你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:信奉真实造物主的隐秘组织主要是最近两三百年才出现的几个，比如极光会，比如铁血十字团，但之前一千多年来，类似的形象从未消失。
翻译:
The few hidden organizations that believed in the True Creator had only appeared in the last two or three centuries, such as the Aurora Order and the Iron and Blood Cross Order. However, similar such depictions had never disappeared over the past thousand plus years.
信奉真实造物主的隐秘组织主要是最近两三百年才出现的几个，比如极光会，比如铁血十字团，但之前一千多年来，类似的形象从未消失。