Lin Jun

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lin Jun (林君)
Alias(es)	Master Lin; Lord Lin; Marshal Lin; Military Commissioner Lin; Headquarters Court Pillar; Jinzhou Marshal; Demon Kingdom Ruler
Species/Race	Human by self-identification; possesses Celestial Fox traits and is repeatedly mistaken for a demon or Demonkin 396 578
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Demon Exorcism Bureau — Vanguard Division; later Headquarters Court Pillar and Jinzhou Marshal 51 138 199
Occupation/Role	Demon Exorcist; martial cultivator; demon hunter; military commissioner
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Flowing Swallow Saber Technique — Perfected	2	Spent thirty simulated years diligently training the Mortal saber art.
Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade — Great Success	8	Derived a Transformation-Origin martial art from the perfected Demon-Subduing Blade Technique; could use it despite still being in the Mortal realm.
Origin Transformation / Transcendent Realm	14	Spent 3,000 experience and sixty-three simulated years mastering the True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting; gained perception of heaven-and-earth energy and an automatically refining body-furnace.
Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade — Transcendent Realm	21	Refined the blade art’s purpose into decisive demon-slaying and unlocked the blood-energy-consuming Heavenly Star Baleful Image.
Wind-Thunder True Armor — Major Mastery	31	Reconstructed the incomplete previous-dynasty art after more than a century of simulated study, gaining lightning armor and close-range retaliation.
Blood-Tiger Baleful Image	31	Fused Tiger-Baleful Aura into his Blood-Baleful Aura, strengthening his killing intent, blade art, and ultimate technique.
Frost-Thunder True Armor — Perfected	37	Used a White Snake Demon Core to replace the armor’s weak wind aspect with frost, creating denser icy lightning armor.
Boundary Breach Realm	60	Restored the Human Core Art by integrating the incomplete Heaven-and-Earth Furnace Cauldron with the True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting.
Sky Fox Bloodline — Three Tails	68	Absorbed a Body-Breach Fox Demon’s essence, blood, and core; gained a permanent Body-Breach fox manifestation capable of fighting beside him.
Qi-Breach Stage	75	Advanced the Human Core Art using his remaining experience after deriving Blood-Transforming Astral Wind from Black Wind True Lord’s core.
Core-Embracing Realm	114	Formed a Golden Core through the violent Hammered Core method after allowing two Demon Cores to temper his organs and body.
Earth Core Realm	136	Used all nine Thunder Pool cleansings to shatter and reforge his Golden Core into a Jade Core containing Divine Thunder.
Heavenly Elixir Realm	168	Broke through overnight by rapidly absorbing heaven-and-earth energy.
Grandmaster Realm	195	Recognized as a Grandmaster shortly after obtaining and cultivating the Form-Shedding Technique.
Martial Saint Realm	306	Demonstrated the strength of a newly advanced Martial Saint while overwhelming Yuan Chong’s sword arts and formation.
Late-stage Saint Realm	382	The Demon-Slaying Sword fed refined Demon Venerable blood back into his body, pushing him past the middle stage.
Pseudo-Venerable	404	Absorbed the gains from four Demon Venerables and the Demon-Slaying Sword; lacked only heaven-and-earth Authority to become a true Martial Venerable.
Martial Venerable	410	Successfully seized the Heavenly Secrets Authority.
First Calamity of Venerable Rank	422	Condensed Heaven-Earth Heartfire through Severance, reforging his heart at the cost of constant pain and lifespan.
Second Calamity	432	Achieved a true Thunder Calamity slightly over a month after entering the First Calamity.

Background

Lin Jun inherited the identity and memories of a notorious wastrel whose conduct had alienated nearly everyone around him. Chen Feng, his uncle’s subordinate and assigned guard, had grown so disgusted with the former Lin Jun that he deliberately abandoned him to demons, intending to die after confirming his master’s death. The present Lin Jun understood Chen Feng’s motives and chose not to punish him for them 3.

After surviving the Snake Demon cave, Lin Jun discovered a panel that converts demon kills into experience and allows him to simulate years of training. He immediately used it to perfect the Flowing Swallow Saber Technique, then began treating demon extermination as both a duty and the fastest path to survival 2 8.

His early campaigns in Green Forest County transformed his reputation. He exterminated the Bear Demon family after finding their human victims, buried the dead, and vowed to become strong enough that he would not be helpless before the world’s cruelty again 7. He later uncovered evidence that local authorities had tolerated demons while the former Lin Jun was harmless, making his genuine demon-slaying a threat to an entrenched arrangement 19.

Personality

Lin Jun is blunt, practical, and extremely goal-oriented. He prioritizes eliminating immediate threats over etiquette, political maneuvering, or appearances; this often makes him seem callous, especially when he insists on eradicating demons and their descendants before they can become future dangers 8 85.

His ruthlessness toward demons coexists with a strong attachment to human life. The mutilated victims in the Bear Demon cave made him physically ill, and he consistently reacts with particular hostility toward those who prey on civilians or treat mortals as disposable 7 328. He refuses to define himself as anything other than human despite demonic bloodline powers and repeated accusations that he is Demonkin 60 396.

He is also cautious beneath his confidence. Lin Jun will retreat from enemies beyond his ability, cooperates with Bureau procedure when open resistance would be counterproductive, and avoids needlessly fighting weak demons when information or discretion is more valuable 21 62 257.

Views on Demons

Lin Jun does not kill indiscriminately solely because a being is nonhuman. He spared Danglu Lord because the Wolf Demon had not harmed humans and accepted supervision instead, while he maintains relationships with Lu Ling, Qing He, Nine-Tail, and other demons who do not prey on people 104 131.

His tolerance ends when demons harm humans or threaten future atrocities. This distinction informs both his willingness to protect cooperative demons and his recurring insistence on leaving no dangerous enemy alive 104 255.

Abilities & Skills

Simulation Panel

Lin Jun’s panel awards experience for killing demons and lets him simulate decades or centuries of cultivation, deduction, and combat study in moments.

• Can perfect, repair, modify, and combine martial arts or cultivation methods through simulated insight 31 60 68.
• Converts Demon Cores into cultivation, special abilities, essence blood, or deduced martial arts depending on his chosen approach 21 75.
• Its growth eventually becomes constrained by the scarcity of demons powerful enough to provide meaningful experience 625.

Human Core and Body Cultivation

Lin Jun’s core cultivation began with the True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting, then developed through the Human Core Art.

• His body continuously refines heaven-and-earth energy after entering Origin Transformation 14.
• The Human Core Art cultivates both physique and qi and remains effective through the Core-Embracing Realm 60.
• He formed his Golden Core through Hammered Core, an almost-lost method that tempers the body through violent destruction and reconstruction 114.
• His Jade Core contains Divine Thunder and tempers both body and Divine Soul 136.

Form-Shedding and Soul-Shattering Body-Fusion

Lin Jun fused his Divine Soul into his physical body through repeated shedding and reconstruction.

• The Form-Shedding Technique lets him dissolve and rebuild flesh, organs, bones, and blood 209.
• The Soul-Shattering Body-Fusion Art turns shattered soul components into permanent physical strength 209 241.
• After completing the process, he no longer possesses an independent Divine Soul; his flesh and blood function as his soul 249.
• This grants exceptional durability and recovery, but prevents him from abandoning his body to escape as a soul 249.

Blade Arts

Lin Jun’s principal offensive style centers on saber and sword techniques adapted for demon-slaying.

• Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade — A Transformation-Origin blade art driven by killing intent and blood energy; its ultimate forms evolved from Heavenly Star Baleful Image into Blood-Tiger Baleful Image 21 31.
• Blood-Transforming Astral Wind — Creates a vortex of astral cutting wind capable of shredding demon-beasts and trapping stronger enemies; Lin Jun later raised it to the Transcendent Realm to destroy Zhang Zhen’s avatar 75 101.
• One-Character Yang Strike — A weaponless burst technique that condenses physical force and killing intent into a single decisive strike 49 51.
• Swift Mountain Waters — A Dao Martial movement art that borrows worldly momentum to create phantom cavalry, immense speed, and destructive force; it can cross Great Yin in a day but damages Lin Jun’s body 257.

Defensive Arts

• Frost-Thunder True Armor — Icy armor covered by restrained lightning. It greatly improves Lin Jun’s defense without restricting movement and shocks close-range attackers 37.
• Profound Demon Body-Tempering Canon — A demon-devouring body art that Lin Jun modified through his Sky Fox Bloodline to eliminate the normal risk of cultivation deviation 68.

Deathward Eye Origin True Scripture

A Divine-Soul martial art that grants Deathward True Qi and perception of structural weak points.

• Enables invisible-force manipulation at range, such as lifting objects without touching them 135.
• Reveals colored “Death Gates” on objects and living beings; striking one can destroy, cripple, or kill the target 135.
• Stronger martial artists possess fewer, dimmer, or no visible Death Gates 135.

Sky Fox Bloodline and Fox Companion

Lin Jun possesses an incomplete Sky Fox Bloodline strengthened through demon cores and essence blood.

• Creates a separate internal circulation that coexists with his human cultivation rather than replacing it 60.
• Can manifest combat-capable fox forms; the initial Three-Tailed Fox possessed Body-Breach strength and could persist as long as Lin Jun survived 68.
• His fox companion later grew into Nine-Tail through accumulated bloodline, essence blood, and Incense Power 104 210.
• Seven-Tail could possess Lin Jun and conceal his human aura completely, allowing him to appear physically and spiritually demonic 104.

Dao Realms and Worldly Momentum

Lin Jun can refine Dao Realms from defeated enemies and use them as reservoirs of power.

• Dao Realms enhance his combat power beyond his nominal cultivation level and can be refined with experience 302.
• He uses worldly momentum to form soldier-like phantoms and vast cavalry manifestations 257 343.
• At one point, he summoned forty-eight Dao Realms, Great Yin’s Nation Vein, soldier phantoms, and a massive Nine-Tail Fox to suppress the Yin Ruins Sect 388.

Three Calamities

Lin Jun chose the dangerous genuine Three Calamities path rather than the safer False Calamity Method.

• Heaven-Earth Heartfire reforges the heart, strengthens circulation and recovery, but inflicts constant pain and consumes lifespan 422.
• Thunder Calamity marked his Second Calamity and sharply increased his combat power 432.
• The final Wind Calamity creates a self-training mental domain that continuously refines combat experience and cultivation methods, though its pain can drive practitioners mad 453.

Equipment

• Demon-Slaying Sword — A major weapon that absorbs and refines demon blood, feeds energy back into Lin Jun’s cultivation, and houses Yuan Yu’s recovering Divine Soul 382 384.
• Moon-Covering Blade — Saber used to decapitate the Scorpion Demon Sage Yuanhuang 319.
• Dragon-forged horse-chopping saber — Forged from a dragon’s head; durable enough to endure Lin Jun’s Astral Qi and Deathward True Qi 154.
• Soul-Eating Bell — Captured after Daoist Qingfeng’s defeat and later traded for the Qi-Riding Cloud-Soaring Art 91 103.
• Soul-forging Furnace — Heaven Fox Clan relic and potential Root Vessel for advancing to Spirit Transcendence 462.
• World-Breaking Ark — Single-use flying vessel capable of bypassing the sealed Ascension Passage and crossing toward Heaven Beyond Heaven 384.
• Demon Kingdom Edict — Succession artifact that responded to Lin Jun and reinforced his claim as Demon Kingdom Lord 403.

Relationships

• Chen Feng — Formerly Lin Jun’s unwilling guard; attempted to abandon the former Lin Jun to demons, but became Lin Jun’s trusted companion and repeatedly witnessed his abnormal growth 3 21 85.
• Duan Yan — Injured Demon Exorcist whom Lin Jun sheltered and cared for. She shared the incomplete Wind-Thunder True Armor and repeatedly tried to recruit him into her family 28 30.
• Yang Yan — Lin Jun’s uncle and former protector, who treated him like a son. Lin Jun agreed to investigate the case that led to Yang Yan’s imprisonment and later promised to retrieve Yang Wan 51 154.
• Yang Shi — Associate and student whom Lin Jun trained in Blood-Baleful Aura and the Demon-Subduing Blade Technique 62.
• He Jing — Hongyan Sect swordsman, early rival, ally, and later one of Lin Jun’s chosen Headquarters confidants 28 154.
• Zuo Huai — Yang Wan’s senior brother, mentor-like companion, and frequent adviser who supports Lin Jun despite being repeatedly stunned by his progress 93 114.
• Jiang Jue — Armaments Division Court Pillar who supported Lin Jun’s advancement, forged weapons for him, and later deferred to his authority 51 154.
• Bai Jie — Peacock Clan descendant who initially underestimated Lin Jun, later sought his help against her grandfather and became one of his important allies 115 121.
• Qing He — Fox demon guide and traveling companion. Lin Jun protects him but eventually agrees that Qing He needs training before accompanying dangerous missions 257 310.
• Nine-Tail — Lin Jun’s evolving fox companion and source of fox-bloodline power, Incense Power, disguise, and combat support 104 210.
• Yan Hua — Strategic protector who backed Lin Jun against Dragonrider Island and proposed that he become Demon Kingdom ruler 367 396.
• Yuan Yu — Martial Venerable Divine Soul residing in the Demon-Slaying Sword; serves as adviser, protector, and blunt counterweight to Lin Jun’s destructive impulses 384 388.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Green Forest County

• Survived the Snake Demon cave, began using the simulation panel, and overturned Chen Feng’s expectations 2 3.
• Exterminated the Bear Demon family, uncovered their human victims, and began cultivating through demon kills 7 8.
• Obtained the True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting, reached Origin Transformation, and exposed the county’s concealed demon-human arrangement 13 14 19.
• Investigated demon incidents, destroyed demon dens, protected civilians, and uncovered the Demon Market operating near Phoenix Forest Mountain 36 38.

Demon Exorcism Bureau Recruitment

• Joined the Bureau’s Vanguard Division specifically because it offered the greatest opportunity to hunt demons 51.
• Restored the Human Core Art, entered Boundary Breach, and gained a Sky Fox Bloodline that made him increasingly difficult for Bureau factions to evaluate 60 68.
• Earned major merit in the Dayan Mountain campaign and became a renowned demon-slayer among the Demon Exorcist Army 75 76.

Fufeng Commandery

• Investigated Fufeng’s compromised Demon Affairs Prefecture, exposed Su Jun’s hostility, and used the Demon-Subduing Order to seize control of the situation 81.
• Destroyed the major demon forces threatening Fufeng, including the Turtle Demon, Daoist Qingfeng, and the Wolf Demons of Dragon-Tiger Pool 85 91.
• Became the commandery’s public protector, though he was uncomfortable with the temples and worship that followed his victories 146 153.

Jinzhou Leadership

• Accepted appointment as Headquarters Court Pillar despite the danger of the position 138.
• Took command at the border, fought during the Jinzhou demon calamity, and eventually became Jinzhou Marshal after Chen Dao stepped down 154 186 199.
• Defeated Demon Lords in Bingzhou, exposed the demons’ plan to rebuild a Demon Kingdom, and gained intelligence about the Demon-Exalting Sword and the hidden Jade Abode 208.

Demon Kingdom and Inner Abode

• Entered the Demon Kingdom’s Jade Abode, obtained ancient techniques and artifacts, and developed Dao Martial arts and Dao Realms 233 257 302.
• Was identified by some demons as Ling Jun, heir to the former Demon Kingdom ruler, because of his Celestial Fox traits and the Jade Dragon Treasure Heart 367.
• Accepted the title of Demon Kingdom ruler as a pragmatic defense against Dragonrider Island and a means to unite demon forces against greater threats 396.
• Destroyed the Dao Seed Mother Tree and defeated multiple Demon Venerables, then advanced to Pseudo-Venerable status 402 404.

Heaven Beyond Heaven

• Entered Heaven Beyond Heaven through the Ascension Passage and learned that his Lower Realm had been unusually isolated and disadvantaged 416.
• Chose the genuine Three Calamities path, rapidly reaching the Second Calamity while navigating factional betrayal and sea-demon threats 422 432.
• Learned that Spirit Transcendence requires three Root Vessels and began seeking suitable treasures without sacrificing the Demon-Slaying Sword 462.
• Discovered the Stone Stele’s record of countless worlds destroyed by Heavenly Tribulation and resolved to gather enough strength to resist that cycle 473.

Conflict with Heaven’s Will

• Determined that the nature of the world itself may be demonic and therefore potentially killable 622.
• Learned that his lack of sufficiently powerful demon opponents had become a barrier to further advancement 625.
• Entered the Graveyard of All Monsters to face ancient Demons awakened by the world’s instability, treating the danger as both a threat and an opportunity for growth 636 648.

Notable Quotes

“What? Demons can eat people, but people cannot eat demons?” 7

“How would you know if you don’t try?” 471

“Before discussing cooperation, perhaps we should first make our identities clear. I am Lin Jun, a human.” 578

Trivia

• Lin Jun’s early insistence on transporting demon corpses was often motivated by food rather than materials; he specifically wanted Bear Demon paws 7.
• His public image shifted from a feared wastrel to a celebrated demon-slayer so quickly that former acquaintances repeatedly assumed his accomplishments were fabricated or politically arranged 23 75.
• He considers himself a human regardless of his fox-bloodline abilities, demonic aura, or political status as Demon Kingdom ruler 60 396.