Lin Chen

Biodata

Feature	Detail
Name	Lin Chen 1
Alias	"Divine Calculator" (fortune-telling persona); Calamity Douluo 5 115
Age at Awakening	6 years old 9
Spirit	Sky Thunder Whip; Sword of Calamity 1 21
Innate Spirit Power	Full (Level 10) 2
Spirit Level Progression	Level 10 (awakening) 1; Level 12 (after first ring) 11; Level 20 (after two years at Nuoding Academy) 23; Level 22 (after second ring) 25; Level 25 (within half a month) 39; Level 27 (after cursing Tang San and Xiao Wu during their departure) 53; Level 32 (after absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone) 54; Level 33 (after tempering his body at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well) 64; Level 38 (after absorbing third spirit ring) 66; Level 46 (before obtaining fifth spirit ring) 102; Level 55 (after absorbing fifth spirit ring) 102; Level 60 (after over two further years of cultivation) 102; Level 65 (after absorbing sixth spirit ring) 104; Level 66 138
Physique	Initially 10 1; increased to 23 after Whale Glue 8; 25 after first ring 11; 33 at Level 20 23; 35 after second ring 25; 56 after tempering at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well 64; 88 after absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ring 104
Spiritual Power	85 at Level 65, approaching the level of a Title Douluo 104
System	Calamity System 1
First Spirit Ring	Eight-hundred-year Deep Blue Thunder Python, granting Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant 9 11
Second Spirit Ring	Two-thousand-year Purple Gold Thunder Roc, granting Thunder Shadow Layers 24 25
Third Spirit Ring	Ten-thousand-year System Bestowed Soul Ring, granting Thunderous Might 65 66
Fourth Spirit Ring	Unspecified; grants Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash 129
Fifth Spirit Ring	Unspecified 102
Sixth Spirit Ring	Eighty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, granting Sky Thunder Baptism 102 104
Spirit Bone	Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone, granting self-healing and group-healing skills 54
Special Treasure	Evil God Bead, containing the source attributes of ultimate evil, darkness, time, space, thunder and lightning, and wind 104
Skills	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant 11; Thunder Shadow Layers 25; Silent Shadow Kill 34; Thunderous Might 66; Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash 129; Sky Thunder Baptism 104; self-healing and group healing 54
Ultimate Skills	Heavenly Thunder Strangling 5; Heavenly Thunder Movement 20
Techniques	Mystic Origin Technique, Basic Whip Technique, Basic Movement Technique 1
Origin	Transmigrated from Earth; originally a resident of Holy Soul Village, Heaven Dou Empire 1
Personality	Calm, indifferent, manipulative, strategic, and increasingly confident in his power; prioritizes cultivation and practical combat over fame or academy competition, while ambitiously planning to seek both the God of Calamity and Evil God divine seats 1 82 104
Appearance	Initially a country bumpkin, transforms into a noble-like figure within three months; later grows into a handsome young man 11 102

Power Progression

Level	Spirit Rings	Notable Skills
10	None	Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Disaster Curse
12	1 yellow ring (800-year Deep Blue Thunder Python)	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant (increases lightning intensity by 200% and physical constitution by 100% for 30 minutes), Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Disaster Curse
20	1 yellow ring	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Disaster Curse
22	2 rings (1st: 800-year Deep Blue Thunder Python; 2nd: 2,000-year Purple Gold Thunder Roc)	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers (nine consecutive arc-lightning blades), Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Disaster Curse
25	2 rings	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill (teleport behind target with range increasing by 100 meters per 10 spirit levels), Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Disaster Curse
27	2 rings	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
32	2 rings; Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
33	2 rings; Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone	Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
38	3 rings (1st: 800-year Deep Blue Thunder Python; 2nd: 2,000-year Purple Gold Thunder Roc; 3rd: 10,000-year System Bestowed Soul Ring)	Thunderous Might (growth-type heavenly-lightning AOE), Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
46	4 rings	Thunderous Might, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
50	4 rings	Thunderous Might, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
55	5 rings	Thunderous Might, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
60	5 rings	Thunderous Might, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
65	6 rings (6th: 80,000-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger)	Sky Thunder Baptism, Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash, Thunderous Might, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse
66	6 rings	Sky Thunder Baptism, Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash, Thunderous Might, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Silent Shadow Kill, self-healing, group healing, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, Heavenly Thunder Movement, Disaster Curse and enhanced Calamity Authority 114 138

Abilities

Calamity System

The Calamity System is Lin Chen's primary ability, granted upon his transmigration to the Douluo Continent. Its function is straightforward: by calling out to a target, "Name, please stay a moment," and receiving a response (verbal or action), Lin Chen inflicts a bad luck curse on them while the system grants him a reward 1 37. The curse manifests as a wisp of black mist that burrows into the target's brow, and it can either erupt instantly or accumulate until a breaking point—the more bad luck accumulated, the more violent the eruption 1. Rewards vary widely, including God-tier spirits, soul power levels, ultimate skills, spirit rings, spirit bones, Calamity Authority, and system-granted items 1 5 37 53 59. Lin Chen can also curse multiple targets simultaneously, and the system registers "passerby" from superficial interactions 5 33. The curse is not limited to named characters; even passersby in the street can be targeted 5. The system inventory is theoretically infinite, storing items like Gold Soul Coins, clothes, corpses, and mystical beads 15 77.

• Applications: Accumulate bad luck on enemies like Tang San to farm rewards such as God-tier spirits (Sky Thunder Whip) 1, soul power levels (including two levels directly at one time) 37 53, and ultimate skills (such as Heavenly Thunder Strangling) 5; curse multiple people in a single day to rapidly generate system rewards 36; target powerful figures such as Tang Hao to extract top-tier rewards including the Sword of Calamity 21; use fortune-telling as a cover to warn targets and avoid suspicion 5; invoke Calamity Authority to inflict severe afflictions, such as Ning Rongrong's incurable skin disease 60; curse major figures such as Yu Yuanzhen for direct soul-power and System Bestowed Soul Ring rewards 86 88; remotely curse targets through Causal Lines after the Calamity Authority's enhancement 115.
• Limitations: Overusing the curse on the same target risks causing fatal misfortune, such as Tang San's accumulated bad luck potentially killing him and provoking Tang Hao's wrath 1; the ordinary curse requires verbal initiation and a response—silence or ignoring the call prevents the effect 1; the system rarely awards soul power directly, with many rewards instead being items or skills 1; accumulated bad luck erupts unpredictably, and Lin Chen cannot precisely control the timing or severity of every disaster 1; he must exercise caution to avoid suspicion, as repeated misfortune surrounding one person appears unnatural 20. Remote Calamity Authority use consumes Lin Chen's own soul power, and by his estimate, an all-out curse could kill a weakened target such as Tang Hao 115.

Calamity Authority

Lin Chen first obtained one-tenth of the Calamity Authority from a Disaster Passerby interaction with Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin in Heaven Dou City 59. Unlike the ordinary Disaster Curse, the Authority can be projected from afar and is potent enough to bestow a major affliction, as demonstrated when Lin Chen caused Ning Rongrong's incurable skin disease without directly confronting her 60. Its power later increased further, strengthening Lin Chen's control over calamity and allowing him to cast Disaster Curse through thought alone rather than hand seals 114 115.

• Applications: Inflict remote calamities on targets connected through Causal Lines; bypass the normal need to verbally stop and receive a response from a target; deliver severe non-combat afflictions; selectively regulate output by committing only part of Lin Chen's soul power 60 115.
• Limitations: Its full scope, exact range, and conditions for identifying Causal Lines have not been disclosed; powerful uses consume soul power; Lin Chen remains cautious about killing valuable high-level targets outright because he intends to continue farming rewards from them 115.

Sky Thunder Whip (Martial Soul)

Lin Chen's first martial soul, the Sky Thunder Whip, is a God-tier spirit obtained as a reward from cursing Tang San 1. It appears as a long whip with a black wooden handle, a slender body, an extremely sharp tip, and purple thunder coiling around it 1. The whip is adaptable—it can be long or short, hard or soft—and its initial awakening unleashed a terrifying destructive aura 1. Lin Chen awakened it with innate full spirit power (level 10) 2. The whip serves as the primary conduit for his ultimate skills, such as Heavenly Thunder Strangling, and for his ring skills, including Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, Thunder Shadow Layers, Thunderous Might, Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash, and Sky Thunder Baptism 5 11 25 66 104 129.

• Applications: Effective in mid-range combat; can be used to hunt soul beasts, including a three-hundred-year Red Earth Lizard, a thousand-year Shadow Leopard, and an eight-hundred-year Deep Blue Thunder Python 9 11; channel ultimate skills like Heavenly Thunder Strangling for area electric attacks 5; summon scaling heavenly lightning through Thunderous Might 66; use lightning attacks and flight to suppress the Clear Sky Hammer's conductive properties, as shown during his battle with Tang Hao 129 130; the whip's variable length and hardness allow flexible fighting styles, from sweeping strikes to piercing thrusts 1.
• Limitations: Requires system-granted techniques such as Basic Whip Technique to wield effectively 1; continuous use consumes energy and spirit power; the whip's God-tier status does not automatically provide bonus spirit power—all levels must be farmed or cultivated 1; as a manifested weapon, it may be disarmed or broken if its user is overpowered, though no such instance has been shown.

Ultimate Skills

Heavenly Thunder Strangling

This growth-type ultimate skill, obtained by cursing three passersby—Xiao Chenyu, Ling Feng, and Liu Long—allows Lin Chen to wield the Sky Thunder Whip to unleash countless bolts of heavenly thunder, forming a dense web of lightning that strangles the target 5 6. Its power increases alongside the user's level 5. It was used to kill a seven-hundred-year White Tiger and an eight-hundred-year Deep Blue Thunder Python in the Soul Hunting Forest 11. The skill is a direct system ability and does not require a soul-ring slot 5.

• Applications: Effective against soul beasts of thousand-year age and below during Lin Chen's early growth; scales with user level, making it viable at higher ranks; can trap or finish opponents; does not consume a soul-ring slot.
• Limitations: Energy consumption likely scales with power; requires the Sky Thunder Whip to be manifested; may be less effective against faster or long-range opponents; it is fixed as his first ultimate skill rather than a replaceable soul skill.

Heavenly Thunder Movement

A surprise-attack and flight technique obtained by cursing Yu Xiaogang and triggering a Disaster Curse after Tang San's hyena incident 19 20. The skill grants speed that increases with level, and at its peak allows the user to transform into lightning and traverse vast distances instantly 20. It provides flight capability, a major advantage in a world where airborne mobility is rare 20. Lin Chen later used his aerial mobility to keep Tang Hao, whose diminished strength left him unable to deal with an airborne opponent, completely suppressed 130.

• Applications: Rapid horizontal movement and vertical flight; airborne surprise attacks; evasion of ground-based attacks; potential long-range travel at high levels; maintain positional superiority against opponents without sustained flight 20 130.
• Limitations: Level-dependent, with its initial speed not quantified; sustained flight drains spirit power; Lin Chen still lacked the soul-power reserves to fly from the Star Dou Great Forest back to Heaven Dou City at level 65 104; may be countered by area-of-effect or homing soul skills; other high-level spirit masters have also demonstrated long-distance flight in this version of the world 85.

Silent Shadow Kill

A teleportation assassination skill obtained by cursing Tang San after his confrontation with Lin Chen over borrowed money 33. The user moves silently and instantly behind the target to deliver a fatal blow 34. Its range increases by one hundred meters for every ten levels of spirit power; at level 90, Lin Chen can teleport within a one-thousand-meter range 34. It has no cooldown or usage limit so long as spirit power is not exhausted 34.

• Applications: Ambush and assassination of unprepared opponents; bypass physical defenses when a target is not on guard; repeated use in one fight to confuse enemies; useful against Spirit Masters below the Spirit Saint rank who may not react in time 34.
• Limitations: Range is level-gated, with an initial range of one hundred meters; requires spirit power; opponents who have already manifested their martial souls or possess exceptional reactions, particularly Spirit Saints and above, may counter it 34; its fatal-blow effect still depends on Lin Chen's own attack power.

Soul Skills

Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant

Lin Chen's first soul skill was obtained from the eight-hundred-year Deep Blue Thunder Python 11. It raises the intensity of his lightning attribute by 200% and his physical constitution by 100% for thirty minutes 11.

• Applications: Greatly enhances Lin Chen's lightning damage and physical capabilities during decisive engagements; supports his ability to defeat spirit beasts beyond the usual level range 11.
• Limitations: Its enhancement is limited to thirty minutes; activating it likely consumes substantial spirit power; it is most useful for short, intense battles.

Thunder Shadow Layers

Lin Chen's second soul skill was obtained after absorbing the two-thousand-year Purple Gold Thunder Roc ring 24 25. It produces nine consecutive arc-lightning blades, expanding the Sky Thunder Whip's offensive output 25.

• Applications: Delivers repeated lightning attacks in rapid succession; useful for overwhelming evasive targets or pressuring multiple opponents; complements the whip's mid-range fighting style.
• Limitations: The nine strikes require spirit-power expenditure; the skill's demonstrated power remains dependent on Lin Chen's level and combat positioning.

Thunderous Might

Lin Chen's third soul skill was produced by a ten-thousand-year System Bestowed Soul Ring 65 66. Using the Sky Thunder Whip as a conduit, Lin Chen summons heavenly lightning to strike targets within a defined range 66. Both its power and its range grow alongside his spirit-power level, making it a growth-type area-of-effect skill that may one day rival a hundred-thousand-year soul skill 66.

• Applications: Area bombardment against groups of enemies; long-term scaling with Lin Chen's cultivation; combines the whip's lightning affinity with an attack pattern capable of striking targets across a designated area 66.
• Limitations: Requires the Sky Thunder Whip as a conduit; its early effective range and destructive ceiling are dependent on Lin Chen's current level; high-output lightning attacks likely consume considerable spirit power.

Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash

Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash is Lin Chen's fourth soul skill. He used it against Tang Hao after opening with his first and second soul skills, severely injuring the former Title Douluo and contributing to his inability to retaliate 129. Its precise mechanics, range, and ring source have not yet been explained.

• Applications: High-level offensive follow-up against powerful opponents; demonstrated sufficient destructive force to seriously injure a weakened Tang Hao 129.
• Limitations: Its exact activation conditions, spirit-power cost, range, and destructive limitations remain undisclosed.

Sky Thunder Baptism

Sky Thunder Baptism is Lin Chen's sixth soul skill, acquired by absorbing the eighty-thousand-year spirit ring of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger 104. The detailed effect of the skill has not yet been disclosed.

• Applications: As a sixth skill obtained from an eighty-thousand-year lightning-associated beast, it augments Lin Chen's already formidable high-level combat arsenal 104.
• Limitations: Its activation method, range, effects, and soul-power consumption remain unknown.

Sword of Calamity (Second Spirit)

The Sword of Calamity is a God-tier martial soul obtained by cursing Tang Hao 21. It manifests as a grey long sword, three feet three inches in length, with black smoke billowing from the blade and the characters "Calamity" engraved beneath the hilt 21. The sword is described as a divine sword condensed from the origin of calamity; every attack carries the power of calamity origin, continuously devouring the target's fortune. Once the target's fortune is completely devoured, they will inevitably die a sudden death 21. Lin Chen awakened it after his second year at Nuoding Academy 21 23. This spirit can be used in conjunction with the Sky Thunder Whip, though its specific synergy remains undescribed. Lin Chen later used the sword to kill a Blade Soul Emperor without summoning his martial soul in an unrelated confrontation, demonstrating that his physical and spiritual strength alone can support lethal sword combat 114.

• Applications: Direct combat with a side effect of fortune drain that can lead to certain death after prolonged exposure; useful against persistent enemies or high-level threats; may serve as a primary weapon where the whip is unsuitable; its fortune-devouring effect is passive and continuous.
• Limitations: Fortune drain is gradual and does not guarantee immediate defeat; a target only faces certain sudden death once their fortune is fully consumed; Lin Chen considered whether residual bad luck connected to Tang Hao could produce backlash 21; its ring configuration and fully demonstrated combat applications remain unknown.

Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone

Lin Chen located the final Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone in a concealed cave behind a waterfall after Tang Hao's departure 54. After bringing it back to his dormitory and absorbing it, he gained five spirit-power levels and received self-healing and group-healing abilities rather than the flight ability associated with the original work 54.

• Applications: Provides self-healing for Lin Chen's own injuries and group healing for allies; significantly improves his endurance and utility in prolonged or team-based engagements 54.
• Limitations: The healing rate, range, number of targets, and spirit-power consumption have not been quantified; the spirit bone does not grant the expected flight ability 54.

Evil God Bead

The Evil God Bead is the natal bead Lin Chen obtained after killing the eighty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger 104. It contains six source attributes carrying the imprint of laws: ultimate evil, darkness, time, space, thunder and lightning, and wind 104. Fully refining it may allow its bearer to obtain the Evil God divine seat, while integrating it into a martial soul can trigger that martial soul's ultimate leap 104. Lin Chen deliberately stored the bead instead of using it immediately because he seeks to preserve the possibility of becoming both the God of Calamity and an evil god 104.

• Applications: Potential path to the Evil God divine seat; potential catalyst for an ultimate martial-soul evolution; source of six law-bearing attributes 104.
• Limitations: Lin Chen has not yet refined or integrated it; using it prematurely may force a choice between future divine paths or otherwise interfere with his plans for dual godhood 104.

System Bestowed Soul Ring

A golden bead the size of a plum obtained through the system 15. This bead can condense a soul ring of a corresponding age based on the soul master's physique and mental strength, generating the most compatible soul skill 15. It effectively replaces the need to hunt soul beasts. Lin Chen received two such rings from cursing Tang San, chose not to use the first for his second ring, and stored it for a later critical moment 23 36. He eventually used one after increasing his mental power with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and a Concentration Pill, producing a ten-thousand-year black third ring 65. He later gained two more System Bestowed Soul Rings by cursing Yue Guan and Gui Mei 85.

• Applications: Obtain a soul ring without the risk, travel, or combat of hunting a soul beast; generate an attribute-compatible skill; store the bead indefinitely in the system inventory; allow Lin Chen to obtain a ten-thousand-year third ring once his physique and mental strength were sufficient 15 65.
• Limitations: Supply is limited to system rewards; ring age is constrained by the user's physique and mental strength; system rings do not provide the practical hunting experience of natural acquisition; the resulting skill is determined by system compatibility rather than chosen freely.

Techniques

Mystic Origin Technique

A cultivation technique granted by the system 1. Its cultivation speed is faster than Tang San's Mystic Heaven Technique; Lin Chen gained seven levels in two years, from level 13 to level 20, while Tang San reached only level 18 in the same period 23. It was obtained alongside Basic Whip Technique and Basic Movement Technique 1. Lin Chen used it to refine the enormous influx of spirit power produced by his third spirit ring 66.

• Applications: Accelerates spirit-power cultivation; supports consistent daily training; refines large quantities of absorbed spirit power; likely remains compatible with further system upgrades.
• Limitations: No direct defensive or offensive use has been shown; requires dedicated meditation; its ultimate cultivation ceiling and bottlenecks remain unknown.

Basic Whip Technique and Basic Movement Technique

System-granted combat techniques 1. The Basic Movement Technique was shown to be comparable or superior to the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track; Lin Chen used it to evade and counter Dai Mubai so quickly that observers could not track his movement 41. The Basic Whip Technique enables effective use of the Sky Thunder Whip in combat.

• Applications: Basic Movement Technique provides superior footwork and dodging; Basic Whip Technique supplies foundational whip attack patterns; both techniques support more advanced abilities and practical combat.
• Limitations: “Basic” in name may indicate limited depth compared with ultimate skills; movement techniques may be less effective against high-level spirit abilities; mastery requires continuous practice.

Fortune-Telling (Divine Calculator)

Lin Chen presents himself as a "Divine Calculator" in Nuoding City, using his system's insight into curses and fortunes to predict misfortune 5. He earned over 50,000 Gold Soul Coins in half a month through this persona 5. He also uses it to issue warnings, such as advising Xiao Chenyu and his friends to avoid dangerous locations including the Soul Hunting Forest because of a “bloody disaster” 5. His predictions are based on the visible effect of the Disaster Curse—black aura on a target's brow—and system feedback.

• Applications: Generate income quickly; build reputation and influence, with Xiao Chenyu offering future assistance 5; issue warnings that can avert immediate harm, such as delaying a soul-ring hunt 6; gather information from nervous clients.
• Limitations: Predictions are focused on impending misfortune rather than positive outcomes or unrelated events; accuracy depends on whether a target has been cursed; overuse may attract attention from spirit master authorities; predictions are generally broad rather than exact.

Physical Strength and Physique

Lin Chen possesses an unnaturally high physique for his level, boosted by system rewards, Whale Glue, spirit rings, immortal herbs, and tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well 5 23 63 64. At level 20, his physique was 33, and after his second ring it reached 35 23 25. Following Ice and Fire tempering, it rose by ten points to 56 64. His physical constitution after absorbing the ten-thousand-year third ring was comparable to that of a low-level Soul Emperor 66. By level 65, his physique had risen to 88, close to the level of a Title Douluo 104. This strength allowed him to crack Dai Mubai's hand bones during a grip test and shatter his kneecap with a kick without manifesting a martial soul 40.

• Applications: Overpower opponents relying solely on spirit skills with raw strength; execute surprise attacks without manifesting a spirit; absorb higher-age rings safely, including a ten-thousand-year third ring and an eighty-thousand-year sixth ring 25 65 104; survive physical trauma and extreme body-tempering processes beyond ordinary Spirit Masters 63 66; kill Soul Emperors without manifesting a martial soul 114.
• Limitations: Physical strength is not unlimited and may be matched by high-level spirit power or specialized attacks; his abnormal physique can provoke suspicion from knowledgeable observers, including Flender and Yu Xiaogang 41; major enhancements often require rare resources or hazardous refinement methods.

Time and Space Power and Causal Lines

Lin Chen can perceive and use Causal Lines, enabling him to trace a hidden stalker from Heaven Dou City back to the stalker's residence and to identify distant targets for calamity-based actions 73 76 82. His later Evil God Bead contains time and space as two of its six law-bearing source attributes, though Lin Chen has not yet refined the bead or demonstrated its independent time-and-space capabilities 104.

• Applications: Detect and trace covert surveillance; support investigation and counter-ambush planning; locate remote targets for Calamity Authority-based Disaster Curses 76 82 115.
• Limitations: The origin and full mechanism of the Causal Lines remain undisclosed; Lin Chen's independent control over the Evil God Bead's time and space attributes has not been shown 104.

Background

Lin Chen’s story began when he mysteriously reawakened the memories of his past life, realizing he had been transmigrated—or reborn—into the world of the novel Douluo Continent 1. Along with these memories came a mysterious Calamity System, whose function was simple: by calling out to a target with the phrase “Name, please stay a moment,” and having them stop and respond, Lin Chen would receive a reward while simultaneously cursing that target with bad luck 1. In the three months before the story’s start, Lin Chen had already used this ability on Tang San, the village’s hardworking and unsuspecting son of destiny, accumulating a wisp of black mist—a bad luck curse—over Tang San’s forehead 1. Through this farming, Lin Chen obtained a God-tier spirit, the Sky Thunder Whip, though it granted no bonus spirit power; his level 10 spirit power was entirely the result of his systematic curse farming 1. Lin Chen’s early life was one of poverty and gratitude: his parents had passed away early, and he survived only thanks to the relief of the villagers, living in a modest three-bay rammed-earth house on the south side of Holy Soul Village 1. He was careful not to bring disaster upon his benefactors, but he showed no such restraint in his dealings with Tang San 1.

On the day of spirit awakening, Lin Chen called Su Yuntao’s attention and stood at the front of the line; when the golden light enveloped him, a surge of energy welled up from within, and in his right hand appeared the Sky Thunder Whip—a long weapon with a black wooden handle, a slender body, an extremely sharp tip, and purple thunder coiling around it 1. The whip’s appearance sent a terrifying aura of destruction outward, impressing Su Yuntao and unsettling Tang San, who instinctively felt that Lin Chen’s spirit was extraordinarily strong 1. Lin Chen’s calmness and strategic mind were evident even as a child: he had chosen to be first in line to avoid being the grand finale, and he understood the system’s dynamics well 1.

After awakening, Lin Chen decided to go to Nuoding City early to buy Whale Glue for enhancing his physical constitution 4. He said a heartfelt farewell to Old Jack, who offered advice and concern, and then walked the fifteen or sixteen kilometers to the city in just over three hours 4. Once there, he used his disaster-bringing ability on a sturdy middle-aged man, who subsequently tripped and fell, netting Lin Chen 132 Gold Soul Coins 4. He then visited an adult store to inquire about Whale Glue, leading to a misunderstanding with the boss, but he handled the situation maturely 4. For the next half-month, Lin Chen wandered around Nuoding City, calling out to anyone who caught his eye; his prophetic-sounding words often turned out to be accurate, and his reputation as the “Divine Calculator” spread 5. He earned over 50,000 Gold Soul Coins through this fortune-telling front, though he grew frustrated that the system only gave him gold coins and no special rewards 5. During this period, he also encountered Xiao Chenyu, Ling Feng, and Liu Long—three soul masters from Nuoding Academy—and used his ultimate skill, Heavenly Thunder Strangler, to curse them, predicting a “bloody disaster” for them 5. The curse later manifested when Xiao Chenyu, having delayed his soul ring hunt due to Lin Chen’s warning, suffered a minor accident at home 6.

Lin Chen’s strategic thinking extended to his cultivation. He eventually acquired the ten-thousand-year Whale Glue he sought, roasting and consuming it to enhance his physique, which increased his physical strength 8. He then decided to enter the Soul Hunting Forest for his first soul ring, obtaining a soul hunting warrant from the Xiao Family 8. Despite being only six years old, Lin Chen entered the forest alone, carrying the permit, and after three days of searching, he encountered and defeated various soul beasts, including a Red Earth Lizard and a Shadow Leopard, using his Sky Thunder Whip 9. Finally, he found an eight-meter-long Deep Blue Thunder Python—an ideal target for its age and lightning attribute—and killed it to absorb its spirit ring 9. This ring granted him his first spirit skill, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, and raised his spirit power to level 12 11.

After his successful hunt, Lin Chen transformed from a country bumpkin to a noble-like figure in just three months, demonstrating his adaptability and resourcefulness 11. He then headed to Nuoding Academy, where he met Old Jack and Tang San outside, giving Old Jack money to distribute among the villagers who had helped him 11. At the academy, Lin Chen’s path continually intersected with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, whom he repeatedly cursed using his Disaster Passerby and Disaster Curse abilities, often gaining rewards such as soul power or system-granted skills 14 19 22 31. One of his curses on Tang San and Xiao Wu even earned him a System Bestowed Spirit Ring, the full function of which was initially unclear 14. Over two years at the academy, Lin Chen reached level 20, surpassing Tang San’s level 18, and he chose to hunt a soul beast for his second ring rather than use a system-granted one, believing the uncertainty of system rewards made it wiser to save them for more critical moments 23. This decision led him to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he hunted and absorbed a two-thousand-year Purple Gold Thunder Roc as his second ring 24 25. Through all these early experiences, Lin Chen cultivated a calm, indifferent, and slightly manipulative demeanor, using his system to gain rewards at the expense of the story’s central characters while maintaining a low profile and ensuring his own steady growth 1 11 14 34.

After reaching level 25 and defeating Dai Mubai without manifesting his martial soul, Lin Chen chose not to accompany Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy 39 41 53. Before their departure, he gave Tang San and Xiao Wu food as a parting gift while activating a Disaster Curse that rewarded him with two levels of spirit power 53. With Tang Hao gone, Lin Chen pursued Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone, locating it in a hidden cave behind a waterfall and absorbing it in his dormitory 53 54. The bone raised him five levels and granted self-healing and group-healing abilities 54.

Lin Chen then traveled to Heaven Dou City to plot around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and to seek resources for his future rings 54. He exploited Dugu Bo’s absence to target Ning Rongrong with Calamity Authority, inflicting an incurable skin disease before entering the Sunset Forest 60. At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he collected medicinal plants, left Dugu Bo instructions and two Nine-Rank Dragon Ganoderma to address the Dugu family’s martial-soul flaw, and consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to temper his body 63. Although he found no expected god-tier spirit bone or dragon pearl there, the tempering increased his physique to 56 64.

After strengthening his mental power with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and a Concentration Pill, Lin Chen used a saved System Bestowed Soul Ring rather than expose himself through a risky natural hunt 65. The resulting black ten-thousand-year third ring increased his spirit power by five levels to level 38 and granted Thunderous Might, a growth-type heavenly-lightning area skill 66. In Heaven Dou City, Lin Chen became involved with the political tensions surrounding the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Spirit Hall, and the disappearances of Yu Tianheng and Old Liang 73 81. He remained focused on practical cultivation over tournament fame, rejecting participation in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and favoring real combat experience in the Great Soul Arena 82.

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Lin Chen took advantage of meetings with several Title Douluo to continue farming rewards. He gained two System Bestowed Soul Rings from Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then repeatedly cursed Yu Yuanzhen under the guise of apologizing for Yu Tianheng’s behavior and asking for an autograph, gaining both soul-power and soul-ring rewards 85 88. As the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s crisis worsened, Chen Xin became drastically aged and crippled, while Gu Rong later died, severely weakening the sect 86 96.

Over more than three years in Heaven Dou City, Lin Chen continued cultivating and farming rewards. His advancement slowed significantly at higher levels: he needed roughly a year and a half to rise from level 46 to level 50, reached level 55 after absorbing his fifth ring, and needed more than two additional years to reach level 60 102. He eventually entered the Star Dou Great Forest seeking an eighty-thousand-year lightning-type spirit beast for his sixth ring 102.

Lin Chen ultimately encountered and killed an eighty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with his Sky Thunder Whip, then absorbed its spirit ring to reach level 65 and obtain Sky Thunder Baptism 104. The tiger also yielded the Evil God Bead, a treasure capable of providing the Evil God divine seat or causing a martial soul's ultimate evolution 104. Rather than use it immediately, Lin Chen stored it to retain the possibility of eventually holding both the God of Calamity and Evil God divine seats 104.

Following an enhancement to his Calamity Authority, Lin Chen gained the ability to remotely curse targets through Causal Lines by thought alone 114 115. He later confronted Tang Hao directly after recognizing that the former Clear Sky Douluo had fallen to the Spirit Saint realm. With six spirit rings, flight, and lightning attacks that exploited the Clear Sky Hammer's conductivity, Lin Chen decisively defeated and humiliated Tang Hao 128 129 130. By the time he returned to Heaven Dou City with Ye Lingling after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect's disastrous expedition to the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Chen had reached level 66 138.

Relationships

• Tang San: Lin Chen views Tang San primarily as a source of curse rewards, repeatedly casting Disaster Curse on him to farm Gold Soul Coins, items, skills, and soul power 23 29 53. Despite this, Lin Chen occasionally helps him financially, lending him over one thousand Gold Soul Coins over two years to support Tang San’s attempts to woo Xiao Wu 22 28. Lin Chen is indifferent to Tang San’s jealousy and possessive behavior, openly ignoring him when he becomes a nuisance 23 32. He warns Tang San of impending disasters but never provides full explanations, causing Tang San anxiety 37 38. Tang San feels threatened by Lin Chen’s strength and Xiao Wu’s infatuation with him, leading to a confrontation where Tang San challenges Lin Chen to a fight—only to be scolded by Xiao Wu and forced to apologize and repay the debt with a gift 35 41. When Lin Chen declined to join Shrek Academy, Tang San was relieved to remove him from his “must-kill” list, though their rivalry remained unresolved 53. Lin Chen later becomes concerned when he learns Xiao Wu is no longer among Shrek’s Soul Elders, suspecting that Tang Hao may have killed her or that calamity may have claimed her 122.

• Xiao Wu: Xiao Wu becomes infatuated with Lin Chen after witnessing his strength, looks, and mysterious abilities 32 41. She actively tries to win his favor, embellishing her history with Tang San to gain sympathy and inviting Lin Chen to meals 27 32. Lin Chen remains indifferent to her advances, ignoring her in multiple encounters and showing no interest in her beauty or personality 28 32. He views her only as a potential source of spirit rings and spirit bones, and is irritated by her attempts to manipulate him 28 31. Despite this, Xiao Wu defends Lin Chen when Tang San complains about him, scolding Tang San for ingratitude and instructing him to apologize 35. Her infatuation grows after Lin Chen defeats Dai Mubai, leading her to chase after him while abandoning Tang San 41. She later invites Lin Chen to join her group at Shrek Academy, but he refuses 53. Years later, Lin Chen has not seen her for a long time and intends to seek her out after reaching level 70 104.

• Yu Xiaogang: Lin Chen immediately identifies Yu Xiaogang as a “disaster star” and mocks him openly, using Disaster Curse to make him docile and warn him of future misfortune 12 15. He physically overpowers Yu Xiaogang in a confrontation, exposing the teacher’s lack of practical knowledge and hypocrisy regarding academic purity 29 28. Lin Chen ridicules Yu Xiaogang’s failure to support Tang San financially and rejects any attempt by Yu Xiaogang to take him as a disciple, viewing the man as arrogant and delusional 28 29. Yu Xiaogang fears Lin Chen’s abilities and remains wary of him, but still hopes to manipulate him into becoming a student—a hope Tang Hao and the narrative dismiss as futile 14 21 38. Lin Chen later remotely gives Yu Xiaogang all of his available soul power through Calamity Authority, continuing their hostile and exploitative dynamic 82. After Lin Chen defeats Tang Hao, he orders Tang Hao to cut off an arm each from Yu Xiaogang and Flender to prevent further trouble 130.

• Flender: Lin Chen encounters Flender and his group upon their arrival in Nuoding City. He sizes them up immediately and gives Tang San a vague, ominous warning—“Stay safe”—that leaves Flender and the others bewildered 37. Later, Lin Chen easily defeats Dai Mubai without using his Martial Soul, demonstrating overwhelming strength that impresses Xiao Wu and shocks the Shrek group 41. Flender and Zhao Wuji initially express skepticism about Lin Chen’s abilities, but after learning of his innate full spirit power and fortune-reading capacity, they become more cautious 38. Lin Chen treats Flender and his team with contempt, mocking their lack of skill and walking away dismissively 41. Years later, Flender recognizes from Lin Chen’s spiritual pressure that he has reached at least Spirit Douluo-level spiritual strength, though Lin Chen conceals this from the others 127.

• Dai Mubai: Dai Mubai challenges Lin Chen to a spar, believing he can handle him. Lin Chen cracks his hand bones during a grip test, evades his attack, and fractures his knee with a counterattack before defeating him without manifesting a martial soul 40 41. Dai Mubai vows to challenge Lin Chen again, but the defeat leaves him humiliated while Lin Chen walks away with a contemptuous smile 41. Ma Hongjun and Oscar are also intimidated and dare not meet Lin Chen’s gaze 41.

• Tang Hao: Tang Hao initially becomes an indirect target of Lin Chen’s manipulation after Lin Chen persuades him that he may be a “harbinger of disaster,” prompting Tang Hao to leave Nuoding City out of fear of harming Tang San 20 21. Lin Chen's curse on Tang Hao awards the Sword of Calamity 21. Their relationship becomes openly hostile after Tang Hao’s subsequent decline from the Title Douluo realm. Lin Chen remotely curses him through enhanced Calamity Authority without realizing that Tang Hao has already fallen to Spirit Douluo 115. Lin Chen later challenges Tang Hao directly, dominates him with lightning, flight, and six spirit rings, and discovers his true weakened state 128 129 130. Rather than kill him, Lin Chen orders Tang Hao to mutilate Flender and Yu Xiaogang as the price for avoiding additional conflict 130.

• Dugu Bo: Dugu Bo becomes a friendly and protective connection for Lin Chen amid the conflict with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect 86. Lin Chen entered Dugu Bo’s Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while the latter was absent, but left medicinal instructions and two Nine-Rank Dragon Ganoderma intended to resolve the Dugu family’s martial-soul flaw and warned him against association with the Tang family 63. Dugu Bo later intervenes when Yu Yuanzhen confronts Lin Chen, preventing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect leader from acting against him 86. He also witnesses Lin Chen’s confrontation with Tang Hao and later considers Lin Chen a suitable match for Dugu Yan 129 130.

• Dugu Yan: Dugu Yan is acquainted with Lin Chen through Heaven Dou City and often discusses academy affairs and sect gossip with him and Ye Lingling 76 81. She warns Lin Chen about the temperament of Title Douluo when Yu Yuanzhen arrives, while Lin Chen remains unafraid and proceeds to curse Yu Yuanzhen 86. She is proud of Dugu Bo’s strength and acts as an informal source of information regarding the city’s factional affairs 81. Dugu Yan later openly confesses that she likes Lin Chen and becomes physically intimate with him after deciding that Ye Lingling's place as her best friend does not prevent her from pursuing him 118 119.

• Ye Lingling: Lin Chen develops an increasingly comfortable relationship with Ye Lingling in Heaven Dou City. They have breakfast together, discuss renting a house, shop together for an entire day, and Lin Chen escorts her home 73 76. Lin Chen is interested in joining Heaven Dou Academy partly to remain closer to her, though he ultimately rejects the academy tournament as irrelevant to his goal of becoming a Title Douluo 81 82. He also shows concern for her safety when investigating the person following him 76. Their relationship later becomes romantic and sexual; Ye Lingling voluntarily confirms that she wishes to become Lin Chen’s woman, while Lin Chen respects her boundaries when she is not ready 106 123. Lin Chen gives her support through her martial soul evolution, which upgrades her healing ability so that it can restore any target with a remaining breath to peak condition 106. He tells her that they should wait until both have become Title Douluo before marrying 138.

• Yu Tianheng: Yu Tianheng becomes an indirect adversary after dispatching a Soul King from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect to capture Lin Chen 77. Lin Chen defeats and tortures the agent with a Heart-Devourer flower, extracts intelligence about Old Liang’s relay station, disposes of the body through the system inventory, and moves to confront Yu Tianheng and Old Liang 77. Yu Tianheng subsequently disappears, creating further tension between Lin Chen, Heaven Dou Academy, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect 81. Lin Chen had earlier gained a System Bestowed Soul Ring by cursing Yu Tianheng after the latter provoked him at a meal 69.

• Yu Yuanzhen: Yu Yuanzhen arrives in Heaven Dou City seeking Yu Tianheng and Old Liang, and confronts Lin Chen over their disappearance 86. Dugu Bo prevents him from attacking Lin Chen, after which Lin Chen calmly uses Disaster Curse on him and receives a soul-power-level reward 86. Lin Chen subsequently exploits Yu Yuanzhen’s patience during the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect visit to curse him three more times, obtaining a soul-power level and System Bestowed Soul Ring rewards 88. Their relationship remains tense amid the escalating conflict between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Spirit Hall, and the other upper sects 133.

• Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin: Lin Chen targets Ning Rongrong while Dugu Bo is away, using Calamity Authority to inflict an incurable skin disease 60. This drives the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to offer a ten-thousand-year soul bone as a reward for anyone able to cure her 66. Chen Xin searches the Extreme North for a suitable spirit bone, later returning to the sect with his aura and strength lost and his appearance drastically aged 66 73 86. Lin Chen’s actions are therefore a central, though concealed, cause of the sect’s crisis. Ning Rongrong’s illness also alters her temperament, making her aggressive and hostile toward Lin Chen’s group 88.

• Gu Rong: Although Lin Chen has no established personal bond with Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo is involved in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect crisis caused by Ning Rongrong’s affliction 63. Gu Rong later dies, an event that accelerates the sect’s internal turmoil and political decline 96.

• Ye Ting: Ye Ting is Ye Lingling’s family head and relative. Lin Chen visits the Ye Family residence with Ye Lingling and reveals his level 66 cultivation to Ye Ting, who is stunned by the disclosure 138. Lin Chen gives Ye Ting a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and instructs him in its use, seeking to mutate Ye Ting’s martial soul and help him pursue the Title Douluo realm 138 139.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei: Lin Chen meets the two Spirit Hall Title Douluo at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect alongside Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling 85. Under the pretense of seeking their autographs, he curses both and obtains two System Bestowed Soul Rings 85. The encounter remains outwardly cordial because Lin Chen presents himself as an admirer of their status and strength 85.

• Qian Renxue: Lin Chen has a brief and awkward interaction with Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City. He calls out to her, exchanges only a few words, and abruptly leaves, leaving her confused and irritated by his poor social conduct 120.

• Xiao Chenyu and his group: Xiao Chenyu, the son of the city lord, treats Lin Chen with great deference and gratitude after Lin Chen warned him of bad luck in the past 16. He offers to treat Lin Chen to fine meals and helps him in small ways, recognizing Lin Chen’s mysterious background and abilities. Lin Chen accepts the favors but remains indifferent to the group’s sycophantic behavior 16 22.

• Old Jack: Lin Chen has a brief, cordial relationship with the village elder, but he does not intervene in Old Jack’s handling of Tang San’s awakening or family matters, deciding to let Tang San suffer more 3. Old Jack treats Lin Chen with basic respect, but there is no deeper bond.

• Tang San’s relationship with Xiao Wu: Tang San is obsessively infatuated with Xiao Wu, spending all his borrowed money on gifts and meals to win her affection. He does all the work-study chores himself to please her, but she remains cold and indifferent, only maintaining a friendly facade while her true interest shifts to Lin Chen 23 27 32. Xiao Wu scolds Tang San harshly for any perceived ingratitude toward Lin Chen, and Tang San obeys her out of fear of losing her attention 35. She manipulates his feelings, making him feel threatened by Lin Chen and causing jealousy and heartbreak 32 41.

• Tang San’s relationship with Yu Xiaogang: Tang San is extremely loyal to Yu Xiaogang, considering him a father figure despite the teacher’s flaws. He defends Yu Xiaogang’s teaching methods and follows his orders, even when they lead to disastrous advice, such as pursuing Xiao Wu 15 22. Yu Xiaogang uses Tang San to gain status and hopes to cultivate him into a Title Douluo, while also showing genuine concern for his safety—he summons Flender to protect Tang San from a Spirit Saint threat 34. Tang San shows empathy toward Yu Xiaogang after their traumatic encounter with the round-faced bearded man, comforting him and leaving him Gold Soul Coins 32. Yu Xiaogang later seeks Bibi Dong’s support and offers to cultivate Tang San into her weapon in exchange for arranging Tang Hao’s death 132.

• Xiao Wu’s relationship with Yu Xiaogang: Xiao Wu holds Yu Xiaogang in disdain, viewing him as a “trash” teacher who raised an ungrateful disciple and surrounded himself with similarly shameless friends, referring to Flender’s group 37. She leaves in disgust when Flender reveals he is Yu Xiaogang’s friend 37. Her contempt is rooted in his failure as a teacher and his association with Tang San’s simping behavior.

• Yu Xiaogang’s relationship with Flender: Yu Xiaogang and Flender are old friends; Yu Xiaogang writes to Flender asking for help protecting Tang San and Xiao Wu from a Spirit Saint 34. Flender agrees immediately, bringing his students and Zhao Wuji to Nuoding City 34 37. They discuss Lin Chen with equal wariness, and Flender expresses confidence in handling the situation despite the strange circumstances 38. Their friendship is based on mutual trust and shared history, with Yu Xiaogang relying on Flender’s strength and loyalty.

Plot Summary

• Lin Chen, a transmigrator, arrives in the Douluo Continent's Holy Soul Village with the Calamity System. He targets Tang San, the "Son of Destiny," with a God-tier spirit, Sky Thunder Whip, and a bad luck curse. 1
• During the martial soul awakening ceremony conducted by Spirit Hall official Su Yuntao, Lin Chen awakens his Sky Thunder Whip with innate full spirit power, stunning Su Yuntao. Tang San awakens Blue Silver Grass with innate full spirit power, but his hidden Clear Sky Hammer martial soul cracks due to suppression, causing him to vomit blood. Su Yuntao invites both to join Spirit Hall; Tang San declines, while Lin Chen politely demurs. 2
• Lin Chen decides to head to Nuoding City early to purchase Whale Glue, a rare substance that enhances physical constitution. He bids farewell to Old Jack and departs from Holy Soul Village. 4
• In Nuoding City, Lin Chen earns over 50,000 Gold Soul Coins by telling fortunes as the "Divine Calculator," using his disaster-predicting abilities. He uses his new ultimate skill, Heavenly Thunder Strangling, to curse three soul masters—Xiao Chenyu, Ling Feng, and Liu Long—predicting a "bloody disaster" for them. Xiao Chenyu, son of the City Lord, offers Lin Chen future assistance. 5
• Lin Chen obtains the ultimate skill Heavenly Thunder Strangling from his system. He encounters the renowned spirit master Yu Xiaogang and, using his "Disaster Passerby" ability, warns him of an impending disaster. Yu Xiaogang is skeptical and dismissive. 6
• Lin Chen absorbs the Spirit Master Knowledge Encyclopedia from his system, becoming proficient in spirit master knowledge, and decides he no longer needs to attend Nuoding Academy. He purchases a six-thousand-year Whale Glue from an adult goods store. Separately, Yu Xiaogang is severely beaten and robbed by the wanted criminal Wang Hu. 7
• Lin Chen consumes the Whale Glue, enhancing his physique and raising his Constitution to 23. He obtains a Soul Hunting Warrant from the Xiao Family and enters the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for his first spirit ring. 8
• After three days of searching in the Soul Hunting Forest, Lin Chen finds and battles an eight-hundred-year Deep Blue Thunder Python, an ideal target due to its age and lightning attribute. He kills it using his Sky Thunder Whip. 9
• Lin Chen absorbs the eight-hundred-year spirit ring from the Deep Blue Thunder Python, enduring immense pressure due to his enhanced physique. He gains his first spirit skill, Sky Thunder Dragon Elephant, which increases lightning-attribute intensity by 200% and physical constitution by 100% for half an hour, and reaches spirit power level 12. 11
• Outside Nuoding Academy, Lin Chen meets Old Jack and Tang San, giving Old Jack money to distribute among the villagers who helped him, showing his gratitude. 11
• Two years pass at Nuoding Academy. Lin Chen reaches level 20, while Tang San is at level 18. Lin Chen decides to hunt a soul beast for his second soul ring rather than use a System Bestowed Soul Ring. During this period, he occasionally casts Disaster Curse on Tang San and Gangzi. Xiao Chenyu and his group engage in a half-hearted brawl with Xiao Wu and the work-study students. 23
• Lin Chen enters the thousand-year soul beast zone of the Star Dou Great Forest alone, hunts and kills a two-thousand-year Purple Gold Thunder Roc, and absorbs it as his second spirit ring. 24 25
• After absorbing the second ring, Lin Chen reaches level 22 and gains Thunder Shadow Layers. He plans to obtain Wangchuan Autumn Dew from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to strengthen himself for a future ten-thousand-year ring. 25
• Lin Chen confronts Yu Xiaogang, physically overpowering him and humiliating him verbally. He decides to increase his curses on Xiao Wu and Tang San. 29
• Lin Chen discovers Silent Shadow Kill, allowing him to teleport up to one hundred meters for an assassination strike, with the range increasing by one hundred meters for every ten levels. Yu Xiaogang sends a letter to Flender requesting protection for Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Flender travels to Nuoding City with Zhao Wuji, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai. 34
• Lin Chen continues to cultivate rapidly, reaching spirit power level 25 in less than half a month. He plans to head to Heaven Dou City to prepare for his fourth spirit ring. Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar join Nuoding Academy, and Flender tasks Dai Mubai with subduing Lin Chen to humble him and potentially recruit him for Shrek Academy. 39
• Dai Mubai attempts to challenge Lin Chen, but Lin Chen cracks his hand bones in a strength test, breaks his knee in a counterattack, and defeats him without summoning a martial soul. Xiao Wu becomes even more infatuated with Lin Chen, while Tang San becomes increasingly threatened and jealous. 40 41
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang prepare to graduate early and depart for Shrek Academy. Xiao Wu invites Lin Chen, but he declines. Lin Chen gives Tang San and Xiao Wu parting food while activating a Disaster Curse that awards him two levels of spirit power. 53
• Taking advantage of Tang Hao’s departure, Lin Chen locates Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone in a concealed cave behind a waterfall. He absorbs it in his dormitory, gains five spirit-power levels, and obtains self-healing and group-healing skills. 53 54
• Lin Chen travels to Heaven Dou City, learns that Dugu Bo will be absent, and uses Calamity Authority to inflict an incurable skin disease on Ning Rongrong before traveling to the Sunset Forest. 60
• At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Lin Chen gathers medicinal plants, leaves Dugu Bo two Nine-Rank Dragon Ganoderma and instructions to resolve the Dugu family’s martial-soul flaw, and consumes the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to temper his body. 63
• Lin Chen finds no god-tier spirit bone or dragon pearl at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but the body-tempering process raises his physique to 56 while leaving him at level 33. 64
• After using Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and a Concentration Pill to bolster his mental power, Lin Chen consumes a stored System Bestowed Soul Ring and obtains a ten-thousand-year black third ring. 65
• The ten-thousand-year third ring raises Lin Chen to level 38 and grants Thunderous Might, a growth-type area-of-effect skill that summons heavenly lightning through the Sky Thunder Whip. 66
• In Heaven Dou City, Lin Chen grows closer to Ye Lingling and becomes entangled in the disappearance of Yu Tianheng and Old Liang. After discovering that a Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect Soul King has been sent to capture him, Lin Chen defeats and tortures the agent with a Heart-Devourer flower, extracts intelligence, disposes of the body through his system inventory, and moves against the sect’s relay station. 73 76 77
• Lin Chen considers joining Heaven Dou Academy to remain near Ye Lingling and investigate Yu Tianheng’s disappearance, but rejects participation in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, valuing cultivation and real combat over fame and restricted academy battles. 81 82
• Yu Yuanzhen confronts Lin Chen in Heaven Dou City while searching for Yu Tianheng and Old Liang. Dugu Bo protects Lin Chen from him, and Lin Chen uses Disaster Curse on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect leader for another soul-power reward before accompanying the group to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. 86
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Lin Chen curses Yue Guan and Gui Mei while requesting their autographs, receiving two System Bestowed Soul Rings. He subsequently exploits Yu Yuanzhen’s restraint to curse him repeatedly, gaining further soul-power and soul-ring rewards. 85 88
• Gu Rong’s death and Chen Xin’s crippling devastate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Lin Chen remains detached from the sect’s political decline and continues cultivating in Heaven Dou City. 96
• Over more than three years, Lin Chen rises from level 46 to level 60, absorbing his fifth spirit ring to advance directly from level 50 to level 55. 102
• Lin Chen enters the Star Dou Great Forest in search of an eighty-thousand-year lightning-type spirit beast for his sixth spirit ring. He kills the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, absorbs its ring to reach level 65 and gain Sky Thunder Baptism, and obtains the Evil God Bead. 102 104
• Lin Chen stores the Evil God Bead rather than refining it, intending to preserve the possibility of gaining both the God of Calamity and Evil God divine seats. 104
• The enhancement of Lin Chen’s Calamity Authority allows him to use Disaster Curse through thought and Causal Lines. He remotely curses Tang Hao while unaware that Tang Hao has already fallen from Title Douluo to Spirit Douluo. 114 115
• Lin Chen confronts Tang Hao at Shrek Academy, displays six spirit rings, and overwhelms him with lightning, flight, and Sky Thunder Space-Splitting Slash. After exposing Tang Hao’s weakened cultivation, Lin Chen forces him to comply with conditions rather than killing him. 128 129 130
• Following the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s catastrophic losses in the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Chen and Ye Lingling return to Heaven Dou City. Lin Chen visits the Ye Family, reveals his level 66 cultivation, and gives Ye Ting the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to support a martial soul mutation. 138 139