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

"Anti-Magic?" Shang asked.

canceled out Mana. With that, he could essentially turn whatever attack the enemy launched into nothing. He also had this domain that

of

really strong," Shang said. "How

Lightning Emperor answered. '"That's

rate rose. "But it

life energy, no Mana from the surroundings, nothing. It was essentially like the passive domain of destruction of the Abominations, but instead of destroying

Shang's mind raced.

was very different from

used his Domain of Entropy, he had to be very careful not to accidentally die since the

could just

Without using any resources?

such a powerful Spell?" Shang

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 the Peak Ancestral Mage

Shang's mind nearly stopped.

Peak Ancestral Mage Realm?

currently

a fivefold or sixfold Spirit Sense, which meant that he had comprehended something above

been a Mage, Lucius'

five Concept as a Peak Ancestral Mage, and that level five

Shang was certain.

very Concept that Shang was attempting to

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

the Lightning Emperor

comprehend before becoming a Mage Lord?"

"Dunno."

Silence.

know?" Shang

realized Lucius' potential, and they sent an army of people in the Seventh Realm after us. Luckily, one of the few remaining Mage Kings used an impressive Spell

undercover, just increasing our powers in secret. We only met again when we heard that Lucius killed a group of people in the Eighth Realm while only being a Peak

he didn't want to lie to me, which was why he refused to elaborate. He only said that it was dark knowledge that

Shang's frustration rose.

had been