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.

didn't attain the Mage King status soon, not even a Mage with a sixfold Spirit Sense

knowledge of who the Lightning Manor's secret weapon was, so they decided to sacrifice one of their

Mage Lord to the position

Thunder

Contender Department,

of their impending demise, expected to be sacrificed by

Thunder was

have expired in 3,000 years regardless. Moreover, this path would make them one of the rare few Mage Kings in the world, which was

Lightning Manor had another Mage Lord with a fivefold

Lord would likely emerge victorious

would also be slain by a Mage King, essentially wasting a Mage Lord

Lord with a fivefold Spirit Sense required approximately 10,000 more years

had significant repercussions

mana of a Mage King was

revealing how low the atmospheric mana

many Mages were able to

one was surrounded by, the

the islands slightly increased,

the first five realms advanced at a faster rate

was

didn't have a significant impact on the ongoing war, and the Judgment Palace remained undecided about what to do

still required approximately 500 more years to break the contract,

that time, they had to contend with

to wait until

were rapidly losing Mage Lords. Thus, they chose to

violation of the rules since it was