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.

longevity of these Mage Kings was

how long could a

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

hundred of them,

long an

that only one of the top ten could theoretically become a Mage King in

a single one of them would become a Mage

Shang's goal was to become

Shang was

normal Archmages couldn't even

would have a hard time grasping how powerful

be

for a shot

comprehended World Connection before

were nine other Archmages as powerful as him, it meant that there were nine Archmages that

Mages Shang had been fighting back in the True Path Stage had only known one or

High Mages

been at least nine High Mages back then that had comprehended a

actually had a shot

that he had reached the top ten, he hadn't been

He only felt pressured.

already committed his entire life to nothing but his power,

The competition was tough.

the jester commented with a slight chuckle. "You reached the top 10, but you are even more

you haven't sacrificed enough?" the jester asked with a

Shang didn't answer.

unwilling to accept the obvious answer?" the

Shang didn't answer.

it for you," the jester said as he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest reason

also isn't the fact that you're

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

answer, and he only seemed to look in

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

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

position of Mage King. All ten of them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the lack of Mana in the world,

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 King is only afforded to the most powerful Mage Lord

"And no

now, you are a King

point, the jester's smirk

not

two Archmages that will 100% beat you in a fight while at the