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

could a

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

a hundred thousand years, and since there are a hundred of

exactly how long

one of the top ten could theoretically become a Mage

of them would

Shang's goal was to become

was unfathomably

so powerful that normal Archmages couldn't

Ancestral Mages would have a hard time grasping how powerful Shang

not be

and sacrifice just for a shot

comprehended World Connection before even

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

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

powerful High Mages had been

been at least nine High Mages back

of them actually had

reached the top ten, he

He only felt pressured.

his entire life to nothing but his power, but there

The competition was tough.

chuckle. "You reached the top 10, but

you haven't sacrificed enough?" the jester asked

Shang didn't answer.

you unwilling to accept the obvious answer?"

Shang didn't answer.

as he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest

also isn't the fact that you're

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

answer, and he only seemed to look in a random

strongest Mage per Realm per Empire, starting at the

Lord. Of course, the Judgment Palace gets to send

to become Mage Kings on their own,

had infinite Mana, we 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 King is only afforded

no one

are a

that point, the jester's

you're not the

are at least two Archmages that will 100% beat you in a fight while at the same level as