Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang stood at the edge of the cave and looked at the surroundings of the mountain with cold, calculating, and calm eyes.

He had calmed down.

The 20 days of waiting for the foreign will to vanish had given him plenty of time to think about his actions.

Eventually, he came to a conclusion.

'I lost control.'

'Being emotional brought me into unnecessary danger.'

'I need to keep my rage in check.'

'I can't listen to my emotions.'

These had been his thoughts.

And with the help of these thoughts, Shang managed to wake up and get rid of his rage.

His rage had transformed into frustration.

His lack of control over his emotions had messed up his training efficiency, and he couldn't allow that to happen again.

After absorbing the first beast, Shang had followed his usual routine, and it worked out very well.

He continued absorbing Mid Commander Stage beasts, and the efficiency was now about 20% better than absorbing Early Commander Stage beasts.

Shang also wasn't completely helpless for an entire week after absorbing one.

'Overcoming the regret of my choices helped me in solidifying the importance of my goal, strengthening my willpower.'

'Many people fear emotional pain, but overcoming such pain can do wonders for your willpower.'

'The pain of my past gives me strength for my future.'

It had been three months since Shang had reached the Ancestral Mountain, and he was finally ready to leave.

Enough time had passed that the appearance of Abominations wouldn't be connected to his presence. After all, if Abominations had appeared right after he arrived here, it would have been awfully coincidental, right?

Shang's body had also reached about 83% of the power of an Early Commander Stage beast's body, and it was time to push that efficiency more by absorbing another Abomination.

Lastly, Shang had spent most of the last three months searching for powerful ore in the Ancestral Mountain.

He had to go to some dangerous places, but he was very good at sensing danger and escaping.

And finally, he upgraded Sword to the Peak Commander Stage.

This was about as powerful as Shang could make Sword with his current power.

The next upgrade would be for the Initial True Path Stage, and those kinds of ores only existed near True Path Stage beasts. Additionally, since this was an entirely new Stage, he would need to get the ores for his four different Affinities again.

Upgrading Sword to the Initial True Path Stage would become arduous and difficult, and it was not something Shang could attempt right now.

It was time to leave.

It was time to enter the Blackshadow Kingdom.

"Are you ready?" Shang asked Sword.

"Ready," it answered.

Shang nodded.

activated his Domain of

on the presences, but then his right

it?!' he

Shang could feel one presence that was vastly

Path Stage

'But how?!'

I didn't really become any more powerful than

can I suddenly

'What changed?!'

changed, but something

the True Path Stage Abomination, and sure enough, he felt it

very quickly

counted as a somewhat

about True Path

Commander Stage Abominations would raise some eyebrows in the

if a True Path Stage Abomination appeared, they would all realize that something had to

True Path Stage Abomination, the entire world will take note of their appearance, and someone is bound to connect

and

being summoned.

and he hoped that it worked. If he could control where they appeared, things would

of the Abominations somewhat resisted, but they eventually complied, and Shang

they appeared, but he

been set, and the destructive will of the Abominations had

if Shang

SHING! SHING! SHING!

Abominations appeared near the foot

were on the ground, while the General Stage Abominations were on the

course, the Commander Stage Abomination

hadn't been the biggest

Commander Stage Abomination would appear somewhere completely else

they followed Shang's

his hand into the Abomination's torso, which didn't resist at

was almost like it was happy

was like this was its

supposed to make Shang

absorb the Abomination, but in these two seconds, hell

Abominations started to charge

had been Shang's

Serpent Zone, Shang wanted to keep the Abominations a secret, but

knew that several powerful Mages would be waiting for him, and he had

people in the Ancestral Mountain

Ancestral Mountain Zone was extremely safe since the beasts all either lived in very deep caves or very high up the mountain.

Most of the talented Mages were also here since this place allowed them to fight the enemy without

be a paradise for growing

a horde of Abominations had

True Mage Realm, fall back immediately!

headquarters to this Zone, and he had

Adepts and barbarians fled

screeched in

people couldn't react

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

like an army of True Mages bombarded