Ten Directions Sword Master

During his coma, Lu Li had a very long dream.

In my previous life, I was called Bai Wuming. I studied diligently and went to school. I loved astronomy and star phenomena.

After living a predictable thirty years of life, I resigned and used my bonus to sign up for a trip to the polar regions of Blue Star, boldly trying to fulfill a childhood dream.

A dazzling aurora, followed by a desperate plunge into darkness, became the new life of Lu Li.

Despite the contempt and ridicule of everyone around him, he realized that he had indeed been foolish before, unable to understand some very simple martial arts principles.

He was given a new soul and his comprehension improved significantly, but unfortunately his talent for cultivation remained unchanged; he was born a stubborn rock.

With such below-average talent, an ordinary family would have long given up on the hope of further development in martial arts. Only the Lu family of Pengcheng, with its large and wealthy family, would not care about spending more cultivation resources.

When Lu Li was seventeen, the Lu family of Pengcheng sent him to Bailu Academy.

Among the top martial arts forces in the Middle-earth, none are more prominent than the two Buddhist temples, the three Taoist sects, and the five great families.

Half a level below that are the four Confucian academies, the seven demonic sects, and the three major gangs in the martial arts world.

Bailu Academy, one of the four Confucian academies, is undoubtedly the most powerful force in Yuzhang County.

When the academy normally recruits disciples, it would not even consider someone of Lu Li's age who has not even reached the Qi Refining stage.

However, even for the most powerful force in Yuzhang County, winning over local aristocratic families is of paramount importance, and every year a certain number of slots are allocated to the scions of aristocratic families within the county.

Lu Li originally planned to proceed step by step and try to guide Qi into his body when he was in the third or fourth year of hospitalization.

But on his eighteenth birthday, everything changed.

Even now, he remembers every detail clearly.

That night, a wheel mark suddenly appeared on the back of my left hand. Looking up, it seemed to have countless layers of structure, deep and boundless, with starlight and clouds being generated and destroyed within it, containing endless mysteries.

Lu Li was pulled by the roulette wheel into an unfamiliar world, and at the same time, a jade voice sounded from the depths of his mind, telling him what he should do.

You can only leave after completing the task.

The advancements gained and injuries sustained in unfamiliar worlds will also be brought back to the main world, a true reflection of everything.

No matter how long you stay in the unfamiliar world, the time in the main world will advance by a maximum of 15 minutes.

After his first experience, he became convinced that the mystery roulette wheel would bring him a completely different life.

"The Roulette World opens every three months. I hope I can draw the Northern Wei World or a new world next time..."

Lu Li carefully put away the two scattered books on the table and placed them back on the bookshelf. He then opened the doors and windows, letting in sunlight that dispelled the gloom in the room.

No more, no less, every hundred days, the mysterious roulette wheel on the back of his left hand would appear precisely on time, randomly casting him into a different world.

Over two and a half years, the roulette wheel appeared more than ten times, taking him to three different worlds. Lu Li then summarized his experiences.

The newly returned Great Kang World is rated as a low-level martial arts world by itself. The innate masters and those at the Qi Refining Realm are already top-notch in the Great Kang World.

Having traveled to the Great Kang World multiple times and continuously grown stronger, he has already gained considerable prestige, leaving him with few worthy opponents.

In this way, while it is safe, the Great Kang World can no longer be of much help to Lu Li, so naturally he does not want to waste precious opportunities on it in the future.

Secondly, Lu Li called it the Northern Wei World, whose strength was significantly greater than that of the Great Kang World and similar to that of the Central Plains, so he positioned it as the Central Martial World in his mind.

After returning and making some comparisons, I discovered that the Northern Wei world I had visited was very likely the Central Plains.

However, it's not the present day, but the Northern Wei Dynasty a thousand years ago, where some place names and outstanding figures can be matched with historical records.

This discovery gave Lu Li a more direct understanding of the mysterious compass's heaven-reaching power.

This compass not only allows people to travel between different worlds, but also transcends time and space, recreating scenes from thousands of years ago.

Whether he was actually transported to the Northern Wei Dynasty a thousand years ago or a historical fragment was reconstructed, the immense power he exudes is awe-inspiring.

Only a being of the level of a Great Immortal in mythology could pull off such a feat.

The last one was named the Floating Island World by Lu Li because the place he arrived at was a giant island, which the locals called the Floating Island.

Just by listening and observing, Lu Li could tell that the people in the Floating Island world were ridiculously strong, far surpassing any world he had ever experienced, including the Central Plains. It truly deserved to be called a world of high martial arts.

The cultivators on the island either ride the wind or wield swords to summon treasures, with spirit beasts acting as their mounts—all behaving like immortals.

Lu Li was teleported to the floating island world twice, which can be described as walking on thin ice with utmost caution.

Fortunately, neither mission was particularly difficult, and they managed to complete them unscathed.

While mingling in the city's underworld, he discovered that there was a Taibai Sword Sect in the very center of the floating island, with countless powerful sword immortals within its ranks, making it the largest force on the island.

Meanwhile, there are also several small sects and countless independent cultivators on the island, among whom are many powerful figures who can pluck the sun and stars and manipulate the universe, truly mythical beings.

The strongest people Lu Li had ever met in reality were Xie Ling, the city lord of Pengcheng and the Star-Picking Hand, and Yu Ziqi, the vice dean of Bailu Academy. Both of them were experts at the Refining Spirit Realm and were renowned in the Great Chu Dynasty.

But he was certain that neither of them could deliver a casual strike like the swordsman he had met in the Floating Island world.

As they tested their swords by the sea, the longsword emitted a dazzling light, transforming into countless sword beams that slashed towards the sea.

The once calm sea was now turbulent and surging as if struck by a cataclysmic storm, with waves hundreds of feet high that seemed about to engulf and destroy everything.

Another sword light, dim and flickering, vanished the raging tsunami, and the sea returned to calm.

Such power was something he had never seen before in his life.

Therefore, the world of floating islands is the most dangerous, but also the most opportunity-filled.

Even a small gain can make a great deal of progress in the main world.

Unlike the Great Kang World, which has been almost turned upside down by itself, people still have to search for legendary ancient artifacts to find any value in pursuing them.

My gaze fell on the back of my left hand, and I silently uttered a thought, which caused illusory light and shadow to form subtitles.

Name: Lu Li

Age: 20

Cultivation level: Mid-stage Qi Refining

Merit points: 170

Treasure: The Sun-Covering Sword, a superior-grade weapon, forged from the Yin of metal, where Yin prevails over Yang. When pointed at the sun, its light dims.

Task not yet completed: Unseal the Immortal Mirror fragments to restore their power. Reward: 300 merit points and one basic reclusion talisman.

Merit points are the reward for completing each world quest; they are extremely valuable and can be exchanged for anything imaginable.

Lu Li's current cultivation level is thanks to a few ancient medicines for breaking through realms, which he obtained through the mysterious roulette wheel.

The four major Confucian academies all share the same basic system: six years of study, with students only becoming qualified disciples after passing an examination.

Afterwards, some joined the imperial court, others returned to their families, and some outstanding individuals stayed at the academy; each had their own path.

Bailu Academy enrolls three to four hundred disciples each year, with more than one hundred instructors and dozens of academic leaders. In addition to martial arts, the academy also teaches astronomy, geography, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even military strategy and government affairs.

When Lu Li was admitted to the hospital, he was unsurprisingly at the very bottom. Now, in his fourth year, his cultivation at the mid-stage of Qi Refining is not outstanding, but he can at least be ranked in the upper-middle range among his peers.

At this rate of progress, becoming a formal disciple of the academy during the graduation assessment is a sure thing.

Only those who pass the graduation assessment are considered formal disciples of Bailu Academy; otherwise, they can only be called disciples who have not yet graduated.

The pass rate is only around 30% each year.

This change left everyone in the Lu family dumbfounded. The clan's unappreciated good-for-nothing had made rapid progress after going to Bailu Academy, advancing at a rate of almost one step per year.

If we only look at the progress made in recent years, Lu Li could even rank among the top three of his generation in the Lu family.

In response, the elders of the Lu clan could only describe him as a late bloomer. The clan members' attitude towards him changed significantly, and his annual cultivation allowance increased.