Sword God in a World of Magic

"I felt horrible because I knew exactly what he would do," Alex said.

"Alex, remember what we talked about?" an older man with grey hair said as he leaned back in a comfortable chair.

Alex sighed. "Shang is me. I am Shang," Alex repeated in a bored and practiced tone.

"Yes," the older man said. "Even though you two have been split into two, you were still the same person before that."

"There are instances where there are actually multiple people living in the same mind, body, and soul, but that was not the case for you."

"Whatever Shang was doing was also your doing. You can't just push all responsibility on Shang's shoulders."

Alex sighed once again. "I get that, but itjust doesn't feel like it. After all, I couldn't imagine doing these things. That's not who I am."

"It's not who you are, but it's partially who you were," the older man answered.

"Maybe it's easier to accept that you were Shang in the past when remembering that you are no longer connected to Shang in the present. After all, I fixed the incomplete parts of your Spirit. You are now fully your own person."

Alex nodded again. "Maybe," he said with uncertainty.

Silence.

"When can I leave?" Alex asked.

"I already told you," the older man said as he leaned forward in his chair, "after you've finished your mandatory course for long-term happiness."

"The Gravitas Mental Health Clinic has treated Sextillions of Immortals, Gods, and Heaven Breakers.

We know what we are doing, and we know what kind of problems nearly all immortal beings go through."

"The most common problem is setting power as your goal instead of as a means to an end."

"In your case, it's revenge and regret. Your hatred for Shang is too strong."

"I believe taking your revenge would be in your best interest, but first, you have to achieve a mindset that will allow your mind to heal after revenge. If you don't have that, you will only feel empty."

Alex sighed again. "I get it. All of this is for my best."

The older man nodded.

the Archivist

the older man

reached the Immortal King

that, he had to

he could exit Aterium

he had

had received the Gravitas' business card from the shadow, he

later, Mr. Bauer appeared

for a bit, Mr. Bauer told Alex

out that Aterium was a

of

had the ability to separate Energy from Entropy, which was actually

and the infinite Brutality outside

was endless, and only Heaven Breakers could survive in it without

on the density of Energy of Aterium, Alex was about five major Realms below a

Cosmoses were connected to other Cosmoses, but due to a certain reason, Aterium wasn't connected to

all of this had happened, but Mr. Bauer simply turned

God Realm, which was the Realm Alex was currently in, had managed to learn quite a bit about Balance and Energy, and they

weak to actually create a fully

had essentially created a completely isolated space with Energy but with no way of gathering

in Energy through the silver

simply didn't work

literally an almost impenetrable barrier, and it didn't have the ability to filter the Energy out of

which had been randomly drifting in

have ever found

was if Alex's inner conflict hadn't

some kind of issue with Death, and Gates of Death appeared in front of "worthy" people in

wouldn't even solve anything since the

was basicallyjust a dumb and useless instinct that destroyed worlds for no

was dealing with the Gates of Death across all the

been

Death, Alex would still be

looked at the creation of this peculiar Cosmos,