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.

they gave Shang free reign on whatever he wanted to comprehend

whatever he used

Shang had been sitting in front of this stone, trying to

just

was a level three Concept, and Shang's mind hadn't even reached the

was absorbing all the Light and Darkness Mana into his inner world and kept fighting several powerful enemies to comprehend the Concept

it was

was so insanely

Yet, Shang couldn't stop.

was his

told Shang about the second level three Concept

Concept

on what he had said, the best way to comprehend Purgatory was to be as close to death as possible for an extended period

Death Empress had once put herself into an intense and dangerous coma for a

would only wake up when she comprehended

Otherwise, she would die.

she had succeeded, but this had still been one of the most dangerous moments of her

three Concepts in just a hundred years, which would be almost

was exactly where the Concept of

Concepts of Death Shang had comprehended, the level

it was extremely dangerous, and if Shang failed,

the Death Empress back

first, Shang needed to comprehend the Concept of

of Purgatory

focusing on the

decade passed, and Shang

become far weaker than before. It was almost like it was the weak flame

weakening of Shang's Aura, his clothing also started to get exposed to the natural forces, tearing in several places

had lost their firmness and began

bit, but his back was still as straight as it had

still trying to comprehend the

Another ten years passed.

was now 970 years

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

longer pure white, and several brown