The Great Continent of Combat Qi is a realm where the strong dominate the weak. Xiao Yan, once a rising genius of the Xiao Sect, suddenly lost all his talent at the tender age of 11. Now a 15-year-old boy, Xiao Yan is scorned by those who previously looked up to him and stands on the verge of being expelled from his clan. To make matters worse, his fiancée, Na Lan Yan Ran, demands an annulment of their engagement. Xiao Yan makes a solemn vow to himself: to be "trash" no more and to gain the strength to become the master of his own fate. An intricate tale of hope and despair, Doupo Cangqiong chronicles the story of a fallen prodigy who embarks on a perilous journey to obtain power and ascend to the peak of Cultivation.