From star gatherer to leader of humanity

The spirit pearl, containing 1200 strands of spiritual power, was directly stuffed into the main soul's mouth, and an expression of ecstasy appeared on its face.

The main soul's body slowly grew larger, and its misty legs became clearer.

"Master, is there any more?" The main soul looked at Xu Bai pitifully.

"How many of these spirit pearls would the three hundred vengeful spirits within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner need to be satiated, or at least have their strength restored?"

The main fighting force of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is these wronged souls. After Xu Bai entered it with his divine sense, he found that the wronged souls inside were pitifully weak, as if they could be blown away by a gust of wind.

"There are approximately two thousand spirit orbs. I suggest that you mix the spirit orbs with the essence blood of the corpses of alien beasts in the starry sky."

"The Myriad Soul Banner contains one main soul and four secondary souls. After I fully recover, I will have the strength of the peak Foundation Establishment stage, and the four secondary souls will have the strength of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. The five of us will need a total of 1000 spirit beads."

"As for the remaining vengeful spirits, just let them devour the corpses and essence of ten Foundation Establishment stage beasts," the main soul suggested.

"There are also a dozen or so corpses of Foundation Establishment stage star beasts in the cabin, as for the spirit pearls..."

Thinking of this, Xu Bai went from the control room to the cabin. The cabin was like a huge warehouse, with more than a dozen corpses of Foundation Establishment stage beasts placed at the innermost part.

*Snap*

Xu Bai snapped his fingers lightly, and more than three hundred vengeful spirits poured out from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, awaiting Xu Bai's command.

Looking at these vengeful spirits, fragments of Zhou Hu's memories flashed through Xu Bai's mind, including those about how to create vengeful spirits.

Endless, inhumane mental and physical torture, annihilating and killing them at the last moment of hope, or the instant when something beautiful arrives—only such souls can generate the greatest resentment.

Those who were tortured were babies born in a maternity factory. They were not cloned because cloned people would have incomplete souls, resulting in a low success rate.

These people are placed in nutrient pods at birth, and their consciousness is connected to a virtual world. Before their souls are fully developed, they enjoy the best life in the virtual world; once their souls mature, they begin to face hell.

Looking at the vengeful spirits devouring the corpses of alien beasts from the starry sky, Xu Bai's eyes flashed with pity.

In just half an hour, all the Foundation Establishment stage star beasts were devoured, leaving only their skeletons.

After being nourished, the vengeful spirit's eyesight improved somewhat, and the resentment emanating from its body became even stronger. Xu Bai felt his spirit was polluted as soon as he came into contact with this resentment.

Xu Bai waved his hand, collecting all the vengeful spirits into the Myriad Souls Banner, and then stuffed a thousand spiritual energy beads into the special space of the Myriad Souls Banner.

"In this way, we will have a way to deal with Foundation Establishment stage experts even when we don't have a spaceship."

Back in the spaceship's main control room, Xu Bai checked the time and quickly took control of the spaceship, searching for spirit ore in the surrounding area.

Before his good fortune ran out, Xu Bai found more than 8000 tons of spirit ore, with an average price of just 400 strands of spirit energy per ton.

"The luck attribute is also quantifiable. When you are blessed with good fortune, you can find 3 tons of spirit ore a day, and the price is high."

"With such good fortune, if we don't count the random attributes, we should only be able to find a little over 1 tons of spirit ore."

"Not being picky is always better than finding something yourself!"

Xu Bai began collecting spirit ore according to the coordinates he found.

On a shattered celestial body, mining robots were at work, while Xu Bai had just finished cultivating in the rest room, his meridians aching all over.

"Currently, my dantian can hold 3700 strands of spiritual energy, which is still far from the first level. After I get the spirit stones from the pirate base, I will cultivate diligently. Only when my cultivation level is high can I find other ways to make a living."

There are only a few ways for Star Collectors to advance, but no matter which one, they must first reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, you can stay in the Star Gathering Team or directly enter the outer sect of the Hundred Refinements Sect to start your career again.

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The fully loaded mining spaceship carrying magical artifacts entered the empty area of ​​the Twenty-Five Shattered Star Cities and flew towards the unloading port outside the city.

There were 5000 unloading ports, and long queues formed at each one. Xu Bai piloted his spaceship, randomly selected a port, and started queuing.

While waiting in line, Xu Bai logged into the forum of Shattered Star City 25 using his personal terminal.

Half of the posts on the entire forum were "GG" (ghosted).

Ignoring these GG posts, Xu Bai started looking at the posts discussing recent events in Shattered Star City.

At this time, Xu Bai discovered that during the month he was away from the city, some members of the Star Gathering Team had advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Xu Bai was no longer the same person who had just arrived. Now, he sincerely admired the members of the Star Gathering Team for advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Favorable timing, advantageous location, harmonious relationships, and good fortune—all are indispensable.

"This person spent fifty-three years advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"The fastest time in history for a star-collecting team to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage was 30 years."

"If I want to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage within ten years, I need to come up with a better reason."

Xu Bai stroked his chin, realizing the importance of this issue.

Xu Bai waited in line for four hours before it was his turn.

The 8600 tons of precious spiritual ore, plus the corpses of two Golden Core stage star beasts, were worth a total of 5.6 million strands of spiritual energy. After deducting taxes and the commission from the Backer Gang, Xu Bai's account received 2.52 million strands of spiritual energy.

The original 40% tax rate has been increased to 55%, which makes Xu Bai feel like he has become a tenant farmer of an ancient landlord, with more than half of his hard-earned harvest going to the landlord.

As soon as Xu Bai disembarked the spacecraft at the spaceport, four or five service vehicles pulled up in front of him.

"Does the service vehicle here also charge a fee?" Xu Bai looked at the driver closest to him.

The driver nodded, gesturing for Xu Bai to get in the car.

After getting on the vehicle, the service vehicle sped towards Shattered Star City.

"Where to?" the driver asked.

"Let's go to Area B and find a specialty noodle shop. It's okay if it's a bit pricey, as long as it tastes good," Xu Bai said, suddenly reminiscing about the braised noodles his mother used to make when he was a child.

"Yes, I know a small noodle shop that makes really good ramen, and they give you a generous amount of meat."

"Okay~"

The simulated sun in Shattered Star City was at its zenith; upon entering Shattered Star City, one immediately felt the intense sunlight.

"I think your spaceship belongs to the same group of people from over a month ago," the driver suddenly said.

"Is it a spaceship or a person?" Xu Bai asked.

"Spaceships, the mining spaceships that are the magic weapons of this group are all the latest models." The driver steered the service vehicle to turn and onto a main road leading to Area B.

"Do you have any advice for someone like me who's just arrived? Well said, here's a tip." Xu Bai looked out the window at the roadside greenery and smiled slightly.

"Words of advice~"

"Let's not even talk about those who are all the same, guarding against their own people in the Shattered Star Sea."

"Let me tell you something that will truly give you the opportunity to become rich."

Xu Bai, sitting in the back of the service vehicle, sat up straight and listened attentively.

"Our guild leader appreciates people with strong combat abilities. As long as you can catch his eye, you will have the opportunity to be recommended by the guild leader and enter the Hundred Star University founded by the Hundred Refinements Sect."

A glint flashed in Xu Bai's eyes as he took out a spirit stone from his storage bag.

"It seems you haven't finished speaking."

This sentence really helped Xu Bai.