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 leaving his old body behind and

connection strengthened 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 but directly connected with each

to become even more powerful, and at that

at the same level as they were being built. It was

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

Shang had

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

visualized his Path and willed it

happened, the different strands of Mana slowed

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

and slowly created something that looked like

for all the strands to completely connect to each

more Mana entered

of Mana pulled at the surrounding Mana like

Mana entered Shang's body for several

Shang's body began to shine in a

inside his body felt like a steady wind. It

limit, but he had already learned

This was necessary since

was forcing himself to eat more and

of spitting out the Mana

expression didn't

that this little bit of

body until he felt that it became impossible to

body had

took a

of the strings of Mana

become far wider in the past minutes,

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

remained sitting on the floor for

were cramping, but this was an expected effect

with this bit of discomfort, they didn't deserve to reach the True

Mana became

the pressure inside his body climb to

he was compressing air between his

Shang only continued in a

Mana compressed to only half of its

hour later, it halved its

that point, Shang felt like he had hit a

like he couldn't compress it

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