Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor - Chapter 223: Empress Wu (2)
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Chapter 223: Empress Wu (2)

Wu Hong nodded as this was the broad and general description of the historical events that occurred during that Era. After re-organizing her thoughts, she started to narrate:

"Well, Empress Wu was born in a very small village in the mortal world. As you can imagine, back then, the lives of mortals was even worse than cultivators as they did not even have the strength or the Will to resist the Devil Race.

"According to the law back then, every time a mortal kingdom, city or village reached a certain level of population, 90% of the people would be selected as food, slaves, or plaything for the Devil Race. As for the remaining 10%, they would be left alive in order to repopulate before the next selection.

"Right after Empress Wu was born, her parents were selected and she was raised by the old uncle in the village.

"When she was 18, she had grown into a beautiful young woman--which caught the attention of a human noble."

Wang Wei frowned after hearing this, so he asked: "There was still human nobility back then? In such a terrible era?"

Wu Hong nodded before explaining: "The so-called Human Nobles were actually traitors of the Human Race. Most of them betrayed their own race and submitted to the Devil Race and became their running dog. The Devil race--which reveled in sins--truly like seeing those traitors and used them as a way to control the other human race.

"As a matter of fact, some of them even inserted the Devil Race Bloodline inside their bodies in order to become closer to their enslaver."

Wang Wei nodded as he could foresee this happen. The human race is a very complex one, and it is not unaccepted that they would betray their own kind. Even the Demon Race that has the concept of tribe and bloodline connection embedded deep in their souls has traitors among them--let alone the human race that is easily divided amongst each other.

However, Wang Wei still had a question, so he asked: "There are rumors that Devil