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.

is the Archivist doing?"

older man said with a

the

heard that, he

wished that he could exit Aterium

had to finish

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

later, Mr. Bauer

Mr. Bauer told Alex

turned out that Aterium was a

of Mana, which

called Balance, which had the ability to separate Energy from Entropy,

the

Chaos was endless, and only Heaven

Alex was about five major Realms below

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

had thought that he would never find out why all of this had happened, but Mr. Bauer simply

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

their power was far too weak to actually create a fully functional Cosmos, and their will was destroyed by the Primal

a completely isolated space with Energy but with no way

in Energy through the silver

simply didn't work

silver wall in Aterium was literally an almost impenetrable barrier, and it didn't

this weak and non-functional Cosmos, which

would have ever

was if Alex's inner conflict hadn't summoned a Gate

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

anything

a dumb and useless instinct that destroyed worlds

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

had been the

would still be stuck

of this peculiar Cosmos, he had simply