Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang kept training.

This was the only thing he could do.

He had chosen his future, and his future was now here.

Basically everyone he knew had left in some way or another, except for Jerald and Mervin, and he hadn't seen or talked to Mervin in a very long time.

Everyone else was gone.

The only thing Shang could do was accept it.

He had chosen his goal, and he had decided to put his goal above everything else.

If he wanted to achieve his goal, he had to be willing to sacrifice everything else.

And he knew that.

It still hurt whenever he heard of a death, but Shang knew that this was the choice he had made.

And, even though it hurt, he didn't regret his choice.

This was his life.

Power was his life.

There was only power.

Shang didn't even know why he wanted power so much. It was just what he wanted.

Maybe it was a fear of betrayal? After all, power and training could never betray him.

Maybe it was a fear of future loss? What was the point of having a friend if they would die one day?

Maybe it was just to spite and kill the God? He only saw Shang as a plaything, and Shang hated this feeling.

Maybe it was just his competitive mindset from Earth? After all, he enjoyed fighting and winning more than anything else.

Maybe it was all of that?

Nevertheless, everything culminated in Shang's dedicated pursuit of power.

He wanted to achieve something that had never been done before.

He wanted to reach places where no one had been before.

This was all that was on his mind.

Over the many years, Shang's mindset had solidified even more.

During these years, he realized that his outbursts of anger had been irrelevant most of the time.

He realized that his anger had only appeared due to his own pain and weakness.

Now, he was calm.

temper was no longer

had feared when he was just

had become the version of George he had seen when they met for the first

couldn't be any happier

had represented immortal

a perfect mindset for becoming

now, Shang

time to think, he realized that he had finally become who he had always

actually had a shot

Never-ending dedication.

Unbreakable discipline.

Goal focused.

Calm.

Calculating.

Creative.

Experienced.

Visionary.

up at the proverbial mountain that represented the peak

time, he thought that he could do

He had a shot.

He was finally prepared.

like an

There were no breaks.

mind focused on

years of isolation had

later, it was finally

changed into something unrecognizable, and Shang did so as

was now

had finished his

He was done.

Map, he could see the unbreakable diamond he had envisioned back

like an insurmountable

had seemed like an

now, Shang

and pronounced, and Shang

mastery over his Affinities gave the diamond beautiful accents, and the Shards

Path had become

ultimate Path he

It was finally complete.

had been completed, he could only stare at it for

years

of unending, dedicated, hard

was the work of his

was his

It was perfect.

It was beautiful.

It represented his future.

represented

closed his right eye, and