Lin You

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Lin You
Alias(es)	Lao Huo 451
Gender	Male
Martial Soul	Periodic Table
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy (exchange student)
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Soul Engineer; researcher and inventor
Known Title(s)	“Father of Elements” 420

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Soul Power: level 17½	56	Reached after three days of recovery and cultivation supported by a Profound Water Pill, high-energy food, and the Golden Ancient Tree’s blessing; his session drained Soul Power from the dormitory building.
One-ring Soul Master	77	Defeated Grand Master Wu Feng despite the apparent rank disparity, extinguishing her flames and freezing her solid.
Two-ring Soul Grand Master	165	Defeated a Soul King through Hydrogen Elementalization and a Soul Emperor using his second Soul Skill and Wood Escape.
Third-Level Soul Tool Master	158	Independently engraved a Third-Level Core Array and completed core arrays for an Automated Metal Purification Device.
Level 40	380	Reached level 40 after six months of pill-assisted cultivation with Li Rong’s help; prepared for a Second Reforging and a new Soul Ring.
Soul Saint, level 72	506	Advanced from Soul King to level 72 after inheriting the Ice Fire Dragon King’s power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; his combat power rivaled an ordinary level 95+ Super Douluo.
Demigod-level life state	506	Produced an ice-and-fire energy sphere carrying the nascent form of Divine Power; Snow Emperor identified him as Demigod-level in life status, though not yet a true god.

Background / History

Lin You entered Shrek Academy alongside Huo Yuhao and pursued both cultivation and Soul Engineering. Early in his studies, he recognized that pure elemental control had limitations in direct combat and resolved to use Soul Tools, research, and new materials to compensate. He described knowledge as the means by which he intended to conquer the world. 19

He sought instruction under Qian Duoduo and later developed under Fan Yu. His research concentrated on elemental properties, metal production, Soul Tool core arrays, and scalable industrial processes. His Automated Metal Purification Device was designed to produce high-purity iron with minimal energy and Soul Power expenditure. 32 158

During the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange, Lin You openly taught his Element Theory. His explanations of atoms, molecules, elemental properties, and material transformations triggered a major research movement across the academy, earning him the informal title “Father of Elements.” 412 420

Lin You’s technological ambition extends beyond individual equipment. He seeks to develop Soul Guidance technology that lets ordinary people wield power comparable to Soul Masters, envisioning a social order centered on technologically empowered civilians rather than inherited Soul Master strength. 244 326

Personality

Lin You is analytical, inventive, and highly confident in his ability to solve practical problems through research. He approaches combat as an engineering problem, favoring adaptable methods, terrain control, defenses, and efficient use of resources over fixed fighting styles. 201 310

He is willing to share knowledge rather than guard it exclusively, teaching Element Theory to Sun Moon Academy students and providing technological ideas with broad social consequences. He opposes war that causes civilian suffering and envisions a world without racial discrimination or bloodline hierarchy. 366 412 512

His pragmatism can become ruthless. While recruiting support for Xu He’s cause, he abandoned unsuccessful negotiations with Feng Yuanshan and killed Zhou Mingtong after exposing his planned betrayal. 451 452

Appearance

After inheriting the Ice Fire Dragon King’s power, Lin You’s body acquired distinctly draconic traits. 506

• Golden luster across his skin.
• Perfectly sculpted musculature.
• Eyes displaying gold, red, and blue hues.
• An ice-and-fire pattern on his forehead. 506

Abilities & Skills

Elemental Control

Lin You’s Periodic Table Martial Soul grants control over multiple elements and their properties. His abilities expand as new elements are awakened, enabling numerous combat, support, manufacturing, and environmental applications. 186 363

• Manipulates particle motion to alter temperature, including creating low-temperature environments by interfering with hydrogen atoms. 32
• Can purify miasma using Water Molecule control. 498
• Uses elemental sensing to inspect matter, metals, plants, Soul Guidance Devices, and opponents’ internal elemental composition. 376 420
• Possesses four ultimate attributes, giving his Soul Power unusually high quality but making cultivation slower. 363
• Awakened control over tungsten, improving his defensive options. 420

Elementalization

Lin You can transform his body into elemental forms, allowing attacks to pass through him and giving him specialized combat states. 165 400

• Hydrogen Elementalization — effortlessly defeated a Soul King. 165
• Oxygen Elementalization — evaded a Level 7 Destruction Beam by becoming pure oxygen. 400
• Phosphorus Elementalization — can become a self-destructive weapon through the “Phosphorus Fire Big Bomb That Embraces the Glory of Battle,” but the technique severely harms its user. 186
• His elemental abilities are generally more efficient and natural for him than relying on conventional Soul Bone and Soul Skill combinations. 310

Phosphorus Fire

Lin You employs White Phosphorus Fire and related poison-and-flame techniques with exceptional control.

• Extinguished Wu Feng’s dragon flames before freezing her in their spar. 77
• Used Phosphorus Fire and Poison Smoke to defeat an opposing three-person team alone. 80
• Defeated another full team with a high-lethality technique, then detoxified the victims afterward. 81
• His White Phosphorus Fire burned Di Tian when the Beast God intervened to contain its spread. 310

Physical Enhancement and Martial Arts

Lin You strengthens his body through elemental reinforcement, Bone Forging, Blood Exchange, and intensive physical training.

• His body reached Soul Saint-level physical strength after two months of seclusion. 297
• His Bone Forging and Blood Exchange reduced his weight while greatly increasing his toughness and power. 388
• Withstood a High-Explosive Soul Guidance Cannon and broke through an energy shield before knocking out Liu Ming with an Iron Mountain Lean. 397
• Uses High-Frequency Combat Mode and the Abdominal Crossing Fist in close combat. 310
• Manipulated One-Eyed Dragon’s bones to disarm and cripple the Soul King. 188

Auxiliary Support

Although capable of overwhelming offense, Lin You can act as a powerful Support System Soul Master.

• Created compressed hydroxyapatite armor around Wang Dong, providing extreme hardness and shock absorption against a five-thousand-year Soul Beast. 197
• Regulated calcium ions to improve Wang Dong’s nerve reaction speed. 198
• Strengthened Dai Yueheng sufficiently for him to defeat Ma Xiaotao. 221
• Maintained a comfortable temperature for himself and Huo Yuhao in the Far North. 120

Domains and Perception

Lin You’s elemental perception developed into a wide-area control field.

• In Destruction Mode, his elemental sensing covered five kilometers and let him control elements, plants, and minerals in the area. 333
• After six months of seclusion, he gained a one-kilometer-radius control range—nearly three square kilometers—described as a mobile “Absolute Control Domain.” 420
• Within this range, he can perceive elemental composition, Soul Power fluctuations, and the internal structures of Soul Guidance Devices unless blocked by special shielding. 420
• Uses the Ink Domain from the Demon King Squid Soul Bone to suppress enemy abilities. 333 442

Ice Fire Dragon King Inheritance

Lin You inherited the Ice Fire Dragon King’s power after a seven-day transformation in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 506

• Controls ice and fire in tandem, freezing and burning targets with precise restraint. 506
• Carries Dragon King bloodline pressure strong enough to make Snow Emperor feel instinctive reverence. 506
• Can form ice-and-fire energy containing the nascent aura of Divine Power. 506
• His current control is incomplete; he acknowledges that mishandling the immense new power could cause loss of control. 506

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Automated Metal Purification Device — produces high-purity metallic iron with minimal energy and Soul Power use. 158
• Soul Guidance Armor / “Gundam” — armor system intended to separate device operation from the user’s Soul Power and grant ordinary people Soul Master-like combat ability. 243 244
• Exclusive Armed Armor — includes shields, beam claws, Flying Fire Bombs, beam sabers, a Soul Guidance Light Beam Rifle, flame jets, and an untested Destruction Mode. 331
• Unicorn Gundam — returned heavily damaged after an encounter implied to involve an opponent at approximately Soul Douluo level. 336
• Eternal Fire Device — self-circulating energy source that produces attack-grade high-temperature flames without a Soul Master’s Soul Power. 326
• Steam Carriage — a ground-running Soul Guidance Device reflecting his influence on daily technology. 336
• Third-Level Soul Tool Master Badge — proof of his Soul Engineering qualification. 201

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — close companion and frequent combat partner; they entered Shrek together, collaborate on research, and support each other in dangerous battles. Lin You gave her a hundred-thousand-year spiritual attribute Soul Ring because it better suited her Spiritual Power. 32 165 243 391
• Fan Yu — mentor in Soul Engineering; Fan Yu praises Lin You’s tactical thinking, supports his research, and worries for his well-being. 158 201 420
• Snow Emperor — ally, guide, and increasingly close confidante; she assists his cultivation, evaluates his growth, and recognizes his Ice Fire Dragon King inheritance. 301 388 506
• He Caitou — research partner and trusted collaborator on Soul Guidance Armor and other industrial technologies. 243 326 330
• Wang Dong — teammate and friend; Lin You protected and enhanced Wang Dong during the battle against the Blood Shadow Black Panther. 197 198 479
• Di Qiuer / Three-Eyed Golden Lion — sparring partner and friend; their battles test Lin You’s elemental combat methods, and he later offers to make her a portable Ink Jet. 308 310 335
• Dai Yueheng — became grateful and pledged allegiance after Lin You’s auxiliary power enabled his victory over Ma Xiaotao. 221
• Xuan Ziwen — fellow Soul Engineer who respects Lin You’s Element Theory and permits his independent research in Illustrious Virtue Hall. 374 376
• Gu Yue — powerful figure who challenges Lin You’s vision of equality but expresses interest in it. 512

Story Role / Major Arcs

Shrek Academy and Early Research

Lin You enrolls at Shrek Academy with Huo Yuhao, pursues Soul Engineering, and begins developing new metals and industrial methods. His early combat displays establish that his apparent cultivation rank does not reflect his actual threat level. 19 32 77

Freshman Competition

Lin You defeats opponents through overwhelming elemental control, poison, fire, freezing, and precise detoxification. His team completes the round robin undefeated with ten consecutive victories. 80 81

Soul Engineering Development

Under Fan Yu’s guidance, Lin You becomes a Third-Level Soul Tool Master, produces automated metal-purification arrays, and develops Soul Guidance Armor with Huo Yuhao and He Caitou. 158 243

Star Dou Great Forest and Soul Beast Contacts

Lin You travels with Snow Emperor and Huo Yuhao, absorbs Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and spars with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. His White Phosphorus Fire, High-Frequency Combat Mode, and elemental reinforcement draw Di Tian’s attention. 301 308 310

Sun Moon Academy Exchange

At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Lin You demonstrates Elementalization, Oxidation Erosion, physical combat, and Soul Tool tactics against large numbers of students. His Element Theory transforms the academy’s research culture. 376 394 400 412 420

Political Activity in the Sun Moon Empire

Using the alias Lao Huo, Lin You attempts to recruit support for Xu He. He wins over the Sky Splitting Soul Engineer Corps’ commander, Shi Xuan, but executes Zhou Mingtong after uncovering his betrayal. 451 452

Ice Fire Dragon King Inheritance

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin You inherits the Ice Fire Dragon King’s power, rises to level 72 Soul Saint, and gains a Demigod-level life state with nascent Divine Power. 498 506

Trivia

• Lin You stated that Hydrogen alone could produce at least ten different applications. 186
• He has described himself as having “nine more fighting styles” beyond his standard armor-based approach. 186
• His “Gundam” name refers to Soul Guidance Armor intended to enhance a user’s combat power. 323
• His Element Theory drove Sun Moon Academy researchers to study materials as small as hair and fingernails with microscopic Soul Guidance Devices. 420