Master of Wine

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Master of Wine (酒之主)
Alias(es)	Chengfeng; Beast God of Wind 80 90 217
Species/Race	Innate Beast God; avatar of the fused Wind and Time Laws 63 80
Gender	Male 65
Affiliation	One of the Eight Innate Beast Gods 80 90
Occupation/Role	Universe Master-level apothecary; Wu Sheng's nominal teacher 90 217
Status	Deceased; persists as a virtual consciousness housed in an altar within Wu Sheng's Inner World 64 65
First Appearance	Chapter 64

Background / History

Chengfeng was an Innate Beast God whose existence was closely aligned with the fused Wind and Time Laws. Before his death, he researched potions in search of a breakthrough, accidentally creating the Eight Great Wines and gaining the title “Master of Wine.” 63 182

After his fall, Wu Sheng used a Time-Space Shop exchange to summon a virtual consciousness modeled completely on Chengfeng's memories, emotions, and law comprehension. The consciousness arrived with a six-tiered azure altar that required continuous supplies of Cosmic Crystals to function. 63 64 65

Initially unwilling to accept Wu Sheng as a disciple, Chengfeng agreed only to provide limited answers and guidance if Wu Sheng maintained the virtual consciousness and passed his tests. He spent more than twenty years largely dormant because Wu Sheng's resources could sustain only its basic operation. 64 65 75 80

Over a century later, Chengfeng formally accepted Wu Sheng as a nominal disciple. He agreed to guide Wu Sheng's law comprehension while insisting that true strength required independent thought and personal breakthroughs rather than constant reliance on a teacher. 217

Appearance

Master of Wine usually manifests as an azure fox phantom, though he can assume a human appearance through his virtual consciousness.

• An enormous azure or green fox with nine phantom tails whose rhythm can interfere with cosmic laws. 64
• Pale golden eyes, described as serene and elegant while retaining the killing aura of a Beast God. 64
• Can appear as a handsome human man in a cyan fox-fur robe, seated on a golden throne and holding a purple wine gourd. 65
• His projected form grew to more than a thousand kilometers tall after the altar expanded through potion profits. 267

Personality

Master of Wine is proud, forthright, and frequently amused by Wu Sheng's stinginess. He is conscious of the indignity of existing as a restricted virtual consciousness, yet he gradually becomes invested in Wu Sheng's development. 64 66 217

As a teacher, he is demanding rather than indulgent. He offers direct answers when necessary, but deliberately pushes Wu Sheng to develop independence, judgment, and the ability to overcome barriers in law comprehension alone. 144 217 314

His curiosity as an apothecary is intense and sometimes expensive for Wu Sheng. He readily proposes large-scale pharmaceutical experiments and attempts to turn unusual lifeforms, bloodlines, and clone phenomena into new research directions. 90 211 251

Abilities & Skills

Wind and Time Law Comprehension

As an avatar of the fused Wind and Time Laws and a former Universe Master, Chengfeng possesses profound law insight.

• Guides Wu Sheng's comprehension of the Wind and Time Source Laws. 90 217
• Explains the requirements for Wu Sheng's evolution into an Ultimate Demon Tank, including recognition from ten Origin Laws during the Domain Lord stage. 64
• Possesses extensive knowledge of Life Genes, Special Lifeforms, Origin Land resonance, and the Eight Innate Beast Gods. 65 110 182
• His current state prevents normal cultivation or unrestricted use of his former power. 80 90

Apothecary Arts

Master of Wine is a Universe Master-level apothecary who claims to have created the Apothecary lineage through his experimentation with materials and brewing. 90 137

• Analyzes bloodlines, Soul Crystals, genetic evolution, and medicinal materials. 89 90 110
• Improved Flameheart Wine, Five Dragon Elixir, and the Cloud-Contact Vine cultivation regimen by altering their formulas and reducing their production costs. 222
  • Reduced Flameheart Wine's cost to one-tenth of its original cost.
  • Reduced Five Dragon Elixir's cost to one-fifth of its original cost.
  • Reduced the Cloud-Contact Vine regimen's cost to forty percent of its original cost. 222
• Developed Flame Soul Wine to nourish the Nine Flame Clan's souls rather than blindly reinforce their bodies. 223
• Provides Wu Sheng with high-level formulas, including a Venerable-level pharmaceutical formula used to pass an official potion assessment. 249 250

Drunken Dream

Drunken Dream is both a fine wine and a control-type potion secret art.

• Temporarily alters the user's soul form, aura, and appearance to perfectly imitate a chosen target. 138
• Requires material from the target, such as a drop of blood, as a catalyst. 138
• Can conceal Wu Sheng's soul aura from anyone below Universe Venerable level; even a Universe Venerable must conduct a careful inspection to notice the disguise. 137 138
• Its higher forms can unknowingly turn targets into puppets, servants, or clones. 145

Transcend Passion

Transcend Passion is a wine-based control art that provokes emotions hidden deep in a target's soul.

• A few drops can cause an opponent to lose emotional control in battle. 138 143
• Affects intelligent, emotional beings through bodily contact or contact with spiritual force rather than directly attacking the soul. 143
• Can affect Cosmic Levels, Domain Lords, and Realm Lords when properly controlled. 138
• Served as a catalyst for Wu Sheng to confront the lingering emotions within absorbed soul power, ultimately beginning his soul purification. 144 145

Clone Secret Technique

Master of Wine developed a self-created Clone secret technique through apothecary arts and treasure-recognition methods. 251 252

• Uses three stages: assimilation of life imprints, assimilation of Inner Worlds, and fusion of divine power. 252
• Allows an auxiliary lifeform to store and supply divine power to the Original Body. 252
• The clone cannot directly participate in battle or resurrect the Original Body, nor can the two resurrect one another. 252
• Requires compatible divine-power attributes between the user and auxiliary lifeform. 252
• Is restricted to Domain Lords because a Realm Lord's formed Inner World and origin pearl prevent perfect life-imprint fusion. 254

Equipment / Items

• Virtual Consciousness Altar — A six-tiered azure altar originally ten kilometers wide and six kilometers high; it houses Chengfeng's virtual consciousness and consumes Cosmic Crystals for operation. 64 65
• Purple Wine Gourd — Manifested alongside Chengfeng's human form. 65
• Eight Great Wines — A group of wines created during Chengfeng's potion research, from which he gained his title. 182

Relationships

• Wu Sheng — Initially a prospective student who addressed him as “Senior”; later accepted as Chengfeng's nominal disciple. Chengfeng provides guidance, potion formulas, and stern instruction in self-reliance. 65 144 217
• Light Awakening — Beast God of Light and one of the Eight Innate Beast Gods. Chengfeng identifies the Prison Clan's Perilous Land as a fragment of Light Awakening's Divine Kingdom and discusses Light Awakening's Shadow Fiend clone art. 80 89 182
• Yan Lun — Beast God of Fire. Chengfeng considers Yan Lun especially suited to studying the fire aura within Yan Shen Clan blood. 90
• Jin Yan — Beast God of Gold. Chengfeng recounts Jin Yan's research into life structures and his attempt to achieve another life-structure transformation. 182

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Summoning and first guidance — Wu Sheng summons Chengfeng's virtual consciousness for assistance with the Wind and Time Laws, only to discover its extreme energy cost and Chengfeng's initial refusal to become a teacher. 63 64 65
• Soul Oath Land revelations — After awakening from dormancy, Chengfeng recognizes the Perilous Land's link to Light Awakening and advises Wu Sheng on Soul Crystals, Special Lifeforms, and Shadow Fiend. 80 89 90 137
• Soul metamorphosis — Chengfeng uses Transcend Passion as part of a plan to expose the contamination caused by Wu Sheng's absorbed soul power, then guides him toward accepting his identity. 144 145
• Potion business — He improves commercial formulas for Star Prison Pavilion, enabling Wu Sheng's potion enterprise while taking a thirty-percent share of its earnings. 217 222
• Clone research — He uses Wu Sheng's funds and observations of Shadow Fiend, the Elf race, and auxiliary lifeforms to develop a potion-based Clone secret technique. 251 252 314

Trivia

• Maintaining Chengfeng's virtual consciousness initially cost Wu Sheng one billion Cosmic Crystals per year, forcing it into prolonged dormancy. 75 80
• Chengfeng's virtual consciousness is described as similar in function to an intelligent lifeform, but at a far higher level and powered through its altar. 222
• He accepted thirty percent of the profits from the potion formulas he improved for Wu Sheng. 217