[{"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-840":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},1492908,1940,"Chapter 840  840 – Many Paths","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-840",840,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After comprehending Sword Heart for his Addum, Shang decided to focus on comprehending Sword Heart for his Subsis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had trained both of them nearly equally, and comprehending Sword Heart for his Subsis only took a couple of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Shang had two Sword Hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of his World Connection had increased yet again, but it didn't make that big of a difference to before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his ability to focus had become more effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the starting size of the circle had a radius of 50 kilometers, which meant that Shang could essentially physically attack someone from 50 kilometers away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more, the standard attack, without having to gather a lot of focus, was now just as powerful as Shang's physical attack, and he could increase the power even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant, as long as Shang was 50 kilometers away from the enemy, he could instantaneously unleash a nearly unavoidable attack that had the power of Meteor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, training without focusing on anything had allowed Shang to comprehend something that increased his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, it wasn't useful to Shang's Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang needed to comprehend something that was on the level of a Mage King to retain the power of his Spirit Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Heart was something that Impose Stage warriors would comprehend to reach the Sixth Stage, the Heart Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword Heart was on the same level as World Connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Shang comprehended the level above Sword Heart, it would only increase his potential Spirit Sense from onefold to twofold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang could only get back to a fivefold Spirit Sense with something that a Warrior Lord would use to become a Warrior King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was obviously not the way to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more, Shang had two weapons, which would make this even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang still needed to find something that could increase his Spirit Sense and his Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, he didn't search for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, he would continue to train aimlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, another century was up, and Shang turned 1,600.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war had been going on for 400 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's little world had completely recovered by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many different landscapes, animals, plants, and beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lightning Manor still didn't change the assignment of Zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Shang continued fighting in his inner world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next thing he managed to comprehend was the level three Concept of Darkness, Consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consumption increased the power of Darkness Absorb by a lot, and it allowed Shang to cancel even more of the opponent's will while using less Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was definitely quite useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was all he comprehended in that century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang turned 1,700.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lightning Manor still didn't change anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Shang realized that the last century had come, he decided to actually focus on something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided to focus on the level four Concept of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had died so many times, and he had also come into contact with extremely powerful Death Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that he was close to comprehending it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, instead of fighting, Shang summoned one powerful Mid Beast Lord after the other, and he didn't even resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was eaten, pecked apart, bitten, eviscerated, exsanguinated, crushed, drowned, frozen, incinerated, torn apart, poisoned, shocked, cut, pressed together…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, all of this stopped mattering to Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying became normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was dying actually really so bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever Shang noticed that he was having these thoughts, he did his best to rectify them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying in here was fine, but dying outside was not fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying outside meant that everything would end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death in here was different from true death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was when Shang realized it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why he hadn't comprehended the level four Concept of Death yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dying in here didn't represent dying outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang's mind replayed the things he had felt after coming into contact with the powerful Death Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was definitely a difference between that Death Mana and dying in here, emotionally speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Shang had grown used to dying, just the thought of coming into contact with this powerful Death Mana filled Shang's mind with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Getting accustomed to death?' Shang thought with ridicule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Dying in here is not a true death.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How can I ever get accustomed to death when I've never actually died?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally, he understood everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level four Concept of Death, Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the level four Concept of Death was the state of being dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level four Concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that an Ancestral Mage would use to become a Mage Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang was still in the Early Sixth Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This truly put into perspective that Shang's mind was no longer his weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comprehending a level four Concept in the Early Sixth Realm was something that only Clouds could do, the most talented Mages in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Shang very talented in Magic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that Shang's mind was extremely focused, and that it was constantly in an extreme state of comprehension due to Shang's insane willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just never stopped learning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never took breaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never took it easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a perfect machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After comprehending the level four Concept of Death, Shang decided to rework his techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now had Sword Heart and another Concept of Death to work with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Realm hadn't benefited, but his foundation and Battle-Strength had increased tremendously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, Shang had an idea of what he could do to retain his Spirit Sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shang had been a warrior up to the True Path Stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, he had comprehended World Connection, which deviated from the path of a warrior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Custodian, World Connection had been used by World Manipulators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that Shang had the base of a warrior, but channeled all of this into what World Manipulators used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Shang comprehended Void Break, which was something that Berserkers used, but Shang had also changed it somewhat to fit his own style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that Shang had already borrowed from three different Paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, Shang was using several weapons, which meant that he was even treading on the Weapon Master Path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four Paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the next breakthrough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why not borrow from yet another Path?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And wasn't there a very noticeable Path he hadn't borrowed from yet?\u003C\u002Fp>",1053,"2026-06-06T04:07:23.276Z",1,"novelbin.me","08261211ba931d5c903cfa565a66eb81d4c18276a8d43a4cdaed3ef592b55bc4","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-841","sword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-chapter-839",1033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsword-god-in-a-world-of-magic-cover.jpg"]