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.

the end, they gave Shang free reign on whatever he wanted to comprehend

to pay for whatever he

sitting in front of this stone, trying

just

and Shang's mind hadn't even reached the peak of the

Mana into his inner world and kept fighting several

it was

was so

Yet, Shang couldn't stop.

was his only

Custodian had told Shang about the second level three

three Concept

what he had said, the best way to comprehend Purgatory was to be as close to death as

herself into an intense and dangerous

when

Otherwise, she would die.

succeeded, but this had still been one of

level three Concepts in just a hundred years, which

where the Concept of Purgatory

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

it was extremely dangerous, and if Shang failed,

like the Death Empress back

to

of Purgatory would

Shang continued focusing on the Concept of

passed, and Shang was now 960 years

It was almost like it was the

to get exposed

eye sockets had lost their firmness

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

still trying to comprehend the

Another ten years passed.

was now 970 years

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

longer pure white, and several brown spots could now be seen all