Sword God in a World of Magic

Three Mage Kings had met their demise.

The first one was the Myriad King, whose remaining lifespan had finally expired.

When Shang had first encountered him, the Myriad King had less than 5,000 years left, and now his time had run out. Unfortunately, there was nothing that could have been done to prevent it.

The Myriad King's mana was transferred into an inheritor sphere and stored at a neutral location for the upcoming tournament.

As for the other two Mage Kings, one belonged to the Twilight Dusk Family, an elderly figure who had served for a long time.

The other was a newer Mage King recently acquired by the Lightning Manor, although they still remained at the Initial Mage King Realm, as advancing in the Mage King Realm took considerable time.

One day, the oldest Mage King from the Twilight Dusk Family launched an attack on the new Mage King from the Lightning Manor.

The mana of the Twilight Dusk Family Mage King was dispersed into the world since they were not allowed to keep it.

On the other hand, the mana left behind by the Lightning Manor's new Mage King remained with them.

As their previous Mage King had died due to a violation of the rules, the Lightning Manor had the privilege to select another member to become the new Mage King.

This resulted in the Twilight Dusk Family losing a Mage King while the Lightning Manor did not suffer the same fate.

But what was the purpose behind the Twilight Dusk Family's actions? It was all related to the upcoming tournament for the future Mage Emperor.

With only about 46,000 years remaining until the tournament, the Lightning Manor needed their trump card, capable of challenging King Sanctified Death, to become a Mage King as soon as possible.

However, the trump card already faced a disadvantage of around 30,000 years compared to King Sanctified Death.

status soon, not even a Mage with a sixfold Spirit Sense could bridge such a significant

weapon was, so they decided to sacrifice one of their oldest Mage Kings, who would have perished soon anyway, in exchange for the newest Mage King from

Lightning Manor elevated another Mage Lord to

individual had previously been a Thunder and

they had worked in the secretive Contender Department, they were relatively unknown to the outside

impending demise, expected to be sacrificed

the Thunder was accepting of

lifespan would have expired in 3,000 years regardless. Moreover, this path would make them one of the

Lord with a fivefold Spirit Sense, but they decided against elevating

particular Mage Lord would likely

would also be slain by a Mage King, essentially

a fivefold Spirit Sense required approximately 10,000 more years to accumulate enough power to triumph

had significant repercussions

perished, and even the mana of a Mage King

had nearly doubled, revealing how low

mana, many Mages were able to

one was surrounded by, the clearer its functioning

on the islands slightly increased, although it was still insufficient to produce

effects on weaker beasts were substantial. Beasts in the first five realms

was undergoing

a significant impact on the ongoing war, and the Judgment Palace remained

approximately 500 more years to break the contract, after which

time, they had to contend with the

to wait until their Empress had

line, they were rapidly losing Mage Lords. Thus, they

rules since it was merely abandoning territories, not