You could say that Tu Xiao'an was now the one and true Snake King. His entire body emanated an Emperor's Qi; wherever he so much as paused, any Snake Species would have to bow in worship—unless they were stronger and more terrifying than he was.
Normally, in the natural world, a species could number in the hundreds of millions, but only one could ever become a Rank Three Creature and ascend the throne.
Rank Three Creatures towered above ordinary life-forms, and that was true even for humans.
They also possessed the ability of Transformation.
They were no longer ordinary creatures, but transcendent beings.
Tu Xiao'an could profoundly feel the changes within himself. This second-stage evolution, the fusion with the Mutated Bloodsucker Snake's bloodline, had allowed him to ascend the throne before he had even reached Rank 3.
The massive gathering of the Snake Race prostrating themselves before him said it all.
