Ma Xiaotao

Biodata

Name	Ma Xiaotao (马小桃)
Alias(es)	Sister Xiaotao; Xiao Tao
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Shrek Squad
Occupation/Role	Inner Court senior sister; frontline combatant
Martial Soul	Evil Fire Phoenix
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 11

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Evil Fire temporarily contained	11	Zhang Peng’s Blood Baleful Intent infiltrates her Phoenix Flame after she repels his blood-shadow avatar. Huo Yuhao uses Ultimate Ice to suppress the rampage and strip away the contaminating intent.
Ignition Seed removed	34	Sun Moon soul-tool fragments trigger another loss of control. Huo Yuhao locates and freezes the dark-crimson Ignition Seed embedded at the source of her Phoenix Flame.
Precise Evil Fire control	40	She compresses her flames into a narrow line and a phoenix-beak edge, burning through a Sun Moon–Holy Spirit Cult array gate at Huo Yuhao’s identified thermal dead zone without losing control.

Background / History

Ma Xiaotao is described as the most outstanding senior sister of Shrek’s previous Inner Court class. During the Holy Spirit Cult’s assault on Shrek Academy, she arrives in time to shield Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and Wang Qiu’er from Zhang Peng’s Scorpion Tiger blood-shadow avatar. Her dark-red Phoenix Flame tears open the avatar, allowing Huo Yuhao to destroy its underground anchor and force the attackers’ withdrawal 11.

The battle leaves Zhang Peng’s Blood Baleful Intent embedded in her Evil Fire. Although Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice can restrain the resulting rampage, Xiaotao suffers severe physical and spiritual strain and must be treated in Isolation Formation No. 3. The incident establishes that Ultimate Ice can suppress her fire, while also making her a subject of the enemy’s tests 11.

She joins Huo Yuhao, Dong’er, and Qiu’er as the frontline team investigating the Blood Fiend Formation at the abandoned post road. There, she is assigned to burn away the formation’s shadow anchor and helps hold the outer battle line during the ambush 14 16.

During the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, Sun Moon soul-tool fragments fitted with Ignition Runes provoke a second major Evil Fire outbreak. Huo Yuhao, Dong’er, and Xiao Xiao contain the flames while Huo Yuhao freezes the Ignition Seed within her martial soul. Xiaotao recovers her clarity and identifies the attack as a deliberate attempt to make Shrek appear to harbor an evil soul master 34.

She later accompanies Huo Yuhao, Dong’er, and Ye Guyi in their investigation of the Sun Moon camp and the Radiant Old Altar. Her controlled Evil Fire disables a camp signal, breaches soul-tool defenses, and burns open the sealed third-level altar gate alongside Ye Guyi’s holy light 37 40.

Appearance

Ma Xiaotao is a striking woman usually dressed in red robes, with long fiery red hair and a presence compared to an unsheathed blade. Her Phoenix Flame manifests as dark-red fire, becoming darker and more dangerous when her Evil Fire loses control 11 34.

• Red robes that remain her defining attire in battle and travel 11 37.
• Long red hair that swirls in her firelight or hangs loose during an Evil Fire outbreak 11 34.
• Dark-red Phoenix Flame, capable of turning black-crimson when corrupted or destabilized 11 34.
• Bright, confident eyes that visibly lose clarity when the Evil Fire overwhelms her reason 34.

Personality

Xiaotao is blunt, fearless, and highly self-possessed. She treats powerful enemies with open contempt, confronting Zhang Peng’s avatar without hesitation and remaining focused on the tactical threat even while wounded by the backlash to her own fire 11.

She habitually teases Huo Yuhao and openly points out the emotional problems he avoids. However, her advice is often perceptive: she warns him not to treat Dong’er and Qiu’er as mere formation nodes, and later tells him that disguising desire as responsibility can hurt others 13 15.

Her confidence does not mean she ignores her weakness. The Blood Mirror reveals that her foremost desire is to purify her Phoenix martial soul, master Evil Fire on her own terms, and stand among the strongest without needing another person to suppress her power 41.

Abilities & Skills

Evil Fire Phoenix

Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul produces dark-red Phoenix Flame with overwhelming destructive power. It can damage spiritual constructs, evil formations, and soul-tool defenses that ordinary attacks cannot easily breach 11 40.

• Burns through Blood Baleful Intent soul chains and tears open Zhang Peng’s Scorpion Tiger blood-shadow avatar 11.
• Creates and maintains an outer ring of flames during the abandoned post road battle 17.
• Destroys the Sun Moon camp’s outer signal tower before the group enters 40.
• Burns through the alloy-and-blood-brand seal on the third-level altar gate 40.
• Limitation: Blood Baleful Intent and specially designed Ignition Runes can destabilize her flames, endangering her mind as well as those nearby 11 34.

Precision Flame Control

Following repeated outbreaks, Xiaotao demonstrates deliberate control rather than indiscriminate destruction. She can condense Evil Fire into narrow, targeted forms and follow Huo Yuhao’s battlefield directions precisely 40.

• Forms a thin flame line to disable an alert core without attacking personnel 40.
• Condenses her fire into a phoenix-beak-shaped edge to strike the array gate’s thermal dead zone 40.
• Coordinates with Ye Guyi’s Holy Light Slash, allowing fire to breach the alloy while holy light severs the embedded blood brand 40.

Combat Experience

As a former standout Inner Court senior, Xiaotao functions as a heavy-hitting frontline fighter and a reliable tactical asset within Huo Yuhao’s formations 11 14.

• Applies pressure strong enough to make surrounding disciples feel overwhelmed when her fiery wings spread 11.
• Accepts Huo Yuhao’s battlefield orders when his analysis identifies a task suited to her firepower 14.
• Guards the western perimeter during the approach to the Sun-Moon Military Camp 37.

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Her junior brother and the person whose Ultimate Ice can suppress her uncontrolled Evil Fire. She gives him candid advice, frequently teases him, and privately associates an ice-blue figure with her buried desire to overcome Evil Fire herself 11 13 15 34 41.
• Wang Dong’er — A fellow Shrek combatant. Dong’er assists in containing Xiaotao’s second Evil Fire outbreak, while Xiaotao later offers her direct advice about confronting her feelings and understanding why others are drawn to Huo Yuhao 34 46.
• Ye Guyi — Initially at odds over Xiaotao’s provocations and views on desire, but they cooperate effectively when holy light and Evil Fire are both needed to breach the altar gate 37 40.
• Zhang Peng — Enemy Titled Douluo whose Blood Baleful Intent contaminates Xiaotao’s Phoenix Flame during the attack on Shrek Academy 11.
• Shrek Squad — Serves as a frontline member during the abandoned post road operation and later joins the group investigating Sun Moon and Holy Spirit Cult installations 14 37.

Notable Quotes

“Stop treating them like formation nodes. They’re people. They hurt, they fight, and they want you to favor them.” 13

“Wrapping desire in responsibility is what makes it easy to hurt people.” 15

“But if it wants to see me lose control, it’s not qualified.” 41