Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang's Spirit Sense returned, and he slowly sat back up again.

His body wasn't injured in any way, but the same thing couldn't be said for Sword.

Right now, Sword lay beside Shang.

It was only as big as a dagger.

Shang slowly took a deep breath as reality set in.

"I died," he said.

At that moment, the jester jumped down from the Affinity wheel and walked over to Shang while slowly applauding.

"Not bad, not bad," the jester said with a wide grin. "Honestly, when you reached the True Path Stage, I didn't expect you to become so powerful in the Fusion Realm. I expected that you would just comprehend your four Imposes and then breakthrough."

"But no, you actually went a step further."

"And, sure enough, your work wasn't for nothing," the jester said as he stopped in front of Shang.

Shang slowly stood up and fed Sword more ore. By now, Shang's storage of ores was running low.

Even worse, Shang was missing Entropy Ore.

Sword had just consumed its last piece of Entropy Ore, which meant it could only use its ability three more times.

He just hoped that all of this had been worth it.

"14 points in the beast category, but Dusk alone wasn't enough to kill the powerful Peak Archbeast."

"Eleven points in the Mage category, but the powerful Late Archmage managed to outlast you."

"25 points in total. You are nearly invincible in front of every beast in your Realm, and only Peak Archmages and a select few Late Archmages are a danger to you."

"Honestly, in terms of Battle-Strength for Archmages, you are probably in the top 10, which is quite impressive," the jester said with a smirk.

Shang didn't answer, but his head turned to the side.

Top 10 for his Realm.

This was obviously beyond impressive, but when compared to some other numbers, it wasn't as impressive as one might think.

There were ten Archmages that were as powerful as him in the world.

There might also be ten Ancestral Mages that were this powerful.

There were about a hundred Mage Kings in the world.

of these

long could a Mage King

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

hundred of them, it meant that around one new Mage King would be

was exactly how long an Archmage could

top ten could theoretically become a

of them would become

was

was unfathomably

that normal Archmages couldn't even

Mages would have a hard time grasping how powerful Shang was for his

might not be

work and sacrifice just for a

comprehended World Connection before even

him, it meant that there were nine Archmages that managed to comprehend a level

Path Stage had only known one or two level two Concepts.

those powerful High Mages

High Mages back then that

of them actually

that he had reached the top

He only felt pressured.

much, and he had already committed his entire life to

The competition was tough.

jester commented with a slight chuckle. "You reached the top

you aren't powerful enough because you haven't sacrificed enough?" the jester

Shang didn't answer.

accept the

Shang didn't answer.

for you," the jester said as he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest reason why you are not number one is not your

fact that

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

didn't answer, and he only seemed

the jester said. "That's the title of the strongest Mage per Realm per Empire, starting at the High

1,000 years, the nine Empires hold a tournament. Every Empire sends its strongest Mage Lord. Of course, the Judgment Palace gets

strongest Mage Lords of the world fight for the position of Mage King. All ten of them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the

over a thousand Mage Kings. Sadly, there just isn't that much Mana left, which means that becoming a Mage King is only afforded to the most

chuckled again. "And no

now, you are a King

point, the jester's smirk

you're not

you in a fight while at the