Doupo Cangqiong: Yuanqi

Xiao Yan was once the Xiao clan's unmatched young genius, but his cultivation suddenly began declining until three years of humiliation left him treated as worthless. When his fiancée Nalan Yanran arrives to cancel their engagement publicly, he answers the insult with a promise to challenge her after another three years.

The cause of his lost strength is Yao Chen, a powerful soul living inside his ring and consuming his energy to recover. Yao Chen becomes his teacher, guiding Xiao Yan through dangerous training and toward the first steps of a journey that will carry him far beyond his declining clan.