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.

suddenly asked him something from right

anyone near

with shocked eyes, and his eyes only widened

The jester!

It was here!

time that the God

own world?" the jester asked with a

a deep breath. "I was simply surprised because I didn't

with a smirk. "So, how 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

different from

come to the realization

for too long, and all the magical

now, Earth felt more like a fantasy world than this place to

to someone," the jester said,

are you here?" Shang

the cave with his

the God intended it to be funny, but with his

jester said as he looked at the walls of the cave. "I thought that appearing myself

"What things?" Shang asked.

major changes and a small gift,"

listening," Shang

his right arm and

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

a couple of times. "Promoted?

future entertainment. You are now the

thought that he didn't need to ask since the jester read

hear you ask," the

took a

that change entail?"

currently bringing me more entertainment than the potential entertainment you

reach a level of power that I have not foreseen. Your Battle-Strength currently rivals the greatest geniuses in the entire world, and seeing such a talented person create a Path for themselves is far more interesting than simply making

I want to see how far you can go. I want to see how many Realms you can advance before you run

give techniques to the warriors anymore. You can now