Eating Pills to Cultivate! A Level 96 Super Douluo!

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

Late at night.

Dugu Bo sat cross-legged beside the spring, with more than a dozen jade bottles arranged before him.

The jade bottles varied in size and color, each containing pills he had personally refined.

Singular Velvet Pill, Narcissus Pill, Phoenix Pill, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew Pill, and Ice and Fire Body Refining Pills refined from Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, and other supplementary herbs.

Previously, he had only taken one occasionally, saving most of them for Yan Yan, Dugu Xin, and Lin Wan'er.

But starting today, he would take them himself.

"I'll take every kind once."

Dugu Bo muttered to himself, a resolute gleam flashing through his Dark Golden Dragon Eyes.

"I'll refine all the medicinal power and fuse it into my body."

He picked up the first jade bottle, poured out a glittering golden Singular Velvet Pill, and swallowed it.

The pill melted as soon as it entered his mouth. Warm liquid slid down his throat and into his stomach, while a wave of heat rose from his dantian and spread through his limbs and bones.

He did not stop. He picked up the second jade bottle, poured out a Narcissus Pill, and swallowed it.

One pill after another, one type after another, the medicinal effects of every pill accumulated, merged, and intertwined within his body.

If an ordinary person consumed so many different pills at once, their body would have collapsed long ago.

But Dugu Bo was no ordinary person.

The Nine Nether Divine Dragon was a god-tier Martial Soul, and his physical constitution far surpassed what ordinary people could imagine.

His body, tempered by Heavenly Tribulation, possessed meridians as broad as rivers, capable of containing medicinal power beyond ordinary comprehension.

Yet even so, when the power of more than a dozen pills erupted within him at once, Dugu Bo's body still shook violently.

It was as though a volcano had been ignited in his stomach. Heat surged upward from his abdomen, rushing toward every limb and bone.

His meridians ached as the medicinal power stretched them taut. His bones creaked, his muscles writhed madly, and dense golden patterns emerged across his skin.

Those patterns resembled dragon scales.

Dugu Bo clenched his teeth and swallowed all the pain.

He began circulating the Nine Nether Divine Dragon Art.

The Body Refining Chapter operated at full force, the Soul Power Refining Chapter ran simultaneously, and the Nether Refining Chapter served as the core, twisting the three paths of cultivation into a single rope.

Guided by Netherworld Power, the medicinal power no longer rampaged wildly. Instead, it slowly circulated through his meridians.

With every cycle, another portion of the medicinal power was refined and absorbed into his flesh, Soul Power, and Martial Soul.

His skin began to change.

His body, already tough enough after being tempered by Heavenly Tribulation, now underwent a second transformation under the combined effects of the pills and Netherworld Power. The faint Nether-purple glow on his skin gradually faded, replaced by a restrained golden sheen.

His skin had not turned gold. Rather, its very structure had undergone a qualitative transformation.

The connections between cells became tighter, while his skin's toughness and defensive power rose geometrically.

Indestructible Diamond Body.

This was an extremely high realm recorded within the Body Refining Chapter of the Nine Nether Divine Dragon Art. The body became as solid as diamond, impervious to blades and spears, immune to water and fire. Ordinary Soul Saint-level attacks would not even scratch the skin.

Dugu Bo's internal organs were also being strengthened.

His heart beat with greater force, every contraction like the pounding of a war drum as it pumped blood throughout his body.

His lungs expanded and contracted, each breath drawing in and expelling dense spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

His liver, kidneys, spleen, and stomach—every organ was tempered by the medicinal power until they became as tough as forged steel.

His bones were changing as well. Faint golden patterns appeared across their surfaces, a sign that the medicinal power had fused into them.

If an ordinary person's bones were wood, then his former bones had been steel.

And now, his bones were transforming from steel into diamond.

Indestructibility did not apply only to skin, muscles, or internal organs. From the inside out, every cell was advancing toward the realm of "indestructible."

The medicinal power continued to circulate.

Dugu Bo's Soul Power was changing as well.

The quality of his Soul Power had already far exceeded that of others at the same level. After the cleansing of Heavenly Tribulation, it had reached an astonishing height.

But now, propelled by the medicinal power, its quality rose further. It became as viscous and heavy as mercury. With every cycle, his total Soul Power increased, and the bottleneck at level ninety-four began to loosen under the impact of the medicine.

The gap between level ninety-four and level ninety-five was the dividing line between ordinary Titled Douluo and Super Douluo.

Crossing that threshold meant entering an entirely different world.

Dugu Bo did not rush to break through the bottleneck.

He continued refining the medicinal power, circulating his cultivation art, and sending his Soul Power through his meridians again and again.

Medicinal power, Soul Power, and Netherworld Power intertwined and fused within his body.

No one knew how much time passed before a crisp crack rang out from within Dugu Bo.

The sound resembled porcelain cracking, yet also ice shattering.

The level ninety-four bottleneck had broken.

Soul Power surged from his dantian like a tide, roaring through his meridians.

His aura began to rise—level ninety-four, level ninety-five, climbing steadily higher.

Level ninety-five was not the end.

The medicinal power had not yet been exhausted, and his Soul Power continued to rise.

Mid-level ninety-five, late-level ninety-five, peak level ninety-five.

Another crisp crack rang out.

Level ninety-six.

Dugu Bo opened his eyes, and a dazzling golden light flashed through his Dark Golden Dragon Eyes.

His aura was utterly different from before.

If the level ninety-three him had been a Nether Dragon lurking in the abyss, then the current him was a divine dragon coiled across the nine heavens.

A level ninety-six Super Douluo.

With the foundation of his god-tier Martial Soul, his configuration of seven black and two red Soul Rings, and the strength of his Indestructible Diamond Body, he was confident he could face level ninety-seven or even level ninety-eight opponents head-on.

As for level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, he had never fought one, so he could not judge for now.

But he knew that he was no longer that "most useless Titled Douluo."

Dugu Bo rose to his feet and moved his body.

His bones let out crisp cracks, his muscles brimmed with elasticity, and the restrained golden sheen over his skin slowly faded, returning it to its normal color.

But he could feel that his body was now completely different from before.

He walked to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and lowered his head to look at his reflection in the spring water.

A Profound Black Robe, long black hair, Dark Golden Dragon Eyes, and a handsome yet dignified face.

There was not much outward change.

But he knew that earth-shaking changes had already taken place within this body.

Dugu Bo raised his right hand, palm facing upward, and Nether Qi surged from his palm in a deep violet stream.

His Nether Qi had previously been violet, with a faint smoky quality, like Nether mist rising from Nine Nether.

His current Nether Qi was still violet, but its color was deeper and more condensed, as though substantial liquid flowed across his palm.

Within the Nether Qi, golden light flickered faintly.

That was the change brought by the Indestructible Diamond Body.

With Netherworld Power merged with his diamond body, his Nine Nether Power was even more terrifying than before.

Dugu Bo clenched his fist, and the Nether Qi dispersed.

He turned to look toward the other side of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

The seed of the Nine Heart Begonia was buried in the soil. Nourished by spiritual energy, the life energy within the seed pulsed more powerfully with every moment.

It should not be long before it broke through the soil.

Dugu Bo shifted his gaze and looked toward the distant sky.

Level ninety-six.

Super Douluo.

But it was still not enough.

His goal was the pinnacle of Titled Douluo, a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, and even godhood.

Dugu Bo sat down cross-legged once more, closed his eyes, and continued cultivating.

He still needed a deeper understanding of the Nether Refining Chapter of the Nine Nether Divine Dragon Art.

The nine dimensions of Nine Nether Power—Nether Poison, Nether Earth, Nether Thunder, Nether Cold, Nether Domain, Nether Might, Nether Soul, Nether Silence, and Nether Annihilation—each required time to comprehend.

And time was what he lacked the least now.