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

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

them to become even more powerful, and

as they were being built. It was like there wasn't enough power

things that they would need three arms. Shang simply couldn't concentrate on everything

Shang had already expected

to have created their Path. Every warrior without a Path could have also reached that step, but this would

Path and willed it

the different strands of

to different locations than before, and this time, they stayed

over his entire body and slowly created something

completely connect to each other, and

Mana entered Shang's

of Mana pulled at the surrounding Mana like they were a bottomless

more Mana entered Shang's body for several

passed, Shang's body began to shine

a steady wind. It was circulating inside it in a rapid stream, strengthening his entire

point, Shang felt like he was at his limit, but he had

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

to eat more and more,

out the Mana screamed at

Shang's expression

pain in his life that this little bit

until he felt

had reached

took a deep

of Mana inside his body to

past minutes, and Shang would need

didn't do that, he basically wouldn't be able to move the Mana around. It

sitting on the floor for several

but this

a warrior couldn't even deal with this bit of discomfort, they didn't deserve to reach the True

strands of Mana became thinner

his body climb to new

compressing air

continued in

the next hour, the Mana compressed to only half

hour later, it

point, Shang felt like he had

he couldn't compress

wouldn't be excited after finally achieving their goal after 50 years of hard