Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang could easily envision someone like King Sanctified Death resorting to extreme measures in order to comprehend two Concepts. In fact, Shang himself contemplated doing the same. His desire for supreme power made him open to understanding something as profound as the level six Concept of Death. However, he faced four significant challenges.

Firstly, Shang recognized the importance of having life around him.

While power remained his top priority, surrounding himself solely with death would be akin to being trapped within the Reality Tear once again.

It would render everything devoid of value, eventually leading to monotony.

Secondly, Shang lacked a Life Affinity, and it was unlikely that he would ever possess one. Although his affinity for Life may have reached a high level, it was insufficient.

Both Life and Death Affinities required compatible mindsets. Without a mindset attuned to the Death Affinity, prolonged exposure to Death Mana would quickly drive someone to self-destruction. The Life Affinity likely presented similar challenges, and Shang simply did not possess the suitable mindset.

This meant that once Shang annihilated the world, it would never return.

The third issue surprised Shang. He experienced a genuine sense of guilt when contemplating the destruction of an entire world. While Shang was willing to go to any lengths for power, he found himself uncomfortable with extinguishing all life within a world.

The notion of transforming Aterium into a realm of eternal silence and stillness did not sit well with him.

Lastly, Shang realized that he did not actually need the level six Concept of Death.

The Entropy Affinity appeared to be an even more potent and extreme form of death. Death signified the cessation of life, whereas Entropy encompassed the end of existence itself, including matter, movement, energy, space, and time.

was conceivable that a theoretical level seven Concept of Death would simply be Entropy. Therefore, why fixate on the level six Concept of Death when Shang could focus on something

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are okay

is unwavering. Life exists because the world desires its existence. If the world did not want it,

if that child threatens all of creation, they are certain he will not succeed. Perhaps this is merely a trial

Emperors held this belief, but

with the deranged God. However, the entire

conversation on various topics before the Lightning Emperor employed a potent spell to conceal Shang's intense

Shang's aura matched that of King Sanctified Death, and if others sensed his true aura, they would likely surmise that Shang was the

before the war would enter its next phase. In the meantime,

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Kali had not yet violated her

had ceded a significant amount of land near the frontlines to the Judgment Palace,

the pressure

engaged in combat with the Tower of Climate, which prevented them from fully concentrating their efforts on the Lightning

unfolded in the world, but they were unrelated to the Lightning

south waged war against the Sungod Mountain Empire in the southeast. Their motivations were rather

by boredom, randomly attacked Isis Neweston's

retaliated in kind. There was minimal communication before or during

of warfare