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

even more, the different strands of Mana started to connect with each other. They didn't connect the different parts of Shang's body with each other anymore

more powerful, and

the strands of Mana dissipate at the same level as they were being built. It was

things that they would need three arms.

Shang had

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

his Path and willed it to take control of his entire

the different strands of Mana

to different locations than before, and this

and slowly

the strands to completely connect to each other,

Mana entered Shang's

at the surrounding

Shang's body for several

Shang's body began to shine in

Mana inside his body felt like a steady wind. It was circulating

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

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

eat more and

instinct of spitting out

expression

life that this little bit of discomfort barely counted as a mere

Mana inside his body until he felt

had reached

Shang took a deep

of the strings of Mana inside his body

had become far wider in the past minutes, and

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

remained sitting on the floor for several minutes,

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

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

strands of Mana became thinner

felt the pressure inside his body climb

like he was compressing

Shang only continued

next hour, the Mana compressed to only

it halved its volume

that point, Shang felt like he had

was like he

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