He was on that list along with Liu Anwei, who also chose to be a swordswoman like him.
As for Liu Meiying, she chose a special route called a Fan cultivator, which uses folding fans as their main weapon. This is a rare type of long-range combat style as there are not many manuals for this weapon.
However, due to her mainly managing her Chamber of Commerce, she did not pay much attention to what type of combat style she had.
Getting back to the topic, the game is styled like this because the World's Will does not want to bring out the game world as soon as the game starts, as it still needs to bring in the souls of the dead from this world into the game.
As there are not enough humans to completely populate the new world, which is much bigger than the current one, the introduction of spiritual energy affects the world as a whole, including all living creatures.
