Sword God in a World of Magic

More years passed, and Shang continued battling with the beasts inside his inner world.

During the battles, he comprehended a couple more Concepts.

For example, he comprehended the level one Concept of Fire, Kindling, which made his fire a little more efficient.

Sadly, just like with the other Concepts he had comprehended in this little world, it wasn't that useful.

Then, he comprehended the level two Concept of Ice, Freeze, which made it easier to lower the temperatures.

Surprisingly, this wasn't useful at all for now, but it would prove quite useful soon.

After Shang had comprehended that Concept, he actually actively sought out the level two Concept of Fire, which quickly came to him.

Just a couple of years later, Shang comprehended the level two Concept of Fire, Heat, which made it easier to heighten the temperatures.

As soon as Shang had comprehended it, he realized that the two level two Concepts of Ice and Fire were not useless at all.

By increasing the intensity of cold and heat, Shang's Comet became even more powerful, increasing Shang's speed by about 20%.

Some of his attacks had also grown more powerful, but that wasn't worth mentioning. At most, they increased in power by 5% or so.

After seeing these results, Shang reevaluated his mindset.

'There might be something to this,' Shang thought as he inspected his new abilities.

'I didn't expect that comprehending two irrelevant and weak level two Concepts could have such an effect on my power.'

'Usually, I focus on comprehending something specific, which I know will increase my power drastically. That's how I managed to gain a sixfold Spirit Sense.'

'Yet, my focused efforts may have made me miss out on a couple of small powers.'

Shang clenched his right hand as he held it in front of him.

'In the past, I was always under immense time pressure due to my limited longevity.'

'But now, I have so much time.'

'Maybe, instead of trying to reach the Peak Void Break Realm to search for a way to reach the next Realm, I should just train without focusing on anything at all.'

'I didn't understand a lot in the last years, but for some reason, winning against the beasts became easier.'

'This means that something else is happening.'

my power is increasing in a way I

something else that I

about the old Paths and what kind of Paths I can

for a while, Shang

Void Break Realm when I became 1,400

the power of

I won't be able to properly train

Mid Beast Lord Realm, and if my power continues to increase like

this level, the Affinity Wheel will become

the

Shang nodded.

that, he returned to his inner world

decided to continue training without focusing

that he most likely wouldn't find a true path forward, but his foundation would become wider, and his powers

kept on fighting

up, and Shang

felt that he no longer needed to absorb any more

he wanted to, he could reach the Mid Void Break

didn't

for 400 more years

couple of years, the feeling that he was comprehending something had increased by quite

was like there

he was about to

and once

the three barriers

Nothing had changed.

continued training

Mage Kings had lost nearly all interest

couple of days, one of them remembered that Shang existed and threw a curious glance, but then, they would

used to seeing

an unsolvable problem, and his presence

annoying and problematic Early

there was nothing

continued to

century, Shang comprehended only one

level three Concept of

increased the speed of Shang's light-based attacks, giving him a tiny

of light yet. In fact, they

bit he had received from his Concept was already quite

Missile and Radiation increased by a