Douluo Continent: The Martial Soul is actually Bibi Dong.

Chapter 96: Bibi Dong's Awakening Arrives Ahead of Schedule

Click~

After manipulating the eight spider spears on his back, Su Mo felt that after the complete fusion, he could control them even more easily.

With a flash, Su Mo arrived in front of Dugu Bo.

puff~

Then Su Mo controlled one of the spider legs and gently stabbed it into Dugu Bo's arm.

The tip of the Eight Spider Spears pierced Dugu Bo's arm, but the wound, which should have been rapidly spread by the poison, showed no change whatsoever.

When Su Mo retracted the Eight Spider Spears, a little bit of red blood could still be seen flowing from the small wound on Dugu Bo's arm, showing no signs of poisoning.

"Su Mo, what are you doing?"

Seeing Su Mo's actions, Bibi Dong couldn't help but ask him about it out of curiosity.

"No, I was just trying it out. I now have a rough idea of ​​what the immortal herb Dugu Bo ate was!"

Su Mo smiled slightly; he was just giving it a try.

Dugu Bo's invulnerability to all poisons made Su Mo suspect the immortal herb he had consumed.

I forgot Su Mo's name, but it was probably the immortal herb that Yang Wudi of the Broken Clan had been dreaming of!

That herb itself doesn't have detoxifying properties, but it's a holy grail for preventing poisoning, making one immune to all poisons.

No toxins can get into it.

Dugu Bo probably knew the characteristics of this immortal herb, so when he finally found that he could no longer suppress the snake venom in his body, he chose to try this immortal herb as a last resort!

Although this magical herb cannot detoxify, consuming it may grant one the same immunity to all poisons, allowing one to expel all toxins from the body.

Even if Dugu Bo is able to cultivate again in the future, he cannot take the path of poisonous arts; he must make a new choice.

Click~ Click~

After putting away the Eight Spider Lances on his back, Su Mo ignored Dugu Bo and turned to walk towards the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

His most important purpose in coming here was to harvest the immortal herbs.

Now that they had arrived at their destination and the immortal herb was within reach, Su Mo naturally didn't want to waste a single moment.

Su Mo first scanned the entire herb garden, and recognized the two most distinctive ice and fire immortal herbs, the Eight-Cornered Ice Leaf and the Fiery Apricot Delicate Vegetable.

Of course, Su Mo didn't know their names. He only knew that these two immortal herbs, one ice and one fire, were the most precious immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, because they were born from absorbing the scorching Yang Spring and the icy Yin Spring, respectively.

These two immortal herbs are easily distinguishable: one is entirely crimson and will burn if you get too close, while the other is entirely ice-blue and will freeze if you get too close.

These two immortal herbs are Su Mo's biggest target.

Because Su Mo knew the uses of these two immortal herbs and how to take them, he only needed to take them at the same time to counteract their side effects.

Su Mo also recognized a golden chrysanthemum, which was exactly the same as the Chrysanthemum Douluo's martial soul, the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum.

"This must be Xiaowu's Acacia Heartbreak Grass... oh no, it should be Acacia Heartbreak Red!"

Then Su Mo found the last immortal herb he could recognize, the Acacia Heartbreak Red. Because this immortal herb, like the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, had appeared many times in the anime, it was easy to identify.

Moreover, Su Mo remembered that this immortal herb needed to be pulled up along with the stone it was rooted in, otherwise the immortal herb would be destroyed immediately.

It was mainly because Tang San praised it extensively in the original novel, and there was also a love story dedicated to it, that made Su Mo's impression more profound.

Su Mo looked at the roots of the Acacia Heartbreak Red and saw that it was indeed rooted in a small black rock, which made Su Mo even more certain.

"We'll talk about the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb later; let's harvest the rest first!"

After taking out a small white jade knife from his soul tool, Su Mo began harvesting herbs on the spot. It didn't matter whether they were immortal herbs or top-grade herbs; he would just pack them all up and take them away.

As for using a white jade knife, it's because Su Mo remembered that some harvesting methods required special techniques and the use of jade. Su Mo didn't know which ones required jade, so he simply used the white jade knife to cut them all.

Su Mo had originally prepared quite a few jade boxes to store herbs that looked like immortal herbs, but now that she had the treasure pouch that could store living things, she no longer needed them.

"This one, and this one, both contain a lot of energy!"

Bibi Dong once again played her role, as she could sense the energy contained in those top-grade medicinal herbs.

However, Su Mo still picked all the inconspicuous ones as well, since he had his treasure pouch to hold them all.

Seeing this, Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of malice, and she simply stopped talking.

Soon, all the flowers and plants in the herb garden were harvested by Su Mo, leaving the once vibrant garden barren except for the two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs.

"call--"

After taking a deep breath, Su Mo summoned the Eight Spider Lances on his back, and then braved an unbearable heat wave to reach the Fiery Apricot Delight.

Pfft~

A spider leg slid past from behind, and Su Mo severed the Fiery Apricot Vegetable, then clamped it between two spider legs.

After the two spider legs clamped onto the Fiery Apricot Delicate Vegetable, the originally emerald green spider legs quickly turned bright red where they touched the immortal herb, and the color spread rapidly.

Su Mo didn't even look at it. With a flash, he arrived in front of the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Leaf, and used his two spider legs to cut off the immortal herb and then clamp it in place.

Immediately afterwards, Su Mo swiftly controlled the Eight Spider Spears to place the two immortal herbs together in front of him.

hum-

As the two immortal herbs approached, a surge of energy rippled out, and then the cold and heat emanating from the two herbs vanished together.

"It's done!"

Su Mo smiled faintly, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began to absorb the two immortal herbs at the same time.

As Su Mo circulated his soul power and inhaled, the two immortal herbs flew into his mouth.

The two immortal herbs melted instantly upon entering his mouth, quickly transforming into two streams of energy—one hot and one cold—that surged into Su Mo's body.

plop plop~

Then Su Mo found his heart pounding rapidly, his body suddenly felt hot and cold, and his sweat dripped onto the ground, some of it scorching the ground, and some of it freezing the ground.

"what……"

Under this alternating hot and cold air, Su Mo couldn't help but scream in pain.

That feeling was absolutely unbearable.

Thump~

Without hesitation, Su Mo stood up and immediately plunged into the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire could help Su Mo alleviate his pain and also help him absorb and refine the two immortal herbs.

Sure enough, after entering the Yin-Yang Well, Su Mo felt less uncomfortable. Although he was still alternating between hot and cold, he was able to grit his teeth and endure it.

hum-

Then Su Mo closed his eyes and began to cultivate in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, accelerating the refining of the two immortal herbs in his body.

Su Mo could feel that his physique was being continuously strengthened through the alternating tempering of the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs.

At the same time, some of the energy from the two immortal herbs, Ice and Fire, is flowing into Su Mo's martial soul space.

"This is going to help me evolve my martial soul!"

Upon sensing this, Su Mo's heart stirred, and his consciousness swiftly entered his Martial Soul Space.

The most important function of the immortal herb is to evolve martial souls.

In the original novel, after Tang San consumed the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass, in addition to his body being tempered and improved and gaining the characteristic of poison immunity, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass also evolved, gaining the ability of ice immunity and fire immunity.

Upon entering the Martial Soul Space, Su Mo saw a blue and a crimson streak of light intertwining and converging from the outside, then crashing into Su Mo's Soul Hunter Spear Martial Soul like a shooting star.

hum-

Just as these two energies were about to collide with Su Mo's Soul-Hunting Spear, an unexpected event occurred.

Suddenly, the crimson mist beside the Soul Hunter Spear trembled slightly, then generated a strong devouring power, instantly absorbing the evolutionary power of the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs.

"This is……"

Su Mo's heart skipped a beat, filled with surprise and delight. Could it be that even a Rakshasa God Martial Soul that hadn't awakened could evolve? Could his Rakshasa God Martial Soul then evolve from a remnant soul into a true god-level Martial Soul?

Thinking of this, Su Mo did not stop the Rakshasa God Martial Soul from taking away the power of evolution. Instead, he followed the power of evolution of the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass to the Rakshasa Domain in the blood-red mist.

Then Su Mo saw that the evolutionary power of the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass was continuously flowing into the blood pool, and finally all of it entered the Rakshasa Martial Soul in the blood pool.

It really is restoring the Rakshasa God Martial Soul.

Su Mo understood immediately. Ever since he had come into contact with and learned about the Rakshasa God Martial Soul last time, he could now sense the Rakshasa God Martial Soul's condition at any time.

Therefore, Su Mo knew that at this moment, the Rakshasa God Martial Soul had seized the evolutionary power of the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass and was using the power of the immortal grass to recover.

As Su Mo had learned before, the Rakshasa God Martial Soul was only a remnant soul. Due to its incompleteness, it could only be awakened after Su Mo broke through to Soul Saint at level 70. Furthermore, the awakened Rakshasa God Martial Soul would not reach the quality of a god-level Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong's transformation into his martial soul is truly quite special. The martial soul is only a remnant soul, yet Bibi Dong's divine consciousness and memories are very complete.

However, Bibi Dong, whose divine consciousness and memories were complete, had no offensive capabilities and could only provide Su Mo with some auxiliary abilities.

"It's my true form that's recovering. If this power is sufficient, it might allow my true form to truly reach god-level quality, and even awaken ahead of schedule!"

Bibi Dong's consciousness was also very excited and pleasantly surprised as it was beside Su Mo.

She never expected that the power of the magical herb could actually help her recover.

"Su Mo, eat the rest of the immortal herbs. Maybe that will allow me to awaken immediately!"

Overcome with excitement, Bibi Dong immediately made a suggestion to Su Mo.

"No, you can't just eat any kind of magical herb; some can kill you!"

"Dugu Bo was crippled after eating the immortal herb; who knows if he can even start cultivating again!"

Su Mo was somewhat tempted upon hearing this, but quickly shook her head.

Moreover, Su Mo wanted to save one of the immortal herbs for Ning Rongrong. If she accidentally ate it, Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda would not be able to evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

"Alright, so how do you plan to obtain the illustrations for the immortal herbs?"

Hearing Su Mo say this, Bibi Dong could only calm down and then asked Su Mo.

"I know three people who recognize these medicinal herbs!"

"One is Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan, another is Tang San, and the third is Chrysanthemum Douluo of the Spirit Hall!"

"To find out the rest of the immortal herbs, we must start with these three!"

Su Mo spoke up.

"What? That Chrysanthemum Douluo guy actually knows this stuff?"

Bibi Dong was shocked when she heard Su Mo's words. She never expected to hear the name Chrysanthemum Douluo from Su Mo's mouth.

Even the Spirit Hall didn't have knowledge about immortal herbs, yet Chrysanthemum Douluo knew?

"Yes, Chrysanthemum Douluo's martial soul is a fairy herb, and his family should have knowledge of this!" Su Mo nodded.

Of course, this is just Su Mo's guess. It's also possible that Chrysanthemum Douluo's martial soul is also a fairy herb, so he is naturally knowledgeable about it!

Just like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's martial soul, which can identify gemstones, Chrysanthemum Douluo's martial soul might be able to identify herbs.

"I never expected that guy to have such abilities!"

"Yang Wudi's Po clan is a family of alchemists; I can understand that they know this!"

"But how does Tang San know about these things? Judging from your words, the Clear Sky Sect shouldn't recognize them either!"

Bibi Dong nodded, then looked puzzled as to why Tang San recognized these magical herbs.

"Could Tang San be a reincarnated person like us?"

"That must be it, otherwise how would Tang San know about these immortal herbs, as well as those hidden weapons and those unique self-created soul skills he possesses..."

Before Su Mo could answer, Bibi Dong thought of a possibility.

"I think so too!"

Su Mo chuckled, surprised that Bibi Dong had guessed it.

However, it was precisely because of her own personality that she dared to make such a guess, and she actually guessed correctly.

hum-

At this moment, the evolutionary power generated by the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass had been completely absorbed by Bibi Dong in the Blood Pool.

Bibi Dong in the blood pool showed no change whatsoever, but Su Mo knew that she had recovered quite a bit.

He originally needed to reach level 70 to awaken the Rakshasa God Martial Soul, but now reaching level 50 to break through to Soul King is enough.

Bibi Dong's awakening time has been brought forward!

This was also a pleasant surprise for Su Mo.

He continued to consume the immortal herbs, which helped Bibi Dong continue to recover and further advance the awakening of the Rakshasa God Martial Soul.

Thinking this, Su Mo's consciousness also left the Martial Soul Space, because the Ice and Fire Tempering was already complete.

Cool--

After regaining consciousness, Su Mo felt an indescribable sense of exhilaration, as if every cell in her body was cheering.

Su Mo could clearly feel that his physique had been greatly improved. If he were to absorb the third soul ring now, ten thousand years would be no problem at all.

Splash!

After emerging from the surface of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, Su Mo took a deep breath and then plunged back into the water.

Su Mo wanted to dive down and see if there were any treasures inside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

He knew that the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire was formed after the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King died, so he wanted to see if he could find a better treasure.

However, as he dived deeper and deeper, Su Mo gradually discovered that his body, which had been tempered by ice and fire, was beginning to be unable to withstand the dual forces of ice and fire under the Yin-Yang Well.

"No, I can't go down!"

"I'll have to wait until my physical condition improves before I can try again!"

Feeling that she couldn't hold on any longer, Su Mo had no choice but to give up.

puff~

Soon after, Su Mo leaped out of the water and jumped onto the shore.

Immediately, Su Mo took out the spare clothes from his soul tool and put them on. When he entered the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, all of Su Mo's clothes except for the soul tool were destroyed.

"My body is now immune to ice and fire, and also immune to all poisons!"

Clang~

As Su Mo spoke, he summoned his Soul-Hunting Spear.

Looking at the Soul Hunter Spear, which showed no change even after he had eaten two immortal herbs, Su Mo was speechless.

"Well, if it hasn't evolved, it hasn't evolved. Of course, it would be even better if the Rakshasa God Martial Soul could be restored to god-level quality!"

"Moreover, my Soul Hunter Spear Martial Soul can evolve on its own even without the evolutionary power of immortal herbs!"

With a smile, Su Mo put away the Soul Hunter Gun.

Compared to the evolution of the Soul Hunter Spear, Su Mo still believes that the restoration of the Rakshasa God Martial Soul is more important, since his Soul Hunter Spear can evolve through weapon refining and soul infusion.

Otherwise, Su Mo would have prevented the Rakshasa God Martial Soul from stealing the evolutionary power of the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass while he was in his own Martial Soul space.

Moreover, in the original novel, Tang San did not gain the ability of ice and fire after the Blue Silver Grass evolved; he only gained immunity to both ice and fire. Su Mo also gained this ability, so the Soul Hunter Spear would not need immunity to both ice and fire.

"No, no, my current state isn't just about a significant increase in physical strength; it feels more like a complete transformation..."

After putting away the Soul Hunter Spear, Su Mo realized that his current state was definitely not as simple as a significant increase in physical strength.

With a slight movement of his eyes, Su Mo immediately began cultivating on the spot.

Furthermore, Su Mo was using the original meditation cultivation technique.

hum-

As Su Mo cultivated, streams of energy from heaven and earth surged into his body at a speed far exceeding that of his new cultivation technique.

"Haha, as expected! Although my martial soul hasn't evolved, after being tempered by the Ice and Fire Immortal Herb, my cultivation talent has greatly improved, making me no less capable than a genius with innate full soul power!"

"Furthermore, the limit of my cultivation has been completely resolved!"

Su Mo opened his eyes and immediately burst into laughter.

His talent for cultivation has been completely resolved and is no longer his weakness.

He originally thought that his martial soul had not evolved and his cultivation talent had not evolved accordingly, but now it seems that this is not the case; it is just that his martial soul has not evolved.

Just like Zhu Zhuqing and others in the original work, their cultivation talents were improved after eating the immortal herbs, but their martial souls did not evolve much.

There's also Jixiang, Tang San's later disciple. After eating the immortal herb Tang San gave him, his cultivation talent and martial soul only changed, but he remained a silver needle.

In short, although Su Mo's Soul Hunter Spear Martial Soul has not evolved, his cultivation talent has truly undergone a complete transformation, having been thoroughly refined by the Ice and Fire Immortal Grass.

"That old man, he's still not awake!"

"I wonder if he'll go crazy when he sees this bare medicinal herb garden!"

"It's time to wake him up!"

It took Su Mo a while to calm down from her excitement, and then she saw Dugu Bo, who was still asleep in the distance.

Upon arriving in front of Dugu Bo, Su Mo took out a pot of water from his soul tool and splashed some on Dugu Bo's face.

With the splash of water on his face, Dugu Bo frowned, then quickly opened his eyes, revealing normal eyes that were no longer emerald green.

"Are you alright?"

Upon waking up and discovering he was still alive, Dugu Bo was initially overjoyed, but then he noticed someone standing in front of him and was immediately startled.

"Who are you?"

"Damn it, you're the one who tied me up?"

"Let me go!"

"..."

Upon waking up and discovering his condition, Dugu Bo immediately struggled to get up.

hum-

Dugu Bo was dumbfounded when he summoned his martial soul, intending to use his immense soul power to break the restraints on his body.

"My soul power level..."

"And my spirit rings..."

"How is this possible..."

Dugu Bo was completely dumbfounded, standing there in a daze, unable to accept this reality.

His soul power had actually dropped to level 41, and he no longer had any soul rings.

This is something he earned after a lifetime of cultivation!

"Senior, Senior Dugu!"

Seeing Dugu Bo standing there in a daze, Su Mo stepped back slightly before calling out to wake him up.

"It was you? Was it you who caused this mess for me?"

"It's you, isn't it??"

"You're dead! You're dead!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's voice, Dugu Bo immediately glared at Su Mo with bloodshot eyes and roared angrily.

"Has Senior Dugu forgotten that he was previously poisoned?"

Seeing Dugu Bo descending into madness, Su Mo kindly offered a reminder.

Upon hearing Su Mo's reminder, Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment before realizing that he had been poisoned and, in his last moments, had eaten a herb as a last resort, after which he knew nothing more.

Putting aside his soul power and soul rings, at least he is now completely clear-headed and shows no signs of poisoning whatsoever.

He hadn't felt this healthy in so many years.

"What's going on?"

"You know what's going on, right?"

Dugu Bo calmed down and then looked up at Su Mo and asked in a deep voice.

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P.S.: This chapter is a two-part summary; there will be another chapter tonight.

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