Too Long...

Days went by, and Heian Ciemnosc and Elena meditated and cultivated nonstop. It had been long since the fight he had with the strange lifeform, its body long devoured. He was still heavily injured. His theriac pills were only so good for a First Step cultivator like him and from an alchemist of that same Step. His left chest was wide open, its meat barely healing, slower than before, probably because of this strange place and the lifeform that caused such injury.

Heian Ciemnosc’s lung was missing, but a new one was slowly being formed by dark Power Energy and dark Soul energy. It wasn’t unique to him, as this was needed to reconstruct one’s body. Of course, the pill to have an organ ‘regrown’ wasn’t his, but given to him by his Master. The rest of his injuries were no longer bleeding but were still open, even if they were nearly closed. His All-Devouring Force Chronicles helped, but that’s all it did.

“Mnh.” At this moment, finally, Heian Ciemnosc opened his darkest eyes, which were somewhat tired and as if dull, but they were as dark as always. He looked to his back and to the right, where Elena’s brown eyes flickered before finally opening. She was no longer in her cocoon but sitting cross-legged behind him. After the fight ended, her cocoon broke apart, successfully breaking into the Second Step. He had used his time to help her, cultivating together with his method.

“Eh? Heian Ciemnosc…!” Elena looked at the place, frowning a little as she didn’t remember this being a completely white room, with limits somewhere between several hundred meters or so. When she found Heian Ciemnosc’s back, she was exhilarated to show her progress, but then saw his body riddled with injuries, not light, and became alarmed. Standing up quickly, she walked towards him while asking. “What happened? How could you have gotten wounded this badly?”

Whoosh. Heian Ciemnosc stood up on his own to walk and stood before her. With a calm tone, he spoke as Elena walked to him and started touching his injuries with her rigorous Power Energy. “It’s nothing. I just completed the trial. Which, by the way… I have gained some… understanding of the Wind element, and you have just broken into the Second Step. Your cultivation base is stable, but your foundation isn’t solid enough.”

“Mm,” Elena blushed, pouring more rigorous Power Energy into her work, and lowered her head, unwilling to meet her hero’s face this abruptly after waking up. She had been waiting for over a month now. When would he give her body some intimate, naked huggies? Elena seemed to think of something as she raised her head, a slight blush remaining on her face. How long have we been here? This is the worst I’ve ever seen you injured. You aren’t even recuperating. What hurt you? We must get out as soon as possible. The 1st phase should’ve ended by now, and our Academy will be deathly worried.”

“... What?” Heian Ciemnosc suddenly took her arms, right above her elbows, and looked at her fixedly, causing Elena to look up and speak in askance. Heian Ciemnosc maintained silence a little further before saying, “We’ve been here 2 weeks. It’s already the 2nd week and a month after the 1st phase began. I’m sure they’ll be looking for us within the Semi-Dimension. As soon as we come out, they will find us. Don’t worry.”

“Eh? What do you mean not to worry? If something happens in the world between our Academy and other organizations, what then? We are getting out righ- mmmmf…♡…” Elena suddenly shut up. Her worry for Heian Ciemnosc and the situation outside this strange door’s place made her unaware her little, in proportions, body was bare and easy to take advantage of, be tackled down, manhandled, tightly squeezed, and groped that Heian Ciemnosc’s fingers immediately marked her pale skin and her lips bled with his biting teeth.

Before she knew it, a phallus was entering her, not the place for vanilla, but her anal cavity, immediately massaged by his hardened, metallic cord-like veins and bulbous glans. She felt her body quiver, her little kitty tightening, throbbing with thrill, and her legs immediately asked his lower back to pound like he wanted her to turn stupid. Heian Ciemnosc acquiesced, continuously eating her mouth as she gave in like a dainty princess, her body all his to do what he wanted. Whatever he wanted.

Before long, and after several continuous spasms from her vulva and body, Elena’s babymaking aperture was met with a delicious pale piece of meat. She began moaning like an animal, in heat and crazy, biting his neck and clawing his pale skin. She ate his phallus no matter how ridiculously hard he impaled her, no matter how tight his grip on her was. Her abdomen had marks of his fingers all over, turning her on even more as she attained orgasm after orgasm.

All in all, Heian Ciemnosc’s cultivation method worked hard as her Broken Crystallization realm 1st stage cultivation solidified at an incredible pace. Soon after a few hours, she was all down on him, bobbing her head and letting him choke her with her throat fully taken over by his sexual organs, including those hanging balls he slapped around her crotch to his heart’s content. A rather euphoric, intense, somewhat bondage, and tremendously carnal session ensued.

. . .

2 days later.

It was the 3rd day of 1 month, 2 weeks after the 1st Change Merit Trials’ 1st phase started. Heian Ciemnosc could deduce that much after coming out of the Wind door’s place. His mind was already filled with many things and ideas, mainly about all Elements, but with the Wind element being the newest. Just now, they simply walked out of the door and appeared in the same place. The seemingly artificial pathway on the mountainside welcomed them again.

“I found them!” Suddenly, they heard a gladdened shout from the distance just as Heian Ciemnosc calculated the time they’d been inside. It was somewhat complicated at first because of the first thing they experienced when entering the Wind door, and with Heian Ciemnosc dealing with the strange lifeforms, it was slightly more confusing to him. But now that they had come out, with Elena holding his right hand with both of hers, he became somewhat worried if their disappearance caused anything to happen.

“See, we’ve been found.” Heian Ciemnosc commented to Elena as they looked at the sky. From far away, a silhouette closed in at a safe speed, seemingly trying to not intimidate them. On the other hand, Elena looked up and asked, “It doesn’t seem it’s one of our chases, but someone from a higher realm. Did something happen to the Semi-Dimension while we were gone?”

“Most likely not,” Heian Ciemnosc said. He gripped his wife’s hand tighter as she followed suit with both. After a short while, Heian Ciemnosc and Elena waited on the spot as the person who found them came closer. Meanwhile, they saw many more dots descending towards them while a few participants flew from a few thousand kilometers away. Heian Ciemnosc could tell the latter were bored and felt annoyed, gaining a little idea of what had happened while they were gone.

***

Somewhere in the world, outside the Semi-Dimension. Inside a structure where only the 4 host organization’s representatives could be.

“Have they been found?” Jolden asked Bajo, who came walking in after being away for 2 weeks administrating the search for Heian Ciemnosc and Elena. Especially after the Interchanging Dust Dynasty’s representative, Diego, informed them of a skirmish between his people and the Wrath Nihility Academy somewhere on the mountain. Jolden was sitting on a chair, resting his left elbow on the armchair, his index and middle fingers up to his philtrum in stern contemplation.

Bajo nodded, leaving Jolden feeling surprised. He didn’t expect to receive an answer, just a report after searching for half a month. However, now that Bajo brought excellent news, he rose to his feet and walked towards him. Jolden asked, “Where are they?! Are they alright? Did they get attacked? Or was it… their corpses?”

“They are alive,” Bajo looked at Jolden, trying to silently calm Jolden with his eyes. “But Heian Ciemnosc was severely injured. He even lost a lung and was deficient in blood. We couldn’t do much other than give him pills to recuperate. His blood is too weird and would devour any type of blood that came close to his body. Even when he held the Dragon Jade glass, the Phoenix blood within squirmed, trying to steer away from his skin.”

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“Hoh?” Jolden slightly frowned and nodded upward, his thoughts not that far from simple interest. Jolden shook his head and looked at Bajo like he was the best-looking thing in the world. His mood was lifted, feeling lighter again. “Bajo, I’d have to trouble you to start the 2nd phase as soon as possible. Will it be a problem for the participants? Don’t care about their feelings, just their capabilities and state.”

“No, it will not. I can begin administrating the 2nd phase immediately,” Bajo casually said, without expression. Jolden nodded and praised this incredibly competent Grand Elder from another Sect before walking to a table behind him. Bajo followed and looked down to see what he missed. He spoke in a low, cold voice that Jolden was already used to. “Where are the Doors? Why do they seem weaker now? And hiding?”

“Right? It’s what our Sects’ participants thought as well. When they arrived before the Fire door, they saw the dragon, but not the door itself. Even the Earth door was gone. Who would’ve thought?” Jolden nodded and elaborated a little. Bajo nodded in return before speaking again after a couple minutes. “What are the records saying? Who passed through the doors during the month?”

“Besides our Sects’ participants, there are about 1,000 teams that passed near or above or underneath the doors. Only 15 teams practically met each one with a peculiarity of 4 people who were traveling on their own and passed by the doors. Among them is Heian Ciemnosc,” Jolden said, but his words rose no suspicion whatsoever. Indeed, Bajo nodded and said nothing else. Then, out of boredom and casually, he spoke in theory. “What if this kid, Heian Ciemnosc, had something to do with these doors’ behavior?”

“That would only mean we chose our cards well, heh heh. Why do you ask?” Jolden answered. Bajo fell silent, causing Jolden to look at him, but found the former simply looking down at the panel. Following his gaze, Jolden saw Bajo tracking down Heian Ciemnosc’s records one by one, hundreds of thousands of movements read with every passing moment like it was nothing. “Do you think… he actually managed to do something?”

“Shush! Let me investigate,” Bajo suddenly said, urging and with a slightly irritated tone. This was the first time Jolden heard him speak in a non-monotonous, cold, or emotionless tone. He became quiet, placed his hands behind his back, and waited until Bajo suddenly returned to a few records, also attracting Jolden’s attention immediately.

“Here it is… I think…” Bajo absentmindedly said, looking down at the panel with his neck slightly twisting. His big, big eyes widened, larger than saucers, as he and Jolden looked at the records. According to the panel, he had suddenly departed for a couple hundred million kilometers from one place to another, sending him a couple continents away from where the Water door usually hides when it’s hibernating. When the records played for the umpteenth time, they finally raised their gazes and looked into each other’s eyes.

“... Has the Phosphorescent Flower Sect gained a new ally, Grand Elder Bajo?” Jolden said with a smile, his hands supporting his body to the sides as Bajo looked down again. Bajo turned his hands into fists, and his big eyes showcased the intensity of his thoughts. He then spoke confidently, without an ounce of hesitation over the matter. “Yes, we have. Grand Elder Jolden, do you mind asking your Sect Master if… that future Headmaster needs any supporting Relic? We’ve recently found one from the Wind Element…”

“Heh…” Jolden became startled. After his face relaxed, his eyebrows arched, and his tone turned slightly excited. “When our Vice sect master asked for one and knew you had enough to at least sell it to us, why didn’t you say something?”

“You’re just another Sect, and you’re only good at assassinating. Not the Wrath Nihility Academy.” Bajo looked up and said, hiding nothing. Jolden blinked exasperatedly once before sighing. “Siiigh~, alright. I’ll notify the father. You go ahead and prepare your stuff. I’ll see how much the Obscure Orb Sect’s leadership thinks of this matter after knowing what we know.” Ah, by the way, where the hell is Diego? It’s his people’s fault for making this happen. Does he think he’s Bai Yue’er? She’s busy dealing with the Academy’s envoys. One of them even came in the name of Her Excellency. Seriously!”

Jolden turned around and walked to the exit, preparing to meet with Bai Yue’er somewhere. Bajo looked at his back and lightly smiled, shaking his head before returning his big eyes to the panel. As silence ensued, his fists tightened again. A little while later, his eyes turned calm and deliberative, tilting his head rightwards. A particular light of hope emanated from them before he gently sighed and turned the panel off before exiting the room. He wanted to see for himself what kind of changes Heian Ciemnosc’s self gained after the 1st phase.

***

One day later. It was now the 1st month, 2nd week, 4th day since the Change Merit Trials commenced. Heian Ciemnosc and Elena were found, brought to safety, and in the middle of recuperating. Especially Heian Ciemnosc, who was brutally injured.

The show had to go on, however. After the news from the notorious and now-rising Wrath Nihility Academy’s 2 precious Leading Students were confirmed to be alive and healthy, the hosts announced the start of the 2nd phase to begin the following day. Heian Ciemnosc couldn’t say no to such, even if he wanted to. While Elena was all up for fighting and proving how much her prowess had increased. But despite being heavily wounded, he didn’t mind getting into other fights. If anything, he now had a ‘free to stab’ place he could use if he met a formidable opponent.

The 2nd phase was, thus, like a duel between the participants, where only those who wanted to partake would enter and advance to the next and last phase, perhaps. Elena was, despite all the hard work and because of being inside the Wind door on the 1st phase’s final day, not first but second in the rankings. She could only get some rewards from the top 3 ranking the Concealed Ornament Team gained. As for first, it was, to the shock of the crowd and all that, Sahnyr!

Naturally, Biston had gone all-out to give his fiancée this opportunity. And she didn’t waste it trying to get something just for him or herself. Instead, she chose to help the Academy and asked for the blueprints of any mass-producing Artifact for warring. Afterwards, every other ranking for personal harvest for another 20 spots was from the hosts’ organizations. Although the Golden Terra Sect’s disciples were very peaceful and not competitive. Some of their participants were within the top 30. From then on, the Wrath Nihility Academy’s students made their appearance.

When Heian Ciemnosc reunited with his team member and saw his state, they immediately imprisoned him in their hotel room. There were no more vitality array formations, but they could, at least, use Arla, Sakura, and Elena to help him heal faster. Elena was in the Broken Crystallization realm. Her cultivation base wasn’t ordinary, and although Heian Ciemnosc could get a hint as to how powerful his wife was, he would rather see it for himself than just believe his senses and nature reading.

Violet treated him with Gloria and Fera for a few hours after his return. There was still a day before the 2nd phase started, and it would be faster since most of the participants had bailed out and gone away with their legitimate treasures. Of course, they would stay and watch the monkeys fight for more, but they were respectful. It was one thing to be cowardly and another to understand one’s limits. Although they backed away, they wanted to see those who didn’t.

After Heian Ciemnosc sent Fera off with the 30th kiss on her forehead, assuring her he was fine enough to know how to count and bidding farewell to his fellow dudes from the team. Heian Ciemnosc was left alone in the hotel room, but that didn’t last more than 15 minutes. As if waiting for that amount of time to tickle in, Arla's half-naked body in lingerie entered the room, already bare and showing her body was ready to be used.

Heian Ciemnosc looked on as his first rapist came to the bed and started horribly destroying his dignity, riding and giving her mouth to someone that wasn’t her beloved Frank. She made rough love with him for an hour before a wild Sakura poured id, ready to be used as well. Together, they teamed up and ‘spit roasted’ Heian Ciemnosc as one sat on his face, the other on his crotch. After alternating for another hour, a needy Elena entered, wearing her battle armor, which she slowly took off and even threw around Heian Ciemnosc’s pale torso and legs.

Since she was the only Queen here, they ceased dual cultivating with him directly and chose to do so via Elena’s body. As Elena directed her vulva down to Heian Ciemnosc’s base, Arla bent her body behind Elena to eat a little flower. Sakura rubbed her sloppy wet twat on Heian Ciemnosc’s abdomen while tenderly smooching and suckling Elena’s lower lip, biting the upper lip, and entangling tongues in the air at times. Very quickly. Heian Ciemnosc’s mentality and body healed, but his lung was still missing. Still, his dual cultivation allowed all his power sources to be restored.

However, just as he was enjoying a pair of twats dancing on his face while Elena intertwined her hands with Arla and Sakura, sensually and slowly jumping up and down on his pelvis with a helpless, blushing little face… The door opened. Knowing what was coming, the girls slowly orgasmed twice, one last time, before leaving his body filthy with their heavenly juices. Even Elena naughtily smirked before leaving her husband, who was pleasantly thinking life was okay, on the bed without anyone jumping on him anymore.

And from the door, when Heian Ciemnosc finally lifted his face after regulating his breathing, appeared a totally bare Sahnyr with lingerie that only covered her thighs and legs, with strips holding onto her shoulders and waist that combined with her skin color. As Sahnyr leaned her back on the doorstep, nobody was in the hotel bedroom except him and this naughty, someone else’s fiancée.

Her orange hair flowed slightly as her smooth bangs swayed with the nonexistent wind. Her orange eyes were obscured but were apparently looking directly towards Heian Ciemnosc. This hunting, severe gaze would’ve shrunk many shrimps from insecurity, but to Heian Ciemnosc, it was arousal instead. His ‘little’ pale monster stood up, trembling and showing it had just finished warming up. Heian Ciemnosc took a mental note that his body was becoming too sexual, but he didn’t mind it. He already had many wives. How many more would he get in the future? He would be contented as long as he could give ‘a lot’ to each in the future.

Slowly, Sahnyr walked towards the bed…

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