Back then, Dugu Bo had been stuck at level eighty-nine, never able to touch the threshold of level ninety, wasting many years.
At the time, he had even thought that he would never be able to break through to become a Titled Douluo in this lifetime.
However, through a fortunate coincidence, he killed a Medusa and obtained a Medusa skull bone. Only then did his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul break through and evolve into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, allowing him to cross that threshold in one stroke and advance to level ninety!
Before that, not a single one of his ancestors had ever broken through to become a Titled Douluo!
Only him!
Because of this, he had once suspected that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent had a flaw—not only did it cause poisoning, but it also prevented one from breaking through to become a Titled Douluo.
But he had never had any proof, so he kept the matter buried in his heart. He had not even told his granddaughter, Dugu Yan!
Yet now, Cheng Xiao had casually exposed it, and Dugu Bo found it difficult to calm the turmoil in his heart.
"No, impossible!" Dugu Yan's lips turned pale. She could hardly believe it. If what Cheng Xiao said was true, didn't that mean her grandfather's breakthrough into a Titled Douluo had merely been a fleeting bloom, while she herself had an extremely high chance of never being able to touch that realm at all?
She had always regarded her grandfather as her goal. She believed her talent was not lacking, and compared to his cultivation experiences in the past, she had always been slightly ahead. Since childhood, she had set her sights on inheriting the title of "Poison Douluo."
But now, she was being told that she would