Empress, number one thousand and seven?

This title left the Empress puzzled, her face full of confusion!

The following words from Di Asura, full of mockery, struck the Empress like a bolt of lightning in her mind, completely plunging her into intense shock and disbelief!

"Are you puzzled about why I added the number one thousand and seven after your name?"

"Let me tell you, it's because you have one thousand and six sisters."

"Besides that, you seem to have about three thousand eight hundred and sixty-one younger sisters."

"It's a shame, though, that your thousands of sisters were either unable to develop and grow, lacked consciousness or intelligence, or didn't inherit the martial talent the 'Phoenix Maiden' should have, so they were all nipped in the bud."

"Among nearly five thousand cloning experiments, you were the only one who, when brought to life by the machine, had the growth potential, consciousness, intelligence, and some martial talent that the Di Family hoped for in a 'Phoenix Maiden.'"

"Your existence was simply accidental; it was just because the lab staff accidentally triggered something and adjusted the cloning solution and the parameters of the machine that created you. Later on, the Di Family spent countless efforts trying to clone another existence identical to you, but they all failed. They couldn't even successfully clone a semi-finished product."

"I guess you're wondering, if you're so excellent in my mouth, why are you still a semi-finished product? Tsk, that's because although your martial talent is quite good, it's still much, much less compared to the true Phoenix Maiden, with very limited growth potential."

"It's just a pity that creating a semi-finished product like you was already the limit for the Di Family. The high-ranking members of the Di Family and that bunch of incompetents in the lab haven't been able to advance the experiment even a bit after more than ten years."

"No, I can't say they're incompetent; I can only say they're indecisive fools! At the brink of life and death, with the 'Great Calamity' about to descend, Di Lunhui still forbids using live humans for auxiliary experiments, it's laughable!"

"A bunch of ordinary people with no Ancient Martial Arts power, if they die, they just die, there's no need to pity them! If they conducted large-scale live experiments, the experiment would surely have progressed a long time ago!"

"The reason the Di Family has controlled the Dragon Gate for five thousand years is by suppressing the other major Guardian families! They were never rightly in power, and that old fellow Di Lunhui really sees himself as Huaxia's Guardian, thinking of protecting the people of Huaxia, really wanting to be respectable while being disgraceful!"

For some reason, when Di Asura mentioned the stagnation of the Di Family's experiment, his face showed a faint hint of sarcasm, as if he very much hoped for the Di Family's experiment to remain stagnant!

In the end, when criticizing Di Lunhui and the Di Family, his expression became filled with disdain!

This series of extremely informative words left the Empress in complete shock, her breath halted.

The entire air was completely frozen!

"I... am... a clone?" The Empress pointed to herself, her gaze was very dazed.

Di Asura chuckled mockingly, "Otherwise, how would you have the same memories as the 'Phoenix Maiden'?"

Phoenix Maiden?

This term, the Empress had seen in many ancient books in the Dragon Gate's library.

On the land of Huaxia, where dragons and phoenixes are born, it is the dragon vein land of the earth, and its rise and fall are related to great changes in the world's pattern.

The dragon vein land is the last hope of the earth; every time this land faces a crisis of life and death, it will give birth to two savior-like beings to save the people!

These two beings, a man and a woman, are both entrusted with the national destiny of the land of Huaxia!

One of them, the man, was reverently called the Dragon Child by various tribes in ancient Huaxia!

In modern times, that would be the Sage of Huaxia who emerges once every five thousand years!

The woman among them was called the Phoenix Maiden!

When the Dragon Child enters the world, the Phoenix Maiden will surely accompany him, assisting at his side, as the Saintess of Huaxia!

The Sage of Huaxia has now emerged, which is Ye Huan!

When the Empress learned of Ye Huan's Saint identity, she was shocked and puzzled, wondering why the Phoenix Maiden hadn't appeared even though the Dragon Child had.

Now it seems that the Phoenix Maiden had appeared long ago; she just didn't know!

The Saintess of Huaxia is Liu Tianyun!

And the reason she herself had a beauty and figure ninety-nine percent similar to Liu Tianyun, and shared memories of the same orphanage with her, was shockingly because she was Liu Tianyun's clone!

"Yes, as you thought, the 'Phoenix Maiden' is Ye Huan's wife — Liu Tianyun! But now, perhaps calling her the Saintess of Huaxia is more appropriate! Moreover, you shouldn't call her Liu Tianyun, Liu isn't her real surname, you should call her..."

As if seeing what the Empress was thinking, Di Asura chuckled mockingly, but halfway through his sentence, he stopped, playfully saying, "Forget it, there's no use telling you, who are about to die, so much."

"Why?!" The Empress bit her lip, her beautiful eyes welled with tears, unable to accept the reality that she wasn't a real person, but an "imitation," her voice trembled, showing great helplessness: "Why did the Di Family clone me?!"

"Didn't I say, to clone a new Phoenix Maiden."

"If you want to blame someone, blame that old undead creature, Di Shitian."

"When the Phoenix Maiden was young and ended up in an orphanage, Di Lunhui got a message and hurried down the mountain to take her back to the Di Family for upbringing. But when the adoption procedures were finalized, Di Shitian, who had already adopted the Dragon Child, suddenly appeared and intercepted her, sending her into a family unrelated to her — the Liu Family, and threatened the Di Family not to interfere with her growth, or bear the consequences!"

"Two hundred years ago, Di Shitian and the Di Family parted ways, and their relationship had basically broken down."

"Di Lunhui was very angry at the time, but he wasn't Di Shitian's match, so he had to swallow his anger. But he had an idea, and before he left, he secretly cut thousands of strands of the Phoenix Maiden's hair and took it back to the Di Family."

"After that, the Di Family tried to clone a 'brand-new Phoenix Maiden' from the DNA on her hair and cultivate her into the Di Family's Guardian God."

"Now, the Di Family wants to perfectly clone a new 'Phoenix Maiden' who only follows their command, to serve the Di Family, one who emerges with Divine King level power because there's no longer enough time to slowly nurture a clone to grow up."

"To be honest, Di Lunhui has already issued an order to dissect you to understand the structure of your meridians and nervous system, forcibly advancing the experiment. I locked you here for certain reasons, not wanting the Di Family's experiment to progress."

"By the way, letting you live a little longer, to participate in another ultimate plan of an experiment with a woman by Ye Huan's side."

"Thank me, you can still live for almost a year, witnessing with your own eyes the arrival of the earth's new era."

As Di Asura finished speaking, he erupted into a burst of maniacal laughter!

This laughter fell into the Empress's ears, almost indistinguishable from the sinister laugh of a demon!

It was a full quarter of an hour before Di Asura's piercing laughter stopped. The gaze he cast upon the Empress was filled with mockery and cruelty, "Behave yourself and stay here for a year. Don't think about escaping from here; you should be able to see that these bars are made of special materials, and even a Divine King-level expert can't easily break them. The surroundings are also full of listening devices, no matter how you scream for help, no one outside can hear."

"For now, I have some important matters to attend to."

"I retreated from the hands of that little brat Ye Huan as a temporary measure. I might have lost superficially, but in reality, within a few days, I'll have a chance to turn the tables and win big!"

"And soon, I'll show that little brat what real fear is!"

"That kid probably hasn't realized he's already fallen into my trap, hehehe..."