All the regions of the Tenth Natural Planet are named with the 'Tian' prefix because the Tian Clan holds immense power and influence over this world.
Sky-Tiger District, Luoxin City.
This was one of the first cities the Federation Empire built after occupying the planet. Compared to Mesa City, the urban development here is far more advanced, and the population is several times larger.
At the heart of this city lies a high-end residential complex.
All the villas in this complex are extremely luxurious, but the most extravagant of all is the central villa.
"Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong!"
A series of deep, eerie piano notes echoed from inside the central villa. The pianist was a pale-faced, impeccably dressed young man whose style resembled that of an old European aristocrat.
Standing behind him were two girls dressed in maid outfits.
Both girls looked about seventeen or eighteen, but their figures were so curvaceous that their maid uniforms were stretched to the limit.
After a quarter of an hour, the young man stopped playing. The two girls clapped enthusiastically, their faces full of rapt admiration.
This young man was named Mason Hu. Originally, he was just an utterly ordinary, down-on-his-luck youth. After his future mother-in-law forcibly intervened in his relationship, he broke up with his girlfriend. Heartbroken, he tried to drown himself, but at that moment, he acquired a Vampire System and became a System Host.
The Vampire Clan hierarchy is divided into nine ranks: blood slave, baron, viscount, earl, duke, prince, blood emperor, progenitor, and blood god.
Because he hated his future mother-in-law so much, the moment he gained the Vampire System, he bit her to death and then turned her into his blood slave.
Once his future mother-in-law became his blood slave, naturally she no longer tried to stop her daughter from being with him.
However, after obtaining the System, his mindset underwent a drastic change.
Before he got the System, he was just a regular loser, so even having a plain-looking girlfriend made him feel content.
But after acquiring the System, he felt like he was destined for greatness, and his standards naturally rose. So after a while, he turned his girlfriend into a blood slave and one of his descendants.
Once someone became his descendant, they could never betray him. Otherwise, with just a thought, he could end their life.
With the System's help, he quickly advanced to the rank of viscount.
Moreover, after turning all the top officials in his city into his descendants, he became the secret ruler of that city.
Ruling a city, he gained endless wealth and a harem of beautiful women.
But he wasn’t satisfied; he kept expanding his blood descendants until, eventually, he conquered the entire world.
However, before he could enjoy the thrill of being king of the world, the System’s world-hopping function activated and threw him into a strange new world.
In a world of ordinary people, as a viscount he could act like a king.
But in the world he traveled to, he wasn’t the strongest. In the first world, he barely survived and completed his mission, which made him realize the importance of power.
In the second world, he focused on improving his own strength and, after finishing his mission, advanced to the rank of earl.
After going through the third and fourth worlds, by the time he arrived in this world, he had already reached the rank of prince—equivalent to the out-of-body stage for Immortal-Dao cultivators.
Having survived four worlds, he was no longer as reckless as he’d been in his original world.
So after coming to this world, he kept a low profile and schemed quietly.
After months of plotting, Mason Hu was finally ready to seize a city.
"Cici, Yueyue, how’s everything progressing?" Mason Hu asked his two beautiful maids.
The maid on the left replied, "Reporting to Master, your second-generation blood citizens have surpassed ten thousand. Third-generation citizens now number one hundred thousand, and fourth-generation citizens number one million. With a single command, you could turn everyone in this city into your bloodline people!"
"Excellent!" Mason Hu nodded in satisfaction. "Proceed as planned—tonight, I want the entire population of this city to become my blood citizens!"
"As you command, Master!"
The two maids replied in unison. Thanks to his careful training, both had already reached the rank of earl. He had selected them from thousands for their compatibility with the Vampire Clan bloodline. He was certain that within half a year, both would break through to duke rank, giving him two powerful new subordinates.
That night, over a million Vampire Clan members mobilized in Luoxin City, even though the city’s population had already reached more than eight million.
Faced with an assault by a million vampires, the residents had no ability to resist.
So by dawn, except for a tiny handful who managed to escape, everyone else in the city had become Mason Hu’s blood citizens.
Inside his central villa, Mason Hu felt threads of blood energy from every corner of the city. He smiled in satisfaction; with this blood energy, he could transform the city into a domain barrier.
With a domain barrier, not even experts at the prince rank could break through.
Moreover, within this domain barrier, his own power would be greatly enhanced.
With a flicker, his figure appeared above the city.
"Roar!"
A deep roar escaped his lips, and instantly, every Vampire Clan member in the city knelt and bowed to him in the sky.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Suddenly, the clothes on his back tore apart, and six pairs—twelve enormous blood-red wings—sprouted from behind him. Each wing was covered in golden runes, both sacred and sinister.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
Mason Hu let out three consecutive roars, and a wave of blood-colored power spread outward from him. At the same time, threads of blood energy from the kneeling vampires floated into the air and merged with his own.
One hour.
Two hours.
Three hours.
After five hours, the entire city was shrouded in a faint blood-red barrier. Still hovering in midair, Mason Hu’s face showed deep exhaustion. Constructing the domain barrier had drained much of his blood energy; he would need time to recover to his peak.
With a flicker, he returned to the central villa, where his two maids had already thoughtfully brought out two cups of warm virgin blood.
Seeing the two cups of blood, a surge of desire welled up in Mason Hu. With a wave of his hand, the cups floated into his grasp, and with a series of gulps, he drained them both.
"Cici, Yueyue, our first step is complete. Let’s move on to phase two!" Mason Hu said, licking blood from his lips in satisfaction.
"Rest assured, Master! We’ve already started sending second- and third-generation blood citizens into Mass City. In half a month at most, we’ll have tens of thousands of fourth-generation citizens!" Cici replied confidently.