Sword God in a World of Magic

After looking at his surroundings with his new Spirit Sense for a while, Shang sat down again and closed his right eye.

It was time to reach the True Path Stage.

It had been so long.

He had worked so much.

50 years of training tirelessly with unending discipline and enthusiasm.

How long would a normal talented person have taken, someone that didn't dedicate 100% of their life to their own power?

Probably over 150 years.

Maybe even over 200.

The danger of dying of old age would have been a real possibility.

But now, it was time.

Shang concentrated on his Path and willed it to become a reality.

It took several hours, but eventually, his Path began to manifest.

Shang felt a certain feeling of order enter his body, and he felt how it strengthened him.

It enveloped his entire being, and Shang felt how his connection with the world deepened.

Shang pulled this certain feeling deep into his chest and gathered it in one place. This was how the warriors reached the True Path Stage.

All the Mana in the surroundings entered Shang's body. Even the unknown kinds of Mana.

When someone elevated in power at this level, they absorbed all kinds of Mana of the surroundings to strengthen their being.

The Mana in the surrounding kilometers began to gather at Shang's place, but new Mana simply flooded the empty spaces again.

Mana was unending, and it filled the entire world.

As Shang absorbed more and more Mana, the connections of Mana he had established when he reached the Commander Stage began to strengthen even more.

The circulation of Mana inside Shang's body intensified severalfold, and he felt like he was ascending.

It was such a mysterious but empowering feeling.

he was leaving his old body behind

other. They didn't

more powerful, and at that moment, a change

the strands of Mana dissipate at the same level as they were

they would

had already

the very reason why a warrior needed to have created their Path. Every warrior without a Path could have also reached that step, but this

willed it to take

as that happened, the different strands of Mana

extend to different

body and slowly created something

all the strands to completely connect to each other, and when they were done,

more Mana entered

at the surrounding Mana like they were a

and more Mana entered Shang's

began to shine in a

wind. It was circulating inside it

limit, but he had

began to absorb more Mana. This was necessary since the body didn't naturally

forcing himself to eat

of spitting out the

Shang's expression

had gone through so much pain in his life that

and more Mana inside his body until he felt that it became impossible

had reached Mana

took a deep

the strings of Mana inside his

wider in the past minutes, and Shang

he basically wouldn't be able to move the Mana around. It was simply far too pressurized

sitting on the floor for several minutes,

like his soul and body were cramping, but this was an expected effect that

of discomfort, they didn't deserve to reach the True

the strands of Mana became thinner and

felt the pressure inside his body climb to new

was like he was compressing air between his two

Shang only continued in

the Mana compressed to only half of its initial

later, it halved

felt like he

he couldn't compress it

moment,' he thought with a bit of excitement. Who wouldn't be