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

pay for whatever he used if he

50 years, Shang had been sitting in

just wasn't

Concept, and Shang's mind hadn't

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

second level three Concept

Concept

comprehend Purgatory was to be as close to death as

herself into an intense and dangerous coma for a very long time via a

up when she comprehended

Otherwise, she would die.

she had succeeded, but this had still been one of

three Concepts in just a hundred

exactly where the Concept of Purgatory

Concepts of Death Shang had comprehended, the level three

extremely dangerous, and if Shang failed, he

like the Death Empress

first, Shang needed to comprehend the Concept of

of

focusing on the Concept

passed, and Shang was

Aura had become far weaker than before. It was almost like it was the weak flame of a dying

to get exposed to the natural forces,

eye sockets had lost their firmness and began to

had shrunk by quite a bit, but his back was still

trying to comprehend the

Another ten years passed.

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

and several brown spots could now be