Lin Chuan

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lin Chuan (林川) 2
Alias(es)	Talos; he explicitly prefers to be called Lin Chuan 8
Species/Race	Saiyan 8
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Earth’s defenders/Z Fighters; allied with the Time Patrol 8 223
Occupation/Role	Warrior, cultivator, mentor, and protector of Earth and his family 43 187 521
Status	Alive; later reaches a transcendent state while battling Origin 592
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Base combat power: 15,000	2	His Infinite Combat Power Enhancement System activates, automatically adding 1 combat-power point per second.
Base combat power: 16,680	4	Reaches this value 28 minutes after landing on Earth.
Base combat power: 21,675	21	Continual auto-grinding carries him beyond the 20,000 threshold.
Base combat power: 30,375	33	Surpasses 30,000 after 145 minutes; judges that he could defeat ten of his former selves.
Base combat power: 981,780	45	Nears one million after roughly ten days, combining system gains with personal training.
Base combat power: 1,794,870	58	Demonstrates only 10,000 points of aura to pressure Piccolo despite possessing vastly greater power.
Base combat power: 8,000,005	72	Grand Elder Guru unlocks part of his potential, raising him from over seven million to eight million.
Super Saiyan, initial stage	87	Transforms into a Super Saiyan with combat power exceeding 1.7 billion.
Super Saiyan 1, second stage	91	Develops the second stage after studying Yardrat techniques and refining his understanding of the form.
Super Saiyan 1 Full Power	101	Achieves Super Saiyan 1 Full Power and begins pursuing higher Saiyan evolutions.
Super Saiyan 4	102	Completes Super Saiyan 4 after grueling training, reaching 256 billion combat power.
Super Saiyan God	123	Achieves the red-haired divine form; the system’s auto-grinding rate rises to 10,000 points per second.
Super Saiyan Blue Evolution	132	Reaches Super Saiyan 2: Super Saiyan Blue Evolution and enters the mid-Sixth Dimension.
Super Saiyan 4 God	133	Reaches battle power exceeding 1,000 quadrillion; auto-grinding increases to 10 million points per second.
Super Saiyan 4: Limit Break	146	Reveals a form beyond ordinary Super Saiyan 4 while fighting Vegeta.
Super Saiyan Blue 3	149	Achieves a waist-length-haired Deep Blue transformation with a major leap in life level and power.
Super Saiyan 5	194	Breaks through in his Mental World after a month of contemplation; his mastery of Time Power brings his known laws to five.
Ninth Dimensional Tier / Super Saiyan 5 peak	202	After three peaceful years, reaches the Ninth Dimension in normal state and perfects Super Saiyan 5.
Super Saiyan Demon / System Level 13	234	Absorbs Mechkapra’s Dark Factors, creates a darkness cultivation method, and develops Super Saiyan Demon.
Super Saiyan 5 Divine Ultimate Ultra Ego State	269	Combines Super Saiyan 5 Divine Ultimate with Hakai Energy and Ultra Ego to neutralize Super Hearts’ gravity attack.
Thirteenth Dimension	308	Surpasses Jiren and defeats him with Extreme Hardening: Space-Time Collapse Strike.
Ultra Instinct Ultra Ego / System Level 14	346	Fuses Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego, surpassing Angel Mojito.
Ultra Instinct Ultra Ego: Peak Perfection	382	Gains insight into the Law of Destruction and reaches the pinnacle of the Fourteenth Dimension.
Mid-Seventeenth Dimension	512	Absorbs and masters Corrupted Law without being corrupted, strengthening himself to the mid-Seventeenth Dimension.
Super Saiyan Sixth Tier: Law Ascension	517	Gathers the Ten Supreme Laws and completes a transformation that surpasses all previously known realms.
Eighteenth Dimension / System Level 15	518	Defeats Corrupted Ram and reaches the peak of the Eighteenth Dimension.
Nineteenth Dimension / Transcendent form	592	Merges with his past self—the system—during his battle with Origin, attaining transcendent power.

Background

Lin Chuan is a transmigrator who entered the Dragon Ball world as a Saiyan. Born with a combat power of only 50, he spent more than twenty-five years training under limited conditions and eventually built himself up to 15,000 combat power before the system’s activation. He struggled even to understand Ki cultivation and could not learn Instant Transmission despite trying. 2 9 10

After reaching Earth, his system began raising his combat power by one point every second. Rather than immediately following the original story’s course, Lin Chuan chose to intervene in the battle against Raditz, introduce himself to Goku and Piccolo, and secure a place among Earth’s defenders. 2 3 8

He refused to depend solely on numerical growth. Once his combat power passed 100 million, Lin Chuan recognized that technique, combat experience, and control had to match his power; otherwise, his true combat effectiveness would lag behind his battle-power index. 28

Lin Chuan later trained Son Gohan, assisted Piccolo’s growth, taught Universe 6 Saiyans about Super Saiyan transformations, and brought the Z Fighters to the Sacred World of the Kai to unlock their potential for future crises. 43 118 187

Appearance

Lin Chuan is described as a tall, balanced Saiyan with a handsome face and an athletic physique rather than an overly bulky build. At age twenty-five, his system record lists him at 185 cm and 75 kg. 20 22

• Possesses a Saiyan tail, which he uses as proof of his identity. 8
• Is noted for a tall, proportionate, muscular build. 22
• Super Saiyan God gives him red hair and a leaner, more optimized physique. 123
• Super Saiyan 4 gives him blood-red fur, waist-length black hair, black-and-gold eyes, and crimson eye markings. 102
• Super Saiyan Demon changes his hair and eyes to black-red and adds dark-crimson eye markings. 234

Personality

Lin Chuan is pragmatic, self-assured, and determined to decide his own future rather than adhere to the original story’s expected course. He believes strength is necessary, but he also actively rejects complacency and warns himself not to become blinded by his rapidly rising power. 2 3

He enjoys provoking strong-willed opponents into growth. His criticism pushes Raditz to reconsider his laziness, his pressure helps Piccolo break through, and his battle with Vegeta is deliberately intended to force Vegeta beyond his limits. 9 58 146

Despite his arrogance and willingness to taunt enemies, Lin Chuan is protective of people he accepts as his own. He trains Gohan, helps the Z Fighters develop their potential, risks himself to save Future Lin Xue, and treats his family’s safety as his foremost responsibility. 43 187 223 521

Abilities & Skills

Infinite Combat Power Enhancement System

Lin Chuan’s system automatically increases his combat power and develops alongside his transformations.

• Initially grants +1 combat power per second, or 3,600 per hour. 2
• Later upgrades its auto-grinding rate to +10,000 per second after Super Saiyan God. 123
• Raises the rate to +10 million per second after Super Saiyan 4 God. 133
• Can store and release combat power, enabling Lin Chuan to force sudden dimensional leaps. 340
• Protects his soul with a layer of Rule Power that Corrupted Ram cannot penetrate. 515
• At System Level 13, allows him to separate and later reclaim another half of himself from other Time-Space Worlds. 336

Ki Manipulation

Lin Chuan cultivated Ki long before the system appeared and uses it for detection, movement, defense, and offense.

• Detects sufficiently powerful lifeforms through their energy signatures. 2
• Uses flight and high-speed movement; he crosses thousands of kilometers in roughly ninety seconds at over one hundred times the speed of sound. 4
• Controls and suppresses his aura to conceal his true combat power. 33
• Teaches Gohan to sense, cultivate, and manipulate Ki. 43
• Creates and refines energy attacks, including energy spheres and concentrated blasts. 43 54

Martial Arts and Technique Creation

Lin Chuan supplements overwhelming power with self-developed techniques and studied combat methods.

• Created an enhanced Afterimage Fist capable of producing sequences of deceptive afterimages. 54
• Uses meditation and simulated subconscious battles to build combat experience. 43 49
• Developed the Crimson Piercing Wave, a two-mode finishing technique inspired by the principles of the Special Beam Cannon. 135
• Uses Extreme Hardening, including Space-Time Collapse Strike, to overwhelm opponents such as Jiren. 308
• Employs Future Sight, a Yardrat-derived ability that briefly reveals future battle developments and helps him defend against superior foes. 91 96

Saiyan Transformations

Lin Chuan possesses an unusually broad transformation path spanning bloodline power, Godly Ki, dark power, Ultra Instinct, Ultra Ego, and Law Power.

• Progresses from Super Saiyan through Super Saiyan 4, Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan Blue, Super Saiyan 5, Super Saiyan Demon, and Super Saiyan Sixth Tier: Law Ascension. 102 123 149 194 234 517
• Can combine Super Saiyan 5 Divine Ultimate with Hakai Energy and Ultra Ego. 269
• Achieves the fusion of Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego, a state considered beyond what Angels themselves can normally accomplish. 346
• Limit: Super Saiyan 4 God’s pink-haired form consumes stored divine power; once depleted, he cannot maintain its highest output. 137

Law and Rule Power

Lin Chuan gradually develops mastery over increasingly fundamental powers.

• Initially masters Space, Life, Devour and Plunder, Destruction, and Time Law Power. 202
• Uses Space-Time Power to cross time and space independently. 223
• Sacrifices Law origins to summon a future version of himself during a crisis. 231
• Creates a darkness cultivation method from Dark Factors and masters dark power through Super Saiyan Demon. 234
• Comprehends and seizes control of Devouring Law from Fused Ram’s Dark Devouring Vortex. 465
• Masters Supreme Time, freezing the Time-Space Corridor and its worlds. 470
• Masters Corrupted Law without succumbing to corruption. 512
• Gathers the Ten Supreme Laws and uses Reincarnation Law to seal Corrupted Ram. 516
• Uses Rule Power to separate Sun Bellabu back into Goku, Vegeta, Raditz, and Broly. 555

Mentorship

Lin Chuan repeatedly uses his knowledge and strength to cultivate others.

• Teaches Gohan Ki cultivation, close-quarters techniques, and energy-release methods. 43 54
• Pressures Piccolo into a breakthrough, then offers him a future chance to visit Planet Namek. 58
• Teaches Cabba, Caulifla, and Kale the Super Saiyan transformation path. 118 119
• Organizes potential-unlocking training for the Z Fighters at the Sacred World of the Kai. 187
• Transmits Law-related knowledge to Krillin and Tien Shinhan. 521 522

Relationships

• Bulma — Wife and mother of Lin Xue and Lin Xin; their relationship begins with mutual attraction and develops into a family partnership. 22 23 115 202
• Android 21 — Partner and mother of Lin An; Lin Chuan accepts her and their son after discovering their bloodline resonance. 197
• Android 18 — Wife and member of Lin Chuan’s household; supports Bulma and Android 21 during the conflict with Corrupted Ram. 515
• Lin Xue — Daughter from the future timeline; Lin Chuan is fiercely protective of her and later reunites with her across time. 87 223
• Lin An — Son with Android 21. 197 202
• Lin Xin — Youngest daughter. 202
• Piccolo — Closest friend, sparring partner, and fellow cultivator; their paths eventually diverge as both pursue independent comprehension of Law Power. 233 555
• Son Gohan — Student whom Lin Chuan teaches Ki control and combat techniques. 43 54
• Son Goku — Ally and fellow Saiyan whose growth Lin Chuan encourages through guidance and battle. 9 521
• Raditz — Initially an enemy, then a Saiyan Lin Chuan pushes toward disciplined self-improvement. 9 112
• Vegeta — Rival whose pride and development Lin Chuan deliberately challenges through repeated battles. 146 525
• Vados — Angel ally who observes, trains with, and takes an interest in Lin Chuan’s growth. 102 269
• Chronoa — Supreme Kai of Time and situational ally; she requests his help against the Dark Demon Realm but remains wary of his power afterward. 223 233
• Grand Zeno — Friend who treats Lin Chuan warmly and agrees to test his strength before his departure. 556
• Grand Minister — Recognizes Lin Chuan’s true identity and potential; later spars with him using Rule Power. 520 558

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival on Earth

Lin Chuan arrives on Earth after decades of isolated training, activates his system, and chooses to intervene in Raditz’s conflict with Goku and Piccolo. He publicly reveals himself as a Saiyan while promising to protect Earth from Raditz. 2 3 8

Earth’s Defender and Mentor

He establishes himself as an overwhelming protector, warns the group about Frieza’s forces, trains Gohan, motivates Piccolo, and develops deeper ties with Bulma and the Z Fighters. 15 43 58

Frieza and Divine Expansion

Lin Chuan confronts Frieza using Future Sight and superior technique, later becomes strong enough to challenge Champa under equalized conditions, and expands his influence to Universe 6 by training its young Saiyans. 96 105 118

Family and Super Saiyan 5

Future Lin Xue’s arrival reveals a destroyed future timeline and pushes Lin Chuan toward higher transformations. He eventually reaches Super Saiyan 5, discovers Lin An and Android 21, and spends three years balancing cultivation with family life. 87 194 197 202

Dark Demon Realm Conflict

Lin Chuan crosses time and space to save Future Lin Xue, aids Chronoa’s forces against Mechkapra and the Demon Gods, and later develops Super Saiyan Demon by absorbing and mastering Dark Factors. 223 234

Ram Conflict

Lin Chuan pursues Ram and his variants across timelines, gradually learns Devouring, Supreme Time, Corruption, Reincarnation, and the remaining Supreme Laws, then kills Corrupted Ram after reaching Super Saiyan Sixth Tier: Law Ascension. 456 465 470 516 518

Departure and Transcendence

After restoring peace and sharing Law knowledge with Krillin and Tien Shinhan, Lin Chuan prepares to enter the Primordial Realm to confront the unavoidable threat beyond his world. During his battle with Origin, he merges with his past self and gains transcendent power. 522 592

Notable Quotes

“Past or future, you are my daughter!” 223

“One year from now! Three years from now! Five years from now! Ten years from now! Even if it takes longer, I will definitely reach the same height as you! And I will certainly surpass you!!” 231