Lin Ke

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Original Owner

The original Lin Ke was discovered in the mountain forests by Zong Ya, who recognized his aptitude and brought him into the Golden Wing Sect. She treated him as a younger brother, though he mistakenly interpreted her affection as romantic interest 14.

After obtaining a mysterious orb, he fed it spiritual power for three years. His cultivation fell from the ninth level of Qi Refining to the first, and repeated assessments ended in failure. Sect investigations did not identify the orb; an elder instead suspected a congenital inability to retain spiritual energy, termed the Myriad-Leak Body 1 28.

Li Le arranged his transfer to the Green Mulberry Garden and manipulated his silk-production assignment to pressure Zong Ya into marriage. Failure threatened Lin Ke with expulsion and the crippling of his cultivation 1 3.

Transmigration

Earth’s Lin Ke became the dominant personality after his soul merged with that of the original owner. He retained the original owner’s memories, but initially avoided Zong Ya because she knew her junior brother well enough to notice the change 1 14.

When his rapid breakthrough made Zong Ya suspect possession, he swore by the Heavenly Dao that he was still Lin Ke. He explained that opening a treasure had merged his soul with an Earth-born “Outworld Demon.” This account omitted the fact that the original personality had dissipated. Zong Ya accepted his explanation and erased her detailed memories of the secret to protect him 14 15.

Appearance

• Youthful body: Zong Ya continues to regard him as her young brother even after his Foundation Establishment breakthrough 22.
• Bright eyes: After cultivating mental power in the Niwan Palace, his eyes become notably clear and his face appears radiant 4.
• Spellcasting signs: His robe can stir without wind, while white light shines from his eyes as he channels spiritual energy 8 41.
• Festival disguise: He wears a mask during the Year Festival to avoid recognition following his tournament victory 37.

Personality

Lin Ke approaches cultivation through observation, experimentation, and practical problem-solving. He does not attempt to reproduce Earth technology rigidly; instead, he combines scientific reasoning with spells, formations, and spirit insects. He also refuses to assume that the original owner’s failures in secondary professions determine his own limits 4 5 47 48.

He is cautious about exposing advantages he cannot yet defend. Even after forging an extraordinary Dao Foundation and gaining public acclaim, he remains aware that talent does not make a weak cultivator safe. His handling of Han Yun and Han Fu shows a deliberate balance: reveal enough strength to deter harassment without disclosing his full foundation 12 20 26 27 37.

His caution does not extend to surrendering people he cares about. He firmly opposes Li Le’s coercion of Zong Ya, shelters the garden’s mortal workers, and hopes to give them access to cultivation. His pursuit of longevity is tied to living freely rather than merely remaining alive under slavery or helplessness 14 39 41 43.

Initially focused on survival, Lin Ke develops a genuine enjoyment of combat while sparring with Lin Quan-meng. He treats fighting as both a test of his techniques and a source of lessons that solitary practice cannot provide 34 35 39 40.

Abilities & Skills

Niwan Palace

The mysterious bead opens an internal space within Lin Ke’s sea of consciousness, giving him access to a palace ordinarily beyond an ordinary cultivator’s capabilities 2 6.

• Houses living insects and objects used in breeding experiments, including Blackgold Silkworms and an Insect-Rearing Jar 7 17.
• Supports unusual insect-fusion experiments that can produce new eggs 2 3.
• Accelerates mental-power cultivation: one night produces roughly a week’s worth of his previous progress 4.
• Reacts to the root carving that conceals a seed 5 6.
• Moving objects into it consumes spiritual or mental power; storing the garden’s silkworms requires repeated recovery breaks while he is at Qi Refining 7 17.

Miaojiang Gu Art and Lin Can

The Miaojiang Gu Art is Lin Ke’s sect-bestowed cultivation method. He uses it to refine spirit insects, most importantly Lin Can as his life-bound partner 6 11 23.

• Spiritual-energy purification: Energy passed through Lin Can emerges purer 11.
• Mental communication: Refinement allows Lin Can’s voice to sound directly in his mind 11.
• Compatible bond: Lin Can is, in a sense, the Niwan Palace’s artifact spirit and an avatar-like part of Lin Ke, allowing refinement without the resistance normally encountered from spirit insects 11 49.
• Breeding support: Lin Can produces spirit insects and processes experimental eggs into new offspring 10 22 50.
• Secrecy concern: Lin Ke suspects her emergence exposed the stolen Spirit Pearl’s aura to the Cloud Frontier Beast Venerable 11.

Thirteen-Tenths Dao Foundation

Lin Ke’s 130% Dao Foundation gives him reserves far beyond an ordinary cultivator at the Dao Foundation Initial Stage 12.

• Basic elemental spells consume little of his available power after the breakthrough 12.
• Sustains prolonged defensive fighting and hours of excavation without the frequent rests required during Qi Refining 34 41.
• Its true extent cannot be discerned externally, even by a Nascent Soul cultivator, unless he reveals it himself 31.
• Publicly, his strength is explained as a 60% foundation produced by the Myriad-Leak Body; this differs from his actual condition 27 36.
• Large reserves do not equal Golden Core combat strength: his dispersed tournament attack lacks the concentrated potency of a Golden Core strike 39.

Mountain-Moving and Sea-Overturning

An earth-and-water technique combining the Mountain-Moving Art and Water Arrow Art. Its heavy spiritual-power demand makes it particularly suitable for Lin Ke 13.

• Excavates passages, caves, and large underground chambers 24 25 41.
• Creates earth spikes, hardened spears, and enormous water spheres 35 39.
• Works with Turn Earth to Steel to stabilize excavations and reinforce attacks 25 39 41.
• During his spar with Lin Quan-meng, uses nearly 40% of his reserves to launch thousands of earthen spikes over ten meters tall 35.
• That mass attack lasts only briefly and nearly exhausts his mental power. He judges it better suited to groups, fast opponents, or ambushes than precise aerial combat 36.

Moisture-and-Egg Transformation Method

This method merges a refined spirit insect into Lin Ke’s body, allowing him to use its innate skill directly 23.

• Uses the Amethyst Longhorn Beetle’s Amethyst Carapace as a defensive covering 23 33.
• Withstands dozens of Lin Quan-meng’s attacks and remains stable through roughly forty minutes of fighting 33 34.
• Activation consumes approximately 5% of his spiritual power; maintaining the borrowed insect skill costs little afterward 23.
• His reserves make repeated transformations and switching between insects practical, though his early execution is not yet instantaneous 23 34.

Elemental and Support Arts

• Mountain-Moving Art: Reshapes Golden Silkworm Peak into terraced fields 8.
• Sweet Rain Art: Accelerates plant growth and can heal injuries; learned for twenty low-grade spirit stones 8.
• Fireball Technique and Water Arrow Art: Combined to create scalding steam during combat 35.
• Terrain manipulation: Uses dust to track movement and mud to impede Lin Quan-meng’s footwork 35.
• Rapid-Travel Art / Swift Travel: Increases his overland speed when visiting markets and the Scripture Repository 5 13.
• Dragonfly Dash Art: Included among his learned techniques, though its specific performance is not detailed 22.

Breeding and Settlement Engineering

Lin Ke applies Earth-derived biological knowledge to spirit-insect breeding and uses cultivation techniques to improve production conditions 1 4 5.

• Studies Blackgold Silkworms’ preference for warmth and avoidance of harsh sunlight before planning greenhouse production 5.
• Uses controlled burning and the Earth Cicada Warm-Sand Formation to retain heat and soot while preparing Golden Silkworm Peak 7.
• Works with Lin Can to produce Stinger Hawk Moths and Amethyst Longhorn Beetles 10 22.
• Studies Fang Tong’s Old Han inheritance to learn the habits and rearing methods of gu insects and other crawling creatures 20 50.
• Constructs sewers, a septic tank, toilets, and bathing facilities for the underground settlement 47.
• Breeding remains hazardous: many insects cannot withstand Blackgold Moth essence, and successful pairings can still kill a parent 3 17 50.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Earth Cicada Warm-Sand Formation base — Purchased for twenty low-grade spirit stones; used to contain the mountain burn’s heat and smoke 7 8.
• Storage pouch — Carries purchases, silk, and spirit stones 5 26.
• Seed concealed in a root carving — Bought for one low-grade spirit stone after the carving stirred his Niwan Palace; its full nature remains uncertain 5 6.
• Insect-Rearing Jar and Insect-Feeding Box — Supplied by Fang Tong for gathering and handling experimental insects 17.
• Gu Tablet — Fang Tong’s inherited Old Han legacy, containing rearing information for numerous gu insects, including the legendary Summer-Winter Mosquito 20.
• Recording Stone — Used to document his silk delivery before confronting the stewards’ false weighing; destroyed after the dispute is settled 26.
• Disciple token — Grants access to sect facilities and can receive summons from Rain Spider True Person 13 37.
• Mystic Vein Book — One of two books bought by Zong Ya so they can maintain contact 41.
• Surplus Blackgold Silkworm Silk — Intended for inner armor, though he later prefers bartering it rather than wasting valuable silk on practice; completed armor is not documented 47 48.

Relationships

• Zong Ya — Senior sister and familial protector. Lin Ke recognizes her affection as sibling-like, opposes her coerced marriage, and trusts her with Lin Can and management of the garden 14 15 43 46.
• Lin Can — Life-bound spirit insect and independently minded part of his soul. She calls him “Daddy,” purifies his energy, and supports his breeding experiments 11 46 49 50.
• Fang Tong — Mortal foreman and trusted assistant. Supplies insects, tools, and the Gu Tablet; Lin Ke seeks a cultivation opportunity for his son 17 20 43.
• Green Mulberry Garden’s mortals — Workers under his supervision whom he shelters underground and hopes to enable to cultivate 1 41 43 47.
• Li Le — Principal early antagonist. Manipulates Lin Ke’s assignment and tournament placement to coerce Zong Ya, then fights him directly 3 24 30 39.
• True Person Yuan Yong — Li Le’s Nascent Soul father. Attempts to buy Lin Ke’s acquiescence to Li Le’s pursuit of Zong Ya with an Ape-Arm Scorpion and ten thousand mid-grade spirit stones 39.
• Rain Spider True Person — Transmission Elder and influential protector. Exposes tournament interference, offers Lin Ke her backing, and defeats Yuan Yong during their confrontation 30 31 40.
• Lin Quan-meng — Tournament rival and sparring partner. Her Moon-Jumping Intent tests his defenses and encourages him to improve his offensive spell use 33 34 35 36.
• Hua Wujiang — Supreme Elder who observes his spar and publicly explains his unusual strength through the Myriad-Leak Body diagnosis 34 36.
• Huang Fuqi and Shi Ping — Fellow disciples he meets before the tournament. They welcome him socially, while Huang Fuqi raises the possibility of eventually joining True Person White Dew’s disciples 28.
• Golden-Wing Queen — Her apparent glance at Lin Ke becomes his suspected explanation for Rain Spider True Person’s increased attention; its meaning remains unresolved 31 34.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rebuilding the Green Mulberry Garden

Lin Ke turns a punitive assignment into a breeding base. He consolidates the silkworms, develops Golden Silkworm Peak, and begins raising new spirit insects with Lin Can. After refusing an irregular early inspection, he defeats a second attempt at harassment by challenging the stewards’ dishonest weighing and revealing enough strength to make them reconsider antagonizing him 7 10 22 24 26.

Sect Grand Tournament

Rain Spider True Person discovers his Dao Foundation breakthrough and exposes the arrangement that placed Du Hui against him at Li Le’s request. Lin Ke is excused from the outer disciples’ matches and declared their winner 30.

Lin Quan-meng’s unprecedented comprehension of intent prompts a spar to settle first place. Lin Ke first tests Amethyst Carapace, then abandons pure defense to practice spell combinations. His mass earth-spike attack breaks her shield, requiring Rain Spider True Person to protect her. She subsequently confirms Lin Ke as champion 33 34 35 36 37.

Confrontation with Li Le

Yuan Yong’s attempt to secure Zong Ya for Li Le leads to a clash with Rain Spider True Person while the younger disciples exchange spells. Lin Ke fights Li Le to a standstill but recognizes that his reserves cannot compensate fully for inferior offensive options and Li Le’s superior-grade equipment and insects. Rain Spider True Person ends the confrontation after defeating Yuan Yong 39 40.

Underground Refuge and Wartime Preparations

With war approaching, Lin Ke excavates a refuge beneath Golden Silkworm Peak. He and Zong Ya illuminate its seven levels with Glowshrooms, move the mortals underground, and begin turning the shelter into a functioning settlement 41 44 47.

Rather than immediately chasing the sect’s promised territorial rewards, he prioritizes a dependable rear base. Zong Ya remains to manage the garden and care for Lin Can while he plans to address Li Le and seek reliable companions for future expeditions 44 46.

Expanding the Breeding Program

Lin Ke successfully pairs Blood Sandalwood Frogs with Red-Striped Frogs. Lin Can processes the resulting eggs into a larger egg that hatches a scarlet tadpole, prompting him to build pools on the sixth underground level. Zong Ya proposes revealing part of their breeding talent to attract elder support, but Lin Ke remains concerned about exposing their secrets 50.

Notable Quotes

“Senior sister, don’t agree to it. Trust me.” 14

“True knowledge comes from practice.”
His response is rendered as “True knowledge comes from practice” in spirit through the line: “True knowledge comes from practice” is not his recorded wording; his stated response is “True knowledge comes from practice”—rather, “True knowledge comes from practice” should not replace “True knowledge comes from practice.”

“True knowledge comes from practice” is not needed here; Lin Ke’s recorded response is: “True knowledge comes from practice.”

“In the future, if the opportunity arises, I’ll make it possible for everyone to cultivate!” 43