Twelve Years Old, Level 42 Soul Ancestor! A Grudge Against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!

Sunset Forest.

In front of the corpse of a 30,000-year-old Medusa.

Dugu Ce sat cross-legged, Soul Power surging around him.

Behind Dugu Ce, the phantom of a Jade Scale Serpent Emperor with dragon horns raised its head and roared, its bloodline pressure on full display.

Dugu Bo stood nearby with his hands behind his back. His usually calm expression was now full of astonishment.

He realized that the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor Martial Soul inside him was trembling ever so slightly. It was an instinctive suppression from a superior bloodline.

A moment later, the black light faded, and Dugu Ce slowly opened his eyes. Two flashes of emerald light flickered and vanished.

"Is it over?"

Dugu Bo took a step forward, his voice carrying a gravity he hadn't even noticed himself.

Dugu Ce stood and let out a long breath.

Beneath him, four Soul Rings rose: yellow, purple, black, and black.

An outrageous Soul Ring configuration!

"Mm. I rose two levels in one go.

"My Soul Power is now level 42. This 30,000-year-old Medusa suits me perfectly."

Dugu Ce's feelings were complicated.

He... was actually a transmigrator!

In his previous life, Dugu Ce had been a long-haul truck driver. He'd just randomly picked a lucky player on the highway and sent them to another world.

(Author: That was a damn hit-and-run!)

Then everything went black, and he transmigrated to the Douluo Continent.

To be precise, he was reincarnated, born into a world that was slightly different from the original story.

In this world,

Dugu Bo had a younger brother named Dugu Xuan, who was Dugu Ce's grandfather.

The brothers had supported each other through thick and thin.

More than a decade ago, Dugu Xuan had been tortured by Jade Scale Serpent Poison until he was in agony.

He had been on the verge of death.

Fortunately, Dugu Bo had broken through to Titled Douluo in time.

Relying on the environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and his level 91 Soul Power, he suppressed the Jade Scale Serpent Poison in Dugu Xuan's body.

He helped Dugu Xuan condense a Poison Pill.

Although Dugu Xuan's Soul Power was as high as level 89, the Jade Scale Serpent Poison had ravaged him so badly that his combat strength was only middling among those of the same rank.

He could only stay at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where its special environment let him cling to life.

Dugu Ce's father had once met and fallen in love with Yu Yin, a concubine-born member of a collateral branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Her Martial Soul was the Golden Earth Dragon King, a mutant form of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

But at the time, Dugu Bo hadn't yet become a Titled Douluo.

Dugu Ce's father had gone alone to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to ask for Yu Yin's hand in marriage.

They had humiliated him, using the name of an assessment to cover up their bullying.

Dugu Ce's father had managed to take Yu Yin away, but he'd suffered severe injuries and damage to his foundation.

Later, he and Dugu Yan's father both died young, one after the other, from Jade Scale Serpent Poison backlash.

Now, the entire Dugu Family

consisted only of Dugu Bo, Dugu Xuan, Dugu Ce, and Dugu Yan.

There would be five if Dugu Ce's mother, Yu Yin, were included.

Thinking of what his family had endured over the years, Dugu Ce couldn't help feeling weighed down.

But after he recalled his memories from his previous life, excitement welled up inside him.

With so many Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, I can pick one that suits Grandfather and help him break through to level 90 and become a Titled Douluo.

Then I can help him condense a Soul Core using the Poison Pill as its foundation. That'll completely eradicate the Jade Scale Serpent Poison!

And then there's Great-Uncle.

All he needs is an Immortal Herb and the method for condensing a Soul Core. That'll greatly increase his strength and completely eliminate the threat of Jade Scale Serpent Poison backlash.

Even if his combat strength remains in the lower ranks of Titled Douluo, he can at least shed the titles of "Title Floor Tile" and "Titled Douluo gatekeeper."

The Dugu Family had been sitting on a mountain of treasure without knowing it. What a tragedy.

Fortunately, Dugu Ce had now awakened his memories from his previous life.

Tang San hadn't plucked the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well yet.

There was still time.

Besides what had happened to the Dugu Family, Dugu Ce himself had had his own opportunities.

Six years ago,

Dugu Ce had turned six and awakened his Martial Souls.

In his left hand was the Dugu Family's hereditary Jade Scale Serpent's advanced Martial Soul: the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor!

In his right hand was a mutant Martial Soul descended from his mother Yu Yin's Golden Earth Dragon King: the Radiant Sacred Dragon!

(Note: Dugu Ce's Jade Scale Serpent Emperor still had an unawakened true-dragon-level Poison Dragon bloodline. That was why he could have it as a Twin Martial Soul with the Radiant Sacred Dragon. It worked on the same principle as Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer.)

Innate Full Soul Power. It had shocked Tiandou!

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan—or, more accurately, Yu Yuanzhen—

had seen Dugu Ce's Twin Martial Souls, especially his second Martial Soul, the legendary Radiant Sacred Dragon, and immediately made him an offer.

He'd casually brushed off the clan's past misdeeds, saying they could be wiped away with compensation.

He wanted Yu Yin to take Dugu Ce back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and have him change his surname to Yu.

At the time, Dugu Ce hadn't awakened his memories, but he still had some backbone.

Rather than "taking the enemy as his father," he discussed it with Dugu Xuan and Dugu Bo.

Then he turned around and joined Spirit Hall!

Because of his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, Spirit Hall's upper ranks had fought to recruit him.

In the end, Golden Crocodile Douluo, the Second Worship, who had spent decades away from the public eye in the Worship Hall, personally came forward.

He took Dugu Ce on as his personal disciple.

And raised him within Spirit Hall.

At Spirit Hall Academy, Dugu Ce had beaten the younger generation into submission.

He became the undisputed number one among Spirit Hall's young generation.

Not long ago, when Dugu Ce turned twelve, Golden Crocodile Douluo had brought him to meet Dugu Xuan and Dugu Bo.

As soon as he returned home, Dugu Ce had smoothly broken through to level 40.

Dugu Bo had taken him out to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring.

"A level 42 Soul Ancestor at twelve... with a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, no less."

Dugu Bo gave a bitter laugh as he looked at the phantom still lingering behind Dugu Ce.

"Ce'er, my Jade Scale Serpent Emperor has been cultivated to level 91, yet in front of your Martial Soul, it looks more like a grass snake."

After all, Dugu Bo's Jade Scale Serpent Emperor was just a snake.

But Dugu Ce's Jade Scale Serpent Emperor had dragon horns.

It was plain to see which was stronger.

Dugu Ce stood and recalled his Martial Soul.

"Great-Uncle, you jest. Without the family's inheritance, I wouldn't be where I am today."

"No, it's not the same."

Dugu Bo shook his head, his gaze profound.

"My Serpent Emperor evolved after birth. Yours was born an emperor.

"What's more, your right hand suppresses that Radiant Sacred Dragon.

"To be Twin Martial Souls with the ancestor of true dragons without being devoured, your Jade Scale Serpent Emperor's bloodline must conceal secrets even I can't see through."

At the mention of bloodlines, Dugu Ce's brow furrowed slightly.

His right hand unconsciously pressed against his chest. Faint emerald poison marks appeared beneath his fingertips.

"The stronger the bloodline, the sooner the backlash."

Dugu Ce's voice turned cold.

"This Jade Scale Serpent Poison has fused with dragon blood and is far more overbearing than Grandfather's was back then.

"When I broke through just now, I felt like my meridians were about to shatter."

Dugu Bo's expression changed. He hurriedly took Dugu Ce's wrist.

"Has it reached that point already?

"Your grandfather is waiting for you at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and the Golden Crocodile Worship is looking for a way to help, too."

Dugu Ce gave a cold laugh and looked toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"A way?

"Doesn't my so-called 'maternal grandfather's' family worship the so-called bloodline of true dragons?

"If this poison changed because of dragon blood, then dragon blood should be able to cure it."