Ma Xiaotao

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Ma Xiaotao (马小桃)
Gender	Female
Species/Race	Human
Age	18 64
Affiliation	Shrek Academy Inner Court
Occupation/Role	Inner Court disciple; six-ringed Soul Emperor 43
Martial Soul	Evil Fire Phoenix
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 40

Background

Ma Xiaotao is an Inner Court disciple of Shrek Academy and the adoptive daughter of Martial Soul Department Dean Yan Shaozhe. Her Evil Fire Phoenix grants exceptional cultivation speed, but its accumulated evil fire causes recurring backlash, irritability, and eventual berserk episodes. She compulsively cultivates despite knowing it worsens the condition. 40 42 48

Her loss of control at Sea God Lake brings her into contact with Huo Yuhao. His Extreme Ice suppresses her Evil Fire with unprecedented effectiveness, ending an episode that had driven her into a violent rampage. 41 42 43

Yan Shaozhe subsequently investigates Huo Yuhao and attempts to arrange a Marriage Agreement between them, intending to permanently secure his help in suppressing her condition. Ma Xiaotao agrees to the agreement in principle, though Huo Yuhao refuses to sign it because he already has a fiancée. 48 49

Appearance

Ma Xiaotao is a mature, striking woman with an intense fire-associated presence.

• Long scarlet-red hair. 40
• Pale pink, vertical-pupiled eyes that flare dark red when her emotions or Evil Fire surge. 65
• Often wears a fitted red combat outfit. 51 52
• Manifests blazing phoenix wings in combat and while flying. 40 52
• Her body radiates oppressive heat when the Evil Fire becomes unstable. 40 65

Personality

Ma Xiaotao is forthright, emotionally intense, and impulsive. She tends to act before considering consequences, whether forcibly taking Huo Yuhao to Sea God Island for suppression or confronting Yan Shaozhe over Huo Yuhao's treatment. 42 52 63 66

Her Evil Fire magnifies her volatility and drives an unhealthy fixation on cultivation. Once Huo Yuhao's Extreme Ice gives her relief from the condition, she becomes strongly dependent on both the suppression and Huo Yuhao himself. 48 51 53

Despite her recklessness, she is fiercely protective of Huo Yuhao. When Yan Shaozhe withholds Huo Yuhao's core disciple position to pressure him, Ma Xiaotao demands that the dean personally apologize and restore it. 63 66

Abilities & Skills

Evil Fire Phoenix

Ma Xiaotao possesses the Evil Fire Phoenix, a top-tier fire-attribute beast Martial Soul. It provides rapid cultivation and devastating phoenix flames, but carries a fatal backlash that can overwhelm her reason. 40 48 93

• Can manifest fiery phoenix wings for high-speed flight. 40 52
• Her flames are powerful enough to melt stone, scorch the ground to ash, and boil nearby water. 41
• Her sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, can devastate a large area; she used it against assassins in Shrek City. 103
• The Martial Soul's Evil Fire accumulates through cultivation and can force her into a berserk state. 40 48
• Extreme Ice can suppress the Evil Fire, initially through natural resonance with Huo Yuhao's incomplete second Martial Soul. 42 43 53

Soul Power Fusion

Repeated exchanges of Soul Power with Huo Yuhao allow her Evil Fire Phoenix to resonate with his Extreme Ice. Their power temporarily creates an extreme cold-and-heat energy comparable to Martial Soul Fusion power. 53 54

• The fusion produces Soul Power of a quality higher than Huo Yuhao's ordinary Extreme Ice. 54
• It requires cooperation from both Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao; Huo Yuhao cannot independently reproduce it. 54
• The resonance ends after Huo Yuhao's second Martial Soul evolves into Titan Divine Blood, leaving their Martial Souls fundamentally incompatible. 93

Forced Suppression

After Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul evolves, he can still suppress Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire through overwhelmingly superior Soul Power rather than mutual compatibility. 93

• His Soul Power pins the Evil Fire deep within her meridians. 93
• Her body can only endure the infusion for about one hour before reaching capacity. 93
• Continued cleansing may alter the origin of her Martial Soul and risks causing the Evil Fire Phoenix to collapse. 93

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Junior whose Extreme Ice suppresses her Evil Fire. Their first encounter occurs during her berserk episode, after which she grows dependent on his help and openly develops feelings for him; he refuses the academy's proposed Marriage Agreement. 42 48 49 51
• Yan Shaozhe — Adoptive father and Dean of Shrek's Martial Soul Department. He seeks to arrange her engagement to Huo Yuhao for strategic and medical reasons, but she later confronts him for using Huo Yuhao's core disciple position as leverage. 42 48 63 66
• Wang Dong — Rival for Huo Yuhao's attention. Wang Dong reacts angrily when Ma Xiaotao takes Huo Yuhao away, while Ma Xiaotao becomes jealous after finding Wang Dong in an ambiguous position with him. 42 52 64 65
• Ning Tian — One of the students Ma Xiaotao indirectly endangers when she uses Phoenix Meteor Shower to eliminate assassins; Huo Yuhao shields Ning Tian and Wang Dong from the attack. 103

Story Role / Major Arcs

Evil Fire Rampage

Ma Xiaotao loses control near Sea God Lake and attacks Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong as a berserk six-ringed Soul Emperor. Huo Yuhao's Extreme Ice restores her clarity and suppresses the Evil Fire, but she forcibly takes him to Sea God Island in her desperation for relief. 40 41 42 43

Marriage Agreement Dispute

Yan Shaozhe sees Huo Yuhao as the solution to Ma Xiaotao's condition and proposes an engagement between them. Ma Xiaotao hesitates over their age difference but accepts the idea of an agreement; Huo Yuhao refuses it. 44 48 49

Repeated Suppression and Martial Soul Resonance

Ma Xiaotao repeatedly takes Huo Yuhao to Sea God Island to suppress her Evil Fire. Their frequent Soul Power exchanges create a developing resonance, culminating in a dangerous Spiritual Link experiment and the formation of a temporary extreme cold-and-heat fusion power. 51 52 53 54

Conflict with Yan Shaozhe

After learning that Yan Shaozhe denied Huo Yuhao a core disciple position to pressure him, Ma Xiaotao storms into the dean's office and demands an apology. Yan Shaozhe refuses and confines her to the Inner Court, forbidding her from seeing Huo Yuhao. 63 66

Reunion and Changed Compatibility

After Huo Yuhao returns with the fully awakened Titan Divine Blood, Ma Xiaotao is stunned by his transformed appearance. Their previous mutual resonance has vanished; although he can still suppress her Evil Fire by force, his Soul Power may dangerously alter the origin of her Martial Soul. 93

Assassin Ambush

During the assassination attempt outside Shrek City, Ma Xiaotao arrives with Phoenix Meteor Shower and destroys the attackers. Huo Yuhao protects Wang Dong and Ning Tian from the attack's aftermath, leaving Ma Xiaotao distraught when he collapses in her arms. 103

Notable Quotes

“Who said I'm unwilling?” 48

“The feelings between Huo Yuhao and me don't need some damned Marriage Agreement to bind us!” 66