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

with each other. They didn't connect the different parts of Shang's body

willed them to become even more powerful,

the strands of Mana dissipate at the same level as they were being built. It was like there wasn't enough power

things that they would need three arms.

had already

a Path could have also reached that step, but

Path and willed it to take control

of Mana slowed down,

Mana began to move and extend to

slowly created something that looked like

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

more Mana entered

the surrounding Mana like they

Mana entered Shang's body for several

body began to shine in a

his body felt like a steady wind. It was circulating inside it in a rapid stream, strengthening

Shang felt like he was at his limit, but he had already learned

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

Shang was forcing himself to eat more and more, even though he

instinct of spitting out the

Shang's expression didn't even

in his life that this little bit of discomfort

inside his body until he felt that it

had reached Mana

Shang took

willed all of the strings of Mana inside

in the past minutes, and

able to move the Mana around. It was simply

floor for several minutes, his eye

body were cramping, but this was an expected effect that every warrior

this bit of discomfort, they didn't

Mana became thinner

inside his body climb

like he was compressing air between his

only continued

next hour, the Mana compressed

it

that point, Shang felt like he had hit a

was like he couldn't

wouldn't be excited after finally achieving their