Dugu Bo

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Dugu Bo (独孤博)
Alias(es)	Poison Douluo; Old Poison 63 83
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Dugu Clan; Pill Tower; allied with the Ye Clan, Worship Hall, and Angel Lineage 78 82 83
Occupation/Role	Control-type Titled Douluo; poison specialist; poison-pill alchemist; Pill Tower founder representing the Dugu Clan 82 94
Martial Soul	Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor 73
Soul Power	Rank 95, Super Douluo 94 96
Soul Rings	Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black 73 83
Status	Alive; fully recovered from his battle with Tang Hao 99
First Appearance	Mentioned as Dugu Yan’s grandfather 37; appears directly upon returning to his residence 63

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 91 — Titled Douluo	73	Retrospectively identified as his previous level. Poison backlash had prevented further advancement for years.
Peak Rank 93 — Titled Douluo	72 73	Advances after receiving Zhao Ming’s pills; his toxin backlash is completely resolved. Zhao Ming initially infers that he condensed a poison-attribute Soul Core, whose existence is later confirmed 95.
Rank 94 — Titled Douluo	94	Documented retrospectively as the level immediately before his Super Douluo breakthrough; the circumstances of reaching it are not specified.
Rank 95 — Super Douluo	94	Breaks through immediately after finishing a batch of poison pills. His alchemical experiments expand his arsenal alongside his cultivation growth.

Background / History

Family poison and conflict with Spirit Hall

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent lineage’s poison continuously corrodes its users’ bodies, with backlash worsening as cultivation increases. Both Dugu Bo’s father and son died from it. Dugu Bo endured it for most of his life and periodically stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes to suppress his symptoms using the valley’s extreme environment 62 63.

After receiving his Titled Douluo title at Spirit Hall, he rejected Bibi Dong’s recruitment offer because he disliked being constrained. Bibi Dong subsequently ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to hunt him down. Prince Xue Xing rescued him with the Heaven Dou Empire’s army, leaving Dugu Bo deeply distrustful of Spirit Hall 63 81.

He initially concealed the hereditary poison problem from Dugu Yan, hoping to spare her its psychological burden while he searched for a cure. When her poison first erupted after obtaining her third Soul Ring, his intervention suppressed it but left her meridians badly damaged 63.

Treatment and the medicinal garden

Upon returning home, Dugu Bo discovered that Dugu Yan’s latest poison outbreak had been suppressed more effectively by an Ice Heart Pill than by his own earlier treatment. He sought out Ye Renxin and learned that Zhao Ming had refined the pill. Despite Zhao Ming’s apparent connection to Ling Yuan Douluo, Dugu Bo agreed to cooperate when the boy promised a complete cure for his granddaughter 63.

He brought Zhao Ming and Ling Yuan to his medicinal garden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, offering unrestricted access to its herbs if Dugu Yan could be cured. Before admitting them, he tested Zhao Ming by withholding an antidote to the outer poisonous miasma; Zhao Ming and Ling Yuan passed safely using Ice Heart Pills 64.

Zhao Ming supplied him with two Ice-Fire Divine Pills, one Soul Core Pill, and one Dragon Transformation Pill, leaving the choice of treatment to him. In gratitude, Dugu Bo gave Zhao Ming the entire garden, asking only to retain a roughly half-mu plot for poisonous herbs 65.

Soul-hunting expedition

After Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved, Dugu Bo invited Zhao Ming to name it. Zhao Ming chose Jade Phosphorous Poison Dragon. Dugu Bo then organized a joint expedition with the Ye family to obtain Soul Rings for Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhao Ming, and Ye Renxin 72.

He subdued an approximately 8,000-year Silver Armored Flying Dragon for Dugu Yan and guarded her during absorption. He also helped identify suitable beasts for Ye Lingling and gave her the right-arm Soul Bone obtained from the Sacred Sun Tree 73.

During the encounter with the sixty-thousand-year Golden Flying Dragon, Dugu Bo escorted the others away before returning to protect Zhao Ming. His poison failed against the dragon’s scales, and a single claw strike nearly shattered his Martial Soul Avatar. He remained nearby despite serious injuries, watching Di Tian warily until Zhao Ming was safe 75 76.

Following Ye Renxin’s acquisition of Life Rebirth, the two elders formally allied their clans. Dugu Bo’s wide-area poison and Ye Renxin’s wide-area healing provided complementary offensive and defensive strengths. Ye Renxin healed his expedition injuries before their return to Heaven Dou City 78 79.

Founding Pill Tower

Dugu Bo initially hesitated over Zhao Ming’s proposed pill business because of its Spirit Hall connections. He accepted after Zhao Ming distinguished Worship Hall and the Angel Lineage from Bibi Dong’s Pope Palace, and Ye Renxin vouched for Qian Daoliu’s character 82.

The Dugu Clan became one of Pill Tower’s five founding powers, holding a permanent councilor seat with veto power. Under the business agreement, the Dugu and Ye Clans jointly received 30% of profits for sales and operations 81 82.

At Pill Tower’s public announcement, Dugu Bo declared that the organization’s affairs and enemies would also be the Dugu Clan’s. He displayed his nine Soul Rings and Rank 93 pressure to reinforce that commitment 83.

Alchemy and the battle with Tang Hao

Dugu Yan taught him Zhao Ming’s method of condensing Pill Fire. What began as curiosity became an obsession with refining poisonous herbs, insects, and venom into specialized pills. During these experiments, he advanced to Rank 95 94.

Zhao Ming persuaded him to visit Notting City by revealing that a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast lived there. Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu’s aura, provoking Tang Hao’s intervention. After detecting Tang Hao’s longstanding internal injuries, he accepted a duel outside the city to avoid endangering Zhao Ming and causing a civilian massacre 95 96.

His Poison Soul Core allowed him to sustain repeated high-level Soul Skills and keep Tang Hao on the defensive. He later celebrated the result as proof that he was stronger than Qian Xunji, although Zhao Ming privately recognized that Tang Hao’s injuries and refusal to use Ring Detonation made the comparison unreliable. Dugu Bo recovered from minor injuries and physical strain after two days 99.

Appearance

Dugu Bo is an elderly man commonly seen in a dark green robe. By the Notting City journey, his loose black hair and ordinary bearing allow him to pass as a wealthy old man 94 95.

• Hair: Still dark green when Zhao Ming first notices his post-treatment improvement; described as black in later appearances 72 94.
• Eyes: Cloudy but capable of an intensely sharp gaze. Before treatment, a jade-green tint in the whites reveals poison embedded deep in his bones 63 95.
• Poisonous presence: A faint fishy-sweet scent accompanies his public display of power at Pill Tower’s launch 83.

Personality

Dugu Bo is proud, stubborn, and resistant to outside control. He distrusts Spirit Hall because of his past persecution, but he can reconsider old grievances when given a clear distinction between hostile and trustworthy factions 63 81 82.

His devotion to Dugu Yan overrides his pride. He is willing to surrender his medicinal garden to secure her future, and later saves Zhao Ming’s extraordinary Soul Bone gift for her rather than using it himself 65 99.

He repays life-changing favors with fierce loyalty. After Zhao Ming resolves the Dugu Clan’s poison problem, Dugu Bo vows to defend him to the death and repeatedly acts as his protector 73 75.

His eccentricity becomes especially apparent in alchemy: he tastes dangerous poison pills himself and enthusiastically offers one to Zhao Ming. He also enjoys boasting about victories. Nevertheless, he exercises restraint by containing his garden’s miasma and agreeing to move his duel away from Notting City’s residents 64 94 96 99.

Abilities & Skills

Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor

His beast Martial Soul specializes in poison-based battlefield control and wide-area destruction 73 78.

• Releases venom and poisonous mist capable of corroding a Titled Douluo 75.
• His poison mist is described as weakening same-rank opponents by at least 30% and killing Soul Masters below Titled Douluo upon contact 78.
• Uses concentrated Titled Douluo pressure to ground and immobilize the Silver Armored Flying Dragon 73.
• Limit: The Golden Flying Dragon’s exceptional scales completely resist his poison 75.

Seventh Soul Skill: Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar

Transforms him into a jade-green serpent avatar dozens of meters long, surrounded by his nine Soul Rings 75.

• Sprays a torrent of venom from its mouth 75.
• Can curl around itself to receive an incoming blow 75.
• Limit: At Rank 93, the avatar nearly collapses after one hurried claw strike from the Golden Flying Dragon 75.

Poison Soul Core

His poison-attribute Soul Core supplies immense Soul Power reserves and combat endurance 95 99.

• Sustains repeated ten-thousand-year-ring Soul Skills during his battle with Tang Hao 99.
• Allows him to use his unnamed Ninth Soul Skill three times in the same fight 99.
• Improves his flight speed 99.
• Limit: Abundant Soul Power does not eliminate bodily strain; repeated Ninth Soul Skill use still requires recuperation 99.

Poison-pill alchemy

Using Pill Fire, Dugu Bo refines his Martial Soul’s venom with poisonous herbs and other toxic materials 94.

• Produces pills that cause itching, sleep, hallucinations, or temporary Soul Power dispersal 94.
• Creates a pill from Serpent Emperor Poison and seven poisonous herbs that is at least 30% stronger than the venom alone 94.
• Estimates that even a Titled Douluo would need most of a day to purge that pill without an antidote 94.
• Treats alchemy as a way to strengthen himself, expand his arsenal, and earn money 94.

Poison barriers and perception

• Confines a roughly kilometer-wide miasma barrier with Soul Power patterns, preventing it from spreading through Sunset Forest 64.
• Places poisonous insects and plants along the cliff approaching his garden 64.
• Detects residual Earth Power on Zhao Ming and recognizes Xiao Wu’s transformed Soul Beast aura 72 95.
• Identifies Tang Hao’s internal injuries from sluggish vitality and obstructed Soul Power circulation 96.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Storage Soul Tool — Carries bottles of his poison pills 95.
• Pill furnace and Pill Fire — Used for his experiments at Pill Tower 94.
• Immortal-herb pills — Receives two Ice-Fire Divine Pills, one Soul Core Pill, and one Dragon Transformation Pill for himself and Dugu Yan 65.
• Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes garden — Formerly his refuge and medicinal garden; gifted to Zhao Ming with a small poisonous-herb plot reserved for himself 63 65.
• Blood-red Soul Bone bead — Zhao Ming gives him a bead capable of becoming a Soul Bone for a chosen body part, with its age limited by the recipient’s physical capacity. He reserves it for Dugu Yan 99.

Relationships

• Dugu Yan — Beloved granddaughter and the only other remaining member of the Dugu Clan. Her survival and future cultivation are his foremost priorities 63 86 99.
• Zhao Ming — Benefactor, trusted ally, and alchemical innovator. Dugu Bo pledges lifelong protection and accepts his gifts without demanding their origins 65 73 99.
• Ye Renxin — Longtime friend who repeatedly helped suppress his poison; later becomes his formal clan ally and Pill Tower partner 63 73 78 82.
• Ye Lingling — Junior member of the allied Ye family. He helps obtain her fourth Soul Ring and gives her a Sacred Sun Tree right-arm Soul Bone 73.
• Prince Xue Xing — Rescuer who prevented his death during Spirit Hall’s pursuit 63.
• Bibi Dong — Source of his grudge against Spirit Hall; ordered his pursuit after he rejected recruitment 63 81.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei — Pursuers acting under Bibi Dong’s orders 63 68.
• Qian Renxue — Gains his support through Zhao Ming’s assistance; her faction later backs the pill enterprise 69 79.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Le Zhengming — Representatives of Pill Tower’s powerful institutional allies 82 83.
• Tang Hao — Opponent in the Notting City confrontation. Dugu Bo suppresses him through sustained poison attacks while avoiding direct hammer clashes 96 99.
• Di Tian — Mysterious superior expert whom he distrusts despite his assistance. Dugu Bo does not learn his true identity and substantially underestimates his power 75 76.

Notable Quotes

“No matter where he came from, this old man knows one thing: he is the benefactor of my Dugu Clan. I owe him for life. Whoever dares touch that boy will have to fight me to the death.” 73

“From this day onward, Pill Tower's affairs are the Dugu Clan's affairs, and Pill Tower's enemies are the Dugu Clan's enemies.” 83