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 Mage Kings was

how long could a

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

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

was exactly how long an Archmage could

the top ten could theoretically become a Mage King

not a single one of them would become

goal was to

Shang was unfathomably

so powerful that normal

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

be enough to

sacrifice just for

Connection before even

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

in the True Path Stage had only known one or two

those powerful High Mages

at least nine High Mages back then that had comprehended a level three

single one of them actually had

heard 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, but

The competition was tough.

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

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

Shang didn't answer.

unwilling to accept the obvious answer?" the jester

Shang didn't answer.

on his toy hammer. "The biggest reason why you are not number

fact that you're

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

answer, and he only seemed to look in a

said. "That's the title of the strongest Mage per Realm per Empire,

tournament. Every Empire sends its strongest Mage Lord. Of course, the

become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the lack of Mana in the world, there just isn't enough Mana to

a thousand Mage Kings. Sadly, there just isn't that much Mana left, which means that becoming

again. "And no one

are a King

that point, the jester's smirk

you're not the

you in a