Sovereign: rise of the forgotten prodigy

In the grand courtyard of the Qin Clan, murmurs filled the air. Shenlong, once hailed as the shining beacon of his generation, stood alone. The faces that once looked at him with admiration now held nothing but disdain and mockery. The whispers were like daggers to his heart, piercing deeper with every word."He used to be so talented. What a waste.""Look at him now, nothing but trash. All that promise, gone in an instant."Shenlong's fists clenched tightly, his knuckles white under the strain. It had been five years since his cultivation mysteriously stagnated, and ever since then, his life had spiraled into a pit of humiliation. Once, he was the pride of the Qin Clan, his future boundless as the sky. But now, at 15, he was the subject of constant ridicule.His engagement to Lin Yue, the clan leader's beautiful daughter, had been abruptly called off the moment it became clear his cultivation wouldn't progress. The memory of Lin Yue's cold, indifferent face still haunted him."Shenlong, you are no longer the man you once were," Lin Yue had said as she handed him back the engagement token. Her voice was icy, devoid of the warmth they once shared. "My future lies elsewhere, with someone who has a chance at greatness. We are done."That day, something inside Shenlong shattered. But even as the clan turned its back on him, Shenlong refused to give up. He spent his days training alone in the woods, pushing his body to the limit, hoping against hope that his cultivation would one day reignite. But no matter how hard he tried, the barrier that had halted his progress remained an unyielding wall.Still, there was a fire in his heart, a stubborn refusal to accept his fate.