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.

manages to reach the Late Mage Emperor Realm, he will probably be just as powerful. If he reaches the Peak Mage Emperor Realm, he will most

"Anti-Magic?" Shang asked.

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 Neutral

of

said. "How much Mana did this

answered. '"That's the

rose. "But it

from the surroundings, nothing. It was essentially like the passive domain of destruction of the Abominations, but

Shang's mind raced.

was very different from Shang's Domain

he had to be very

could just use it

Without using any resources?

create such a

initially. When he was just a True Mage, he could use it, but it cost

Shang's mind nearly stopped.

Peak Ancestral Mage Realm?

currently in that

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

had been a Mage, Lucius' power came from

Concept as a Peak Ancestral Mage, and that level five

Shang was certain.

had comprehended the very Concept that Shang was attempting

that was related to the Concept he comprehended before becoming a

definitely!" the Lightning

Lucius comprehend before

"Dunno."

Silence.

don't know?" Shang

answered. "Back then, the powerful people realized Lucius' potential, and they sent an army of people in the Seventh Realm after us. Luckily, one of the few remaining

remained 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

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

Shang's frustration rose.

had been