Full-Fledged Third Step Organization

The peacefulness the Forbloffende Traes Sect brought with it after bringing yet another small scaled conflict to the table of the already peaceful Neutral Existences was warmly welcomed. It wasn't difficult to start their movements as a Third Step organization. The only thing that could have taken time was the assimilation of the people within their territory. After all, they were suddenly moved to the Vrida Region, with a few months' trip to a land they never heard good things of before.

Nevertheless, during the year’s second week, when the Forbloffende Traes Sect’s recruiting began, the Authoritarian Summit Divine Kingdom witnessed the first phenomenon from the Sect.

A starry sky was lifted within the dark of the night when it happened. The barely visible clouds and pitch-black of the universe were superseded by the dark starry sky that moved a bit as if rotating the Kingdom before receding. It revealed the quick achievement of a Third Step cultivator, and it came from the core mainland, not just the core.

But that was only the first of many. After the first few dozen breakthroughs into that Step, the Kingdom only kept the phenomenon visible to those who wished to look at them. As this wasn’t a Kingdom with ‘underqualified’ status, not every breakthrough would be seen. Otherwise, the number of Gods and Goddesses’ phenomena here would’ve been enough to make everyone dizzy. Even civilians could ‘choose’ like a switch whether to watch or not these events.

However, the thing that brought attention from this wasn’t only because the Divine Kingdom received a brand-new Third Step organization’s successful. The crucial matter here was that it came from the core mainland. How could the all powerful and advanced core Regions have an organization who suddenly broke into the Third step, and was new at it, not even formed from previous Third Step organizations’ leading figures or members?

The Forbloffende Traes Sect had a lot of access to the Universal Conveyance when transitioning to the Second Step, let alone now that they were at the Third Step. It was only a matter of time before the Sect’s people enhanced their current capacities to connect with the world and start making their own riches through the Universal Conveyances’ net markets.

On the other hand, the Sect spared no effort to rebuild the mess they made across a territory worth a few Vrida Regions in size. They only occupied terrain near one of dozens of ports in the 3* Region, where even beings resided. How could that make any noticeable change?

As such, the Sect experienced only peaceful times, like a sunny yet refreshing day when one’s eyes wouldn’t hurt even if looking up at the sunlight from the sky. While the people sent to the Vrida Region became used to the ‘better life’ the Sect’s people have long been used to, the territory in the 3* Region was swiftly rebuilt. With the number of auxiliary units, doing this to First and Second Step territories was a matter of finishing within 5 weeks, 6 at most.

It wasn’t a joking matter. Before, the Sect only had about 200 million soldier units with 6 vassal organizations. Of course, even the Godly cultivators could only guess something similar, but not with exactitude.

As the rebuilt territories were finished, the people who had been sent to the Vrida Region returned, bringing news and showing the differences between living there and back at their old homes.

“My, nothing changes much. But the way even their elite soldier units treat us… hehehe.” - “Did you know? In our First Step organization’s territory, the org had left us semi-abandoned. Aiyooo~, the situation was really bad. We were making fewer babies, but now, we have even made 3 or 4, hehehe… Having Shadow lovers isn’t so bad, you know~?”

“Phew, I thought I would come out of that Region dead.” - “Was it that bad, brother?” - “Like you have no idea. I didn’t even try anything with their citizens or those so-called ‘engineers’, you know? I was left dry by their civilians. I swear, I never knew non-cultivator women could have such lower body strength. Those legs, and the stamina to keep them open, and endlessly moving up and down…” - “Wha- ah! You- motherfucker…”

The people talked, and as they leisurely traveled to their respective homes, when they passed through the same port, they boasted and exposed the Vrida Region’s specialties. At first, the port’s people were baffled and felt funny. Was this ‘strategy’ really adopted by a Third Step organization? How shameless and lascivious, no?

However, as the years went by, the port received more and more… unwilling returning people from the Vrida Region. When they arrived at the docks, they were crestfallen, and when they had to move in less than 3 days to one of the port’s northern exit to meet the others, they took their sweet time. It was unavoidable, but the port’s people became intrigued.

The notion went out of proportions when, a couple of decades later, some people from the Sect’s expanded territories returned to the port and met those they previously spoke to. Some of them formed families there, even creating their own life and paradise any civilian and citizen wished they could have. However, despite most of them having a wife or husband there, they still returned to the Region that reminded them about life.

Of course, not everyone would go there for debauchery, or to ‘help’ the Vrida Region’s fertility rate after years of peaceful, family life. Some even brought their family with them, telling others of the paid vacations they could have easily afforded 10 years ago to travel to the Vrida Region, while others were returning alone, without many people connecting them to the 3* Region.

Everyone had their reason and unique lifestyle, and the Forbloffende Traes Sect treated every Race equal. Their inability to cultivate or become a non-cultivator unit, and their differences with the most popular Races in the Myriad Races, didn’t matter there.

… The Forbloffende Traes Sect’s 3* Region’s territory developed in peace. Their organizations were many, and as they were integrated into the Sect’s system, the abundance of resources they received from the Vrida Region was astounding. Similarly, mining and resource collecting operations began after the Small Cities were built for each First Step organization territory, and a Medium City for each Second Step organization territory.

It wasn’t a small number of gigantic projects, but these started only after all the vassal territories were upped to the Forbloffende Traes Sect’s standards. Thus, once the resources were collectively gathered, and the roads between the vassal territories formally finished, the Cities’ construction project began.

At first, they were a surprise to the nearby Third Step organizations, which were at least half a million kilometers away, under the same or different Fourth Step organizations, or just in their territory. Because the Sect’s vassal territories were near the port, no Fourth Step organization territory existed, placing the vassals under a ‘free’ land within the Region, so to speak.

But then, as decades passed and continued to move through the abundant flow of time, those Small Cities and even Medium Cities made more and more sense.

The Sect didn’t even focus on expanding their vassal territories, but even then, they increased their territory. Similar to Hexitia’s method, the Forbloffende Traes Sect first showed their good will. They sent thousands of top-notch motorized vehicles, tens of Powerful and Neutral Supreme Stones, and even a medium, protective pre-inscribed array formation device. First, Second, and Third Step organizations knew of the Forbloffende Traes Sect’s treasury like this.

Furthermore, if a future, possible enemy wanted to plan their downfall, they wouldn’t deliver them those gifts every decade, and to dozens upon dozens of organizations ranging from the First to the Third Step. Any organization would bleed if they did that every century, let alone every decade.

Yet, the Forbloffende Traes Sect were never faulty. Those organizations that accepted their gifts openly became more and more close to the Sect. Those who didn’t only received another batch after a few or several decades, as it seemingly depended on the Shadows’ mood.

Meanwhile, their vassal territories, and the newly acquired organizations or territory from some other organizations, became more populated and advanced to the Sect’s standards. What started first as a possible, dubious act by gifting the neighboring organizations became a clear but acceptable method of the Sect to bribe the others to have good relations.

Furthermore, these actions became further notorious and meaningful as the organizations through the 3* Region started making deals with the Forbloffende Traes Sect. From the First Step to the Fourth Step. They received requests for war instruments and even just pre-inscribed array formations. The 3* Region didn’t just revolve around the Forbloffende Traes Sect and the port. Each zone had their wonders, and some others had ruins or mysterious places where the younger generation could train.

Furthermore, in similar places, the older generation would study and analyze these locations in order to find methods to further progress in their cultivation path.

A lot of resources and utilities were needed for such encounters and adventures. What’s more, the Forbloffende Traes Sect began creating Artifacts. Before, it was limited, and Heian Ciemnosc only granted Todoro, his disciple, and the Goris one. Now, however, after reaching the Third Step, the disciples received Artifact classes at last.

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Thus, with the Sect’s further increasing expertise after reaching the Third Step, their productivity reached insane heights, and this was without even doubling their numbers prior to the transition. However, a few things happened beforehand, which granted the Sect a lot of preferential image to bask in.

… 30 years after the 857th year, where the Forbloffende Traes Sect officially stopped any further expansion. The 3* Region’s Craftsmaking meeting began. Everyone from the 3* Region were openly invited to the Large City. The organizations from all Steps have already prepared for this day since a decade beforehand. Now that things were finally in motion, the Region basked in a new, lively light.

Heian Ciemnosc made his appearance, alone. When he stood in the Third Step section, where competitors would show off their knowledge and skills, all eyes were on him. By this point, it was known that the Forbloffende Traes Sect was supplying the Sixphlon Empire’s First, Second, and Third Step forces with war supplies, war instruments and even citizen weaponry and equipment.

However, the citizens’ equipment wasn’t similar to the assault rifle the Shadow citizens use, but a more renown type, which Heian Ciemnosc did use before. The sniper rifle citizen weaponry. Furthermore, those war instruments, and even Mortal and Earth weapons, were all top-notch. What’s more, the pieces of armor even had the Empire’s elite soldier units’ Elemental affinity picked by their armors’ forgers.

It was a commendable work, but knowing how scarce such services were in the Region, they wondered how filthy rich the Forbloffende Traes Sect had become within just a few decades of this trade. Their thoughts were answered soon, however. As the first round began, and Heian Ciemnosc immediately commenced by concocting a batch of 24 top-notch Herbal-Wonder Heart Pills, from the Heartbreeding Fruit, for Third Step cultivators.

The spectators drew a sharp breath of cold air into their lungs. Some other competitors directly failed at concentrating and their results turned awful, but they didn’t care and continued mimicking their methods, should their alchemy products not have been ruined. All just to watch one of the most intricate and difficult pills for every Step being made before them, in the middle of the Third Step’s section meeting, in the very first round of elimination.

Even Fourth Step competitors watched with surprise. Moreover, Heian Ciemnosc didn’t spend days or weeks as it would’ve been in the past, when he had already begun achieving peak Third Step Craftsmaking but was ‘new’ in the Third Step. He spent 3 short hours before the batch was finished. Then, after they were appraised with worship, he gifted them to the fellas who failed their products near him.

From then on, Heian Ciemnosc showed experimental pills only. Their concoction was simple, but the pills in question were practically new. It didn’t involve his blood, as Heian Ciemnosc would rather keep his possible identity in check and not want to seem like he was trying to tell everyone.

Thus, the elimination rounds continued. Heian Ciemnosc showed a better pill than the last, showing results that are either riddled with secondary effects or take long periods to process in other pills’ concoctions. Others were simply brand-new, although other tools and even Artifacts could help with, it wasn’t as available as having a pill, albeit it had lesser efficiency.

That didn’t stop the pills in question from becoming popular. And when Heian Ciemnosc’s refining methods changed, becoming new and distinctive from usual methods, his position in the Third Step competitors section was practically secured.

Attaining first place wasn’t a problem. Heian Ciemnosc was invited to a small meeting with the winners of the other 3 Steps and some older generation who wished to see the millennia’s best Craftspeople after the Change war. When Heian Ciemnosc arrived there, he saw Izten Glas in the Fourth Step competitor winner seat, where she was treated like a little princess by the numerous, renown, high-end Craftspeople in the Region.

While they didn’t have a lot of conversation, she helped Heian Ciemnosc get to know the best Craftspeople in the 3* Region. The latter were already interested in Sect Master Darkness, but the Sixphlon Empire’s princess helped them become truly interested. Little by little, as Heian Ciemnosc shared a bit of his thoughts and knowledge, making these old folks slowly nod, he came to know them better and better.

Things were different when the last event of the Craftsmaking meeting arrived. After discussing for days, Heian Ciemnosc and the group of old timers were separated as the 4 Steps’ meeting winners were guided to a lavish garden. Everything happened within the central Large City, but now, at the southwestern outskirts, they were sent with an illusory array formation enclosing a large area.

They now had a 1-day limit to search for the flora of greatest value within the garden, which looked more like a tiny jungle with shortened trees. Everyone had to find their Step’s most valuable piece of flora, not allowed to take anything from the other Steps, but more of their own.

While everyone did their best to look around, Heian Ciemnosc and Izten Glas joined each other 2 hours after the treasure hunting began. They walked through the garden, relaxed, with her a few steps before him.

… Heian Ciemnosc looked at her body from the back. Her big, round breasts slightly bounced up and down, visible even from behind. Meanwhile, her delicately shaped yet lasciviously made for taking— butt was slightly swaying from side to side as she looked up and to the sides.

Step…

Suddenly, she stopped, but her motions were smooth. As she turned around, her lips moved to speak but stopped when she saw him. “It’ll be a while before you find the Glazel-…”

Heian Ciemnosc held a flower with a large stem, whose lower section was a bit thicker than the rest and protruded forth. Its upper section was arched backwards and thinner, with cocoon-like layers upon layers of ice blue petals that formed a beautiful image with triangular upper ends.

“How did you get it? The Third Step flora is usually very difficult for the winners to get them before nighttime. I didn’t even see you move,” Izten Glas said, walking towards him while lifting her left wrist with her lazily opened fingers.

Wrip.

“…” Heian Ciemnosc caught that wrist with his left hand as his right hand slowly placed the flower in his Covert Space bags. He looked at her face without expression, and she looked at him. Of course, she wasn’t alerted, so her Spirit Sense didn’t catch the tiny moment Heian Ciemnosc used his Dark Godly Dominion and Myriad Darkness Materialization with his Spirit Sense and dark Soul to cover them.

“…” Heian Ciemnosc returned the gesture, silently looking up and down the beauty’s countenance as she licked her lips into her mouth before turning around without walking away from him. Lifting her dress, she slowly bent over as she heard Heian Ciemnosc’s breathing becoming heavier.

Before long, she smelled something as a meaty, attractive substance seemed to call for her needs. She looked back and stared at Heian Ciemnosc before still comfortably speaking. “I have no experience in this, but I do get the idea. I’ll do my best to return the favor… if you can show me how good it can feel.”

‘And here I was trying to be nice.’ Heian Ciemnosc thought as he aimed his glans to her dry entrance. As a Goddess, such things weren’t problematic, but she still felt the forceful entry to her body as his hands coolly landed on her hips. But then…

Rustle- flutter~…

“Ah!” The mighty Goddess, over 100,000 years old, shuddered and exclaimed like a lady as her dress was torn and sent up into the air. She barely felt her bum up in the air and her whole body vulnerable before him, with only her shoulders and her upper back covered in her brown, golden dress, when her thighs felt 2 things slap against them.

“Amnf…” After the first grunt of pleasure, Glas didn’t care anymore and stood on her tip toes as her hands kept her body up from falling. She didn’t wish to use her Godly Energy to float, she wanted it the way civilians have it. After all, living so long, how could she have never heard or read such a scene with her Spirit Sense or Godly Soul?

“That’s… normal?” After a few minutes, she felt water trickling down her body. She wasn’t acting stupid, but was genuinely curious. Heian Ciemnosc suddenly went off with a rapid burst into her vulva as water splattered between them. His countenance tilted to the right in a gesture before praising, “No… You’re very… well-made for this.”

“Aannh…” The notion increased her pleasurable senses as she forced Heian Ciemnosc to go slower. Her cultivation base was stronger, after all. If he used his bodily strength, he’d be obviously recognized. Nobody else but black monster in the entire world is known for having that much bodily strength. However, that was when he saw the winking, wrinkled hole and heard her breathy, soft words.

“It’s so good, actually. I guess that’s the black monster’s specialty, after all…”

“…” Heian Ciemnosc stopped for a moment. Then, before her sexually pleased smile faced him, he erupted with all his bodily strength and struck her with his dark tail and Vocón Link… towards that wrinkled hole.

“Huaaaannnggh…!” Thus, the beginning of Heian Ciemnosc’s torture to make her remember this whole day and the subsequent hours began. Her body had just begun getting his dick, but her vaginal lips were already struggling with the violent, mighty ins and outs.

. . .

5 years later, just as Todoro and Pretieta had done a coupe of hundred years ago, went to the meeting between the Region’s Third Step cultivators.

This time, however, they led a group of a couple of thousand higher-ups and upper echelons, all from the Mythical realm 1st stage to the Central Formation 10th stage. The stage was on, and the Region wanted to see this millennia’s top Third Step younger generation.

One of the most attractive and most-wanted to be seen group were those from the Forbloffende Traes Sect. When they arrived at the Large City, they were cheered up, quite surprisingly so. And when their turn to show off their individual worth arrived, they didn’t plummet without their war tactic and battling experience. Instead, they beat their opponents, regardless if the opponents underestimated them or not.

Weeks went by. The Forbloffende Traes Sect had already shown their great expertise in individual combat, and anything that involved a cultivator’s path. Body tempering, Spirit Sense, Soul, Arts, and energy manipulation expertise. When it came to Elements, they made their surroundings melt, rain, shake, airless, blinding, consuming… or liberating.

The usual darkish energy streaks became not only more notorious in the Third Step Shadows, their bodies showed tattoo-like traces of dark ‘veins’. These looked more like a brush went over their skin and painted thin traces on them with utterly a serene, dark paint.

However, it brought everyone’s attention whenever it happened. It meant a Shadow was going all out, and everything they utilized magnified. Their Spirit Aspects were ‘corroded’ by darkish smoke, as a darkish hue surrounded their Spirit Aspects. Then, their True Dominions actually dazzled their opponents. This all caused shivers through the spectators’ skin and pores.

Even those who were aware and made preparations were still caught off-guard, losing from milliseconds to 2 seconds amidst the fight. Then, the Vigor Energy the Shadows showed always had a darkish trace of energy trailing in twirls around their Vigor Energy, dancing in circles. The same occurred to their Elemental Art moves, all originating from the very same [Chronicles of Life & Death] Art.

However, there was one person that didn’t participate despite everyone’s wish to see her. Sect Master Darkness’s disciple.

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