Sword God in a World of Magic

Queen Primordium looked with surprise at the Custodian.

Then, she focused on Shang.

Right now, Shang felt nervous.

After all, this wasn't just anybody he was going to be talking with.

This was the Lightning Emperor, one of the ten strongest beings in the entire world, someone that had lived for an incomprehensibly long time.

"Don't worry," Queen Primordium told Shang. "The Ancestor is very friendly and wise."

Naturally, Queen Primordium had seen the Lightning Emperor a couple of times.

While the Custodian was essentially the Lightning Emperor's mouth and hand, the Lightning Emperor also left his study from time to time.

Sometimes, he just walked around his castle, and he also appeared when he had to make a public appearance because of something important that happened.

For example, every millennium, the Lightning Emperor came out to congratulate the winner of the grand tournament.

But these were basically the only times anyone could get a hold of the Lightning Emperor in any way since the Custodian dealt with everything else.

However, this still meant that the Lightning Emperor only exited his study every 500 years or so, which was an insanely long time for everyone below the Mage Lord Realm, and if one missed it, they would need to wait another 500 years.

And it was even rarer that someone was allowed to enter the Lightning Emperor's study since this was his private space.

Only the Custodian was allowed to enter the Lightning Emperor's study.

And now, Shang would also enter the Lightning Emperor's study.

Shang took a step forward and walked through the door.

Even though he was a bit nervous, it still wasn't nearly enough to shake his resolve in any way.

The Custodian smiled politely towards Queen Primordium and closed the door.

Then, the Custodian traveled down the hallway, followed by Shang.

After a couple of seconds, they stopped in front of an ordinary wooden door.

The Custodian politely knocked on the door and opened it just a second later without waiting for the Lightning Emperor's command to enter.

With the door now open, Shang's Spirit Sense entered the Lightning Emperor's study, and he could finally sense it.

It was simple but also earth-shattering in a sense.

first glance, the study

table, a couple of ornaments, rows of

even that

knowledge, he could

actually over

it looked barely wider

experience with Space, Time, and Gravity Mana, but he could still feel

of Mana was so insanely high that

did, but he could see that this study probably had a scary number of

one looked past the simple appearance, one would be able to see a bookshelf that was kilometers

even estimate how many books there were in

Billions?

Trillions?

More?

there were no Spells that kept the books hidden from prying

books, but he could see them and their covers and

Shang had read the titles of thousands of books, and

a kind of Spark Wraith Realm, which was apparently the seventh Realm

help himself and continued looking at the titles of even more books without

eventually, he saw thousands of books for some Realm called Weapon Intent

said that Impose had been called Weapon Intent

there were thousands of books worth of documentation about

had to take a deep breath

always thought that there was nothing

God had told him so, and Shang had also never heard about the other Paths until he had met

of books in front of

other Paths

just kept going and

Shang had already seen the names

had

"Cool, huh?"

of his thoughts and focused

a smiling old man with white hair and a long white beard sitting on

thought in confusion. 'Did he

first word that left

but I can't have you continue reading," the Lightning Emperor said with a friendly chuckle. "Otherwise, we would be

the quiet sound of the

Custodian hadn't

distracted," Shang said, trying his best not to sound cold or aggressive but failing

the Lightning Emperor said with a

front of him that had just appeared.

and he felt the Space, Time,