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

the 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

them to become even more powerful, and at

as they were being built. It was like

like someone needed to hold so many things that they

Shang had

warrior without a Path

and willed it to take control of

soon as that happened, the different strands of Mana slowed down, but they

Mana began to move and extend to different

slowly created something

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

Mana entered Shang's

of Mana pulled at the surrounding Mana like they were a bottomless

Mana entered Shang's body for several

began to shine in a

a steady wind. It was circulating inside

felt like he was at his limit, but he had already learned how to advance to the True

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

was like Shang was forcing himself to eat more and more, even though he felt

out the Mana

Shang's expression

through so much pain in his life that this little bit of discomfort barely counted

inside his body until he felt

had reached

took a

the strings of Mana

had become far wider in the past minutes, and Shang would need to

basically wouldn't be able to move the

sitting on the floor for several minutes, his

this was an expected

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

Mana became thinner and more

inside his body climb to

he was compressing

only continued in

hour, the Mana compressed to only half of its

hour later, it halved

that point, Shang felt like he had

like he couldn't compress it

wouldn't be excited after