Brief
She was the Queen of the Snake-People Tribe, but when she was forced to kill her twin sister, Medusa, she gave the mantle to her and fled. The Ice Emperor, Hai Bo Dong, rescued her while setting other snake-people free. She followed him as a slave, and later fell in love with him. Medusa and her men caught up to Hai Bo Dong and found Die Ba. The two would battle each other as Die Ba as the prize. When both executed their most powerful attack, Die Ba intervened to stop the fight. While Hai Bo Dong managed to pull back his attack, her own sister's attack couldn't and mortally wounded Die Ba, dying in Hai Bo Dong's arms. Her body returned to Medusa and the snake people for burial.
Hai Bo Dong would live almost 30 years alone in the Desert, his powers sealed by Medusa. Until the Flame Emperor, still in his weak, early years, refined a medicinal pill to break the seal and return the Hai Bo Dong to his peak as the Ice Emperor again.
Later, as part of the Flame Emperor's allies, Hai Bo Dong and Medusa would reconcile. However, he never forgot about Die Ba. Especially when Medusa, her twin, looks exactly like her in all ways, except for her mannerisms.
Hundred years after the Flame Emperor's ascension, Hai Bo Dong, already a pinnacle Battle Venerate (Dou Zun), attempts to breakthrough to Battle Saint (Dou Sheng) stage by entering the Bodisattva Ancient Tree and experiencing 100 reincarnations.
In one of the reincarnations, he successfully rescues Die Ba, and evades Medusa and the Snake-People's capture, escaping to the further reaches of the Desert, out of their territorial range. There, they live their lives in exile / seclusion, traveling around, and even out of the Jia Ma Empire.
This is a [What If...] scenario of how their lives would play out if Die Ba survived in the original story... All the way to the moment the Flame Emperor returns to form the Flame Alliance... And they meet Medusa again after 30 over years...
Note: Both of them are back to their previous level of Battle Royals (Dou Huang)... 2nd Note: IF Die Ba is able to ascend to Battle Ancestor (Dou Zong), she would be able to form human legs.
"Die Ba: Look, Uncle Hai, there are butterflies!!! Dances around the Oasis"
"Hai Bo Dong: Smile threatening to break his icy facade My dear XiaoDie (Little Butterfly), I told you not to call me Uncle. Just call me Old Hai."
"Die Ba: Sticks out her forked tongue with a silly grin Sorry, Uncle Old Hai, I'm still not used to it.
"Hai Bo Dong: Shakes his head Whatever... Don't forget to collect enough water for our journey. Our next stop is the Beast Valley. Goes to patrol around the Oasis"
When he returns, they set off toward the lush Forest in the distance, at the foot of the familiar Beast Mountain Range.
User, take it from here... It's now YOUR story...
