Lin Sheng

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lin Sheng (林盛)
Alias(es)	Chenchen; Mafaria Verli; Society Master; Holy Emperor; Supreme One
Species/Race	Human; later reincarnates through the body of Mafaria Verli
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Iron Fist Society; Temple / Holy Spirit Palace; Bright Society; Sunlight Tower
Occupation/Role	Founder and Society Master of the Iron Fist Society; ruler of the Temple; leader of the Bright Society
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Gray Seal — Sanctuary	39	Records the Temple’s Sanctuary Gray Seal on his first attempt and begins its meditation method.
Level 2 Warrior	48	The Black Feather City Test Tower assesses him as a Level 2 warrior; Sanctuary’s defensive runes are the main reason his rating exceeds his physical constitution.
Level 3 Temple Warrior	105, 113	His growing Holy Power manifests Detect Evil, identified as a Level 3 Temple Warrior’s fixed divine art; he is subsequently described as a Level 3 transcendent.
Rock Dragon Bloodline / effective Level 4–5 combat power	124	Bloodline fusion at least doubles his strength and grants enhanced constitution, resistance, and Dragon Eye Transformation.
Level 4 Temple Warrior	180	The Test Tower identifies him as a Level 4 Temple Warrior after he returns to Black Feather City.
Level 5 Holy Power	218	His Level 5 Holy Power suppresses Tier 3 Four-Horned Monsters with ordinary strikes.
Level 7 Holy Power / Temple Knight	271, 274	A surge triggered by Evil Energy cultivation pushes his Holy Power to the seventh level, awakening Dawn Heavy Armor and marking his transition from Temple Warrior to Temple Knight.
Level 9 Holy Power	292	His stabilized Rock Dragon Bloodline nourishes his soul and carries his Holy Power through the ninth level.
Level 10 Holy Power	297	Holy Power surges to Level 10 while he condenses his Crystal Warrior; his body begins cracking under the strain.
Level 11 Holy Power	332	Activating the Dragon Crystal raises his bloodline limit to 60%, pushes Holy Power into Level 11, and produces Holy Soil.
Ranked Envoy	402, 426	Establishes numerous Sea Gate-linking rituals and draws chaotic Soul Power from the Spirit Limit Sea, enabling prolonged Ranked Envoy-level output.
Legendary Realm	509	Compresses his Soul Power to its limit, stabilizes it, and enters the Legendary Realm.
Demigod	642	Successfully ignites divine fire and gains a major increase in Divine Speed.
Mafaria Verli — Level 3 Warrior	775	In his reincarnated body, awakens Life Potential and enters the Level 3 warrior realm.
Mafaria Verli — Official Mage	786	Receives an official mage certificate at seven years old after demonstrating his spellcasting and enchantment ability.
Mafaria Verli — Level 2 Mage	798	Passes the advancement assessment and receives a second-rank mage insignia.
Mafaria Verli — Level 6 Mage	818	Breaks through to the sixth level while the Bright Society reaches 120 members.
Mafaria Verli — Level 7 Mage	828	Advances to Level 7 and gains access to seventh-level spells.
Mafaria Verli — Level 8 Mage	835	Reaches the eighth level after a year of spreading crystallized holy grounds across lesser planes.
Mafaria Verli — Legendary Mage / hidden Level 12 strength	842, 845	Seizes Lanying Tower after defeating Wudiye; five years later, he is publicly a Level 6 mage but secretly possesses standard Level 12 power.

Appearance

Lin Sheng initially appears to be an ordinary, thin high-school student with little outward presence, aside from a notably sharp gaze 44. His repeated cultivation, bloodline fusion, and Holy Power growth transform him into a tall, heavily muscled figure whom even his family initially struggles to recognize 491.

• Early appearance: pale skin, ordinary student clothing, short dark hair, and unremarkable presentation 34 44.
• Iron Fist Society attire: plain black uniform with a large white “Iron” stitched across the back 103.
• Semi-Dragon Transformation: enlarged physique, purple veins, dragon scales, vertical pupils, and spiral horns 157 426.
• Dawn Heavy Armor: layered white Holy Power plate armor assembled from descending light 314.
• As Mafaria Verli: deep blue eyes, snow-white skin, glossy brown-black hair, and a physique that grows unusually quickly through training and medicinal baths 769 771.
• Extensive elemental bloodline modification later turns his hair deep blue with a faint multicolored glow 801.

Personality

Lin Sheng begins as emotionally detached and notably lacking in desire, a disposition reinforced by memories of a past life 2. He is calm under pressure, patient in study, and rarely wastes words or effort on matters he considers trivial.

His priorities steadily narrow around strength, knowledge, and protecting those under his care. He is devoted to his family, regularly contacts them despite his growing distance from ordinary life, and uses summoned soldiers to guard them 121 271. He can also show small, practical kindnesses, such as offering tissues to an embarrassed stranger or helping vulnerable people when it suits his principles 125 518.

As his influence grows, Lin Sheng becomes increasingly ruthless, strategic, and willing to use coercion, deception, or overwhelming force. He kills Chen Tan during his campaign against Jinhong Casino and regrets accidentally killing an innocent girl in the process 72. He later conquers factions, demands submission from entire realms, and treats loyalty as a decisive criterion for survival within his organization 158 427.

Abilities & Skills

Dream Traversal and Memory Assimilation

Lin Sheng repeatedly enters dream versions of Black Feather City and other realms. Defeating their inhabitants lets him obtain soul fragments and Memory Fragments, granting combat knowledge, languages, techniques, and information unavailable in reality.

• Learns the Guren Script and translates Ravel’s record of Black Feather City’s martial hierarchy 10.
• Inherits swordsmanship instincts from Rotten Swordsmen, including the Glance Slash 32 44.
• Absorbs memories from Horned Warriors to improve his axe techniques and strengthen his soul 182.
• Gains knowledge of Temple doctrine, soul theory, Holy Baptism, and the Oath summoning ritual from a Holy Cleric’s Memory Fragment 78.
• Memory integration subtly influences his posture, habits, and preferences 82.
• His advancement depends heavily on acquiring stronger soul fragments; ordinary enemies eventually provide negligible growth 218 233.

Swordsmanship and Martial Combat

Lin Sheng’s earliest combat specialty is practical swordsmanship, built from Black Feather City memories and refined through real sparring and combat.

• Teaches Black Feather Swordsmanship, beginning with the Iron Gate Stance, to his students 31.
• Defeats Chen Huan, Sears, and other tournament opponents with efficient, practical technique 20 44.
• Uses swords, sword-and-shield styles, unarmed combat, battle axes, and close-quarters counters 212.
• Possesses the accumulated life-or-death experience of numerous warriors, allowing him to contend with masters through pure martial skill when he suppresses his supernatural powers 469.
• In his Mafaria incarnation, studies the White Lion School’s unarmed forms and deliberately avoids dependence on weapons 770.

Gray Seals and Holy Power

Gray Seals form the basis of Lin Sheng’s Holy Power cultivation. His Holy Power strengthens his body, suppresses hostile energies, fuels divine arts, and can be developed through meditation or absorbed soul power.

• Sanctuary — improves durability and resistance; it was central to his early Level 2 assessment 39 48.
• Roar — a second Gray Seal acquired from Snow Wind Castle; Lin Sheng rarely uses it because he favors immediate, decisive combat 216.
• Detect Evil — senses and amplifies evil intent or wavering loyalty in Holy Power practitioners 105 158.
• Nothing to Hide — a detection-oriented talent divine art housed within his Holy Power core 274.
• Holy Power must be maintained through regular meditation; Dao Ling’s breakthrough demonstrates that gains can diminish without continued practice 103.

Dawn Heavy Armor

A seventh-level Holy Power divine art that marks Lin Sheng’s advancement into a Temple Knight.

• Creates heavy armor from Holy Power and surrounding positive energy, allowing a small amount of Holy Power to produce disproportionately strong protection 274.
• Can be summoned instantly against swarms or concentrated attacks 314 446.
• Can conceal its descending beam of divine light, though doing so reduces recovery resistance by nearly half 330.

Rock Dragon Bloodline and Semi-Dragon Transformation

Lin Sheng fuses with the Rock Dragon Bloodline to solve the limitations of his physical body and Holy Power capacity.

• Greatly increases strength, toughness, skin resistance, and explosive power 124 282.
• Semi-Dragon Transformation produces scales, horns, vertical pupils, and a larger combat form 157 426.
• Grants Dragon Fire, rock armor, and earth-and-rock affinity 187 446.
• Holy Soil — created when his Earth and Rock Manipulation resonates with Level 11 Holy Power; acknowledged Holy Power users standing upon it gain increased strength, speed, neural reaction, recovery, and foreign-energy resistance 332.
• Lin Sheng later burns away his Rock Dragon Bloodline during his refinement process, using it as fuel to purify his body and soul 505.

Evil Energy

Lin Sheng studies Evil Energy at Bain University to compare it against Holy Power and expand his options.

• Rapidly completes the Amplification, Simulation, and Temporary Animation stages of the Crystal Training Method 270.
• Uses Evil Energy threads, crystal barriers, weapon constructs, and material simulation 276 395 446.
• His Holy Power reacts violently to Evil Energy growth, creating dangerous strain on his body 271.
• He ultimately decides Evil Energy is not his primary path and later burns away its accumulated power during refinement 461 505.

Summoning and Commanders

The Oath ritual enables Lin Sheng to contract and summon entities weaker than himself. He treats many summoned creatures as soldiers, using them for combat, reconnaissance, protection, and logistics.

• Black Feather Swordsmen — discreet assassin-type soldiers capable of blending into ordinary society 121 135.
• Dungeon Soldiers — heavy-armored frontal assault troops that can conceal themselves more easily than Black Feather Swordsmen 135.
• Brutal Holy Shield — a heavily armored giant used for defense, reconnaissance, and capturing strong enemies 93 94.
• King of Steel, Kadula, and King of Night (Dis) — major summoned commanders whose strength and soul connections reinforce Lin Sheng 195 246 303.
• Soul links can pull Lin Sheng out of illusions, seduction, and other mental interference unless all connected commanders are affected simultaneously 398.
• Summoned creatures have limited autonomy and lack a fully independent sense of self unless cultivated over time 134 210.

Yin-Reversing Evil Wheel

A divine artifact formed from fragments created by eighty-eight Super Evil Spirits seeking to transcend their racial limitations.

• Grants the Eighty-Eight Blessings, including the Existence Wheel, Calamity-Fate Wheel, and Circulation Wheel 462.
• Provides automatic defensive protection against attacks before Lin Sheng can react 462.
• The completed Fate Wheel lets him foresee the coming Black Tide calamity 479.
• Its Flow Wheel supports high-speed movement, spatial travel, and protective distortion effects 544 744.
• Lin Sheng later reforges the wheel with divine fire to strengthen it as a divine artifact 648.

Divinity and Sacred Power

After refining his powers and defining his soul’s protective nature, Lin Sheng develops divinity centered on guarding territory and those under his protection.

• Guardian Divinity seals defeated beings into protected forms that can become sources of prayer power 549 566.
• Divine Speed Divinity enhances movement, attacks, energy gathering, and regeneration; at full use, it can make surrounding time appear frozen 566 642.
• His divine fire can burn souls and is fueled by faith power, including faith drawn from Black Tide monsters sealed in his cloak 642.
• Refines ordinary Holy Power into personally controlled Sacred Power, dramatically improving the strength of his commanders and followers 654 688.
• Establishes the Holy Spirit Network, allowing followers to exchange power and divine arts through faith 688.

Arcane Magic and Constructs

As Mafaria Verli, Lin Sheng studies magecraft while retaining the knowledge and computational support of his true soul.

• Uses Holy Shadow to analyze techniques, optimize training, accelerate muscle memory, and sustain deep meditation 770 785.
• Casts both Magic Net spells and arcane spells, favoring arcane methods for their flexibility and lack of spell-slot restrictions 785 808.
• Creates floating cannon constructs equipped with spells such as Tremor Shock and Magic Missile 789 793.
• Establishes construct manufacturing, reconnaissance units, repair departments, and assembly departments for the Bright Society 818.
• Acquires extensive passive abilities and innate spells by dissecting summoned transcendent creatures 801 802.
• Develops high-level elemental, shadow, physical, and spell resistance; later immunity and resistance render most conventional spell attacks ineffective 801 819 835.

Equipment and Items

• Black Sword / Cross Sword — an early dream-world longsword marked with a vertical pupil symbol 14 32.
• Blood Blue Harp — a modified Saar Harp used to improve Holy Power growth 126 131.
• Brutal Holy Shield’s White Gold Great Shield and Heavy Cavalry Lance — equipment associated with one of Lin Sheng’s major summoned defenders 92.
• Burning Double-Edged Swords — a pair of crude but flame-wreathed swords taken from Four-Horned Monsters 218.
• Yin-Reversing Evil Wheel — artifact containing the Eighty-Eight Blessings and later the Fate Wheel 462 479.
• Prophecy Crystal — a Great Star Pool treasure capable of predicting futures and opening Spirit Gates 562.
• Guardian Pearls — embedded in his heavy cloak for protection during conflicts with the Star Alliance 743.
• Spirit-Splitting Artifact — used to send his true spirit into another universe, where he becomes Mafaria Verli 767.
• Arcane Floating Cannons — spell-equipped constructs produced for personal use, sale, and Bright Society deployment 789 818.
• Divine Armor — a battle-armor-derived divine artifact project built around Lin Sheng’s soul patterns, divinity, Sacred Power, and advanced technology 717 719 723.

Relationships

• Lin Xiao — older sister; calls him “Chenchen” and entrusts him with helping their parents. Lin Sheng remains protective of her even after becoming the Holy Emperor 1 510 526.
• Lin Zhounian — father; Lin Sheng helps with family work when young and later remains concerned about his father’s safety and financial well-being 26 420 491.
• Gu Wanqiu — mother; Lin Sheng regularly calls home to hear about her daily life and reassure her despite his increasingly extraordinary status 271 552.
• Salu — loyal disciple and Iron Fist Society core member. Lin Sheng entrusts him with sensitive investigations, resource gathering, and organizational management 70 158 129.
• Dao Ling — retired martial artist recruited into the Iron Fist Society; later breaks through his physical limit through Holy Power, but eventually leaves after his loyalty wavers 81 103 158.
• Russell — former Steel Scale Club manager and student; treats Lin Sheng as a teacher and remains grateful despite declining to rejoin the Iron Fist Society 31 144.
• Xiayin — former Steel Scale Club partner and later Russell’s fiancée; initially opposes Lin Sheng’s ambitions, then sincerely apologizes for her earlier hostility 70 144.
• Madilan — Steel Scale Club partner and logistics specialist; later assists Temple development and gains Holy Power cultivation benefits 40 348 353.
• Adolf — Temple planner, logistics chief, and trusted subordinate; Lin Sheng delegates major administrative responsibilities to him 233 510.
• Kadula — summoned commander and Light God; protective of Lin Sheng and later entrusted with Temple operations and training 171 233.
• King of Night (Dis Parmington) — a powerful summoned councilor whose bloodline and body can be used by Lin Sheng, though Dis’s autonomy creates recurring friction 246 257.
• Tiangong Xia — one of Lin Sheng’s strongest commanders and a frequent combat ally; communicates with him through their soul connection 374 495.
• Dora — Mafaria’s mage mentor at White Rock Woodland; supports his construct research and purchases his first floating cannon 782 790.
• Lidu Haven — Mafaria’s senior sister, later assistant and subordinate; initially distant, she comes to rely on his guidance and protection 781 794 811.
• Count Verli — Lin Sheng’s father in his Mafaria incarnation; recognizes Mafaria’s exceptional potential and intends him to inherit Emerald View Fortress 774.
• Lin Wei Leviathan — Lin Sheng’s mother in his Mafaria incarnation; provides him with an enchanted protective ring and remains attentive to his education and future 769 775.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Black Feather City and Swordsmanship

Lin Sheng’s first encounters with the supernatural begin with recurring nightmares: a woman in white appears in his bedroom, and he later finds himself in an unfamiliar manor connected to Black Feather City 1 6 9. He translates dream-world texts, discovers Ravel’s account of the Level 2 swordsman system, and becomes obsessed with uncovering the city’s history and martial arts 10.

He trains at the Naxi Swordsmanship Club, where dream-derived instincts rapidly turn him from a beginner into a fighter capable of defeating Chen Huan and winning the local swordsmanship tournament 16 20 44. His reputation attracts Russell, Xiayin, and Madilan, who recruit him to the Steel Scale Club as an instructor 21.

Iron Fist Society

Lin Sheng uses the Steel Scale Club’s connections and his own martial expertise to establish a practical combat organization. He plans to build influence rather than pursue profit, contributing technical expertise in return for a 40% stake in the new company 40 41.

The Iron Fist Society becomes a more ambitious mutual-aid organization under his leadership. His insistence on strict moral rules, loyalty, and centralized direction fractures his original partnership with Xiayin and Madilan, while Salu becomes his most committed supporter 70 71. Lin Sheng recruits Dao Ling, expands into port security, and turns the society into a source of manpower, money, and resources 81 129.

Temple Founder and Protector

After uncovering the Gray Seals, Holy Power, and summoning rituals of Black Feather City, Lin Sheng develops a Temple-based power system around himself. He summons Black Feather Swordsmen, Dungeon Soldiers, the Brutal Holy Shield, and powerful commanders to protect his family and strengthen his organization 121 135 171.

His growth brings conflict with gangs, military forces, supernatural factions, and the White Card Gang. He defeats Poison Sand and Chen Hang, captures supernatural enemies for intelligence, and becomes known as Huaisha’s strongest figure 93 94 156. As war and political instability force his family from Celine to Xilun, he leaves Salu behind to continue developing the Iron Fist Society 175 177.

Holy Emperor and Realm Conqueror

Lin Sheng expands from local protection into inter-realm rule. He absorbs Evil Spirit Beads, conquers Evil Spirit Caverns, subdues the Magic Hand Clan, forces the Fairy Empire to submit, and builds forces across multiple secret realms 400 405 427 456.

He publicly adopts the title Holy Emperor while confronting the Fairy Empire, using overwhelming Holy Power to establish his authority 425. His campaign against Faludo culminates in Lin Sheng’s victory through the Existence Wheel, a massive holy sword, and the absorption of Faludo’s Legendary-grade soul fragment 486.

Black Tide and Divinity

The Black Tide’s spread forces Lin Sheng to confront threats beyond ordinary factions. He investigates its corrosive mist, protects Shumington, refines away his former power systems, and discovers that the armor-like entity within his soul represents his deeper self and the soul power distributed among his commanders 495 505 506.

He develops Guardian Divinity, ignites divine fire, establishes Sacred Power, and builds the Holy Spirit Palace into a faith-based power spanning conquered worlds 548 642 688. His later plans focus on godhead creation, world sources, divine armor, and preparations against existential threats 688 723.

Mafaria Verli Incarnation

Using the Spirit-Splitting Artifact, Lin Sheng sends his true spirit into another universe and is reborn as Mafaria Verli, the third child of Count Verli 767. He conceals his true nature, passes a divine baptism inspection, and uses his retained knowledge to master martial arts, magecraft, and construct engineering at abnormal speed 768 770.

As Mafaria, he founds the Bright Society, mass-produces arcane constructs, defeats the Legendary mage Wudiye, seizes Lanying Tower, and renames it Sunlight Tower 818 842. He continues spreading his influence across planes while secretly developing strength far beyond his public mage rank 835 845.

Later Existence

After the Great Oblivion, Lin Sheng recovers his consciousness as the strongest being of the new era and reconstructs his subordinates through the Primordial Light 918. He later encounters a white Armored Man identical to himself while observing branching outcomes of his life, confronting the possibility that his future once contained countless divergent paths 921.

Trivia

• Chenchen is Lin Sheng’s childhood nickname and is used only by people close to him 1.
• He initially considers himself lazy rather than frugal, even when he continues taking the bus despite having money 26.
• Lin Sheng’s private notebook is important enough that he vows bloodshed against anyone who steals it 384.
• He habitually drinks tea and often uses it as a quiet moment for thought, planning, or conversation 195 461.
• As Mafaria, he refuses to choose a weapon during White Lion School training because he does not want his combat strength to depend on external tools 770.