The Fallen Genius

"Soul Power, Level 3."

Looking at the familiar, brilliant glow emanating from the blue crystal ball before him, Yu Tianjiao retracted his hand with a sense of helplessness.

"Soul Power, Level 3; Grade: Low."

As the clan member in charge of the testing announced Yu Tianjiao's soul power level with a cold, indifferent tone, a stir immediately rippled through the testing plaza.

"Sigh, how could it come to this? Young Master Tianjiao was a genius with Twin Martial Souls and an Innate Full Soul Power of level 20 back then!"

"Indeed. Although Young Master Tianjiao was only an adopted child the Clan Head brought back from the outside, he was sensible, clever, and quick-witted from a young age. He was humble and kind, and even with such overflowing talent and astonishing potential, he never grew arrogant or complacent. How could someone so outstanding end up in such a state today?"

"I originally thought the clan would reach its peak under the leadership of Young Masters Tianjiao, Tianheng, and Tianxin. I never expected that Young Master Tianjiao... sigh, it's truly a pity."

"It's not a big problem. Although Young Master Tianjiao's soul power cultivation is lacking, his character and temperament are far superior to that person's.

Besides, with that handsome face of his that surely has no equal on the entire continent, those Twin Martial Souls so powerful they granted him Innate Full Soul Power of level 20, and his status, the clan will certainly find him a good match to marry and have children with in the future.

Even if he cannot become a powerful Soul Master, living a life of wealth and stability shouldn't be an issue."

Listening to the chorus of pity from the surrounding clansmen, the corner of Yu Tianjiao's eye twitched slightly.

Because right now, hovering before his eyes was a blue, fluorescent, high-tech interface displaying neat, small regular script.

[At eleven, you broke through to become a Dou Practitioner, the greatest genius the Xiao Clan had seen in centuries. Yet, starting at twelve, your Dou Qi realm began to mysteriously regress. For three full years, not only did you make no progress, but you even fell back to the third stage of Dou Disciple!]

[The clansmen who once looked upon you with awe and humility now show you nothing but mockery and disdain, as if doing so could erase the image of that dazzling, brilliant youth from their hearts.]

[To this, you can only offer a silent, bitter smile, your fingernails digging into the flesh of your palms.]

He felt he probably hadn't survived that period of being shut away at home.

Transmigrating to the Douluo Continent was one thing, but his built-in golden finger was actually the Xiao Yan Life Simulator.

When he was six, he opened the system's starter pack and directly awakened the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and the Ancient Void Dragon as his twin martial souls, with an Innate Full Soul Power of level 20.

By eleven, he had already obtained his fourth soul ring, shocking the entire Soul Master world.

Although there was no blood relation, the man who adopted him was Yu Yuanzhen, the Clan Head of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the clansmen were quite friendly toward him, so he felt a strong sense of belonging to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Having lived two lives, he had been exceptionally clever and sensible since childhood, possessed a silver tongue, and combined with his immense talent, he had been thriving within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

As it turned out, this damned system was acting like Yao Lao, siphoning his soul power since he was twelve!

It had been draining him ever since!

Yu Tianjiao could actually accept this; after all, without the system, he would never have awakened god-tier assault-type martial souls like the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and the Ancient Void Dragon.

Furthermore, even though his soul power could only stay at level 3, his cultivation speed remained that of a Soul Ancestor; it was just that the soul power he cultivated was being siphoned away and stored by the system.

Once the three-year period was up, he would return as the Dragon King!

The only thing he felt resentful about was that he didn't have a Xun'er!

Where was my big, childhood sweetheart little rich girl?

This was supposed to be the Xiao Yan Life Simulator, yet you didn't even arrange a female lead for me?

[Arriving tomorrow.]

As if hearing Yu Tianjiao's complaint, the system popped up a short line of text.

However, upon seeing it, he felt no joy; instead, his expression turned ugly.

Did the system really think he hadn't read Battle Through the Heavens?

Could the person arriving tomorrow possibly be a female lead?

It was one hundred percent "Nalan Yanran" coming to break off the engagement!

As for the engagement...

Yu Tianjiao certainly had one.

It was set up when he was eleven by Yu Yuanzhen, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Head, who was his grandfather in name but his foster father in reality.

As for the bride-to-be...

Naturally, it was the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master, Ning Rongrong, who desperately needed the protection of a twin-martial-soul assault-type genius like him.

Under normal circumstances, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would never allow Ning Rongrong to marry into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, as she was the next sect master, and marrying out would mean the end of their sect.

But the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would never allow their brightest star to marry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a live-in son-in-law either.

However, the Yu Tianjiao of that time was truly too dazzling; he was known to everyone across the entire Soul Master world.

When Ning Rongrong went to the Star Dou Forest to obtain her first soul ring, she happened to see Yu Tianjiao kill a thousand-year-old soul beast with his bare hands, and she developed a great curiosity about him.

That youth, who looked not much older than her, possessed a face as handsome as a god and strength far beyond his peers. Even the two Title Douluo-level grandfathers she admired most spoke of him with endless praise.

Ning Rongrong had been a "spoiled brat" since childhood, and being an admirer of both strength and beauty, she had been unable to stop thinking about Yu Tianjiao since that meeting. She would often bring Sword Douluo to visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so in a sense, she could be considered his half-childhood sweetheart.

When Yu Tianjiao broke through to level 40 at age eleven and became a Soul Ancestor, Ning Fengzhi finally approached them, wanting to set the engagement with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan early to forge a marriage alliance and strengthen their ties.

Both sides took a step back: Yu Tianjiao would not need to marry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Rongrong would not need to fully marry into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; they only needed to have two children in the future, one surnamed Yu and one surnamed Ning.

Both clans could accept this result, and since the two children got along well, the engagement was finalized.

However, starting at age twelve, Yu Tianjiao's soul power regressed, and there was no cure. Once this was confirmed, even though Yu Yuanzhen sealed the information, he couldn't keep it from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for long.

Although the disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were limited to level 79 soul power for life due to their martial souls, the sect was unrivaled on the continent in terms of martial soul research. After hearing about Yu Tianjiao's condition, Ning Fengzhi naturally cared deeply for his future son-in-law and immediately sent people to help see if Yu Tianjiao could be restored to his former self.

The result was that after three years, there had been no progress at all. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect naturally could not allow their young sect master to be engaged to a piece of trash with only level 3 soul power, so after some deliberation, they decided to firmly break off the engagement!