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.

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

"Anti-Magic?" Shang asked.

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

Domain of Entropy,' Shang

really strong," Shang said. "How much Mana did this domain

the Lightning Emperor answered. '"That's the crazy

rose. "But it had to

nothing. It was essentially like the passive domain of destruction of the Abominations, but instead of destroying the Mana, it just

Shang's mind raced.

was very different from Shang's

had to be very careful not to

could just use

Without using any resources?

he create such a powerful

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

Shang's mind nearly stopped.

Peak Ancestral Mage Realm?

currently in

sixfold Spirit Sense, which meant that he had comprehended something above his

a Mage, Lucius' power came from

a Peak Ancestral Mage, and that level

Shang was certain.

Concept that Shang was attempting to comprehend right

to the Concept he comprehended before becoming a Mage Lord?" Shang

definitely!" the

comprehend before becoming

"Dunno."

Silence.

know?"

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

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

to break through, and he said that he didn't want to lie to me, which was why he refused

Shang's frustration rose.

been