From star gatherer to leader of humanity

A flash of inspiration struck Liu Ningsi, and a pink gift box appeared in her hand.

Please take care of me in the future.

The pink gift box was opened, revealing five pale yellow talismans inside. Xu Bai judged from the runes on the talismans that they were calming talismans, which could slightly improve one's state of mind when used during cultivation.

A calming talisman costs one thousand strands of spiritual energy per talisman on the market, and one talisman is equivalent to one spirit stone.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, you're too kind. I can't accept a gift without having done anything for you, and besides, I don't have a very good return gift." Xu Bai looked away from Liu Ningsi's face and waved his hand in refusal.

"Fellow Daoist, you're too kind. It's just a small token of my appreciation."

The pink gift box was shoved into Xu Bai's hands, and before Xu Bai could reply, Liu Ningsi turned and left.

Xu Bai, who was standing at the door holding the gift box, paused for a moment before slowly closing the door.

The following day, at the spaceport, Xu Bai piloted the spaceship toward the Shattered Star Sea.

Between the shattered celestial bodies, the magical mining spaceship swiftly traversed, automatically activating its prospecting wave upon reaching a certain depth.

Xu Bai observed the fluctuations in the pure waste rock and knew that the area had been completely mined.

Four days later, Xu Bai, who had been deep in the Shattered Star Sea, discovered a broken celestial body containing rare spiritual minerals. However, it only weighed 60 tons and cost only 300 per unit. Stopping to mine it would not even cover the time and money.

"Let's go deeper; it's too barren here!"

Driving the mining spaceship, Xu Bai continued deeper into the area. After another three days of travel, the surrounding spirit mines began to appear more abundantly.

Although there were many, they were still far fewer than in the Twenty-Nine Cities. Xu Bai continued to venture deeper.

As they ventured deeper, they encountered more and more strange celestial creatures in the surrounding area.

Xu Bai usually takes three shots to kill a Starry Sky Beast during the Foundation Establishment stage, but when he encounters a Starry Sky Beast during the Golden Core stage, he fires a shot on the spot if the beast is of high value.

For those that are difficult to fight or have low value, Xu Bai simply flies over them in his spaceship and ignores them.

A Golden Core stage star beast, the size of a house and the shape of a jellyfish, was shot in the head by Xu Bai, and its entire corpse was dragged into the cabin.

"We haven't even mined the spirit ore yet, but we've already collected nearly ten corpses of alien beasts from the starry sky, which must be worth close to a million."

After the hatch closed, Xu Bai continued to maneuver the spaceship deeper into the Shattered Star Sea.

After another three days of travel, they finally arrived at an area where the density of spirit ore satisfied Xu Bai.

The mining spaceship landed on a broken celestial body that stretched for hundreds of miles. This broken celestial body contained 180 tons of Star Ice Jade, which could be mined out in a day.

After the robotic arm secured the broken celestial body, the earth-dragon-shaped mining robot began its mining operations.

"Let's begin once the spirit ore is mined."

After instructing Hakimi to keep watch around, Xu Bai returned to the rest room and began his cultivation.

A day later, the spirit ore was harvested, and Xu Bai had just finished his cultivation.

Xu Bai, whose meridians were aching, activated the Earth Qi Circulation Disc with his mind.

As the turntable started, Xu Bai's heart tightened.

As the wheel slowly slowed down, the "Good Fortune" option stopped at the pointer.

Xu Bai's lips curled up slightly, and the four green attributes from his dantian were added to Bai Mo Bao Yi without hesitation.

White Ink Robe - Attributes: Spell Mastery [Spell Power +20%], Cleverness [Slightly increases comprehension, the difference being negligible, like the difference between rotten wood and mud], Energetic Spirit [Amplifies mental power by 8-12 times depending on mental fluctuations (the amplification attribute cannot be stacked, the highest multiplier applies)], Life in a Hundred Years [When encountering mortal danger with no escape, it can transport the host to a safe location, cooldown time 100 years], Spirit Ink Shield [During battle, it will activate a defensive spirit shield containing three thousand strands of spiritual power, which can be enhanced by injecting spiritual power into it], Magic Item Slot [One magic item can be placed in the magic item slot, inheriting the function of that magic item (the magic item cannot be more than two levels higher than the user)].

Looking at the four newly added green attributes, these were exactly what Xu Bai wanted.

"Mental strength enhancement, escape, defense, and a magic item slot—all pretty good. No wonder I'm so lucky."

As Xu Bai spoke, he took out the treasure banner of ten thousand souls from his storage bag and placed it in Bai Mobao's magic treasure compartment.

The instant he placed it in, Xu Bai felt as if he had completely taken control of the Myriad Soul Banner and the souls within it.

The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls contains over 300 vengeful spirits within its special soul space. As soon as Xu Bai entered, he felt an endless aura of resentment.

"I'm hungry, I want to eat!"

"Die, all of you! You must all die!"

"Give me back my child! Give me back my child!"

Xu Bai's mind nearly exploded when his divine sense entered the area. Only after he gave the order did the vengeful spirits shut up and stay quietly in place.

"Who is the main soul?" Xu Bai asked in his divine sense.

A soul, even weaker than a typical vengeful spirit, floated before Xu Bai's divine consciousness.

"Master, if you don't come soon, the entire Ten Thousand Souls Banner will be empty!" the main soul said softly.

"Why are you so weak?" Xu Bai frowned slightly.

"Most of my power is at the base. In addition, in order to prevent the remaining vengeful spirits from starving to death, I have to use my own soul power to feed them." The main soul of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner looked at Xu Bai with a fearful expression.

"The base, the pirates' base?" Xu Bai's eyes lit up.

When Xu Bai wiped out the pirates and absorbed Zhou Hu's memory fragments, he couldn't find the location of the base in Zhou Hu's memory, which made him regretful for a while.

"Yes, the previous owner, in order to ensure the safety of the base, would seal the coordinates of the base whenever any pirates came out, and only I knew them."

"Where is it located? How many people are in the base? What's their approximate strength?"

"How many spirit stones does the base have!" Xu Bai's eyes immediately turned into the look of money. He carried 10,000 spirit stones with him, and there must be a lot more in the miracle.

"I don't know why you, Master, have gained complete control of the Myriad Souls Banner. The previous master left two backup plans. When he died, everyone in the base would wither and die, the base would be sealed, and the Myriad Souls Banner was also placed under a restriction. Anyone who tries to make the Myriad Souls Banner recognize him as their master will suffer a backlash. All the vengeful spirits within the Myriad Souls Banner, including me, will explode together."

Xu Bai, in his divine consciousness form, broke out in a cold sweat, thinking how fortunate he was that he was too weak to control the treasure and thus unable to recognize it as his master.

After the cold sweat subsided, I felt excited.

"There are many spirit stones in the base, as well as a lot of spirit stone ores. As long as you find the base, I have a way to help you find those spirit stones."

An unfamiliar set of coordinates appeared in Xu Bai's mind.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Xu Bai withdrew his divine sense and transmitted the coordinate data to Hakimi.

The coordinates are nine light-years away from Xu Bai. Although it is very far, there is a ray of light from Xu Bai in the vicinity.

"As expected of good fortune!" Xu Bai calmed his excited heart slightly and embedded a light guide in this area.

"No rush. Let's mine once first, and then go after we've settled down in Shattered Star City 25."

Xu Bai waved his hand gently, and the main soul within the Myriad Soul Banner appeared before him.

What do the vengeful spirits inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner eat?

"Pure spiritual energy, the master's spiritual power, and the souls and essences of alien beasts from the starry sky can all be used to nourish it, but pure spiritual energy is the best."

Upon hearing the word "pure spiritual energy," Xu Bai took out a spiritual energy bead from his storage bag.

The main soul seemed to have caught a bone, and the ghost face even stuck out its tongue, looking at Xu Bai in a fawning manner.