Sword God in a World of Magic

It had taken so many years and so many Mind Flow Pellets, but Shang had finally done it.

By now, Shang was 630 years old. People in the Fifth Realm could live for about a thousand years, which meant that Shang was essentially over 50 years old if he were a mortal.

If someone reached the Sixth Realm, they would have reached it in their 400s or 500s, at the latest.

Yet, Shang still wasn't done.

He had only comprehended three of the five things he needed to reach the Sixth Realm.

Luckily, the next part Shang needed to focus on wouldn't take too long.

Sure, the creation of an entirely new Path was always difficult, especially without a Star Map, but Shang had gained a lot of experience, and his mind had become many times more powerful. Lastly, he even had access to expensive resources.

Over the past centuries, Shang had consumed over four Grade Seven Mana Crystals worth of Mind Flow Pellets, which would have been unimaginable to him before coming to his town.

This was the advantage of having a powerful organization backing him.

Surprisingly, ever since the number of True Path Stage warriors joining the Temple of Blood had increased, the Congregation stopped demanding progress and proof from him.

This meant that they were more than happy with the influx of warriors they were getting.

Over the past centuries, the Temple of Blood had already created several methods to make perfect use of these warriors.

The minds of the warriors were mostly weaker than their bodies, which was extremely useful for covert missions since Mages only judged another human's power by feeling the Mana waves coming from their minds.

The target of a mission might look around suspiciously, but they would ignore someone whose mind was like four levels below their own.

Even more, the Temple of Blood had created a terrifyingly effective piece of equipment.

It was an earring with quite an interesting ability.

The earring would severely restrict the flow of Mana that would enter or exit someone's mind, locking up someone's Magic. They could still cast some very weak Spells, but these Spells would be at least two Realms below their own, making them worthless.

Additionally, taking the earring off didn't mean that one could immediately cast Magic. The mind and Mana would need to resynchronize first, which took a couple of seconds.

However, that also severely weakened their strength in the eyes of others.

warrior would seem as powerful as a

in the middle of a city and no one paid attention, who would

True Path Stage warriors were still

decades ago, but that

the Temple of Blood

been warned about an attempt on their life would find themselves dying

some organizations and households

knew of the Temple of Blood

the Temple of Blood had found some

even worse, the power of the people dying to this mysterious weapon

for Archmages to die to this mysterious weapon

of Blood was

in Shang had

recouped their investments, but they would earn far more than they invested in the

they were no

Shang focused on creating his new

change his

focus on

for now, he

Shang wasn't planning on creating a weapon that was perfect for being

even his Addum hadn't been designed to fight on its

wasn't as cumbersome as his old Colossal Sword, but it was definitely more on the heavy and slow side. The Addum definitely

creating a sword that would

lot of experimenting, Shang finally came up with

fact, it couldn't even be called a

a very long and

weapons the fencers

was absolutely horrible

Shang had a very good reason

sword, Shang focused on

was thin, long, and had

willed

CRRRR!

the sword, and in an instant, a long