Sword God in a World of Magic

As Shang continued thinking about his Path forward, everything seemed to click into place until one whole plan was created.

'There must be a way to further one's Path without needing to branch out into other weapons. Just like the Star Map, there must be a point beyond the Path where it can lead to, and that point represents the Fifth Realm.'

'Depending on the power of the warrior's Path, that point might create an even bigger divide in terms of power since it completely relies on what kind of Path a warrior has chosen to create.'

'It would be the natural progression. It's not as bad as only increasing the power of the warrior's body but also not very outstanding. It's just normal, like all the previous major breakthroughs.'

At that moment, Shang's right eye narrowed. 'However, that isn't enough for me. Just based on the width of my Path, I would need to push all four of my Paths even further. Additionally, my individual Paths are already far wider than the Paths of every other warrior.'

'Sure, my power would increase by a lot, but if I want to reach Godhood one day, there must be more.'

'The normal plan for warriors would be to advance with their bodies until they are at the Peak True Path Stage. Then, they would focus on increasing the power of their minds by a bit to allow them to learn things quicker. Lastly, they would focus on creating their advanced Path.'

'If I were to follow that plan, I would be at the Peak True Path Stage with no further advancement in my Path. After that, I would focus on furthering all four of my Paths at once.'

'In the end, I would have reached the next level of my four Paths and reach the Fifth Realm.'

'But that's not enough!'

Shang looked towards the south. In his mind, he was looking towards the Storm Eagle Zone.

This was the place where he had come up with his Path, and it had appeared like a monumental undertaking back then.

Now, he would undertake another monumental task.

If any other warrior heard of Shang's plan, they would believe him to be insane.

'It requires the furthering of one Path to reach the fifth Realm.'

'But I will make that the prerequisite for my small breakthroughs!'

'I will comprehend the necessary information to reach the Fifth Realm with one of my Paths in the Initial True Path Stage and use that comprehension to reach the Early True Path Stage.'

comprehend another one to reach the

another one to reach the Late

last one to reach the Peak

shone with a light of

fuse my four Paths into

Shang only looked at

insane this task would prove

if not centuries, to further only one Path to reach the Fifth Realm, but Shang would need to do that four times and then do something even more insane to

people in the Fourth Realm felt like so long, but now, it felt

bit more than 400 years left to do five to six times as much work as other warriors

him, his mind wandered to the victory celebration from a couple

took a

celebration, and being surrounded by people that

Shang could only release

'I already knew that I wouldn't have

am I

received a glimpse of something he wasn't

left a bittersweet taste in his mouth, but

most important

he had to sacrifice everything else in his life for power, he would

thousand people in the world have worked just as hard as me, but that number drops significantly the

because the others were

a hundred years, but as soon as it went on for more centuries or even millennia, their discipline weakened, and

a fist, and Shang looked at it with narrowed

'Never become complacent.'

'Always continue forward.'

'Never stop.'

more and more time passes, fewer and fewer people will be on my level, and

people out there than me, but talent

thrice as fast when you fight someone that trains five times as much

'Always continue!'

towards the south