Don't Come Any Closer

"Make you into Evil Fire Succubus Ma Xiaotao!"

Within the Tsukuyomi Illusion, Huo Yuhao grinned wickedly as he stepped toward Ma Xiaotao, who was slumped on the ground.

"Y-you Evil Soul Master, don't come any closer!" Within the illusion, everything was governed by Huo Yuhao's will. Even though Ma Xiaotao possessed the strength of a Soul Emperor, once trapped in Tsukuyomi, she was no more than a helpless weak woman.

"Hehehe, try screaming louder. Even if you scream yourself hoarse, no one will come to save you." Huo Yuhao borrowed the lines of villains from his past life, making Bibi Dong, who was maintaining the Tsukuyomi Illusion for him, twitch violently at the corner of her mouth.

Huo Yuhao's purpose was to attack her mind. Whether it was the Fire Phoenix of pure Ultimate Fire or the Dark Phoenix with its awe-inspiring evil aura, neither was the proper use of the Evil Fire attribute. What he intended was to gradually guide Ma Xiaotao away from rejecting and fearing Evil Fire, toward accepting and embracing it.

Over the past ten thousand years, aside from Ma Hongjun of the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils, who had Great God-King Tang's support, had any Soul Master with an Ultimate Attribute cultivated to godhood? The original work recorded several other Shrek prodigies with Ultimate Attributes—did any of them become gods in the end? An Ultimate Attribute could make one invincible beneath the heavens upon becoming a Titled Douluo; according to Yan Shaozhe himself, that much was indeed possible. But that did not mean one could take that final step. At most, one could only reach the Limit.

But what about lust, one of the Seven Deadly Sins represented by the higher form of Evil Fire? If nothing else, it was at least living freely and comfortably in the God Realm as a First Rank God.

The moment Ma Xiaotao fell into the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao had decided that he would make this pitiful girl, who should have endured countless sufferings, walk a path no one had ever imagined.

Traces of Rakshasa Divine Power also seeped into Ma Xiaotao's body without a trace. The Evil Fire that had been suppressed for more than a decade clearly showed signs of erupting. Peach-red mist spread through the Tsukuyomi space as Huo Yuhao used his current appearance as a template and modeled his physique according to the golden ratio from his past life, shaping himself into his grown-up form.

"You..." Ma Xiaotao stared fixedly at the man who had removed his shirt, revealing eight defined abdominal muscles. Guided by the Evil Fire and Rakshasa Divine Power, the flames within her were almost directly ignited like a powder keg.

"Sister Xiaotao, release your Evil Fire to your heart's content. Falling into my hands... is better than becoming the Holy Spirit Cult's cauldron!" Even with Bibi Dong's help, Huo Yuhao was still far too weak. Simply maintaining the Tsukuyomi Illusion made his head feel as though it were splitting apart.

"Ah—" Ma Xiaotao was nearly set ablaze by the Evil Fire surging through her body. She screamed and used the last of her strength to shift herself backward. "Don't come any closer!"

At the same time, Ma Xiaotao's actual body outside, which had been caught in Tsukuyomi, also went limp on the floor as Evil Fire spread across her entire body. Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged before her, one hand pressed against her lower abdomen. Protected by Rakshasa Divine Power, he had no need to worry about suffering backlash from the Evil Fire.

"Come, Xiaotao. You don't need to endure it any longer." Huo Yuhao did not take the initiative. Mutual willingness was the best way to trigger the evolution of Evil Fire. "Remember my name. I am Huo Yuhao."

"Yuhao..."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's call, Ma Xiaotao, her entire body burning with Evil Fire, slowly rose to her feet. Huo Yuhao looked at her with a smile and opened his arms. Their clothes vanished, and the bizarre illusion transformed into a boundless space filled with pink mist. In Ma Xiaotao's eyes, only that warm embrace remained between heaven and earth.

Ma Xiaotao threw herself into that embrace almost without hesitation. A warm comfort that moistened her soul instantly spread through her entire body, and the pain of Evil Fire burning her seemed to vanish completely at that moment. She clung tightly to the perfectly built man before her, as if she wanted to merge her body into his.

Since the day she was born, Ma Xiaotao had always suffered from the Evil Fire deep within her Martial Soul. In the original work, although she eventually used ten-thousand-year Blazing Gel to cleanse away the Evil Fire trait, losing that trait became the obstacle that prevented her from becoming a god. But at this moment, she could release all the Power of Original Sin buried deep within her Martial Soul, and her future path to godhood had become far smoother.

Outside the pavilion, the twin maids Feifei and Yingying listened to the sounds coming from the room, which had originally been very well soundproofed. Their faces twitched as they silently moved farther away, reducing the sense of being personally present. Hadn't they said the Holy Son was still young? Could it be that he was using...

Huo Yuhao had no interest in admiring the scene. He could only pray repeatedly that Ma Xiaotao would complete her transformation soon. Cracks had already begun appearing in his fragile Sea of Spirit, and his entire head felt as if it were being torn apart. Bibi Dong replenished the Rakshasa Divine Power again and again, barely preventing his skull from exploding on the spot.

At this moment, she felt utterly fulfilled. In the first golden moments of her life, she experienced an unprecedented sense of sin.

Within Holy Son's Pavilion, Ma Xiaotao's physical body had already floated into the air. The fiery-red wings behind her lightly flapped without pause, while red light rose and fell across her body. Her skin had vaguely turned entirely peach-red, and the flowing golden-red Evil Fire that had previously spread over her body was gradually shifting toward pink.

The next instant, accompanied by a series of explosive bursts in the air, an even more slender phoenix flickered into view in the void. Her entire body began undergoing strange changes.

All the illusions vanished in an instant. The man who had just brought her to the clouds transformed into peach-colored motes of light and dispersed. Ma Xiaotao's soul awoke almost immediately, and the incomparably clear sensation made her unable to resist letting out a long cry.

An illusion—everything just now had been an illusion. Ma Xiaotao floated there in a daze. She suddenly discovered that now that she had truly transformed into an evolved phoenix, she did not feel the excitement she had expected. Instead, she felt a little lost. Deep within her soul, she even longed to immerse herself once more in that warm embrace and unparalleled pleasure.

Even though her power had become incomparably strong, the feeling of becoming a woman lingered for a long time. There was even a damp, sticky sensation beneath her.

The Evil Fire Phoenix had evolved into the Sinful Desire Demonic Phoenix recorded only in legends. The golden-red wings on her back had completely turned an alluring peach color. With each gentle beat, rings of pink ripples continuously spread outward from Ma Xiaotao's body. Enormous pink flames climbed from beneath her feet, instantly spreading to every part of her body. Behind her, an exceptionally clear phantom of a gigantic demonic phoenix emerged, enveloping her body before slowly shrinking and completely merging into her.

"It worked!" Huo Yuhao cried excitedly.

"I didn't expect it could be done like this." Bibi Dong wore a strange expression. In her memories from before her death, the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had only belonged to Ma Hongjun's line. Yet the legendary Sinful Desire Demonic Phoenix, which could evolve into a god, was actually born this way.

For an Evil Fire Phoenix to transform into a Sinful Desire Demonic Phoenix, the man who first offered himself to it had to endure the Evil Fire burning his body during the evolution. More often than not, the person offering himself would be gone before the evolution could succeed. When a Martial Soul neared the point of an Evil Fire eruption, one's Soul Power cultivation would at least be at the level of a Soul King or Soul Emperor. Under such circumstances, stimulating an Evil Fire eruption, combined with the burning force of its transformation, was more than even an ordinary Titled Douluo could withstand.

After all, even for a Limit Douluo, certain parts were still the most vulnerable.

Throughout the generations, few holders of the Evil Fire Phoenix had encountered a spiritual-type Titled Douluo with illusion abilities to help them awaken. Yes, with the divine consciousness of a god assisting him, the power of Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power when he used Tsukuyomi was at the Titled Douluo level!

"Huo Yuhao..." Ma Xiaotao's eyes slowly regained their clarity. Along with the Martial Soul Evolution, the Soul Power restriction Zhongli Wu had placed on her was also broken.

This is what I personally believe to be the proper evolution path for the Evil Fire Phoenix. It was already a top-tier Martial Soul, so evolving it should naturally be extremely difficult.

There have been relatively few comments so far. As for this fiery-tempered but straightforward girl, I still hope everyone will offer more opinions. Whether this becomes a harem or not is up to you all. Mainly, I also wanted to save one of the tragic characters written by the original author, so I gave her an illusion similar to Qian Renxue's.