The Divine Trial Grounds

Ning He entered the Skeleton Sea trial with the others from the Celestial Academy, but unexpectedly found himself trapped in a desperate predicament.

A mechanical woman, gigantic sandworms, and a transforming pyramid surrounded them from all sides. Driven to the banks of the Clearwater River, the group was hemmed in by powerful foes, seemingly destined to perish in the desert.

In their desperate situation, he and Ji, who bore an ancient soul from thirty thousand years ago, confessed their feelings to each other and prepared to fight to the death. At the very moment between life and death, the qilin herd that had appeared the previous night suddenly charged in.

They thought it was another deadly trap, but the leading qilin bowed and lowered itself to the ground. It had come specifically to escort Ning He!

With the big white cat conveying the message, everyone hurriedly mounted the qilin and made a hair-raising escape through a gap in the monsters' encirclement.

Why did these mysterious qilin recognize only him? At the far end of the yellow sands, where would they take the group?