The figure in front of Aldrian had the same face as him and wore a white robe. His handsome and charming face, his tall and firm body, everything was authentic, just like Aldrian who sat on the throne.

Aldrian smiled in satisfaction at the appearance of this figure. The figure was the result of another technique he created based on his comprehension and memories of his past life, the avatar technique that could produce clones with their own mind. Earlier, he had created one avatar and let it roam freely to test many aspects of the technique itself.

Thanks to his life laws and the immense quantity of energy that seemed endless inside his domain, he was able to create something like this. The avatar was formed from his energy. The avatar could be touched, and anyone would think that it was no different from Aldrian himself.

The sensation would still feel like touching flesh beneath the avatar's skin, despite its body being composed entirely of energy. The congregation of energy was bound together using his comprehension of life laws and karma laws, which ultimately maintained the shape of a body, a body that perfectly followed his own form.

The avatar was connected to Aldrian's soul, and thanks to his life laws, it could also possess its own consciousness. It was like an automatic puppet that gained its own life and mind, although the avatar's personality and mindset were the same as Aldrian's, since its karma and soul were no different from his.

The avatar was basically a split of Aldrian, but one formed entirely from energy. Another feature that made this technique unique was that Aldrian's real body's consciousness could be sent into the avatar, allowing him to control its movements completely.

However, the avatar had certain weaknesses. The first, of course, was its strength. The avatar did not have as much power compared to the real body. Although others would sense that it had the same cultivation as Aldrian, it could not exert the same level of strength. At most, the avatar could only fight opponents one or two realms stronger.

That was also why, albeit the avatar could use all of his techniques, its strength was still lackluster compared to the real body. That was only if the avatar was outside his domain. If it was within the domain, it could draw upon the domain's power and its strength would be boosted.

Although still not as strong as Aldrian's real body, the avatar would then have the capability to battle someone at the pseudo-immortal stage.

The avatar, when using its own consciousness, also could not access the system like the real body, which was understandable since the system was unique to Aldrian's main consciousness.

The second weakness was that the avatar, in automation mode or when using its own consciousness, could not create a domain. In other words, the avatar outside his domain was no different from an ordinary cultivator. Without the domain to boost its strength and support its energy, once the avatar depleted all of the energy within its body, it would disappear.

However, this weakness could be solved if Aldrian moved his real consciousness into the avatar's body. He had already attempted meditating in that state to build a domain, and he had succeeded. If his avatar was somewhere far away, in a place where his domain did not yet exist, he could simply move his consciousness into the avatar and create his domain there.

With that, his real body did not need to travel to the location, as the avatar alone was enough to represent him. Moreover, once his main consciousness entered the avatar, the avatar could finally use the system as well.

The other weakness was that, because the avatar was strongly tied to Aldrian's soul and karma, if something happened to it, for example, being destroyed in battle, his real body would be affected. His soul and body might suffer serious injuries.

This could be prevented if Aldrian canceled the avatar before it was destroyed.

Aldrian stood up from his throne and walked toward his avatar, while the avatar looked back at him with a calm face.

"How do you feel at this moment? Are you done testing everything I asked?" Aldrian asked.

The avatar nodded in response.

"Yes. I already tried testing some of my abilities, and right now I feel weak because my energy reserves are almost depleted. So, would you mind giving me a hand?" the avatar replied.

"Sure," Aldrian said as he touched the avatar's body and injected his energy to replenish it.

This was another weakness of the avatar, it could not cultivate to restore its own energy and required the main body to do so. That was because the avatar was merely a congregation of energy and lacked organs like meridians or a dantian.

It was a fact that Aldrian's real body never needed to cultivate to replenish energy, since his body automatically restored it even without any cultivation technique. If the avatar did not share that privilege, then the only way for it to replenish energy would be to cultivate normally, and for that, it would need a dantian and meridians.

After Aldrian injected his energy into the avatar, its complexion improved greatly, and it looked once again like a normal, healthy cultivator.

As Aldrian continued observing his own avatar, someone suddenly entered the throne hall. The moment the figure stepped inside, she couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

Sylphia, who had sensed the presence of two Aldrians, grew confused and decided to come check on him, but she never expected to see that there were actually two of them!

Aldrian, seeing Sylphia's astonishment, could only smile at her expression. His avatar did the same. Aldrian walked toward Sylphia, who was still speechless, and gently took her hand.

"What is it, my empress?" he asked with amusement.

Sylphia did not answer right away. Still frozen in astonishment, she glanced at the avatar, then turned back to the Aldrian standing beside her.

"What… what is this? There are actually two of you? Wait—I sensed both of you as the same person. Are you real, or is he real? How is…" She stopped speaking and looked back at the avatar. "How is this possible?"

Aldrian, still smiling, led Sylphia closer to the avatar.

"Of course I'm the real one, my love. Even if the avatar is a part of me, I would never allow it to touch you in my presence," he said, which made her raise her eyebrows.

"Your avatar?" she asked, to which Aldrian responded with a nod.

"You could say this is a high-level cloning technique that creates an exact split of myself with its own consciousness. That's why you sensed the same presence as me. This avatar can act just as I do and has the same personality as me, albeit with many limitations."

Sylphia then turned to the avatar, and when she stood in front of it, she observed it in greater detail. The avatar wore the same smile Aldrian always showed her, which made her heart flutter. She truly could not tell the difference at all.

She reached out and touched the avatar's body—his face, shoulders, torso, hands—and all of it felt like real flesh and bone. The warmth of his body, the firmness of his muscles, all of it was just like Aldrian's. It was as if she were touching a normal human being, which shocked her even more.

"Are you satisfied?" the avatar asked, making Sylphia jolt and turn her gaze back to Aldrian.

"He can speak too?" she asked in astonishment.

Aldrian nodded. "Yes. Just as I said, this avatar has its own consciousness. Since it's a high level cloning technique, of course it can speak. From the outside, no one would be able to tell this is only an avatar."

Sylphia looked back at the avatar and sighed. "So the Aldrian I interacted with earlier was only your avatar, huh? I feel like I've been tricked." Then she turned her gaze back to Aldrian.

"So you could create many avatars like this? If so, then your work will be much easier from now on."

However, Aldrian shook his head.

"For now, I can only create two at most. Even creating this one placed a burden on my soul. If I tried to create too many, my soul would be unable to maintain them. The result would be defective products, and my soul might be injured from being forced to sustain so many avatars."

Sylphia nodded in understanding and glanced at the avatar again.

"How envious… If only I could also use this kind of technique, my life would be so much simpler."

Aldrian smiled as he wrapped his arm around her waist.

"You could use it in the future, once you comprehend the laws required to create it. It's just a matter of time."

Aldrian was not lying. As an elf, Sylphia undoubtedly had a high probability of comprehending the life laws. Moreover, after the change she underwent when meeting Seralis inside her dream, that probability had increased greatly. As for the karma laws and others, she would naturally be able to comprehend them once she reached a certain cultivation realm.

"Is that so?" Sylphia said, though her eyes lingered on the avatar once more. Then, as if realizing something, she turned to Aldrian.

"Dear, although I already heard about the problem of the Spirit Ancestor from your avatar, is there something else I should know? With you creating this avatar, do you have something in mind that requires it to handle your work? Does this have something to do with the Spirit Ancestor's problem?"

Aldrian touched her nose, leaving her momentarily stunned before she pouted.

"You are so smart. Yes, I have a plan that requires an avatar, and I must tell you, the coming week will be quite festive," Aldrian said.