Lin Wudao

Biodata

Power Progression

Cultivation realms, cultivation-method breakthroughs, and major power acquisitions are distinguished below.

Background

Lin Wudao was born with incomplete meridians and could not cultivate. His lineage subjected him to contempt and bullying before driving him out. He survived by collecting corpses for others, carrying a battered coffin and using a rusty iron shovel 1.

His fortunes changed when he approached Great Emperor Xuantian’s remains on an ancient battlefield. Touching the emperor’s robes activated the Corpse Collection System; collecting the corpse granted him cultivation, the Mystic Heaven Creation Instruction, and the Chaos Sword. The resulting transformation repaired his meridians and made cultivation possible 1.

Appearance

• Original appearance: A slender young man with delicate features and eyes marked by weariness beyond his twenty years 1.
• After receiving Xuantian’s cultivation: His skin becomes translucent and flawless as his body transforms 1.
• After attaining Tribulation Transcendence: Pale purple lightning surrounds him, and a golden glint flashes through his eyes 3.
• Falling Star Physique: Faint starlight surrounds him, ancient star patterns appear beneath his steps, and a miniature star chart revolves in his palm. Fine stellar patterns also surface across his physique during combat 23 32.

Personality

Lin Wudao is defiant toward those who treat him as powerless or unworthy. Although initially frightened by Tianxuzi’s strength, he refuses to surrender Xuantian’s relics and continues fighting despite injury and encirclement. His corpse-collecting past nevertheless leaves him with insecurity, which an illusion exploits before he openly accepts corpse collection as his path to the Dao 1 8.

He can put survival and the wider crisis ahead of grudges. He persuades Tianxuzi, Youmingzi, and rival cultivators to cooperate when the altar threatens to imprison them permanently, and later urges Tianxuzi to prioritize the Demon-Sealing Abyss emergency over seizing his memories 9 18.

His priorities develop beyond escaping humiliation. He vows to preserve the Ancient Clan’s techniques, sacrifices himself to restore the abyss’s seal, and rejects an illusion of ruling the cultivation world because he seeks to protect others rather than gain power or status 9 21 32.

Abilities & Skills

Corpse Collection System

Collecting a corpse allows Lin Wudao to receive cultivation, cultivation methods, treasures, and other possessions associated with its life 1.

• Initial reward: Xuantian’s corpse grants 100,000 years of cultivation, the Mystic Heaven Creation Instruction, and the Chaos Sword 1.
• Detection and guidance: Identifies secret-realm coordinates, fragments, sealing mechanisms, and connections between artifacts 3 4 14 29.
• Combat warnings: Alerts him to Tianxuzi’s ambush and attacks from the Netherworld Sect protector 2 6.
• Special activations: Recognizes Sacrifice Mode and activates Falling Star Resonance. It explicitly warns that Falling Star Sacrifice in soul form risks permanent dissipation 21 22 27.

Mystic Heaven Creation Instruction

Xuantian’s inherited cultivation method draws in surrounding Spiritual Qi and supports Lin Wudao’s sword, lightning, and force-field techniques 1 7.

• Dragon-Luring Break: Raises three enormous black dragons condensed from Spiritual Qi 2.
• Sword Control Technique: Releases numerous streams of black Sword Qi 3.
• Gale Break: Turns Sword Qi into a hurricane, driving back attackers 5.
• Nine Dragons Destroy the World: Destroys the corpse presented by the Ancient Clan’s tomb keeper; later manifests nine lightning dragons against the Netherworld Sect protector 3 6.
• Split Heaven and Earth: Unleashes golden Sword Qi while the black jade fragment empowers the Chaos Sword 6.
• Advanced method: Produces a runic force field strong enough to shatter Tianxuzi’s golden cage 7.
• Large-scale lightning attacks: Includes Thunderstorm, Thousandfold Lightning Shadows, Thunder Dragon Roar, Thunderous Might, Ten Thousand Thunders Exterminate Demons, and Thunder Dragon Breaks the Heavens 7 9 11 16 17.

Lightning and Fire Manipulation

Lin Wudao channels lightning through the Chaos Sword and later incorporates the Heaven-Burning Instruction’s fire power 2 13.

• Anti-undead attacks: Lightning prevents the secret realm’s skeleton soldiers from regenerating, though the Netherworld Sect’s corpse formation can reconstitute bodies after his lightning Sword Qi tears them apart 4 5 6.
• Heaven-Burning Instruction: Produces Heaven-Burning Sword Qi and Flame Dragon Break 13.
• Thunder Domain: Ten Thousand Jun: A small lightning domain formed through resonance between the sword and black jade fragment; destroys approaching black chains 13.
• Combined lightning and fire: Kills the Thunder-Devouring Demonic Wolf while Tianxuzi’s sword formation prevents its escape 13.
• Limit: The wolf absorbs his Flame Dragon Break, showing that his fire technique alone cannot overcome it 13.

Chaos Heaven-Devouring Instruction

This method allows Lin Wudao to absorb and redirect hostile power, but stronger or contaminated sources can cause backlash 20 26 27.

• Energy absorption: Attempts to consume the Blood-Devouring Dragon-Trapping Formation’s power, injuring his meridians when it resists 20.
• Falling Star Backlash: Combines the method with falling-star power to redirect the Ancient Witch Clan leader’s formation and destroy its witch effigy 26.
• Devil Qi absorption: Swallows the deathly arms’ Devil Qi in Immortal Burial Valley, but suffers interference from the Devil Master’s remnant soul 27.
• Soul devouring: Consumes the Devil Master’s remnant soul after Su Yao restrains it 30.
• Reverse absorption: Uses a partially reconstructed Star Seal Diagram to begin devouring the Star Palace’s stellar chains 32.

Falling Star Physique and Stellar Techniques

After his soul transformation, Lin Wudao gains a solid body and extensive use of the Star Palace’s falling-star power 22 23.

• Mobility and defense: Uses Falling Star Phantom Steps, starlight shields, and the Falling Star Shield 22 23 27 29.
• Offense: Condenses falling-star swords and spheres; Falling Star Annihilation channels stellar power through the Chaos Sword 23.
• Falling Star Resonance: Connects him to the Star Palace’s source and enables the Sword of the Falling Star to penetrate the shamans’ altar barrier 27.
• Falling Star Samsara: A forbidden technique combining falling-star power, the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Instruction, and the Great Void Star Jade. Its stellar vortex draws in vengeful spirits and the Ancient Witch Clan’s attacks 28.
• Power of star chaos: Drains the Devil Master’s strength and confines him within a Falling Star Formation Diagram 29.
• Limits: His stellar power is disrupted by the Ancient Witch Clan’s battlefield ritual, and his Falling Star Shield is shattered by the empowered Devil Master 25 29.

Formations, Seals, and Inherited Memories

Lin Wudao uses ancient murals, artifact resonance, and the immortal corpse’s memories to identify weaknesses in restrictions 6 17 18.

• Blood runes: Recreates sacrificial mural patterns to weaken the Ten Thousand Corpses Devour Heaven Formation and destabilize the bronze-mirror world 6 8.
• Star Spirit-Guiding Formation Diagram: Purifies poisonous mist, disrupts the immortal corpse’s brow rune, and shields Jade Void Palace cultivators 16 17 20.
• Seal reversal: Redirects the star diagram’s absorbed power into himself and converts the diagram into sealing runes around the abyss 21.
• Inherited knowledge: Uses the immortal corpse’s memories to understand the Star Palace’s purpose and identify the Nether Demon Crystal sustaining the Devil Master 18 30.
• Limit: The memory fragments initially overwhelm his consciousness, causing him to cough blood and collapse 18.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Chaos Sword — Xuantian’s pitch-black imperial weapon. Absorbs tribulation lightning, resonates with the black jade fragment, and supports lightning, fire, and stellar attacks 1 2 6 23.
• Sword of the Falling Star — Formed when the Chaos Sword fuses with a Star Palace Jade Slip fragment during Falling Star Resonance. Breaks the altar barrier and later shatters the Nether Demon Crystal 27 30.
• Black jade fragments — Keys to Ancient Clan secret realms and Xuantian’s trials. Their light protects him from hostile techniques, empowers his sword, and guides him toward related ruins 5 6 7 11.
• Three truth-bearing Jade Slips — Formed from the black jade fragments; titled “The Truth of the Blood Sacrifice,” “The Mystery of the Supreme Treasure,” and “The Final Battle” 8.
• Star Spirit-Guiding Formation Diagram — Completed by fusing its fragments with fragments of the Thunder-Devouring Demonic Wolf’s crystal. Used for purification, protection, and sealing 16 20 21.
• Incomplete Netherworld Hundred Ghosts Record — Obtained after defeating the Netherworld Sect protector 6.
• Demon-Suppressing Mirror fragment — A system reward received alongside the incomplete Heaven-Burning Instruction after the Flame Demon encounter 12.
• Chain fragments — Connected to the immortal corpse and the Star Palace’s deeper restrictions. Used to reverse the Nether Demon Crystal’s incantations and reconstruct half of a Star Seal Diagram 22 30 32.
• Original corpse-collection tools — A battered coffin carried on his back and a rust-covered iron shovel 1.

Relationships

• Great Emperor Xuantian — Source of his first cultivation inheritance and imperial weapon. Xuantian’s trials lead him to uncover the Ancient Clan’s history and preserve its techniques 1 8 9.
• Su Yao — Close companion and frequent combat partner. Protects him during his memory studies, mourns his apparent loss, and helps restrain the Devil Master’s remnant soul for him to devour 15 18 21 30.
• Jade Void Palace Holy Maiden — Ally who stops Tianxuzi from taking his memories. Supports him against the Devil Master and uses her flute to clear the palace trial’s illusions 18 23 30 32.
• True Person Baixuan — Jade Void Palace elder who helps coordinate the investigation into his memories and contributes spiritual power to the star diagram 18 20.
• Tianxuzi — Recurring enemy who demands Xuantian’s relics, the black jade fragments, and the immortal corpse’s secrets. Temporarily cooperates with Lin Wudao against shared threats 1 9 17 21 25.
• Youmingzi — Netherworld Sect adversary who repeatedly attacks him over ancient artifacts. An unknown assailant kills Youmingzi before he can disclose his formation’s secret 7 10 16.
• Immortal corpse from High Antiquity — Initially an enemy; its surviving memories become a crucial guide. Its ancient self-sacrifice inspires Lin Wudao’s decision to restore the abyss’s seal 17 18 21.
• Devil Master of High Antiquity — Repeated opponent tied to the Star Palace. Lin Wudao destroys his body and eventually devours his remnant soul, but a changed manifestation later appears to test his worthiness 22 23 30 31.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Xuantian’s Inheritance and the Ancient Clan

After acquiring Xuantian’s inheritance and surviving the Heavenly Mysteries Sect’s assault, Lin Wudao defeats the Ancient Clan’s tomb keeper. He then enters the secret realm identified by the system and obtains his first black jade fragment from a girl who had been made its living-sacrifice guardian 1 2 3 4.

His search for the remaining fragments brings him into conflict with the Netherworld Sect and several competing factions. Xuantian’s memories reveal that the Ancient Clan’s claimed supreme treasure was fabricated. Lin Wudao persuades his enemies to combine three kinds of origin power, passes the final trial, and leaves with a commitment to carry forward the clan’s secret techniques 5 6 8 9.

Jade Void Palace and Immortal Burial Valley

The fragment leads him to a buried palace, the Flame Demon’s remnant soul, and the Thunder-Devouring Demonic Wolf. The discoveries surrounding the wolf connect his investigation to the Star Spirit-Guiding Formation Diagram and the Chaos Spirit Pivot 11 12 13 14.

Working with Su Yao, he retrieves a second formation-diagram fragment, defeats Youmingzi’s formation, and helps destroy the immortal corpse. Its memory fragment reveals the Star Palace and the weakening seal behind the Demon-Sealing Abyss crisis 15 16 17 18.

Sacrifice and Return

As the Star Palace’s destruction sequence begins, Lin Wudao discovers that the abyss’s master is absorbing its sealing patterns. He reverses the formation’s power into himself and reforges the seal, vanishing while the survivors believe him lost 20 21.

His consciousness survives within the Star Palace’s power. After confronting the Devil Master in soul form and attempting another sacrifice, he acquires the Falling Star Physique and returns in a solid body. He reunites with Su Yao and the Holy Maiden, but the Devil Master’s surviving primordial spirit prolongs the conflict 22 23.

The Second Level and the Inheritance Trial

Lin Wudao exposes a false method for opening the Star Palace that would sacrifice ten thousand cultivators and collapse its seal. Pursuing the Ancient Witch Clan, he develops Falling Star Resonance and star chaos, then destroys the Nether Demon Crystal sustaining the Devil Master. Devouring the defeated enemy’s soul grants him control of the palace’s second level 24 25 26 27 29 30.

Seeking the palace’s secrets and the truth about his origins, he enters with Su Yao and the Holy Maiden. A changed Devil Master presents a final trial. Lin Wudao rejects an illusion of supreme authority and begins reversing the trial’s stellar chains through a partially reconstructed Star Seal Diagram 30 31 32.

Notable Quotes

“My fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s! So what if I use corpses to prove my Dao?” 8

“With me as the guide, let the seal be reforged!” 21

“What I seek has never been power or status, but to protect those I should protect!” 32