Chapter 444
Shang could see so incredibly far.
He could see hundreds of True Path Stage beasts and even some beasts in the fifth Realm. It had been an unknown if such
powerful beasts were in the Caves, but now, he knew.
Shang could feel three, and he could also see the bottom of the Caves.
Shang was already around 20 kilometers deep in the cave, and the actual end of the Caves was another 15 kilometers down.
At the lowest part, Shang could see a gigantic open space several kilometers wide and high.
Right now, the space was upied by the most terrifying beast in the Caves.
However, as soon as Shang looked at the beasts, he felt like they were looking back.
When Shang felt that, he immediately looked away.
For about a second more, Shang felt the Spirit Senses of these terrifying beasts, but they retreated after that.
They didn''t inspect Shang closely enough, which was why they hadn''t realized that he essentially felt like an Abomination.
They only gave him a cursory nce, and when they felt that a measly True Path Stage being had looked at them, they lost all
interest.
To them, it was like an ant would randomly face their direction while walking around outside.
It was irrelevant and unimportant.
Shang took a deep breath when he felt their Spirit Senses retreat.
He felt like he had just dodged a bullet.
‘I''ve be powerful, but | need to remember that there are many more powerful beings in this world. | can''t just randomly look
at everyone."
‘Luckily, I''m so much weaker than them that they didn''t even deign to take a closer look at me."
After Shang had seen these beasts, he came to a realization.
Yes, the most powerful beings in the five Kingdoms were the Zone Beasts, followed by the Kings.
However, that wasn''t entirely correct.
While the Zone Beasts and Kings gathered all the attention to them, one could easily overlook the terror that was the beasts in
the Fifth Realm.
There were around three of these beasts in each Zone, and every single one of them represented the power of a King.
This meant that the Skythunder Kingdom had over 100 beings with the power of a King inside of it, while there was only a single
human with that power.
The difference was absolutely astonishing and massive.
After looking away from the beasts, Shang turned his perception to the Caves above and around him.
He could see four True Path Stage warriors fighting against Initial and Early True Path Stage beasts right now.
‘Four at once?’ Shang thought. ‘That''s quite a lot. However, it does make sense. Jerald said that there are now very many True
Path Stage warriors in the Storm Eagle Zone.’
Shang looked at the warriors, and what he felt made him happy.
They felt so incredibly weak.
Even the Early True Path Stage warriors felt so very weak to him.
"My training didn''t betray me.’
‘| spent over 50 years in here while everyone else in the world advanced several levels.’
‘Yet, after all this time, | finally took my step forward, and my step is far bigger than anyone else''s several steps.’
‘True to the proverb, sharpening the axe doesn''t take time away from cutting wood.’
At this moment, Shang felt very powerful, and he was happy.
He had taken the biggest step in his journey to power, and making progress felt magical.
This was why Shang loved training.This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org.
He loved seeing the results.
This was why he had decided to forsake everything else in his life.
And, for the first time, he thoroughly felt that it had been the right choice.
After looking at everything for a while, Shang decided to get to the next point on the agenda.
He searched through his memories and found that something new had appeared.
In Shang''s memory, he stood in front of the God inside his hall.
“For my fourth question,” the blonde Shang with two eyes said.
“At this point in my journey, | must have already reached the Fourth Realm, which means that | would want to reach the Fifth
Realm."
"So, how can | reach the Fifth Realm?"
The God in Shang''s memory only smirked.
"You think I''ll make it this simple?" he asked.
The blonde Shang looked worried.
"| don''t want old stuff. | want new stuff," the God said. "| don''t want everything to go back to how it once was. | want to see new
Paths. | want to see what the humans cane up with in apletely changed environment from back then."
“Was this your n from now on, asking me how to progress to the next Stage?” the God asked with his typical smirk.
The blonde Shang only looked at him with an uncertain expression.
Yes, that had been his n.
"Then, go and change your n because I''m not going to answer these kinds of questions," the God said as he leaned back on
his throne.
The blonde Shang furrowed his brows and scratched his chin in thought.
Several seconds passed.
“Okay, then, what about an optimal way to find my way forward in the future? You know, not something specific but just a general
guideline, something that helps me in spurring on my own creativity," the blonde Shang said.
The God looked at the side and evaluated the question.
"Sure, | can answer that, but this answer will be applicable to all Realms. | don''t want to hear that question another five times or
so.
The blonde Shang nodded.
At that moment in Shang''s memories, a second God appeared, and it looked like he had stepped past the scene as he was
addressing him directly.
“Editor''s Note: Answer has been changed due to your unnned Affinity," he said.
Then, everything returned to normal, and the God gave his answer.
"The most important thing is creativity and the willpower to transform that creativity from mere ideas into something applicable in
reality."
“Look at all the different powers you have and try tobine them with each other in all kinds of manners. Even if you think that
something shouldn''t work, you might find yourself surprised when it actually works."
"Trial and error is the best way to find new possibilities, and as these new possibilities be more and more numerous, you
will gain more knowledge and experience. Eventually, you canbine some of them into something that you couldn''t have
thought of earlier.”
“As for a specific guide to reaching the next Realm without any sort of person guiding you towards it, you should always try to
find a way to elevate yourself."
“For example, True Mages needed toprehend a Concept to advance to the High Mage Realm. However, inparison to
the True Path Stage that your predecessor created, it isn''t unchangeable.”
“After bing a High Mage, the person in question canprehend more Concepts from different Elements. To reach the
Archmage Realm, they need toprehend one Concept, which is on a higher level than the other Concepts they know."
“However, if they truly want to stand out, they canprehend several other Concepts before making the breakthrough and
incorporate them in their Main Concept."
“For example, the Duke in the ce where you will be sent soon has the Concept of Wind Movement as his main Concept, but
he also knows the Concept of Water Drop and the Concept of Lightning Spark."
"If he gets serious, he can create Wind Spells that include the strengths of these Concepts from different Affinities, essentially
making him far more powerful than average High Mages."
"You can see this as two different kinds of elevation, and you could theoretically create a method to advance with both of them.
Right now, the Mages all use the higher-level Concepts as their basis for bing an Archmage, but with a bit of creativity,
effort, and research, they could also find a way to be an Archmage bybining several lower-level Concepts. However,
nobody has currently found that open Path yet. The current Path just works too well.”
"If you want to find a way to the next level, you have to find something simr. You have to find something that elevates what you
have created."
"| can think of over 20 different ways a True Path Stage warrior could advance to the next level, and all the different Fifth Realms
would be unique and different from each other."
“Experiment, try things out, work on yourself, work on your weapon, work on the surroundings, and try to find that spark of
inspiration that makes several or all of these things click together in one cohesive picture."
"Just creating another Path or making the Path longer isn''t enough."
"It needs to transform into something new."
"That''s the answer to your question.”