Lin Chen

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Lin Chen is a transmigrator who knew the original story and recognized the Ultimate Armor as the Palagi Shield. His parents, ordinary people who were often away, had Xiao Chenfeng help raise him 1 31.

At six, Lin Chen rejected Yu Xiaogang’s advice to pursue a defensive cultivation path. He defeated Yu before acquiring a Soul Ring, then hunted his first Soul Beast with Xiao Chenfeng and Xiao Chenyu 1 2 5.

After learning that the Light-Feathered Falcon had belonged to Xue Qinghe, Lin Chen met the crown prince and accepted an invitation to the Crown Prince’s Residence. Xue Qinghe gave him a Soul Bone and arranged his enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Lin Chen later became Qian Renxue’s student 7 8 9 14.

Appearance

At ten years old, Lin Chen was a little over 1.7 meters tall 83.

• Ultimate Armor: Silver plates cover his shoulders, chest and arms, with blue light along their edges 2.
• Chest core and wings: A pentagonal, diamond-like core sits on the armor’s chest, and two large silver wings extend from its back 2.
• Sixth-ring Soul Bone: The Jiaolong’s Sacred Horns appear as a pair of long blue-and-gold horns 103.

Personality

Lin Chen is confident and openly defiant toward people he considers wrong. He mocked Yu Xiaogang’s rigid approach to Martial Souls and later severely injured him after Yu threatened Xiao Chenfeng’s position 1 3 39 40.

He also values the people close to him. He sought Immortal Herbs for Xiao Chenfeng in gratitude for raising him, defended Ye Lingling from Xue Beng, and reassured Xiao Wu that knowing she was a Soul Beast did not change their friendship 31 59 120.

Abilities & Skills

Ultimate Armor

Lin Chen’s Martial Soul is an Ultimate Light-attribute armor associated with the Palagi Shield. Initially, he could summon its armor and sword but could not control its bow, shield or spacetime-travel abilities 1 2 3 12.

• Ultimate Zero Sword: A silver arm-mounted sword capable of clearing Yu Xiaogang’s gas attacks with the wind of its swings 2.
• Ultimate Holy Shield: The armor reassembles into a frontal shield. Lin Chen says its actual defensive limit is unknown 27.
• Ultimate Bow: Fully manifested after he absorbed his sixth Soul Ring; it is silver-white with blue diamond-shaped gems at its tips 103.
• Spatial ability: Lin Chen studied the armor’s spatial power at Spirit Hall and later opened a portal through the barrier beneath the Lake of Life 83 124.

Soul Ring Skills

• Light Sword — first skill: Extends the Ultimate Zero Sword with light or releases the light as a ranged attack. A released blade must be charged again; immediately after obtaining it, Lin Chen could form one up to twelve meters long 5.
• Void Instant Slash — second skill: Locks onto a target within thirty meters, teleports Lin Chen behind it and delivers a slash. He remains intangible during the attack, except against spatial abilities or opponents with substantially greater Soul Power 12.
• Holy Radiance Possession — third skill: Boosts all attributes by 200 percent for half an hour 27.
• Voidlight Reversal Shield — fourth skill: Reflects 120 percent of damage received from the front 49.
• Ultimate Light Blade — fifth skill: Fires three crescent-shaped blades of white light. Lin Chen used it to shatter the Ice and Fire Crystal 91.
• Holy Light Sky Arrow and Holy Spirit Possession — sixth-ring skills: An attack skill and an enhancement skill, respectively 105.

Soul Bone Skills

• Light Holy Slash: Gained from the Glinting Sky-Flash Beast’s right arm Soul Bone 9.
• Holy Light Flying Blade: An attack skill from the Jiaolong’s Sacred Horns 103 105.
• Holy Light Rainbow Transformation: A defensive skill from the Sacred Horns 103 105.

Equipment & Items

• Ultimate Bracelet — Worn on Lin Chen’s left wrist and used to summon the Ultimate Armor. Ultraman Zero contacted him through it 2 82.
• Crown prince’s identity token — Given to him by Xue Qinghe 9.
• Dugu Bo’s token — Allows him to pass through the Poison Array around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 27.
• Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone — Lin Chen recovered it and stored it while considering whether to absorb it 38.

Relationships

• Qian Renxue / Xue Qinghe — His patron and teacher, later his fiancée. She supported his cultivation and helped protect him during his sixth-ring absorption; they made their relationship official before he returned to Heaven Dou City 9 14 103 109 111.
• Xiao Chenfeng — His uncle and Nuoding City’s lord, who helped raise him and accompanied him on his first Soul Beast hunt 4 5 31.
• Xiao Chenyu — His cousin, who follows and admires him. Lin Chen helped arrange an Immortal Herb for him and his father 3 31.
• Xiao Wu — Became his maidservant after a bet, though he told her she was free to leave. Lin Chen later called her his best friend and accepted her Soul Beast identity 35 120.
• Dugu Yan — His friend and Dugu Bo’s granddaughter. Lin Chen first defeated her in a challenge; she later promised to look after Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling during his absence 15 73.
• Dugu Bo — An ally who gave Lin Chen access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hunted his fourth-ring beast and accompanied him on later journeys 27 49 111.
• Ye Lingling — His friend and a member of the Nine Heart Begonia Family. He helped stabilize her mother’s condition and arranged for them to live at the Crown Prince’s Residence 43 45 48.
• Ultraman Zero — Appeared in Lin Chen’s Sea of Consciousness, helped dispel a Soul Shock and warned him that Tartarus had targeted the Palagi Shield 27 82.
• Yu Xiaogang — An adversary whose proposed cultivation guidance Lin Chen rejected. Their later confrontation ended with Lin Chen brutally injuring him 1 3 40.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Nuoding City: Defeats Yu Xiaogang without a Soul Ring and acquires a thousand-year first ring 2 5.
• Heaven Dou: Joins Xue Qinghe’s circle, enrolls at the academy and gains access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well through Dugu Bo 9 15 27.
• Return to Nuoding: Brings an Immortal Herb for Xiao Chenfeng, takes Xiao Wu with him and defeats Tang San and Yu Xiaogang 31 35 40.
• Academy conflicts: Defeats Yu Tianheng in a public duel and confronts Xue Beng for bullying Ye Lingling 47 48 59.
• Heaven Dou succession: Helps lure Yu Yuanzhen out through the city’s eastern defenses, then is appointed envoy to Spirit Hall when Qian Renxue ascends the throne as Xue Qinghe 68 73.
• Spirit Hall and the sea: Cultivates and studies the Ultimate Armor, returns to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then hunts a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast for his sixth ring 82 83 91 98 103.
• Return to the Star Dou Great Forest: Accompanies Ye Lingling’s group to seek her fourth ring and enters a hidden realm beneath the Lake of Life 120 124.

Notable Quotes

“When a Soul Master chooses a cultivation path, the choice should be based on the Martial Soul’s own characteristics, not on what paths other people have taken, making everyone follow the same road.” 1

“I understand. I’ll work hard to get stronger!” 82