Wuma Xiu

Biodata

Background and History

Wuma Xiu was named by his grandfather in tribute to his youthful dream of becoming a warrior like the Jade-Faced Asura, Lanling Wang. A celebrated gamer, Wuma Xiu received an anonymous invitation to test the holographic game Domain of the Gods. He chose its Chapter of Freedom and spent months clearing the gods’ routes. After completing the final route, he collapsed and died; the God Disguise Role-Playing System then addressed him as its host 44.

When the game became reality, the events he had played became real memories. His divine identities could also exist separately: the Goddess of Beauty and God of Wine, for example, regarded one another as kindred spirits 69. The system later explained that the identities amplified different parts of Wuma Xiu’s personality 227.

Divine Identities

Appearance

Wuma Xiu’s appearance changes with his divine identity and form. His Goddess of Beauty form can shift between a youthful body and an adult one 62.

• Moon God: Silver-white hair 41.
• Goddess of Beauty: Pale eyes and, in adult form, waist-length ink-black hair 52 75.
• God of Wine: In one adult appearance, he has long black hair bound with a white crown and wears loose green robes 115.
• Asura God: White hair and scarlet eyes 172 195.
• Spring God: Long mint-green hair 243.

Personality

Wuma Xiu is playful and enjoys teasing both the system and his friends. He also uses quick changes of subject to defuse awkward situations, such as giving the Sun God and Star God gifts when they ask whose gift he likes better 11 40 42.

His manner varies sharply between identities. As the Asura God, he is severe toward betrayal and relishes a worthy fight; as the Sea God, he can maintain a gentle façade while concealing ruthless intentions. He privately reflects that he has never been sincere with any god and doubts whether their loyalty would survive learning the truth 168 201 301 305 322.

Despite his pranks and severity, he can be attentive to others: he comforted Yuexi after reading about his years of waiting and cured Qin Jiu to repay his care 28 108.

Abilities and Skills

Divine identities

Wuma Xiu can assume and use the powers of his divine identities. Some of those identities also act independently as his “Old Selves” 227 294 368.

• As the Moon God, he gathered starlight into the Star-Moon Bow and condensed moonlight into the Star-Moon Arrow 12 42.
• As the Goddess of Beauty, he gave a Flower Tree sentience with divine power 81.
• As the Asura God, he could sense every Evil God in the world and appear beside one within a million li 168.
• His divine identities are not identical in strength: as the Sea God, he considers himself unable to overcome every problem by force alone 310.

Combat and divine blood

As the Asura God, Wuma Xiu fights with weapons including a spear and a long sword. A sword strike split the Abandoned Planet in two, and his spear attacks shattered the Night God’s chains and shield 188 201.

• His rapid self-healing forced him to cut his arm repeatedly to collect Divine Blood 196.
• He transformed that blood into a mist that entered and strengthened the Asura Clan’s bloodlines 196.
• Repeated experiences using divine power also changed his original body: by Chapter 405, he had superhuman strength, a weakened sense of time and an unchanged youthful face after nearly ten years in the world 405.

Brewing and music

As the God of Wine, Wuma Xiu brews wine and plays numerous instruments 116 131.

• Wine from his gourd cured Qin Jiu’s illness and left him able to jump three meters 108.
• He performed on a seven-stringed zither given to him by the Music God 116.
• He shared a treasured wine with the God of Fire, who named it Reunion 120.

Gaming and crafting

Wuma Xiu dominated game rankings before entering Domain of the Gods. He also created the Asura God character and, unable to kill certain evil gods in the game, repeatedly defeated them instead 44 172.

He refined the capacious Wine Gourd Another Pot, Please, using more than a hundred Space Stones, and later made a gourd for the God of Time 136 137.

Equipment and Creations

• Star-Moon Bow — A sentient bow formed from starlight. It can draw itself and create arrows, though it is more powerful with the Star-Moon Arrow 12 28.
• Star-Moon Arrow — A sentient silver-white arrow condensed from moonlight 15 42.
• Spear — The Asura God’s favored sentient weapon. Divine power and a drop of Divine Blood associated with it contributed to the Asura Clan’s emergence 185 188.
• Long Sword and other weapons — Sentient weapons that Wuma Xiu assigned to train the Asura Clan 188 196.
• Another Pot, Please — A Wine Gourd capable of holding a large quantity of wine 136.
• Fat Orange Cloud — A cloud that gained sentience after the God of Wine poured wine into it; it recognizes its master and those who intend him harm 105.

Relationships

• God Disguise Role-Playing System / Su Qingci — Wuma Xiu’s system and frequent target of teasing. It fears that his divine disguises will be exposed, as happened to previous hosts 11 44.
• Sun God and Star God — The Moon God’s elder and younger brothers. Both compete for his attention 8 42.
• Night God — The Moon God’s best friend. Wuma Xiu later fought him as the Asura God while Night sought to reach Moon 43 201.
• Yuexi — A Moonlight Clan member who waited years for Wuma Xiu. Wuma Xiu embraced him and promised not to leave again 28.
• Evil God — An acquaintance of the Goddess of Beauty who carried a portrait of him and offered to deal with gods troubling Wuma Xiu 61.
• Qin Jiu — A mortal who became Wuma Xiu’s friend after Wuma Xiu cured his illness 108.
• God of Fire — The God of Wine’s old friend; he named their shared wine Reunion 116 120.
• God of Time — A friend of the God of Wine. Wuma Xiu made and carved a gourd for him 128 137.
• Mo — Leader of the Asura Clan, who reveres Wuma Xiu as its creator 196.
• Zhangsun Yan — Wuma Xiu’s childhood companion, who later pursued him romantically. Wuma Xiu remained unmoved by his advances 278.
• Mu Qian — A demigod Wuma Xiu accepted as an agent and entrusted with the Desert God’s Divine Core 308.

Story Role and Major Arcs

• Federation border: Concerned about the Zerg threat to Canghai Star and its Starfolk, Wuma Xiu disregarded the system’s warnings and went to clear out the Zerg 11 12.
• Moon God Palace: He comforted Yuexi, dealt with his possessive creations and reunited with the Sun and Star Gods 28 42.
• God of Wine: He befriended and cured Qin Jiu, reunited with the God of Fire, and became entangled in a dispute involving the God of Time, the God of Fate and Reunion 108 120 133 134.
• Asura God: After an impatient character card forced its own selection, he returned to the Evil God Faction, enforced his rules and trained the Asura Clan 160 188 196.
• Spring God: He returned to the Spring God Temple and reunited with the Summer, Autumn and Winter Gods 236 237.
• Sea God: He confronted the Desert God, gave the resulting Divine Core to Mu Qian and navigated the Sea God’s past with the Demon God 305 308 322.
• Divine Realm and Abyss: As war approached, Wuma Xiu entered the System Space to draw another character, hoping for the God of Medicine to reduce his side’s losses 405.

Alternate Scenario: Romance Strategy Game

In a standalone scenario, Wuma Xiu loses his memory and encounters a beautiful stranger who follows him into a romance game. He unknowingly accepts the Love God’s Red Thread at their in-game wedding 94.

The stranger is revealed to be the Goddess of Beauty, one of Wuma Xiu’s own divine selves. After the deception is exposed, he tells Wuma Xiu about his lost memories; the two subsequently become romantically involved 95.