Ma Xiaotao

Biodata

Background and History

Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire requires suppression. Yan Shaozhe brought her together with Jiang Chen in the hope that his Ice Phoenix bloodline would awaken and grant him Ultimate Ice, allowing him to cure her. After two months together, Xiaotao broke up with Jiang Chen because his bloodline remained unstable and he could not fully suppress her Evil Fire. She was reluctant to leave him but told him that Yan required her future partner to possess Ultimate Ice 1.

Jiang Chen underwent a Second Awakening soon afterward and gained Ultimate Ice. Yan apologized to him and sought a reconciliation for Xiaotao’s sake, but Jiang refused to help her again 4 6 7. Xiaotao joined the expedition to obtain Jiang’s third Soul Ring in the Far North, where she tried unsuccessfully to regain his attention 7 8 9.

After the expedition, Xiaotao admitted to Yan that she had not apologized to Jiang. She refused to pursue someone who no longer wanted her or to become the other woman while he grew close to Ling Luochen. She also confronted Yan over his role in the breakup and his expectations for her future; Zhang Lexuan comforted her afterward 12. Jiang and Ling later became a couple 20 21.

Appearance

Xiaotao has red hair that falls over her shoulders and is described as beautiful 1 20.

Personality

Xiaotao is proud and determined to choose her own future. She insists she can become a Titled Douluo without relying on someone with Ultimate Ice, even when Mu En warns otherwise. Her loyalty to Yan Shaozhe is strong enough that she initially tries to take the blame for their decision to end her relationship with Jiang 1 2.

Her feelings after the breakup are contradictory: she resents Jiang’s rejection and his closeness with Ling, yet repeatedly hopes to win him back. Later, she refuses to apologize or pursue him, citing her dignity and her unwillingness to share a partner 9 11 12. During the Freshman Assessment, she openly hopes he loses and continues to dismiss his victories 16 17 23.

Abilities and Skills

Evil Fire Phoenix

• Xiaotao is a fire-attribute Soul Master with the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul 8.
• She can release Evil Fire, but it shrinks back when she tries to thaw frozen provisions in the Far North’s Core Circle. She says her flames are effective in combat but lack the outward heat needed there 8.
• Her Evil Fire torments her unless suppressed. Jiang Chen formerly helped suppress it; Yan says Jiang’s awakened Ultimate Ice could cure it completely 1 7. Xiaotao later says Xu Sanshi helps suppress it 15.

Relationships

• Jiang Chen — Former boyfriend. She ends their relationship over his apparent inability to gain Ultimate Ice; after his awakening, he refuses reconciliation or further help with her Evil Fire 1 4 7.
• Yan Shaozhe — Teacher who raised her from childhood and arranged her relationship with Jiang. She later challenges him for urging the breakup and then pressuring her to reverse it 1 12.
• Ling Luochen — Former close friend and rival for Jiang’s affection. Their disputes escalate into a wager that Xiaotao loses, costing her a three-thousand-year Soul Bone 8 18 19.
• Zhang Lexuan — Senior sister who comforts Xiaotao after her argument with Yan 12.
• Mu En — Shrek’s master, who rebukes her decision to break up with Jiang and warns that her Evil Fire may prevent her from reaching Titled Douluo 1 2.

Notable Quotes

“Teacher, you were the one who urged me to break up with him, and now you're the one scolding me. … Can't you let me decide for myself?” 12