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 snapped

returned, and the

was like nothing had

interest at his finger, and he saw the

much of my Mana

deep breath as he compared the size of this tiny Mana pathway with the far bigger ones he would need to

do anything that goes beyond all the Mana inside my body. The Spell is essentially acting just like Darkness Mana poisoning. If all my Mana gets used up while the poisoning hasn't been resolved

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

I get impatient or make an error during

it's a bit like driving. Kind of easy,

down and calculated his next

and again, Shang

middle finger, but it

comparison to the first time, Shang felt a bit exhausted but not

easier. Alright,

the

And the next one.

And the next one.

Shang's mind returned to its state of routine, but

detail, his right eye widened, and he forced himself to check

couldn't allow himself to become complacent

was different

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

mistake here, he would be blowing his own

of time

the

Shang

deep breath and inspected all his

there were innumerable disconnected pipes going

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

a mess of small tubes leading nowhere at the edges of his

Great Sword State specific Mana