Devouring Evolution, Increasing Soul Ring Age!

(As for Dugu Yan's father and mother, the original work never clearly explained anything, but it could still be inferred from certain clues!)

(Dugu Yan's mother died from an outbreak of Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison when she was born, while her father died at the most crucial moment when Dugu Bo became a Titled Douluo!)

(According to Chapter 231 of the original work, Dugu Bo mentioned that he was seventy-eight years old. According to Chapter 245, Dugu Bo mentioned that he had been a Titled Douluo for ten years!)

(Based on this information, we could conclude that Dugu Bo became a Titled Douluo at sixty-eight, while he was now sixty-six!)

(Dugu Yan's father was not dead yet, and as for her mother—since this was a fanfiction, was it too much for me to have a little fun with it?)

"This strange Martial Soul actually comes with its own skills?" Dugu Xin said in surprise. "Yao'er, tell us—what exactly is wrong with your grandfather? If you can't explain it clearly, just see how I deal with you!"

Dugu Yao smiled calmly. "According to the answer given by Spirit Sensing, our family's Martial Soul, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, possesses powerful poisonous attacks!"

"But because it is a beast-type Martial Soul, the potent poison carried by the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul will eventually merge with the Soul Master themself!"

"Although a Soul Master's soul power can suppress and balance it, this Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison has long since become part of the Soul Master's body. As a result, the poison will harm the Soul Master themself!"

"If the day comes when the Soul Master's soul power can no longer completely suppress and balance the poison, there will be only one outcome: death and dissipation!"

"Moreover, this poison is hereditary and will affect a Soul Master's descendants! At the same time, it will also affect the Soul Master's partner!"

"Although Grandfather is an eighty-ninth-level Soul Fighting Douluo, and his poison arts are unmatched in the world of Soul Masters, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison has already seeped into his bones!"

"With the slightest carelessness..." Dugu Yao paused, then said decisively, "the poison will erupt. Decades of cultivation will be reduced to nothing, ending in death and dissipation!"

He had already known these things; Little Xiangliu's second innate skill, Spirit Sensing, had merely given him a more detailed explanation.

"So, Father, your condition isn't mild either. And Mother has likely suffered deeply from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison within your body as well!"

"Hiss—" Dugu Xin sucked in a sharp breath. "That's right, exactly right! Not a single word was off! This is the flaw of our Dugu family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul!"

"As Martial Soul power rises, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison grows increasingly fierce, and the Soul Master themself becomes a true poison man! Your mother was filled with a great amount of Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison because of me!"

"And six years ago, when your mother gave birth to the two of you, the poison nearly erupted and killed her! But for some unknown reason, the erupting poison completely vanished in the end, allowing her to survive!"

"Mother, is what Father and Brother said true? Is the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul really that dangerous?" Dugu Yan tugged at Lin Wanqiu's sleeve.

She had originally been looking forward to awakening the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul. Now, all she felt was fear toward the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison!

Lin Wanqiu looked at Dugu Yan and comforted her. "Your brother and father are right, but you don't need to worry too much. Sooner or later, we'll find a way to solve it!"

Dugu Xin cleared his throat and sighed. "We originally planned to tell you about these matters only after you came of age!"

"Truly, man proposes, heaven disposes. Your strange Martial Soul actually let you discover this secret and learn of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul's drawbacks ahead of time!"

"You are fine, since your Martial Soul isn't the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul. It should be some special mutated Martial Soul. But your younger sister..." Dugu Xin sighed softly at this point.

"Xiao'er!" Dugu Bo suddenly spoke. "I think I already know why Wanqiu was unharmed after her poison erupted back then!"

Hearing that, Dugu Xin asked excitedly, "Father, why was that? Could there be a way to resolve the Martial Soul's flaw?!"

Dugu Bo shook his head slightly and pointed at Little Xiangliu on his shoulder. "Xiao'er, look at this little fellow. What is it doing?"

Dugu Xin said evenly, "Father, this little fellow is... devouring the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison in your body, isn't it?"

"That's right! This little fellow is devouring the violent Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison in my body. I suspect that the reason Wanqiu was unharmed back then may have been Yao'er's doing!"

"Yao'er's doing? How could that be possible?" Dugu Xin said in disbelief. Dugu Yao had only been an infant at the time!

"A Soul Master's Martial Soul is actually fully formed from the moment the Soul Master is born. Yao'er's Martial Soul possesses life and thoughts of its own, and it can even feed on Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison!"

"Xiao'er, do you think the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison inside Wanqiu's body back then might have been devoured by this little fellow? The situation was urgent at the time—even I was helpless!"

As Dugu Bo spoke, he smiled and stroked his beard. "Look. Yao'er and Yanyan have had black hair ever since they were born!"

"By all reason, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison should definitely have been passed down to Yao'er and Yanyan, yet the truth is that it wasn't!"

"Obviously, that Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison was devoured by the little fellow inside Yao'er. Perhaps it sensed that Yao'er was in danger." Dugu Bo stated with certainty.

He had actually noticed this back then, but he had not known the reason. Now, the answer stood right before him.

"So that's how it was?" Lin Wanqiu looked thoughtful, with a trace of relief on her face. When the poison had erupted, she had been only half a step away from death!

Yet the violent poison had inexplicably vanished completely with the birth of Yao'er and Yanyan, allowing her to narrowly escape with her life.

Otherwise, she would have long since been separated from these two adorable children by life and death.

Dugu Yao nodded in praise. "Grandfather's analysis is indeed reasonable. My Martial Soul, Xiangliu, has Devouring Evolution as its first innate skill!"

"It can devour all kinds of spiritual herbs and medicines, poisonous herbs and poisons, even toxins! And after each round of devouring and digestion, it can also increase the age of Soul Rings!"

"It can even increase the age of Soul Rings? That's unimaginable!" Dugu Xin said in shock.

"Yao'er, quickly tell us what the effect of this third innate skill is!" Dugu Xin asked excitedly.

Dugu Yao did not hesitate and answered directly, "This third innate skill is called Heavenly Law Manifestation! Don't be fooled by Xiangliu's current palm-sized form."

"Its initial body is already one hundred meters long! For every 10 levels of Soul Power Level it gains, it can grow another one hundred meters, reaching a maximum of one thousand meters, and it can freely control the size of its body!"