Lin Sheng

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lin Sheng (林胜)
Alias(es)	Ghost Face; Flame Demon 78 417
Species/Race	Human; identified as an Ancestor Awakener by Qi Ning 239
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Dark Star (Blazing Star Emissary); Seven Forms Sect (Sect Master); Crimson Feather Army 276 255 395
Occupation/Role	Martial artist, beast integrator, Dark Star emissary, sect master, and General of the Cavalry 295 395
Status	Active 448
First Appearance	Chapter 8

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Raging Bull Fist initiated	8	Gains roughly 30% more strength; realizes beast assimilation can accelerate beast-inspired martial arts.
Body Tempering	17	Reaches the realm after bringing Raging Bull Fist to Minor Accomplishment; his hands gain a yak-hide-like protective quality.
Muscle Forging, early stage	38	Easily overwhelms Body Tempering martial artists Ma Qiang and Liu Jie.
Muscle Forging, late stage	117	Breakthrough improves his physique and the potency of the poison in his body.
Blood Circulation	199	True techniques raise his recorded attributes to Strength 5, Agility 6, Physique 5, Perception 3, and Spirit 2.
Bone Transformation	289	Absorbs Blood Essence through Heavenly Snake Bone Changing; recorded attributes rise to Strength 12 and Physique 11.
Body Tempering (re-cultivated)	309	Following dispersed cultivation, his rebuilt Body Tempering foundation records Strength 14, Physique 12, and Agility 9.
Blood Circulation (re-entered)	328	Completing the second realm of Heavenly Snake Bone Changing raises Strength and Physique to 18 each.
Divine Form, peak status stated	349	The narrative describes him as having reached the peak of Divine Form, despite nearby status-panel entries still listing Blood Circulation.
Bone Transformation	380	Advanced Mimicry refinement raises his recorded attributes to Strength 22, Physique 23, Agility 18, Perception 13, and Spirit 5.
Divine Form	399	Breaks through after five days of seclusion; gains a fifth integration mark and records Strength and Physique at 25.
Divine Form, Second Transformation	448	Breaks through after three days of cultivation; Perception rises to 18.

Background / History

Lin Sheng began as an unremarkable skinner before initiating the Raging Bull Fist through the assimilation of fierce beasts. The Iron Yak’s influence gives him exceptional progress in the technique and convinces him to prioritize martial arts modeled after beasts 8. His rapid advancement earns Tian Hu’s notice and an invitation to the Beast Hunter Hall, while slaughterhouse head Wang Dehai gives him a farewell feast and treats him as a promising martial artist 9.

Within the Beast Hunter Hall, Lin Sheng joins Wang Sanyang’s Ninth Squad and learns to supplement training with practical combat experience 20. He builds a reputation through his strength, adaptability, and increasingly ruthless conduct, defeating opponents above his apparent realm and using beast integrations to reinforce his physique, speed, and senses 38 61 70.

The black-robed Thousand Faces recruits him into Dark Star as a Gray Star Emissary after taking an interest in his extraordinary comprehension and unexplained potential 126. Lin Sheng later enters the Seven Forms Sect, becomes a direct disciple of the Qingniao Institute, and eventually succeeds as the sect’s master amid its destruction and displacement 127 219 255.

After surviving the conflicts surrounding the Seven Forms Sect, Lin Sheng integrates the Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon and manifests a far more dangerous monstrous form 235 236. Qi Ning identifies him as an Ancestor Awakener, while Divine Lord Li recognizes power beyond an ordinary Ancestor Awakener and accepts him as a disciple 239 295.

Lin Sheng later becomes a Blazing Star Emissary, earns the codename “Flame Demon,” and rises to prominence in Southern Qi. He is engaged to Princess Lingyu, takes command of the Crimson Feather Army as a General of the Cavalry, and brings his parents with him toward Southern Qi for their safety 276 395 417.

Appearance

Lin Sheng is a tall, heavily built young man with a resolute demeanor. After cultivating Heavenly Snake Bone Changing, he is nearly two meters tall even while compressing his physique; his body has defined musculature and pale, jade-like skin without visible pores 124 302.

• In Beast Hunter Hall uniform, he wears gray martial clothing with a yellow headscarf and carries a mixed-iron staff shaped like a spear 20.
• Earth Affinity enlarges him to nearly two meters, broadens his body dramatically, and gives exposed skin cracked-earth-like patterns 77.
• Some integrations produce bone spurs, a vertical pupil on his brow, and an aura of violent madness 174.
• His Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon form reaches nearly six meters in height, with crimson scales, molten-gold eyes, red facial patterns, and golden flames 266.
• Green-eyed Fierce Eagle integration creates green, feather-like scales that react to air currents and support his extreme speed 180.

Personality

Lin Sheng is intensely focused on personal strength, treating cultivation as his primary source of security and repeatedly pursuing dangerous techniques, integrations, and resources to advance 17 289. He is observant and pragmatic in combat, adapting to unfamiliar opponents, exploiting tools such as poison and darts, and withdrawing rather than pursuing when the situation does not favor him 61 70 238.

He can be considerate toward those he accepts as his own. He feeds and relocates his parents, cares for Big Yellow, instructs Old Zhou and Xiao Shi in martial arts, and risks exposing himself to protect the Seven Forms Sect’s remnants 62 100 232. However, Lin Sheng is also brutally decisive toward perceived enemies, traitors, and threats; his mounting pressure and violent emotions alarm even his allies 174 235 397.

Abilities & Skills

Beast Integration

Lin Sheng uses the Mountain Sea Scroll’s integration system to assimilate exotic beasts and acquire their physical traits, talents, and cultivation benefits. He can cancel an integration and return his body to normal, then select a different beast better suited to another martial art or situation 49.

• Iron Yak integration — optimizes his meridians and blood vessels for Raging Bull Fist cultivation, contributing to his abnormal cultivation speed 8 49.
• Tusk Mountain Boar integration — grants increased strength, resilience, and hide-like skin durability 35.
• Silver-patterned Black Crocodile integration — enables a powerful combat transformation used to defeat Zheng Tao and Wang Luan 85.
• Three-eyed Spirit Monkey integration — greatly improves his physique and gives him new abilities after a painful assimilation process 146.
• Black Armored Profound Ox integration — significantly strengthens his body and constitution 203.
• Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon integration — provides the foundation for his colossal flame-wreathed form and allows him to contend with high-level opponents 238.
• Brahma Crimson Fire Bull integration — supplies Level Five Great Strength and Brahma Crimson Fire, both of which can be layered with his existing powers 386.

Earth Affinity

Lin Sheng’s first recorded talent draws on the earth to improve his strength, physique, and sensory awareness 77.

• Enlarges and broadens his body while increasing physical toughness and power.
• Lets him perceive vibrations through the ground.
• Raises his strength by roughly 30–40% and his physique by close to 50% over his Silver-patterned Black Crocodile integration baseline 77.
• The absorbed earth power becomes wild and difficult to contain while active 77.

Great Strength and True Yang Transformation

Great Strength is one of Lin Sheng’s most significant offensive talents. He later recreates its principles through the Yang Extremity Skill, producing the self-developed True Yang Transformation 241 275.

• Reaches Level Five Great Strength after assimilating the Brahma Crimson Fire Bull 386 428.
• Can be activated alongside multiple strength-oriented beast integrations for massive physical power 241.
• True Yang Transformation is used with Demonic Blood Fusion against Zhao Yantai 437.

Dragon Flame and Dragon Roar

Lin Sheng’s Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon power manifests as golden Dragon Flame and a fear-inducing dragon roar 267 386.

• Dragon Flame burns opponents and can be layered with Brahma Crimson Fire to create stronger crimson-gold flames 386.
• Dragon Roar can stun or disorient an enemy; Lin Sheng uses it to force the fleeing Zhou Xingwen out of the air 267.
• His dragon consciousness also heightens his violent emotions during battle 267.

Gold Devourer

Gold Devourer is a growth-oriented defensive talent gained from the Earth Fiend Pig Dragon 264.

• Converts metals into energy to reinforce his physique and form scales 264.
• Allows him to refine weapons, including the Cold Frost Sword, Zhou Xingwen’s iron fan, and He Lanjian’s great spear 275.
• Produces differently colored scales across his limbs and progressively improves his defense 275.

Martial Arts

Lin Sheng cultivates multiple martial arts despite the usual conflict between different techniques. He attributes this compatibility to the bodily optimization granted by his integrations 49.

• Raging Bull Fist — hand-to-hand style that boosts strength and gives his hands protective durability; its killing move is Raging Bull’s Charge 17 62.
• White Ape Leg Technique — improves agility, speed, and evasive movement; it helps him overcome Liu Yuanshan despite his lack of experience 36 61.
• Ape Fetus Technique — a complete second-rate martial art acquired from his spoils 62.
• Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm — poison-based martial art whose poisonous blood Lin Sheng circulates throughout his entire body rather than limiting it to his hands 117.
• Qingniao Chasing Star Finger — a technique he continues cultivating alongside the White Elephant Town Mountain Art 259.
• Heavenly Snake Bone Changing — transforms his skin, bones, and physique; its cultivation raises him to a body comparable to high-level Spirit Beasts 289.
• Heavenly Clarity Qi Guiding Method — removes auras and marks from his body 358.
• Earth-Traveling Technique — grants underground escape capability, though it cannot guarantee safety against a Void Transformation Grandmaster 294.

Perception, Danger Sense, and Control Techniques

Lin Sheng’s perception develops into one of his defining advantages.

• He can detect footsteps, whispers, scents, and nearby activity from inside a sealed room 145.
• His bloodline talent allows him to sense the internal fluctuations and hostile intent of nearby people, with greater detail against those not far above his realm 164.
• His Danger Sense alerts him to shifts in imminent threat 178.
• He detects hidden Grandmasters and concealed observers who expect to remain unnoticed 390 393.
• He uses the Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm to control captives and extract information 178.
• His Seed Demon Secret Technique can control others and suppress beastification, but it fails against opponents with sufficiently strong mental power 255 256.

Advanced Mimicry

Advanced Mimicry allows Lin Sheng to simulate traits from Demon Beast-level creatures after refining their flesh and blood 380.

• He successfully mimics the Yin King Python’s golden patterns and scales 380.
• The technique can reproduce Demon Beast traits, though the selected beast’s attributes determine the resulting benefits 380.

Recovery and Durability

Lin Sheng’s body is exceptionally difficult to destroy, combining enormous Blood Essence reserves, integration-derived toughness, and condensed scales.

• He can endure attacks from Divine Form martial artists and rapidly repair internal damage 267.
• He keeps fighting after Zhao Yantai destroys his head with sword qi, ultimately killing Zhao Yantai at close range 437.
• Tie Lang’s full-power palm strike leaves only a faint mark on Lin Sheng’s skin 414.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Mixed-iron spear-staff — pointed at one end and used as a spear; Lin Sheng throws an iron spear to kill Ma Qiang 20 38.
• Wrist darts and poisoned darts — used for surprise attacks, pursuit, and weakening stronger opponents 62 70.
• Lime powder — a combat tool used to disrupt Yan Feng’s attacks and create openings 70.
• Dark Star emblem — identifies him to Dark Star contacts and was associated with his Ghost Face identity 78.
• Cold Frost Sword — taken from Ouyang Lengshui, then later refined through Gold Devourer 219 275.

Relationships

• Lin Hong and Xie Guilan — Lin Sheng’s parents. He relocates them from Crock Street, reunites with them at Clear Spring Town, and chooses to take them to Southern Qi for protection 62 417.
• Lin Miao — his elder brother. Lin Sheng deduces that Thousand Faces is connected to Lin Miao, whose background and possible bloodline remain a source of uncertainty 53 62.
• Tian Hu — Beast Hunter Hall captain who recognizes Lin Sheng’s potential and recruits him after his early breakthrough 9.
• Wang Dehai — former slaughterhouse head who gives Lin Sheng a farewell feast and offers him guidance after recognizing his promise 9.
• Wang Sanyang — Lin Sheng’s captain in the Beast Hunter Hall Ninth Squad; provides operational discipline and martial guidance 20 48.
• Old Zhou — subordinate and later devoted follower. Lin Sheng guides him into Body Tempering, after which Old Zhou addresses him as “Master” 100.
• Xiao Shi — young follower whom Lin Sheng encourages and trains alongside Old Zhou 46 100.
• Big Yellow / Da Huang — stray dog adopted and fed by Lin Sheng; later contributes to his high-perception integration combination 62 175.
• Thousand Faces — black-robed Dark Star Blazing Star Emissary who investigates Lin Sheng’s potential and recruits him into Dark Star 62 126.
• Xie Qingyun — Lin Sheng’s master in the Seven Forms Sect’s Qingniao Institute; provides cultivation guidance and remains concerned about his increasingly aggressive cultivation 178 235.
• Qi Ning — Divine Form martial artist who saves Lin Sheng from a Reverse Ten Floors ambush, identifies him as an Ancestor Awakener, and supports his advancement within Dark Star 238 239 271.
• Divine Lord Li — veteran Dark Star Emissary and Grandmaster who tests Lin Sheng against Gongsun Yuanzhou before taking him as a disciple 295.
• Lan Man — Blazing Star Emissary who helps contain the fallout from Lin Sheng’s actions in Luoshui County and protects him despite severe danger 259 265 266.
• Princess Lingyu — Southern Qi princess with Cloud-Shadow Chi Dragon bloodline. She becomes engaged to Lin Sheng and frequently shows concern for his safety 368 393.
• Meng Lie — Crimson Feather Army subordinate appointed to select new centurions; he follows Lin Sheng’s orders and shows concern during his Divine Form breakthrough 397 399.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Rise from the slaughterhouse — Lin Sheng initiates Raging Bull Fist, enters the Martial Way, and joins the Beast Hunter Hall 8 9.
• Yangping Mountain conflicts — He develops through beast hunting, defeats Ma Qiang and Liu Jie, and learns the practical value of combat experience against Liu Yuanshan 38 61.
• Dark Star recruitment — Thousand Faces investigates his potential; Lin Sheng receives the Ghost Face identity and begins operating within Dark Star 62 78 126.
• Seven Forms Sect ascent — Lin Sheng enters the sect, becomes Xie Qingyun’s direct disciple, and gains notoriety after severely injuring Ouyang Lengshui and taking the Cold Frost Sword 127 219.
• Congyun Mountain crisis — After the Seven Forms Sect’s destruction, Lin Sheng integrates the Blazing-Eyed Flame Dragon and defeats Ouyang Lengshui, Shi Hui, and several Bone Transformation experts 235 236 237.
• Luoshui County operations — He pursues Jade-Faced Man Kong Qi, controls captives with the Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm, and confronts the Beast Taming Army’s beastification methods 167 178 256.
• Divine Lord Li’s disciple — Lin Sheng survives Xiang Kong, defeats Gongsun Yuanzhou under Divine Lord Li’s test, and becomes his disciple 294 295.
• Southern Qi rise — He becomes engaged to Princess Lingyu, commands the Crimson Feather Army, suppresses sea bandits, and advances into Divine Form 395 399.
• Northern Yan confrontation — He defeats Prince Ping Zhao Yantai after enduring devastating injuries, establishing himself as a threat beyond ordinary Divine Form martial artists 436 437.