Anna shouted, "Nian, so it was all..." Before she could finish saying "you designed it," the flames had already engulfed her.

Her powerful regenerative abilities were useless at this moment, as the fire instantly spread to her entire body.

In the blink of an eye, Anna had turned to ashes, just like Dracula.

Everyone was dumbfounded: Anna and Nian were both second-generation vampires, and they were embraced by Dracula around the same time and had been vampires for about the same number of years. They never expected that their strengths would be so different. Anna was burned to ashes by Nian in less than three minutes of fighting!

Dracula and Anna, the two highest-ranking vampires in the current bloodline, have both turned to ashes. The only surviving second-generation vampire, Nian, has become the highest-ranking vampire.

A third-generation vampire stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, now that you have avenged our King Dracula, my brothers and I are willing to honor you as our new king. We hope you will not refuse."

"Read! Read! Read!"

Now that someone has taken the lead, even if some vampires are unwilling, none of them dare to stand up against a second-generation vampire, especially since this person is so powerful. It can be said that the other second-generation vampires in Dracula's Embrace all died at this person's hands—it's too terrifying!

So everyone joined in, raising their arms and shouting.

Chu Nian thus became the new queen of the vampires, but she didn't like managing affairs and left them to Lan Jia and Albert to handle together. She spent her days searching for food suitable for vampires.

Sophia had already avenged herself, and besides, she had been with the vampires long enough. She left the vampires shortly after Dracula's death and returned to the wizards.

Several years after becoming the King of the Vampires, Chu Nian finally felt a familiar sensation as his soul left his vampire body and was carried to another world by a mysterious power from the depths of the underworld.

This time, on her journey, she actually saw what appeared to be celestial mountains and pavilions amidst the vast expanse of clouds in the distance. It turned out that the places she passed through not only contained the underworld, but also sacred lands of immortals. Unfortunately, her past strength was limited, and she was unable to see those blessed lands.

Now, her strength has increased even further, allowing her to see immortal mountains tens of thousands of miles away. She also heard the man she had heard muttering before when she transmigrated: "What to do? What to do? Should I go look for it? But I don't even know what Master put in this treasure box, how am I supposed to find it? This treasure box has a very strong Master's aura, could it be Master's..."

As the sound faded into the distance, Chu Nian saw the underworld again, still protected by that powerful barrier, and she could no longer enter as she had the previous times.

Chu Nian allowed the mysterious force to send her to another world, landing in a new body. As a flood of memories rushed into her mind, she heard a woman's voice anxiously calling out, "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, please wake up! Imperial Physician! Quickly summon the Imperial Physician!"

Chu Nian felt incredibly heartbroken. She suspected that the original owner had suffered a severe myocardial infarction. She used her mental power to check, and it turned out to be true. She felt extremely distressed!

Furthermore, the original owner's emotions still lingered; she must have been very angry before she fainted, and it's possible she fainted from anger.

Before the imperial physician arrived, Chu Nian had already used his spiritual power to circulate through the heart meridian and almost completely healed the original owner's severe myocardial infarction.

She could feel the swaying beneath her, and hear the sound of carriage wheels; it seemed she was lying in a moving carriage. However, the carriage stopped, probably because the imperial physician wanted to come and check on her illness.

The original owner of this body was named Baili Nian, the current Empress Dowager of the Ziwei Kingdom. Although she was called the Empress Dowager, she was actually not even thirty years old. She was originally the illegitimate daughter of Baili Ming, the Prime Minister of the Ziwei Kingdom, and was in love with Zhang Lie, the son of the mighty General. However, when she was fifteen, the Emperor bestowed a marriage upon Zhang Lie and her eldest legitimate sister, Baili Xi, and summoned Baili Nian to the palace.

Baili Nian did not want to enter the palace and originally planned to resist with her life. However, Zhang Lie had a secret talk with Baili Nian, hoping that she would temporarily yield to the emperor and help Zhang Lie to obtain the throne. At that time, Zhang Lie could make her empress, and the two of them could live happily ever after.

Baili Nian believed it to be true and willingly entered the palace.

The emperor was in his thirties at this time, which should have been the prime of his life, but he had been bedridden for a long time and was no longer able to perform sexually. Because he had no heir, the emperor and his ministers were very worried about the matter of the crown prince.

Not long after Baili Nian entered the palace, it was rumored that she was pregnant. Ten months later, the emperor secretly found a newborn baby and pretended it was his prince.

In fact, Baili Nian didn't know where this prince came from, but he was extremely handsome. She was also outstanding in appearance, which is why the emperor chose her to enter the palace. In this way, no one doubted the prince's identity.

The emperor struggled to hold on for several years. When the crown prince was eight years old, the emperor died, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne as the new emperor.

Baili Nian genuinely liked this child, but the Crown Prince disliked her for being weak and easily bullied. Moreover, he somehow found out that she was not his biological mother, and even knew that she had a secret affair with Marquis Weiwu, Zhang Lie.

Presumably because he felt she was unfaithful to her father, the new emperor looked down on her and often ordered her around.

When the new emperor was thirteen, the original owner of this body finally succumbed to Zhang Lie's persistent pleading and helped him depose the new emperor, Zi Chen, from the throne. Zhang Lie then declared himself emperor and renamed the country Taiji.

However, after Zhang Lie became emperor, he did not make Baili Nian empress as promised. Instead, he put Baili Xi on the throne and imprisoned Baili Nian in the Zichen Palace with the deposed emperor, in the name of the late empress dowager.

Not long after, Baili Xi, citing Baili Nian's violation of palace rules, sent Baili Nian to the laundry department as a slave. Baili Nian only lasted a few days there before the head of the department had him beaten to death for laziness.

In truth, Zhang Lie's love has always been for Baili Xi.

The people of the Xuanwei Continent, where the Ziwei Kingdom is located, revere a special ability called Xuan Qi. Anyone with a little ability goes to cultivate Xuan Qi, and there are many Xuan Qi sects of all sizes, collectively known as Xuan Sects.

Baili Ming was a civil official and naturally did not possess any mystical abilities, but his wife, Zhou, was a member of the Xuanmen (mystical sect). As a result, Baili Xi successfully entered the Xuanmen at a young age and was said to be a highly valued talent within the sect.

Since the mighty general rose to the rank of general through his military duties, he naturally had considerable achievements in the field of Xuanmen (mystical arts). Zhang Lie had also cultivated Xuanqi since childhood, and at a young age, he had already reached the enviable seventh level of Xuanqi.

Imagine someone with his abilities; his beloved couldn't possibly be the original owner who had no mystical energy whatsoever.

However, Baili Xi, whose maternal family was very powerful and who had high aspirations, felt that Zhang Lie, who was then the son of a general, was not quite up to par. So Zhang Lie promised her that she would become empress in the future.

Zhang Lie planned for this for fifteen years before finally ascending the throne and fulfilling Baili Xi's wish.