[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-983":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1492668,1940,"Chapter 983  983 - Meeting Kali","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-983",983,"\u003Cp>Shang continued charging toward the center of the continent while destroying all the ground around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure at this level had reached heights where even Mage Emperors couldn't easily survive, and it still didn't reduce. After all, Shang was buried under more and more earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this depth, nobody could possibly see Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, there were Magic Circles to detect intruders, but there were no Magic Circles this far underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mana required to protect these Magic Circles while also keeping them active would be beyond ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To protect from an Emperor sneaking into another Empire?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would they even do that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they did anything, the Emperor of the Empire would notice it anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, sneaking up on an Emperor was basically impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, there was no point in wasting that much Mana just to defend the underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang just kept running for a couple more minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Shang noticed that the bottom had stopped curving, or at least, its curvature had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The deepest part of Aterium,' Shang thought with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, there was no living being down here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, Shang was bathed in a dense and bright glow of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This glow of light was just the extremely hot magma. It was so insanely hot that even the space was being torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, the space was already being torn apart by the silver wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Shang didn't have his Domain of Entropy active, he wouldn't be able to survive for a single second in this environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Shang began to hover, and he flew upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magma was turned into Neutral Mana, which then turned into magma below Shang again, just like the water of the Eternal Ocean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After flying upward for a couple of million kilometers, Shang slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Judgment Palace was perfectly in the middle of Aterium, and he should theoretically be directly beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, at least, he should be very close to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, Shang slowed down. It was important that no Mage King saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang slowed down so that he barely moved a thousand kilometers per second, which was extremely slow for his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Shang was only about a million kilometers away from the surface, and be slowed down even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Shang felt Mana that wasn't just Fire, Metal, and Earth Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a Magic Circle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang wasn't quite sure if that Magic Circle was made by a Mage King of the Judgment Palace or by Kali.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Kali knows that I am coming. This Magic Circle was probably made by her, and if it wasn't, she should have checked the underground of her Empire,' Shang thought with a snort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Shang simply shot through the Magic Circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang passed through the Magic Circle, nothing of note happened. Shang only felt a bit of Mana leaving the Magic Circle and flying upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang decided to stop and wait at this location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just to be sure, Shang had already retracted his limbs back into his torso, making him seem like his old self but wearing red instead of white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of seconds later, Shang's bandages told him that someone powerful was looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ascend,\" Shang heard the voice of Kali in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang just wordlessly ascended instead of answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, he didn't want to appear any different from his old self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, Shang wasn't fully trusting Kali and Abaddon, and the less those two knew about him, the better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop,\" Kali transmitted after Shang ascended for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHING!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, a portal opened in front of Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kali had waited to summon the portal until Shang was at a safer depth. If the pressure or heat were too much, someone might notice. After all, some heat and magma were bound to go through the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang quickly flew through the portal, and it closed rapidly behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang found himself inside a huge room with expensive ornaments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were chandeliers, luxurious rugs, statues, huge plants, and there was also a humongous bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, all of these things looked old and decrepit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost like this place was a ruin, a shadow of its former self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, this was Kali's room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could also see Kali standing in the middle of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't even looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the plan?\" Shang asked in a cold and emotionless voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Kali looked at Shang for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait,\" she said before looking away again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, Shang would ask for more specifics, but that wouldn't be fitting for Shang's old persona. Because of that, Shang remained silent and simply started waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About two weeks later, Kali turned to Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't move,\" she emotionlessly said as she pointed a finger at the hovering Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang did just that, and an instant later, expensive ore gathered around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ore was extremely powerful. Shang was quite certain that it was even in the Emperor Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ore encased Shang's body, and as it did, shining lines from different Magic Circles appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a couple of seconds, Shang's body ' was fully encased in extremely hard and expensive ore, and he had transformed into something that looked like an ancient machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's appearance was already very far away from a human's appearance, but now, there were zero connections between him and a normal human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang wasn't very alarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he could just use his Domain of Entropy to destroy the ore around him. It would just take a bit of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Funnily enough, Shang's Spirit Sense was also completely isolated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was unable to move and unable to communicate with anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people would think this was quite a terrifying place to be in, but Shang didn't mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could break out whenever he wanted. Some moments later, Shang's mind was suddenly let out of the encased ore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will release your perception when it is safe,\" Kali said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang looked at Kali.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1009,"2026-06-06T04:07:26.031Z",1,"novelbin.me","bce6cf6110641f788c3ee32846249c76dc9566610edcbfe725ee41273be48a18","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-984","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-982",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]