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

turned

once

Shang's attention to the hill he was currently

Flesh.

Blood.

Organs.

the flesh that had accumulated over the past century, and the pieces of flesh and organs were starting to stack

he wasn't actually standing on the ground but

was filled

noticed it before, but right now, he could feel something

blood, suffering, and pain for

the light, fresh air, or life could enter from

Everything was isolated.

this was a small

was like it was a

nothing bright, positive, or happy

And the air…

It was… strange…

that the

But what was this?

force

right hand and focused

some Mana in the surroundings to enter

instant, something happened

began to

over his hand,

move it,

heal it, but that was

His hand had died.

or scared, and he just looked at

what it was, but it felt profound

It felt mysterious.

never experienced anything like

wasn't like Darkness, but it also wasn't

It was different.

turned black

After all, all of Shang's body parts were still on the hill, and they

his hand was starting

just kept

vanish as the natural decomposition reduced

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

he absorbed

Mana

then, Shang

of this Mana had

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

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

Shang had absorbed the Mana in the surroundings without converting it to his own Mana. In essence, Shang was using a simplified and weaker version of Void

absorbing Mana included the incorporation of Shang's will on

that, Shang's body and mind didn't decompose

of this Mana. Sure, he had put his will on it, but did that mean

with something this mysterious, for

was like he