I Became the Progenitor Vampire

The Extraordinary Demon's Transmission Array that could return to the Main Plane was definitely an unexpected boon.

To return to the Main Plane from the Abyss was as difficult as throwing a person onto Mars and expecting them to return to Earth on their own without leaving them a spacecraft.

Had Asreaga been with Lide, there would not have been too much worry, for that Divine Monster's mastery of space had exceeded the limits of most people's imaginations, providing plenty of chances to return to the Main Plane.

But the problem was Asreaga had been attacked by the God of Twilight upon entering the Abyss, and by now, who knew which layer of the Abyss Plane the spatial whirlwinds had blown it to.

Having lost the Divine Monster, which was a human-like Transmission Array, Lide had even prepared himself for the possibility of staying in the Abyss for several years.

Unexpectedly, the Double-Horned Demon had given him such a huge surprise.

"Tell me your names."

The two demons looked at each other, both somewhat excited.

"Your Highness, my name is Blood Horn Tekel, his name is Black Horn Tekel."

Blood Horn? Black Horn?

Lide looked at the two four-blade-tall Double-Horned Demons, his mouth twitching slightly. Indeed, they were two brothers, and both were so ugly...

He casually opened their attribute panel to take a glance. Both were level 21 Extraordinaries.

Their attributes and skills were ordinary, all Abyssal skills, nothing special.

Having finished viewing the attributes of the two demons, Lide felt amusingly that the Extraordinaries who once dominated the Main Plane were worth so little before him...

Tasting the implications, Lide then realized that in the Gravel Plane he had already subdued five Extraordinary Demons, and if he included the few Extraordinaries from Dawn City, the Extraordinary combat power he held exceeded ten people.

It seemed indeed not so rare anymore.

Thinking of this, Lide felt somewhat moved. When he had first crossed over to Glory, the entire Bloodline had trembled before the Extraordinary Mage of Green City.

But at this moment, he already wielded the power to easily obliterate that city of millions, including that Extraordinary Mage.

His growth had outstripped everyone's imagination.

Moments later, Lide came back to himself, his gaze continuing to rest on the two Double-Horned Demons. What made him frown was that these two Extraordinaries inclined towards the Chaos Evil Camp, which undoubtedly displeased him.

Disorder and chaos meant to Lide that one could never know what would happen the next second, and these chaotic creatures would ruthlessly risk even their own lives.

But he would make do with them, after all, they were two Extraordinaries who could stir up a storm on the Main Plane... Think of them as enforcers, that's all.

With that, his tone turned somewhat colder.

"Where is that Transmission Array? Take me to it."

"Your Highness, it is at the center of the tribe..."

Both Extraordinary Demons felt the displeasure in Lide's voice, breaking into a cold sweat, and after reflecting, they couldn't figure out what they had done to offend the powerful being before them.

A superior's every word and action was enough to make the ruled speculate in fear.

The allure of power.

The two demons dared not delay, immediately guiding Lide toward the tribe.

At this time, the twenty-odd thousand Double-Horned Demon Army below was still undergoing reorganization by the Chaotic Army, appearing messy and clearly not to be sorted out within seven or eight Sunshine Hours.

Lide couldn't be bothered to care too much, as long as he could return to the Main Plane, he could dispatch a complete officer corps at any time to organize these demons.

Dawn Academy had been open for over three years, and not only did the academy cultivate ordinary academic talents, but it also had a specialized military school for military talent.

With the reserve of talent now in Dawn City, organizing the Chaotic Army was not a problem.

A few minutes later, the Double-Horned Demons leading the way in front stopped and gestured for Lide to land beside a building made of piled rubble with a rugged, primitive style.

The building, over ten blades high and thirty blades wide, resembling a barrel, was completely assembled from rubble, making one wonder if it would collapse the next second as it looked anything but Solid.

The building had no door, only guarded by two level 14 Double-Horned Demons, who trembled upon seeing the Extraordinary Demons, quickly bowed down, not even daring to take a deep breath.

Demons didn't have any notion of kinship. High-level demons treated Low-level ones just as cold-bloodedly, and it was all too common to casually kill a few when in a bad mood.

"Your Highness, inside here is that Ancient Teleportation Array."

Without sensing any threats inside, Lide nodded slightly and entered.

After entering, a transmission array in the shape of a disk about ten blades in diameter appeared before his eyes at the center area.

That gray disk was engraved with a dense mass of Ancient Runes, emanating an old and vicissitudinous breath that assailed the senses, seemingly an ancient relic that had been passed down for millions of years, exuding considerable value at first glance.

However, the disk was now covered by a thick layer of dust, looking as if it hadn't been used for a long time.

Standing before the disk-shaped Ancient Teleportation Array, Lide turned his head to look at the two Extraordinary Demons by his side.

"How is this Transmission Array activated?"

Blood Horn and Black Horn exchanged glances, with Black Horn barely concealing a whisper of fear in his voice upon feeling the Dignity of the Main God emanating from Lide.

"Your Highness, every time this Teleportation Array is activated, it requires a large amount of Demon Crystals.

If there are not enough Demon Crystals, the teleportation will burn the flesh and Soul of the one teleported as energy.

We once had three Extraordinaries, one of whom was devoured alive because the array didn't have enough energy..."

Lide's brows furrowed. This was indeed very Abyss-like.

After a brief thought, he looked meaningfully at the two demons.

"If it can burn flesh and souls, then using demons as fuel would work too, right..."

Seeing the look in Lide's eyes, the two demons were immediately so frightened that they trembled and dared not move, their eyes filled with indescribable panic.

"Your Majesty..."

They were genuinely afraid that Lide might impulsively kill them both on a whim.

The being before them was the powerful God of Twilight; at such a close distance, even fleeing was an impossible luxury.

Lide's eyes flickered slightly; although the two demons had submitted to him, their fealty was merely forced by his formidable strength and utterly unreliable.

In the Abyss, betrayal was as common as a meal; one could not take the words of demons at face value.

He wanted to use the Teleportation Gate, but he still needed to use the Power of Faith to subjugate the two demons properly.

"Blood Horn, Black Horn, kneel."

The moment the words fell, his aura surged explosively, Divine Power vast as towering mountains crashing down from mid-air with the force of a storm.

Outside, several thousand blades away, the two demons trembled under the Divine Power. Now, in such close quarters and confined space, they faced the Main God's Dignity head-on.

That impact was like standing beneath a collapsing skyscraper as an ordinary person, with no possibility of resistance.

Thud~

Despite the panic, despite the terror, and despite the intense desire to flee this place of horror, the bodies and souls of the two Extraordinary Demons instinctively forced them to kneel in worship.

"Your Majesty..."

Their voices were filled with unspeakable despair; their brutal eyes were also devoured by fear, and at this moment, they even thought Lide intended to use them for a Blood Sacrifice with the Teleportation Gate.

Lide wasted no words, stretching out his hands and placing them on the foreheads of the demons, as the Power of Faith surged forth.

Divine Skill—Soul Assimilation.

The Dark Faith Power had just advanced three levels, leaving 200,000 leftover, and for safety, Lide directly utilized the Power of Faith from the Dawn Sect.

The Dawn Sect's Believers, after crazed propagation in Green City, had reached a total of 800,000. Yes, you heard right, 800,000!

With a population that had already gathered more than three million, Green City was currently in panic without the gods' protection, making it the best time to propagate the Sect, and the Dawn Sect seized the opportunity, naturally inflating like a balloon.

And for these past few months, he hadn't used the Power of Faith of the Dawn Sect, so his attribute panel had already accumulated an extravagant 1,100,000 points.

Although it was not as exaggerated as the Dark Faith Power consuming a million and then accumulating 1,700,000, it was definitely the most affluent he'd been since establishing the Dawn Sect.

With grain in hand, the heart remains steady.

The surging Power of Faith, like a river bursting its banks, poured in.

Begin to penetrate the bodies of the two demons, assimilating their souls.

A few minutes later, when the density of the Power of Faith reached a certain threshold, Lide suddenly sensed something.

The Faith Power of the light side, when facing demons, seemed able to alter their alignment tendencies to a certain extent.

Alignment tendencies are the understanding of the world a life form has or the influence of rules it is subject to, whether orderly good or orderly evil. Chaos and evil inherent in demons are no exception.

But at this moment, Lide discovered that Faith Power, upon invading the souls of demons, could alter their soul nature to some degree, thereby triggering a shift in alignment tendencies.

Although he couldn't turn the demons from the Evil Camp of chaos and evil into the Order Camp of good and lawful, he could transform them into evil order.

Sensing this change, Lide immediately became interested. As a standard boss of the Evil Order Camp, he didn't want his underlings to all be chaotic beings who wouldn't heed commands.

Thinking it, he immediately increased the output of the Power of Faith, starting to change the soul nature of these two Extraordinary Demons...

Ten minutes, twenty minutes... After a full day, he slowly ceased the outpouring of the Power of Faith.

At this point, his attribute panel had decreased by a full 500,000 points of Faith Power, a staggering consumption.

But when Lide opened the attribute panels of the two demons, he felt the expenditure was worth it.

Blood Horn Tekel

Race: Double-Horned Demon (Evil Order)

Level: Transcendent—LV22

Skills: ...

Black Horn Tekel

Race: Double-Horned Demon (Evil Order)

Level: Transcendent—LV22

Skills: ...

The attributes of the two demons were largely similar, but their levels had risen from 21 to 22, and their alignments had changed, all of which was not a loss.

What interested him most, however, was what this event signified.

There was no longer a need to worry about the chaotic tendencies of the demons causing trouble when enslaving them in the future.

This was indeed good news for Lide, who had a very strong desire for control.

About ten minutes later, the two Extraordinary Demons slowly regained consciousness.

When they looked at Lide again, their eyes were no longer filled with fear as before, but with closeness, worship, admiration, and unconditional trust.

Lide reflected that every time he used it, the Divine Skill of Soul Assimilation was practically indistinguishable from a bug.

He then asked without ceremony.

"Is there any trap hidden within this Teleportation Gate? Why did you not use it?"

The demons might have deceived him earlier, but now there was no need to worry.

"Your Majesty," the Transmission Array bears no traps; we wouldn't dare deceive you.

We haven't used it primarily because the Gravel Plane lacks Magic Crystal Stones. This Ancient Teleportation Array left behind from ancient times is shrouded in mystery and requires an astronomical number of Magic Crystal Stones to activate.

The Gravel Plane has no Magic Crystal Veins. In the past, we'd slaughter other demons and use their souls and bloodlines to activate the array...

But this method is too dangerous. Last time, due to insufficient energy, one of our Extraordinary companions was drained of their flesh and soul..."

Upon hearing this, Lide was finally reassured.

So it wasn't because there were traps but simply because of poverty.

Indeed, poverty is the greatest original sin in this world. Without money, nothing can be done.

As a standard filthy rich individual, Lide began his performance.

With a wave of his hand, under the astonished gaze of the two demons, a pile of Magic Crystal Stones shimmered like the stars appeared before them.

Of these, the highest quality—the Star Magic Crystal Stones.

There were more than two hundred of them, worth millions of Gold Pucks, and they were priceless in the market.

To demons accustomed to poverty, the sight turned their eyes enviously red.

The surging Magic Power contained within could even allow them to advance one or two levels.

"Proceed to activate the Transmission Array in the way you operate it..." Lide said in a casual tone, feeling little about the matter.

Ever since seizing the Magic Crystal Vein, he seldom worried about Magic Crystal Stones.

Moreover, for emergencies, Magic Crystal Stones, Alchemy Bombs, and Magic Blood were the three items he had stockpiled the most in his System Space.

Magic Crystal Stones were the least of his worries; most extravagant was the Magic Blood; he had stored enough to last him twenty normal years of use.

Even to be used as expendable items in combat, they could sustain over ten instances of high-intensity fighting.

This was also the reason he remained composed upon arrival in the Abyss; the supplies in his System Space were sufficient to support his leisurely existence for a considerable time.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Once their souls were converted, the two demons received orders with greater enthusiasm than anyone else and immediately set about their task.

Lide glanced a few times as they arranged the Magic Crystal Stones and then lost interest. He knew nothing about Magic Arrays and was too lazy to learn; it was too much effort.

After a full six Sunshine Hours, when the Naga Leader Oli Kabar, along with the Abyss Half-Beast Leader and the Abyss Butcher, came to report to him, the two demons were still not done.

"Your Majesty, the army has been completely reorganized. After reorganizing the Chaotic Army, there are a total of 65 Ten Thousand People Armies, of which eight armies are level 14 elites, and there are altogether 57 individuals with combat power above level 15.

Please give your orders!"

65 armies meant 650,000 people, and these were all beings above level 10.

Lide nodded slightly. There had been no casualties since there had been no confrontation with the Double-Horned Demons, so both sides had retained their full strength.

After the demons surrendered, the power of the Chaotic Army naturally surged.

Unfortunately, there were fewer than 60 individuals with combat power above level 15, which was a stark contrast to the number of 650,000.

"No wonder the impoverished planes of the Abyss aren't regarded by those powerful Evil Gods; with so many people, they can't support even a few at level 15. The Gravel Plane truly lives up to its name, stones and nothing but stones..."

Lide shook his head and could only sigh at this. Although the power level in the Abyss was high, cultivating high-level combat forces still required resources, which the Gravel Plane obviously lacked.

But regardless, this was now his territory, and although this force might not count for much in the Abyss, it was shockingly powerful compared to the Main Plane.

He immediately issued orders to the Naga Leader.

"Oli, have the priests immediately convert the newly joined demons to our faith. Within three days, any who do not believe in the Twilight Sect, kill!"

Lide spoke coldly, showing no mercy toward these evil beings from the Abyss.

The Gravel Plane was now largely occupied by the Chaotic Army, and the Undead in the Northern Rotten Land were unimportant. To level the Undead, even cannon fodder was no longer needed.

Besides the Twilight Sect, no other voices would exist in this place.

The Gravel Plane would become a nail hammered into the Abyss of Dawn City in Lide's plans.

Whether it was to invade the Abyss or to use it as a base to execute the Abyss piggery plan, everything could be manipulated at will.

Towards the Abyss, he would be stricter than towards the Underworld. Any who did not believe in the Twilight Sect were heretics and would be killed without mercy.

He had no feelings for these brutal demons; killing tens of millions would not shake him.

The Iron-blooded Monarch.

"As you wish, Your Majesty. Your Glory shall shine upon the Abyss!" The Naga Leader declared loudly, his eyes brimming with fanatical adoration.

After Lide bestowed upon them Extraordinary strength, their souls had already assimilated; to them, Lide was now the one True God.

While they conversed, suddenly a bright light burst forth from behind.

Following that, the Transmission Array clicked as if gears were locking into place, and it instantly began to rotate.

The Ancient Runes that had been passed down since ancient times started to be activated one by one, with a faint blue light emanating from within, filling the air with the power to twist space.

The disk began to creak and turn, the surrounding space twisting into chaos.

"Your Majesty, it's activated! The Transmission Array is activated!" The two demons, who had been laboring for half a day, jubilantly approached Lide as if they had won a prize.

"Good, very good."

Lide's joy was evident in his eyebrows.

"How do I operate the Transmission Array?"

"You just need to input your spiritual power, then you will be able to sense the specific way to operate it..."

Lide nodded, took a few steps forward, and his spiritual power extended slowly into the Transmission Array like the tentacles of an octopus.

Moments later, he felt a surge of vast information coming through and instantly knew how to operate the Transmission Array—as long as there were definite spatial coordinates, he could use the Transmission Array to open a Teleportation Gate.

Lide was not familiar with space, but he had something that no outsider could compare to—the Land of Bone-Burying.

This plane, which belonged entirely to him, was ten thousand times stronger than any spatial coordinates.

His spiritual power merged into the Transmission Array, and his heart began to communicate with the Land of Bone-Burying far away on the Main Plane.

Under normal circumstances, such a distant Land of Bone-Burying would not respond to his call, but through the extended power of the Transmission Array, in just a few breaths, he sensed that plane belonging to him.

And when the Land of Bone-Burying detected Lide's aura, it too sent out cheers and leaps for joy, its thin plane consciousness subconsciously welcoming its master.

After the spatial coordinates were determined, the Ancient Transmission Array burst out with an indescribable terrifying power, and a stream of blue light broke through the layers of the Abyss Plane, stretching across countless distances, connecting inside the Land of Bone-Burying.

Seeing this, Lide couldn't help but be astounded; indeed, this was something left over from ancient times, far too exaggerated.

Once the Transmission Array connected to the Land of Bone-Burying, a Space Gate three blades high, and five blades long, appeared out of thin air above the circular platform of the Transmission Array.

The moment the Space Gate appeared, the more than two hundred Star Magic Crystal Stones around it, worth millions of Gold Puck each, immediately dimmed, obviously indicating the tremendous energy consumption of opening a gate to the Main Plane.

At the moment of the Space Gate's appearance, Lide did not enter because he sensed a unique energy fluctuation...

Following his gaze, a stream of gray energy slowly emerged from within the Space Gate, but instead of dissipating, it began to erode the Space Gate.

Lide's eyes widened; the Land of Bone-Burying was actually invading directly into the Abyss...

His plane, it was preparing to defy the heavens.

While everyone watched, the unguarded Ancient Transmission Array was being eroded, little by little, by the gray energy emitted from the Land of Bone-Burying.

Those Ancient Runes that had been emitting light blue energy began to belch out gray-white energy.

Lide's expression was quite a spectacle.

Although he hadn't stepped into the Space Gate, he sensed that the Land of Bone-Burying was very excited to erode the Transmission Array as if devouring it was greatly beneficial to the Land of Bone-Burying.

Unfortunately, the plane consciousness of the Land of Bone-Burying was too insignificant, unable even to form self-awareness, only possessing the most primitive instinctive characteristics, so he could not discern what effect the Ancient Transmission Array had on the Land of Bone-Burying.

But since the Land of Bone-Burying found it useful, he naturally wouldn't interrupt; raising a plane was much more stimulating than nurturing other things.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half a Sunshine Hour later...

Click-clack, click-clack—a sound of gears turning rose, and then the Transmission Array, previously emanating a blue energy, was completely swallowed by the gray energy.

The next second, the system's prompt suddenly sounded.

"Ding~ Your plane—the Land of Bone-Burying has devoured the Ancient Transmission Array, the rules have been complemented, and the teleportation function has been activated.

You can use the Land of Bone-Burying to start the Ancient Transmission Array, opening Teleportation Gates to various planes of the Abyss (due to the limitations of the Ancient Runes, this function is limited to the Abyss)."

?!

Lide's eyes widened, a look of disbelief appearing on his face.

Is this even possible??

Couldn't be more awesome.

He was about to implement the Abyss pig-raising plan after returning to Dawn City, and now he had gained this super Divine Skill capable of opening Teleportation Gates.

It was a perfect match for his plan, like dry wood meeting fierce flames.

Indeed, the Goddess of Luck, that lady not fond of wearing undergarments, still approved of his pig-raising plan.

Just after the system prompt rang, a strange noise came from the Transmission Array.

Click-clack—

Boom—

Then, before everyone's eyes, the Ancient Transmission Array—that massive circular platform—exploded directly, as if it were being scooped out of the ground by hand, with gravel splattering around.

And before anyone had the chance to blink, it flew into the Space Gate and disappeared without a trace.

When the dust settled, there was just that hovering gray Space Gate left in the air.

"Your Highness, this..."

The two Double-Horned Demons witnessing this scene widened their eyes, somewhat at a loss; the Ancient Transmission Array had just... vanished??

They had never thought about moving the Array, but each touch had brought a sense of great danger, as if moving them would trigger a fatal attack, and now it had just simply disappeared?

Lide waved his hand.

"Do not worry, this is my doing."

After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at the few people behind him, "Manage the Chaotic Army well, I'm going to visit the Main Plane for a while, and I'll be back soon."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After a brief instruction, Lide turned to the gray Space Gate floating in mid-air, a flicker of excitement in his eyes.

After leaving the Main Plane for a few months, he could finally return.

His form flashed, and he disappeared into the Space Gate.