As the Azure Dragon's lightning coils around him and becomes an impenetrable breastplate; as the White Tiger's claws cling to his arms, becoming weapons that tear through the darkness; as the Vermilion Bird's flames spread their wings across his pauldrons, burning away evil; as the Black Tortoise's sturdy shield covers his body, turning aside countless blows, Lin Haoming understands that he is no longer the ordinary person he once was.