Sword God in a World of Magic

It didn't take long for Shang to finish the remaining books. Sure, some of the books took a lot of calculation and brainpower to understand, but Shang still finished them in a couple of years.

A moment later, Shang touched the little pin on his chest and contacted the Lightning Emperor.

The Isolation Barrier didn't interfere with the connection.

"Hey, Shang! What's up?" the Lightning Emperor asked with a chipper voice.

"I'm done with the books," Shang said.

"Oh, cool! Did you like them?" he asked.

"They were very informative. Especially the Watcher's Record," Shang said.

"Yeah, that one's a classic," the Lightning Emperor said.

"What's the Archivist like?" Shang asked.

"The Archivist?" the Lightning Emperor repeated. "He has white hair and wears all these ancient trinkets on his person. He's also incomparably wise, and he has this Aura that makes you think that everything in the world is within his control. Kind of like the ancient head of a big family, you know?"

"He also knows Spells that I don't even know how to create or counter. For example, nobody in the world can make a copy of his book. Any method of trying to copy it fails or produces unreadable and senseless text. Even if you just write down what you've learned from memory, at some point, it starts turning into gibberish."

"The book even updates itself automatically. All of us got one copy each from the Archivist, and the additional sentences after Lucius' ascension appeared on their own in all of our copies. He's crazy powerful!"

"Without Lucius' suppression, and if the Archivist wanted to, he could probably fight all nine of us at the same time and maybe even win!"

Shang listened intently to the Lightning Emperor's words.

"He's that powerful?" he asked.

"Very, very powerful," the Lightning Emperor answered.

"What if King Sanctified Death became a Mage Emperor?" Shang asked.

Silence.

be just as powerful. If he reaches the Peak Mage Emperor Realm, he will most likely win. King Sanctified Death is as powerful as Lucius, and he doesn't even have access

"Anti-Magic?" Shang asked.

own Mana into Anti-Mana, which canceled out Mana. With that, he could essentially turn whatever attack the enemy launched into nothing. He also had this domain that could transform Elemental Mana in the surroundings into

Domain of

said. "How much Mana

answered. '"That's the crazy

asked as his heart rate rose. "But

was essentially like the passive domain of destruction of the

Shang's mind raced.

very different from Shang's Domain of

of Entropy, he had to be very careful not to

just

Without using any resources?

create such a powerful Spell?" Shang

had that Spell forever," the Lightning Emperor answered. "It just wasn't that powerful initially. When he was just a True Mage, he could use it, but it cost a crazy amount of Mana. He only perfected it at

Shang's mind nearly stopped.

Peak Ancestral Mage Realm?

was currently in

or sixfold Spirit Sense,

a Mage, Lucius' power came from

Mage, and that level five

Shang was certain.

very Concept that Shang was attempting

that was related to the Concept he comprehended before becoming a Mage Lord?"

definitely!" the Lightning

before becoming a Mage

"Dunno."

Silence.

know?" Shang

the Seventh Realm after us. Luckily, one of the few remaining Mage Kings used

powers in secret. We only met again when we heard that Lucius killed a group of

to me, which was why he refused to elaborate. He only said that it was dark knowledge that should never enter the hands of anyone

Shang's frustration rose.

had been