From star gatherer to leader of humanity

A ball of emerald light, containing the soul of the jade centipede, appeared before Xu Bai.

"Master, quickly put it back into the Myriad Soul Banner and transform it in the Soul Path Minor World. Then you'll have a Golden Core stage Starry Sky Beast at your command," Xu Hun said excitedly. He had always felt that there were too few souls in the Soul Path Minor World.

Looking at the soul of the jade centipede, Xu Bai gently waved his hand and put it into the small world of the Myriad Soul Banner.

"Is the combat power of a spirit weapon that strong? It can take down a Golden Core stage Starry Sky Beast in such a short time!" Xu Bai was somewhat surprised.

"It's not that exaggerated. Inside the spaceship, my mental power expanded tenfold. Before leaving the spaceship, I condensed a soul chain. The strength of the soul chain is related to mental power."

"That's a clever trick," Xu Hun chuckled.

"As long as it works."

Xu Bai's divine sense entered the Soul Dao Minor Realm, where he saw the jade centipede's soul slowly transforming into a spiritual cultivator. Upon sensing Xu Bai's divine sense, the centipede's soul even bowed its head in submission.

"Xu Hun, is there an upper limit to our Soul Dao Small World? For example, can we include the souls of Nascent Soul stage cultivators into the Soul Dao Small World?"

The Myriad Souls Banner appeared in Xu Bai's hand, along with its data panel.

"The Soul Path Minor Realm can only accommodate souls suppressed by the Myriad Soul Banner, and the master's strength and the current power of the Myriad Soul Banner are not enough to suppress Nascent Soul stage cultivators."

"Once I become stronger and reach the Golden Core stage, I might be able to suppress a Nascent Soul stage soul."

"Alright, seeing how easily you dealt with the Golden Core stage star beasts, I thought I could easily suppress the Nascent Soul stage."

Xu Bai looked at the mining robot that was continuously extracting spirit marrow jade from the inside of the shattered celestial body.

"I will definitely work hard in my cultivation in the future and strive to advance to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible," Xu Hun said, bowing.

"Just do your best, don't kneel down and bow all the time, that's not customary here." Xu Bai waved his hand.

As a large amount of spiritual jade was mined, Xu Bai began to pay more and more attention to the condition of the internal mineral veins.

Spiritual marrow jade is valuable, but ten-thousand-year-old spiritual marrow is even more valuable, with one gram containing millions of strands of spiritual energy.

Xu Bai stared at the data screen, secretly hoping. He didn't want much; a few hundred grams would be enough for him.

Just when everyone was looking forward to it, the mining data suddenly changed.

Subsequently, the earth dragon-type mining spaceship inside the broken celestial body transmitted data, saying that it had discovered 47 grams of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual marrow.

"Not bad~"

Although Xu Bai was happy, he did not show too much excitement. In the past, he would have jumped up excitedly, but ever since he learned that Che Jihuang had found a spirit stone mine worth hundreds of billions of silk, Xu Bai's threshold was instantly raised several times.

Ten days later, the magic weapon mining spaceship returned to the base.

"14000 tons of spirit marrow jade and 47 grams of ten-thousand-year-old spirit marrow, which adds up to 89 million strands of spiritual energy. If we combine them, we can get another purple attribute. Should we keep this purple attribute or...?" Xu Bai pondered this question as soon as he returned.

"Master, should you take these things back with you, or should I sell them over there?" Xu Hun asked.

"Of course we'll sell them there. The taxes in Shattered Star City have increased to 60%, so bringing them back would be a complete loss."

After the Hundred Refinements Sect issued the notice of a 5% tax increase, Xu Bai decided to live a life of leisure in Shattered Star City. The money he earned from mining each year would be enough to cover his loans, the operation of his spaceship, and his rent. He would also transfer a few million strands of spiritual energy to his home.

The rest will not allow the Hundred Refinements Sect to gain even a single bit of his spiritual energy.

"Then I'll get ready and go make the transaction." Xu Hun nodded and left.

In the cultivation grounds, Xu Bai savored the spiritual tea brewed by Li Weiwei.

"What level of Qi Refining have you reached?" Xu Bai asked, looking at Li Weiwei standing to the side.

"I have already cultivated to the third level. Thank you, Master, for allowing me to absorb so much pure spiritual energy to cultivate," Livivi said hurriedly, bowing her head.

"Your progress is quite fast. It's rumored that your Moon Spirit Clan has a slightly higher spiritual power than other races, and you all progress very quickly in the early stages of cultivation."

Xu Bai recalled the information about the Moon Spirit Clan that he had seen at school.

"It's easy to cultivate in the early stages of Qi Refining, but it gets slower as you progress. Moreover, the cultivation techniques and resources are controlled by the major powers and families within the clan, so you have to pay a heavy price to advance further," Livi said.

"It seems your race has this situation too, but it's better than the human race. At least the lower levels of your race have spiritual energy to cultivate," Xu Bai said casually, making a sarcastic remark.

After drinking the spiritual tea brewed by Livivi, Xu Bai entered the portable spiritual energy room.

The qualification dice were rolled.

After the aptitude die spun around on the ground a few times, the side with the superior aptitude appeared face up.

"I'm having a lucky day!"

Xu Bai quickly entered a state of cultivation.

Two days later, after resting from his body tempering, Xu Bai found a aptitude die with a spirit-grade option in his hand.

Xu Bai nervously rolled the dice. Seeing that the middle-grade aptitude was facing up, he pursed his lips and continued cultivating.

Cultivation knows no time; a month passes in the blink of an eye.

In the past month, Xu Bai's dantian has expanded by 1400 sigils, and he has officially completed the tenth form of the "Eighteen Forms of Body Refinement," ready to practice the eleventh form at any time.

In addition to cultivation, Xu Bai also used his spare time to enhance his mental strength with the help of Bai Mo Bao Yi's spiritual power and the peak state he was in when cultivating spiritual energy, so as to master the inscription of a basic rune with mental and spiritual power.

"At this rate of cultivation, I should be able to advance to the third level of Qi Refining in just over a month."

In the past, Xu Bai felt that just breaking through the bottleneck would take at least a month, but with the aptitude dice, as long as he completes the second level of Qi Refining and rolls a high-grade aptitude, he can advance to the third level.

At this rate, Xu Bai felt that he would be able to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage in less than ten years.

Just as he was rejoicing at the bright future ahead, Xu Bai suddenly felt that the life soul left by Xu Hun in the Soul Dao Small World was beginning to awaken.

Only if Xu Hun perishes outside can the life soul be revived.

Xu Bai entered the Soul Path Minor Realm with his divine sense and looked at Xu Hun, who had just awakened from his Life Soul.

"What's going on?"

"Master, I was ambushed by four Nascent Soul stage experts from the Shattered Star City Enforcement Team." Xu Hun's face was full of shame.

"So, that coordinate system can't be used anymore?" Xu Bai frowned slightly. He was just about to give up when his channel for evading taxes and obtaining spirit stones was gone.

"There are many such coordinates in the Shattered Star Sea. If you search patiently, you should be able to find another one."

At this moment, Xu Hun's body was semi-transparent, as if a gust of wind could blow it away.

"Recover well. I remember that soul cultivators can only condense their life soul three times. Be careful in the future." Xu Bai gave a word of advice before withdrawing his divine sense.

"I feel like I'm being used as a stepping stone for someone else."

Inside the spiritual energy room, Xu Bai frowned and threw down a die with a spiritual quality option. This time, he rolled a superior attribute.

"Cultivate first. The spirit ore piled up in the base can last for a few more years. At worst, I can run around between the two places more often."

At this time, in the twenty-fifth city of Shattered Star, at the headquarters of the Mountain Gang.

A man with rainbow-colored long hair patted Che Jihuang on the shoulder, his expression incredulous.

"We just randomly assigned you a place, and we actually found their trading coordinates."

"Quickly point out a few more places. That force has been entrenched in the depths of the Shattered Star Sea for a long time and has always been a major concern for all the major immortal sects."

"As long as you can find their headquarters, there's no problem recommending you to become a disciple of the Immortal Sect."

Looking at Che Jihuang, Yang Yishan, the leader of the Kaoshan Gang, was filled with emotion.

Every spirit in this world is unique and cannot be taken away, especially those spirits related to destiny. One can only befriend them, not make them enemies.

Through these tests, Yang Yishan was basically certain that Che Jihuang in front of him must possess a spirit related to destiny.