From star gatherer to leader of humanity

"Ice Marrow Jade, Wind Pattern Gold, Crimson Flame Crystal, Void Sand, Moon Soul Jade, Shadow Ore, Aurora Crystal." Looking at these crystal ores piled up like small mountains, Xu Bai's eyes reflected the symbols of money.

"This pile of crystal ore is worth at least tens of millions of strands of spiritual energy!"

The main soul of the Myriad Souls Banner, who was standing beside Xu Bai, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of its mouth as it looked at its master, who had never seen the world before.

"These crystal ores were collected but not yet sorted, although the internal warehouse has sorted crystal ores."

"What are you waiting for? Lead the way!"

Xu Bai was immersed in immense happiness.

Upon entering the inner warehouse, rows of special storage rooms, resembling shipping containers, housed crystal ores categorized by type.

"All the crystal ores combined contain at least hundreds of millions of strands of spiritual energy!"

"That adds up to over 100,000 spirit stones, enough to get one with a purple attribute!"

"However, monetization will still be somewhat difficult."

Looking at these crystal ores, Xu Bai suddenly thought of a question.

"Your base doesn't have mining ships, so how did you get these crystals?" Xu Bai asked the main soul curiously.

"We robbed them. Deeper into the Shattered Star Sea, there are mining bases belonging to the Ghost Face Clan and the Moon Spirit Clan. However, their mining bases are mobile, so if you catch them, you can rob them of a large sum of money."

"I see. Take me to see the spirit stones." Xu Bai was somewhat impatient.

Deep inside the warehouse, the heavy alloy safe door opened, revealing 13 boxes containing 10,000 spirit stones each, arranged in the style of those held by the United Bank, along with a watermelon-sized piece of raw spirit stone ore.

"It's out!"

Xu Bai opened all 13 boxes of spirit stones, sat on the ground, and pondered how to use them.

"The magic mining spaceship and the White Ink Robe are already maxed out in terms of attributes. If I want to enhance myself further, I will need other magic items."

With a thought, Xu Bai summoned the Myriad Souls Banner in his hand.

As long as the magic item doesn't stray too far from Xu Bai, it's considered placed in Bai Mo Bao Yi's magic item slot, unless it's actively removed.

"This is an additional attribute, the only one that can quickly increase combat power, but..."

Xu Bai was pondering whether to add purple or blue attributes, since only one purple attribute could be added, while 13 blue attributes could be added, enough to fully enhance both magic items.

As for the temporary ore the size of a watermelon, Xu Chen never even considered touching it. Like the nugget of gold, its value far exceeded its intrinsic worth.

A large part of the reason why he was unwilling to add the purple attribute was that this was the symbolic treasure of the Demon Abyss Sect. Once he showed it to outsiders, no matter how many mouths he had, he couldn't explain it. At that time, the Demon Abyss Sect would unravel the mystery and find nothing to hide.

"Master Soul, you often help Zhou Hu with things, there's something I want to ask you."

"Please speak, Master."

"Among the human race, the Myriad Soul Banner is standard equipment for the major sects of the Demon Abyss Sect. If the news that I want to control the Myriad Soul Banner gets out, the Demon Abyss Sect will definitely come knocking on my door."

"But I'm unwilling to give up such a wonderful magic weapon as the Ten Thousand Souls Banner."

Among humans, the Myriad Soul Banner is one of the few magical artifacts that can be upgraded.

Hearing Xu Bai's words, the main soul frowned and thought for a while.

"There is a way. The Ten Thousand Souls Banner absorbs vengeful spirits mainly because it is cost-effective and can unleash great power."

"But since the master has no way to collect vengeful spirits, it would be better to cleanse the vengeful spirits and resentment within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, transform them into ordinary souls, carefully nurture them, and then use them in conjunction with puppets in battle. In this way, as long as the master does not take out the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, no one will be able to detect it."

"Master has such magical means that as long as he doesn't hold the Ten Thousand Souls in his hand, outsiders will only feel that this is a soul-controlling technique based on his aura."

"In sects that specialize in Soul Control, many people use their souls to control puppets in battle."

The main soul of the Myriad Souls Banner looked at Xu Bai and went through almost all of its memories before finding this method.

"So that's how it is~"

Xu Bai then collected his main soul into the Myriad Soul Banner and began absorbing the spirit stones one box at a time. Finally, the spirit stones transformed into a purple and a blue attribute light within his body. Xu Bai then stored the last ten thousand spirit stones into his storage bag.

He waved his hand and released the main soul again.

"By the way, why didn't I see any corpses when I came in?" Xu Bai wandered around the treasure vault, where there were crystal ores, spirit stones, and some daily necessities.

"I've controlled the robots in the base to clean up," the main soul said.

"This base is good; I'll use it for long-term training from now on."

Xu Bai looked around and finally his gaze settled on the crystal mines.

"Master, we also get spirit ore during the robbery. The previous master thought it took up too much space, so he dumped it all inside this broken celestial body. There are hundreds of thousands of tons of it." The main soul guessed what Xu Bai was thinking.

Xu Bai glanced approvingly at the main soul and praised, "No wonder your previous master entrusted the base to you."

"Then I will be able to cultivate here for a long time."

The magical mining spaceship slowly flew out of the pirate base and into the Shattered Star Sea.

The nearest beam of light was removed by Xu Bai and embedded outside the base.

Xu Bai piloted his spaceship into the depths of the Shattered Star Sea. He wasn't there to search for minerals, but to activate the Qi Circulation Disc and add favorable attributes to the Myriad Soul Banner.

Because he had extensive experience dealing with bad luck in the Shattered Star Sea.

The wheel of fortune slowly spun, and under Xu Bai's gaze, the most unlucky option stopped at the pointer.

"I……"

Xu Bai quickly surveyed his surroundings, preparing to deal with the impending bad luck.

"Disordered gravity, alien beasts, space pirates, alien fleets..." Xu Bai was taking precautions against what might happen.

However, after waiting for a long time, the surrounding shattered star sea remained calm, just like usual.

The calmer things were, the more nervous Xu Bai became, and finally he simply stopped in the Shattered Star Sea.

Just as Xu Bai was becoming increasingly wary, a shattered celestial body in the distance, as if struck by lightning, exploded instantly.

An electromagnetic storm swept across the area where Xu Bai was located. The magical mining ship generated a dazzling electromagnetic shield to block the storm. However, within the electromagnetic storm, the alien beast, the Electric Flicker Dragon, gently flapped its wings and flew towards the magical mining ship.

"Hakimi, can we start the spaceship now?"

The instant Xu Bai sensed the electromagnetic storm, he shut down all the ship's electronic equipment and switched to spiritual power.

"The power can only be utilized at 10%; exceeding this limit will trigger electromagnetic storms and electric particles," Hakimi said quickly.

"Adjust engine power to 8%, activate the spirit engine!"

As Xu Bai spoke, he took out a handful of spirit beads from his storage bag and placed his other hand into a special device in the main control market.

Quickly draw spiritual energy from within the body and input it into the spiritual power engine.

The magical mining spaceship slowly started up, and the spiritual energy in its dantian was being consumed rapidly.

Xu Bai quickly absorbed spiritual energy from the spirit pearl, channeled it into his dantian, and then fed it into the spiritual energy engine to increase the speed of the magic treasure mining spaceship.

The Electric Shadow Dragon is 200 meters long, its body covered with bone spikes that flash with lightning. It moves swiftly through the Shattered Star Sea, like a bolt of lightning.

Just as they were about to catch up with the magical mining spaceship, the spaceship's spiritual power engine reached its maximum power, and its speed suddenly increased.

"Time to run for our lives again!"

Electromagnetic energy mixed with lightning struck the spaceship's electromagnetic shield, instantly penetrating it. Before its power was exhausted, it struck the surface of the magical mining spaceship.