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

to become even more powerful, and at

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

hold so many things that they would need three

had

without a Path could have also reached that step, but this would be the very step that made them

his Path and willed it to take

different strands of Mana slowed down,

began to move and extend to different locations than before, and

slowly created

to completely connect to each other, and when they were

Mana

at the surrounding Mana like

more Mana entered Shang's body for several

body began to shine in

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

his limit, but he had already learned how to advance to the True

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

himself to eat more and

spitting out the Mana

Shang's expression didn't

his life that

inside his body until he felt

had reached Mana

took a

of Mana inside his body to

wider in the past minutes, and Shang would

basically wouldn't be able to move the Mana around. It

sitting on the floor for several

soul and body were cramping, but this was an expected

deal with this bit of discomfort, they didn't deserve to

strands of Mana became

his body

compressing air between his

continued

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

hour later, it

like he

was like he couldn't compress

a bit of excitement. Who wouldn't be excited after finally achieving their goal after 50