Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at his body and realized that there was still a bit to go.

However, this time, it no longer seemed impossible to comprehend Void Casting.

Shang was already 80% done.

Only about 40 more years.

Only two or three more sessions in the Isolation Chamber.

Then, he would finally comprehend Void Casting.

Yet, Shang only absentmindedly focused on nothing.

He was just standing in the Isolation Barrier, doing nothing.

He wasn't training.

He wasn't thinking.

He was just there.

That was it.

He just didn't care anymore.

Training was so exhausting.

Moving was so exhausting.

Thinking was so exhausting.

Everything was so exhausting.

He just didn't want to anymore.

His past was suffering.

His present was suffering.

His future was suffering.

Why suffering?

Why did it always have to be suffering?

Why did the world put him through so much suffering?

In Shang's mind, there was no way out of this suffering.

It couldn't be stopped.

As long as he lived, he would continue to suffer.

What was the point?

…

kept looking at

then, he slowly turned his head to

had once been Shang's body had fallen

Shang's attention to the hill he was

Flesh.

Blood.

Organs.

over the past century, and the

noticed that he wasn't actually standing on

air stunk indescribably, and it was filled with something terrifying and

before, but right now, he could feel

that had experienced nothing but blood, suffering, and pain for a century

the light, fresh air, or life could enter from the

Everything was isolated.

was like this was a

it was a small

was nothing bright, positive, or

And the air…

It was… strange…

that the air had gained

But what was this?

this force in the

his right hand and

Mana in the

instant, something happened to

began to turn

then, Shang lost control over his hand, and it just hung from his

tried to move it, but it

heal it, but

His hand had died.

nervous or scared, and he just

was, but it felt profound and

It felt mysterious.

experienced

but

It was different.

hand turned black

of such powerful people didn't decompose easily. After all, all of Shang's body parts were still on

hand was starting to

just kept looking at

hand began to vanish as the natural decomposition reduced it to earth,

on his surroundings as the decomposition slowly crept up his arm, destroying more and

could feel that if he absorbed

Mana

then, Shang got a

this Mana had

in here had been filled with this kind of Mana, what effects

ways in which Shang had absorbed Mana previously were very different from what he

Mana in the surroundings without converting it to his own Mana.

of absorbing Mana included the incorporation of Shang's

body and

had put his will on it, but did that

this

like he just didn't