Entering the World

The box was opened.

A seven-colored, diamond-shaped crystal floated out from within, vibrating slightly before expanding outward.

In a short while, it formed a massive diamond-shaped gate.

The gate stood ten meters high and seven meters wide.

It stood silently right there upon the podium.

"Everyone come forward in order. Those who hesitate may leave the line and stand to the side."

Without further words, the arrangements began immediately.

Starting with Class One of the third year, the students took their first steps, walking toward the podium.

As the top class, their average grades were undoubtedly the best in the school; almost no one left the line. Even the student at the very front, after pausing for a brief moment before the giant gate, stepped inside.

One, two, three.

As if vanishing into thin air, they stepped through the gate, their figures disappearing instantly.

Row after row, one after another.

Having arrived at the playground, almost no students withdrew from the ranks.

In fact, since the second year, those who hadn't dropped out had essentially made up their minds.

By the time they reached the third year, that resolve had long since solidified.

"Old Li, Old Yang, see you in seven days."

Finally, it was the turn of Class Ten of the third year.

Wang Meng, who was walking at the front, suddenly stepped back, a smile appearing on his face as he said, "We must become Raiders."

"Right!"

Li Su nodded, as did Yang Kai behind him.

Immediately after, the other party vanished from sight.

Reaching the diamond-shaped gate himself, Li Su took a deep breath. Honestly, he had waited for this day for far, far too long.

With a hint of trepidation in his eyes, but even more anticipation, he took a step inside.

What kind of world would appear before him?

In an instant, his body disappeared.

Regaining his senses, Li Su couldn't help but glance behind him.

Behind him, it was empty; he was no longer on that playground.

Truly miraculous. It had directly shifted his space.

Before him floated three giant bubbles, each representing a world.

Looking at the three bubbles, Li Su couldn't help but widen his eyes. Even though he had been in this world for a long time and had heard of World Fragments countless times, he still couldn't help but be awestruck when truly coming into contact with them.

Inside the three bubbles were three incomparably vast worlds, where the borders of the various nations could be seen with absolute clarity.

How was this even achieved?

And what were they made of?

To turn the martial arts novels of his past life into worlds—what kind of heaven-shaking, earth-shattering power could accomplish such a thing?

In an instant, a flurry of thoughts couldn't help but surface in Li Su's mind.

However, he was quickly drawn back to the worlds within the bubbles.

Is this the Southern Song?

And this side is the Northern Song?

And this one, hmm, the Sui and Tang period!

Through the appearance of the worlds themselves and the division of the nations within, Li Su instantly formed a rough concept.

After all, these three periods were quite easy to distinguish.

The Northern Song was surrounded by the Liao Kingdom, Western Xia, and the Jin Kingdom, while the Southern Song had the addition of the Mongol Empire, also known as the Yuan Dynasty.

As for the Sui and Tang, that was undoubtedly even easier to recognize: the Turkic Khaganate stood alone in its dominance, and the Central Plains were divided.

He just didn't know what the situation was like inside, but judging from the external appearance of the worlds, two of the three before him were very likely Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Legend of the Condor Heroes, or Return of the Condor Heroes.

Jin Da's books did not cover the Sui and Tang.

For the late Sui period, the only book that came to mind was Twin of Brothers, though he wasn't sure if that was it.

Upon entering the World Fragment, there was plenty of time to choose a world. Li Su did not intend to rush in blindly; he planned to analyze them first.

However.

Li Su was somewhat surprised to find that these worlds were not displayed as a single piece showing only the Central Plains; rather, they were spheres, and the areas outside the Central Plains were essentially black.

Was it because the novels didn't cover those regions?

After some thought, Li Su quickly focused his attention on three specific worlds.

While striving to learn the content regarding World Fragments in this world, he also made an effort to recall the situations within various wuxia novels.

In terms of eras, the period of the Northern Song was undoubtedly the best.

Slightly worse was the Legend of the Condor Heroes, even worse was the Return of the Condor Heroes, and the most troublesome was undoubtedly the era of the Twin Dragons.

Perhaps someone might ask here?

Why?

The reason was simple.

The Northern Song period of the Northern Song was exactly in a time of peace, with basically no major wars occurring.

As mentioned earlier, the main reason Murong Fu failed to restore his kingdom was the lack of an opportunity—the opportunity of great chaos.

That was why his father, Murong Bo, stirred up so much trouble in the martial arts world; unfortunately, the man had poor judgment and chose a dispensable existence as his target.

Xiao Feng's father, Xiao Yuanshan, was the Chief Instructor of the Liao Kingdom.

Are you kidding me?

Would killing an instructor cause the Northern Song and the Liao Kingdom to go to war? That guy must have had excrement in his head, absolutely.

If he had understood even a little more about the culture, he wouldn't have been stupid to that extent.

During that period, the Song Dynasty placed great importance on literature. Even though the Liao Kingdom was powerful, it deeply admired Song culture; once intellectuals from the Song side went there, they could basically become officials, which showed the prevailing trend.

Of course, the Liao Kingdom was not like the Northern Song, which valued literature over martial arts.

But even if the status of military generals was high, it wouldn't be high enough for the Liao Kingdom to go to war with the Northern Song over a single Chief Instructor, would it? That was truly overthinking it.

Uh, the topic has drifted.

Back to the main point.

In short, apart from the Liao Kingdom launching an attack on the Northern Song at the very end, the interior of the Northern Song was effectively in a period of peace.

There were basically no major wars, which, for Li Su who currently possessed no power, was the best period for development.

Conversely, there was no need to even mention the Sui and Tang; it was an era of great chaos.

In the Southern Song, the Legend of the Condor Heroes was already quite restless, and the Return of the Condor Heroes was even more of a pit, with not much time left before the Southern Song was destroyed.

Furthermore, the most terrifying thing was that the Return of the Condor Heroes connected to the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, which was written about the time after the Song fell and the Yuan Dynasty unified the world.

Therefore, these two stories were very easy to confuse.

The knowledge points he had learned mentioned that these two worlds were easily confused; if one wasn't careful, the one they entered might not be the Return of the Condor Heroes, but the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre instead.

Choosing wrong could very easily lead to death.

Therefore, the Southern Song area was a potential minefield, highly likely, so he would pass on it.

As for the Sui and Tang?

Although Li Su yearned for that world quite a bit, as it contained too many legendary figures, such as the Evil King, the Heavenly Blade, and Wanwan, he decided to forget it; he didn't think he could survive in that world with the survival skills he currently possessed.

The best choice available was undoubtedly the Northern Song of the Northern Song.

Not only was the country stable, but most importantly, top-tier cultivation techniques like the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the Northern Dark Divine Skill were all there, and even the Muscle Tendon Change was present in its entirety.

Li Su took a deep breath; one could not choose the person they possessed, at most they could only choose the location.

However, basically ninety percent of those possessed were orphans or paupers.

After identifying the location of Mount Song, Li Su inhaled deeply and reached out to press his hand against it.

The next moment, his body trembled and vanished from this space.