Li Lin

Biodata

Power Progression

Li Lin’s development centers on recovering lost capabilities, retrieving his weapons, and replacing a body unable to withstand his magic—not advancing through newly named realms.

Background / History

Life in the Magic Empire

Before becoming Li Lin, Loxia Kaiser Erland was an Arcane Mage of the Magic Empire. He invented Weapon Spirit Transformation and created the Seven Ring Spirit Envoys. His precise spell control and command of the wider situation helped bring the empire to its golden age 99 361.

He personally traveled with each of his six weapons other than Nia after completing it, developing both his combat techniques and his compatibility with the weapon. These journeys lasted a century at a time, leaving him able to wield each envoy as naturally as an extension of his body 272 287.

During the empire’s final war, he faced the Five Heroes alone. Their attack coincided precisely with a period when his power was weakest, leading him to suspect that they had known his vulnerability and were acting for a hidden backer. When a holy sword pierced him, he cast a soul spell, escaped his body with his power intact, and opened a spatial rift to avoid destruction by a holy barrier 1 18.

Eighteen Years on Earth

Li Lin entered the body of an orphan on Earth. Initially fearing enslavement or forced labor, he was surprised that the orphanage cared for children without demanding repayment. Its safety allowed him to recover and explore an unfamiliar world 1.

He became especially interested in computers, recognizing parallels between programming and magic. Specially admitted to university, he earned recognition for programming, painting, and music, and designed software for Xue Xue’s father’s company 1.

At ten, he encountered Angela Christie, an Earth-native vampire who intended to make him her servant. He defeated her attempt and instead bound her through a Magic Beast Contract 2.

On his eighteenth birthday, he rejected Xue Xue’s romantic confession, explaining that he regarded her as a younger sister. After secretly leaving her a gift, he began his return spell. The surrounding city lost power and communications before his room erupted in light 1.

Return to the Morning Wind Continent

The teleportation succeeded, but soul-reading revealed that a thousand years—not eighteen—had passed in his homeland. The Magic Empire had become a legend, while its conquerors’ successors occupied its former territory 2 6.

Li Lin found that relations between humans, elves, and dwarves had deteriorated sharply. Historical accounts portrayed the empire as an oppressive evil and celebrated its destruction as liberation. He rejected those accounts as distortions of a war he had experienced firsthand 17 18.

His response was to rebuild the empire and destroy the Five-Nation Alliance. He sought allies who could both fight and govern reclaimed lands, rather than merely assembling forces capable of winning battles 94.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, sturdy, and well proportioned after years of physical exercise on Earth. His bearing nevertheless suggests a scholar rather than a frontline warrior 5 65.
• Features: Fairly handsome face, thick, long black hair, and black eyes; Kalin also remarks on his new body’s yellow skin 65 131.
• Usual clothing: Black mage robes. At the royal banquet, golden patterns intermittently appear across robes so dark that they seem to swallow light 143.
• Disguises: Adopts leather armor and the manner of a traveling adventurer when infiltrating hostile groups 213 266.
• Astral appearance: His active magical defenses become conspicuously radiant on the Astral Plane 379.

Personality

Li Lin usually speaks gently and steadily, rarely displaying strong emotions. On Earth he was popular, easygoing, and unpretentious; as a traveler, his courtesy and persuasive speech allow him to pass convincingly as a scholar or well-bred adventurer 1 50 266.

Control is his defining preoccupation. He dislikes unpredictable developments, especially when allies change plans without consulting him. His title “Dominator” reflects both his weapons and his determination to keep events within his grasp. He can accept a local defeat when it improves the overall situation, but continually investigates information and potential threats 152 237 361.

His loyalty to the Magic Empire coexists with extreme cruelty toward its enemies. He rejects forgiveness and holds the Five Heroes’ descendants responsible for their ancestors’ actions, regardless of age or gender. Catherine’s service and love do not persuade him to abandon his intention to end her bloodline 86 214 411.

He does not share ordinary human prejudice against undead or nonhuman peoples, and remembers the empire’s former interracial coexistence with affection. His tolerance is not universal: he openly despises chaotic beings and rejects allies he considers fundamentally unpredictable 3 17 375.

Toward Angela, he is notably accepting of the past. He tells her that earlier experiences made her who she is and that he sees no need to judge them. His longstanding avoidance of romance also changes when he accepts Nia’s confession 264 378.

Abilities & Skills

Arcane Magic and Magic Tattoos

Li Lin’s soul contains the magical runes associated with an Arcane Mage and a connection to magic’s origin 67 310.

• His Magic Tattoos allow him to use power beyond the comfortable limits of his original Earth-born body 260.
• He voluntarily abandoned or transferred much of his former spell repertoire, making his early limitations a matter of available techniques as well as diminished strength 16 30.
• Through the Eternal Library, he can expend three spell slots to cast a high-level spell instantly, without chanting or gestures 55.
• His demonstrated spells include Chain Lightning, large-scale fire attacks, petrification, and Time Stop 56 99 403.

Necromancy and Soul Reading

He uses necromancy for killing, interrogation, imprisonment, and the recovery of otherwise inaccessible information.

• Heart Extraction: Seizes a target’s heart and can extract memories. Its effectiveness depends on comparative power and the target’s physical resilience 16.
• Soul confinement: Seals a dead Templar knight’s soul inside a dagger and consults its memories about the Magic-Banning Prison 33.
• Soul gems: Converts captured mages into soul gems 55 56.
• Negative energy: Destroys the God of Justice’s possessed saint with a lethal burst of negative energy 287.

Enchantment and Infiltration

Mental manipulation is one of the magical disciplines he retained after relinquishing much of his original power 16.

• Uses charm magic to gain entry to a Templar-controlled city 33.
• Puts targets to sleep and influences Rolandis Fali’s feelings through a previously cast spell 123 154.
• Employs disguises and fabricated identities to infiltrate paladins and adventurers 214 266.
• Temporarily makes himself good-aligned to perform Holy Summoning and obtain an angel for interrogation 255.

Weapon Spirit Transformation and Artifice

Li Lin invented Weapon Spirit Transformation and created the Seven Ring Spirit Envoys, weapons capable of assuming individual personalities and forms 57 99.

• Each envoy bears his soul imprint and recognizes him as its rightful master 317.
• Their protections punish unauthorized wielders through drained vitality, poison, curses, transformation, or destructive magical overload 308.
• He develops magical equipment by selectively adapting Earth’s ideas rather than copying its technology wholesale 199.
• His creations include a strengthening potion combining Earth-drug properties with magical medicine, and ballistic missiles carrying effects such as Slow, Cloudkill, and Chain Fireballs 184 280.

Barriers, Mythals, and Spatial Magic

His defensive and spatial techniques let him control the conditions of a battle.

• Spatial Confinement Barrier: Prevents teleportation into or out of the enclosed battlefield 16.
• Temporary Mythal: Can be adjusted for location, climate, and opponents. It consumes substantial power and lasts no more than three days 99.
• Divine suppression: Uses a Temporary Mythal to seal the God of Justice avatar’s divine power after severing its external connection 287.
• Layered protection: Activates dozens of coordinated defensive spells through the Eternal Library 286.
• Planar travel: Opens portals and has extensive experience traveling through the Astral Plane 378 379.

Flesh Reshaping

Li Lin uses advanced alchemy to replace the Earth-born body that had begun breaking down under sustained magical use. Dragon blood destroys unsuitable tissue, while the elves’ Spring of Life supports regeneration 156 260.

• Constructs sensory organs with enhanced perception, darkness vision, invisibility detection, and faster reactions 264.
• Builds limbs for speed and agility, internal organs from protective spells, and bones from magic-transmission channels 264.
• Maintains continuous magical circulation, allowing superhuman movement without separately casting a speed-enhancing spell 287.
• The completed body has exceptional magic resistance but cannot subsequently be reworked, making the construction process especially unforgiving 264.

Power of Manipulation

The Power of Manipulation gives Li Lin direct control over magical effects and explains how Magic Controllers can force Weapon Spirits into service 317.

• Absorbs it through his connection to the origin of magic 310.
• Learns its practical operation by fighting Kaite, rather than merely possessing the power 317.
• Seizes opponents’ spells and triggers magical effects hidden on their bodies 393.
• His fusion with this power makes him comparable to a “God of Magic” in a limited sense, but he remains an Arcane Mage rather than a conventional deity and cannot consciously hear or answer prayers 329 417.

Armed Combat

Li Lin’s weapons training is backed by centuries of practical experience and, later, his reconstructed body 272 287.

• Uses Kalin’s longbow form against pirates 167.
• Disarms several attackers with precise strikes to their wrists 266.
• Delivers repeated sword cuts to the same point in rapid succession 272.
• Defeats the isolated God of Justice avatar in dagger combat, combining physical attacks with Gloomy Curse’s poison and curses 287.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Seven Ring Spirit Envoys — His seven personally created weapons, helpers, and subordinates. Their complete reunion restores Ringwraith City’s full functionality 272 317.
  • Eternal Library / Nia — His first-created weapon; supplies spell slots and supports his layered magical defenses 50 55 286.
  • Tear of the Meteor / Kalin — An emerald-green longbow surrounded by pale-blue light and magical characters 131 167.
  • Gloomy Curse — Carries lethal poison and curses; used against the God of Justice avatar 287 308.
  • Hymn of Destruction — Destroys the otherworldly gate sustaining the avatar. Its immense magical flow kills unauthorized wielders 287 308.
  • Holy Wrath — One of the weapons he attempts to summon while searching for the missing envoys 311.
  • Fate’s Protection — Another missing weapon he unsuccessfully attempts to summon before the final reunion 311 317.
• Soul-containing dagger — Holds the captured Templar knight’s soul for interrogation and guidance 33.
• Earth gemstones — Used to replenish his power and fuel the return crossing; afterward, their depleted remains are exchanged for local currency 1 5.
• Planar weapon — An experimental weapon formed from opposing forces and reinforced with protective magic. Li Lin later launches it through the rift toward Mount Celestia 402 403 424.

Relationships

• Angela Christie — Contract-bound vampire companion, lover, adviser, and military subordinate. Her outsider’s perspective helps him question his assumptions; she later accepts major extermination orders and accompanies him to the Astral Plane 2 19 317 378 405.
• Nia — His first weapon, leader of the Seven Ring Spirit Envoys, and closest long-term collaborator. After waiting a thousand years, she confesses her love, which he accepts 50 154 378.
• Kalin — Creator–weapon relationship with a frequently exasperating companion. Her irreverence survives their millennium-long separation, but he values both her power and her connection to his former life 131 132.
• Mina and Fina — Vampire sisters under his instruction. He teaches Fina magic, equips both sisters, supervises feeding control, and subjects them to demanding combat practice 30 33 65 119.
• Xue Xue — Childhood friend whom he treats as a younger sister. He rejects her confession before leaving Earth 1.
• Ailina — Former elven student who defended Ringwraith City. He mourns her remains and destroys the sword that killed her; memories of her later strengthen his resolve to protect the elves 173 202.
• Catherine — Saintess turned subordinate and devoted lover. He uses her position to undermine the Temple’s faith, but insists that her descent from the Five Heroes prevents him from sparing her bloodline 278 327 411.
• Elf Goddess — Ally in protecting the elves and opposing the God of Justice. Li Lin insists that their partnership does not make him her chosen or oblige him to obey her instructions 97 152.
• Maya — Dark Elf ally whose convictions he respects. He accepts a controlled risk to secure her cooperation while largely leaving Dark Elf internal government to its own leaders 105 113.
• God of Justice — Principal divine enemy. Li Lin defeats his avatar, attacks the foundation of his faith, and prepares a broader assault involving Mount Celestia 278 287 405 424.
• Seliana — Goddess of Theft whom he restores from a crystal prison to help obtain the Great Law Spell from the God of Justice 365.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rebuilding His Power and Alliances

Li Lin retrieves his scattered weapons while studying a thousand years of political and magical change. He trains Mina and Fina, reconnects with Nia and Kalin, and seeks allies among peoples oppressed by the Five-Nation Alliance 30 65 94 131.

His Dark Elf campaign gives him a formidable army. Rather than personally settling every internal dispute, he treats their leaders as responsible for their own governance and dissent 99 113.

Revival of Ringwraith City

Returning to his ruined citadel, Li Lin confronts the remains of its defenders, including Ailina. He takes control of the necromantic sphere above his throne, summons the God of Death to honor their bargain, and completes the spell left unfinished at his death. Light spreads across the ruins as the dead city begins to revive 173.

War Against the Five-Nation Alliance

Li Lin combines diplomacy, infiltration, manufactured crises, and mass warfare. He seeks elven support, abducts the saintess during the Shadow Dragon operation, and deploys Catherine to undermine the Temple from within 202 216 230 278.

His campaign escalates to magical missile attacks and direct confrontation with the God of Justice’s avatar. After severing the avatar’s source of power, suppressing its divine abilities, and defeating it, he orders Angela to kill the remaining paladins 280 287.

The restoration of all seven envoys strengthens his military organization. He assigns Miu’erkasi to train undead cavalry and orders Angela to exterminate the Federation’s population. He later makes the killing of Five-Nation Alliance soldiers and civilians a condition for border mages seeking imperial protection 317 324.

Preparations for the Divine War

Li Lin recruits Seliana, investigates the God of Justice’s activities, and travels to the Astral Plane with Angela while Nia and the other envoys administer Ringwraith City 365 378 384.

He completes an unstable experimental planar weapon and organizes an encirclement campaign using floating cities, thousands of mages, ground fortresses, and more than a million undead. He identifies the Great Book of Law as essential to defeating the God of Justice 403 405.

When Mount Celestia presses against the Prime Material Plane’s barrier and Henderson splits the weakened boundary, Li Lin launches the planar weapon through the rift, creating an opportunity for the Goddess of Theft’s operation 424.

Notable Quotes

“I've never believed in forgiveness.” 86

“I'm not interested in passing judgment on other people's pasts. Whatever happened can't be undone. Everything that came before made you who you are now, and I have no complaints about who you are now.” 264

“Everything is just as I planned. Everything is under my control.” 372