**The Yinglong Guard (应龙卫)**: This isn't just any elite corps—it's the Grand Xia Dynasty's immortal military arm. Named after Yinglong, a winged dragon deity from ancient Chinese mythology who served as a rain god and assisted the Yellow Emperor in battle, the Guard represents the pinnacle of state-sanctioned martial power. Becoming a member means access to massive Dao repositories and treasures—essentially a VIP pass to accelerated cultivation. The trial is brutal by design: only the best deserve that kind of backing.
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**The Yinglong Guard (应龙卫)**: This isn't just any elite corps—it's the Grand Xia Dynasty's immortal military arm. Named after Yinglong, a winged dragon deity from ancient Chinese mythology who served as a rain god and assisted the Yellow Emperor in battle, the Guard represents the pinnacle of state-sanctioned martial power. Becoming a member means access to massive Dao repositories and treasures—essentially a VIP pass to accelerated cultivation. The trial is brutal by design: only the best deserve that kind of backing.
Story context
Welcome to Mount Yujue Wasteland, fellow Daoists—the final obstacle on the path to becoming an elite Yinglong Guard! If you thought the Black-White College trials were tough, this chapter cranks the survival difficulty to eleven. Our boys Ji Ning and Mu Northson arrive via teleportation array, get a brutally pragmatic orientation from two old-timers (who've clearly seen countless promising youngsters die out there), and immediately start strategizing. The wasteland is a massive, monster-infested death trap where fractured space can literally eject you from the universe, and your sense of direction is useless. But Ji Ning, being Ji Ning, has a secret weapon up his sleeve—one that makes the entire trial almost laughably easy. Get ready for a masterclass in Xianxia-style problem-solving: when your divine sense is OP, everything else is just details.
Why it matters
- **Watch the power dynamic shift**: When Northson learns about Ji Ning's divine sense, his reaction is pure gold. It's the moment the junior brother realizes just how ridiculously far behind he's lagging—and exactly whose coattails he should be riding for this trial. The "reincarnated Immortal" tease is a great little hook for readers. - **The four rules are survival gold**: Don't skip the orientation scene. Those four rules aren't just flavor—they're a perfect summary of how Mount Yujue Wasteland works. Every monster-hunting strategy Ji Ning and Northson discuss is built on these constraints. The "never stay in one place" rule is particularly clever, forcing mobile hit-and-run tactics rather than siege warfare. - **Ji Ning's pragmatism on full display**: He doesn't show off his divine sense until it's tactically useful. Notice how he lets Northson brainstorm first, praising his ideas, before revealing his own much simpler solution. It's not about ego—it's about training his junior brother to think independently, then dropping the hammer when the timing is right. - **Self-awareness check**: Ji Ning's internal reflection—"My past life was definitely not an Immortal"—is a quiet, humanizing moment. Even with all his monstrous talent, he doesn't delude himself. That groundedness is what makes his Dao-heart so terrifyingly stable.
Quick facts
Source novel
Desolate Era
First appearance
The Trial of Mount Yujue
Chapter references
1
Type hints
yinglong guard trial, mount yujue wasteland, divine sense revelation
Guide tags
Desolate Era, Xianxia, Trial Arc
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