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.

he activated his Domain

presences, but then his

feel it?!' he thought

feel one presence that was vastly more

True Path Stage

'But how?!'

I didn't really become any more powerful

I suddenly

'What changed?!'

what had changed, but something had to have

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

quickly stopped

Abominations still counted as a somewhat normal

about True

appearance of Commander Stage Abominations would raise some eyebrows in the Kingdoms, but it was nothing too

a True Path Stage Abomination appeared, they would all

entire world will take note of their appearance,

True Path Stage Abomination and focused on one of the Commander

the Commander Stage Abomination was close to being summoned. It always took a couple of minutes

tried to control where the Abominations would appear, and he hoped that

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

control where they appeared, but he also noticed that there was no way back

set, and the destructive will

out, even if Shang wanted them not

SHING! SHING! SHING!

400 Abominations appeared near the

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

Abomination

been the

Commander Stage Abomination would appear somewhere completely else than

they followed

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

was happy to be

was like this

was supposed to

two seconds to absorb the Abomination, but

the Abominations started to

been

Shang wanted to keep the Abominations a secret, but now, he wanted them to attack the Grandmountain

be waiting for him, and he had to

the Ancestral Mountain Zone watched in horror as their world

since the beasts all either lived in very deep caves or very high up the mountain.

their power. Most of the talented Mages were also here since this place allowed them to fight the enemy without too high of a chance of

be a paradise

a horde of Abominations

Realm, fall

moved his headquarters to this Zone, and he had immediately given

and barbarians fled

screeched

couldn't react fast enough

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

an army of True Mages bombarded