Lin Xiu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lin Xiu (林修)
Alias(es)	A-Xiu, Xiao Xiu; wears the “Jiahao” disguise during an operation against Yun Ming 2 77 342
Gender	Male
Identity	One of Lin Nuo’s five soul fragments; also described as his soul clone 2 304
Affiliation	Holy Spirit Cult; Shrek Academy; Body Sect through Wang Linzhi 4 76 77
Occupation/Role	Holy Spirit Cult Holy Son; undercover Shrek student; Wang Linzhi’s disciple and intended Body Sect successor 4 76 77
Martial Soul	Dark-attribute Body Self; produces a scythe that he initially presents as his Martial Soul 75 76
Combat Type	Power Attack/assault system 79
Authority	Authority of Right and Wrong 105 304
Status	Active in his own timeline; remembered as missing in Lin Nuo’s later era 105 346
First Appearance	Chapter 2 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Three-ring Soul Elder	23 24 25	First documented combat cultivation. All three rings are purple, thousand-year rings; their individual acquisition is not shown.
Level 39 Soul Elder	79	Announces his level before dueling the level-37 Yun Ming. Retains three purple Soul Rings.
Level 43 Soul Ancestor	108	Undergoes Body Awakening and awakens after contact with the six Thrones’ power. Gains a golden fourth Soul Ring, then conceals its color to avoid attention.
Soul King threshold; fifth ring pending	304	Has reached the point of seeking his fifth Soul Ring. Proposes the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, but absorption is not documented in the supplied context.

Background / History

Soul Fragment and Holy Spirit Cult Upbringing

Lin Xiu participates in the meeting where Lin Nuo and his fragments agree to exploit their different eras for the primary soul’s benefit. Although they share an underlying identity, the fragments retain distinct personalities and recognize Lin Nuo as their sovereign 2 3.

The Demon Empress picked Lin Xiu up, and he helped restore her sanity. Their relationship develops enough affection that she tolerates his bargaining and excuses rather than treating him like an ordinary subordinate. She orders him to infiltrate Shrek Academy, threatening Abyss Plane training if he refuses and promising her position as his eventual reward 4.

While accompanying the Demon Empress, Lin Xiu encounters the youth later known as Old Ghost after a village slaughter associated with his Martial Soul awakening. Lin Xiu intervenes on his behalf and prevents the Demon Empress from turning him into a heartless puppet. Old Ghost subsequently supplies him with Soul Tool blueprints, which Lin Xiu studies to share future-era knowledge with the other fragments 4.

Spirit Pagoda and Spirit Ascension Platform

On the journey from the Far North to Shrek City, Lin Xiu kills a giant insect with his chains. Leng Yaozhu later invites him to her Spirit Ascension team, and he agrees on the condition that Lin Nuo can accompany him 21.

Qiangu Dongfeng has the pair sent to separate locations inside the platform, then releases thousand-year beasts despite the agreed hundred-year difficulty. Lin Xiu secretly lends Lin Nuo power to help defeat a Millennium Wolf King before confronting and defeating Dongfeng 23 24 25 27.

When Deputy Tower Master Leng threatens Lin Nuo, Lin Xiu challenges him despite the difference in cultivation. The Demon Empress’s pressure forces Leng to back down. Lin Xiu refuses to forgive the insult and rejects Qiangu Dieting’s subsequent recruitment offer, already possessing enough resources from the Demon Empress to cultivate toward Title Douluo 27.

Shrek Admission and Body Sect Connections

Using the Demon Empress’s recommendation letter, Lin Xiu registers for Shrek Academy. His spiritual power, speed, and Soul Ring configuration attract the examiners’ attention. He earns perfect scores in the first three trials, but receives seven points for his specialty demonstration 66 71 72 73.

Wang Linzhi recognizes the Body Martial Soul traits concealed behind Lin Xiu’s scythe. After confirming that the weapon is a manifestation of the Body Martial Soul rather than a separate Martial Soul, Wang accepts him as a disciple and grants direct admission without completing the remaining exams 74 75 76.

Wang considers Lin Xiu better suited to leading the Body Sect than Mu Ye, whose interests lie in mecha research. Lin Xiu treats Mu Ye as family and begins considering how to raise his future cultivation beyond its expected limits 77 84.

Yun Ming Rivalry and Long-Term Planning

After overpowering Yun Ming and Zhuo Shi during strength-testing handshakes, Lin Xiu defeats Yun Ming in an arena duel. Bei Dexun intervenes to prevent Yun Ming and his companions from losing their places at Shrek; the eventual compromise allows them to remain as Work-Study Students 74 79 80 81 82.

Zheng Tiansheng recognizes that the humiliation was deliberate. Lin Xiu intends to plant an inner demon that could obstruct Yun Ming’s future cultivation, viewing him as a potential threat to Lin Nuo. He also delivers the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Immortal Herb to Zheng’s family as part of their dealings 82 83.

After examining the Golden Tree, Lin Xiu concludes that the era’s greatest cultivation resources are already claimed. He therefore prioritizes people and future allies, including a plan to shape the future Underworld Emperor into a protector for Lin Nuo 83.

Historical Campaign and Far North Community

Lin Xiu agrees to help circulate recordings of Tang San’s and Yu Xiaogang’s discreditable past. Lin Nuo’s objective is not merely ridicule: he wants unofficial accounts to become accepted history and weaken Tang San’s legacy 241 300.

When the search for Ya Li brings the group to the Far North, Lin Xiu uses his Holy Spirit Cult connections to arrange transportation and obtain intelligence. His base is a small town whose Evil Soul Masters killed accidentally because of their Martial Souls. Under his guidance, they live ordinary lives, support one another, and welcome him reverently as their Holy Son 305 306.

Lin Xiu later secures Wang Linzhi’s cooperation in admitting Ya Li to Shrek. When Yun Ming attempts to approach her, Lin Xiu joins Lin Nuo in confronting him. Wang and Mu Ye initially arrange for Mu Ye to take the blame; even after Yun Ming identifies the attacker, Wang refuses to punish Lin Xiu. The dispute closes without formal retaliation, though Yun Ming renews his promise to defeat him 342 343 344 345 346.

Legacy in Lin Nuo’s Era

In the later era, Lin Xiu is remembered as the figure who gave the Holy Spirit Cult’s previously disorganized Evil Soul Masters a common leader. The Federation presents him as a heinous criminal, while Lin Nuo finds that information about him appears to have been erased 103 160.

An old notebook records his involvement in a failed conflict between Shrek Academy and the Federation. A mysterious force redirected the blame onto Lin Xiu; Lin Nuo identifies that force as Tang Hao. The same records describe his habit of taking in troubled children, while other accounts identify him as Wu Changkong’s life mentor 160 168.

His disappearance deeply affects the Body Sect elders. Mu Chen and others worry that Lin Nuo’s resemblance to him could draw Mu Ye’s attention and cause political turmoil during the Abyss invasion 105.

Personality

Lin Xiu combines outward composure with a mischievous streak. He remains relaxed under attack, bargains bluntly with the Demon Empress, and repeatedly creates trouble for Lin Nuo. His claim that Lin Nuo is absent because he may be “flirting with other girls” deliberately provokes the Leng sisters; he then leaves the original body to handle their anger 4 21 302 303.

His loyalty to Lin Nuo is uncompromising. He treats threats against the primary soul as personal grievances and keeps track of enemies he cannot yet defeat. This protectiveness also drives his calculated humiliation of Yun Ming and his efforts to recruit future guardians 27 83.

Despite his willingness to manipulate opponents, Lin Xiu does not consider every Evil Soul Master irredeemable. He protects people whose harmful actions arose from their Martial Souls and who genuinely want to change. That compassion is conditional: he explicitly remains willing to eliminate those who refuse reform 306.

Abilities & Skills

Dark-Attribute Body Martial Soul

• His Martial Soul encompasses his own body and carries a dark attribute 75 84.
• The scythe is a weapon generated by that Martial Soul, not a second Martial Soul. Wang Linzhi verifies this directly; later public claims of Twin Martial Souls preserve the misconception 76 81.
• His physical strength overwhelms Yun Ming and Zhuo Shi during their handshake contests 74.

Authority of Right and Wrong

• Can turn false strength into reality, supporting Lin Tian’s imitation of a Title Douluo’s aura 41 49.
• Can enchant equipment. Mu Chen’s old hammer retains the power Lin Xiu applied while helping him reach blacksmithing’s fifth level 105.
• Lin Xiu researches using the Authority to strengthen his body enough to withstand Di Tian’s Soul Ring; this remains a proposed application rather than a completed absorption 304.

Scythe and Chain Combat

• Wields a pitch-black, long scythe formed from concentrated darkness 79.
• Rapidly reaps surrounding Soul Beasts inside the Spirit Ascension Platform 24.
• Manifests a dark-red vertical pupil from which black chains emerge, weaving a shield against the giant insect’s venom 21.
• During his duel with Yun Ming, the opponent’s third Soul Skill loses its edge and becomes an ordinary thrust before Lin Xiu kicks him from the stage 81.

Speed and Spiritual Power

• Displays spiritual power strong enough that examiners question whether he possesses a mental-type or Body Martial Soul 71.
• Traverses the Guillotine Corridor in less than a second despite identifying as a Power Attack Soul Master 73.
• His attack speed against Yun Ming exceeds what spectators expect even from an Agility Attack specialist 80.

Shared Fragment Support

• Lends power to Lin Nuo during the Millennium Wolf King battle. Borrowing it leaves Lin Nuo aching, exhausted, and unable to stand afterward 24.
• Uses Lin Fan’s Eye of Fate alongside his own Soul Tool knowledge to discover surveillance hidden in Shrek’s wristbands 301.
• Proposes mimicking Huo Yuhao’s aura to mislead Tang San about the fragments’ activities in the Peerless Tang Sect era 88.

Residual Demon Empress Aura

• Prolonged proximity to the Demon Empress leaves traces of her aura on him, frightening a Millennium Forest Sword Tiger into fleeing 72.
• Lin Xiu judges that a ten-thousand-year beast would recognize the aura as borrowed intimidation rather than his own strength 72.

Intelligence and Organization

• Coordinates Soul Tool research and seeks knowledge that can benefit fragments operating in earlier eras 4.
• Uses Holy Spirit Cult contacts for transportation and searches across the Far North 305 306.
• Organizes reform-minded Evil Soul Masters into a stable community rather than treating them as disposable followers 306.

Equipment / Items

• Generated scythe — His principal weapon and the basis of his concealed Martial Soul identity 76 79.
• Soul Tool blueprints — Obtained through Old Ghost for studying and sharing Dragon King-era technology 4.
• Demon Empress’s recommendation letter — Used to register at Shrek Academy 66.
• Soul Tool communicator — Used to contact the Leng sisters and arrange Far North transportation 50 305.
• Jiahao outfit and mask — Initially prepared for Lin Nuo; later placed on Lin Xiu to disguise him during the confrontation with Yun Ming 22 342.
• Body Secret Art texts — Studies Shrek’s incomplete version, requests the complete art from Lin Nuo, and provides a superior text to Wang Linzhi and Mu Ye 241 242.

Relationships

• Lin Nuo — Primary soul and shared original identity. Lin Xiu protects him fiercely while also teasing him and creating complications for him 2 27 186 302.
• Demon Empress — Benefactor and superior who orders his infiltration of Shrek. She supplies cultivation resources, protects him from powerful opponents, and promises him succession 4 21 27.
• Wang Linzhi — Teacher and intended sponsor for Body Sect leadership. Exceptionally protective, he grants direct admission and shields Lin Xiu from punishment 76 77 344 346.
• Mu Ye — Senior disciple-brother whom Lin Xiu calls family. Mu Ye supports him and willingly accepts blame for his attack on Yun Ming 84 345.
• Old Ghost / Ghost Emperor — Friend and loyal subordinate whose rescue inspires devotion. Provides blueprints and intelligence and hopes to support Lin Xiu as cult master 4 306.
• Ha Luosa / Underworld Emperor — A future figure Lin Xiu plans to cultivate as Lin Nuo’s guardian; later accounts describe him as fanatically devoted to Lin Xiu 83 103.
• Leng Yaozhu — Spirit Ascension teammate and ally who defends him against Cai Yue’er’s rumors 21 76 78.
• Leng Yulai — Contact and ally, often approached through her attachment to Lin Nuo. Her future self recognizes him as the Holy Spirit Cult’s future leader 50 302.
• Yun Ming — Recurring rival whom Lin Xiu deliberately humiliates. Their antagonism continues after the academy settles the later assault dispute 81 83 342 346.
• Qiangu Dongfeng — Hostile rival responsible for sabotaging the Spirit Ascension trial; defeated by Lin Xiu 23 24 25 27.
• Zheng Tiansheng — Perceptive negotiating partner who recognizes Lin Xiu’s psychological tactics and receives the Immortal Herb for his family 82 83.
• Mu Chen — Acquaintance whose hammer Lin Xiu enchants to assist his fifth-level blacksmithing breakthrough 82 105.
• Ya Li — A future talent whose whereabouts he helps investigate and whose Shrek admission he facilitates 304 306 342.

Notable Quotes

“Senior, I'll remember this grudge.” 27

“We are the same person. Naturally, all karma will ultimately be received by you.” 186

“I'm the Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Son, not an anti-fan ringleader.” 241