History Literature / DesolateEra

* BloodBrothers: Ji Ning and [[spoiler:Ninedust/Redwater]]. They start off as enemies, but swear an oath and become brothers and FireForgedFriends. During several story arcs, they are essentially BashBrothers fighting side by side, combining their unique strengths and talents to overcome dangers of the Terror Starsea. Even later on after Ning pulls far ahead in power, he is still willing to risk his life and dedicate thousands of chaos cycles of effort to free his brother from trouble.

* CloningBlues: Averted. Clones are pretty much always created using the original's soul, meaning there is a real time connection between the original and the clone. They are one soul, networked and connected to any number of bodies (see CloneArmy above). There ''is'' a range limitation on the connection, it usually vastly exceeds a person's ability to travel that far based on their own efforts. But even if they get sent into an alternate universe or a locked dimension by somebody vastly more powerful, upon returning from it their bodies easily reconnect and merge their memories. Ning goes through the experience twice at different points.

''Desolate Era'', aka Mang Huang Ji, is a WebSerialNovel written by {{xianxia}} author I Eat Tomatoes. It does not share the setting of any of his other works, despite the frequent misinformation from those who read machine translations. The translation into English was started by [=IEatWatermelons=] and later picked up and successfully finished by [[http://www.wuxiaworld.com/ Ren Wo Xing]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Within organizations, one's standing in the hierarchy often depends directly on how strong one is compared to others. A new member may be referred to by others as "senior" after displaying their strength. This also extends to the authority of the organizations themselves. A group's authority within the world is directly determined by the immortal practitioners behind it. The Raindragon Guard, for instance, is an ancient army of immortal practitioners that none of the powers would easily cross.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Practiced by majority of high-powered beings in regards to struggles of people in lower power tiers, at least as far as those outside their fiefdoms are concerned. Flamedragon Realmverse is home to six organizations that are tied in a web of friendships and proclaimed vendettas, but despite three of them having immensely powerful Hegemons, they mostly just let ordinary members of roughly similar power levels duke it out versus each other. When mystical fruits of Crimsonwave Temple are brought out, leaders of all six gather together to trade, equally, without even trying to exclude any of the organizations out. Even Aeonians, whose ImAHumanitarian cultivation practices put them in opposition to Ning's primary allegiance of Dao Alliance, get a fair share of trading. Silksnow Palace, organization comprised of absolutely worst villains of the Realmverse that casually slaughter billions and trillions of mortals for cultivation practices or just for fun, have won ownership of a Sacred City fair and square so Dao Alliance allowed them to prosper in peace... But neither they shed much tears when Ji Ning slaughters them. At the very top of cultivation hierarchy, Autarchs allow entire Realmverses die by natural phenomenon of primordial chaos, because it is all just a cycle of death and rebirth, all obeying internal workings of the grander Chaosverse.

** Immortal Diancai when facing his Celestial Tribulation. He faces seven nine-sets of thunder, already more than anyone expected for him. He pulls out all stops, using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique and even a second set of swords to just barely deflect the last bolt... Only for the clouds to gather again, with power far exceeding the last. As he looks up, [[DespairEventHorizon facing and accepting death with only consolation being able to meet with his beloved companion in the afterlife]], this despair catalyzes his understanding of Five Elements Sword art. He uses it to disperse all nine final bolts with minimal effort.
** During the Conclave of Immortal Destiny, Ji Ning and Yu Wei team up and fight together, although the latter is weaker of the pair for most of it. Once they encounter a much stronger team, she nearly dies but it stimulates her to unlock full memories of her past life and immediately combine past and present Daos for a massive power boost, saving her life. Unfortunately, she was already poisoned and thus has to quit the tournament and seek healing.

* ABoyAndHisX: Ji Ning and Uncle White, a Whitewater Hound. Although this Godbeast originally was the [[BondCreatures spirit-beast]] of Ning's father, Yichuan, he had also been a constant presence for Ning starting even before the latter's birth.

** Later on of the novel, it is revealed that complete mastery of the Heart and heartforce, and fusing it into the cultivator's primary Dao is necessary to ascend to Eternal Emperor level with a Supreme Dao. [[spoiler:Ning was too late to figure that out, resulting in his failure.]]

Past that level, cultivation continues as True God/True Immortal, Ancestor God/Ancestor Immortal, World God/Chaos Immortal, Dao Lord, Eternal Emperor (with exceptionally powerful ones being known as Hegemons) and finally Supreme Sovereign (or Autarch in RWX's translation). Omega Dao Emperors break the scale as Autarchs just consider them on the same tier as themselves, and Omega Dao Autarch is an existence too unique to be placed within a category.

* BloodBrothers: [[spoiler:Ninedust. They start off as enemies, but swear an oath and become brothers and FireForgedFriends. During several story arcs, they are essentially BashBrothers fighting side by side, with one concentrating on the physical aspect of combat and the other mental]]