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.

like he was leaving his old

Mana started to connect with each other. They didn't connect the different parts

them to become even more powerful, and at

were being built. It was like there wasn't enough power to tie

like someone needed to hold so many things that they would need three arms. Shang simply couldn't

Shang 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 would be the very

willed it to take control of his

the different strands of Mana slowed down, but they also

extend to different locations than before, and this time,

body and slowly created something that looked like

minutes for all the strands to completely connect

Mana entered

strands of Mana pulled at the surrounding Mana like

and more Mana entered Shang's body for several more

began to shine in a blue

like a steady wind. It was

felt like he was at his limit, but he

necessary since the body didn't naturally absorb

himself to eat more and more, even though he

of spitting out the Mana screamed

Shang's expression

so much pain in his life that this little

inside his body until he felt that it became impossible

had

took a

of the strings of Mana

far wider in the past minutes, and Shang would

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

floor for several minutes, his eye

soul and body were cramping, but this was an expected

with this bit of discomfort, they didn't deserve to reach the

strands of Mana became thinner and more

felt the pressure inside his

was compressing air between his

continued in a methodical

the Mana compressed to only half of its

hour later, it halved

that point, Shang felt like he had hit

like he

a bit of excitement. Who wouldn't be excited after finally achieving their