Sword God in a World of Magic

Above the Eternal Ocean, a portal opened, and Shang stepped through it.

Shang had undergone a Transformation, but he looked the same as when he had entered, except for the fact that the left sleeve of his robes was empty.

Shang knew where he was roughly. He guessed that he was probably a couple of million kilometers to the north of Aterium, which was outside any kind of human Spirit Sense.

Shang assumed that Emperors had a Spirit Sense that could cover a million kilometers in radius, but that would only be true for someone with a onefold Spirit Sense.

Most likely, the Lightning Emperor had a fourfold Spirit Sense, which would allow him to oversee his entire Empire as long as he stayed near the middle of it.

Even if any Emperor were at the northernmost edge of the continent, they still couldn't see Shang.

Shang's next goal was clear.

He needed to create his seventh Sword Path, which should also be his last.

And then, Shang would push this new Path to such a high level that it would support his breakthrough.

Sadly, Shang couldn't remain in such an isolated place since he also had to ensure that the Lightning Manor survived.

So, Shang flew towards the south.

As the fire and ice of Comet enveloped Shang, he realized something.

His body didn't heat or cool as much as before, even though it hadn't become stronger.

But this small mystery was quickly solved.

Shang realized that his increased Affinities also made his body more resilient to them.

It wasn't too crazy. Shang guessed that his resistance to his four main Affinities had increased by about 30%.

That wouldn't do that much for a battle since an opponent that was actually dangerous to Shang would have to be so powerful that getting hit by any of their Spells would kill Shang ten times over.

However, this allowed Shang to use more Light, Darkness, Fire, and Ice Mana.

Due to all of that, his speed, defense, and offense increased by a bit.

place from which he

hold of the

back?" the Lightning

same time, Shang felt his bandages react to a powerful presence looking at

next moment, the intensity of the presence

the shock

in front of

the Lightning Emperor was looking at Shang with a mixture of

arm?" the

Emperor immediately noticed that Shang's soul had become weaker

"The price to comprehend

Concept of Transformation?" the Lightning Emperor repeated. "Is that the Concept

Shang said. "Lucius left behind some form of intelligent image in the trial, and I had a small conversation with

Emperor's

Lucius, and he missed how

he say?" the Lightning Emperor

Concept, and he had sacrificed Peak Ancestral Beasts and Initial Beast Lords to comprehend how Anti-Magic worked. In total,

Lightning Emperor took a

took him 2,000 years?"

Mana Lucius had sacrificed. He was much more shocked that the immortal Lucius had taken

had

That made no sense.

Shang said, "but since I neither had the experience of comprehending Concepts nor the

to lift his left arm to show that it was

Shang felt like this

so bizarre to only have

sacrificed my left arm," Shang said. "According to Lucius' image, nothing is better than experiencing something

comprehended this complicated and powerful Concept in merely 130 years. It is

Silence.

your Battle-Strength?" the Lightning Emperor asked after

Shang said. "I lost access to one of my weapons, but I am unsure if my Battle-Strength is higher

became surprised

consumed the momentum of the level

Silence.