After searching for a while.
Among the many immortal herbs and supreme medicinal plants, Chen Zhuo finally spotted an immortal herb as white as jade, containing a primordial unified essence.
The primordial immortal herb!
Consuming this immortal herb could maximize the increase in Soul Power and advance cultivation.
It could also help condense a soul core and improve the purity of Soul Power.
A soul core was similar to the golden core of the cultivation world, a cultivation concept that would only emerge ten thousand years later.
But now that he had this primordial immortal herb, Chen Zhuo wanted Dugu Bo to try it.
If he succeeded, his overall strength would certainly rise to another level!
"Eat it. I'll stand guard for you."
Chen Zhuo explained the concept of a soul core to Dugu Bo.
"Compress the liquid Soul Power in your body again and again, turning it from liquid to solid, then finally condensing it into a core."
"Once a soul core forms, it will automatically circulate and absorb the energy of heaven and earth to sustain its own existence."
"When that happens, it will provide a Soul Master with an endless supply of Soul Power!"
Dugu Bo was utterly astonished.
He had already become a nine-ring Titled Douluo, yet he had never imagined that such a wondrous method existed in this world!
Dugu Bo immediately followed his instructions and consumed the immortal herb.
He prepared to first draw out the toxins that had accumulated in his body over the years and store them in the Transforming Serpent's external soul bone.
This was also a form of unconventional "artifact refinement."
After that, he would attempt to condense a soul core inside his body.
Boom-
Jade-phosphorus poison flame surged into the sky, forming a serpent silhouette that coiled above Dugu Bo's head.
The agony of jade phosphorous serpent poison searing his meridians felt like ten thousand ants devouring his heart, yet Dugu Bo threw back his head and laughed wildly.
Blood seeped from his seven orifices, but his eyes only grew brighter!
The primordial unified essence within the immortal herb exploded from his dantian, sweeping through every limb and bone!
The phantom venomous serpent above Dugu Bo's head abruptly raised its head, seemingly sensing the changes within his body.
It actually opened its jaws to bite, intent on devouring its master.
This serpent poison was truly sinister and difficult to handle.
The primordial unified essence surged to meet it, completely engulfing Dugu Bo's body and the serpent silhouette.
A battle between heaven and man raged within Dugu Bo as the two forces frantically tore at each other and mingled in his meridians.
They were like two mighty primordial forces cleaving heaven and earth within a tiny space.
"Get out!"
Dugu Bo exerted every ounce of his strength, separating out a portion of the jade phosphorous serpent poison.
The serpent poison forced from his body seemed to come alive, burrowing into Water Severer's blade.
It branded the image of a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor onto its surface.
Immediately afterward, a Poison Core inside Dugu Bo exploded!
It was a strange bead that had formed within his body when his Martial Soul evolved years ago.
Half of his lifetime's Poison Cultivation could be said to reside in that Poison Core.
Now the Poison Core had shattered.
Just as Dugu Bo thought he was about to fail, the shattered Poison Core slowly began to reunite like molten gold.
The jade-phosphorus poison fire tempered its fierce hardness, while the primordial unified essence shaped its gentle suppleness.
Hardness and softness complemented each other, finally becoming one!
They condensed into a serpent-shaped, jade-and-gold soul core.
With every revolution of the Two-Tone Jade-Gold Soul Core, immense Soul Power was drawn into his body like the tides.
His aura suddenly soared, climbing higher and higher.
The bottleneck that had trapped Dugu Bo for years shattered with a thunderous crash, and Soul Power surged endlessly like a flood bursting through a dam.
He broke through to level 93!
It was not over yet!
Before the tides of Soul Power subsided, Dugu Bo broke through to level 94, finally stopping only after reaching level 95.
Outside.
Dugu Yan stared, dumbfounded. Her mind felt as though it had been struck by lightning, and she even forgot to breathe.
As far as she could see, her grandfather had merely eaten a medicinal herb.
Yet he had crossed three minor levels, going from a level 92 Titled Douluo to a Super Douluo like Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, the Spirit Hall's directly affiliated elders?
Feeling the changes in his body, as though he had shed his old flesh and bones, Dugu Bo awakened.
Jade-and-gold light still shimmered in his eyes, and his aura was as unfathomable as an abyss, as vast as the sea.
Clang-
Water Severer's blade trembled and rang, then transformed into a streak of dark green light that plunged straight into the palm of his right hand.
He had successfully mastered this external soul bone.
Now he could wield it as naturally as moving his own fingers.
Dugu Bo slowly rose and looked at Chen Zhuo, his lips quivering as his low, hoarse voice trembled with excitement.
"Young master, this kindness... weighs more than mountains."
Dugu Bo's appearance and bearing had now changed completely.
The viciousness between his brows had vanished, replaced by a majestic composure as still as an ancient well.
Soul Power circulated throughout his body, without the slightest trace of stagnation or sinister chill.
His hair and eyes had changed from dark green to jade and gold, and his face looked more than ten years younger.
He no longer even looked old enough to be Dugu Yan's grandfather.
He looked more like her father.
Somewhat dazed, Dugu Bo gazed at his hands, feeling the pure Soul Power surging vigorously within him.
Like the rising tides of a spring river, it flowed mightily without end.
The chronic serpent poisoning that had plagued half his life was entirely gone, and his Soul Power had even broken through to level 95.
This was something he had never dared imagine, even in his dreams.
At his age and realm, he knew exactly how much weight he carried.
He neither belittled himself nor blindly overestimated his abilities.
Originally, he had been constrained by the jade phosphorous serpent poison.
Reaching level 94 within his lifetime would have been his limit.
Now, leaping to the rank of a level 95 Super Douluo made him feel as though he had entered another lifetime.
Dugu Bo knew full well that this was no stroke of luck, but a gift from Chen Zhuo.
Without Chen Zhuo's method and that external soul bone, he could never have defied heaven and rewritten his fate as he had today!
Overwhelmed with excitement, Dugu Bo knelt to thank him, but Chen Zhuo helped him up.
Chen Zhuo was quite pleased with Dugu Bo's transformation.
Now he had a level 95 Titled Douluo backing him.
In the future, he would no longer have to act with his hands and feet bound as he had before.
Moreover, with his guidance, had Dugu Bo not made history?
The first soul core in the history of the Douluo Plane had been born!
"All right, stop crying, both of you."
"I've prepared something good for you too."
Chen Zhuo picked a fist-sized golden melon whose surface bore spiraling, curling patterns like dragon whiskers.
This was the immortal-grade medicinal herb Chen Zhuo had carefully chosen specifically for Dugu Yan.
It was called the earth dragon golden melon.
The true dragon aura and earth element power contained within it could precisely remedy the stagnation of Soul Power caused by Dugu Yan suppressing her cultivation for years.
It could help revitalize her Martial Soul Origin.
Chen Zhuo told Dugu Yan that this immortal-grade medicinal herb had remarkable effects on serpent-type Martial Souls. It could remove impurities from her bloodline and also had a strong chance of transforming a serpent-type Martial Soul into a dragon-type Martial Soul.
Whether she was willing to accept such an unknown transformation was up to her.
Dugu Yan wiped away her tears.
Even now, she found it hard to believe that the fate of their Dugu Family had truly been rewritten.
"Yan'er, you need not worry about me or the family."
Seeing Dugu Yan look toward him, Dugu Bo nodded encouragingly.
If the Jade Phosphorous Serpent legacy was destined to end, then let it end with his generation.
From beginning to end, if he had been given a choice, Dugu Bo would never have let his children and granddaughter follow his old path.
A road of no return that shortened their lives and led to early graves!
"Thank you, young master. I'm willing."
Dugu Yan bowed in thanks and accepted the earth dragon golden melon with trembling hands.
A few days later.
Much as Chen Zhuo had expected, Dugu Yan's Martial Soul changed from the serpent-type Jade Phosphorous Serpent into the dragon-type Jade-Phosphorus Poison Jiao.
It retained its original poison and fire attributes while gaining a water attribute.
Her Soul Power, originally at level 26, rose four levels in one go, soaring to level 30.
A fifteen-year-old prospective three-ring Soul Elder.
She only needed to hunt for a Soul Ring before she could formally enter a new major realm.
"I didn't uproot this immortal-grade medicinal herb."
"As long as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well remains, this melon will grow again."
Chen Zhuo reassured Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that their Dugu Family's legacy would not be severed.
If any new Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Souls appeared in their family in the future.
Their descendants could follow Dugu Yan's example and consume an earth dragon golden melon to neutralize the serpent poison.
Chen Zhuo also discovered that, as Dugu Yan's Martial Soul evolved into the Jade-Phosphorus Poison Jiao.
The "influence" his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils exerted over Dugu Yan had dwindled to almost nothing.
Still, given the current circumstances.
Chen Zhuo did not think Dugu Yan would do anything to "betray" him in the future.
Now, everything concerning Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had been resolved.
It was his own turn.
Chen Zhuo looked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then at the two most conspicuous immortal herbs growing near its two springs.
The infernal delicate apricot and octagonal mysterious ice grass, which contained ultimate fire and ultimate ice.
He said, "Main God Space, collect!"
Before long.
Two bottles of potion, one red and one blue, appeared in his hands.
The potions' grade was assessed as: tier three.
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