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 body behind and inhabiting a

Mana started to connect with each other. They didn't connect the different parts of Shang's body with each other anymore but directly connected with each

to become even more powerful, and at that

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

they would need three arms.

Shang had already

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

visualized his Path and willed it

different strands of Mana slowed down, but they also

move and extend to different

entire body and slowly created something

minutes for all the strands to completely connect to each other, and when they

Mana

of Mana pulled at the surrounding

Shang's body

Shang's body began to

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

was at his limit, but he had already

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

Shang was forcing himself to eat

instinct of spitting out the Mana screamed

expression

life that this little bit of discomfort barely counted as

his body until he felt that it became impossible to

body had

took

the strings of Mana inside his body

had become far wider in the past minutes, and Shang

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

sitting on the floor for several

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

bit of discomfort, they

strands of Mana became thinner and

his body

like he was compressing

continued in a

next hour, the Mana compressed to only half

later, it halved

like he had

was like he couldn't

is the moment,' he thought with a bit of excitement. Who wouldn't be excited after finally achieving