From star gatherer to leader of humanity

When the attribute panel appeared before Xu Bai's eyes, he vaguely sensed that his good fortune had been completely depleted.

"It has 6 additional blue attributes. Although no single function is particularly outstanding, it is still quite strong overall."

Looking at the attribute panel in front of him, especially the attributes of the first aptitude die, Xu Bai was overjoyed.

Superior aptitude is followed by spiritual aptitude, or spiritual body. Once such a talent appears, it will be sought after by major immortal sects, making them cultivation geniuses that are rare to find even once in a century.

As for the immortal body above the spiritual body, Xu Bai had only heard that many of the supreme elders of the thirty-six immortal sects possessed immortal-grade aptitude, but he had never even heard of the Dao body above the immortal body.

"I have a lower-middle grade aptitude, which is actually only slightly higher than a lower grade aptitude. No matter how I roll the aptitude dice, I won't lose out."

Xu Bai happily piloted the magical mining spaceship back to the base.

Inside the cultivation grounds, Xu Bai unfolded a portable spiritual energy chamber.

What was originally a square meter was eventually expanded into a 5x5 training room.

Xu Bai pushed open the door and entered. Instantly, he felt his mental state reach its peak. Things that he couldn't understand in his previous cultivation were now vaguely clear to him.

The floor, walls, and ceiling of the reiki room were all milky white, emitting a faint white light.

A handsome and ethereal young man stood in the center of the spiritual energy room. After Xu Bai entered, the young man looked at Xu Bai.

"One law per month, what questions do you have?" The young man spoke calmly, his eyes, as bright as the Milky Way, seemed to contain the three thousand great Daos.

"Although I can cultivate the 'Spiritual Qi Technique,' there are still a few parts I don't understand, and I don't know the whole picture," Xu Bai said respectfully. His aura and eyes clearly indicated that he was a big shot.

"Before I begin my sermon, I will roll the dice. I will then give my sermon based on your aptitude. You may choose not to roll the dice."

The boy waved his hand gently, and two futons appeared on the ground. He sat cross-legged on one of them.

With a thought, Xu Bai produced a die in his hand. Two sides of the die showed low-grade aptitude, two sides showed mid-grade aptitude, and two sides showed high-grade aptitude. This was different from what Xu Bai had expected.

"Higher qualifications are sometimes available, sometimes not; it depends on luck," the boy explained.

Xu Bai bowed slightly. "I still don't know your name, teacher."

"Just call me teacher. It was a connection we had no prior connection with, so I will act as your teacher even though we have no formal teacher." The boy's tone remained calm.

"I understand." Xu Bai nodded and threw the dice in his hand.

The dice rolled down, and the side with the medium-grade quality landed face up.

Xu Bai sensed that something had changed about him, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what those changes were.

"Mid-grade aptitude, it seems this lesson was relatively easy for me."

"If you don't understand something, just ask."

"When spiritual energy flows through the meridians, is it through the spirit or the divine? Why the spirit...?"

Having achieved a mid-grade aptitude, Xu Bai felt his mind was much clearer. Coupled with being at his peak, Xu Bai had the feeling that he could learn anything in the world.

"Why not use the Tao to distinguish between spirit and god?" the boy asked, beginning his explanation in a language Xu Chun could understand.

Xu Bai, who was standing to the side, suddenly understood and his doubts were resolved, so he couldn't help but start cultivating.

As Xu Bai cultivated, the endless pure spiritual energy began to undergo a subtle change.

The spiritual energy became easier for Xu Bai to absorb, minimizing the burden on his meridians.

After more than 20 hours of cultivation, Xu Bai frowned slightly and stopped cultivating when his medium-grade aptitude reached its limit.

Looking inward at his dantian, he discovered that it had expanded by 50 strands of spiritual energy.

At this moment, the spiritual energy in Xu Bai's dantian had expanded to five thousand strands, and its storage capacity was greater than that of ordinary high-level Qi refiners.

After stopping his cultivation, Xu Bai discovered that although his meridians were somewhat sore, he still had some energy left. So, with the help of the spiritual energy in the spiritual energy room, he began to perform the Spirit Gathering Technique.

As Xu Bai's Spirit Gathering Technique improved, he was now able to condense a spirit pearl containing two thousand strands of spiritual energy when he used the technique. One spirit pearl was equivalent to two spirit stones.

Looking at the hundred spirit beads around him, Xu Bai sensed that his meridians had reached their limit, so he rested in the spirit energy room.

My body is at its peak in all aspects, so I recover quickly.

"At this rate, in another month, I can start working on breaking through the bottleneck of the second level of Qi Refining."

"It wasn't easy!"

Xu Bai sat cross-legged in the Lingxi Chamber, silently calculating that he had consumed more than 20 spirit stones since he joined the Star Gathering Team, but he was still at the first level of Qi Refining.

"No rush, I'm still young, I'll accumulate experience and then unleash my potential!"

After resting for a while, Xu Bai suddenly seemed to remember something, stood up, and began to practice the tenth form of the "Eighteen Forms of Body Refinement," preparing for dual cultivation of body and magic.

As Xu Bai cultivated, the spiritual energy in the spiritual energy room began to subtly change again, being absorbed into his body and slowly tempering his blood and physical body.

Xu Bai endured the soreness in his muscles, meridians, and every inch of his body, and practiced the tenth move in its entirety.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

After completing the exercise, Xu Bai felt completely exhausted. He lay in the spiritual energy pool, panting heavily, his stomach rumbling like thunder.

In the restaurant of the cultivation grounds, Xu Bai ate spirit rice and stir-fried spirit vegetables with gusto.

"That's the downside of the base, we can't eat meat. I'll have to bring some frozen meat next time I come," Xu Bai said while eating.

"Master, there's synthetic meat in the base. Would you like to try some?" Livi said from the side.

"It tastes soulless."

After finishing his meal, Xu Bai plunged back into the spirit energy room.

The qualification dice appeared in Xu Bai's hand, and this time, as before, there were only low, middle, and high options.

With a gentle throw, Xu Bai landed a low-grade aptitude.

Xu Bai felt as if his mind was shrouded in a thin fog, but it did not affect his cultivation.

For half a month, Xu Bai devoted all his attention to the "Spiritual Qi Technique," the "Eighteen Forms of Body Refinement," and the art of weapon crafting.

For half a month in a row, Xu Bai's aptitude dice in the spiritual energy room consistently rolled three aptitudes: low, medium, and high. He mostly rolled low and medium aptitudes, with high aptitude only occasionally appearing once.

After cultivating for a day with top-grade aptitude, his dantian expanded by two hundred strands of spiritual energy.

On this day, after resting, Xu Bai entered the spiritual energy room to cultivate.

The moment the spirit dice appeared in his hand, Xu Bai's expression changed.

The low-grade aptitude on the dice has disappeared, replaced by mid-grade, high-grade, and spirit-grade aptitudes.

Medium-grade aptitude has three sides, high-grade aptitude has two sides, and spiritual-grade aptitude has one side.

"Does it only happen once every two weeks?" Xu Bai asked hopefully as he rolled the dice.

After the dice rolled a few times on the ground, the superior quality die faced up.

"This... will do!"

Over the next two weeks, Xu Bai observed that, just as he had imagined, dice with the option of Spiritual Grade aptitude appeared once every two weeks.

At this moment, Xu Bai had completed the first level of Qi Refining, and his dantian had six thousand strands of spiritual energy. The bottleneck was only a thin layer away, and he could break through at any time as long as he could obtain a mid-grade aptitude.

On this day, the aptitude dice once again offered the option of Spirit-grade aptitude.

Xu Bai, who had no hope, tossed the die lightly. After the self-made die spun several times on the ground, the final spin revealed the spirit-grade quality.

"Ah~"

In a daze, Xu Bai felt that he had entered a very mysterious realm. The bottleneck between the first and second levels of Qi Refining was quietly broken through, and his dantian was expanding rapidly at an incredible speed.