[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic":3,"chapter-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-442":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sword God in a World of Magic",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1492127,1940,"Chapter 442 – Perfect","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-442",442,"\u003Cp>442 Chapter 442 – Perfect\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang kept training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the only thing he could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had chosen his future, and his future was now here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basically everyone he knew had left in some way or another, except for Jerald and Mervin, and he hadn’t seen or talked to Mervin in a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing Shang could do was accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had chosen his goal, and he had decided to put his goal above everything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wanted to achieve his goal, he had to be willing to sacrifice everything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he knew that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It still hurt whenever he heard of a death, but Shang knew that this was the choice he had made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, even though it hurt, he didn’t regret his choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power was his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang didn’t even know why he wanted power so much. It was just what he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was a fear of betrayal? After all, power and training could never betray him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was a fear of future loss? What was the point of having a friend if they would die one day?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was just to spite and kill the God? He only saw Shang as a plaything, and Shang hated this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was just his competitive mindset from Earth? After all, he enjoyed fighting and winning more than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was all of that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, everything culminated in Shang’s dedicated pursuit of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to achieve something that had never been done before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to reach places where no one had been before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was all that was on his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the many years, Shang’s mindset had solidified even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these years, he realized that his outbursts of anger had been irrelevant most of the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized that his anger had only appeared due to his own pain and weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s temper was no longer explosive but calm and collected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very thing Shang had feared when he was just a kid had become a reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had become the version of George he had seen when they met for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Shang couldn’t be any happier about that transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George had represented immortal dedication to a goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George had represented a perfect mindset for becoming powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, Shang was this representation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a quiet moment when Shang actually got time to think, he realized that he had finally become who he had always wanted to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone that actually had a shot at becoming truly powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never-ending dedication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbreakable discipline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goal focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Visionary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, he could look up at the proverbial mountain that represented the peak of power and not be intimidated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, he thought that he could do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was finally prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang continued training like an inexhaustible machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no breaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire mind focused on nothing but battle and power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>50 years of isolation had solidified Shang’s personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And two years later, it was finally time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world had changed into something unrecognizable, and Shang did so as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang was now 82 years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Shang had finished his Path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang looked at his Star Map, he could see the unbreakable diamond he had envisioned back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had seemed like an insurmountable hurdle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had seemed like an impossible task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Shang was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lines of the diamond were thick and pronounced, and Shang had even connected the different Stars at the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang’s mastery over his Affinities gave the diamond beautiful accents, and the Shards inside it were all clear and clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Path had become a reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ultimate Path he had dreamed of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was finally complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Shang’s Path had been completed, he could only stare at it for several hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over 50 years of work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>50 years of unending, dedicated, hard work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the work of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his greatest achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It represented his future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it represented his past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang closed his right eye, and he could feel his Path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so grand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Shang gathered all his insights into one gargantuan concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Path had become complete, and it was now becoming a reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang felt his mind become clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The images in his surroundings became clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every detail became clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His perception stretched further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Shang had only been able to feel about two to three kilometers of his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it stretched to five kilometers, and every single detail in these five kilometers was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Pseudo-Spirit Sense had become a real Spirit Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he hadn’t even reached the True Path Stage yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only solidified his Path, and the actual advancement to the True Path Stage would commence soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his new Spirit Sense, Shang could also feel other kinds of Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could finally feel the thick Earth Mana in his surroundings, and he could also feel the bit of Wind Mana in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could probably even use them, but his usage would be on par with someone in the Apprentice Realm, weak beyond comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could still feel the Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, finally, he could also feel the Thunder Horse’s mark on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the many years, the mark had become incredibly weak, and it had probably even lost most of its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang guessed that only Zone Beasts could feel it if they really concentrated on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t have the power to send a signal anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had essentially transformed into an empty battery, a remnant of the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a while, Shang only concentrated on all the different kinds of Mana he could feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could even feel some Mana that felt completely unfamiliar to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even know what they represented, but he could feel their presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A couple of hours later, Shang slowly stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he put Sword to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Shang slowly opened his right eye, a calm light appeared in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s time.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1056,"2026-06-06T04:07:02.167Z",1,"novelbin.me","a849912f04d2f65c310f72721598a24a9888235d804aad5016aa49547220edb8","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-443","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-441",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]