Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang's new memories swept through his mind in an instant, and he opened his right eye again.

'Once again, I'm glad that I didn't ask a stupid question, even though I was so young back then. It's a nice feeling to have a younger version of yourself help you far in the future. I just hope the questions stay relevant.'

'I should keep that habit alive. Right now, many things feel impossible. For example, I still don't know how I can combine all the different kinds of attacks into one cohesive battle style. I do have all the attacks, but they are distributed over four different weapons, and I can only use one of them at a time.'

'I simply trust in my future self to make these things possible. Right now, I have the opportunity to create a foundation for my future self. In the future, I will be grateful for my mindfulness in the past, which is currently the present.'

'Try out new things and find a way to elevate my being, huh?'

Shang scratched his chin as he mulled over these words for a while.

'I have some ideas, but I have no way of knowing if they are actually realistic or not. However, I shouldn't be too worried about these things right now. I just reached the True Path Stage, and I need to get used to this level first. Finding a way forward at this point would be inefficient since I lack the necessary experience right now.'

'For now, I need to keep my Battle-Strength high. To keep my Battle-Strength high, I need to know a lot of things, and knowing a lot of things means gaining experience, which will help me to advance in the future.'

'My future progression will be built on what I decide to do in the True Path Stage.'

'Never tire.'

'Never stop trying.'

'Always go forward.'

'My future self will thank me for it.'

Shang nodded once and stood up.

It was time to test his power.

"Finally done?"

Shang immediately became startled and jumped to the side.

He had grown used to his Spirit Sense, and his Spirit Sense could see basically everything.

him something from right beside him, he was

felt anyone near him just

eyes, and his

The jester!

It was here!

first time that the God had actually shown himself

the jester asked with a mechanical smirk. "This is my world, and I can

slowly calmed down and took a deep breath. "I was simply surprised because I didn't see you with my Spirit

does it feel? When you just came to this place, you couldn't even imagine how it feels to perfectly see kilometers of your surroundings with

from

thought about these things many times, and he had come to the realization

this world for too long, and all the magical things had become

a fantasy world

to someone,"

you here?" Shang

waddled around the cave with his short and mechanical

be funny, but with his terrifying presence, perceiving the situation to be humorous was

of the cave. "I thought that appearing myself to

"What things?" Shang asked.

and a small

listening,"

lifted his right arm

congratulations! You've been promoted!" he said with

couple of times. "Promoted? What do you

are no longer the medium to create future entertainment. You are now the

he didn't need to ask since the jester read

want to hear you ask," the jester

took a deep

change entail?" he

entertainment than the potential entertainment you can

a level of power that I have not foreseen. Your Battle-Strength currently rivals the greatest geniuses in the entire world,

don't want to see you theorize a way to reach the Fifth Realm. No, now, I want to see how far you can go. I want to see how many Realms you can advance before

to the warriors anymore. You can now fully