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.

Bauer, how is the Archivist doing?" Alex

well," the older man

the

heard that, he had

exit Aterium and

he had to

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

Bauer

told Alex

turned out that Aterium was a Cosmos, but an incomplete

balls of Mana, which was actually

Energy was surrounded by a force called Balance, which had the ability

called Brutality, and the infinite

Primal Chaos was endless, and only Heaven

of Energy of Aterium, Alex was about five

other Cosmoses, but due to a

he would never find out why all of this had happened, but Mr. Bauer simply turned back time

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

actually create a fully functional Cosmos, and their will was

a completely isolated space with Energy but with no way of gathering more

Energy through the silver wall, which acted as

simply didn't work

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

which had been randomly

have ever

was if Alex's inner conflict hadn't summoned

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

wouldn't even solve anything

a dumb and useless instinct that destroyed worlds for no reason

the Gates of Death across all the Cosmoses,

had been

would still be stuck

this peculiar Cosmos, he had simply integrated it into