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.

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older man said

recently reached the Immortal

that, he had

he could exit Aterium and

he had to finish his

the Gravitas' business card from the shadow, he had

later, Mr. Bauer appeared

told Alex where he actually was and what

Aterium was a Cosmos, but

were essentially huge balls of Mana, which was actually called

a force called Balance, which had the ability to separate

Destruction was called Brutality, and the infinite Brutality outside the

Primal Chaos was endless, and only Heaven Breakers could survive in it

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

to other Cosmoses, but due to a

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

God Realm, which was the Realm Alex was currently in, had managed to learn quite a bit

too weak to actually create a fully functional Cosmos, and their

essentially created a completely isolated space with Energy but with no way

pulled in Energy through the

simply

almost impenetrable barrier, and it didn't have the ability

weak and non-functional Cosmos, which had been randomly drifting

would have

was if Alex's inner conflict hadn't

Gates of

wouldn't even solve anything since the

useless instinct that destroyed worlds for no reason or

was dealing with the Gates of Death across all the Cosmoses, and Alex had seen that

been the

Death, Alex would still be stuck in an eternity of

creation of this peculiar Cosmos, he had simply integrated it into his own