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.

the longevity of these Mage Kings was

how long could a Mage King

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

Mage 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

was exactly how long

the top ten could theoretically become a Mage King in

single one of

Shang's goal was to

was unfathomably

so powerful that normal Archmages couldn't

many Ancestral Mages would have a hard time grasping how powerful

not be enough to become a Mage

sacrifice just for a shot at maybe becoming a Mage

before

as him, it meant that there were nine Archmages that managed to comprehend a level three Concept before becoming

the True Path Stage had only known one or

powerful High Mages

had been at least nine High Mages back then that

only a single one of them actually

reached the top ten, he hadn't been

He only felt pressured.

his entire life to nothing but his power, but

The competition was tough.

"You

you aren't powerful enough because you

Shang didn't answer.

you unwilling to accept the obvious answer?" the

Shang didn't answer.

the jester said as he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest reason why you are

fact that

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

didn't answer, and he only seemed

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

Mage Lord. Of course, the Judgment Palace

of them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the lack of Mana

there just isn't that much Mana left, which means that

no one

are a King

the jester's

not the

you