea 13 14 31.
• Ye Lingling — Her best friend, who gave her the Life Essence that first relieved her symptoms. They later moved into Jiang Taichu’s courtyard together 13 27.
• Jiang Taichu — Her Life Essence supplier, former sparring opponent and close friend. She helped him contact Dugu Bo and sought to benefit from his bloodline’s possible effect on her Martial Soul 15 16 27 31.
• Ning Rongrong — A friend whom Dugu Yan came to know while Rongrong spent time with Ye Lingling; the two got along well 23.