Lin Yuan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lin Yuan (林渊)
Alias(es)	Zoffy; Shi Hao; Compassion; “Child of the Stars” / Star Child
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Tianluo Academy High-Energy Youth Class; Tiandou Academy (former exchange student); Shrek Academy; Shrek Academy Practical Combat and Life Affinity divisions; Dou Tian Agent; Federation military associates
Occupation/Role	Control-type Soul Master; Soul Fighting Arena competitor; musician; Soul Blacksmith
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
128 spiritual-power points; Spirit Origin Realm	4	After receiving Voice of the Stars, his spiritual power rises to 128 before his martial soul awakening; he can sense elemental fluctuations and the planet core’s frequency.
Innate Full Soul Power; Gravity martial soul awakened	5	Awakens Gravity, manifested as a Singularity and publicly identified as a “Black Hole.”
First Soul Ring; Rank 14 Soul Power	10 16	Absorbs the Starry Sky Behemoth Soul Spirit and gains Universal Pull; later registers at Tiandou Academy with a ten-thousand-year first ring.
320 spiritual-power points	12	Reveals his spiritual-power score after returning from the soul beast forest.
Spirit Sea Realm	20	Breaks through during a guqin performance of “High Mountains and Flowing Water.”
Rank 19 Soul Power	30 32	Compresses his Soul Power to rank 19; when fully released, it rivals a powerful four-ring Soul Ancestor’s.
Second Soul Ring; Soul Power comparable to a Soul King	35 36	Activates a white second ring, conservatively estimated at 30,000 years, and gains Shinra Tensei.
Third Soul Ring; Level 34	103	Endures a near-fatal breakthrough and gains Supernova Explosion.
Voice of the Stars, Stage Two	108	Breaks through after reflecting on his actions and resolving an internal insight; the stage is named Thoughts of All Beings and deepens his connection to celestial bodies and sentient emotions.
Limit Nine Forms: First Form, Eight-Position Shift	111	Creates a body-based ultimate technique and uses it to defeat a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear.
Spirit Abyss Realm; 5,492 spiritual-power points	125	His spiritual-power assessment shocks Shrek Inner Court assessor Chen Yilei; the realm is sufficient for large-scale battlefield coordination.
Three Soul Rings approaching red in apparent age	131	During Shrek’s preliminary assessment, observers see three rings whose black coloration appears to edge toward red. His subsequently displayed true ring colors are black, white, and blue.
Level 35 Soul Power	146	Breaks through after reaffirming an oath to fulfill his promises without relying on violence or argument.
Temporary Title Douluo-level combat power	153	Though still short of four rings, his resonance with the outer-court students and Voice of the Stars lets him unleash power at the Title Douluo level and defeat three Title Douluo opponents with one strike.
Level 39 Soul Power	160	By this point, his accumulated strength is stated to be comparable to a peak Soul Douluo.
Fourth-rank blacksmith; Thousand-Forging and Spirit Forging	163	Completes Thousand-Forging in one hammer strike and Spirit Forging in two strikes, infusing Sinking Silver with spirituality and life energy.
Soul Forging; one step from Heavenly Tempering / Divine Forging	165	Completes Soul Forging by incorporating the Thoughts of All Beings and demonstrates a path toward Divine Forging.

Background

Lin Yuan is the orphaned son of two martyred major generals. After a relative embezzled his pension, he struggled in a military orphanage, became increasingly withdrawn, and could not be helped by the psychologists assigned to him. The military allowed him to leave the orphanage and concealed his identity when he relocated to Ziluo City at age three. His circumstances contributed to improved military treatment and benefits for soldiers and their dependents 3.

Before his life in the Douluo Federation, Lin Yuan retained memories from another world after transmigrating from his mother’s womb. Recognizing Lan Xuanyu as the future Dragon God and recalling the controversial actions attributed to him in the original story, Lin Yuan initially approached him as part of a pragmatic “God-Raising Plan.” Their relationship later became genuine family to him 1 19.

He befriended Lan Xuanyu and became close to Lan Xiao and Nan Cheng, who treated him with parental concern. Lin Yuan regularly told Lan Xuanyu stories, played with him after school, and came to be regarded as his older brother 1 2 4 16.

At age six, he awakened the Gravity martial soul with innate full Soul Power. Determined to select his own Soul Spirit, he traveled to Elf Star, where he gained the Starry Sky Behemoth Soul Spirit and formed friendships with Yuanen Huihui, Yun Liao, the Myriad Demon King, and the soul beasts 5 6 10 13.

Appearance

Following the awakening of Voice of the Stars, Lin Yuan’s appearance becomes striking enough to repeatedly draw unwanted attention.

• Crystal-clear, jade-like skin 4
• Soft, refined facial features and a notably symmetrical nose bridge 4
• Star-like eyes described as possessing an attention-holding “gravity” 4
• Following his physical training and emotional resonance breakthroughs, his aura becomes more forceful and moonlight-like while retaining his tall, lean build 73 77
• Often wears a white robe and an eerie smiling mask as Zoffy in the Soul Fighting Arena 87
• Uses a mask and hat in public due to the attention surrounding his “Child of the Stars” fame 79
• Displays three differently colored true Soul Rings—black, white, and blue—when his identity and full power are exposed at Shrek 149

Personality

Lin Yuan is mature, polite, and unusually self-possessed for his age. He values independence, insisting on choosing his own Soul Spirit and undertaking the dangerous journey to Elf Star rather than allowing others to decide for him 5 6.

He normally remains calm in battle and prefers to keep a low profile despite his reputation. His confidence can become playful arrogance, particularly when he tests his strength or remarks on his own appearance, but he also consciously reflects on avoiding arrogance and conceit 16 22 98 108.

He is protective of those he considers family. Although generally restrained, he responds harshly when Lan Xuanyu is harassed or endangered 36 50. He also shows empathy by helping the Ice Clan without accepting payment and by becoming concerned for Ling Yiyi and the Six Luminaries after learning of their punishment 27 95.

Lin Yuan is driven by an intense desire to fulfill promises, protect the vulnerable, and correct injustice. This can lead him toward perfectionism and extremism: he attempts to bear the negative emotions and suffering of others himself, alarming those close to him. Tang Le specifically encourages him to rely on friends rather than exhaust himself alone 149 155 156.

Following his confrontation with Yi Zichen, Lin Yuan articulates an ideal of becoming like the sun and moon: an unavoidable, beneficent force that fulfills his oaths without compelling obedience through violence or rhetoric. This ideal becomes central to his developing Human Emperor path and Shrek reform efforts 146 153 159.

Abilities & Skills

Gravity Martial Soul

Lin Yuan’s primary martial soul is Gravity, which takes the form of a Singularity. Others identify it as a Black Hole, while Lin Yuan understands it as one of the universe’s four fundamental forces 5.

• Manipulates gravitational force to pull, repel, suspend, and crush targets 10 23 33
• Can control projectiles and environmental debris, including forming a 165-ton ice-and-rubble sphere 23
• Uses gravity to restrict opponents’ movement or throw them into the air 16 30 33
• Can employ elemental manipulation in conjunction with gravity, including wind, water, ice, and sand 34 39 41 74
• Creates techniques such as Heavenly Movement Eternal Treasure, which drops a massive gravity-controlled ice-and-rubble sphere on his enemies 23
• Has begun entering a Universal Gravitation state that combines perception, gravity, and spiritual power to better understand his martial soul’s underlying principles 44 67
• Uses gravity with elemental control to create large-scale phenomena, including an ocean-crossing tsunami and a meteor-shower attack during Shrek’s preliminary assessment 67 133

Voice of the Stars

A system reward that gives Lin Yuan an unusual connection to celestial and planetary frequencies 2 4.

• Senses and listens to Tianluo Planet’s core frequency 4
• Enhances spiritual power and memory 4
• Allows him to perceive the emotions of the sentient God-Concealing Cloak 73
• His music can soothe others, including Lan Xuanyu 71
• His concert performance gathers the audience’s negative emotions onto himself, creating risks to his safety 78
• Stage Two is achieved through emotional insight and reflection 108
• Stage Two, Thoughts of All Beings, lets him perceive and resonate more deeply with the thoughts and emotions of people and planetary cores 108 143
• Can convert emotional resonance into broad enhancements to his body, speed, endurance, and Soul Skills; the enhancement becomes far more potent when large numbers of people resonate with him 77 153
• Allows him to calm volatile bloodlines and spiritual states, including Lan Xuanyu’s Gold and Silver Dragon King bloodlines and Liu Feng’s newly awakened White Dragon King bloodline 18 146 168

Universal Pull

Lin Yuan’s first Soul Skill, gained from the Starry Sky Behemoth Soul Spirit 10.

• Attracts or repels objects through gravitational control 10
• Can force enemies into the air or immobilize them 16 30
• Forms part of his developing understanding of Universal Gravitation 44
• Can be applied on a massive scale to manipulate terrain, projectiles, Soul Beasts, and simulated celestial bodies 15 23 133
• Can rapidly reposition allies, enemies, and himself in combat 67 145

Shinra Tensei

Lin Yuan’s second Soul Skill, associated with a white second Soul Ring and described as analogous to a theoretical White Hole 36.

• Repels everything within its effect 36
• Can counter attacks from stronger Soul Masters, including Ling Yiyi’s Redemption Slash 39
• Can be used repeatedly at high speed to overwhelm opponents 39
• Great Shinra is a stronger version that can leave him unconscious from exhaustion 72
• Its sustained use can be supported by the God-Concealing Cloak’s stored Soul Power 72
• Super Almighty Push is an even larger-scale application, but requires approximately three to four seconds of charging and prevents him from simultaneously using Universal Pull to restrain an opponent 85
• Has been refined to the point that he can unleash more than a thousand repulsive strikes and shatter a Soul Douluo’s Martial Soul Avatar in Douluo World 136

Overclock / Tyrant Body

A self-created Soul Skill developed during sparring with Gu Yuena 45.

• Enhances senses, reaction speed, and attack power 45
• Lets Lin Yuan perceive and anticipate attacks with exceptional precision 45
• Enables a temporary combat state powerful enough to suppress Gu Yuena for two minutes despite his two-ring cultivation 45
• Can be activated alongside Overload to push his physical and combat performance further in life-threatening engagements 132 149

Myriad Void Breaker

Lin Yuan’s second martial soul, revealed when the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Sealing Formation deprives him of elemental control 85 88.

• First Soul Skill: Void Breaker 88
• Can pierce the cores of starfighters when hurled as a weapon 103
• Provides an answer to enemy techniques designed to suppress his elemental and gravitational options 88
• Can become an energy-like construct capable of shattering illusions and piercing powerful defensive techniques 88
• When empowered by Voice of the Stars and the emotions of Shrek’s outer-court students, can wound or defeat Title Douluo-level opponents 153

Supernova Explosion

Lin Yuan’s third Soul Skill, gained upon reaching Level 34 103.

• A highly destructive and non-discriminatory attack 106
• Its potential scale makes Lin Yuan consider the possibility of a future planet-wide supernova effect 106
• Requires restraint due to its destructive consequences 106
• Is considered capable of killing multiple Soul Douluo-level opponents in a single blast under suitable conditions 121
• Can enter another person’s spiritual world to stimulate dormant ancestral bloodlines, though the process imposes heavy strain on both Lin Yuan and the recipient 122 168

Limit Nine Forms

A self-created series of body-based ultimate techniques that combine Lin Yuan’s physical conditioning, blood and qi, and combat insight 111.

• First Form: Eight-Position Shift — A movement and combat technique that enables complex positional changes and helped Lin Yuan defeat a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear 111
• Its use consumes substantial blood and qi, contributing to his exhaustion after high-level combat 156
• Lin Yuan intends to develop the technique into a complete nine-form system 111

Compassion and Bloodline Awakening

Compassion is Lin Yuan’s androgynous alternate identity, created to use his bloodline-related abilities without exposing his connection to Zoffy or the Child of the Stars 122.

• Uses a bloodline-reversion disguise that can alter his appearance and evoke ancestral bloodlines 122 129
• Helps others awaken dormant bloodlines, earning public names including “Compassion” and “Ancestor” 129
• Awakens Liu Feng’s White Dragon King bloodline through Supernova Explosion, then stabilizes Liu Feng’s mind after the awakening causes him to lose control 168
• Avoids using the identity’s abilities as direct combat techniques in order to preserve its separation from his other identities 122

Forging

Lin Yuan possesses extraordinary forging talent and regards metals and Soul Bones as related materials capable of being granted life 162.

• Performs Thousand-Forging with a single hammer strike, creating cosmic patterns in unheated Sinking Silver 163
• Performs Spirit Forging in two hammer strikes, infusing metal with spirituality and life energy 163
• Completes Soul Forging by incorporating the Thoughts of All Beings into the metal 165
• Is considered a future Divine Craftsman with the potential to perform Heavenly Tempering and Divine Forging 141 165
• His Soul Forging method may allow others to use the forged metal without requiring a blacksmith to be present, potentially removing a major restriction on Battle Armor materials 165

Music and Spiritual Resonance

Lin Yuan is an exceptional guqin and piano player. His performances can connect mental power, music, and the universe 20 71.

• Composes and performs original pieces, including “Dance of the Stars” 20 71
• His guqin performance directly precedes his Spirit Sea Realm breakthrough 20
• His concert performance gathers the audience’s negative emotions onto himself, creating risks to his safety 78
• His musical works, including Kingdom of Eden and My Conflicted Heart, gain widespread popularity and help listeners recover from emotional exhaustion or reaffirm their convictions 125
• Uses music and Voice of the Stars to soothe or stabilize others in moments of bloodline instability and emotional crisis 145 146

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• God-Concealing Cloak — A sentient quasi-divine artifact fully refined by Lin Yuan after he destroys its prior god-level connection 62 71.
  • Can drastically increase its weight for physical training 72 73
  • Stores at least five times Lin Yuan’s normal Soul Power and releases it as a shockwave 72
  • Its shockwave is refined into a transformable spear through Transformation 81
  • Transformation can reshape the cloak’s stored Soul Power into a spear, sword, saber, halberd, Soul Tool gun, and other constructs 81
• Zoffy mask — Used to conceal his identity in Douluo World’s Soul Fighting Arena; it later becomes associated with the public revelation that Lin Yuan and Zoffy are the same person 32 87 149 153.
• Simulation pod — Used extensively for Douluo World training and Soul Fighting Arena matches 14 16.
• Heavenly Snow Woman pendant — A pendant bearing the Heavenly Snow Woman’s image, given to Lin Yuan by Lan Mengqin before he leaves for Shrek 121.

Relationships

• Lan Xuanyu — Adoptive younger-brother figure; Lin Yuan tells him stories, trains him, cooks for him, and protects him from threats 1 2 16 29 36. Lin Yuan stabilizes Xuanyu’s conflicting Dragon God bloodlines and repeatedly helps him through dangerous cultivation developments 18 69 146. Xuanyu is deeply protective of Lin Yuan, regards Zoffy as a goal before learning the truth, and becomes concerned by Lin Yuan’s tendency to shoulder burdens alone 90 133 162.
• Lan Xiao — Fatherly supporter who brings Lin Yuan for his martial soul awakening and welcomes him into the family’s life 4 5.
• Nan Cheng — Maternal figure who worries about Lin Yuan’s living conditions and is later rescued by him from the Sin Planet squad 2 50.
• Ye Feng — Senior colonel who reveals Lin Yuan’s background, supports him, and arranges his journey to Elf Star 3 6.
• Yan Ruoting — Military major who accompanies him to Elf Star and helps arrange his academy registration and simulation-pod access 7 14.
• Yuanen Huihui — Elf child rescued by Lin Yuan; admires him and resolves to enter Shrek Academy because of him 10 13. She reunites with him at Shrek and remains openly affectionate toward him 144 145.
• Yun Liao — Elven princess and Huihui’s mother; recognizes Lin Yuan as a friend of the elf race and sends him large quantities of fruit 12 16.
• Myriad Demon King — Soul beast leader whose gratitude and friendship Lin Yuan earns through the Burial of Beasts 12 13.
• Qiu Yuxin — Teacher and later director who shows strong maternal concern for Lin Yuan and supports his education 16 62.
• Ruo Ye — Guqin master who recognizes Lin Yuan’s musical talent and guides him toward his Spirit Sea Realm breakthrough 20. Lin Yuan later returns to Tiandou Planet to help save Ruo Ye’s lover, Lan Bing 115 116.
• Dong Qianqiu — Initially an opponent at Tiandou Academy; later accompanies him after he heals Lan Bing, and shares a quiet moment discussing her parents 22 27. She remains a trusted friend during the Shrek assessments and is summoned by Lan Xuanyu when Lin Yuan’s behavior appears dangerously altered 129 131.
• Lan Mengqin — Tiandou Academy opponent who develops feelings for Lin Yuan and wishes to enter Shrek Academy 22 27. She gives him a Heavenly Snow Woman pendant and promises to stand with him against Shrek officials who target him 121.
• Gu Yuena — Sparring partner and mentor figure; Lin Yuan develops Overclock while fighting her, and they later play Soul Master Glory together 44 45 62. She helps supervise Lan Xuanyu’s cultivation and recognizes Lin Yuan’s importance to Xuanyu’s safety 110 111.
• Tang Le — Musician who appreciates Lin Yuan’s performances and protects him during his third-ring breakthrough 71 103. Tang Le later saves those endangered by Yi Zichen’s self-destruction and urges Lin Yuan not to sacrifice himself through perfectionism 155.
• Ling Yiyi — Soul Fighting Arena opponent whom Lin Yuan defeats; their relationship later shifts toward potential alliance when she and the Six Luminaries seek his help 39 95. Her analysis of Zoffy’s fighting style leads her team to devise the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Sealing Formation 88.
• Yang Hui — War God who treats Lin Yuan warmly and offers him protection at Tianluo Academy 79 80. He recognizes Lin Yuan’s potential as a future Divine Craftsman and increases his security due to the dangers attached to that path 141.
• Yi Zichen — Shrek’s First Vice Pavilion Master and a major adversary who attempts to influence Lin Yuan’s Dao heart and recruit or control him 108 142. Lin Yuan exposes his actions, defeats him, and survives Yi Zichen’s self-destruction through Tang Le’s intervention 153 155.
• Wang Tianyu — Shrek Pavilion Master who becomes increasingly supportive of Lin Yuan, waives his practical-combat assessment, and helps guide his forging and Dou Tian Agent path 156 165.
• Elder Tree — Shrek elder who supports Lin Yuan’s development alongside Wang Tianyu and is impressed by Lin Yuan’s forging achievements and influence on students 153 165.
• Liu Feng — Classmate whose dormant White Dragon King bloodline Lin Yuan awakens; Lin Yuan then restrains and stabilizes him when the new bloodline initially overwhelms his mind 168.
• Chen Yilei — Shrek Inner Court assessor and fervent Star Child fan who recognizes Lin Yuan’s Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power and guarantees his admission to Shrek 125.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Early Life and Ziluo City

• Moves from the military orphanage to Ziluo City under a concealed identity and forms a brotherly bond with Lan Xuanyu 2 3.
• Receives Voice of the Stars, develops extraordinary spiritual power, and begins hearing the planet core 2 4.
• Awakens Gravity with innate full Soul Power 5.
• Initially frames his friendship with the future Dragon God as a “God-Raising Plan,” but gradually comes to regard Lan Xuanyu as genuine family 1 19.
• Helps stabilize Lan Xuanyu’s unstable Gold and Silver Dragon King bloodlines immediately after his martial soul awakening 18.

Elf Star Journey

• Travels independently to Elf Star to choose his own Soul Spirit 6.
• Gains Universal Pull and the Starry Sky Behemoth Soul Spirit 10.
• Completes the Burial of Beasts, earning soul beast friendship and a nearly ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit 13.

Academy and Tiandou Exchange

• Enrolls at Tiandou Academy’s Ziluo City branch as a rank-14 control-type Soul Master 16.
• Becomes an exchange student at Tiandou Academy, where he breaks through to the Spirit Sea Realm through music 20.
• Defeats Dong Qianqiu and Lan Mengqin simultaneously with Heavenly Movement Eternal Treasure 23.
• Heals Ice Clan leader Lan Bing and declines compensation 27.

Zoffy and the Soul Fighting Arena

• Registers in Douluo World as Zoffy, using the false martial soul name “Star of Elements” 32.
• Wins consecutive matches despite fighting opponents far above his nominal rank 33 35.
• Gains Shinra Tensei after his second-ring breakthrough 36.
• Defeats five-ring Soul King Ling Yiyi and later faces her seven-member Soul Emperor team alone 39 87.
• Reveals Myriad Void Breaker and Void Breaker against the Seven Luminaries Heaven-Sealing Formation 88.
• Maintains the Zoffy persona by claiming to originate from the fictitious “Land of Light” when arena personnel question his abnormal growth and power 90.

God-Concealing Cloak and High-Energy Youth Class

• Enters the God-Concealing Cloak’s spiritual interior and destroys its hostile spiritual intelligence 62.
• Completes refinement, establishing ownership over the artifact 71.
• Uses its weight function for intense physical conditioning, reaching five times the speed of sound without Soul Power 73.
• Refines its shockwave into a transformable spear 81.
• Sweeps his High-Energy Youth Class’s midterm simulation assessment, defeating almost every classmate in less than a minute 94.

Interstellar Conflict and Third Ring

• Faces space pirates while operating under the Zoffy identity 103.
• Breaks through to Level 34 and gains Supernova Explosion while Tang Le protects him by freezing time 103.
• Begins considering the responsibility and dangers attached to his destructive new power 106.
• Returns to Tiandou Planet to help save Lan Bing, using Thoughts of All Beings to confront the emotional force fused into her body 115 116.

Shrek Preliminary Assessment

• Is guaranteed admission to Shrek after revealing Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power of 5,492 points during the assessment 125.
• Uses the Compassion identity to awaken ancestral bloodlines and helps ensure his High-Energy Youth Class advances through the preliminary round 129.
• Appears as the final opponent in the assessment, unsettling Lan Xuanyu with an unusually arrogant and severe demeanor 131.
• Defeats nearly all remaining examinees by creating a meteor shower with Universal Pull, securing first place and drawing Sea God Pavilion’s attention 133.
• Develops Limit Nine Forms: Eight-Position Shift and breaks through to Level 35 after reaffirming his oath and original intention 111 146.

Zoffy’s Revelation and Shrek Reform

• Arrives at Shrek Academy and forms a stronger connection with Douluo Planet’s core, causing repeated life-energy surges around Sea God Lake 143.
• Merges the Lin Yuan and Zoffy identities after donning Zoffy’s mask and accepting the negative emotions accumulated from those harmed by Shrek’s inequalities 149.
• Publicly reveals that he is Zoffy, gains the support of Shrek’s outer-court students, and defeats three Title Douluo-level opponents 153.
• Survives Yi Zichen’s self-destruction due to Tang Le’s protection, then accepts that he must rely on friends rather than attempt to carry all suffering alone 155.
• Begins pursuing reforms through public support and personal sacrifice, using his own resources to subsidize outer-court students rather than force change through violence 158 159.

Forging and Bloodline Awakening

• Draws tribulation clouds through his early understanding of Heavenly Tempering, leading Yang Hui to recognize him as a future Divine Craftsman 141.
• Performs Thousand-Forging and Spirit Forging at the Blacksmith Association despite having no conventional forging foundation 163.
• Completes Soul Forging by integrating Thoughts of All Beings into metal, approaching the threshold of Divine Forging 165.
• Becomes a Dou Tian Agent and accepts a level-seven mission involving Sin Planet while selecting practical combat and life affinity as his Shrek study divisions 165.
• Awakens Liu Feng’s White Dragon King bloodline using Supernova Explosion and prevents Liu Feng from losing himself to the newly released power 168.

Trivia

• Lin Yuan calls his martial soul “Gravity,” while most observers believe it is a Black Hole 5.
• He considers physical strength his greatest weakness despite his Soul Power and spiritual power 72.
• He is uncomfortable with his public fame as the “Child of the Stars” 79 81.
• His Soul Fighting Arena team is named One Man 32.
• Before his identity is exposed, Lin Yuan frequently praises Zoffy in public as though Zoffy were a separate and superior person 90 125.
• Lin Yuan’s musical fame becomes extensive enough that Shrek Inner Court students collect unauthorized Star Child sketchbooks and attend his concerts after missions 125.
• He is highly confident in his cooking and considers himself capable of reaching “level five” under a hypothetical God of Cooking system 17.
• His first blacksmithing attempts astonish experienced forgers because he performs high-level forging without heating the metal first 163.