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

could a

Ten thousand years?

A hundred thousand years?

a hundred thousand years, and since there are a hundred of them, it meant that around one new

exactly how long an Archmage

of the top ten could theoretically

not a single one of them would become

was to become a

was

so powerful that normal Archmages couldn't

hard time grasping

even that might not be enough to

hard work and sacrifice just for

before even

there were nine Archmages that managed

been fighting back in the True Path Stage had only known

those powerful High Mages had been

at least nine High Mages

probably only a single one of them actually had a shot at becoming a Mage

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.

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

enough because you haven't sacrificed

Shang didn't answer.

you unwilling to accept the obvious

Shang didn't answer.

it for you," the jester said as he leaned on his toy hammer. "The biggest reason why you are not

fact that you're not

The jester chuckled.

"It's background and money."

seemed to look in a random

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

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

ten strongest Mage Lords of the world fight for the position of Mage King. All ten of them are easily strong enough to become Mage Kings on their own, but due to the

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 in the

no one can become a

now, you are a

point, the jester's smirk

not the

least two Archmages that will 100% beat you in a