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

Luckily, the magical paper

have huge issues with seeing all the

looked at

outline of his body and just a

started to draw

one of his fingers went to the middle of the finger and then traveled down to the hand, where all the pathways

a huge pathway going through his arm, which ended in

did that for his entire body

And he snorted.

the side. 'I would essentially need to completely recreate all my Mana pathways. Even more, during the lengthy process, I would be mostly helpless. I would only be able to move

am missing the boost from the advancement. If I change all the Mana pathways, I might lose access to some of them permanently. It takes a lot of Mana to change a Mana pathway, and if I lose access to too many of them, I might never be able to gather enough

at the diagram with all the changes

need to start here,

he was doing in his mind as he actually started

brows furrowed more and more as

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

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

chin as

to believe that there is no problem with that. By now, I know that the world is very good at creating Mana pathways, and if the solution

some math inside his head. Professor Callen had given Shang way more than just his Spell. After all, Shang also 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

minutes, but he

was not

enough, there was a

every spot in my body, I

a lot of Mana to fill, and the Mana I can have inside my body is finite

50% of their Mana. Additionally, the Mana required to actually move my Mana

would lose about 50% of my physical power, making my

attack far faster and with more flexibility and diversity. But due to my weakened body, the speed of my attacks would remain about the same while their

thought as he tapped his

while, Shang looked at where he was actually tapping and noticed that he was tapping on the

image Professor Callen had

huh?' Shang

and

Shang realized that this was a bad place. If any attack hit his chest, he would be done

of his head, but there was a bit of space

the different Mana pathways to the Mana reservoir inside