Lin Xiaoyao

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lin Xiaoyao (林小遥)
Alias(es)	Immortal Ancestor; Patriarch; Grandmaster; mysterious expert behind the Feathering Sect
Species/Race	Human cultivator 406
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Feathering Sect; later associated with the Hidden Immortal Sect 513 552
Occupation/Role	Cultivator; early caretaker of the Founder's Shrine; hidden protector and patriarch of the Feathering Sect
Status	Active 608
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Golden Core Realm	2	Reached after signing in at the Founder's Shrine and receiving 500 years of cultivation.
Nascent Soul Late Stage, peak	5	Accumulated nearly a thousand years of system-granted cultivation and became ready to break through.
Mysterious Mastery Realm	12	Surpassed the Feathering Sect's leadership in practical strength despite Master Green Feather being at the middle stage.
Great Vehicle Realm	51	Had progressed from Qi Refining to Great Vehicle in a little over ten years.
Great Vehicle Realm, middle stage	71	Restored this level after fifteen years of cultivation and sign-ins.
Tribulation Transcendence Realm	119	Broke through after claiming 200 years of cultivation from the system.
Tribulation Transcendence Realm, Great Perfection	131	Reached Great Perfection after five years, aided by the Flat Peach Tree's blossoms.
True Immortal Realm, second layer	153	Advanced by consuming a Spirit Origin Immortal Fruit.
True Immortal Realm, fifth layer	189	Rose three layers in less than half a day after consuming an Immortal Pill and signing in at a Dao-rich location.
Golden Immortal Realm	201	Entered the Golden Immortal Realm after consuming the Immortal Demon Pill.
Golden Immortal Realm, second layer	205	Continued cultivation in the Boundless Sea.
Golden Immortal Realm, fourth layer	222	The Longed-for Immortal Pill raised him two layers from the second layer.
Golden Immortal Realm, fifth layer	223	Refined another Longed-for Immortal Pill.
Golden Immortal Realm, seventh layer	250	An ancient spirit pill raised his cultivation through multiple layers.
Golden Immortal Realm, eighth layer	286 287	An Immortal Fruit supplied the vast magical power required for the breakthrough and greatly strengthened his divine abilities.
Golden Immortal Realm, ninth layer	338	His strength more than doubled after the breakthrough.
Half-step Great Luo	360 361	Achieved after several centuries of seclusion and intensive study of spatial laws.
Great Luo / Da Luo Realm	393	Could restrain a Da Luo opponent with Immobilization Technique and manipulate heavenly tribulation.
Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal	397	Advanced beyond ordinary Great Luo cultivators and secluded himself to stabilize his realm.
Great Luo Realm, peak	440 464	Reached peak-level power and defeated a peak Devil Venerable with overwhelming control.
Quasi-Saint	543	His advancement gave the Hidden Immortal Sect its first Quasi-Saint-level powerhouse.
Quasi-Saint external incarnation	578	His demonic external incarnation independently reached the Quasi-Saint Realm.

Background / History

Lin Xiaoyao is a transmigrator who entered the Feathering Sect and spent years maintaining the Founder's Shrine. He quietly used a mysterious system to sign in daily, receiving cultivation, pills, divine abilities, and rare treasures while concealing his true strength. His Saint Fruit Position leaves him free of cultivation bottlenecks, but demands vastly more magical power than cultivators of the same realm require. 4 11

Although he initially intended to remain unnoticed, Lin repeatedly intervened when people or places he valued faced danger. He saved Su Zhiyan from Qi deviation and an Outer-Realm Heavenly Demon, then completed her spirit roots into perfect spirit roots despite Heaven's apparent prohibition. 26 27 He also aided the Yang siblings after recognizing their homesickness, causing distant pear trees to bloom and helping them enter Qi Refining. 29

His actions gradually turned him into the Feathering Sect's hidden patriarch and the most revered expert in Cloud Province. The sect guarded his identity, while outsiders knew only a mysterious immortal capable of resolving disasters, granting guidance, and subduing even Great Vehicle cultivators. 70 130

As his cultivation outgrew Cloud Province, Lin traveled through the Boundless Sea and later the Spirit Realm in search of stronger opponents, blessed lands, and better sign-in locations. He eventually became involved with the Hidden Immortal Sect and fought ancient demons, Outer-Realm Heavenly Demons, and the Chaos Heavenly Demon during the demonic calamity. 204 399 552 608

Appearance

Lin Xiaoyao is described as a handsome cultivator who appears young despite his immense seniority and cultivation. 310 554 When acting anonymously, he obscures his form with a hazy cyan halo to preserve the image of an unfathomable senior expert. 54

• Often presents himself as calm, refined, and unhurried.
• Can conceal his presence so thoroughly that ordinary people overlook him even when he stands in plain sight. 78
• Uses disguises when necessary, including impersonating Flying Leaf Demon Venerable through demonic qi and a black robe. 470 474

Personality

Lin Xiaoyao prefers a quiet, comfortable life of cultivation, daily sign-ins, and sightseeing. He dislikes unnecessary fame and deliberately keeps his identity hidden, even when his reputation has already spread across entire regions. 43 130 365 He enjoys acting as an unseen mastermind and privately takes amusement in resolving crises without exposing himself. 52 59

Despite his low-profile habits, he is empathetic toward sincere people. The Yang siblings' homesickness reminded him of the parents he lost contact with after transmigrating, motivating him to help them without asking for anything substantial in return. 29 78 82 He values loyalty, filial piety, and gratitude, and provides protection or guidance to those who demonstrate them. 116 205

In battle, Lin is calm, mocking, and often merciless toward enemies who threaten his allies or refuse to abandon hostility. He will nevertheless keep his word, spare opponents when he has promised to do so, and avoid killing fellow sect members merely to establish authority. 210 229 513

Abilities & Skills

Saint Fruit Position

Lin possesses the Saint Fruit Position, an extraordinary foundation that places his potential far beyond ordinary immortals.

• Requires an immense amount of magical power for every advancement. 4
• Removes ordinary cultivation bottlenecks; advancement follows naturally once he has accumulated enough power. 11 286
• Allows him to command or comprehend countless laws and the Three Thousand Great Daos. 12
• Lets him defy Heaven's apparent restrictions, as shown when he perfected Su Zhiyan's spirit roots. 26
• Enables him to simulate heavenly tribulation inside his sea of consciousness to purge hostile demonic qi. 597

System Sign-In

Lin's principal source of rapid growth is a mysterious system that rewards him for signing in at significant locations.

• Grants cultivation, spiritual pills, immortal treasures, formations, and divine abilities. 2 24 300
• Produces rewards of extremely high quality, including pills capable of advancing his cultivation by several realms. 4 189 222
• Encourages him to seek Dao-rich lands, sects, forbidden regions, and blessed grotto-heavens. 170 399 412
• Can grant multiple sign-ins at exceptional locations. 222

Word of Law

Word of Law allows Lin's words and intent to directly affect reality.

• Made distant pear trees bloom to comfort the Yang siblings. 29
• Creates large-scale phenomena such as ice fields, hailstorms, and meteor strikes. 195
• Dispels hostile techniques and formation attacks with spoken commands. 210 264
• Grew substantially stronger as Lin's cultivation rose; at higher levels, even treasures could be commanded to fly to him. 189
• Combined with Touch of Gold to shatter Taowu's spirit domain. 337

Spatial Arts

Lin has an exceptional command of the law of space.

• Travels through space to aid his incarnations and can create spatial rifts in combat. 102 195
• Uses spatial refraction to deflect attacks and destroy enemy treasures. 361
• Wields Void Flash, an advanced spatial secret art that creates powerful light-blade rifts. 354 488
• Can counter enemy spatial rifts with his own and manipulate teleportation-level forces. 184 264

Incarnations and Avatars

Lin can deploy incarnations and Primordial Spirit avatars while maintaining a connection to his true body.

• His true body and incarnation share consciousness and can coordinate across distance. 102
• His avatar's strength rises with his main body's cultivation. 123
• He can create external incarnations capable of acting independently in battle. 384 576
• His demonic external incarnation eventually reached the Quasi-Saint Realm. 578 606

Defensive and Physical Techniques

Lin's body and defenses are abnormally powerful even against opponents of comparable or greater realm.

• Absolute Defense allowed him to withstand simultaneous attacks from Wind Thunder Patriarch and Hundred Sword True Person without injury. 218
• Can catch and crush powerful magic treasures with his bare hands. 342
• Defends against formation-generated ice spikes with Absolute Defense before dispersing them through Word of Law. 264
• His physical strikes can incapacitate half-step Great Luo cultivators and destroy powerful enemies with a single punch. 218 363

Fire, Sword, and Combat Arts

Lin uses diverse offensive methods rather than relying on a single technique.

• Phoenix True Fire / Phoenix Heavenly Fire — summons phoenix-shaped flames, incinerates enemies, and destroys Outer-Realm Heavenly Demons. 209 364 608
• Sword control — unleashes giant sword lights, sword rain, and precise barrages against enemies and formations. 210 406 605
• Giant Sword Art — destroyed Elder Chu's physical body while leaving his Primordial Spirit intact for soul searching. 210
• Immobilization Technique — restrains opponents long enough for him to finish them or extract information. 363 393 406
• Scatter Beans into Soldiers — creates reinforcements when he faces overwhelming enemy numbers. 554

Touch of Gold

After being upgraded through sign-in, Touch of Gold became a powerful support ability.

• Raises the grade of treasures. 300
• Improves spiritual-root aptitude without side effects. 300
• Gives cultivators a greater than eighty percent chance of overcoming bottlenecks. 300
• Was used with Word of Law to break a spirit domain. 337
• Allowed him to help Master Green Feather advance to Tribulation Transcendence with a casual gesture. 302

Formations

Lin is an accomplished formation user who relies on both system rewards and strategic preparation.

• Recognizes the complexity and limitations of high-level formations. 102
• Set up more than a hundred interlocking formations and restrictions to protect his breakthrough seclusion. 358
• Uses formations to repel or kill intruders without personally intervening. 358
• Subdued and later employed the Misty Sea Thousand Illusions Formation against Demon Race enemies. 263 274

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Locust Wood Immortal Sword — sentient immortal sword that can act independently; killed the rogue immortal Chu and scattered his soul. 102 170
• Book of Conferred Gods — divine-path cultivation manual that merged into Lin's sea of consciousness. 43
• Flat Peach Tree — its blossoms accelerate Lin's cultivation and helped him reach Tribulation Transcendence Great Perfection. 131
• Misty Sea Thousand Illusions Formation — ancient formation subdued by Lin and later used as a weapon. 261 274
• Protective talismans — Lin created talismans for Yang Shuqin and Su Zhiyan to protect them in critical moments. 116 205
• Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasures — used as defensive mirrors against powerful spells. 354
• Heavenly Net formation flags — gifted to the Mist Moon Palace Master as a reward for completing a task. 174

Relationships

• Su Zhiyan — Feathering Sect junior sister and favored disciple. Lin saved her during Core Formation, perfected her spirit roots, repeatedly protected her, and gave her the Mystic Heaven Heart Sutra and a life-saving talisman. She reveres him as her Patriarch and benefactor. 26 54 200 205
• Master Green Feather — Feathering Sect leader. He first recognized Lin's dedication as the shrine caretaker; later, he relied on Lin as the sect's hidden ancestor and received direct help overcoming cultivation bottlenecks. 23 58 302
• Yang Shuqin and her younger brother — siblings Lin helped out of empathy for their homesickness. He later saved them from a Nascent Soul demon centipede and protected them with talismans. 29 82 116
• Mist Moon Palace Master — former enemy who submitted after kneeling outside the Feathering Sect for months. Lin accepted her sect as an ally, stationed an incarnation there for a time, and occasionally guided her cultivation. 70 173 178
• Fatty Wei and Wei Xiaomei — Water Spirit Sect siblings whom Lin rescued and supported. Fatty Wei became a grateful subordinate who reported notable events to him. 164 205 207
• Qiongqi — formidable beast and temporary adversary. After Lin demonstrated superior strength, Qiongqi proposed a truce and sought Lin's cooperation in deceiving the True Demon Progenitor and Chaos Heavenly Demon. 562
• Hidden Immortal Sect — later sect affiliation whose members came to regard Lin as their strongest protector and a Quasi-Saint-level Martial Uncle. 513 564 552

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Founder's Shrine era — Lives as an obscure Feathering Sect disciple, cleans the Founder's Shrine, and begins daily system sign-ins. 2 23
• Hidden guardian of the Feathering Sect — Protects Su Zhiyan, the Yang siblings, and the sect from outside powers while hiding behind the identity of a mysterious immortal. 26 54 70
• Cloud Province's hidden supreme expert — Becomes recognized as Cloud Province's number one powerhouse without publicly revealing his identity. 130 186
• Immortal Fate Valley expedition — Searches for Su Zhiyan, gains immense cultivation through Immortal Pills, and rises rapidly through the True Immortal Realm. 184 189
• Boundless Sea journey — Establishes himself among Golden Immortal-level experts, aids the Water Spirit Sect, and explores dangerous sea regions for opportunities. 207 229
• Return to the Feathering Sect — Strengthens the sect's spiritual veins, improves disciples' aptitudes, and turns its members into a far stronger cultivation force. 300 302 321
• Spirit Realm and Great Luo advancement — Pursues blessed lands and sign-ins, defeats powerful sect leaders and ancient experts, and advances through the Great Luo ranks. 358 393 440
• Demonic calamity — Battles ancient demons and Outer-Realm Heavenly Demons, rescues cultivators across Fallen Soul Mountain, and confronts the Chaos Heavenly Demon. 552 554 597 608

Notable Quotes

“Even if Heaven does not permit it, I shall do it regardless.” 26

“If the pears are ripe, bring a few pounds to me for a taste; that shall be thanks enough.” 82

Trivia

• Lin considers many longevity- and beauty-related rewards useless to himself because of his Saint-level foundation and effectively limitless lifespan. 2 48
• He enjoys pears from the Yang siblings' family tree and considers their gratitude more meaningful than the gift's material value. 82 116
• He frequently compares events in the cultivation world to dramas, customs, and experiences from his previous life. 52 78 87
• Lin dislikes being forced into public attention, but privately enjoys the prestige of resolving crises as an unseen mastermind. 59 130