Lin Yuan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lin Yuan (林渊) 1
Alias(es)	Golden Dragon King; headmaster of Myriad Realms Shrek Academy 1 29
Species/Race	Originally from another world; became the Golden Dragon King after transmigrating. Later inhabits a human body with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul 1 28 29
Gender	Male 1
Affiliation	Dragon God’s Ten Trials; Myriad Realms Shrek Academy 4 29
Occupation/Role	Creator of the Ten Trials; headmaster 4 29
Status	Alive in a physical body on Douluo Continent 28
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Golden Dragon King	1 2	Transmigrates into the imprisoned Golden Dragon King, whose sacrifice unleashes a domain capable of restraining God Kings 1 2.
Soul preserved in the Divine Examination core	4	Sacrifices the Golden Dragon King and the Dragon God but retains his own soul, Link Panel, and the Golden Dragon King’s Spirit Bone 4.
Human body; Red-Level Nine Trials	28 29	Returns to a body he had created and sent to Douluo Continent. Its previous occupant awakened the Golden Dragon Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power and received the Red-Level Nine Trials 28 29.

Background and History

Lin Yuan arrived from another world as the Golden Dragon King and spent years seeking a way out of imprisonment in the Divine Realm. When Temporal Turbulence created an opening, he confronted Tang San, who rejected his plea for freedom and sought his power 1.

Rather than submit, Lin Yuan used his Link Panel to bind the Golden Dragon King, the Dragon God’s remnant soul, and the Supreme Dragon God Seat into a sacrifice. He preserved his own soul, then built the Dragon God’s Ten Trials and linked the examination to the Divine Realm as its source of power and rewards 2 3 4.

After the trials spread across connected Douluo worlds, Lin Yuan returned to a body he had secretly sent to Douluo Continent. Another transmigrator had inhabited it, founded Myriad Realms Shrek Academy, and summoned its staff and students. Lin Yuan inherited both the body and the academy when his soul returned 28 29.

Personality

Lin Yuan initially sought survival rather than revenge, but his conflict with Tang San hardened into a campaign to undermine Tang San’s authority. He openly admits responsibility for setting events in motion while condemning Tang San’s double standards 1 3 22.

He is willing to use coercion and deception to win. He forces Tang San into apparent choices between Xiao Wu and his mother, then edits footage to mislead Xiao Wu about what happened 23 25 26. As headmaster, he also plans stronger divine positions for his academy’s people and looks for ways to improve their chances in the trials 31 50.

Abilities and Skills

Link Panel

The Panel establishes links through connections to the Golden Dragon King 2.

• Lin Yuan can forcibly bind blood-related beings so that fortune or harm passes between them; he used this to pull the Dragon God’s remnant soul into his sacrifice 2.
• Links to objects establish a connection but do not make those objects share his fate. His link to the Divine Realm lets him draw power from it without directly controlling it 2 3.
• Through the Mountain Dragon King, he briefly borrows Douluo Continent’s plane authority and can travel across the continent; he does not become its Plane Master 22 23.

Sacrifice Domain

Offering the Golden Dragon King’s power and essence produces Absolute Stasis 2.

• The domain halts Tang San, Kindness, Evil, and the Divine Realm long enough for Lin Yuan to enact his plan 2.
• His own soul survives because it is not part of the sacrifice 4.

Divine Examination Design

Lin Yuan creates and administers the Dragon God’s Ten Trials 3 4.

• He sets eligibility tiers, eliminations, inherited trial progress, rankings, and scheduled individual and team contests 4.
• His Life-and-Death Arena rolls competitors back to a shared age, though their retained experience can still matter 4 39.
• He expands the trials across connected worlds and uses the Divine Realm to fund their rewards 3 28.

Avatars and Possession

Lin Yuan creates Baby Dragon administrators from Golden Dragon King essence blood and assigns them to manage the examinations 4 28.

• He can receive an administrator’s memories and descend into its body; he does so when Tang San confronts Baby Dragon 21.
• Drawing examination power for purposes outside the trials has a daily limit. Moving Xiao Wu and the Blue Silver Emperor to opposite ends of Douluo Continent nearly exhausts his available Divine Power 23.

Equipment and Items

• Golden Dragon King Spirit Bone — survives the sacrifice and supplies essence blood for the first Baby Dragon administrator 4.
• Golden Dragon Wings — an External Soul Bone Lin Yuan takes when returning to his physical body 28.
• Dragon-Slaying Blade — wielded while Lin Yuan possesses Baby Dragon 23.

Relationships

• Tang San — principal adversary; Lin Yuan exposes his descent to Douluo Continent and targets his family bonds to weaken him 21 22 23 26.
• Baby Dragon — administrator and avatar created by Lin Yuan; calls on him when Tang San descends 4 21.
• Dragon God — object of Lin Yuan’s hatred and a forced participant in his sacrifice 2.
• Xiao Wu — seized through the Asura Sword Scabbard link and kept in the Examination Space; Lin Yuan intends to use her against Tang San 22 26 27.
• Yu Xiaogang — teacher at Lin Yuan’s academy whose concern for the students’ survival Lin Yuan recognizes as sincere 29 30.
• Qian Renxue — academy teacher and level-99 protector whose requests for more money trouble Lin Yuan 29 32.
• Gangzi — academy recruit whom Lin Yuan sends to another Shrek Academy, expecting him to cause trouble there 31 34.

Notable Quotes

“I merely despise Tang San. You, I truly hate.” — addressing the Dragon God 2

“I own what I’ve done.” — confronting Tang San over the deaths of his parents 22