Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang felt his mind swim, and a second later, he felt like something extremely important to him was being torn away.

It was like someone had shoved their hands into his chest to tear out his heart!

However, Shang didn't move, and he didn't say anything.

He only gritted his teeth.

Queen Primordium was looking at Shang with surprise, while Wester had a small gleam of recognition in his eyes.

Sure enough, the Lightning Emperor had been correct.

Wester was essentially inflicting the greatest pain anyone could feel by tearing apart Shang's soul and establishing new connections.

Yet, Shang was just gritting his teeth.

This was an unreal amount of willpower and resistance to pain.

After a couple of seconds, Shang got used to the pain, and he simply stood there motionlessly.

Queen Primordium got surprised even more, and even Wester was surprised this time.

An equivalent picture from Earth would be someone looking evenly at someone that was currently slowly cutting through the first person's torso with a searing knife.

Shang wasn't showing any reactions anymore.

A couple of seconds later, Shang felt something he had never felt before.

It was extremely difficult to describe this feeling.

The closest thing Shang could say would be that he felt like the world had become more real.

It was like someone that had seen the world through the haze of tiredness was suddenly injected with adrenaline. They were more alert, took in all their surroundings in great detail, and wanted to do something.

This was the effect of anchoring Shang's soul.

connections of the tether, and now,

he pulled his finger back. "Your soul will now absorb life energy, and your Mana will

nodded. "Thank

Shang wasn't feeling

in his body, but he wouldn't

look now," Wester said, "your mind will now start to strengthen. Near the beginning, it will be quite fast since your body is so much more powerful than your mind, but it will slow

estimate that your mind will reach the Initial Archmage Realm within five years, the Early Archmage Realm within 15 years, the Mid Archmage Realm within 45 years, the Late Archmage Realm within 135 years, and the Peak Archmage Realm within

if your body increases by a level, your mind

happens if I remain at the peak of a Realm

needs a concerted effort to push through a major

that point, your soul will

Shang nodded.

was difficult for him to come

in this world, his mind had always been so much weaker

Magic had been an impossibility, and worst of all, nobody knew why Shang

What had been wrong?

been the thing that made it impossible for him

that, and even more, he had gained

Shang wouldn't

was already running out of longevity by only training in his physical Path. He didn't have any time to

powerful mind was still extremely useful

of all, comprehending Concepts would be easier for Shang, which resolved one of his

Entropy

comprehended two of those with the mind of a

comprehend these Concepts again would be when he was

be at the Peak Fifth Realm, which would allow him to comprehend a level

be at the Peak Sixth Realm, which would allow him

would be able to combine his two weapons into one

would have everything

Twilight to Darkness, which went via Subtraction to Ice, which

be a circle, and this circle would allow Shang to fuse

be in