Dugu

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

The family’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial soul poisoned its bearers from within. Dugu Xin tried taking five rings from nonpoisonous beasts, but the poison persisted; Dugu Bo was likewise held at level 89 for years 6 12.

After Dugu Xin and Dugu Yan rescued Lu Xuan, Ye Renxin brought him to Dugu Manor to seek poisons for the Ye family’s own martial-soul problem. Lu Xuan’s suggestions prompted Dugu Bo to show them his private herb garden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Ye Renxin identified herbs there that could cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin, and both were subsequently freed from the family affliction 6 7 8 12.

The Dugu and Ye households grew close through their shared use of the garden and concern for their children. Dugu Bo welcomed cooperation that could protect the younger generation, while Dugu Xin helped Lu Xuan’s research by testing experimental medicines—even when they sometimes poisoned him or damaged his meridians 16 23 27.

Martial Souls and Abilities

Dugu Bo — Golden Phosphorus Serpent Emperor

• Golden Chi Dew Grass changed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent into a poison-free Golden Phosphorus Serpent; his ninth ring later evolved it into the Golden Phosphorus Serpent Emperor 12 23.
• His poison remains dangerous in combat: after reaching level 94, even a level-96 Titled Douluo risked serious harm from it 23.

Dugu Xin — Jade-Scaled Black Python

• The Earth Dragon Golden Gourd changed his martial soul into a nonpoisonous, assault-type python with hard scales and strength suited to ramming and constriction 12.
• His Golden Earth Dragon seventh ring grants a Martial Soul Avatar that triples his attributes and the power of his first six skills, removes those skills’ Soul Power cost, and shortens the weakness afterward 40.

Dugu Yan — Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent

• Seven-Colored Rainbowglow Ginseng removed her martial soul’s inherited flaw without diminishing its venom. A matching thousand-year first ring completed its evolution into a materialized serpent she calls Xiao Cai 17 19.
• Seven-Colored Transformation initially raises strength, speed, defense, mental power, soul-skill power, poison potency, and recovery by 20% each. Her first ring later changes to seven colors and appears able to grow with her 19 20.
• Rainbow Phosphorus Myriad Poisons, gained from her second ring, concentrates venom in her palms for sustained poisonous strikes; it lacks explosive power against stronger opponents but uses Soul Power efficiently 22.

Holdings and Soul Bones

• Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well — Dugu Bo’s herb garden, containing rare medicinal and poisonous plants used in the family’s transformations 8 12 17.
• Dugu Bo’s Soul Bones — a compatible head bone found during his eighth-ring hunt and a torso bone from his ninth-ring Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor 14 23.
• Dugu Xin’s Golden Earth Dragon Torso Bone — found alongside his seventh ring. Dugu Yan offers it to her father, who begins refining it to strengthen his foundation for an eighth ring 39 40.

Relationships

• Lu Xuan — rescued by Dugu Xin and Dugu Yan; later helps plan the family’s cures and Yan’s cultivation. Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin hope he will become the family’s son-in-law 6 11 14.
• Ye family — allies who identify and help administer the herbs that cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin. The households become close enough to regard one another as family 8 12 16 27.
• Chao Tianxiang’s family — distantly related through Dugu Bo’s late wife, Chao Tianxiang’s cousin. After years without contact, Dugu Bo renews the connection and considers a marriage match for Dugu Xin 42 43.