Evil Fire Erupts! Nine-Colored Dragon God Freezes Phoenix

Shrek Academy · Edge of the woods by Sea God Lake

The morning light was faint, the lake surface shimmering with fragmented golden rays.

The youth stood by the shore, leaning over to gaze at his reflection, his heterochromatic eyes swirling with a mysterious glow.

He gently stroked his face, wiping away the tears at the corners of his eyes; those slightly callow and youthful contours already faintly revealed an extraordinary air of heroism.

"Hmm..."

He poked the water surface, sending ripples spreading out, shattering that excessively handsome face.

"As time carves me... surely one day, I too shall be as peerlessly brilliant and renowned far and wide as the readers beyond the screen, possessing a grace all my own."

No sooner had he finished speaking than his internal organs felt as if they had been tossed into a tumble dryer, twisting in agony once again.

He hunched over, gasping for air:

"Damn it! Again?! System, you old bastard--!"

This youth, named Long Jinyu, was a transmigrator.

A second ago, he had just finished his college entrance exams, fantasizing about how to reward himself.

Yet the next second...

A massive influx of information flooded his mind.

Long Jinyu instantly understood his situation—

While lying at home watching a movie, he had actually transmigrated into the world of Peerless Tang Sect, and had even become the successor of the Dragon God!

[Ding! Nine Luminaries Dragon God Codex System has been activated--]

[This is the embodiment of the Dragon God's authority, using the nine colors as a contract, and governing all dragons as the law.]

[When the first wisp of dragon blood stains the codex, the conceptual ownership of all dragonkind across the heavens and myriad worlds shall be forever branded beneath your divine crown.]

Long Jinyu: ?!

[Current timeline: The day Huo Yuhao registers for Shrek Academy]

[Name: Long Jinyu]

[Age: 11]

[Level: 45]

[Martial Soul: Nine-Colored Dragon God]

[Spirit Rings: Red, Red, Red, Red]

[Talent: King of Concepts, Dragon God's Grace, ...]

[Luck Value: 99]

[Omitted...]

[Points: 20250609]

[Task: Join Shrek Academy, Reward Points: 594945]

"Conceptual ownership? Nine-Colored Dragon God?"

Long Jinyu's pupils constricted. As a veteran Douluo fan and a liberal arts "overlord," he instantly grasped the weight and absurdity of the keywords.

"That's not right, is it?"

"I recall that in the fourth installment, didn't it say..."

"That guy, the Dragon God, didn't die; his divine soul remained in his own remains, hiding in the Dragon Graveyard to rot?"

"Could it be that he was the one who brought me here???"

"Whatever, since I'm here, I might as well settle in."

Rational thought quickly suppressed his shock.

"The top priority is to master this power."

"Martial Soul Possession!"

With a shift of his intent, a vast and majestic power roared to life! Nine-colored divine light erupted from his body, a majestic dragon roar echoed in his heart, and four blood-red spirit rings rose like scorching suns!

Feeling the surging power within him that seemed capable of tearing the firmament apart, Long Jinyu took a deep breath, suppressing the slight thrill and "chuunibyou" feeling of having his "dreams come true."

"It's truly cool, but this start..."

He looked at his arm, which was covered in fine dragon scales and shimmering with nine-colored radiance, and frowned slightly.

"It's a bit too 'exciting'."

Rewinding to thirty minutes ago.

When Long Jinyu stepped into Shrek Academy, he had only intended to tour the campus environment first.

He looked up at the towering school gate, sunlight dappling through the shadows of the surrounding trees. In the distance, the laughter and playful shouts of students drifted over; everything was so similar to the descriptions in the original work...

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, he would feel the world spinning.

First, the unstable martial soul energy within his body suddenly went berserk, causing his temples to throb with agonizing pain.

Then, an old man with white hair appeared out of nowhere, pestering him with endless, rambling chatter.

The old man's eyes were terrifyingly bright, much like a starving wolf spotting meat, babbling on about "extraordinary bone structure" and "destined for greatness."

"Young friend, you and I are fated. Would you be willing to take this old man as your master?" The old man chuckled, handing over a token engraved with golden patterns.

Long Jinyu felt cold sweat seeping from his forehead, his ears ringing. His vision was already doubling; how could he possibly care about anything else?

Desperate to escape, he snatched the token and nodded haphazardly. "Fine, fine, fine, whatever you say..."

With that, he turned and bolted toward the woods on the outskirts of Sea God Lake as if fleeing for his life, his mind entirely consumed by the need to suppress this rampaging soul power.

"Damn it! Transmigration is one thing, but why does it come with a martial soul going berserk? System, are you screwing with me?!"

[Task complete, rewards issued. Current points: 20845554]

"Wait a minute? When did I even sign up for this?!"

But the only answer he received was the soul power exploding within his body.

By the time Long Jinyu stumbled into the woods, his arms had already begun to dragonize uncontrollably, covered in iridescent dragon scales.

Every step he took seemed to stir the elemental forces of heaven and earth, kicking up waves of elemental turbulence.

"What the hell is this..."

Long Jinyu shed a few tears, wanting to vent with a punch at a tree, but he couldn't bear to destroy the ancient, towering timber.

Finally finding a moment of relief, he stood by the lake gasping for air, grateful to have survived the ordeal.

His reflection shimmered on the water's surface. Looking at this face—both familiar and strange—he couldn't help but indulge in a bit of vanity, lost in pleasant fantasies.

But a sudden, sharp pain from his body pulled him back to reality, and the system naturally didn't escape another round of his scathing curses.

Just then—

"BOOM!"

"What's going on?"

Ignoring the pain, he looked up and saw the once-calm lake surface explode, a pillar of crimson flame over ten meters in diameter shooting into the sky.

"Ugh, ahhh—!"

Amidst the spray of water and mist, a woman's heart-wrenching wail echoed out.

A figure wreathed in flames plummeted into the woods.

Wherever she passed, the ancient trees were instantly ignited and carbonized, turning into a field of ash.

Before Long Jinyu could react, he felt his throat tighten.

He saw a red-haired woman gripping his throat with fingers like branding irons, her other palm surging with out-of-control black-red flames.

"Hot, hot, hot! Let go, big sister!"

Scorch marks appeared on Long Jinyu's neck. He froze when he saw her face—those rampaging crimson pupils, that long fire-red hair; wasn't this...

"Good grief, a classic plot reenactment!"

He grimaced in pain, but his mind was frantically complaining.

Wasn't Huo Yuhao strangled by her just like this back in the day? But now, I'm the one playing the fire extinguisher...

"Go... I... can't control it!" Even through her trembling voice, a sliver of remaining reason could be detected.

But it was obvious.

Her Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul had completely spiraled out of control.

"Go? You should at least let go first... hey, hey, hey!"

Suddenly, as if stimulated, she erupted, throwing Long Jinyu more than ten meters away. Her sixth soul ring bloomed behind her, emitting a blinding light:

"Phoenix Meteor Shower—!"

Long Jinyu barely managed to twist his body and land in mid-air, but before he could steady himself, he saw meteors of fire whistling toward him.

"Cough, cough... that's a pretty enthusiastic welcome gift..."

He coughed up blood, his gaze piercing through the violent, scorching rain of fire, locking firmly onto that crimson figure—swaying like a candle in the wind, yet stubbornly, heartbreakingly resilient.

"In the original work... no one could truly save you from this torment of karmic fire..."

The flames cast the girl's silhouette in a tragic, stunning light. Long Jinyu wiped the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth, the rampaging soul power surging through his meridians—

"But since fate has brought us together at this moment..."

His eyes became incredibly firm (chuunibyou check), and deep within that gaze lay a total rejection of the predetermined tragic trajectory!

"Then this time, the 'Tragedy of the Phoenix', I will be the one to... rewrite the final chapter!"

[Warning! Detected Evil Fire Phoenix energy surge!]

The system's alarm sounded fashionably late.

"6, you're only warning me now? My girlfriend has already run off, and now you decide to start coaxing me?"

[Mission Triggered: Help Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire. Reward Points: 5,201,314]

"Ma Xiaotao..."

"Sister Xiaotao..."

"No! Who authorized you to release this..."

But the situation was critical, and this was truly no time to bicker with the system.

With a thought, the power of the "Ultimate Element" within his body erupted!

"Condense!"

A cold, deep blue light gathered above his head, instantly solidifying into a massive ice shield, overflowing with frigid air.

"Ah-- help!!"

Suddenly, a terrified scream came from behind him.

Three outer courtyard students had been caught in the disaster and were fleeing in a panic.

"Damn it!"

Long Jinyu's pupils constricted, a flash of resolve crossing his eyes.

The dragon scales on his left arm suddenly flared with a dazzling blue light, and the power of Ultimate Ice was released with a roar, forming a hemispherical barrier that firmly protected the three of them.

At the same time, the ice shield above his head shattered, instantly reforming into a blue beam of light that shot toward Ma Xiaotao like an arrow released from a bow!

"Still not enough!"

The golden light on his right arm's scales surged, and he slammed his fist into the ground--

"BOOM!!!"

Pure force transformed into a shockwave that soared into the sky, forcibly knocking the falling meteor-like rain of fire off course!

In mid-air, the Ultimate Ice and the Phoenix Fire collided violently.

The ice shattered, turning into ice crystals that filled the sky, while the flames froze, condensing into crimson and blue crystals.

The two extreme energies intertwined, instantly triggering a terrifying elemental storm!

"Rumble--!"

The energy shockwaves spread like Dotō, uprooting the ancient trees in the vicinity, cracking the earth, and carving deep ravines into the ground!

Ma Xiaotao's movements stiffened; the evil fire raging within her was briefly suppressed by the ice released by Long Jinyu.

Her body staggered, and unable to hold herself up any longer, she fell heavily to her knees.

Amidst the swirling dust, she struggled to lift her head, peering through the chaotic energy ripples at the figure opposite her, who was also kneeling on one knee--

It was a slender youth, yet he possessed a delicate, almost feminine refinement.

A few strands of platinum hair were scattered among his long, raven-black locks, dancing in the energy storm.

His left eye was a cold, silver gleam, like the frozen rivers of the far north; his right eye was a scorching, brilliant gold, like flowing molten lava.

His fair skin was now stained with dust and blood, yet it could not hide that almost bewitching handsomeness.

"Who... is this?"

Ma Xiaotao's consciousness was dim, her vision blurred, and the figure before her appeared illusory and beautiful amidst the interplay of light and shadow.

She blinked, trying to focus, but only caught that breathtaking silhouette...

"So beautiful..."

She murmured unconsciously, then pulled at the corner of her mouth in self-mockery.

"Heh... am I... seeing things? How can I not even tell the difference between a man and a woman anymore..."

In the distance, on a rattan chair outside the freshman dormitory building, the golden halo at the fingertips of an old man with white hair slowly dissipated.

"This little guy..."

He stroked the deep finger marks on the armrest--marks he had left half an hour ago when Long Jinyu's soul power had gone berserk, nearly crushing the chair back.

"I was right to pester him to become my disciple earlier."

The scene reflected in his mental detection made even this Dragon God Douluo, who had seen countless geniuses, sit up straight.

In the center of the woods, an ice-fire Taiji diagram over fifty meters in diameter was slowly rotating.

The two diametrically opposed powers of extreme cold and intense heat had reached a delicate balance, and the intertwined blue and red halo illuminated the entire forest, making it look like a dream.

"I thought I had picked up a gold ingot, but I didn't expect... it to be an untapped gold mine."

Ma Xiaotao gritted her teeth, forcing herself to stand up, and grabbed Long Jinyu by the collar, lifting him slightly--the force was not heavy, but it carried an undeniable urgency.

"Little brat... you are my savior... I beg you, help me..."

Her voice was incredibly hoarse, her eyes brighter than ever, yet filled with an unprecedented complexity of emotion.

Long Jinyu was slightly taken aback, but he quickly recovered from the confusion.

"Greetings, Senior Ma Xiaotao. I am Long Jinyu."

"I have long heard that the Inner Court boasts a 'Fire Phoenix Heavenly Maiden'! Seeing you today, I finally understand the meaning of 'the peach tree is young and elegant, its blossoms brilliant and vibrant'! Your soul power, Senior, likely makes even the 'Southern Bright Separation Fire' pale in comparison!"

He laid on the flattery thick.

"Save the... pleasantries for later..."

Ma Xiaotao's voice trembled, and fine beads of sweat seeped from her forehead.

"The evil fire within me... is almost beyond my control."

"Although your strike earlier made me feel better, now..."

"This agony has returned... can you, can you please..."

Long Jinyu naturally noticed the black-red soul power uncontrollably overflowing from her body: "I understand, leave it to—"

"Hurry, hold me tight!"

Ma Xiaotao blurted out, then seemed to realize what she had said, her voice dropping a notch.

"Use that cold energy you had earlier... help me lower my temperature... I beg you..." The last three words were squeezed out from between her teeth.

"This..."

Long Jinyu's Adam's apple bobbed, his earlobes turning slightly hot. He hadn't expected her to be so direct.

But seeing her curled up in agony, he immediately straightened his expression: "Since you are in trouble, Senior, I am duty-bound to assist."

"Hurry...!"

Ma Xiaotao's body suddenly shuddered violently, her long legs going weak as if they had lost all support.

She gripped Long Jinyu's collar tightly, her knuckles turning white, yet she still couldn't stop herself from sliding downward.

"I... I really can't hold on anymore..." Before she could finish, her body tilted forward like a phoenix with broken wings.

Long Jinyu felt a mass of scorching heat collide with his chest—Ma Xiaotao's burning forehead pressed heavily against his collarbone, her searing breath washing over his neck.

"Pardon me, Senior." He dared not hesitate, wrapping his arms firmly around that soft yet scorching body.

The astonishing heat transmitted upon contact made his heart sink.

This was by no means a normal body temperature; it was like holding lava on the verge of eruption! What kind of inhuman torment was she enduring?

At the same time, within this scorching embrace, a strange, warm current quietly brushed against his heart.

Though the body in his arms was shockingly hot, he felt none of the searing pain or repulsion he had anticipated.

Instead... the soul power within him that had been restless and on the verge of tearing his meridians apart seemed to be gently soothed, miraculously calming down?

"Strange...?"

Long Jinyu's heart shook violently, a thought flashing through his mind like lightning:

"Could it be that Senior Ma Xiaotao's phoenix fire can not only burn all things to ash, but also... nourish and soothe my rampaging dragon soul?"

He had no time to investigate this incredible sensation, as the suppressed, painful moans of the person in his arms pulled his focus back completely.

At this moment, only by giving his all could he help her survive this ordeal.

"Ugh..."

Ma Xiaotao let out a sigh of relief, her entire body suddenly going limp.

She could clearly feel that as they embraced, that cooling Ultimate Ice was pouring into her body, suppressing the evil fire bit by bit, feeling so good that she unconsciously tightened her arms—

"Cough, cough! Senior..." Long Jinyu's face turned bright red instantly, his voice trembling, "Are you... trying to murder your junior..."

Ma Xiaotao then realized she had been pressing him tightly against her chest.

She hurriedly loosened her grip, a crimson flush spreading from her cheeks to her ears: "S-sorry! Just now it was too..." The words died on her lips; she couldn't exactly say "it felt too good," could she?

"It's alright." Long Jinyu silently adjusted his posture, pulling his arms a little tighter, "Is this... okay?"

Ma Xiaotao nodded gently, her hair brushing against his jaw.

After that, neither of them spoke again, leaving only the sound of their intertwined heartbeats, which were exceptionally clear in the silence.

Even though he had nearly "lost his life" earlier, a trace of secret joy still welled up in Long Jinyu's heart.

After all, with a beauty in his arms and her faint fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose.

Such a marvelous feeling was truly beyond words...