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!

suddenly

heat returned,

was like nothing had

his finger, and he

small Mana pathway needed so much of my Mana that I felt like I was about to die of hypothermia,

this tiny Mana pathway

energy reserves of my body. I can't do anything that goes beyond all the Mana inside my body. The Spell is essentially acting just like Darkness Mana poisoning. If all

that I have to create the Mana pathways slowly and in small bursts. I can't create an entire Mana pathway with one Spell. Luckily, I don't need to create a full

make an error during the calculations. As long as I follow the rules and protocol, there won't be a

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

down and calculated

checking everything, again and again, Shang

middle finger, but

bit exhausted but not tired. He felt a bit cool but

far easier. Alright,

the next Mana

And the next one.

And the next one.

state of routine, but compared to before, Shang was still

everything in detail, his right eye widened, and he forced himself

couldn't allow himself to become complacent in

was different

training, Shang essentially couldn't accidentally take a step back. He would always step forward, even

a mistake here, he

of time

how long he had been gone from the Storm Kingdom, but

day, Shang reached

breath

there were innumerable disconnected pipes going throughout

at a tree and took away the trunk and the branches connecting directly to the trunk, one

of small tubes leading nowhere at

State specific Mana pathways