Lin Chen

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Lin Chen crossed over to Douluo Continent at six and arrived in a Star Luo Empire border village. He was taken to the Sun Moon Empire before his Martial Soul awakened, then captured by an Evil Soul Master during his awakening and spent five years in the Holy Spirit Cult. He later returned to the Star Luo Empire under a clean identity and became an Everywhere Express operative. His long-term assignments include infiltrating Shrek Academy, the Holy Spirit Cult, and the Star Luo and Sun Moon empires 2.

While in the Holy Spirit Cult, Lin Chen became its Holy Son. He says that the people he killed there were Evil Soul Masters, not civilians, and treats those killings as part of surviving within the cult's rules 5.

Appearance

Lin Chen is a handsome, short-haired boy whose manner can appear warm and approachable 2 4.

• Clothing: Elegant black robe 2.
• Escort insignia: A badge and a black blade at his waist marked with the character for “escort” 2.
• Eyes: His black irises turn white, with veins appearing around them, when he activates the Byakugan 12.

Personality

Lin Chen is outwardly easygoing with Huo Yuhao but keeps his abilities, system, and infiltration work secret. He helps Huo Yuhao obtain a First Soul Ring while also pursuing Electrolux for himself; later, he declines to interfere when Huo Yuhao joins the Tang Sect 3 5 9.

He favors opportunities with clear rewards and can be blunt or manipulative in pursuing them. He chooses the Fate Escort to turn Tang Ya into an Evil Soul Master, exploits her desire for revenge, and places the concealment of her evil aura under his control. He nevertheless treats her instability after absorbing Di Tian's blood and steadies her with his lamp 3 10 11 20. When considering the remaining Gold of Life, he postpones seeking it because he does not believe he can safely face the Silver Dragon King 20.

Abilities and Skills

Escort System and avatars

Each Soul Ring Lin Chen obtains unlocks a Myriad Worlds avatar with its own escort agency. He can control his original avatars through their panels and take half the basic Escort Points they earn, but cannot directly control companions those avatars redeem 3.

• Original agency heads: Phainon, Zhao Huaizhen, and Zhang Chulan lead his first three agencies; Li Xingyun appears as his fourth avatar after his fourth ring 3 23.
• Fate Escorts: System-issued tasks available only to Lin Chen award High-Tier Escort Points. Helping Tang Ya become an Evil Soul Master earns him 100 3 11.
• Summoning: He can select characters from multiple worlds through the system. He spends 3,000 points to summon an Impure World form of Madara Uchiha, who obeys him and arrives as a level 95 Super Douluo 13.
• World plotlines: After the system's second upgrade, avatars gain identities and pursue plotlines integrated into Douluo Continent 23.

Dart Blade and combat techniques

The Dart Blade is Lin Chen's First Martial Soul. His system-bought first Soul Skill combines movement and teleportation techniques; he also uses black crescent slashes to kill hundred- and thousand-year Soul Beasts 3 5 12.

• Flash Step · Flash · Six Styles: Shave · Flying Thunder Slash: A composite first Soul Skill bought for 4,000 Escort Points 3.
• Flying Thunder Flash and Getsuga Tenshō: Let him appear before fleeing Soul Beasts and cut them down 12.
• Gold of Life transformation: Gives the Dart Blade a life attribute and independent consciousness; it responds affectionately to Lin Chen 19 20.

Soul-Guiding Lamp

Lin Chen's Second Martial Soul draws in souls and initially possesses death, rebirth, and mental attributes. He uses it to take in Electrolux's soul and to conceal Tang Ya's corrupted Martial Soul 5 11.

• Soul Candle Flame: Suppresses Tang Ya's evil aura, but initially requires renewal every seven days 10 11.
• Life-infused sparks: After the Gold of Life transforms the lamp, nine sparks suppress the corruption in Tang Ya's sea of consciousness. Lin Chen expects her to need the same support weekly 20.
• Gold of Life transformation: Adds a life attribute and independent consciousness to the lamp and strengthens Lin Chen's ring-derived Soul Skills 20.

Byakugan

Lin Chen buys the Byakugan with High-Tier Escort Points. It lets him see through a cave and detect the opposing life and decay energies surrounding the hidden Golden Hawksbill Turtle King 12.

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Lin Chen escorts him toward his First Soul Ring for a token payment of grilled fish. Huo Yuhao trusts him and is pleased that they are both going to Shrek 2 3 10.
• Tang Ya — Lin Chen corrupts and conceals her Martial Soul, helps her gain strength, and later stabilizes her after she loses control. Her need for his lamp makes her dependent on his continued help 10 11 12 20.
• Madara Uchiha — A summoned clone who follows Lin Chen's orders, forces the turtle king's sacrifice, and abandons a fight to protect him 13 14 19.
• Electrolux — His soul enters Lin Chen's lamp during Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice to Huo Yuhao 5.
• Phainon, Zhao Huaizhen, Zhang Chulan, and Li Xingyun — Lin Chen's original avatars and escort-agency heads; he keeps his connection to the first three hidden from them 3 23.

Story Role and Major Arcs

• Journey with Huo Yuhao: Lin Chen escorts Huo Yuhao through the Star Dou Great Forest, claims Electrolux during Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice, and heads toward Shrek under the cover of enrollment 2 5 9.
• Tang Ya's transformation: He completes a Fate Escort by corrupting her Blue Silver Grass, then helps her strengthen it by devouring slain Soul Beasts 10 11 12.
• Golden Hawksbill Turtle King: Lin Chen discovers the dying beast with his Byakugan and summons Madara to force its sacrifice. The resulting ring raises Lin Chen to level 40, while the Gold of Life brings both Martial Souls to life 12 13 14 19 20.
• System upgrade: After Lin Chen's spending triggers the second upgrade, he learns that his avatars now have identities and unfolding plotlines within a fused Douluo Continent 22 23.