Black Lotus Refines Poison! Poison Douluo is Reborn

"How do you intend to proceed, Your Highness?"

Dugu Bo stood beside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, his voice much lower than usual.

He had dealt with poison all his life.

Poison that killed, poison that healed—he had seen far too much of both. Yet the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison inside his own body was the one thing he had suppressed for decades, only ever keeping it down temporarily.

"Dugu Yan's cultivation is still shallow, and the toxins haven't accumulated deeply. They can be drawn out first, then brought back under control through her martial soul's transformation."

Qian Renyuan looked at Dugu Bo.

"You can't."

Dugu Bo frowned slightly, but did not argue.

"Your poison has already seeped into your marrow and been tangled with your Soul Power for decades. If it's drained all at once, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison will be crippled, and your meridians will collapse along with it."

"Even if you survive, there won't be much left of your rank ninety-one cultivation."

Dugu Bo's fingers clenched sharply. This was exactly why he had never dared force the poison out.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison was tormenting him, but it was also the foundation of all his strength.

If the poison were truly drained dry, then he, Poison Douluo, would be finished too.

"Then how do we separate it?" Dugu Bo asked.

Qian Renyuan raised his right hand, and the Black Lotus slowly bloomed in his palm. "What the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor can take back, we leave. What has already gone out of control and only knows how to corrode flesh and blood, we refine away."

"Good."

Dugu Bo asked no more and sat cross-legged by the spring.

Nine soul rings rose one after another from beneath his feet. The vast phantom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor lifted its head, its dark-green serpent eyes looking down over the valley.

The aura of a Titled Douluo had only just spread out when the nearby plants and trees were coated in a layer of ghostly green.

Dugu Yan instinctively retreated a few steps. Although her martial soul had also evolved, before her grandfather's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, cultivated for decades, she was still clearly suppressed.

Jiangmo Douluo lifted the Coiling Dragon Staff and stood at Qian Renyuan's side as a shield.

Qian Renyuan paid no attention to the changes outside.

He flicked a finger, and the Black Lotus flew above Dugu Bo's head. Twelve lotus petals slowly opened.

"Release your Soul Power."

Dugu Bo closed his eyes and withdrew the Soul Power protecting his meridians.

As soon as the suppression scattered, the toxins accumulated inside him for decades immediately stirred.

Dark-green poison lines quickly surfaced on Dugu Bo's exposed arms. The lines crawled up from his wrists, soon passing his shoulders and closing in on his neck.

His breathing also grew heavy.

Qian Renyuan formed hand seals with both hands.

A wisp of power woven from ice and fire surged from his fingertips, following the Black Lotus down into Dugu Bo's body.

This power was nowhere near as violent as the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, yet Dugu Bo's body still jolted hard.

The chill first traveled along his meridians, temporarily freezing the toxins darting wildly everywhere. The scorching power followed close behind, crashing deep into his bones and forcing out the toxins that had entrenched themselves there for many years, layer by layer.

Hissing sounds rang out nonstop.

Fine beads of dark-green venom seeped out over the surface of Dugu Bo's skin. The moment his robes touched it, holes were corroded through them one after another.

The venom dripped onto the ground, and white smoke immediately rose from the hard rock. Before long, the earth had been burned full of pits.

Dugu Yan watched until her fingertips turned cold. She had never known that so much poison was hidden inside her grandfather.

No wonder every time the poison flared, Dugu Bo would lock himself away and refuse to see anyone for days.

Boom!

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor abruptly opened its giant mouth, and a cloud of dense poisonous mist exploded from behind Dugu Bo.

Wherever the poisonous mist passed, several ordinary medicinal herbs instantly turned into black water.

Jiangmo Douluo swept the Coiling Dragon Staff horizontally in his hand, and powerful Soul Power was about to press down.

"Stop."

"Your Highness, the poisonous mist is about to go out of control."

"Let it out."

Qian Renyuan raised his eyes and looked at the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. "It's been suppressed for decades. If it doesn't vomit it all out, how can it replace its bones?"

As his words fell, the Black Lotus sank downward. Twelve lotus petals enveloped both Dugu Bo and the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. The poisonous mist that had just exploded was drawn in and surged madly into the lotus heart.

Dark-gold patterns lit up one after another across the surface of the Black Lotus.

After the chaotic toxins fell into the lotus heart, they were quickly divided into two streams.

One stream was mottled in color, mixed with gray-black blood energy and an aura of decay. They had long since broken free of the martial soul's control, and only clung to the meridians, organs, and marrow, corroding Dugu Bo's body day and night.

Black light pressed down, and this stream of toxins had no chance to struggle before it was ground away bit by bit by the lotus heart.

The other toxic force was extremely condensed, dark green from end to end. Even wrapped in the Black Lotus, it still kept moving toward the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. It was the poison source that belonged to his martial soul.

Qian Renyuan's five fingers slowly closed, and the devouring power of the Black Lotus grew stronger with them.

More and more age-old toxins were forced out of Dugu Bo's body by the power of ice and fire. The poisonous mist above the valley grew so thick it almost blocked out the light, only to be swallowed in one gulp by the Black Lotus.

Dugu Bo's body trembled nonstop, his teeth clenched until they chattered. This pain was several times stronger than his usual poison attacks.

He could feel the cold, stabbing agony that had tormented him for decades vanishing bit by bit.

In the past, whenever he circulated his Soul Power, it had felt as if countless fine needles were lodged in his meridians. Now, those needles were being pulled out one by one by the power of ice and fire.

It hurt, but it was a satisfying kind of pain.

After a full incense stick's worth of time, the dark green poison markings on Dugu Bo's skin finally began to fade.

Qian Renyuan changed his hand seal.

"Withdraw!"

The Black Lotus snapped shut.

The last patch of gray-black mixed poison was crushed, leaving only a fist-sized mass of dark green toxic force suspended above the lotus heart.

That mass of toxic force slowly spun, its aura terrifyingly pure.

Dugu Yan merely glanced at it from afar, and the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul within her sent out an intense craving.

Qian Renyuan gave a low shout. "Go back!"

The dark green toxic force plunged down and crashed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor behind Dugu Bo.

The serpent emperor's phantom raised its head and hissed, its massive body suddenly tensing. The poisonous gas that had been continuously leaking from between its scales rapidly drew back, all of it sinking deep into the martial soul.

The Soul Power inside Dugu Bo's body surged along with it.

Qian Renyuan withdrew the power of ice and fire, and the Black Lotus also flew back into his palm.

"It's done."

Dugu Bo did not open his eyes right away. First, he circulated his Soul Power once, and wherever it passed, not even the slightest trace of toxin remained. The coldness that had settled in his marrow had vanished, and the poison knot that had pressed near his heart meridians for decades was nowhere to be found.

Dugu Bo then raised his hand. A wisp of dark green poisonous gas gathered in his palm, transforming at his will into a thin snake that swam several circles around his five fingers before burrowing back into his martial soul.

His palm was perfectly clean. Dugu Bo stared at his own hand, unmoving for a long time.

He had once thought that in this life, he could only cling to survival with the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, waiting until the day he could no longer suppress the poison and would die in some corner unknown to anyone.

"Grandpa, how are you?" Dugu Yan could not help asking.

Dugu Bo slowly stood. He glanced at his granddaughter, then looked at Qian Renyuan.

Then this Poison Douluo, who had always been proud and unyielding, straightened his robes, cupped his fists with both hands, and bowed deeply to Qian Renyuan.

Though he had long since fulfilled his promise and pledged loyalty to Qian Renyuan, only at this moment did that form of address truly come from the bottom of his heart.

"Your subordinate, Dugu Bo, thanks my lord for the grace of giving me a new life."

Dugu Yan stared blankly at her grandfather.

Jiangmo Douluo gripped the Coiling Dragon Staff, and a trace of seriousness also appeared in his eyes. There were many people who could kill a Title Douluo, but in the entire continent, how many could make Poison Douluo willingly lower his head?

Qian Renyuan lowered his gaze to Dugu Bo and said, "Rise."

Dugu Bo stood, and when he looked at Qian Renyuan again, the last trace of hesitation in his eyes had already disappeared.

A system notification rang out in Qian Renyuan's mind.

[Ding! Dugu Bo's Martial Soul Backlash has been resolved!]

[Dugu Bo's original fate has been changed!]

[The core condition for intercepting the Immortal Herb main storyline has been completed!]

[Remaining condition: inventory the core resources of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!]

Qian Renyuan turned his head and looked toward the rare and wondrous herbs in the valley that were still giving off medicinal fragrance.