Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang sat alone in front of a brightly shining stone in an impossibly dark cave.

Even though the stone was shining brightly, the light seemingly vanished after just a couple of meters, leaving deep darkness behind.

This was the Twilight Cave, and it was the best place for the Clouds to comprehend the Concept of Twilight.

Sadly, this place saw visitors only very rarely since everyone with a Twilight Affinity would prefer to enter the Twilight Dusk Family. Naturally, the Lightning Manor couldn't compare to the Twilight Dusk Family when it came to raising people with a Twilight Affinity.

The Twilight Cave was made of metal that gave off Darkness Mana, and the stone in the middle of the cave was made of metal that gave off Light Mana.

The Light Mana and Darkness Mana would clash and cancel each other out.

Naturally, to keep the Light Mana from being completely used up, the Lightning Manor needed to use up a lot of Light Mana Crystals, but they were willing to pay a lot for their Clouds.

At that moment, Shang's white hair hung from his head like straw.

In the last couple of decades, Shang's appearance had undertaken a drastic change.

His black hair had completely vanished, replaced by the typical white hair of a very old man.

Many wrinkles were on Shang's face, and some skin hung from his chin.

Shang was becoming old.

He had been in this cave for over 50 years now, but he still hadn't comprehended the Concept of Twilight.

Due to the order in which Shang had comprehended his Concepts, the Concept of Twilight had transformed to be as difficult to comprehend as a level three Concept.

Just like the God had said after the last trial, there was no inherent level to Concepts. It only depended on in which order one comprehended Concepts of a certain group.

Shang had told everyone that he had saved the Concept of Twilight for when he needed to comprehend a quick Concept, and this was the best time for it.

The Custodian and Queen Primordium didn't question Shang's decision. At the moment, the Child of Calamity and Shang didn't even connect in any way in their mind, and even if they did, the Lightning Emperor had already taken a look at Shang, right?

So, if the Lightning Emperor didn't identify Shang as the Child of Calamity, what made them think that they could?

Usually, the Concept of Twilight was either viewed as a level one or level two Concept, but it also didn't seem impossible that it could be a level three Concept.

end, they gave Shang free reign on whatever he wanted

whatever he used if he managed to

in front of this stone, trying

it just wasn't

Shang's mind

Darkness Mana into his inner world and kept

it was just

so

Yet, Shang couldn't stop.

was his

told Shang about the second level three Concept he could try

three Concept of

comprehend Purgatory was to be as close to death as possible for an extended period

the Death Empress had once put herself into an intense

only wake up when she comprehended the Concept

Otherwise, she would die.

still been one of the most dangerous

to comprehend two level three Concepts in just a hundred years,

that was exactly where the Concept of Purgatory

of Death Shang had comprehended, the level three Concept of Death could also

dangerous, and if

like the Death Empress back

Shang needed to comprehend the Concept of

Concept of

Shang continued focusing on the

decade passed, and Shang

weaker than before. It was almost like it was the weak flame of a

started to get exposed to the natural forces, tearing in several places

Shang's eye sockets had lost their

by quite a bit, but his back was still as straight as it had

trying to

Another ten years passed.

now 970 years

nearly fell off, and Shang's robes had become too big for his withered body, halfway sliding

no longer pure white, and several brown spots could now be seen all over his