Sword God in a World of Magic

"Increase the temperature inside the furnace as much as possible while using as little Fire Mana as possible," Shang read.

'Interesting. This is a trial that tests someone's mastery over the Fire Affinity. Hotter fire is more destructive, and by using as little Fire Mana as possible, this trial is testing the quality of someone's Concepts and mastery over fire.'

'The level four Concept of Fire is Explosion, which can probably produce extremely hot flames. Even the level three Concept Incineration can create powerful flames, but for a Cloud that found this place, this is probably the bare minimum.'

'However, this is also just the first trial. I would expect it to be easy.'

'I guess it needs the level three Concept of Fire, Incineration to complete it. I guess a Cloud that knows a lot about temperatures would have comprehended that Concept.'

'Sadly, I don't have that Concept.'

Shang walked over to the glass furnace and flew to its top.

Then, he extended his right hand.

A moment later, the space below his hand seemed to distort with some invisible waves.

After some time, the air in the entire furnace seemed to warp and wave in a strange manner. It was almost like the world inside the furnace was about to break down.

Ding!

At that moment, the door leading out of the room opened as the barrier vanished.

Shang had fulfilled the requirements.

He might not have the Concept of Incineration, but he had the Concept of Addition.

Light had two aspects, which were mass and brightness.

Fire also had two aspects, which were heat and brightness.

Shang had converted all the brightness in the fire into heat, which was why the fire he had just dropped in the furnace had been nearly invisible to the eye.

Naturally, this kind of fire was far hotter than normal fire since all of its power was focused on heat.

And that had been enough for Shang to get past the first trial.

Shang landed in front of the exit and walked through it.

Some seconds later, Shang opened the door to the second trial.

This time, there was a blue cube in the middle of the room.

Shang looked to the side at an emblem and read the instructions.

a limited amount of Ice Mana. Make it as cold as possible,"

opposite of the first

three Concept of Ice is Blizzard, which doesn't seem to decrease the temperature by a lot more than

the level four Concept of Ice, Zero, would decrease

Mage to

so. Otherwise, the difficulty rating wouldn't just be a two. Sure, they could expect that from Peak Ancestral Mage Clouds, but

guess it probably needs the

also don't have

to the cube and put

the cube began to shine

Ding!

and the barrier

got through that

also had two properties each, which could

and void, void meaning

cold

simply pushed his Ice Mana to the extreme of coldness, which had been

to the extreme of heat

of coldness transformed into

about the

that was where the connection between

produce the same thing

Very bright light.

where these

was true for ice that was

just become a very dark

pushed to the extreme of absorption did

one could envision

to light mass to darkness absorption to

the pure Concepts of Fire and

course, everything involving the Clouds was special, and the Bolts that had designed the trials probably also expected the Clouds to get through the trials in ways

of the trials were important, not how

blue cube behind and exited the

and as soon as he saw it, he realized that this would be very different

CRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

SSSSSSSHHH!

space in front of Shang was consumed by a sea of terrifyingly hot

changing several times per second, and the

could definitely kill

that, there was something else that

with his Spirit Sense, which probably meant that the inside of the room had