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.

The hereditary affliction had also brought tragedy to the family before its cure. On recognizing the Immortal Herbs, Ye Renxin reproached Dugu Bo for not knowing their uses, saying that his wife and daughter-in-law need not have met their tragic ends had the remedies been available to them 8.

Family Continuity and Remarriage

The elders’ plans for the younger generation created a separate concern over preserving their martial-soul lineages. They expected Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to marry Lu Xuan, whose exceptionally powerful tool martial soul was considered more likely to be inherited by their children than either family’s original martial soul. Consequently, Dugu Bo encouraged Dugu Xin to remarry and have more children rather than rely on Yan’s descendants to continue the Dugu inheritance 44.

Dugu Xin agreed to consider remarriage. An initial inquiry into Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s daughter came to nothing when Lu Xuan learned that she had married the previous year 44 52. During the subsequent soul hunt, Dugu Xin rescued Chao Lingxian after her party suffered heavy casualties. She accompanied the group and became a prospective second wife 73 78.

Dugu Yan did not reject Chao Lingxian as a possible stepmother, and their first meeting was cordial. Nevertheless, she remained cautious about Lingxian’s character and the need to protect the family’s many secrets. Dugu Xin encouraged them to spend time together and become better acquainted 79.

Soul Hunts and Growing Strength

After obtaining his seventh ring and the Golden Earth Dragon Torso Bone, Dugu Xin accompanied Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin on another hunt. He gained an over-88,000-year Purple-Gold Dragon Python eighth ring and its right arm Soul Bone, advancing to level 85. During the same expedition, Dugu Bo defeated a treacherous Blue Silver King and its accompanying poisonous beasts, obtaining additional Soul Bones and a Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower suited to Dugu Yan 52 73.

The Dugu and Ye families pooled their Soul Bones to strengthen the entire allied group. Dugu Bo explicitly treated the combined reserves as an opportunity for everyone to advance, rather than keeping the expedition’s gains solely for his own household 75. Later exchanges with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supplied further resources, helping Dugu Bo reach level 98 and Dugu Xin approach level 90 90 95.

Dugu Bo subsequently spent much of his time at Dugu Manor studying poison arts, visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well when he needed ingredients. Dugu Xin and Zhao Yan regularly entered Sunset Forest to spar and seek breakthroughs 99. Dugu Xin eventually reached level 90, prompting plans for a joint expedition to obtain his ninth ring, Lu Xuan’s fifth ring, and the girls’ fourth rings 104.

Latest Star Dou Forest Expedition

The group selected the hundred-thousand-year Sky Azure Bull Python as Dugu Xin’s ninth-ring target. They recognized that the hunt would also involve the Titan Giant Ape and two hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbits occupying the same territory, and decided to travel together 105.

During the expedition, Dugu Bo and Lu Xuan encountered Bibi Dong fighting a hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor. Dugu Bo initially wished to avoid interference because of Spirit Hall and because the beast did not suit Dugu Xin. Lu Xuan instead pointed out the value of its poison-attribute Soul Bones for Dugu Yan. They concealed their identities, with Lu Xuan negotiating openly in disguise while Dugu Bo remained hidden and supplied Titled Douluo pressure 105 106. Dugu Bo later extracted a Soul Bone from the Spider Emperor with the intention of strengthening his granddaughter 109.

By the time Dugu Yan began assimilating her next Soul Ring, Dugu Bo was maintaining a poisonous protective area around the group. Weaker beasts entering the Jade Phosphor Poison Qi died in large numbers 113.

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.
• At level 97, his control, refinement, and suppression of toxins surpass those of ordinary hundred-thousand-year poison-type beasts. The poisonous beasts controlled by the Blue Silver King were unable to threaten him 73.
• His Soul Bone enhancements bring him to level 98 and complete his conventional Soul Bone set, with the Azure Jade Bird leg bone particularly improving speed and movement 95 96.
• Despite these gains, he considers level 99 and Ultimate Douluo a distant prospect, even if he were to obtain another hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone 96.
• His Jade Phosphor Poison Qi can secure a broad area against approaching beasts, killing weaker creatures that enter it 113.

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 sixth ring grants Jade Phosphorus Purple-Gold Slash, a powerful offensive skill that remedies the weakness of his earlier attacks 14.
• 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.
• His eighth ring grants Golden Dragon Frenzy, a destructive wide-area attack obtained from the Purple-Gold Dragon Python 73.
• The same beast’s right arm Soul Bone grants Purple-Gold Firmament Cannon, a powerful single-target attack 73.
• At level 85, his two high-quality Soul Bones and improved foundation give him combat strength comparable to a Titled Douluo’s; Snake Lance and Pufferfish are described as unable to match him 73.
• By the time he approaches level 90, he possesses five Soul Bones and is beyond ordinary Titled Douluos in combat strength. He subsequently reaches level 90 but still requires his ninth ring 96 104.

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.
• The first ring is subsequently identified as a Life-Bound Soul Ring. Its seven-attribute enhancement reaches 27% at level 27 and 37% at level 37 22 67.
• 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.
• Rainbow Phosphorus Poison Mist, gained from her 5,005-year Jade Phosphorus Toad third ring, is a highly toxic area-of-effect skill 67.
• White Python Whip, granted by her external Soul Bone, manifests a thirty-foot snow-white whip. She combines it with Rainbow Phosphorus Myriad Poisons to carry deadly venom into her attacks 67.
• Her planned poison-development route incorporates the Jade Phosphorus Five Poisons, followed by rarer Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute and Nine-Absolute Flowers, with ultimate poison as the intended direction 73.
• To prepare for higher-age rings, she takes specially prepared poisons at rigorously controlled times and dosages. After stabilizing at level 40, she postpones her fourth ring rather than accept an age she considers below her potential 97.
• She receives the Godhood Inheritance of Kindness during the divine inheritance developments surrounding Lu Xuan 104.

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. Lu Xuan intends to keep the site firmly in the household’s hands, ensuring a continuing supply of valuable herbs for the Dugu and Ye families 27.
• 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. He later absorbs a ten-thousand-year poison-attribute bone, a 50,000-year Titan Python bone, and a further 50,000-year poison-attribute bone. An Azure Jade Bird leg bone completes his set 90 95 96.
• 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.
• Dugu Xin’s Purple-Gold Dragon Python Right Arm Bone — obtained with his eighth ring from an over-88,000-year beast; grants Purple-Gold Firmament Cannon 73.
• Dugu Xin’s Nether Tiger Left Arm Bone — refining it raises him from level 85 to level 86 78.
• Dugu Xin’s Ghost Leopard Left Leg Bone — a 30,000-year bone originally obtained by Dugu Bo, noted for speed and surprise attacks, and later allocated to Dugu Xin 75 88.
• Dugu Xin’s imperial-treasury Soul Bone — a 30,000-year bone whose refinement brings him closer to level 90. By the following stage, he possesses five Soul Bones in total 95 96.
• Dugu Yan’s Frost-Patterned White-Scaled Python External Soul Bone — a 4,000-year right palm bone given to her by Lu Xuan. It improves her tolerance for high-age rings and grants White Python Whip 60 67.
• Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower — an intelligent poison-type plant beast found by Dugu Bo during the soul hunt. Initially obtained at just over ten thousand years old as a possible ring for Dugu Yan, it is later reserved for her fifth ring while she seeks a roughly 30,000-year Jade Phosphorus Five Poisons beast for her fourth 73 97.
• Hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor Soul Bone — extracted by Dugu Bo during the later Star Dou Forest expedition for its exceptional compatibility with Dugu Yan’s poison attributes. Her absorption of it is not yet established in the available account 106 109.

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. Dugu Yan’s relationship with him becomes openly affectionate, including mutual kisses and plans to travel the continent together 60 63.
• 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. Their alliance becomes publicly known, and Dugu Bo personally represents their shared interests when Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong visit the Ye Family Medical Hall 93.
• 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. The inquiry into Chao Tianxiang’s daughter fails because she is already married, but Dugu Xin later rescues Chao Lingxian, the daughter of Chao Tianxiang’s younger brother 52 73 78.
• Chao Lingxian — a prospective second wife for Dugu Xin, rather than a confirmed spouse. A level-41 Soul Ancestor in her early twenties, she is considered a suitable match and proves diligent in carrying out duties entrusted to her. Dugu Yan receives her cordially while remaining cautious about revealing family secrets 78 79.
• Clear Sky Sect — enemies following an incident in which its members deliberately drew danger toward Dugu Bo and Zhao Yan in Star Dou Forest, exposing their position. Dugu Bo suffered superficial wounds, while Zhao Yan lost an arm; the allied households later regard the resulting hostility as a mortal feud 51 93.
• Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan — previously attempted to recruit Dugu Bo while he was a Soul Douluo and proposed a betrothal between Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo briefly considered it, but the matter was dropped after he met Lu Xuan 93.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect — a trading counterpart and potential source of pressure. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong approach the allied households seeking a 70,000-year torso bone while underestimating Dugu Bo’s true cultivation; subsequent exchanges help supply resources for the group’s advancement 93 95.
• Heaven Dou Imperial Family — trades treasury resources with Dugu Bo and Lu Xuan, contributing Soul Bones used to strengthen the allied families. Dugu Bo no longer owes Prince Xue Xing favors and does not offer preferential treatment based on their former ties 90 95.
• Spirit Hall and Bibi Dong — treated cautiously because of Spirit Hall’s strength and the danger of retaliation. Dugu Bo nevertheless supports Lu Xuan’s disguised intervention in Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Emperor hunt to secure a valuable poison-attribute Soul Bone for Dugu Yan 105 106 109.

Future Cultivation Plans

• Dugu Xin’s ninth ring — the Sky Azure Bull Python is selected as his hundred-thousand-year target after he reaches level 90. The hunt has been planned, but acquisition of the ring is not yet established 96 104 105.
• Dugu Yan’s later rings — the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower is retained for a later ring rather than used immediately at level 40, preserving the possibility of a more suitable fourth-ring age 97.
• Dugu Bo’s ring replacement — Ye Renxin proposes that a Titled Douluo could sever a Soul Bone-bearing limb, lose ten levels and a corresponding ring, restore the limb with another Soul Bone, and then replace the lost ring using a beast of the same species. Dugu Bo is interested in obtaining a hundred-thousand-year ring through this method, but has not performed the procedure 110 113.

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