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.

was like he was leaving his old body behind and inhabiting a

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

them to become even more powerful, and

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

needed to hold so many things that they would

Shang had already expected

a Path could have

and willed it to take control of his entire

different strands of Mana slowed

Mana began to move and extend to different locations than before, and this time, they

entire body and slowly created something that looked like

connect to each

Mana entered

pulled at the surrounding Mana like

and more Mana entered Shang's body for several more

Shang's body began to shine

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

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

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

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

out the Mana screamed

Shang's expression

through so much pain in his life that this little bit

body until he felt that it became

body had reached Mana

Shang took a

willed all of the strings of Mana inside his body

far wider in the past minutes, and Shang would

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

floor for

body were cramping, but this was an

this bit of discomfort, they

the strands of Mana

the pressure inside his body climb to

like he was compressing air

Shang only continued

the next hour, the Mana compressed to only half of its initial

hour later, it halved

that point, Shang felt like he had hit

he couldn't compress

Who wouldn't be excited after finally achieving their goal