Sword God in a World of Magic

"Then, what's even the point of this entire conversation?" Shang asked.

"If everything is hopeless to begin with, and all of existence is doomed to die to the Abominations either way, what point would any of my actions have?"

The Lightning Emperor looked with a complicated expression at Shang.

He realized that he had painted a very bleak picture. While he didn't think that everything would be hopeless and meaningless in that case, he could see that wanting an answer from Shang for such a hypothetical would be intellectually dishonest for judging his actual character.

In the end, the Lightning Emperor was kind of relieved by Shang's answers.

Shang was a very dark person with very dark desires, but he was still far better than King Sanctified Death.

Even more, even if Shang were… it didn't matter.

Maybe, he wasn't even the first…

The Lightning Emperor felt the conflict of his emotions rising more and more, but he just pushed everything to the side again.

"Please, contact Sarah regarding the war. I will deal with all the opponents you will need. The best thing you can do is to buy us enough time to survive to the next phase of the war," the Lightning Emperor said in an effort to end the conversation.

Shang just nodded wordlessly.

The next moment, a portal opened in front of Shang that led to his Isolation Barrier to the north of Aterium, and Shang walked through it.

When Shang arrived, he looked at his fake left arm again for a second before contacting the Starlight Queen.

"You're back, Young Master Shang," she said with a polite tone.

"I am," Shang answered. "Is there anything you need me to do?"

exact second, Young Master Shang, but please be prepared to join a couple of battles in the next hours. If everything goes well, Young Master Shang can return to

Shang said before

in front of Shang, and

readied themselves for a battle, but they

a Peak Ancestral Mage with a twofold Spirit

Shang had killed his opponent,

annoyance as they ordered all the Peak Ancestral

back all the Peak Ancestral Mages again, effectively disabling 50% of the Ancestral Mages of

work, Young Master Shang. You can now return to training," the

back to my

PLEASE," the Starlight Queen said with a slight chuckle. "Please, try to talk in a way that is

Shang said evenly, "or I won't show up for 500

Silence.

Ten seconds of silence.

but her polite tone had a slight

of his Isolation

inner Isolation

his inner world, took out his Addum and Subsis,

combination of Shang's Colossal Sword State and his Saber

Subsis had been a reduction of the Long Sword State and the Great Sword State. Instead of combining them, Shang had made an

combine

would that

needed something that could be used with all

his swords. His theoretical seventh

Shang could

Break, Shang could fill his sword with an incredible amount of

then transform all the Darkness Mana into Fire Mana