Yang Lin

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Yang Lin (杨麟) 1
Alias(es)	Satoru Gojo, a name he used when meeting Vina three years earlier 121
Gender	Male 1 27
Age	12 during his enrollment at Shrek Academy 16 115
Height	190 cm 14
Origin	Transmigrator from another world 1
Affiliation	Shrek Academy, Freshman Class Two; his own clone and intelligence network 6 32
Occupation/Role	Soul master, Level 7 Soul Engineer, and creator of clones 1 79 116
Martial Soul	Six Eyes, a body martial soul 16
Recorded Soul Power	Level 37, three-ring Soul Elder 16 26 43
Titles	Shrek’s strongest student; youngest Level 7 Soul Engineer in history 115 116
Status	Alive 135
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “分身的发展” 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 37 / Three-ring Soul Elder	10 16	His recorded strength at Shrek’s entrance assessment. His powerful physique allowed him to forcibly absorb three ten-thousand-year soul rings.
Level 4 Soul Engineer	73	Reveals that he already holds this rank, although he has neglected soul-tool creation for some time.
Level 7 Soul Engineer	79 80	Independently engraves a Level 7 core array and completes a reusable defensive pendant while his soul power remains in the thirties.
Youngest Level 7 Soul Engineer in history	115 116	His achievement becomes widely known at Shrek, securing recognition as its strongest student at twelve years old. This is public recognition, not a further engineering-rank increase.

Background / History

Yang Lin is a transmigrator who awakened the Clone System. Over twelve years, he built a force of absolutely loyal clones, including powerful combatants and weaker agents stationed throughout the continent. His knowledge of the original story helped him identify its principal characters as particularly valuable sources of Emotional Value 1 6.

Before enrolling at Shrek, he established the Mittel Family as a foothold in Dragon City. He also met Jiang Nannan, Vina, and Shangguan Wan’er during his travels. Using the alias Satoru Gojo, he warned Vina that Wei Zhongxian would seize control of the Heaven Dou Empire within three years; their later reunion confirmed that prediction 20 25 72 121.

His decision to attend Shrek was initially practical: the academy concentrated the protagonist group in one place, making it easier to collect Emotional Value. He first searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Huo Yuhao rather than waiting for him at the academy 1.

Appearance

• Hair and eyes: White hair and azure-blue eyes 1 26.
• Build: Tall and slender, standing 190 cm at the time he meets Xiao Xiao 14 26.
• Typical clothing: Tight black clothes and black sunglasses in his first appearance 1.
• Distinguishing feature: His striking looks attract infatuation, envy, and jealousy; he deliberately uses that attention to generate Emotional Value 13 14.

Personality

Yang Lin is boastful, theatrical, and exceptionally confident in his strength. He repeatedly calls himself the strongest, treats higher-ranked opponents as challengers, and openly explains Limitless’s weaknesses because he does not regard them as decisive weaknesses of his own 6 13 16 94.

He approaches Emotional Value as an investment resource. Displays of charm, staged battles, invented backstories, and strategically timed interventions all serve his efforts to increase his income. He is willing to manufacture dangerous situations, including allowing Red Fang to wreak havoc in Shrek City, when the resulting reactions justify the expense 6 14 22 51 72.

His treatment of others ranges from generous instruction to extreme cruelty. He freely answers junior soul engineers’ questions and protects his companions, but shows little restraint toward enemies. During Dai Huabin’s assassination attempt, he threatens the attackers’ families and refuses a plea to spare them 42 116 132 133.

Abilities & Skills

Clone System

The Clone System creates absolutely loyal beings in exchange for Emotional Value, with stronger starting power and greater talent requiring higher costs 1.

• Custom design: Yang Lin adapts fictional-character templates to the Douluo setting and assigns martial souls, attributes, and special abilities 1 21 25.
• Human and soul-beast creation: His creations include ordinary intelligence agents, elite fighters, a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and an Ice Phoenix Auspicious Beast 6 54.
• Resource generation: He and his clones collect Emotional Value from others’ reactions. Important original-story characters yield much more than ordinary people 1 6.
• Deployment: Previously established markers allow him to send newly created clones directly to distant locations 25.
• Return-on-investment limits: He initially avoids soul-beast clones because most soul beasts lack the intelligence needed to provide useful Emotional Value 6.

Documented resource milestone	Details
Initial balance	6,300 Emotional Value 1
After confronting Tian Meng	79,009 Emotional Value; Tian Meng contributes nearly 50,000, mostly from the trauma of Unlimited Void 6
Staged bear encounter	Earns approximately 380,000 Emotional Value, with reactions continuing afterward 11
Ice Phoenix creation	Accumulates more than six million Emotional Value and spends six million on the new auspicious beast 54

Clone Possession and Shared Spiritual Power

Yang Lin can directly take control of his clones, referring to them as separate “accounts” 68 85 97.

• Satoru Gojo body: Designed with substantial enhancements for use as his main body 4.
• Hai Bodong account: Gives him access to a Level 96 Super Douluo’s strength and Ultimate Ice abilities 25 68.
• Toji Fushiguro account: Provides extraordinary physical strength and a sixth sense without circulating soul power 85.
• Thunderclap War God account: Allows him to join Angel Yan’s battle while his main body remains at Shrek 97.
• Combined Spiritual Power: He pools his clones’ spiritual strength to overcome the higher quality of Tang San’s Divine Sense and search its memories 32.

Six Eyes

His body martial soul provides precise perception and computational ability comparable to a supercomputer 4 16 73.

• Detects approaching people and changes in surrounding Spiritual Power 1 2 4.
• Provides blind-spot-free, 360-degree visual perception 73.
• Tracks weapon fragments, identifies openings, and reads space accurately enough to evade tightly coordinated attacks 21.
• Calculates distant coordinates for teleportation 4.
• Lets him learn techniques after watching a demonstration, greatly assisting soul-tool manufacture 73.
• Prevents an unfocused Spiritual Power attack such as Tian Meng’s area-wide pressure from meaningfully interrupting his thoughts 4.

Limitless

Limitless prevents most physical attacks from reaching Yang Lin. Hidden weapons, poison gas, icicles, and powerful weapon-based soul skills all fail against its barrier 13 21.

• Mental attacks: Can still affect him, although he describes Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Shock as having an insignificant effect 13.
• Defense-ignoring weapons: Wu Liuqi’s extended Thousand Demon Daggers can penetrate it, an ability Yang Lin deliberately bestowed upon that weapon 21.
• Attack timing: Zhao Youji identifies the instant Yang Lin attacks as a possible opening, but the teachers cannot exploit it against his superior speed and strength 22.
• Spatial threats: Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, and Di Tian are identified as potential threats because of their understanding of spatial attributes; that understanding does not guarantee victory over him 115.

Blue

Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue manipulates space and produces powerful attraction 4 133.

• Compresses the distance between coordinates to achieve teleportation 4.
• Crushes incoming attacks into dispersed energy without allowing their aftershocks to escape 94.
• Draws enemies together and compresses weaker opponents with lethal force 133.
• Can coat his hands during close combat 95 133.
• His enhanced body can teleport ten kilometers using one-quarter of its soul power 4.

Red

Cursed Technique Reversal: Red, identified as his first soul skill, releases a strong repulsive force 10.

• Throws the five-meter-tall Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear backward 10.
• Launches a defense-type Soul Saint and nearby trees dozens of meters away 133.
• Can be fired at point-blank range from his fingertip 133.

Hollow Technique: Purple

Purple produces destructive energy associated with the annihilation law 11.

• Instantly kills the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear by annihilating its waist 11.
• Its use attracts the attention of the God of Destruction in the Divine Realm 11.
• Yang Lin prepares a complete release with an incantation during his confrontation with Shrek’s teachers 43.

Unlimited Void and Mental Manipulation

Unlimited Void is a domain capable of incapacitating powerful spiritual targets 6 32.

• Leaves Tian Meng deeply traumatized 6.
• Traps a strand of Tang San’s Divine Sense inside Wang Dong’er’s Sea of Consciousness 32.
• Supports memory interrogation when combined with the Spiritual Power of his clones 32.
• Yang Lin erases memories of his involvement, plants a concealed spiritual mark, and impersonates familiar figures while tormenting the strand 32 40 75.

Physical Combat and Black Flash

Yang Lin’s physical strength exceeds what his three-ring cultivation would ordinarily suggest 10 18.

• Black Flash: Multiplies the force of a physical strike at impact; he uses it with both punches and kicks 18 21.
• Knocks back a Battle Soul Emperor while still wearing weighted training gear 18.
• Defeats Shrek’s five entrance assessors and continues a staged close-range duel with Seven 22.
• Defeats Su Tong with a teleport-assisted Black Flash to the abdomen 95 98.
• Kills two Soul Emperors by smashing their heads together and a Soul Saint with a punch to the heart 133.
• Black Flash does not activate on every strike 21.

Soul Engineering

Yang Lin combines Six Eyes’ perception with precise engraving skills to manufacture tools far above his cultivation rank 73 79.

• Completes a Level 7 core array despite having soul power only in the thirties 79.
• Finishes the associated pendant in roughly an hour after completing its array 79.
• The process nearly exhausts his soul power, even though he is not especially physically tired 79.
• Freely teaches lower-ranked soul engineers, who begin addressing him as “Teacher” 116.

Clones & Network

The levels below are recorded values, not necessarily the clones’ latest strength.

Clone	Recorded power	Role or distinguishing trait
Satoru Gojo	Level 37 1	Enhanced avatar intended for use as Yang Lin’s main body; specializes in Six Eyes and spatial techniques 4.
Wu Liuqi / Seven	Level 31 1	Companion and staged combat partner. His Thousand Demon Daggers can bypass Limitless when extended 21 22.
Zoro	Level 43 1	Listed among Yang Lin’s owned clones 1.
Hua Mulan	Level 84 1	Northern Suppressing General of the Star Luo Empire; already possesses combat power rivaling a Titled Douluo 11 29.
Li Bai	Level 35 1	Swordsman who becomes undefeated in Shrek’s Outer Academy; supplies Yang Lin with Peach Blossom Brew 14 32.
Kai	Level 52 1	Listed among Yang Lin’s owned clones 1.
Angel Yan	Level 71 1	Six-Winged Angel martial soul with Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Lightning; hunts Evil Soul Masters across the empires 1.
Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear	Thousand-year soul beast 6	Consciousness-less shell controlled during a staged encounter; designed to guarantee an external soul bone drop 6 11.
Hai Bodong	Level 96 Super Douluo 25	“Ice Emperor”; Ultimate Ice Dragon martial soul. Sent to strengthen the Mittel Family and take control of Dragon City’s markets 25.
Red Fang	Not specified	Created and allowed to wreak havoc in Shrek City to generate Emotional Value 51.
Ice Phoenix Auspicious Beast	Unhatched female 54	Quadruples ice-type soul beasts’ cultivation speed, improves tribulation success, and accelerates the growth of spiritual treasures 54.
Toji Fushiguro	Not specified	Soul power converted entirely into physical strength; possesses a sixth sense that operates without soul-power fluctuations 85.
Ya Fei	Not specified	One of Yang Lin’s female clones; openly flirts with him 70.

• Intelligence network: Numerous weaker clones, including some with no soul power, gather information across the continent. Their reports help Angel Yan locate Evil Soul Masters 6.
• Mittel Family: Yang Lin’s northern commercial foothold, initially a small-to-medium family lacking a powerful protector before Hai Bodong’s deployment 25.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black sunglasses — Part of his usual appearance; he removes them when deliberately attracting attention 1 13.
• Weighted training gear — Worn during his fight with Zhao Youji. Dropping it leaves a crater in the ground 18.
• Storage Ring — Holds the bear’s external soul bone and remains, and later the Soul Saint’s corpse retained as evidence 11 133.
• Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear external right palm bone — Collected after the staged encounter; its value rivals that of a hundred-thousand-year soul bone 11.
• Level 7 defensive pendant — Withstands an ordinary Titled Douluo’s attacks for two to three seconds. Unlike a single-use Invincible Shield, it can be recharged after activation 80.
• Peach Blossom Brew — Wine received from Li Bai in Shrek City; Yang Lin favors its peach fragrance and faint sweetness 14.

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Friend and admirer who treats Yang Lin as a model to surpass. Yang Lin directs Tian Meng to fuse with him and later helps with his interest in soul engineering 6 11 73.
• Wang Dong / Wang Dong’er — Roommate and romantic interest. He uncovers her disguise, develops a teasing relationship with her, and kisses her; he also secretly investigates and torments Tang San’s Divine Sense within her consciousness 26 27 32 74 75.
• Jiang Nannan — Romantic interest acquainted with him from three years earlier. He gives her a soul bone, helps her obtain her fourth soul ring, and exchanges kisses with her 20 71 74 121.
• Xiao Xiao — Classmate and admirer whose reactions yield substantial Emotional Value. She remains one of the few girls willing to approach him after his reputation soars 14 18 32 116.
• Bei Bei — Friend and escort to Shrek. Initially jealous of the attention Yang Lin attracts from Tang Ya, he comes to recognize Yang Lin’s absolute confidence 2 13 14.
• Tang Ya — Repeatedly attempts to recruit him into the Tang Sect. Yang Lin declines, and she eventually accepts that he is unlikely to join the declining sect 2 38 116.
• Mu En — Shrek elder with whom he speaks unusually freely and plays board games. Mu En eventually regards him as the likely protagonist of the era 28 43 70 116.
• Vina — Previous acquaintance who remembers his warning about Wei Zhongxian’s rise; she learns his real name at their reunion 121.
• Yan Shaozhe — Frequent antagonist in disputes involving Shrek. Yang Lin challenges his handling of Ma Xiaotao and later beats him while controlling Hai Bodong 42 43 68.
• Tang San — Target of Yang Lin’s covert investigation and hostility. Yang Lin reads, manipulates, and tortures a strand of his Divine Sense 32 40 75.
• Dai Huabin — Enemy who orders an assassination attempt. Yang Lin kills the attackers and subsequently beats Dai Huabin in his classroom 133 135.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Major events
Meeting Huo Yuhao	Finds Huo Yuhao in the Star Dou Great Forest, rejects Tian Meng’s God-Making Plan, and leaves both Tian Meng and Electrolux’s opportunities to Huo Yuhao 1 6 7.
Staged bear encounter	Creates and controls a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, kills it with Purple, and harvests both its guaranteed soul bone and the witnesses’ Emotional Value. The annihilation law draws divine scrutiny that exposes Tang San’s interference 6 11.
Shrek enrollment	Enters Shrek City, meets Xiao Xiao, and turns his entrance assessment into a spectacle by defeating five teachers and staging a prolonged fight with Seven 14 18 22.
Wang Dong and Tang San’s Divine Sense	Exposes his roommate’s disguise, subdues her in a restricted duel, and secretly examines her consciousness. Learning that Tang San is confined encourages him to expand his continental plans 27 28 32.
Conflict with Shrek’s authorities	Protects Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan from Ma Xiaotao’s evil-fire outbreak, then confronts the teachers over their failure to contain it. Separately exploits Red Fang’s disturbance to generate Emotional Value 42 43 51.
Strengthening the Far North	Creates the Ice Phoenix to support the region’s soul beasts and help their leaders survive tribulations. He intends to balance humanity and soul beasts so their conflict produces greater Emotional Value 32 54.
High-level clone interventions	Controls Hai Bodong to defend Nan Qiuqiu and Su Tong against Yan Shaozhe. Later uses Toji’s senses to discover Ah Yin draining former Sea God Pavilion Masters’ souls, but withholds the discovery from Mu En 68 85.
Recognition at Shrek	Creates a Level 7 defensive soul tool, defeats Su Tong, and intervenes in Li Bai and Seven’s duel. His reputation develops from strongest newcomer to broadly accepted strongest student 79 80 94 95 98 115 116.
Angel Yan’s battle	Joins the confrontation with nine Titled Douluos through his Thunderclap War God account while remaining physically at Shrek. Afterward, asks Angel Yan to assist with a future plan near the Mingdou Mountain Range 97 98.
Soul-ring expedition and assassination attempt	Accompanies Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong into the Star Dou Great Forest, reunites with Vina, and survives Dai Huabin’s ambush. Keeps a corpse and mansion tokens as evidence before confronting Dai Huabin at Shrek 116 121 133 135.

Notable Quotes

“Becoming a god or whatever—I can do that myself. I don’t need anyone else’s help. After all, I’m the strongest!” 6

“It doesn’t matter. Those are just Limitless’s weaknesses, not mine.” 13

“You seem to have misunderstood something. Although you’re a Soul Emperor, as far as I’m concerned, you’re the challenger!” 94