Dugu Yan

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Dugu Yan is the granddaughter of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo. The Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul’s poison accumulated in its users’ bodies, and Dugu Bo told her that its backlash had killed her parents 42 50.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, she repeatedly rejected Yu Tianheng’s courtship. She proposed accepting him only if he defeated Cyberpunk, the Soul Fighter later revealed as Tang San. After Tang San won, Dugu Yan challenged him herself and declared that she would become his girlfriend when he defeated her 42 46 49.

Tang San identified the poison accumulating in her body and helped her and Dugu Bo treat it. After roughly three months, Dugu Yan’s accumulated poison had nearly cleared; the Earth Dragon Golden Melon then evolved her Martial Soul, allowing her to control its toxins without backlash 49 53 54.

After more than four years apart, she reunited with Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. She transferred to Shrek Academy with Ye Lingling and became the team’s vice-captain 92 97 98.

Appearance

Dugu Yan initially has short, deep-purple hair, fair skin and a tall figure. She often wears fitted purple clothing 42 92.

• Eyes: Initially emerald-green; they turned deep black as the accumulated poison was cleared 42 53.
• Martial Soul possession: Her legs fuse into a serpent-like tail; after her first evolution, the tail bears green-gold scales 48 148.
• Evil God mark: A purple-black, barb-shaped mark appears between her brows after she receives the Evil God Divine Examination 204.

Personality

Dugu Yan is direct and persistent: she openly rejects Yu Tianheng, challenges Tang San to a fight and pursues him after her defeat. She can also be playful and jealous, particularly where his attention to other women is concerned 42 46 49 115.

She is protective of those close to her. After learning that someone had attacked Tang San, she immediately wanted Dugu Bo to protect him. She was also willing to risk the Evil God Pearl’s corrupting influence, believing that a power’s morality depends on its wielder 119 203.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Soul: Jade Phosphorous Evil Dragon

Her Martial Soul evolved from the Jade Phosphorus Snake into the Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon, then into the Jade Phosphorous Evil Dragon after she devoured the Evil God Pearl 54 204.

• Retains its poison attribute and gains evil, strength, time, space, lightning and wind attributes after its second evolution 204.
• Jade Phosphorous Red Poison and Blue Poison: Her first two Soul Skills enhance teammates’ attack, speed and defense 142.
• Jade Phosphorous Poison Burst: An area poison detonation 206.
• Jade Phosphorous Dragon Flame: Deals fire and poison damage 148.
• Jade Phosphorous Divine Light: A poisonous Spiritual Power attack with control effects 148 206.
• Jade Phosphorous Demon Spider Thorn: Fires over a hundred poisonous thorns and ignores 30% of a target’s defense. Activating the Eight Spider Lances increases its power by at least 50% 181.
• Evil Dragon Avatar: Increases all attributes by 200% and triples the power of her skills while active 203 206.
• Evil Dragon Annihilation Strike: Fires a fast blade combining evil, lightning, wind and poison; it ignores 50% of a target’s defenses 218.
• Evil Dragon God Claw: Combines physical tearing, corrosive evil power and poison that continually erodes vitality 231.

Eight Spider Lances

Tang San gave Dugu Yan the poison-attribute External Soul Bone after his return to Heaven Dou City 94 96.

• Initially increased all attributes by 50%, drained Soul Power to replenish her own and absorbed toxins. The lances also served as sharp weapons carrying Man Faced Demon Spider poison 96.
• After she devoured the Evil God Pearl, they evolved to absorb Spiritual Power and elemental energies as well as Soul Power and vitality 204.
• She used them to drain a forty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and to defeat Xie Yue in the tournament 148 176.

Soul Bone Skills

• Soul Devouring Poison Domain: Her skull bone creates a 50-meter-diameter domain for fifteen minutes. It drains 1% of enemies’ Spiritual Power per second, up to 50%, while strengthening her poison skills and toxins 165.
• Spiderweb Cage: Her right arm bone fires up to three tough, poisonous webs at targets within 50 meters 181.
• Evil Whale Armor: Her torso bone produces defensive armor that can withstand a full-powered strike from a Titled Douluo and devour evil-attribute attacks 229.
• Shadow Rush: Her right leg bone doubles her speed and boosts her darkness and evil attributes by 50% 245.
• Demon Spider Sweep: Her left leg bone releases poison-laden blades of light in an area around her 255.

Equipment & Items

• Soul Devouring Demon Spider Skull: A sixty-thousand-year skull bone that more than doubled her Spiritual Power 165 188.
• Man Faced Demon Spider Right Arm Soul Bone: A forty-thousand-year bone that increased her basic attributes by 20% and right arm strength by 50% 181.
• Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Left Arm Soul Bone: One of her equipped Soul Bones by the time she returned from her first three Evil God trials 245.
• Storage Soul Tool: Used to carry the Man Faced Demon Spider’s right arm bone before absorbing it 176.
• Hidden Weapons: Tang San supplied her with weapons including the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb and Shadow-Sand Shooter. She used them against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in its Life and Death Arena 202.

Relationships

• Dugu Bo — Her grandfather and protector. She pleaded with Tang San to save him after learning the truth about their Martial Soul’s poison 50 131.
• Tang San — Her partner. She pursued him after their Soul Fight, waited through his long absence and later traveled and cultivated with him 49 54 92 174.
• Ye Lingling — Her childhood best friend and fellow Shrek teammate. Dugu Yan accepted the possibility of both of them being with Tang San 55 97.
• Yu Tianheng — A persistent suitor whose advances she rejected. His defeat by Tang San settled her challenge to him 42 46.
• Xiao Wu and Shui Bing’er — Tang San’s other partners and Dugu Yan’s companions. Dugu Yan accepted Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast identity, and Shui Bing’er grew closer to her during the tournament 140 181.

Story Role & Major Arcs

• Continental competition: Dugu Yan supported Shrek in the Grand Finals, helping defeat Star Luo Royal Academy. She later poisoned and knocked Xie Yue from the platform, then stepped down for Tang San’s match against Hu Liena 142 148.
• Travels and cultivation: After leaving Heaven Dou City, she settled with Tang San’s group in Blue Silver Forest, hunted Wolf Bandits and obtained the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring in Death Canyon 164 174 176.
• Evil God Divine Examination: She killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in its Life and Death Arena, absorbed its Soul Ring and devoured the Evil God Pearl. The pearl granted her nine trials, each requiring her to defeat an opponent in the arena 202 204.
• Sea God Island: She received and completed a separate Top-Tier Seven Trial, obtaining a God-Given ninth Soul Ring and reaching level 94 208 231.
• Godhood: After completing the Evil God inheritance, she joined Qian Renxue and Shui Bing’er in confronting Zhang San at Jialing Pass 267.

Notable Quotes

“Power is neither good nor evil. Only the person who wields it can be good or evil. I believe I can master it.” 203