The Fallen Genius, Shui Bing'er

Douluo Continent.

Heaven Dou Empire, Skywater Academy.

"Gone again..."

Feeling the Soul Power she had just cultivated mysteriously vanish from within her body once more, Shui Bing'er slowly opened her beautiful eyes. Her blue-purple lipstick-coated lips pressed together, and a trace of frustration appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face.

This was no longer the first or second time her Soul Power had disappeared. It had been a full three months!

Three months ago, just after she had broken through to level thirty-five and was preparing to share the good news with her mother, she had been struck by a small bead that fell from the sky.

She had fallen unconscious on the spot.

Afterward, she discovered that every time she finished cultivating, her Soul Power would vanish without a trace, leaving nothing behind.

At first, she had not noticed it. It was only when her Soul Power began declining rather than increasing that she realized. In just three days, her Soul Power had fallen from level thirty-five to level zero, without a single strand remaining. She had been terrified.

Shui Bing'er told her mother, Leng Qishuang, the Vice Dean and Director of Studies of Skywater Academy.

Because of this, Leng Qishuang examined Shui Bing'er's body several times, yet found no abnormalities. The mother and daughter were both stunned, unable to understand what had gone wrong.

Shui Bing'er suspected it had something to do with the small bead that had struck her, but it had long since vanished. She asked many people at the academy and searched many places, but found nothing.

Yet Shui Bing'er did not give up. She continued cultivating with all her strength, trying to find the source of the problem.

But no matter how hard she tried, her Soul Power was like snowflakes. The more she tried to hold it in her hands, the faster it melted away.

"Why... why is this happening? Where exactly is the problem?"

Three Soul Rings withdrew into her body. Shui Bing'er collapsed onto her bed, staring up at the ceiling carved with exquisite reliefs. Her sapphire-like eyes reddened faintly, shimmering with tears.

She did not scream hysterically. Nor did she grieve in silence. She simply questioned it, questioned the fickleness of fate.

Why did her Soul Power disappear? Why did it have to be her?!

When she thought of her mother's and teachers' comfort, as well as the encouragement from all her sisters, telling her not to give up, not to be sad, and to pull herself together—

The strong heart within Shui Bing'er ached faintly. She was Skywater Academy's hope! She was the leading figure of this generation at Skywater Academy!

But now she had become like this. How could she repay the academy for its years of nurturing, or live up to her sisters' trust and expectations?!

Give up? Impossible!

Even if she died, she would never admit defeat!

The next moment, Shui Bing'er's tear-filled eyes abruptly changed. She rose and wiped away the tears about to spill from the corners of her eyes. Her gaze was resolute, gleaming with the light of defiance.

"Whether it is fate's injustice or someone else's scheme, I will not submit. Since you want to destroy me, then watch how I break through the ice and be reborn!"

Shui Bing'er lightly bit down with her pearly teeth. Her pink lips parted, each word ringing with force.

She would not be defeated like this. Everything that failed to kill her would become the strength that drove her forward!

Shui Bing'er sat cross-legged once more and closed her eyes to cultivate.

So what if her Soul Power disappeared? It was not as if she could no longer cultivate it. Something must be devouring her Soul Power. Since it wanted to devour it, then she would let it devour its fill and choke to death on it!!!

At the same time, deep within the Sea of Consciousness that Shui Bing'er herself could not explore, a perfectly round, ancient little bead flickered in and out of view, drifting up and down.

The little bead was chaos-colored, its surface covered in cracks as though it might shatter at any moment. Wisps of mysterious yellow Chaos Qi coiled around it, carrying faint laws of time, space, and reincarnation. It seemed like the beginning of all things, yet also like the end of heaven and earth.

"How long have I been asleep?"

A murmur suddenly sounded. Within the Chaos Bead, an illusory figure slowly opened his eyes.

Looking down at his nearly transparent Soul Body, so weak it seemed as if it would dissipate the next second, Meng Chen revealed a regretful expression and sighed.

"Ah... what a pity. Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi still got away."

As he sighed, traces of reminiscence appeared in Meng Chen's eyes.

He had originally been a wage slave on Blue Star. Through a stroke of absurd luck, he had been reborn into the Battle Through the Heavens World and became a disciple of a small clan in the Central Plains.

Fortunately, as a transmigrator, he had a cheat of his own: the [Chaos Bead].

The Chaos Bead contained a small Chaos world and possessed the ability to travel through the Myriad Worlds. His rebirth in the Fierce-Flame Continent owed much to the Chaos Bead.

Thanks to the Chaos Bead, Meng Chen's body and soul had been baptized by the Chaos Origin, undergoing astonishing changes and transforming into a Chaos Body!

When he first cultivated Dou Qi at the age of six, he had reached the Dou Saint realm in only fifteen years, shocking the Fierce-Flame Continent. Yet this also drew the fear, even the murderous intent, of the Eight Ancient Clans.

Thus, just three years later, the Eight Ancient Clans launched a joint siege against him, a Seven-Star Dou Saint. They brought forth the foundations of all eight clans. Even the Ancient Clan and Soul Clan, who had always been wary of and plotted against each other, joined forces and laid down layer upon layer of deadly traps, all to utterly erase Meng Chen.

The great battle lasted a full seven days. More than half of the Central Plains was shattered. The Ancient Clan Three Immortals, the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints... over half of the Dou Saint experts of the eight clans were killed or injured.

In the end, Hun Tiandi used the incomplete Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade, while Gu Yuan revealed the Ancient Clan's final trump card: an Emperor Soul Scroll left behind by an Ancient Clan Dou Di, capable of severely wounding an Emperor Realm Soul!

Meng Chen was ultimately only a Seven-Star Dou Saint and could not withstand two emperor-level killing techniques. Seeing that escape was impossible, he had no choice but to self-destruct, hoping to take Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan down with him.

Unfortunately, those two had been prepared. Sensing that something was wrong, they decisively used their subordinates to block his self-destruction. Though they were not blown to death on the spot, they were still severely injured.

As his remnant soul fled into the Chaos Bead, Meng Chen saw Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan break through the unstable spatial seal created by his self-destruction and escape.

"Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi... Hmph. Keep your heads on your necks for now. I will come collect them after I recover!"

After snorting coldly, Meng Chen stopped thinking about that battle and instead examined his current situation.

"Where is this?" Meng Chen frowned as he looked at the vast expanse of white Sea of Consciousness.

He vaguely remembered throwing the Chaos Bead into a spatial torrent before losing consciousness. But where he was now did not seem like an ordinary place. It was more like a consciousness sea?

Immediately afterward, Meng Chen spread out his soul power.

Even though he was now only a newly awakened remnant soul, his soul power alone was enough to suppress a Dou Emperor.

After a while, Meng Chen withdrew his soul power. Through the scattered memories drifting within the Sea of Consciousness, he had more or less understood the current situation.

"Shui Bing'er, Soul Power, Martial Souls... This is actually Douluo Continent!"

A strange look appeared on Meng Chen's face. He had actually transmigrated from the Battle Through the Heavens World to the Douluo World.

Moreover, Shui Bing'er's Soul Power had undoubtedly played a part in allowing him to awaken so quickly!

At that thought, Meng Chen's lips curled upward, and he could not help sighing. "Interesting. I never expected to end up with that brat Yao Chen's template. Fate truly works in mysterious ways!"

The reason he called Yao Chen a "brat" was simply because Meng Chen was a few days older than Yao Chen. Moreover, Yao Chen had been one of his many followers.

After breaking through to the Dou Venerable realm, he had gained the qualifications to establish a sect in the Central Plains.

Thus, he founded the [Heavenly Court], and countless followers respectfully called him "Heavenly Venerable." Later, after breaking through to the Dou Saint realm, he should have been called "Saint Chen."

But no one knew who had shouted, "Heavenly Venerable has become a Dou Saint at such a young age. He will surely become a Dou Di in the future. Why not simply call him the Heavenly Emperor!"

And just like that, Meng Chen skipped over "Saint Chen" and advanced straight to "Heavenly Emperor."

He was also known as Heavenly Emperor Chen!

However, only a few years after his rise to glory, the Heavenly Court was targeted by the Eight Ancient Clans. Even with support from forces such as the Pill Tower, it still collapsed.

Meng Chen looked beyond the Sea of Consciousness, his gaze falling upon Shui Bing'er as she cultivated diligently. A hint of gentleness appeared in his eyes.

Thanks to her, he had been able to awaken so quickly.

But when he thought about how he had drained all of Shui Bing'er's Soul Power, Meng Chen felt deeply apologetic. It had all been the unconscious replenishment instinct of his Soul Body.

However, just as Meng Chen finished feeling sorry, Shui Bing'er's newly cultivated Soul Power was absorbed by him again with his breathing.

Shui Bing'er suddenly opened her eyes. She could no longer hold herself together. Her beautiful eyes reddened at a visible speed, and a misty layer of tears rapidly welled up.

Seeing this, Meng Chen inwardly cursed that things were bad and hurriedly revealed himself...