Martial Soul Evolution! Jade Scale Dragon! Breaking Through to Rank 40 Soul Ancestor!

The medicinal power of the Aromatic Silk Beauty was transforming Dugu Yan's body, clearing away the toxins that had accumulated over many years.

No one could help her through this process. She could only endure it herself.

Dugu Yan clenched her teeth, her hands gripping the corners of her clothes so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

She felt as though her body had been roasted over a fire, then thrown into an icy cavern.

One moment, she was burning hot; the next, freezing cold.

When the heat came, her blood seemed ready to boil, every inch of her skin ablaze.

When the cold came, even her marrow seemed to freeze, making it hard to breathe.

And amid the alternating ice and fire, she felt an even more intense pain.

It was an agonizing pain that came from deep within her bones.

It was as if countless steel needles were stirring through her marrow, as if something were being stripped away from her skeleton.

Those were the toxins.

The Backlash Poison that had begun accumulating in her body before she was even born, that had already seeped deep into her marrow, was being slowly stripped away and cleansed by the Aromatic Silk Beauty's medicinal power.

"Yan Yan, hold on."

Dugu Bo's voice seemed to come from a great distance, yet also to ring directly in her mind.

Dugu Yan had no strength to respond.

She could only grit her teeth and swallow all the pain.

She could not make Grandpa worry.

She could not let Grandpa down.

She had to endure it!

Time passed second by second.

Who knew how long it had been.

Perhaps the time it took to drink a cup of tea, perhaps half an hour.

The pain gradually began to fade.

In its place came an indescribable sense of comfort.

It was as though a crushing weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

As though the chains binding her body had been unlocked.

Dugu Yan's body stopped trembling, and her breathing gradually steadied.

She slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes...

Had changed.

They were no longer a sickly dark green.

Instead, they had become a clear, brilliant jade green.

Like the finest emerald, crystalline and flawless, without the slightest impurity.

The shape of her pupils had changed as well.

They were no longer the vertical pupils of a snake, but something far more majestic...

Dragon Eyes.

Though they were still immature, their pressure far inferior to Dugu Bo's dark golden Dragon Eyes, they were unmistakably the eyes of a dragon.

"Grandpa..."

Dugu Yan spoke, her voice somewhat hoarse.

Dugu Bo let out a breath of relief, a gratified smile appearing on his face.

"How do you feel?"

"I feel..."

Dugu Yan lowered her head to look at her hands, then sensed the changes within her body.

"I feel like my entire body has been remade."

It was not merely that the toxins had been removed.

Her meridians had widened severalfold, and her Soul Power circulated countless times faster than before.

Her bones had become tougher, her muscles firmer, and her skin smoother and more delicate.

And the most important change...

Was her Martial Soul.

Dugu Yan instinctively sank her consciousness into her body and looked toward the source of her Martial Soul.

That jade-green snake... was gone.

In its place was an entirely jade-green creature with four dragon claws and a pair of short horns upon its head...

A dragon!

Though it lacked the majestic dominance of Dugu Bo's Nine Nether Divine Dragon, it possessed a noble, agile aura of its own.

Its jade-green scales shimmered with gemlike luster, while its slender body contained explosive power.

"My Martial Soul... became a dragon?"

Dugu Yan murmured in disbelief.

"Jade Scale Dragon," Dugu Bo said. "Its quality may not match Grandpa's Nine Nether Divine Dragon, but it is still among the finest true dragon-type Martial Souls."

He walked over to his granddaughter and looked seriously into her eyes.

"Yan Yan, your Martial Soul is no longer the Jade Python Snake. From today onward, it is the Jade Scale Dragon."

Dugu Yan's eyes reddened once more.

But this time, it was not because of sorrow.

It was because of joy.

Because of liberation.

She had been poisoned for so many years without ever knowing it.

Her grandfather had concealed it from her for so many years, bearing the guilt and pain alone.

But today, it had finally come to an end.

"Grandpa, my poison..."

"Has been completely cured."

Dugu Bo nodded.

"Not only that, the poison that once backlashed against you has now become part of your strength."

He extended a finger and lightly touched Dugu Yan's brow.

A stream of information entered her mind.

It was an explanation of the Jade Scale Dragon Martial Soul's traits.

As Dugu Yan absorbed the information, her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

The Jade Scale Dragon was a true dragon-type Martial Soul, possessing the dual advantages of poison attributes and the Dragon Clan's physique.

It had inherited the Jade Python Snake's venom, yet surpassed the Jade Python Snake.

The Backlash Poison that had once threatened her life and required her grandfather to suppress it every month had been completely transformed by the Aromatic Silk Beauty's purifying power during the Martial Soul Evolution.

It was no longer poison.

It had become the source of the Jade Scale Dragon's power.

The current Dugu Yan could control that poison just as she controlled her Soul Power.

She no longer had to fear backlash or losing control.

Because that power had completely submitted to her.

"Grandpa... I feel like the Soul Power inside me is already full."

Dugu Yan suddenly said, a trace of uncertainty in her voice.

Dugu Bo was slightly taken aback, then released his spiritual power to examine his granddaughter's condition.

A moment later, the corners of his lips rose.

"It isn't full."

"Your Soul Power has reached the Rank 40 bottleneck."

Dugu Yan froze.

Rank 40?

Before coming to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, she had only recently broken through to Rank 34.

At a normal cultivation speed, reaching Rank 40 from Rank 34 would take at least two or three years.

And now...

One Immortal Herb had raised her six ranks in a row?

No, it was not merely six consecutive ranks.

The quality of her Soul Power had also undergone a qualitative leap.

Though she was also at Rank 40, the density of her current Soul Power was at least three times that of an ordinary Rank 40 Soul Master!

"Two yellow, one purple—three Soul Rings, and Rank 40 Soul Power."

Dugu Bo nodded in satisfaction.

"Once you obtain your fourth Soul Ring, you will be a true Soul Ancestor."

Dugu Yan lowered her head to look at the three Soul Rings slowly appearing around her body.

Yellow, yellow, purple.

Their colors had not changed.

That was normal.

Though the Jade Scale Dragon was powerful, it was ultimately not a god-tier Martial Soul.

It was still a creature of the mortal world.

Unlike the Nine Nether Divine Dragon, it could not invoke Heavenly Tribulation to temper Soul Rings.

Even so, the Jade Scale Dragon's quality was already astonishing enough.

"Grandpa, what level of Martial Soul is the Jade Scale Dragon...?"

Dugu Yan raised her head and asked curiously.

Dugu Bo pondered for a moment.

"True dragon-type Martial Souls are exceedingly rare on the Douluo Continent."

He slowly said, "The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Martial Soul is one of the best among true dragon-type Martial Souls, and its quality is extremely high."

"But according to what Grandpa learned from ancient records, the true superior form of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul is actually the Golden Sacred Dragon."

"Judging by quality, your Jade Scale Dragon is roughly on par with that Golden Sacred Dragon."

At this point in time, no one possessed the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul yet.

The only person who might evolve one was that useless Yu Xiaogang.

Unfortunately, he was finished now.

In the original story, it had only gradually evolved much later.

And that was contingent on Immortal Herbs helping him break through to Rank 30.

Now that he had monopolized the Immortal Herbs, Tang San would no longer have an opportunity to take advantage.

So Yu Xiaogang had no chance.

Besides, he intended to harvest all the Immortal Herbs and raise them within his Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch.

He would leave only their roots planted in the earth so they could continue growing.

But growing took a very long time.

Yu Xiaogang would not live long enough to wait.

"Golden Sacred Dragon?"

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon actually has a superior Martial Soul form!?"

Dugu Yan revealed a shocked expression upon hearing this.