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.

these Mage Kings was

long could a Mage King

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

Kings lived for a hundred thousand years, and since there are a hundred of them, it meant that around one new Mage King would be born

exactly how long

one of the top ten could theoretically

not a single one of them would become a Mage

Shang's goal was to

Shang was

normal

many Ancestral Mages would have a hard time

even that might not be enough to

sacrifice just for

before even

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

only known one or two level two Concepts. The truly powerful Peak High Mages

powerful High Mages

nine High Mages back then

them actually had

had reached the

He only felt pressured.

committed his entire life to nothing but his power, but there were still

The competition was tough.

a slight chuckle. "You reached the top

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

Shang didn't answer.

the

Shang didn't answer.

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

fact

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

he only seemed to look in

the strongest Mage per

tournament. Every Empire sends its strongest Mage Lord. Of course, the Judgment Palace gets to send two since they also have

Mage King. All ten of them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due

would probably have a hundred Mage Emperors and over a thousand Mage Kings. Sadly, there just isn't that much Mana left, which means that becoming a Mage

again. "And no one can become

are a King

point, the

you're not the

least two Archmages that will 100% beat you in