Lin Hao

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Early Life and System Activation

Lin Hao grew up in Jiang City’s mining-district family housing compound. His father, Lin Rongshan, worked in the mines despite a longstanding lower-back injury. Lin Hao’s poor cultivation results were attributed to inadequate talent and meridians, and his high-school teachers largely ignored him because his qi and blood remained at 0.3 1 8.

With the Martial Artist Examination a month away, his older cousin Lin Qing secured an established industrial-park security position for him. Accepting formal employment would make him ineligible for the examination, so he asked to delay reporting. After overhearing his parents’ willingness to sacrifice further for a costly potion, he nearly abandoned his ambitions to ease their burden 1.

Before he could announce that decision, his system activated after twelve years of malfunctioning. Its remaining bug immediately completed cultivation quests, giving him perfect mastery of the Basic Eighteen Forms and, soon afterward, the Mountain-Subduing Basic Fist. His first public demonstration was a sparring victory over Bai Cheng, the class’s leading student 1 2 5.

Shadow Mimic Spider Incident

Jiang Chao introduced Lin Hao to his girlfriend Xia Zhi and her friend Su Xiaoran over medicinal cuisine. Lin Hao rejected Xia Zhi’s advances out of loyalty to Jiang Chao. She then claimed Jiang Chao was in danger and led him into an isolated alley, where she and Su Xiaoran revealed themselves as Shadow Mimic Spiders 10 11 12.

Despite being poisoned and bound in silk, Lin Hao used his acquired combat instincts to break free and strike Xia Zhi’s vulnerable head-and-thorax junction. He ultimately killed both spiders, but avoided returning home in bloodstained clothing because he did not want to frighten his parents. He later acknowledged the killings during his assessment-center visit 12 13 36.

Anonymous Pharmacist Championship

Seeking a pharmaceutical system quest, Lin Hao bought Zhou Mingxuan’s competition slot for 8,000 yuan and entered the Six-City Young Pharmacists Competition wearing a mask. He initially lacked even basic practical knowledge of potion-making, and his failed attempts convinced the proctor that he could not be a hired substitute contestant 17 18 19.

The system eventually issued a Primordial Potion quest, followed by the fire-affinity prerequisite needed to complete it. Their rewards allowed him to refine two bottles of Perfect-Grade Primordial Qi and Blood Potion. He left without submitting them for judging, suffering from mental exhaustion 19 20 22.

Su Mo recognized his skill and publicly yielded the championship to the anonymous contestant. The judges awarded Lin Hao the title, while pharmaceutical companies, city authorities, and established families began searching for him. Later reports identified his achievement as a Beyond-Perfect-Grade potion with qi-and-blood activity exceeding twice the theoretical value 25 47.

Recruitment Investigation and Expulsion

Lin Qing was detained over allegations that she had abused her authority to secure Lin Hao’s security position. A 30,000-yuan performance bond was presented as evidence of bribery. Lin Hao proposed demonstrating that his strength independently exceeded the recruitment requirements, undermining the claim that an unqualified applicant had needed improper assistance 25 26.

Meanwhile, No. 2 High School pressured him to withdraw from the Martial Artist Examination. Zhao Man used the recruitment investigation and his formal employment status against him, and the school expelled him. Lin Hao accepted dismissal rather than abandon his cousin, who promptly arranged an alternative examination route through No. 1 High School 30 31.

At the assessment center, his readings of 2.79 qi and blood and 9.21 combat power overturned the officials’ assumptions about his ability. He then requested exceptional One-Star certification and killed the assessment’s Wind-Rending Swift Leopard in three moves 35 36 38 39.

Recognition Across the Six Cities

Lin Hao’s certification brought a monthly allowance and an allocated home. Once officials connected him to both the spider killings and the anonymous pharmaceutical championship, representatives from all six cities—including military representatives—converged on his family’s apartment 40 42 49.

No. 2 High School offered to reinstate him and punish Shi Tie and Bai Cheng. Lin Hao rejected its opportunistic handling of discipline, insisting that school rules should not depend on a student’s perceived value. He instead proceeded with his transfer to No. 1 High School and received permission to skip the remaining classes before the Martial Artist Examination 50.

Personality

Lin Hao is persistent without being indifferent to his family’s circumstances. He continues pursuing martial arts after years of poor results, yet nearly gives up when he realizes how much his parents are sacrificing. Improving their lives remains a concrete motive behind his cultivation 1 2 8.

He reciprocates loyalty. After accepting Jiang Chao’s financial help, he resolves to assist him whenever needed; he also rejects Xia Zhi’s advances specifically because Jiang Chao is his friend. When protecting Lin Qing costs him his school enrollment, he states that he would make the same choice again 6 11 31.

He is cautious about revealing advantages. He conceals the system, initially withholds his extraordinary combat readings from his parents, and considers the interests of Jiang City’s competing factions before publicly identifying himself 3 8 28.

His criticism of No. 2 High School extends beyond his own treatment. Although he dislikes Bai Cheng, he objects to using expulsion as a bargaining chip and challenges the assumption that only promising university candidates deserve fair treatment 50.

Abilities & Skills

Heaven Rewards Diligence System

The system supplies attribute readings and quests whose rewards include technical comprehension, experience, and elemental talent 1 2 20.

• Instant quest completion: A remaining malfunction automatically advances accepted quests to completion, bypassing their stated training requirements 2 5 20.
• Context-dependent quests: Combat challenges and potion-making activities can trigger new missions, but simply attending practice or entering a competition does not guarantee one 4 17 19.
• Prerequisite restrictions: The potion-refining quest remains locked until he obtains fire affinity 20.
• Physical limitations remain: Acquired mastery does not remove his need for nutrition, cultivation, or recovery from mental exhaustion 3 6 26.

Basic Eighteen Forms of Qi and Blood

Lin Hao possesses Great Perfection mastery of this foundational cultivation technique 2.

• Guides medicinal energy into his meridians and flesh, converting replenished reserves into further growth 8 27.
• Allows precise circulation while absorbing his unusually potent self-refined potion 27 33.
• Does not make excessive dosage safe: three measures of his own potion nearly cause irreversible meridian damage 27.

Mountain-Subduing Basic Fist

His Great Perfection mastery combines the twelve-form introductory art with ten years of system-granted experience fighting demonic beasts 4 5.

• Mountain-Breaking Thrust Punch: His principal direct strike, used against testing targets and vulnerable points on beasts 12 36.
• Blocking Hand Form: Redirects an opponent’s momentum and diverts incoming force rather than merely stopping an attack 5 12 38.
• Sliding step: Evades attacks through small, precisely timed shifts 11 12.
• Inch force: Generates short-range power to seize spider silk and break restraints 12.
• Combat instincts: Identifies force acting through bindings even when his vision is obscured by poisonous mist 12.

Fire Element Affinity

Lin Hao gains maximum-level fire affinity alongside thirty years of potion-grandmaster experience in manipulating fire elements 20.

• Senses fire-element particles in the surrounding air 20.
• Applies precise elemental control to potion refinement 20 21.
• Uses that control to reorganize a normally sequential brewing procedure into parallel processes 21.

Potion Refinement

His system rewards include perfect-grade Primordial Potion analysis and the underlying principles of elementary potion refining 20.

• Calculates the yield of his remaining competition ingredients as exactly two standard doses 20.
• Purifies and fuses ingredients along multiple tracks, completing work far faster than the conventional procedure 21 27.
• Produces a potion publicly recognized as Beyond-Perfect Grade, with more than twice the theoretical qi-and-blood activity 47.
• Remains limited by mental endurance: refining causes severe headaches and requires prolonged rest despite his technical expertise 22 26.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Primordial Qi and Blood Potions — Uses both family-supplied commercial potions and his considerably stronger self-refined bottles. After an overdose scare, he reduces his own potion to one measure per dose 8 27 32 33.
• One-Star Martial Artist certificate and badge — Official proof of his exceptional certification 40.
• River View Luxury Gardens home — Allocated a fully furnished, 220-square-meter residence with full ownership; receives the keys and access card after certification 40.
• Martial artist allowance — Receives 50,000 yuan per month, with the first payment deposited during certification 40.

Proposed Jiang City Support

The following package was presented to his parents; they deferred the decision to Lin Hao rather than accepting on his behalf 47.

Relationships

• Lin Rongshan — Father and mining worker. Diverts money intended for his own back treatment toward Lin Hao’s potion; Lin Hao wants his success to relieve his father’s burden 1 8.
• Li Xiulan — Mother. Supports his examination ambitions and closely monitors his health when intensive cultivation leaves him exhausted 1 3 26.
• Lin Qing / Lin Qingqing — Older cousin, Two-Star Martial Artist, and branch-bureau captain. Exchanges second-class battle merit for his security-job slot, supplies potions, and arranges his route into No. 1 High School 1 3 31 32.
• Jiang Chao — Deskmate and best friend. Defends him against classmates and school officials, gives him 20,000 yuan for tonics, and celebrates his certification 1 6 30 40.
• Bai Cheng — Class rival. Mocks his supposed reliance on connections before losing to him in sparring 3 5.
• Shi Tie — Former homeroom and martial arts teacher. Neglects him and withholds student resources; No. 2 High School later announces dismissal proceedings over subsidy and allocation violations 1 50.
• Zhou Lie — Former practical-combat teacher. Initially recognizes his unusual ability and offers personal financial help, but loses Lin Hao’s respect by failing to oppose his expulsion 6 31 36.
• Zhao Man — Branch-bureau captain and Lin Qing’s rival for promotion. Uses the recruitment case to pressure Lin Hao, then sees him decisively exceed the standards she expected him to fail 30 31 35 39.
• Su Mo — Young pharmacist who recognizes his refining talent and yields the competition championship to him 18 22 25.
• Jiang Baichuan — Assessment-center director. Oversees his certification benefits and reserves a free meridian-talent test until his qi and blood reaches 3.0 40.
• Qian Mingyuan and Liu Wan — No. 1 High School principal and assigned homeroom teacher. Arrange his transfer and accommodate his independent examination preparation 50.

Notable Quotes

“I'll take the Martial Artist Examination, and I'll get into a martial arts university. Believe it or not, that's up to you. But if you want me to give up, that's impossible.” 30

“I can't stand Bai Cheng, but whether he should be expelled isn't for me to decide. The school's rules should be written in its regulations, not in the value of a particular student.” 50