Sword God in a World of Magic

And then, it started.

The long process of completely reforming his network of Mana pathways.

For now, Shang decided to keep his old network unchanged. Instead, he would add a second network connecting to the first one.

Like this, he could still use all of his attacks without having to figure out what Mana pathways he would need exactly in the future.

Then, when he understood all of his Mana pathways for all States, he would delete the old network and only use the new one.

But, for now, he would keep both.

Shang started to cast Callen's Spell. It had been several years since he had cast it the last time, and he was a bit out of practice, but it only took a couple of hours to get back into the groove.

After that, Shang started to actually change his Mana pathways.

The first time he did it, he was quite nervous. After all, one mistake could essentially cripple him permanently.

Because of that, he triple and quadruple-checked every Spell he was about to cast.

When he finished the first Spell, Shang felt a burning sensation come from his right middle finger.

At this moment, a new Mana pathway was forming inside his finger, and Shang suddenly felt like his entire body had been thrown into icy water.

Shang's right eye closed halfway.

He took deep breaths.

His shoulders sunk.

For the first time in over 60 years, Shang felt tired.

For the first time in forever, Shang wanted to sleep.

In the next couple of seconds, Shang almost stopped thinking.

SNAP!

he suddenly

returned, and

like nothing

interest at his finger, and he

of Mana. This small Mana pathway needed so much of my Mana that I felt like I was

this tiny Mana pathway with the far

The Spell is essentially acting just like Darkness Mana poisoning. If

an entire Mana pathway with one Spell. Luckily, I don't need to create a full one with a single Spell. I can

It's only dangerous if I get impatient or make an error during the calculations. As long

Kind of easy, but one

sat down and calculated his next

checking everything, again and again, Shang performed

Shang's right middle finger, but it stopped growing at

to the first time, Shang felt a bit exhausted but

far easier. Alright,

the next

And the next one.

And the next one.

while, Shang's mind returned to its state of routine, but compared to before, Shang was still extra

that he wasn't checking everything in detail, his

to become complacent in

was different

couldn't accidentally take a step back. He would always step

mistake here, he would be blowing his own

lot of

had no idea how long he had been gone from the Storm Kingdom, but he knew it had been a

this day, Shang reached his first

deep breath and inspected all

moment, there were innumerable disconnected pipes going throughout

tree and took away the trunk and the branches connecting directly to the

mess of small tubes leading

specific Mana pathways are