Ye Lin

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Ye Lin is an orphan from Holy Soul Village who crossed over from another world. Knowing the story he expects to unfold, he declines Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall and initially plans to stay close to Tang San for protection. Old Jack takes both boys to enroll at Nuoding Academy 1.

Yu Xiaogang rejects Tang San as a disciple and chooses Ye Lin instead. Ye Lin accepts after learning that the arrangement includes free meals. Xiaogang subsequently guides his strength-and-defense development, arranges protection for his first soul-ring hunt, and gives him cultivation manuals and equipment 3 5 6 8 9.

After six years at Nuoding, Ye Lin enters Shrek Academy. He pushes his Soul Power conversion far enough to injure his arm during Zhao Wuji’s entrance test, then later reaches level 30 through a Soul Bone Xiaogang gives him. In Star Dou Forest, he survives the absorption of an unusually old third ring and obtains the Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone 9 19 21 39 40.

Ye Lin later receives the Eight Spider Lances and trains to control them. Xiaogang selects him to command the Shrek Seven Devils; in their battle with the Imperial Fighting Team, Ye Lin breaks Shi Mo’s shield, defeats Yu Tianheng in a direct clash, and manifests a self-created cloning skill while protecting Xiao Wu 44 47 59 64 66 67.

During the academy’s mountain endurance training, Ye Lin carries exhausted teammates and helps redistribute their stones. Refusing Dai Mubai’s suggestion to leave Tang San behind, he carries Oscar on his back and Zhu Zhuqing in his arms while dragging Tang San by a rope. He reaches the academy last and collapses, later recovering in a medicinal bath 50 51. In the Soul Arena, he and Xiao Wu win their two-versus-two match as the Martial Forest Combination, and he subsequently withstands the combined attack of four Mad Battle Team fighters before their team surrenders 54 58.

After leaving Suotuo City, Ye Lin accompanies Yu Xiaogang toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. Xiaogang intends to secure him an identity that will protect him from those coveting his talents and treasures. During the intervening month, Ye Lin trains and spars regularly with Yu Tianheng, gradually easing the awkwardness between them 71 73 74 76. At the sect, Yu Luomian challenges his admission, but Xiaogang presents his age, cultivation, and victory over Yu Tianheng. Yu Yuanzhen accepts Ye Lin as a second-generation direct-line disciple, records him in the genealogy, grants him a sect token, and recognizes him as his grandson 81.

Yu Xiaogang then gives Ye Lin a Dragon-Type Right Arm Spirit Bone entrusted to him by Yu Yuanzhen. Ye Lin successfully absorbs it, reaches level 35, and acquires a golden-scaled Dragon Transformation 84 85. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a punch thrown without a Spirit Skill impresses the three board members, who judge its power comparable to that of a level-40 Soul Ancestor 87. After the group moves to Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong welcomes him as her partner’s disciple and gives him a total of 200,000 Gold Soul Coins 95.

Dugu Bo abducts Ye Lin from Blue Tyrant Academy. Ye Lin resists his attacks, identifies himself through his sect token, and uses Qi Soul Clones and the Blue Silver Emperor right-leg bone’s flight ability to escape. Dugu Bo pursues him until Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender arrive to intervene 97 98 99 100. Yu Yuanzhen later reveals that he had followed the abduction and used the situation to test Ye Lin’s adaptability; he praises Ye Lin’s willingness to seek survival against a stronger opponent and help his endangered teacher 103 104.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiaogang instructs Ye Lin to refine the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot together in the spring. Ye Lin initially urges his teacher to take them instead 107. After refining them, he emerges at level 39 with a transformed physique and an exceptionally powerful true dragon bloodline. Xiaogang suspects that an Ancient Dragon King lies beneath the spring and tells him to keep the discovery secret 110. Ye Lin soon reaches level 40, after which Dugu Bo helps hunt a Titan Giant Ape for his fourth ring. Absorbing its ten-thousand-year ring raises him to level 42 112 113 114.

Ye Lin spends half a year in the valley cultivating, absorbing the bloodline beneath the spring, and refining his control over his increased strength. He eventually returns to the academy with Xiaogang and receives a warm welcome from his companions 119 120 122. Following Xiaogang’s instructions, he distributes medicinal herbs intended to improve their talent and cultivation. Among these are two Lovesick Heartbreak Reds, successfully claimed by Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu. He then helps the teachers guard the students while they refine the herbs 122 123 124. After his return, he also encounters Tai Long, an unwanted suitor of Xiao Wu, and agrees to fight him without using his Martial Soul 127.

Appearance

Ye Lin is initially described as slender and handsome, with delicate features. At twelve, his youthful face leads Yu Tianheng to mistake the masked arena fighter for someone considerably older 1 71.

After his transformation in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his shoulders are broader and his chest muscles are clearly defined beneath his soaked clothing. Following his fourth-ring absorption, his physique is described as densely muscular and taut with strength 110 114.

• Body Martial Soul: His own body is his Martial Soul 1.
• Dark Gold Dreadclaw: Five dark-golden claws extend from his right hand and move with his fingers 40 41.
• Eight Spider Lances: Eight purple legs emerge from his back; when retracted, faint purple lines remain beside his spine 44.
• Dragon Transformation: His right arm enlarges and becomes covered in fine golden dragon scales. His fingers thicken, and his nails transform into sharp dragon claws 84 85.

Personality

Ye Lin initially tries to avoid attention and worries about provoking Tang San, but grows more willing to act independently as his strength develops 3 4 20. He trusts Xiaogang’s guidance, while remaining alert to the physical risks of his own abilities: he limits Soul Power conversion against Dai Mubai because his body might not withstand more 6 12 32.

He is attentive to injured teammates. During Shrek’s entrance test, he catches Zhu Zhuqing, sets her dislocated shoulders, and warns Xiao Wu away from a mental attack that could backfire. In the Imperial Fighting Team match, he takes blade fragments while shielding Xiao Wu 18 67.

His concern extends to teammates who do not reciprocate it. During endurance training, he refuses to abandon Tang San despite his own exhaustion, insisting that they are a team 50. Yu Tianheng comes to regard him as sincere and disciplined: he rises before dawn to train, does not complain about food, and returns to practice even after exhausting himself the previous day 76.

Ye Lin expresses deep gratitude toward Xiaogang and credits his teacher’s efforts for his achievements. After receiving the Dragon-Type Right Arm Spirit Bone, he privately resolves that even if he cannot become a god, he will still bring Xiaogang to the Divine Realm 73 81 84. He also initially offers his teacher the two rare herbs intended for his own refinement 107.

He can be playful and teasing. His flirtatious request to touch Zhu Zhuqing earns him a blushing punch, while his teasing of Dugu Bo over the Titan Giant Ape’s age earns him a kick and an accusation that he is full of schemes 45 113. Yu Yuanzhen nevertheless praises his resourcefulness and courage when faced with a Titled Douluo 104.

Abilities & Skills

Body Martial Soul and Spirit Skills

Ye Lin follows a front-line strength-and-defense path. His first three documented Spirit Skills enhance his body 6 41. He later obtains a fourth ring from a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape 113 114.

• Great Strength: Permanently increases attack power by 20%; activation adds 50% to attack and defense 8.
• Soul Power into Strength / Soul-Transformed Strength: Passively increases attack power and strength by 15%. Its active effect converts Soul Power into physical power; converting too much can injure Ye Lin 12 18 19.
• Goliath Giant: Passively raises defense, attack, strength, and Life Recovery speed by 40% each. When activated, those boosts rise to 150% 41.
• Combined enhancements: His skills can stack with Ning Rongrong’s support, producing blows strong enough to push back Zhao Wuji and overpower Yu Tianheng 17 19 66.
• Unenhanced physical power: After absorbing the Dragon-Type Right Arm Spirit Bone, he throws a punch without a Spirit Skill that Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s board members assess as having at least level-40 Soul Ancestor fighting power 87.
• Physical resilience: After his bloodline transformation, an ordinary dagger cannot cut his palm and breaks when he stabs it against his skin. Later, Dugu Yan’s repeated punches and kicks fail to move him or leave even a white mark 111 119.

Cultivation and Combat Techniques

• Mysterious Heaven Skill: A cultivation method Xiaogang gives Ye Lin in a booklet; Ye Lin recognizes that its circulation matches Tang San’s technique 8 9. It is especially compatible with his Body Martial Soul, nourishing and strengthening his muscles and bones as he circulates Soul Power 9.
• Purple Demon Eyes: Helps him break apart the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s mental shockwave during ring absorption 39. It reaches its third realm when he attains level 40 112.
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: Footwork used to evade attacks and change direction in close combat 26 27 63.
• Other manuals: Xiaogang also gives him methods matching Mysterious Jade Hands and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon 9.
• Heart Separation Control: After three months of training, Ye Lin can divide his attention five ways, coordinating his right hand and four pairs of spider legs simultaneously 47. This training also improves his control over Soul Power, vitality, Spiritual Power, and physical coordination, and becomes the foundation for his appointment as team commander 47 59.
• Combat instruction: He advises Zhu Zhuqing to fight as an assassin rather than exchange blows head-on, and encourages her to develop a self-created skill around agility and hiding in shadows 28 45. He later helps Yu Tianheng reconsider his reliance on overpowering opponents through Dragon Transformation and lightning 76.
• Spiritual Energy Basin Creation: Developed through repeated dough-kneading exercises to control his strength. His training progresses from metal basins to wooden and ceramic ones until he can manipulate dough and water through force alone without an external container 120.

Soul Bones

• Blue right-leg Soul Bone: Strengthens his body and passive recovery, and grants healing-and-restoration and flight skills. Ye Lin suspects it is Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor bone; Xiaogang concludes it is a Hundred Thousand Year bone and orders him to keep it secret 21 27. Ye Lin later uses its flight skill while escaping Dugu Bo 100.
• Dark Gold Dreadclaw: An External Soul Bone gained with his third ring. Its five claws cut through silver and can break heavily defended targets 40 43 64.
• Eight Spider Lances: An External Soul Bone from a 2,200-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, given to him by Xiaogang. The legs can cut metal, carry venom, absorb Soul Power and life force, and consume toxins. They are initially difficult to control 44 47 64. Their absorption ability complements Soul-Transformed Strength by supplying Soul Power that he can convert into physical strength 29 44. Xiaogang deliberately conceals their possession from Tang San to avoid alerting him that Ye Lin has obtained an opportunity from his previous life 87.
• Dragon-Type Right Arm Spirit Bone: Given to Ye Lin by Xiaogang after Yu Yuanzhen entrusts it to him. Its absorption strengthens his physique, particularly his right arm’s bones and meridians, and raises him from level 33 to level 35. Ye Lin reports gaining two abilities, though he is uncertain whether this reflects the bone’s age, a bloodline mutation, or one Soul Skill accompanied by a secret art 84.
  • Dragon Transformation: Xiaogang identifies the golden-scaled arm transformation as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s secret art. He explains that activating it doubles physical attributes, including speed, strength, defense, and recovery 84 85.

Qi Soul Clones

A self-created skill Ye Lin manifests after six years of unsuccessful development. It forms five likenesses from blood, qi, and Soul Power, allowing him to pressure multiple opponents at once 45 67 68.

Ye Lin later uses the clones as decoys to escape Dugu Bo’s cave. Yu Yuanzhen judges that the deception might have allowed him to escape a Soul Douluo, although Dugu Bo can identify and pursue his real body 100 104.

True Dragon Bloodline and Immortal-Herb Refinement

Refining the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well greatly strengthens Ye Lin’s physique and raises him from level 35 to level 39. Some of the herbs’ medicinal power and previously absorbed Soul Bone energy remains unreleased, leaving his subsequent cultivation faster than normal 107 110.

Xiaogang discovers an exceptionally powerful true dragon bloodline within Ye Lin that has transformed both his body and Spirit Bones. Its pressure affects even Xiaogang, whose own physique carries the Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline. Xiaogang suspects an Ancient Dragon King lies beneath the well, but this remains his inference rather than a confirmed discovery 110. Ye Lin continues absorbing the True Dragon Bloodline beneath the spring during his extended valley training 119 120.

Equipment and Items

• Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges: Storage belt given to him by Yu Xiaogang 6.
• Cultivation manuals: Booklets covering Mysterious Heaven Skill and four other techniques Xiaogang passes on to him 8 9.
• Iron arena mask: Worn under Flender’s instruction to conceal the students’ identities and ages 26.
• Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart formula: Supplied by Flender for his Eight Spider Lances training 47.
• Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect token: A lustrous white jade token engraved with a coiling dragon and the sect’s name. Yu Yuanzhen gives it to Ye Lin upon admitting him to the sect; Ye Lin later presents it to Dugu Bo as proof of his identity 81 99.
• Gold Soul Coins: Receives 200,000 from Liu Erlong in two gifts of 100,000 each 95.
• Strength-control training basins: Uses progressively more fragile metal, wooden, and ceramic basins while practicing dough kneading, eventually dispensing with a physical basin entirely 120.
• Medicinal herbs for his companions: Brings herbs back from the valley and distributes them according to Xiaogang’s guidance 122 123.
  • Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid: Given to Oscar 123.
  • Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower: Given to Ma Hongjun 123.
  • Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum: Given to Dai Mubai 123.
  • Aromatic Silk Beauty: Given to Ning Rongrong 123.
  • Two Lovesick Heartbreak Reds: Given to Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, who each successfully claim a flower with their heart’s blood 123.

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and protector. Xiaogang equips and trains Ye Lin, later saying he regards the orphan as his own child and intends to secure him a respected identity 3 21 44 71. He brings Ye Lin into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, gives him the Dragon-Type Right Arm Spirit Bone, and declares his intention to raise him into a god. Ye Lin credits Xiaogang for his achievements and privately promises to take him to the Divine Realm even if he cannot become a god himself 81 84. Xiaogang rushes to protect him after Dugu Bo’s abduction and later supervises his immortal-herb refinement and fourth-ring advancement 100 103 107 113 114.
• Xiao Wu — Close companion and arena partner. She grows affectionate toward Ye Lin; each shields the other during the Imperial Fighting Team battle 9 52 66 67. They share bedding during their six years at Nuoding, and she openly rejects Tang San’s attempts to interfere with their closeness 5 9 12. Their relationship is close enough that even Tang San describes them as practically a couple 117. After returning from the valley, Ye Lin gives her the second Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which she successfully claims 123.
• Tang San — Fellow Holy Soul Village student. Ye Lin tries to make amends for receiving Xiaogang’s mentorship, unaware of the full extent of Tang San’s resentment 1 8 25. Unlike many of his companions, Ye Lin cannot hear Tang San’s exposed inner thoughts 74. He continues to help Tang San during training, while Tang San privately hopes Dugu Bo will kill him and remove the obstacle to his plans for Xiao Wu 50 97 98.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Teammate and sparring partner. Ye Lin advises her on an assassin’s fighting style and Soul Power control; she asks to train with him again 27 28 46. They sometimes discuss cultivation late into the night, and their interactions include flirtatious teasing 45 47. He gives her a Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which she successfully claims; Tang San suspects she was thinking of Ye Lin, but her thoughts during the attempt are not confirmed 123.
• Flender — Shrek Academy dean who privately trains Ye Lin to coordinate the Eight Spider Lances 47. He joins Xiaogang and Liu Erlong in rescuing Ye Lin from Dugu Bo and later welcomes him back after his half-year absence 100 122.
• Ning Rongrong — Teammate whose strength boosts amplify his attacks; Ye Lin also helps her during training and combat 17 18 50 66. She recognizes that his connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect places his standing among the younger generation near her own. He later gives her the Aromatic Silk Beauty 73 123.
• Dai Mubai — Initially his opponent over a hotel room; Dai concedes after their exchange of blows and later considers Ye Lin worth befriending 12 18. After Ye Lin’s return from the valley, Dai worries about Zhu Zhuqing’s growing interest in him. Ye Lin nevertheless gives him the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum 122 123.
• Yu Tianheng — Former arena opponent, later a regular training partner and fellow sect disciple. Tianheng initially envies Xiaogang’s paternal treatment of Ye Lin, but their month of sparring and training gradually eases his jealousy. He comes to appreciate Ye Lin’s sincerity and discipline, and later testifies to Ye Lin’s strength before the sect elders 71 76 81.
• Yu Yuanzhen — Recognizes Ye Lin as his grandson, enters him in the sect genealogy, and grants him treatment equivalent to Yu Tianheng’s. He credits Ye Lin with helping Xiaogang change, though Ye Lin attributes his teacher’s accomplishments to his own effort 81. He later observes Ye Lin’s abduction and escape attempt, praising his adaptability, courage, and concern for his teacher 104.
• Liu Erlong — Xiaogang’s partner and Ye Lin’s protective senior. She welcomes him as her partner’s disciple, gives him 200,000 Gold Soul Coins, and offers further help, including hunting his fourth ring. She participates in his rescue from Dugu Bo and helps provide a secluded place for his companions to refine their herbs 95 96 100 123.
• Dugu Bo — Initially abducts and attacks Ye Lin, who escapes through clones and flight 97 98 100. Later helps hunt Ye Lin’s fourth-ring Titan Giant Ape as one of the requests he owes Xiaogang. Their subsequent interactions include mutual teasing, with Dugu Bo calling Ye Lin unusually scheming 113.
• Dugu Yan — Shares time in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley under Xiaogang’s supervision. Her attempts to strike Ye Lin demonstrate the extent of his improved defenses. Their interactions become teasing and contentious during the valley stay 119 120.
• Tai Long — Xiao Wu’s persistent unwanted suitor. After Ye Lin returns to the academy, they confront each other, and Ye Lin declares that he will fight without using his Martial Soul 127.

Notable Quotes

“I’m not good at much. I just hit a bit harder.” 41

“Treat Xiao Wu immediately. Or die.” 68

“No. We’re a team.” 50

“Teacher, without you, I wouldn’t be who I am.” 84

“Even if I can’t become a god, I’ll still get you to the Divine Realm.” 84

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