Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang was looking at the diagram with a bloodshot eye as he gripped his hair tight with his hands.

He was stressed.

There were so many changes that needed to be made across all the different pathways that it would essentially revert half of the changes that had been made previously.

There were so many issues that needed to be resolved, and Shang hadn't even reached the shared Mana pathways yet.

Things would only get worse from now on.

Now, Shang truly knew how incredible the Mana pathways actually were.

Sure, they weren't perfect, but they were good enough for everything.

By just changing one tiny thing, Shang had made several attacks straight-up impossible to use.

Shang had been looking at the diagram for hours now, trying to find a way to solve the current issue.

However, he was reaching his limit.

He fixed stuff here and there, but there were simply too many changes across the entire thing, and the new pathways felt completely different from the old ones.

It was like the architectural style of these pathways completely differed from the natural one of his original pathways.

After a while, Shang got distracted.

He felt like it was becoming impossible, and his mind was trying to think of a different solution.

Shang looked at the old and new diagrams again and again.

He looked back and forth.

Right now, Shang wasn't exactly thinking about anything in particular. He was just looking at stuff.

Then, Shang looked at the outer pathways, which looked a bit more orderly and straighter than the natural ones.

Shang looked where they led and scratched the top of his head.

After that, he took out a completely new diagram and began to draw the outline of his body.

of each other and marked the spots where all his Mana pathways

on the diagram. Luckily, the

normal human would have huge issues with seeing all

at the new

was the outline of his body and just

Shang started to draw

his fingers went to the middle of the finger

a huge pathway going through his arm, which

that for his entire

And he snorted.

if it would be that easy,' Shang thought as he threw the diagram to the side. 'I would essentially need to completely recreate all my Mana pathways. Even more, during the lengthy process, I would be

of them permanently. It takes a lot of Mana to change a Mana pathway, and if I lose access to too many

Shang looked at the diagram with all

to start here, move

he was doing in his mind as he actually

furrowed more and

could actually do it,' Shang thought. 'I could actually

of this allows me to easily add in additional Mana pathways. Assuming my new pathways can't incorporate all the ones for my other States, I can just add new ones. After all, all my current pathways are straight like pipes, and it's not a problem to just add an additional one alongside

his chin as

refuse to believe that there is no problem with that. By now, I know that the world is very good at

had to know how to simulate his Mana's movement before actually making the changes. Without that, Shang might build himself into a corner with no way to

Shang several minutes, but he

was not

was a

I have to

lot of Mana to fill, and the

would need to let go of about 50% of their Mana. Additionally, the Mana required to actually

would lose about 50% of my physical power, making my body only half as

far faster and with more flexibility and diversity. But due to my weakened body,

his finger

was actually tapping and noticed that he was tapping on

image Professor Callen had

huh?' Shang

and added a round

a bad place. If any attack hit

no more space inside of his head, but there was a

the different Mana pathways to the Mana reservoir