Lin Hui

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lin Hui (林辉)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Notting Soul Master Academy; formerly Dorm Seven 10
Occupation/Role	Summoning-type Soul Master; soul-beast captor
Martial Soul	Ultra Ball, initially mistaken for an Iron Ball
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate full soul power; Level 10	3	Unable to absorb ordinary soul rings from low-age soul beasts, despite personally delivering the final blow.
Level 12; first soul ring	7 14	Captures Ah Yin, a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, as his first pet and gains a first ring.
First soul ring approximately 900 years	21	The Green Wood Liquid strengthens both Lin Hui and Ah Yin, increasing the ring's age toward the thousand-year threshold.
Level 20	24	Reaches the level required for a second soul ring.
Level 29	25	Reaches this level by his graduation from Notting Academy.
Level 39; third soul ring, 20,000-year black ring	29	Captures the nearly million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm; the resulting feedback raises him nine levels.
Level 40	31	Breaks through near the Lake of Life and begins seeking a soul beast for his fourth ring.

Background / History

Lin Hui entered Notting Soul Master Academy as a child with innate full soul power and a Martial Soul that appeared to be an Iron Ball. He openly disputed Yu Xiaogang's prescribed offensive route for Iron Ball Martial Souls, arguing that a Martial Soul should be developed according to its individual characteristics rather than established convention. He refused Yu Xiaogang's offer of discipleship and stated his intention to create a seventh category of Soul Master. 1 2

After ordinary soul rings repeatedly dissipated upon contact with him, Lin Hui tested the true nature of his Ultra Ball Martial Soul. He discovered that it could capture soul beasts only once they had reached at least ten thousand years of age. 3 5 To obtain a first ring, he exploited Tang San's absence during a soul-hunting trip and captured Ah Yin, the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. 7

Lin Hui returned to Notting Academy claiming that a family secret technique had solved his ring problem, concealing the Ultra Ball's true function from Li Chun and the other teachers. 9 He later used Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor form to defeat Tang San in the Academy Grand Competition, exposing the inadequacy of Tang San's Bind skill while keeping several of his own abilities hidden. 15 16 17

Following his graduation, Lin Hui traveled with Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Forest. There he captured Xiao Wu to conceal her hundred-thousand-year soul-beast aura from Yue Guan, defeated and subdued Ma Hongjun, and captured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm beneath the Lake of Life. 25 26 29 At the Lake of Life, he sought to recruit the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape as future partners. 30 31

Appearance

Lin Hui is described as handsome and physically stronger than most students of his age due to childhood conditioning. 10 13

• Possesses a sturdy, muscular physique. 20
• His Ultra Ball is azure blue, marked by light-blue rings and four yellow pole-to-pole markings. 15

Personality

Lin Hui is independent, calculating, and highly confident in his own knowledge of Martial Souls. He refuses to defer to Yu Xiaogang's authority and consistently pursues a self-defined summoning path, even when the risks of his unusual Martial Soul are unknown. 1 3

He is also secretive in combat and planning. Rather than reveal that his rings contain captured soul beasts, he presents their powers as copied soul skills and deliberately withholds his stronger techniques. 9 17 He favors long-term preparation, such as hiding Ah Yin's spirit bone until he is strong enough to absorb it and using Xiao Wu's connection to the forest's rulers as part of his plan to reach Tian Meng. 9 21

His rivalry with Tang San frequently brings out a manipulative and vindictive side. He uses their duel agreement to humiliate Tang San and repeatedly frames his captures and relationships as leverage against him. 22 23

Abilities & Skills

Ultra Ball Martial Soul

Lin Hui's true Martial Soul is the Ultra Ball, not an ordinary Iron Ball. It is built around the capture and deployment of powerful soul beasts. 17 25

• Can capture soul beasts of at least ten thousand years of age. 5 25
• Captured soul beasts can be summoned to fight on his behalf. 17
• Can conceal the aura of a captured soul beast that has taken human form; the concealment becomes weaker as the creature's strength rises. 25
• Can deploy multiple captured soul beasts simultaneously, though doing so greatly consumes soul power. 17
• Lin Hui publicly claims that the Martial Soul merely replicates the skills of the corresponding soul beast, concealing its summoning function. 17

Blue Silver Emperor Summoning

Through Ah Yin, Lin Hui can summon a Blue Silver Emperor whose strength rises as Ah Yin recovers. Its eventual limit is stated to be equivalent to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. 9

• Suppresses Tang San's Blue Silver Grass through superior Martial Soul lineage. 15
• Possesses Bind, Parasite, Thousand Blue Locking Domain, and Blue Silver Tyrant Emperor Spear. 16
• Can use life-force absorption after evolving against the Marrow-Eating Burrowing Worms. 28
• Its Life Devour ability absorbs defeated soul beasts' life force, increasing its age and power. 28

Borrowed Soul-Beast Skills

Lin Hui can use one skill from each captured soul beast per day. 26

• Teleport — Derived from Xiao Wu; used to evade Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Line. 26
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm can use Soul Shock to temporarily incapacitate the Titan Giant Ape. 30

Combat Ability

Before relying on his summoned beasts, Lin Hui is capable of defeating ordinary academy opponents through physical conditioning and basic martial arts. 13

• Maintains a stronger constitution than most students. 13
• Usually restrains his strength in academy matches, leaving opponents with only minor injuries. 13
• Uses defensive movement and patience against Tang San's Tang Sect techniques before deploying the Blue Silver Emperor. 15

Equipment / Items

• Blue Silver Emperor spirit bone — Ah Yin's hundred-thousand-year spirit bone, hidden in a valley roughly fifty kilometers from Notting City until Lin Hui is strong enough to absorb it. It is said to grant flight and a powerful healing ability. 9
• Green Wood Liquid — Tournament reward used to enhance his body and soul power; it also helped raise Ah Yin's strength and the age of his first ring. 19 21
• Dagger — Used during his unsuccessful attempts to obtain an ordinary first soul ring. 3

Relationships

• Li Chun — Homeroom teacher who supports Lin Hui's choice to follow his own cultivation path and accompanies him to the Soul Hunting Forest. 3
• Yu Xiaogang — Academic and personal rival. Lin Hui repeatedly challenges Yu Xiaogang's theories and rejects his authority. 1 6
• Tang San — Rival and duel opponent. Lin Hui defeats him in the Academy Grand Competition and later invokes their wager to force Tang San to move Xiao Wu's bed. 15 22
• Ah Yin — First captured soul beast and source of Lin Hui's first ring; she recovers within the Ultra Ball and assists him in battle as the Blue Silver Emperor. 7 20
• Xiao Wu — Captured soul beast and traveling companion. Lin Hui conceals her aura from Yue Guan and later relies on her connection to Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Forest. 25 30
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm — Third captured soul beast; Lin Hui captures it beneath the Lake of Life and gains his third ring. 29
• Ma Hongjun — Defeated after harassing Xiao Wu and subsequently subdued by Lin Hui. 26
• Sky Azure Bull Python (Da Ming) — Potential future partner who demands that Lin Hui reach Soul Emperor level and bring him a Spirit Hall Title Douluo's head within five years. 31
• Titan Giant Ape (Er Ming) — Xiao Wu's protector; initially attacks Lin Hui for taking Xiao Wu away but later hears Xiao Wu's explanation. 29 30

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notting Academy

• Challenges Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul theories and declares his intention to establish a seventh Soul Master category. 1 2
• Fails to absorb ordinary soul rings, then discovers that the Ultra Ball requires high-age soul beasts for capture. 3 5
• Captures Ah Yin and obtains his first ring. 7
• Defeats Tang San in the Academy Grand Competition using the Blue Silver Emperor. 15 16
• Reaches level 20, captures Xiao Wu to shield her from Yue Guan's detection, and eventually graduates at level 29. 24 25

Star Dou Forest

• Defeats Ma Hongjun while traveling with Xiao Wu toward the forest. 26
• Survives the Marrow-Eating Burrowing Worms and gains Life Devour through the Blue Silver Emperor's evolution. 28
• Captures Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, obtains a twenty-thousand-year third ring, and rises to level 39. 29
• Negotiates with Da Ming and Er Ming, then breaks through to level 40 while preparing to capture a fourth soul beast. 30 31

Trivia

• Lin Hui initially loses his spar with Xiao Wu for the leadership of Dorm Seven intentionally, seeking to avoid attention. 10
• His first captured soul beast is effectively capable of growing from an approximately eight-hundred-year state to the level of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. 9
• He views high-age soul-beast captures as a means to gain large amounts of soul-power feedback, citing Tian Meng's nine-level increase as proof. 31