Lin Chen

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Lin Chen and his younger sister, Lin Yue, cultivated together from childhood, developing exceptionally close combat coordination. By the entrance examination period, their school recognized them as genius siblings, and both were seeded contestants alongside Xing Yao 12 18 20.

The siblings encountered Xing Yao at his sold-out card stall. Surprised by the demand among adult awakeners, Lin Chen asked whether he was selling combat items for secret realms, but Xing Yao left without explaining their functions 12.

Appearance

• Build and bearing: Stands tall and carries an icy, imposing aura during combat 20.
• Family resemblance: Shares similar facial features with Lin Yue 12.
• Visible power: His lightning appears purple-blue during the Flame-Horned Beast fight and purple-gold during his assault on the lava boss 20 23.

Personality

Lin Chen is courteous and more restrained than his outspoken sister. When Lin Yue criticized Xing Yao’s apparent lack of training, he gently pulled at her clothing and apologized on her behalf 18.

He is also intensely competitive. Xing Yao’s unexpected First Tier strength unsettled him, and he later sought the highest damage contribution against the trial’s hidden boss. Nevertheless, he recognized that fighting another examinee would waste strength and chose to continue earning points instead 18 21 22 23.

His frustration does not prevent him from acknowledging superior ability. After struggling with resentment and shock at the gap between himself and Xing Yao, he openly congratulated his classmate when they left the secret realm 26 28.

Protecting others repeatedly takes priority over his own safety. He shields Lin Yue during dangerous encounters, holds the front line for fellow examinees, and joins the defense against the monster invasion without hesitation 21 24 25 28.

Abilities & Skills

Thunder Talent

An offensive talent with top-tier potential. Su Wanqing describes Lin Chen’s explosive power and lethality as outstanding among his peers 20.

• Concentrated lightning: Condenses purple-blue lightning into a piercing projectile, killing a restrained Flame-Horned Beast with a strike through its head 20.
• Lightning dragons: Produces dozens of thick, dragon-shaped bolts to bombard the lava boss’s scales 23.
• Lightning pillar: Fires a thick pillar of lightning while fighting the invading monster horde 29.
• Area defense: Uses lightning to open a small safe area within the Gloomy Black Shadow Demon’s mist and later electrocutes several demon spiders attempting a sneak attack 25 33.
• Limits: Sustained fighting nearly exhausts his spiritual power. His lightning can only slightly restrain the Gloomy Black Shadow Demon, and the Red Lotus Demon General’s pressure prevents him from approaching Xing Yao to help 25 26 30.

Sibling Coordination

Lin Chen handles direct offense while Lin Yue supplies restraint, battlefield control, and defensive support. Their childhood training makes their cooperation one of the examination’s most threatening combinations 20.

• Finishes enemies immobilized by Lin Yue’s vines 20.
• Directs her restraints while seeking effective attack positions against the lava boss 23.
• Returns to the front line alongside her after the second hidden boss’s ambush 24.

Battlefield Leadership

• Orders examinees to spread out while maintaining formation against the Gloomy Black Shadow Demon 25.
• Urges the exhausted group toward the eastern exit when the trial’s final-hour warning sounds 27.
• Helps protect students during the post-invasion cleanup 33.

Equipment

• Trial bracelet — Issued to examinees to record points and provide emergency teleportation out of the secret realm 19.

Relationships

• Lin Yue — Younger sister and longtime combat partner. He instinctively shields her when confronting Xing Yao and takes the second hidden boss’s ambush head-on after pulling her behind him. She helps temper his competitive frustration and keeps him focused on earning points 20 21 22 24.
• Xing Yao — Classmate, fellow seeded contestant, and competitive benchmark. Lin Chen initially struggles with being surpassed, but later praises Xing Yao and fights beside him during the invasion 18 23 26 28 29.
• Clone No. 1 / Great King — Masked rescuer whose true identity Lin Chen does not know. The clone teleports him and the other students away from the Red Lotus Demon General’s attack; Lin Chen is awestruck by the stranger’s strength and abrupt disappearance 30 31 32.
• Qin Lie and the Cloud-Soaring Squad — Reinforcements during the invasion. Their arrival restores Lin Chen’s hope, and he later assists their battlefield cleanup 29 33.

Story Role / Major Arcs

College Entrance Examination

Before the trial, Lin Chen learns that Xing Yao has reached First Tier despite rarely attending school training. Comparing that achievement with his own peak Eighth Stage cultivation leaves him deeply shocked 18.

Inside the secret realm, he and Lin Yue quickly demonstrate their coordinated fighting style by killing a Flame-Horned Beast. When they later cross paths with Xing Yao, Lin Chen initially takes a protective, wary stance, but the encounter ends without a fight. The siblings resume hunting rather than sacrifice points and stamina to an unnecessary confrontation 20 21 22.

Lin Chen fights the Lava Monstrosity openly, unaware that an invisible Xing Yao is attacking nearby. The revelation that Xing Yao has overtaken his damage contribution leaves him frustrated. Immediately afterward, the second boss ambushes the examinees; Lin Chen protects Lin Yue, suffers an injury, and returns to the front line 23 24.

The second battle leaves him nearly unable to stand. He nevertheless warns Xing Yao when the Dark-Patterned Shadow Leopard attacks, then witnesses his classmate dispatch it in seconds. With an hour remaining, he directs the exhausted examinees toward the exit and later congratulates Xing Yao outside 26 27 28.

Qingning City Monster Invasion

When Abyssal monsters pour into the examination venue, Lin Chen and Lin Yue immediately follow Xing Yao into battle. Lin Chen sustains numerous wounds, and his lightning dims under the strain before the Cloud-Soaring Squad arrives to reinforce the defenders 28 29.

He tries to help Xing Yao during the Red Lotus Demon General’s attack but cannot move closer under its pressure. Clone No. 1, wearing the Great King mask, teleports him, Lin Yue, Xing Yao, and nearby students to safety. Lin Chen subsequently witnesses the masked fighter defeat the demon general without learning that he is Xing Yao’s clone 30 31.

After the rescue, Lin Chen helps eliminate surviving monsters, including demon spiders threatening the students. Exhausted, he plans to return to the dormitory after attendance, but the discovery that a student is missing abruptly ends the survivors’ relief 33 35.

Aftermath

Following Qin Lie’s later conversation with Xing Yao, Lin Chen joins Lin Yue and other classmates in approaching him with questions. Xing Yao avoids the gathering by activating Invisibility and escaping 39.